Louisiana Fishing Regulations
Are you familiar with the fishing regulation in Louisiana?
It is never a bad idea to check it again before your next outing.
Louisiana Fishing License
Purchasing a fishing license you are helping to preserve the environment and also ensure that future generations can enjoy fishing as you are.
Among other things, your fishing license fees support fisheries and hatcheries management, education programs about fishing and conservation, protection of endangered species.
Here it is where you can get your fishing license.
Links to Louisiana Government Agencies
Here are a few websites of Louisiana's agencies involved in regulation and conservation.
Louisiana Fishing News
Check out what is the latest fishing buzz in Louisiana.
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Dulac couple hope to bring beloved otter home
- He falls under the jurisdiction of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries ... Chip swam in the bayou and went in and out of their home as he pleased. "We'd take the fish and throw it in the bayou to teach him how to eat," Chaisson ...
- Daily Comet
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- 2/5/2012 10:53:15 PM
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Parks have antidote for your cabin fever
- Stuart Johnson of the Louisiana Office of State Parks said there's an easy ... "We're you're best bet in terms of both the economy and enjoying the outdoors, whether you're fishing or hiking or taking part in a planned park activity."
- Alexandria Daily Town Talk
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- 2/5/2012 11:54:41 AM
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Newcomers to area have first impression to be valued
- The newly minted chair of the Chamber Southwest Louisiana’s board has a better idea ... the bounty and recreational value of our waterways, the various fishing and hunting opportunities minutes from our driveways, the hospitality and ...
- Lake Charles American Press
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- 2/5/2012 3:26:27 AM
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Outdoors news and notes from around Southeast Louisiana
- The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has proposed ... weigh-in at the East Bridge Ramp on U.S. 90 near Slidell. Anglers will be fishing for a seven-fish limit of crappie, known locally as sac-a-lait, which could net them a check ...
- nola.com
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- 2/5/2012 2:43:30 AM
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It's time to bring in the cavalry for rescue of the wetlands
- Every hunting season, I'm reminded why the pioneers of America's environmental movement -- legends like Theodore Roosevelt, Aldo Leopold and Gifford Pinchot -- were hunters and anglers: People whom hunt and fish are among the few humans who are ...
- nola.com
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- 2/5/2012 2:29:11 AM
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Kiroli Park
- Her childhood was one of working alongside her grandmothers in their gardens, and tramping the woods with her two brothers: fishing, hunting, coming home muddy from head to foot. She moved to Louisiana six years ago with her husband, an ...
- News-Star
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- 2/4/2012 11:15:54 PM
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Summit focuses on wetlands, coastal restoration
- “Where I go fishing, where I hunt, it's not going to be there.” Naquin is also the co-founder of Sassafras Louisiana, an environmental organization founded by teenagers in Lafourche Parish. “We wanted to figure out a way to involve the ...
- Daily Comet
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- 2/4/2012 8:16:57 PM
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Summit focuses on wetlands, coastal restoration
- “Where I go fishing, where I hunt, it's not going to be there.” Naquin is also the co-founder of Sassafras Louisiana, an environmental organization founded by teenagers in Lafourche Parish. “We wanted to figure out a way to involve the ...
- Houma Courier
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- 2/4/2012 7:34:00 PM
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Parks have antidote for your cabin fever
- Stuart Johnson of the Louisiana Office of State Parks said there’s an ... best bet in terms of both the economy and enjoying the outdoors, whether you’re fishing or hiking or taking part in a planned park activity.” And even though its ...
- News-Star
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- 2/4/2012 2:40:31 PM
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Shoreline has new artificial reef
- Coastal Conservation Association of Louisiana and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife ... With spring only about six weeks away, it is time to get the fishing poles rigged and ready. CRAB TRAP REMOVAL Coastal Conservation Association members ...
- nola.com
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- 2/4/2012 10:58:36 AM
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LSU's landscape architecture program shines
- NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana State University's landscape-architecture ... It focused on ecosystem restoration and included swampland restoration, kayaking and fishing. He wasn't the only student to achieve national recognition recently.
- Daily Comet
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- 2/3/2012 10:12:40 PM
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LSU's landscape architecture program shines
- NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana State University's landscape-architecture ... It focused on ecosystem restoration and included swampland restoration, kayaking and fishing. He wasn't the only student to achieve national recognition recently.
- Houma Courier
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- 2/3/2012 10:12:40 PM
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Carson Ronald Brignac, Sr.
- He then opened his own business, Carson’s Candy Company, which later grew into Slush Puppie of Southwest Louisiana and Golden Triangle Slush ... In the past, he was passionate about hunting, fishing and playing golf. He was a member of St. Joseph ...
- Crowley Post-Signal
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- 2/3/2012 12:54:19 PM
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Keep spotlight on Louisiana coastline
- Yet as apocalyptic as the spill and its aftermath were, they have produced one good result: A focus on the health of the Gulf of Mexico coastal ecosystem, particularly in Louisiana ... good situation in a major fish hatchery — and coastal ...
- The Daily Advertiser
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- 2/3/2012 12:15:33 AM
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Keep spotlight on Louisiana coastline
- Yet as apocalyptic as the spill and its aftermath were, they have produced one good result: A focus on the health of the Gulf of Mexico coastal ecosystem, particularly in Louisiana ... good situation in a major fish hatchery — and coastal ...
- Opelousas Daily World
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- 2/2/2012 11:18:17 PM
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Crawfish season has gotten off to a slow and pricey start
- The majority of Louisiana ... can stay out fishing for longer in the season -- for example, last year the wild season lasted into August instead of the typical July. But the negatives are that high water brings more fish, which leads to greater ...
- nola.com
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- 2/2/2012 7:50:41 PM
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Outdoors: Fresh water slows action on Big Lake
- As far as lures for working these areas, he suggested Corkys and strongly suggested to fish very slowly ... organizations in coastal fishing and Gulf Coast conservation is Coast Conservation Association Louisiana, and the Lake Charles chapter ...
- Lake Charles American Press
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- 2/2/2012 11:08:08 AM
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Fickle weather continues to make fishing unpredictable
- Southeast Louisiana fishing has been hit and miss ... But when the weather is nice, they are catching some fish." Buggie Vegas of Bridge Side Marina in Grand Isle agreed that fishing around the cold fronts have been key. "Speckled trout was ...
- Daily Comet
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- 2/2/2012 8:16:20 AM
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Fickle weather continues to make fishing unpredictable
- Southeast Louisiana fishing has been hit and miss ... But when the weather is nice, they are catching some fish." Buggie Vegas of Bridge Side Marina in Grand Isle agreed that fishing around the cold fronts have been key. "Speckled trout was ...
- Houma Courier
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- 2/2/2012 7:11:55 AM
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Bassmaster Classic to be held in La. this month
- NEW ORLEANS (WTW) — The 42nd Bassmaster Classic, a major fishing tournament, will take place the last weekend of this month on the Red River. This will be the third time in four years that the tournament will be in Louisiana. The 2009 Bassmaster Classic ..
- News-Star
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- 2/2/2012 4:27:16 AM
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Bassmaster Classic to be held in La. this month
- NEW ORLEANS - The 42nd Bassmaster Classic, a major fishing tournament, will take place the last weekend of this month on the Red River. This will be the third time in four years that the tournament will be in Louisiana. The 2009 Bassmaster ...
- Houma Courier
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- 2/2/2012 3:44:19 AM
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Louisiana's 2nd dead zone could stretch past Ala.
- NEW ORLEANS (WTW) — A new study finds that Louisiana's second Gulf of Mexico dead zone stretches ... Unlike Mobile Bay, where records of fish "jubilees" caused by hypoxia go back nearly 150 years, Osterman's own studies of Apalachicola Bay, Fla.,
- News-Star
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- 2/2/2012 3:37:10 AM
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Eagle shootings speak ill of us
- As a boy growing up in the outdoors of northern Louisiana, I never once got a glimpse of our ... In the early 1970s, I began conducting wintering eagle surveys for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Each year a growing number of bald eagles ...
- News-Star
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- 2/1/2012 10:50:50 PM
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Sports and recreation round-up for west St. Tammany
- Call Coach Dave Parsons at 264.0893 for details. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service once again is offering public canoe trips titled "Paddling Through Time: People & Louisiana’s Wetlands." This program allows individuals to experience the ...
- nola.com
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- 2/1/2012 5:00:05 PM
Louisiana Guides/Outfitters
Want to learn a new fishing technique or need some help for you next outing? Check out one of the guide/outfitter services listed below.
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Louisiana Fishing Clubs
Want to join an interest group near you?
Look up the following list of fishing clubs in Louisiana.
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