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Part of Mississippi River delta Reopens to Recreational Fishing

Posted: Jul 29, 2010 3:18 PM by Melissa Canone

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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries
Secretary Robert Barham reopens part of the Mississippi River delta
in Plaquemines Parish to recreational fishing.
He says state waters from the northern shore of Pass a Loutre
westward to the western shoreline of Southwest Pass were being
opened at 6 p.m. Thursday.
The spring inshore shrimp season in these waters ended in early
July. These waters will remain closed to shrimping.

Topics: Part, of, Mississippi, River, delta, Reopens, to, Recreational, Fishing

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