Exactly one-half inch.
That’s all it took for Bryan Burnside and his team to etch their names into the Magnolia State’s record books when they harvested a giant 14-foot, ¾-inch gator early Monday morning near Natchez.[…]
Johnny Falterman’s motivation for cooking is to watch people enjoying his food. Here are his recipes for Tiger Salad and Crawfish and Crabmeat a la Johnny.[…]
The Houston Police Department is requesting that volunteers with boats who are headed to the city to assist with search and rescue efforts in the wake of massive flooding from Hurricane Harvey call them for directions and information first.[…]
‘The one that got away’ harkens back to fishing stories probably as old as time — but 15-year-old James Dupuy gutted out a two-hour battle with a giant redfish late Saturday afternoon that kept the outcome of Ride the Bull 8 hanging in the balance on Grand Isle. […]
On a day when many anglers’ thoughts drifted westward to Hurricane Harvey and the havoc it was wreaking in Texas, Ride the Bull 8 and its 570 kayak anglers churned into Caminada Pass on Grand Isle Saturday morning for what turned out to be a fantastic day for targeting big bull reds[…]
A 20- to 30-foot sperm whale washed onto a Grand Isle beach today, according to one news outlet and several Facebook reports.[…]
You open the throttle, plane the boat, tickle the trim until you can’t go any faster, and then your sonar loses the bottom. Chances are, the problem lies with your transducer installation.[…]
If you’re heading to Elmer’s Island this weekend to fish or watch Ride the Bull unfold in Caminada Pass, you’re good to go — but be aware that the island will close at 6 p.m. Sunday in anticipation of possible effects from Hurricane Harvey.[…]
Some Louisiana residents are already dealing with potential impacts from Hurricane Harvey — and the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge has already shut its doors until further notice in advance of the rapidly strengthening storm.[…]
Deer hunting is all about stealth. You have to sneak slowly to your stand. When you see a deer, the very act of breathing too heavily will get you busted — and leave you with nothing but a memory.[…]
As Hurricane Harvey heads toward Texas — with the possibility of impacting Louisiana next week — probably not very many people are planning offshore trips this weekend to target red snapper.[…]
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries arrested a 39-year-old Houma man on Tuesday in lower Terrebonne Parish for alleged commercial fishing violations.[…]
When hundreds and hundreds of kayakers, paddle-boarders and canoers churn into Caminada Pass bright and early Saturday morning for Ride the Bull 8 — the world’s largest paddle-powered fishing tournament — there likely will be more than 1,000 hooks dangling in the current within the legal fishing boundary. […]
In the June column we talked about getting your rifle ready for hunting season. While I admit to spending more time with rifles nowadays, handguns have always been a part of my day-to-day routine. During my career it was as much a part of the uniform as pants and shirt, and while off-duty I was still either carrying one or had quick access to it. […]
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries arrested a 74-year-old commercial fisherman in Bayou Des Allemands on Monday for allegedly taking undersized catfish and then attempting to conceal them during an inspection.[…]
If you’re into some drag-screaming, rod bending, hold-on-for-dear-life bull redfish action, now is the time to head down to Buras to target schools of the fish piled up in coastal waters gorging on live bait before heading out to spawn. […]