Why it's called a Sportsman's Paradise
South Louisiana, home to an environment unlike any other, is not called the "Sportsman's Paradise" for nothing.
The state is replete with fish and wildlife as diverse as the people who cross the state line to seek them out.
Here, there is no shortage of local residents with knowledge of the area ready to take outsiders to the best in hunting and fishing that the region has to offer.
Dozens of charter-fishing businesses are available and the nearby barrier island of Grand Isle has guides who are only too happy to take visitors out for their first or 50th excursion into the wetlands or the Gulf of Mexico.
More than any other area locally, Grand Isle is known for its world-class fishing and the multitude of fishing rodeos it hosts throughout the summer months, a seasonal source of income for island residents and others. The world famous Grand Isle International Tarpon Rodeo helps to bring more than 10,000 visitors during the summer, many seeking the sometimes elusive tarpon.
But fishing isn't the only recreational offering available in the area.
From November to January, some of the state's best hunting opportunities become available. And there's plenty of waterfowl to be had -- like green-and-blue-wing teal, mallard, pintail, redhead and canvas-back ducks, geese -- as well as deer and other game.
Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes are also home to a few managed-wildlife areas.
In southern Lafourche, the Wisner Wildlife Management Area, owned by the Edward Wisner Donation Advisory Committee, encompasses about 21,000 acres and lies about 12 miles south of Leeville. It's mostly salt marsh surrounded by open water with numerous bayous and channels -- an environment ideal for boating, bird watching, crabbing, and shrimping.
Rabbits, waterfowl, rails, snipe, nutria muskrat, mink, raccoon and otter are also hunted there, according to the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. And it's a prime spot for speckled trout, red fish, flounder, black drum, sheepshead and croaker. For information, call 594-5494.
In neighboring Terrebonne, the Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge, operated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, offers about 4,200 acres for fishing as well as waterfowl, hog, and deer hunting.
Located about 5 miles southwest of Houma, it's also a good place for wildlife viewing and photography. The creatures that make their home there include alligators, wading birds, ducks, and bald eagles.
Like other wildlife areas, it's only accessible by boat. For more information on fishing and hunting regulations on the federally operated wildlife refuge, visit
http://southeast.fws.gpv/mandalay.
The Pointe-aux-Chenes Wildlife Management Agency, owned by the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, is located straddles Terrebonne and Lafourche and is about 15 miles southeast of Houma. It encompasses more than 35,000 acres available for limited recreational opportunities.
The department holds annual lottery hunts so physically-challenged h****rs can hunt waterfowl and youngsters and hunt deer.
For recreational fishermen, inland saltwater species, crabs and shrimp (which may only be caught with a cast net) are available. Freshwater fish can also be caught in the northern portions.
The area is also a good spot to boating, study nature, camp and picnic. A camp ground, for tents only, is available too.
For information, call 985-594-5494.
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