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There have been times when our annual saltwater fishing rodeos have left fishermen wondering what the weather deities have against them.

Four young outdoors folk — two boys and two girls — were named 2023 Youth Hunters of the Year, a joint effort by the Louisiana Wildlife Federation and the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

Thursday’s Wildlife and Fisheries Commission vote to open the spring inshore shrimp season on the same day — 6 a.m. May 16 — was unusual considering past years when the major coastal basins op…

Shrimp will be the topic this week for Thursday’s monthly Wildlife and Fisheries Commission meeting.