The public is invited to have a voice in the future of two area national wildlife refuges at a public meeting to be held on Thursday, June 29, 2006, at the Old Metairie Branch of the Jefferson Parish Public Library, at 2350 Metairie Road, from 6:30–8:30 p.m.[…]
South Louisiana has been blessed by successful festivals in recent weeks that have buoyed spirits and reminded residents of exactly what makes this place so special.[…]
Everybody knows how good the fishing can be at Buras, but it’s hard to imagine just how good it is right now unless you try it yourself. The trout fishing is absolutely insane, and Capt. Ryan Lambert of Cajun Fishing Adventures (985-785-9833) said that it’s as crazy as he has ever seen.[…]
The late season front that blew through this past weekend put the brakes on the fishing around Hopedale for a couple of days. However, on Wednesday, Capt. Gene Dugas of Rather Be Fishing Adventures (985-640-0569) put a whacking on them, and his boat had 100 trout by 9:30.[…]
The front that barreled through South Louisiana Wednesday night blew lots of folks off the water, including Capt. C.J. Rojas with Griffin Fishing Charters in Lafitte (800-741-1340). As soon as the wind dies down, though, Rojas expects to find the action to be just as good as it was a couple days ago.[…]
Capt. Chad Billiot of Marsh Rat Guide Service (985-637-5058) has filmed two television shows among all the guide trips he has had recently, and he has found the speckled trout action between Leeville and the Timbalier Islands to be as good as it has ever been.[…]
The opening day of snapper season came and went as quickly as Christmas morning, and, like kids showing off their new toys, anglers bragged and took pictures of all the presents the Gulf of Mexico provided.[…]
This is it, my absolute favorite time of year. The days have grown longer and consistently warmer.[…]
The red torpedo cork hit the duckweed and just kept going. For a moment I could only imagine the terror that fat cricket must have experienced as it plunged below the water’s surface only to find itself being sucked between the lips of a giant warmouth.[…]
The Plaquemines Parish recovery took a body blow recently when it was announced that there was a push to exclude the parish from a strengthened levee system that would protect the rest of the region.[…]
This is the time of year when Captain T-Man Cheramie (985-693-6828) expects the water to finally come up around Lockport and stay.[…]
Fishing has turned on all over Louisiana the past couple of days, and that has made it difficult to single out one particular spot to highlight.[…]
Captain Greg Schlumbrecht of To Fish Charters expects the HWY 11 and the Train Bridges across Lake Pontchartrain to explode with giant speckled trout just any day now.[…]
It was still dark in the pre-dawn hours of a Thursday morning when I shook hands with Capt. Chad Dufrene and we sat down for breakfast at Rose’s Café in Golden Meadow.[…]
Captain Mike Daigle with Cast-It Charters (985-331-8548) doesn’t expect to find too many trout in Lake Salvador during the winter because they are usually gone before it gets too cold.[…]
It’s pretty easy to forget about the offshore fish willing to bite and put up a fight with all the excellent inshore fishing that so many are experiencing this winter.[…]