Columns
‘Towing the line’ in the kitchen
Colleen and Christian Orfanello create original, unique dishes. Here they share their recipes for Bull Turtle Soup and Smoky Soft-Shell Crabs. […]
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Field Notes
Want crabs? All you need to know to fill a hamper
It’s difficult to think of any savory dish that isn’t made more elegant and profoundly more delicious by the addition of one of two ingredients: bacon or crabmeat. I can’t tell you where to get a great deal on the former, but I can definitely clue you in on how to load up on the latter. […]
Inshore Fishing
Marsh Man Masson vid: Cranking up crabs with incredible underwater footage
Lots of parties in South Louisiana, of course, include some type of boiled seafood. Being a native of the best region on the planet, I wanted to celebrate the anniversary of our nation’s birth with some red, white and blue crabs. […]
Inshore Fishing
Marsh Man Masson vid: Hot crabbing action with amazing underwater footage
Fishing is always on my mind, but when summer heat wraps South Louisiana like a hot, moist, miserable blanket, I can’t help but pull out a couple dozen nets, bait them up and drop them down to ravenous blue crabs. […]
Fishing
LDWF busts two for buying, selling redfish and crabs
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited two Terrebonne Parish man for allegedly buying and selling game fish illegally, according to a news release. […]
Columns
Blue crabs’ molting miracle
Ecdysis — it sounds like something forbidden to do.
But really, it’s just the process of crustaceans shedding their shells. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Slidell man ticketed for allegedly stealing crabs in Lake Pontchartrain
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited a 68-year-old Slidell man for alleged crab trap theft on Aug. 21. […]
Columns
Don’t mess with this cook!
Sheri Birk of Southern Exposure Inland Fishing Charters shares her recipes for Crab Cakes with Dill Remoulade and Crawfish Étouffée. […]
Inshore Fishing
Catching giant Cameron Parish crabs
Bobbye Sonnier and Dede Isaac are what you might call crabbing connoisseurs — and they put a serious hurting on some monstrous select jumbo crustaceans recently at the Creole Nature Reserve in Cameron Parish. […]
Columns
Vermilion Bay means seafood to Trout Masters
It didn’t take us long to learn that Vermilion Bay Trout Masters can cook. Here are recipes for crab salad and Zydeco Sauced Fish. […]
Columns
Let’s go Mexican – Trout Quesadillas is perfection
Two recipes from Casey McLaurin; Lil Mac’s Smoky Trout Quesadillas and crab enchiladas that are packed with flavor and have a tender mouth-feel. […]
Inshore Fishing
LWF Commission considers proposal to restrict blue crab harvest
In an effort to restrict the harvest of immature female blue crabs, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission is considering a proposal that would close the commercial and trap fishery for 30 days beginning on the third Monday in February beginning next year and going through 2019. […]
Contents
Blue crab special — Public crabbing opportunities abound
The first time I ate crabs was way back in the summer of 1984. I’m not talking about those Alaskan king crab legs that are rapidly processed, quick-frozen and shipped to a chain restaurant or grocery near you. […]
Fishing
Slidell man cited for alleged crab trap theft in Plaquemines Parish
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited a Slidell man for alleged crab trap theft in Plaquemines Parish on May 11. […]
Events & Announcements
Nicholls conducting blue crab tagging project
Researchers at Nicholls State University hope to tag 30,000 female blue crabs Gulf-wide in the next two years to gain insight into their spawning habits and preferred migration routes. […]
Inshore Fishing
Delcambre men arrested for alleged crab thefts
Two Delcambre men were arrested earlier this month and booked into the Iberia Parish Jail in separate cases for alleged crabbing violations, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. […]