Speckled trout are in a period of transition in the stifling heat of mid-August, preparing to migrate back to the inner marshes of southeast Louisiana this fall.[…]
Louisiana Public Broadcasting is unveiling the premier episode of its new six-part series, Alive! In America’s Delta, on Aug. 19 at 7 p.m.[…]
After years of discussion, a public boat launch is nearly ready to be built in Leeville.[…]
For some unknown reason, big male bluegills are called “bulls.” Why is hard to figure out. Females aren’t called “cows,” and young bluegills aren’t called “calves.”[…]
August brings low stages to the mighty Mississippi and Atchafalaya. Combine that with any tropical activity in the Gulf, and the result is high salinities and a pelagic invasion.[…]
If you are an avid reader of this magazine, then you read about the black bear killing a calf in West Carroll Parish. […]
When conducting a browse survey on an area it is sometimes beneficial to take note of the plants you are not seeing in the survey as well as those that you are finding.[…]
“We love to fish sliding corks,” 55-year-old Martin Close said. “They are the best thing that we have ever done.” […]
Louisiana is certainly no stranger when it comes to record-breaking fishing rodeos -dating back to 1928, the Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo is the oldest tournament in the country.[…]
Billed as the most life-like frog lure currently on the market, the Lunker Frog replicates an adult frog with swimming legs that extend during the retrieve and retract on a pause.[…]
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents arrested a Buras man earlier this week for alleged boat registration charges, including filing false documents and injuring public records.[…]
Louisiana’s planned and existing diversion projects continue to yield controversy, but they’re not a one-size-fits-all approach.[…]
Over the course of the 50-year Master Plan, officials say the sediment diversion projects in the document could create up to 300 square miles of new marsh at a cost of $4.1 billion, using a mix of funding ranging from federal dollars to offshore energy royalties.[…]
There’s widespread agreement that puncturing levees and diverting sediment-rich Mississippi River water into adjacent wetlands is key to saving the southeast Louisiana coast.[…]
With the very large number of plastic frogs on the racks and shelves for bass fishermen to choose from, who would’ve thunk to add another one to the mix?[…]
The 2013 FLW Forrest Wood Cup cranks up Aug. 15-18 on the Red River in Shreveport, with 46 anglers competing for the tour’s $500,000 top prize.[…]