While many anglers have expressed frustration with a seemingly helter-skelter string of fishing closures and reopenings following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries head Robert Barham said there is method to the madness.[…]
A large swath of the Terrebonne Parish marshes that were closed to all fishing because of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill will reopen today (May 26) at 6 p.m., but the closure of state offshore waters between the eastern shore of Marsh Island and Freshwater Bayou was reinstated effective just before 5 p.m., the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced.[…]
NOAA has extended the closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico to match the Louisiana state waters closure west of the current boundaries, and to incorporate an area reportedly with oil in the southwest.[…]
The western-most fishing closure, which prohibited fishing in the state-owned offshore waters in Iberia and Vermilion parishes, was lifted today, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fishieres announced earlier.[…]
The stars were perfectly aligned for Jason Williamson heading into the final day of the Bassmaster Elite Series Pride of Georgia on Clarks Hill Lake, a tournament in which he held a more than 4-pound lead over Pierre Part’s Cliff Crochet.[…]
Recreational and commercial fishing was shut down last night (May 22) in all of Barataria Bay and much of the marsh stretching from Golden Meadow west to Point au Fer because of “confirmed oil reports” from the Deepwater Horizon spill, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced.[…]
All fishing in state offshore waters between Chaland and Barataria passes, along with the entirity of Terrebonne and Timbalier bays, ends today (May 21) at sunset, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced.[…]
A portion of Barataria Bay has been closed to all fishing, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced this afternoon (May 22). The closure went into effect just before 5:20 p.m.[…]
The front beach of Grand Isle and state offshore waters between Caminada and Barataria passes will shut down to all fishing late today (May 20) effective at sunset, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced.[…]
State offshore waters between Red and Chaland passes were shut down to all fishing at sunrise this morning (May 20), the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced late last night.[…]
Anglers looking to fish in a less confusing situation than the open-and-closed coastal waters need look no farther than the interior marshes that just happen to be crawling with bass.[…]
State territorial seas, including beaches, from the west side of Caminada Pass to Belle Pass have been closed to all fishing effective immediately after tar balls were found on Fourchon beach, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported.[…]
After nearly a month of spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, heavy black oil has entered the Louisiana wetlands, Gov. Bobby Jindal told a group of reporters in Venice today.[…]
Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill has very likely already entered the Gulf of Mexico’s Loop Current, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Administrator Jane Lubchenco.[…]
Concerns about the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Louisiana’s marshes as disaster enters its fourth week are understandable but thus far a bit overblown, a retired LSU researcher told LouisianaSportsman.com.[…]
Recreational and commercial fishing in state offshore waters from the Marsh Island’s South Point west to Freshwater Bayou ends at sunset today (May 18) because oil has been found on the beach of Marsh Island, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced.[…]