Chris Macaluso and his father Joe boated 30 slab sac-a-lait during a Sunday trip to the Atchafalaya Basin. The fish are grouped up in canals because the Atchafalaya River is unusually low for this ...

During the late winter, recreational fishermen look at the Atchafalaya Basin for one thing, the same thing commercial fishermen do — water levels. That’s where the similarity ends: The commercial guys ...

Atchafalaya Basinkeeper announced it will host its ninth annual Save the Basin, celebrating and supporting one of the area’s most important swamps. The all-day event will be Sunday, March 16, at Rock ...

Earlier this year dozens of bass fishermen asked a lot of questions about one of their favorite fishing spots, the Atchafalaya Basin. Maybe some answers will come Thursday when state Wildlife and ...

LAFAYETTE, La. — The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will hold a Commercial Fisheries Listening Session at 6 pm on Monday, March 10, 2025. Inland Fisheries biologists will ...

This week on Hunt, Hook, & Cook, Gerald Gruenig spends a day on the Atchafalaya Basin. The day begins with a catfishing trip with the mayor of Henderson, Sherbin Collette. Sherbin has been fishing the ...

“We’re finding better (fishing) habitat, sure, but, this year, we’re dealing with a lot of bad water just because of the height and duration of the spring flood,” Cavell said. “Bad water” is black, ...

The Atchafalaya Basin (dark green in this satellite image, with the Atchafalaya River running through its center) is almost a million acres of bottomland woods and swamp. DeWitt Braud, LSU/USGS Nat.

HENDERSON, La. ( KLFY) — The 17th annual Atchafalaya Basin Festival is set to kick off Saturday in Henderson. The event will ...

The ninth annual "Save the Basin," a celebration of the Atchafalaya Basin, will be Sunday, March 16, at Rock and Bowl in downtown Lafayette. The event will feature live music from Louisiana artists, ...