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Red snapper update: Still 300,000 pounds-plus to go to meet Louisiana quota
Louisiana red snapper anglers have another green light for trips this weekend in the Gulf of Mexico.[…]
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Target big red snapper — with big live bait
Capt. Brent Ballay, and his wife, Capt. Meredith Ballay, owners of Cast N Blast Venice, say it’s all about offering red snapper a bigger fish as bait.[…]
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Snapper Snafu no More!
From now until Labor Day, snapper season is a go! More specifically, you can only legally possess fish on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, but hey, that’s better than the three-day excuse for a season earlier this year.[…]
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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.[…]
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Will Louisiana’s red snapper season make it all the way to Labor Day?
If you’re planning a red snapper trip this summer, you’re probably better off scheduling it sooner rather than later. […]
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Summer rig bounty
The sky is the limit when fishing around nearshore rigs during the summer. Cooler water plus lots of structure equals fish magnets for Louisiana anglers.[…]
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LDWF: About 700,000 pounds of red snapper remain for 2017 recreational harvest
Before this month’s extended federal season ever cranked up, Louisiana anglers had already harvested about one-third of the state’s self-imposed 2017 recreational quota of red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico.[…]
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Attempted sale of red snapper in Dulac leads to drug arrest, citations, LDWF says
A tip led enforcement agents to a seafood dock in Dulac on Sunday, where one person was cited for alleged commercial fishing violations and another was booked into the Terrebonne Parish jail on drug charges, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Red snapper infested in Gulf this month
If you want to get a friend or child interested in fishing, what’s one of the best things to do? Take them bream fishing. Just about anywhere there’s a puddle in the state, there are bream.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Rig it: Proper red snapper gear major help
No matter what species of fish you’re targeting, matching up your rod, reel and line not only helps you get more bites, it’ll help you land more fish.[…]
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Gulf states agree to 39-day red snapper summer season
For the first time in a long time, there’s some rare good news on the red snapper front in the Gulf of Mexico.[…]
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LWF Commission approves 27-day red snapper season extension
Pending approval and acceptance by the four other Gulf state’s fisheries directors and the U.S. Department of Commerce, recreational anglers in Louisiana will get an extended 27-day weekends-only recreational red snapper season in federal waters this summer starting Saturday, June 17 and going through Labor Day.[…]
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LDWF pulls controversial red snapper pilot program
Exactly two weeks after touting a pilot study praised by the governor that would have awarded 150 randomly selected anglers the opportunity to catch 25,000 pounds of Gulf red snapper — and just days after that same plan was torched by the Louisiana legislature in a resolution calling for the study to be scrapped — the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced it was deferring the controversial program until August.[…]
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27-day weekend-only recreational red snapper season in the works
Forget that tired old tie and pair of socks: Get your dad a nice red snapper rig this Father’s Day — because it looks like he might be able to use it all summer long this year in federal waters.[…]
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Officials negotiating potential expansion of 2017 Gulf red snapper season
LouisianaSportsman.com has learned negotiations are currently ongoing between the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. House of Representatives and the five Gulf states to potentially expand the just-concluded three-day 2017 recreational red snapper season in federal waters.[…]
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LDWF: Red snapper pilot program not precursor for recreational IFQ system
A two-year pilot program announced last week by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries that would award 150 randomly-selected offshore anglers unlimited access to 25,000 pounds annually of Gulf red snapper — which has been roundly criticized by fishing-rights advocates — is not an attempt to ultimately impose individual fishing quotas on the statewide recreational angling community.[…]