One person died and two others had to be rescued after a seaplane from Bourgeois Fishing Charters crashed Sunday afternoon in Chandeleur Sound, according to the Coast Guard. The dead man was ...

BARATARIA, La. (WVUE) - The fishing community is mourning the loss of a well-known charter captain from Barataria who lost his life in a plane crash Sunday evening (Aug. 19). Among those mourning is ...

HOPEDALE, La. (WVUE) - Well-known fisherman and charter captain Theophile Bourgeois died after his seaplane crashed near Chandeleur Sound Sunday afternoon (Aug. 18). Two other people were on board ...

A fleet of boats bobbed on the choppy blue-green waters of Hackberry Bay last week, their passengers watching as machines scooped limestone from a barge into the water to form an artificial reef. Then ...

One of the nation’s best known bayou sports anglers died in a seaplane crash Sunday afternoon off the coast of Louisiana, according the Times-Picayune and other news outlets. Theophile Bourgeois, the ...

A seaplane crashed in Chandeleur Sound injuring two people and killing one, the Coast Guard said Sunday. They identified the man killed as Theophile Bourgeois, owner of Bourgeois Fishing Charters.The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LAFITTE, La. (WGNO) — A late legendary local ...

Popular local fisherman and charter captain Theophile Bourgeois was killed in a plane crash in St. Bernard Parish Sunday, U.S. Coast Guard officials confirmed. Two others were injured. Around 2:55 p.m ...

CHANDELEUR SOUND, La. - Popular Louisiana charter-fisherman Theophile Bourgeois was killed in a plane crash on Sunday. The Coast Guard recovered three people in the water in Chandeleur Sound. Coast ...

With a lodge and guide operation stationed on the banks of the Barataria Waterway near Lafitte, charter fishing guide Theophile Bourgeois IV is never more than a few miles from enough redfish to fill ...