Across the Bayou State, temperatures are finally warming, turning bass and crappie into frisky feeders.
Pinch-Point Bass
By Chris Ginn
Dawn began to define what we had dubbed the “slough hole.” It was the first morning of rifle season in Area 1, and from 15 feet up an oak tree that was dropping acorns on my head, I remembered how this came to be the fourth deer stand I put up.
Saltwater Series: Biloxi Marsh
By Chris Ginn
Behind relentless wind, the beginning of the wholesale movement of speckled trout from the inside to the outside is the second-most frequently heard excuse anglers give for struggling to catch fish during March.
Talking the Talk
By Andy Crawford
Young Justin Johnson had watched closely while his father Shane and Bo Boudreaux practiced for what the two older hunters hoped would result in a double on turkeys — with bows.
Protein Factory
By Jerald Horst
Saline-Larto. The name kind of has a ring to it, like a gang of bank robbers from the Wild West. Or maybe a gunslinger — I can hear it now, “Watch out, that’s the Saline-Larto Kid!”
Piling On
By John K. Flores
Getting to a favorite fishing location shouldn’t require setting up a tent at the local boat landing to be there before everyone else. Fishing bass is supposed to be a leisure sport, with maybe a little banter between partners enjoying the day — as long as you don’t have a 3 p.m. weigh in.
Saltwater Series: Sulphur Mine
By Chris Ginn
Saltwater anglers have long been at the mercy of the wind more so than freshwater anglers. The very nature of fishing sprawling bays and open lagoons along a wide-open coast means wind direction and strength must be taken into account before and during every trip.
Causeway’s Troll
By Jerald Horst
Once upon a time, not long ago, a troll lived under a bridge. Well, actually there were two bridges — long ones, 24 miles each. And it wasn’t really a troll; it was a troller. And really, he didn’t live there; he just fished there — a lot.
Deer Dynamics: Casting and Hierarchy
By Tommy Kirland
The rut has come and gone. Bucks that survived hunting season are dropping their battered racks. Though the whitetails are no longer at war for dominance, the competitiveness still exists — even in the off season.
Fast Feathers
By John E. Phillips
When the longbeards start talking to the timber, every Louisiana sportsman concentrates on finding a place to hunt, and lucky for us, the Bayou State has productive public lands.
Scrap Iron
By Jerald Horst
The first time I ever laid eyes on Josh Sandel, at the campground on Three Rivers Wildlife Management Area, he reminded me of a big dominant male silverback gorilla. As he sauntered up to me, the rest of the dozen and a half or so people camped together in the group stepped aside to let him pass.
The Red Solution
By Rusty Tardo
“The solution to any problem — work, love, money, whatever — is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be.”
—John Gierach
Devil’s in the Details By Terry L. Jones
Sometimes when you’re crappie fishing, it seems you can’t go wrong. When the white perch are biting, they gulp down just about anything you offer in any manner you choose.
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