Camp Bayou Life

08/31/2026

08/20/2026

Next few weekends are open ~ give us a call!!

08/07/2026

🐟 Red Snapper Season Closure Update ⚠️

The private recreational Red Snapper season will close at 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 9 in Louisiana state and federal waters.

LA Creel estimates indicate that Louisiana is approaching the statewide quota, and we still have two weeks of fishing data outstanding. In an effort to ensure Louisiana does not exceed its quota, an emergency closure of the season is necessary at this time. LDWF will analyze outstanding LA Creel data to determine if any quota remains.

LDWF and the WLF Commission have historically managed the season to allow Red Snapper fishing opportunity during Labor Day weekend.

Assuming there is sufficient quota remaining after the outstanding landings are accounted for, LDWF intends to reopen prior to the Labor Day Holiday weekend to allow anglers to get out and catch Louisiana’s remaining allocation.

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Read more: https://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/news/recreational-red-snapper-season-to-close-august-9-at-1159-pm

08/02/2026

Long before New Orleans became a global city, the Spanish crown sent settlers from the Canary Islands to help defend Louisiana. Beginning in 1778, these Isleños put down roots in the marshes of St. Bernard Parish, just downriver from the city. 🌾

For generations they lived by fishing, trapping, and farming, keeping their own Spanish dialect, their décimas sung as folk poetry, and their close knit traditions alive in the bayous. Their descendants still gather today, and the Isleño heritage remains one of the oldest continuous cultural threads in the region. 🎶

Louisiana is often told as a French and African story, which it is, but the Spanish and Canary Islander chapters run just as deep. Every layer adds to the whole. Had you heard of the Isleños before today?