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The easiest limit?
The phone rang.
“Dude, what are you doing tomorrow?”
“Hey, Sammy. What’s up? I dunno, I’ve gotta…”[…]
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Cover: August 2017
Mallory O’Brien snared this nice red snapper on a recent trip out of Fourchon during the 2017 extended federal season in the Gulf of Mexico, which is scheduled to close on Labor Day, Sept. 4.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Video: Mandeville Elite Redfish angler falls from tower, still reels in $65,000 fish
Sometimes things are just meant to be.
Even in ideal sight-fishing conditions, redfish can spook, bend a hook, pop a line, just not eat or find myriad other ways to avoid the landing net.[…]
Bass Fishing
School is in session
It’s shaping up to be a different kind of August for bassin’ on Toledo Bend.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Search crews looking for possible missing boaters in Lake Pontchartrain
Search crews are currently looking for possible missing anglers after a 12-foot flat boat was discovered overturned Tuesday morning near the Highway 11 bridge in Lake Pontchartrain.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Pierre Part angler reels in Leeville leopard red
If the International Grand Isle Tarpon rodeo had a category for most spots on a redfish, Sally Chapman Mabile likely would have been the 2017 winner in a landslide.[…]
News Breaker
Potential new No. 1 Warsaw grouper caught during Grand Isle rodeo
You might say Dr. J.J. Tabor has become somewhat of a giant grouper specialist — and he just beat his own record Friday when he reeled in a massive 383-pounder during the International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo that once certified will likely became the state’s new No. 1-ranked Warsaw.[…]
Inshore Fishing
How to turn a Matrix Shad into a shrimp-imitation twitchbait
Many Louisiana coastal anglers are probably familiar with Matrix Shad soft plastic paddletail lures — and how deadly they are when jigging for speckled trout.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Turn your soft pastic paddletail lure into shrimp imitation twitchbait
Many Louisiana coastal anglers are probably familiar with Matrix Shad soft plastic paddletail lures — and how deadly they are when jigging for speckled trout.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
2017 Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo final results
Here are final results from the 2017 International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo held this past weekend out of Sand Dollar Marina. […]
Fishing Tournaments
2017 Faux Pas Lodge Rodeo final results
Here are final results from the 19th annual Faux Pas Lodge Rodeo held this past weekend out of Venice Marina[…]
Inshore Fishing
Montegut man surrenders in wake of LDWF shrimping investigation
A 37-year-old Montegut man surrendered to authorities on Thursday, one week after escaping from agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries by jumping off their boat and swimming away in the marsh.[…]
Deer Hunting
LDWF accepting deer lottery hunt applications for physically challenged, disabled veterans
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is currently accepting deer lottery hunt applications for physically challenged hunters on Sabine and Floy McElroy Wildlife Management Areas for the 2017-18 hunting season.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF update: Red snapper anglers safe for at least another weekend
Anglers preparing for weekend red snapper trips can proceed as planned: The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries confirmed Thursday afternoon the extended summer season will go through this Sunday, and probably at least well into next month.[…]
Columns
It’s a Louisiana kitchen in a Mississippi home
Capt. John Falterman, Jr. and his mom Debby joined forces to make a salad with fried oysters while John cooked his corn and crawfish soup.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Three men cited for alleged shrimping violations in Bastian Bay
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited three men in two separate vessels for alleged shrimping violations early Thursday morning in Bastian Bay.[…]