Egret Baits, makers of the incredible Vudu Shrimp, Vudu Mullet, and Mambo Mullet, have put together a great program to help support victims of the recent Louisiana floods. Egret will donate 100% of all monies earned through the sales of their Louisiana Strong Kit to charities supporting those impacted by the recent floods. The Louisiana […]
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The International Gamefish Foundation (IGFA) hasn’t yet approved angler Tim Champagne’s record catch as the biggest mangrove snapper ever caught, and whether they do or not, that’s still a beast of a grey. Champagne caught what could become the biggest grey snapper (Lutjanus griseus) ever recorded by the IGFA. Champagne caught the massive 8.45 kg […]
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NOAA Fisheries recently released data on recreational red snapper landings for the 2014 season. Across the Gulf of Mexico, recreational fishermen landed 3,866,531 pounds of red snapper in 2014, 28 percent below the recreational quota of 5.39 million pounds. These data, mainly from NOAA Fisheries’ Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP), were released months after the […]
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries commission adopted a notice of intent to designate and protect 31 inshore fishing reefs as part of the LDWF Artificial Reef Program. Louisiana’s Artificial Reef Program includes a robust offshore ‘Rigs to Reef’ component, the backbone of our reef program. ‘Rigs to Reef’ was established in 1986 to transform decommissioned […]
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In response to the March 13 announcement by fisheries management agencies from Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, the Recreational Fishing Alliance has issued a press release praising the five state effort: March 17, 2015 – The five states bordering the Gulf of Mexico-Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas-have pulled together in an effort to […]
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In a move long-awaited by the recreational fishing and boating community, the directors of the state fish and wildlife agencies from Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas announced an agreement for state-based management of Gulf of Mexico red snapper, which in recent years has experienced increasing privatization of this public resource and decreasing recreational fishing […]
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CCA Louisiana and Chevron have teamed up for the longest and richest summer-long saltwater fishing tournament in Louisiana, making Chevron the title sponsor for the 21st Annual Statewide Tournament and Angler’s Rodeo (STAR). Competition begins the Saturday before Memorial Day, on May 23rd, and lasts 108 days until Labor Day, Monday, September 7, 2015. “We’re […]
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The Ride the Bull kayak fishing tournament is set for two weeks from now–August 15-16–and you better believe that it’s going to be big. Last year’s tournament drew 488 anglers to the tournament, setting a new record as the largest kayak fishing tournament ever held. But Tournament Director Danny Wray expects about 300 more kayakers […]
There were no tarpon logged at the weigh in of the 66th annual Golden Meadow Fourchon International Tarpon Rodeo in Port Fourchon, Louisiana. But angler Chad Galliano broke a rodeo record that had stood since 1978. Back in 1978 Baton rouge Rodeo angler Buck Gladden brought to weigh in a 51-pound, 8-ounce bull dolphin that […]
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries have cited 34-year-old Paul Haptonstall for allegedly selling redfish and speckled trout at his residence. The department had received complaints about Haptonstall advertising his sale of redfish and speckled trout on social media, so agents from the LDWF’s Special Investigations Unit went to Haptonstall’s residence, and purchased 138 […]
Nineteen-year-old Neil Smith may have just landed in the Louisiana state record books with a possible number 6-ranked cobia. This past Wednesday, Smith was fishing about 70 miles southwest of Cypremort Point when a solid 100-pound-plus cobia nailed his pink curly-tail jig at about 50 feet down. Smith took his fish to Dago’s certified scales […]
The Louisiana Senate passed HB 1082 this past Thursday. The House Bill, had been introduced in March by Republican Stuart J. Bishop and cosponsored by Democrat Eugene Reynolds, The Louisiana House approved the bill at the end of April. All the bill requires now is the signature of Governor Bobby Jindal. The bill will raise […]
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Brandon Bosarge of Pascagoula, Mississippi, brought the third largest cobia ever taken in Mississippi to the scales of the Gulf Coast Cobia Classic–a month-long cobia tournament run out of Pascagoula. The fish, which Bosarge caught in Louisiana waters but weighed in in Mississippi, is the first 100-pound plus cobia weighted in Mississippi in 18 years. […]
Cullen Green of Huston, Texas, has landed what may well be the third-largest Warsaw caught in Louisiana waters and the fifth largest ever taken. The fish, weighing in at 297 pounds and measuring 6 and 1/2 feet long and 6 feet around, still needs final Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association verification for record status, but that […]
From the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council: After receiving a briefing on a recent court decision in response to a legal challenge on management of the recreational component of the red snapper fishery, the Council took actions to prevent the recreational sector from exceeding its quota in 2014 and beyond. For the short-term, the […]
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Louisiana’s weekend-only recreational red snapper season will open Friday, February 21, 2014 at 12:01 am and will remain open until further notice. In 2013 Louisiana’s Department of Wildlife and Fisheries granted Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Robert Barham the authority to modify the recreational red snapper season. Details about the season: A weekend is defined as […]
Paradise Outfitters of Venice, Louisiana has just posted an incredible, bad-ass, head-bangin, adrenaline-pumping, drool-inducing, and jealousy-making video of some great Gulf of Mexico marlin Fishing. The video is embedded below and available on YouTube. We can’t stop watching it. We want to hang with these guys. FISH ON!
Like everywhere else in the Southeast United States this week, New Orleans has been blasted by the cold. And, if you know New Orleans, then you know when it gets this cold, the redfish can only be one place: Bayou La Loutre. Bayou La Loutre is part of the old course of the Mississippi River, […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will be offering a number of free workshops in the coming months, including a series of Atlantic shark identification workshops and protected species safe handling, release, and identification workshops. The Atlantic Shark Identification Workshops will be held on October 17, 2013 in Braintree, MA; November 17, 2013 in […]
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The Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo kicked off today and will run through Saturday, July 28, 2013. The Rodeo is the oldest fishing tournament in the United States, having been first held in 1928, making this the 91st running of the tournament. The tournament is run out of the Sand Dollar Marina off Louisiana Highway One. While tarpon […]
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