Joe Macaluso

In addition to the recreational red snapper survey in last week’s edition, Wildlife and Fisheries also emailed an online survey to randomly selected fishermen in the Atchafalaya River Basin region.

Duncan Prentice is the latest among a dedicated group of fishermen and their families to have a dedicated and lasting memory to the work they did preserving Louisiana’s coastal fishing

Seasons dates for resident game and migratory waterfowl/birds were outlined by the Wildlife Division of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries during Tuesday’s Wildlife and Fisheries Commission meeting in

There was drama Tuesday in what usually is a drama-less January Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission meeting.

No question: 2024 was a big year in Louisiana’s outdoors.

Last week’s midweek cold front, and another even colder front predicted this week, could save Louisiana’s first split of the 60-day duck season.

Department of Wildlife and Fisheries waterfowl biologists early November aerial surveys of the coastal (Southwest & Southeast) and Little River Basin (LRB; Catahoula Lake) zones to estimate waterfowl populations. (*

The first shots of the duck season came this muggy weekend when West Zone youth hunters got the first crack at early birds.

You’d think after his years serving our country, retired Navy SEAL Spencer Calvin had done enough.

The aftermath certainly was expected, and fish kills in the wake of Hurricane Francine showed up last week.