Joe Macaluso

Baton Rouge

Outdoors Writer at The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

Articles

Check out the Outdoors calendar for fishing events and LDWF meetings

2 weeks ago | theadvocate.com | Joe Macaluso

LOUISIANA FREE FISHING DAY: No licenses needed to fish in state waters. FLY TYING 101: 2-4 p.m., Orvis Shop, Bluebonnet Boulevard, Baton Rouge. Fee free. All ages, but 15-and-younger must be accompanied by an adult. Call Shop (225) 757-7286. Website: orvis.com/batonrougeRED STICK FLY FISHERS MEETING: 7 p.m., Regional Branch Library, 9200 Bluebonnet Blvd., Baton Rouge. Open to the public. Email Brian Roberts: [email protected] Website: rsff.org LA.
Little comes of bowfishing discussion at LWFC meeting

2 weeks ago | theadvocate.com | Joe Macaluso

Mention bowfishing in Louisiana’s coastal marshes and you’re bound to draw a crowd. That’s what happened Tuesday for the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission’s monthly meeting in Baton Rouge. Commission member Andrew Blanchard pushed for this hot-button item to be put on the agenda, and folks were ready to stand their ground.
Bowfishing is hot topic at June LWFC meeting - Louisiana Sportsman

3 weeks ago | louisianasportsman.com | Joe Macaluso

The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission’s agenda item: Discussion of the take of saltwater fish with bow and arrow gear, and the operative word was “discussion.”And, bow and arrow gear means only one thing – bowfishing. It’s an occupation for some, a singular sport for some and, apparently, a thorn in the sides of many others. Commissioner Andrew Blanchard pushed this item after being contacted by a Terrebonne Parish landowner. The discussion lasted nearly an hour and a half.
Sunglasses, water, sunscreen are the 'Big Three' for surviving Louisiana's summertime outdoors

3 weeks ago | theadvocate.com | Joe Macaluso

Editor's Note: This is the second of two parts on surviving Louisiana's summertime outdoors. "Summertime," the song, somehow doesn’t apply to Louisiana’s summertime. The living just isn’t that easy. Sun, and the sweltering heat it brings, can cause all kinds of problems for folks trying to enjoy a time when the fish are jumping. Your insides and outsides need protection — eyes, ears and skin. It was easy talking to Steve Gilletly, a main man for REKS Sunglasses.
Check the Outtdoors calendar for fishing events

3 weeks ago | theadvocate.com | Joe Macaluso

TUESDAYLA. WILDLIFE & FISHERIES COMMISSION MEETING: 9:30 a.m., Joe Herring Room, state Wildlife and Fisheries headquarters, Quail Drive, Baton Rouge. Top agenda item: bowfishing in coastal waters. GULF COUNCIL MEETING: 7:30 a.m.-2:15 p.m. daily, Council office, 4107 West Spruce Street, Suite 200, Tampa, Florida. Main agenda items: changes to shallow-water grouper complex & Spanish mackerel catch limits. Public comment, Wednesday, 9:25a.m.-11:30 a.m. Webinar available. Website: gulfcouncil.org.
Check out information on Free Fishing Days set for next weekend

3 weeks ago | theadvocate.com | Joe Macaluso

Louisiana’s Free Fishing Weekend comes up June 7-8, meaning you can fish all state waters — fresh and salt — without needing a license. Nonresidents, too. Reef fishermen need to have the no-fee Recreational Offshore Landing Permit. Note: All size and creel limits remain in force along with all gear regulations. Hand-in-hand with this event are several area Get Out & Fish! events — ponds stocked with catfish — scheduled Saturday.
Check out results from a pair of bass tournaments

1 month ago | theadvocate.com | Joe Macaluso

PASS MANCHAC–Age-group results from the Junior Southwest Bassmasters-Denham Springs’ May tournament held from North Pass landing with anglers, their hometowns, number of bass weighed in parentheses (5-bass daily limit), total weight in pounds and big-bass winners:15-18 Age Group: 1, Branson Sheridan, Ponchatoula (5) 8.6 pounds. 2, Blake LeRay, Brusly (5) 5.03. 3, Evan Burris, Walker (3) 2.61. Big Bass: Sheridan, 2.74. 11-14 Age Group: 1, Connor Talley, Greenwell Springs (3) 3.29.
Two anglers live to tell their stories about flesh-eating bacteria in coastal waters

1 month ago | theadvocate.com | Joe Macaluso

Editor's note: This is the first of two stories on surviving the summer in coastal Louisiana. Next week, protection. It's called "vibrio," which covers as many as 12 kinds of bacteria in our waters and on the things we take from our waters. The infection it causes is called "vibriosis."No two men know vibriosis better than Richard Empson and Cornell Arceneaux. Both are survivors. Some infected with one among the 12 in this group of bacteria have not.
Fishermen; Know your limits (and other things)

1 month ago | louisianasportsman.com | Joe Macaluso

All sorts of ideas swirl around our Louisiana summers. Some good and some, well, not so good, our heat and humidity ranking right up there in the not-so-good part. Mosquitoes, too. The good? Fishing!Other states boast about fish and fishing in their states, but Louisiana has only one rival — Alaska.
Check the Outtdoors calendar for fishing events

1 month ago | theadvocate.com | Joe Macaluso

YANTIS, Texas—Final top 10 from the four-day Tackle Warehouse Bassmaster Elite held on Lake Fork with anglers, their hometowns, number of bass weighed in parentheses (5-bass daily limit), total weight in pounds and ounces and prize winnings. Also listed are Louisiana anglers, the big-bass winners & contingency winners.