In advance of the opening of the regular duck season this weekend, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is advising duck hunters to remain aware of ongoing activities in coastal areas affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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A Kansas man took home first place in the 2011 Louisiana Waterfowl Conservation Stamp Competition for his rendering of two wood ducks standing on a stump.[…]
SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CITY, La. — Louisiana’s Jamie Laiche was in 14th place going into the final day of the BASS Federation Nation Championship on the Red River. Unfortunately, he also was in sixth place in the divisional competition – putting him as a long shot for a 2011 Bassmaster Classic invitation.[…]
DENISON, Texas – Shreveport’s Mike Pharr capitalized on some key slip-ups at the top of the leaderboard to claim his first BASS win on Saturday (Oct. 23) during the final stop of the 2010 Bassmaster Central Opens on Lake Texoma.[…]
Due to military training exercises, the Peason Ridge Wildlife Management Area will be closed Oct. 30-31 for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries either-sex hunt.[…]
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced that Fort Polk Wildlife Management Area will be closed to hunting from Oct. 30-31 due to military training operations.
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Washington, D.C. — Despite broad-based opposition that included sportsmen, environmentalists and industry, the Obama administration has approved production and sale of gasoline with up to 15 percent ethanol for 2007 and newer motor vehicles.[…]
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents cited two men Oct. 1 for allegedly trip fishing for bass on Tensas Parish’s Yucatan Lake, the agency reported.[…]
Houma anglers Jonathan Martin and Justin Breaux weigned in 11.69 pounds during the Cabela’s Speckled Trout USA Tournament Trail stop in Cocodrie on Saturday (Oct. 2) to pocket the $3,000 first-place prize money.[…]
The dust and the feathers have settled following the 2010 Louisiana teal season, and it’s clear the numbers were down and hunters in many parts of the state had to work a little harder than they are accustomed to in order to fill limits.[…]
Instructors from the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 42 (Northlake) will conduct three “About Boating Safely” courses in October that satisfy the new law requiring anyone born after Jan. 1, 1984 to complete a boating-safety class before operating a boat.[…]
Entry to Loggy Bayou Wildlife Management Area will be restricted during the next several months while the bridge providing primary access will be closing to allow a new bridge to be constructed, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported today (Sept. 24).[…]
BASS announced Thursday that the 2010 Junior Bassmaster World Championship will be held Oct. 29 on Cross Lake, and Louisiana will be represented by Paulina’s Matt Nobile.[…]
Fishery managers on Thursday (Sept. 21) approved an extension to the red snapper fishing season to begin on Oct. 1, with fishing allowed only on Fridays through Sundays until Nov. 22, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council announced.[…]
The National Marine Fisheries Service on Tuesday (Sept. 21) reopened 8,084 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico to fishing, although that opening is at the southern portion of the waters closed in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill earlier this year.[…]
Biologists last week counted less than half of the blue-winged teal found in the state last September, according to the season’s initial aerial waterfowl survey.[…]