Outdoors

Adult-sized Rainbow Trout have been restocked at the Bayou Country Sports Park ponds! Check out this video on tips for catching these beautiful fish!

Time is running out to sign up to participate in the 2023 derelict crab trap rodeo event. The event will take place this year in the Terrebonne Basin out of Montegut.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will stock 17 sites across Louisiana with adult-size Rainbow Trout, including the Bayou Country Sports Park in Houma!

The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission adopted a Notice of Intent (NOI) to remove the requirement of using international orange buoys to mark gill and trammel nets in fresh water.

The notices of intent include proposed hunting season dates and regulation changes from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) for the upcoming hunting seasons and provide for a public comment period. See what's changing here:

LDWF announced the daily possession limit for commercially harvested large coastal sharks is increasing from 45 to 55 per day when the 2023 season opens on January 1. 

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ATTENTION HUNTERS! Sheriff Blaise Smith and the deputies of the SMPSO are advising the public to use EXTREME CAUTION when boating/hunting in St. Mary's waters due to the low water levels we are experiencing.

The recreational and commercial seasons for lane snapper in Louisiana waters will close at 12:01 a.m. on November 21, 2022, and will remain closed until January 1, 2023. 

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Trip Ticket staff will accompany Licensing during remote commercial fishing license sales. See when they will be in Bourg, here:

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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) recently added 10 whooping cranes to its experimental population, the most since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

101% of Louisiana’s 2022 annual private recreational allocation of 809,315 pounds have been harvested to date. The overage will be deducted from the 2023 allocation as payback.

The Terrebonne Parish workshop is scheduled for Jan. 14, 2023.

Hunters For The Hungry Louisiana is once again accepting deer donations at partner processors that are signed up with the organization throughout the state, for the 2022-2023 deer hunting season.