Hunters who plant clovers tend to get lucky
Research indicates that no single supplemental forage variety can meet all the needs of whitetailed deer year-round. Additionally, there is no one plant suited for every soil type and growing condition found across the state. However, planting compatible combinations of forages can help to overcome the shortcomings of individual varieties that are planted alone. MORE ...
Fish stacked up around MRGO wash outs
Four boats crowded around a single piling jutting above the rocks forced Captain Ron Hope and I to keep looking for a spot. Finally, we found it, a blow-through on the long rocks where trout, reds, black drum and sheepshead were ganged up to eat bait washing through the rocks.
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Grand Isle anglers finding easy speckled trout limits
Grand Isle’s speckled trout population apparently enjoyed its two-month break.
Anglers have found fishing to be legendarily good in the first week they’ve had access to the waters since they were closed in May.
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Deep is relative at Lake D’Arbonne
Deep is a relative term. If all the surrounding water is one or two feet deep, then a 4-foot channel winding through that shallow flat is deep. Therefore, bass anglers that think they have to fish deep during the summer don’t have to head to 20-foot channels. As is the case on Lake D’Arbonne, a 2-foot flat will do nicely as long as you fish the 4-foot hole.
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Latest fishing tackle innovations highlighted
Old standbys seem to be aboard every angler’s boat. You know, the Zara Spooks, Bomber crankbaits and Strike King spinner baits. But the manufacturers that designed them are always releasing new products. And that’s what’s happening this week in Las Vegas during the ICAST show – the fishing industry has gathered for the coming-out party for the 2011 lines of fishing products.
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Toledo Bend crappie still hitting plastics
The crappie bite at Toledo Bend has slowed a little bit in the last week or two, but it hasn’t completely stopped. Several anglers are still bringing in slab-sized fish, and although many anglers have switched from jigs to minnows, the fake stuff is still working for a few folks.
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Recreational fishing reopens at mouth of Mississippi River Recreational fishing reopens at the mouth of the Mississippi River today at 6 p.m., the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness announced. The area has been closed since early May when oil from the destroyed BP Deepwater Horizon began making landfall. MORE....
Road Trip to El Salto, Part 1 - (1549 views)
This week we head to Mexico for a three day bass fishing trip in Lake El Salto to field test new reels for Okuma. The fishing, scenery, and hospitalit... View now
Lake Palourde drowning victim found by LDWF
The body of a 39-year-old Donaldsonville man who drowned in Lake Palourde was found this morning, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported. MORE ...
Waterfowl breeding habitat in Canada receives recent boost
Water on most of Canada’s prairies wasn’t abundant a few short weeks ago. It is now. And while farmers and communities are dealing with the wet hand they have been dealt, ducks in some of the water-logged areas are likely going to benefit because of the moisture. MORE ...
Brauer schools field with 16-pound victory during Bassmaster Central Open on Red River
SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CITY, La. – Chad Brauer earned the Bassmaster Central Open title on the Red River on Saturday (June 5) by capping off the three-day tournament with the week’s heaviest catch – 21 pounds, 3 ounces. That pushed his total weight to 56 pounds, 14 ounces to best his nearest competitor by more than 16 pounds. MORE ...
