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March 14, 2026
/Mississippi River

Mississippi River

Coastal Projects

Restorative power of Mississippi River could rejuvenate swamps

April 7, 2022 Chris Macaluso

Diversions are designed to mimic the natural land-building ability of the river prior to levees and jetties blocking water and sediment.[…]

Capt. Davey Miles with Cajun Fishing Adventures shows off a nice redfish just minutes before a bad storm forced him to leave Breton Island last Friday. The good news is the Mississippi River has finally fallen to more normal late-summer levels, which should mean solid fishing this fall downriver.
Fishing Hotspots

Plummeting Mississippi River setting up for solid fall fishing

August 22, 2019 Patrick Bonin

According to Capt. Davey Miles, a guide with Cajun Fishing Adventures in Buras, the plummeting Mississippi River is bringing in more bait and more fish.[…]

Boats like this one near Pilottown have been running aground on newly formed sandbars that were created when the Mississippi River reached near record-breaking highs earlier this spring and summer. As the river drops, anglers are urged to use caution because of sediment and obstacles deposited during the high-water conditions. (Photo by Sea Tow Westbank)
Outdoor Updates

Mississippi River finally drops — but anglers urged to use caution

August 21, 2019 Patrick Bonin

After months and months of high water, the Mississippi River has finally dropped. That means fishing downriver in spots like Empire, Buras and Venice.[…]

The author untangled this big choupique under the water at a running cut into the Mississippi River.
Apex Predator

Limb lining the Mississippi River trenasses

June 11, 2019 Josh Chauvin

Joshua Chauvin explains how he sets limb lines in the big waters of the Mississippi River and its oxbows to catch really big choupique and catfish.[…]

News Breaker

Escalating floods putting Mississippi River’s Old River Control Structure at risk

May 23, 2019 From News Reports

The Old River Control Structure, critical defense against the Mississippi River, is under increasing threat due to flood heights that have escalated.[…]

Deer Hunting

Hunting Big Bucks — Mississippi River Whitetails during the Rut

November 22, 2018 Ann Taylor

The rut is hot, and we’re hunting whitetail – big bucks in the Mississippi River Delta… Com’on n go with us.[…]

Deer Hunting

Carcass importation ban expands to include Louisiana lands east of Mississippi River

October 8, 2018 From News Reports

At its October meeting, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission approved a declaration of emergency that expands the current cervid carcass importation ban to include Louisiana lands east of the Mississippi River.[…]

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