With increasingly larger stretches of federal water in the Gulf of Mexico being closed off to fishing as the Deepwater Horizon continues to hemorrhage oil, Florida, Mississippi and Alabama are still sending a message to the rest of the country: “We’re still here and open for business.” […]
Some of the oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill has very likely already entered the Gulf of Mexico’s Loop Current that could drag it through the Florida Straits, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Administrator Jane Lubchenco said today (May 18). […]
Louisiana’s fertile and fish-filled marshes are a short boat ride away from the Mississippi coast, but might as well be across the world since recreational fishing closures were enacted following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. With no oil yet in these marshes, why has fishing been prohibited?
Health hazards related to eating fish contaminated from the 5,000 barrels of oil spewing through the Gulf floor every day from the Deepwater Horizon site are likely being substantially overblown, according to a retired marine biology professor. […]
Recreational fishing in much of Southeast Louisiana, including the Chandeleur Islands and the Biloxi marshes, was closed April 30 as oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster edged into to the coast. […]
All fishing in federal waters between the mouth of the Mississippi River and Florida’s Pensacola Bay has been halted in the wake of the oil spill at the destroyed Deepwater Horizon rig. […]
Officials have discovered a new leak in the Deepwater Horizon site, and estimate as much as 5 times more oil is being spilled into the Gulf of Mexico than first believed. […]
When the dogwoods bloom, not only do the crappie begin biting, but cobia move from Florida and start inhabiting the Mississippi Gulf Coast beaches, wrecks, reefs and rigs. […]
Temperatures are warming, and the gobblers are getting frisky. Turkey hunters wait all year for this month, and it’s finally here! […]
MOBILE, Ala. — The Coast Guard rescued a man who was stranded on Horn Island, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. […]
July each year means fishing for king mackerel. If you’re practicing or fishing with members of the Southern Kingfish Association, carry a coffee can with you. After running 50, 60 or 70 mph for two to four hours, you’ll need a place to store all the screws, nuts, bolts and washers that have jarred loose from the boat. […]
A light wind from the southeast rippled the surface of the steely, gray-blue water as Capt. Barry Brown eased his 19-foot bay boat into position. Beneath us, in the brackish waters of the lower Pascagoula River, swam both huge redfish and oversized speckled trout. My son, John, and I were fishing with Brown in late April. […]
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