RANT #2...What a Difference One Day Can Make!

I DON"T KNOW HOW THE FOLKS (FISHING GUIDES ESPECIALLY) AROUND THE DELTA ARE MAINTAINING THEIR PATIENCE. THE WATERS HAVE BEEN CLOSED ONCE AGAIN TO CATCH AND RELEASE FOR FINFISH!

Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission Overturns Decision to Allow Recreational Catch and Release Fishing in Closed Areas.
Release Date: 07/08/2010

Today the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission chose to reinstitute a complete closure to recreational fishing in all Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries closure areas. This action by the commission reverses the Secretary of the Department?s decision earlier this week to allow the recreational catch and release of finfish in closed areas.

To read the entire Press Release visit: http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/news/?id=1903

LDWF UPDATES APPEAR PROMISING

A glimmer of hope on the horizon for our guide friends, service providers and the folks around the Mississippi Delta area? Two recent Press Releases from the Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries. NEWS RELEASES: LDWF MODIFIES RECREATIONAL CLOSURES TO ALLOW CATCH AND RELEASE FISHING FOR FINFISH Release Date: 0...7/06/10 (THAT'S BIG) and TODAY LDWF ANNOUNCES FISHING OPENING IN A PORTION OF PLAQUEMINES PARISH EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO FISHING. Visit http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/news/ for full details.

IS Outdoors Magazine on Line

Our new column fishing the Americas begins with the July issue available now over at ISOutdoors. Sign up for your FREE monthly edition. It's all about enjoying the outdoors and sharing it with you! A sport fishing journal entry…circa 1958 Twitch, twitch, pause…I saw the boil…the lure just disappeared from the surface…I actually remember it…then the line began to move off laterally very quickly…he’s calmly pointing and saying, “tighten up and set it like I’ve shown you”…then the jerk…followed by the rush up the spine shock from the silver flash in the water magnified by the sunlight …and with that the reel began to screech. “Hold tight…just hold tight…don’t reel just yet…let her run.” “I told you one would be by that stump…now start reeling…keep your rod up and just hold it there…that’s good, she’s turning now…reel a little more. No, it won’t break. Yes, I know its bent “real good” but that’s ok, keep the rod against your belly! And yes, it’s a goodn.” The picture is dated 1958…