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. […]
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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. […]
Columns
Ronnie cooks up-the-bayou
Ronnie Sampey’s Smothered Crabs are delicious and fun to eat, and his Redfish Sauce Piquant recipe is unique because few sauce piquants are made with fish. […]
Fishing
How to peel a blue crab
As wonderful as blue crabs are to eat, there is no doubt that their meat is tough to get out of the shell. Follow these steps to culinary heaven. […]
Contents
Blue crab beach blitz — Crabbing on Grand Isle
My wife Glenda told Barbara Picard that blue crab meat can make anything you cook taste better. […]
Columns
Interesting blue crab trivia
Blue crabs are one of the most-beautiful and interesting creatures in Louisiana’s coastal marshes. They are pugnacious — actually downright aggressive may be a better characterization — but within those armored bodies lies some of the most delectable of all seafoods. […]
Inshore Fishing
Texas men arrested for stealing crabs on Bayou Black, LDWF says
Two Orange, Texas men were arrested last week and cited for crab theft and other fishing violations in connection with an incident on Bayou Black in Cameron Parish, according to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. […]
News Breaker
Two Metairie residents cited for stealing crabs, LDWF says
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents cited two Metairie residents for alleged crabbing violations on Lake Pontchartrain on Aug. 2, according to a press release. […]