For Chad Courville, a combination of ecological data plus harvest data — not public opinion — is key to making sound decisions on setting duck and goose seasons in Louisiana.[…]
Big time heat didn’t stop Malcolm Franks from catching a big time bass last weekend at Toledo Bend.[…]
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission adopted a Notice of Intent (NOI) at its August meeting that would establish regulations for duck blinds on Saline Lake and Northwest Louisiana Game and Fish Preserves.[…]
Statistics indicate one in three new cancer diagnosis in the United States comes in the form of skin cancer, making it the most frequently occurring form of cancer.[…]
Trail cameras are regularly used by hunters to monitor wildlife visits to feeders during the hunting season.[…]
Capt. Tommy Pellegrin, with Custom Charters in Houma, La., is squarely on the treble hook side of the aisle when it comes to speckled trout.[…]
Recreational anglers in Louisiana’s waters will reach their share — 745,000 pounds — of the Gulf’s red snapper harvest when the season closes in state waters at 12:01 a.m on Sept. 8, according to a news release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Sometimes speckled trout can make you feel like the smartest guy in the class — or like the kid not paying attention way in the back row.[…]
Russell Sage Wildlife Management Area is expanding by almost 2,800 acres after the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries purchased land known as the Kennedy Tract on the southern tip of the existing property.[…]
A final vote is expected Thursday at the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council’s meeting in New Orleans on the fate of Reef Fishery Management Plan Amendment 28, which could modify how the red snapper quota is divided between the recreational and commercial sectors.[…]
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited 20 people for alleged shrimp violations since the middle of the summer.[…]
Another big turnout is expected for the Quality Deer Management Association’s Bayou Branch Gun Bash, which is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 3 starting at 6 p.m. in the Thibodaux Civic Center.[…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
Recently, a skipper of a vessel put a waypoint into the GPS, and the display showed the direction and distance to that point, but it is not the same as the course to steer plotted on the chart.
Why is this? What would cause this?
– CS[…]
When I read that a new episode in the Star Wars saga is coming out in December, I was as thrilled as a wookie getting a flea collar.[…]
There’s nothing like catching a mess of speckled trout, especially when the action is fast and furious and they’re flying over the gunnels as fast as you can get your bait in the water.[…]
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission on Thursday voted to set the dates for the state’s 2015-16 waterfowl season, and opted to push the opening day for Coastal Zone hunters up to the first Saturday in November this year — Nov. 7.[…]