Search Results

The Pickets located in Ship Shoal 26 has provided consistent summer trout fishing for years, but the rigs and associated structures are in the process of being removed as part of the Idle Iron Policy. Popular trout fishing location being removed
May 20 at 9:48 am
The Pickets are hallowed ground in the Houma trout-fishing world. If you fish out of Cocodrie and Dularge during the summer, the odds are pretty darned good you schedule time at this perennial hotspot to add big specks to your box.

10-pound trout caught in Fourchon 10-pound trout caught in Fourchon
July 03, 2012 at 1:14 pm
Capt. Steve Shook wasn’t even wanting to fish. He honestly didn’t want to pick up the bent-over rod sitting securely in one of his rod holders.

LWF Commission signals longer 2013 snapper season LWF Commission signals longer 2013 snapper season
May 18, 2012 at 10:21 am
Snapper fishermen could have more than twice the number of days to hit offshore rigs in 2013 if a proposal recently announced by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission ultimately is implemented.


Untested dispersant makes fishing closures necessary Untested dispersant makes fishing closures necessary
May 27, 2010 at 3:02 pm
While many anglers have expressed frustration with a seemingly helter-skelter string of fishing closures and reopenings following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries head Robert Barham said there is method to the madness.

The result of the storms was more far-reaching than the immediate scouring of submerged aquatic vegetation: The massive influx of high-salinity water following each storm turned what vegetation remained brown, and many ducks had to scramble to find other WMA Habitat in good shape for duck season
September 21, 2009 at 11:51 am
The coastal marshes upon which millions of ducks depend each winter have taken a pounding over the past several years.

Hunters limited to three bucks next season
February 15, 2006 at 12:58 pm
A three-buck season limit and deer-harvest reporting system were added to the proposed 2006-07 hunting regulations by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission on Feb. 2.






featured merchant

Grumpy's
Grumpy's Grumpy's is serving up your all time favorites in St Charles Parish, from Seafood to Sandwiches. Dine in or To-Go, phone orders welcome!

Richmond, Waters introduce bill to reform flood insurance
Richmond, Waters introduce bill to reform flood insurance
- 611 views
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Cedric Richmond (LA-02), along with Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), introduced The Flood Insurance Implementation Reform Act of 2013. This bipartisan legislation aims to improve the National Flood Insurance Program by ensuring that the implementation of new rates do not burden homeowners or slow the recovery of the nation's housing market.