New Seatrout Regulations for Louisiana
The state’s updated spotted seatrout rules take effect on November 20.
The state’s updated spotted seatrout rules take effect on November 20.
On August 23, 2023, Emmanuel Williams became the first person to ever catch a swordfish from a personal watercraft.
State agents arrested a charter captain with boating and hunting violations, plus charges for passing bad checks and credit card fraud.
The giant fish was just six pounds shy of the state record.
In recent years sport anglers have complained loudly that all-too-numerous sharks are eating hooked fish before they can be boated.
Fisheries authorities are moving forward with a major rule change for the most popular marine sportfish in the state.
An estimated 900,000 menhaden, or pogies, weighing roughly 500,000 pounds, was cut loose by a Louisiana commercial boat because the catch was too big to haul aboard.
State marine biologists say Louisiana seatrout are overfished and are recommending a reduction in daily bag limit and an increase in trout size limit.
CCA officials in Louisiana report menhaden purse seiners are damaging shallow reefs and catching tons of prized baitfish, while other seiners in Virginia have caught up to 6 tons of redfish in a single haul.
A study showed that southern flounder populations are low, so Louisiana is closing harvest of the popular fish this autumn.
Decent weather, a bay boat and three anglers run a few miles out of the Mississippi to find great action and diversity around structure, throwing Z-Man plastics with light tackle.
Port Eads lets northern Gulf anglers rest and recharge on multiday trips
The state’s updated spotted seatrout rules take effect on November 20.
On August 23, 2023, Emmanuel Williams became the first person to ever catch a swordfish from a personal watercraft.
State agents arrested a charter captain with boating and hunting violations, plus charges for passing bad checks and credit card fraud.
The giant fish was just six pounds shy of the state record.
In recent years sport anglers have complained loudly that all-too-numerous sharks are eating hooked fish before they can be boated.
Fisheries authorities are moving forward with a major rule change for the most popular marine sportfish in the state.
An estimated 900,000 menhaden, or pogies, weighing roughly 500,000 pounds, was cut loose by a Louisiana commercial boat because the catch was too big to haul aboard.
State marine biologists say Louisiana seatrout are overfished and are recommending a reduction in daily bag limit and an increase in trout size limit.
CCA officials in Louisiana report menhaden purse seiners are damaging shallow reefs and catching tons of prized baitfish, while other seiners in Virginia have caught up to 6 tons of redfish in a single haul.
A study showed that southern flounder populations are low, so Louisiana is closing harvest of the popular fish this autumn.
Decent weather, a bay boat and three anglers run a few miles out of the Mississippi to find great action and diversity around structure, throwing Z-Man plastics with light tackle.
Port Eads lets northern Gulf anglers rest and recharge on multiday trips
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