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Waterfowl Hunting in Louisiana
Just curious if any of you are going? I will probably be there, but a little late. Would be neat to meet some of the Louisiana Sportsman members.

I am interested to see Larry Reynolds Trend analysis of hunters/birds harvested over the last few years.

http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/news/36557
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May 08 at 11:42am
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Freshwater Fishing in Mermentau River in Southwest Louisiana
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  • One nice 1 3/4 lb bass
  • Water was nice.  Beautiful stringer of fish
  • Zach with another nice fish.
We had a great time this morning. I was a little weary that the cooler early morning weather might slow the bass down a bit. We got out to the spot about 9:00 and fished until 12:00.

I went through 3 packs of wacky worms today. The bass were aggressive from the very get go. I felt very few nibbles, it was mostly GULP!

We were on the normal pattern for this time of year, pounding.... Read More
March 08 at 1:46pm
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Freshwater Fishing in Chicot Lake in South Central Louisiana
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  • Johnny with a couple of nice sacalait we caught
  • Bounty pic
  • Filet time
Me and a buddy hit chicot this afternoon. We actually started fishing around lunch. I wanted to try a completely new area, one that I had been scoping, that looked really good for Sac-a-lait..........Wrong! We fished about 5 hours through a series of banks. Fished minnows, worms and jigs at varied depths and had a few bass and one sac-a-lait to show for it. That's Chicot though.

At.... Read More
March 22 at 11:04pm
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Freshwater Fishing in Saline-Larto in Central Louisiana
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  • Scottie had just pulled one from the water.
  • A nice one that I had just pulled up.
  • Infamous bounty shot.
We had a good trip to Larto Thursday thru Saturday. We stayed at good ol' Uncle Bud's RV Park. I can't say enough good things about that place.

I got there there on Thursday and fished for a few hours but didn't find but one stud sac-a-lait. I caught him about 2 foot behind a cypress tree. I should've figured it out then but didn't. Me and a buddy burnt the next morning slugging it out.... Read More
March 17 at 5:07pm
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Waterfowl Hunting in Louisiana
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  • decoy set in the bayou
  • A nice teal hunt with a bonus
  • Speck decoy set early in the morning.
We did a good bit of hunting this year. We didn't really get on the ducks or geese that great. We had some good hunts though. These are some of the best shots of the hunting season.
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March 02 at 6:57am
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Waterfowl Hunting in Mermentau River in Southwest Louisiana
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  • Pretty cool shot.  They built a device to hold a bunch of silo-socks.
We had a good hunt with him yesterday. About 20 geese for 9 people.

I have a buddy that has been helping David out (semi-guiding) and I got an invite through my buddy to help out as well. I leaped at the opportunity.

I had heard a lot of bad things on the internet about Smith's service, but been hearing pretty good things from my buddy. They killed about 60 last weekend in the.... Read More
February 03 at 11:10am
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Waterfowl Hunting in Louisiana
This is more of a help thread.

When I go specklebelly hunting on cold mornings (freezing and below) it is extremely difficult for me to keep my lips sealed on the call. When I exhale into the call air escapes in between the edge of my lips and the outside of the call....It ends up just being a spitting noise that comes out of the call...My mouth gets numb and caput on the calling. It is.... Read More
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December 20, 2012 at 8:03am
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Waterfowl Hunting in Holly Beach in Southwest Louisiana
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Of course I had a good time. It took a long time getting here, but alas.

We got in on new lease around Holly Beach this year that we were real excited to try. The ponds don't have any food, but they are in a good area with a good flight way.

I had the brilliant idea to camp out in the marsh the whole weekend. You can see how that went as I am typing from my home computer right now..... Read More
November 11, 2012 at 8:59am
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Inshore Fishing in South Central Louisiana
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  • The cut I caught most of the cats in.
  • Box shot full of cats...About 80 lbs. of them.
  • My nephew with the biggest Cat.  Probably 20 lbs or more.
Had an interesting trip to White Lake last Friday. The target was Reds, Flounder, specks, maybe even a blue cat or two. It was cool because there wasn’t but one or two boats at the boat launch. I wonder if it is always like that? The weatherman predicted a southwest wind about 10, so I figured that was doable going into or coming back with the swell. It’s a big Lake.

At the mouth of.... Read More
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August 17, 2012 at 6:09pm
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Inshore Fishing in Southwest Louisiana
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  • The infamous box shot
  • Noah, with his big fish.  Had to release this one.
  • Another catch and release.  Had our three over 27 inches by then.
We had another bang em up trip on Friday for Reds. My biceps and shoulders are still sore from the nearly non-stop casting, hooking, fighting, unhooking that took place.

We decided to fish the Fishing for memories fishing rodeo again this year. Knowing that we have a number of spots that produce big reds we thought we could place at minimum. I thought I had it last year with about 14.8.... Read More
June 25, 2012 at 9:47am
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Freshwater Fishing in Toledo Bend in Central Louisiana
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  • Armed with Bundles of Noodles.
  • The two biggest blues.  They filled up some gallon bags.
  • Noodles with a full moon
We made it to our annual Toledo Bend trip this year for June 3rd-6th. We stayed at South Toledo Bend State park and it was a blast! Last year we weren't too successful on the fish, so I decided to mix it up this year with Noodles. I have never tried them, so decided to give it a go. I really wanted to stock the freezer with meat, and I knew the guided fishing trip for Sac-a-lait wouldn't.... Read More
June 06, 2012 at 5:39pm
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Freshwater Fishing in Toledo Bend in Central Louisiana
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  • Piles of fish.  A good old fashioned mess.
  • Blue heron that I fed some bream to.
  • Gorgeous sunset!  Thank you Lord for that day.
We hit the Brush piles with Living the dream guide service again this year. We had a good time. We met a few of the bassmasters pre fishing the big tournament in a few days at the boat launch. One of them was named Johnathon Van Dam. I think he said he was from Michigan. He's got big shoes to fill if he is related to Kevin.

Anyhow, we had a good trip. Kept 98 Sac-a-lait, some barfish.... Read More
June 06, 2012 at 6:21pm
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Waterfowl Hunting in Louisiana
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I watched this show for about 2.5 hours the other night on A&E. It really sucked me in. I know a lot of the scenes are staged, but it really had me entertained.

Some random thoughts:
I think Uncle Si and Jase are my favorite characters. Si has some good sayings, funny with words. Jase is really funny. Guy knows how to get at his brother.

They seem to be hell bent on being everything.... Read More
May 24, 2012 at 4:45pm
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Freshwater Fishing in Henderson Lake in South Central Louisiana
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  • The catch
  • Pretty colorful fish
  • Nice Scenery.....Love to see God's Hand through nature.
Me and a buddy made a Good Friday trip out to the Basin. I had another buddy say that they were hitting them pretty good. Why not!

Got out to the spot and the very first cast was a bream. Nice little bluegill, but a little small. About 30 foot down the bank we hit a hole and started workin on em. The boats starting working past us though. Boats, Boats and more boats. Some came by on.... Read More
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April 13, 2012 at 8:05pm
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Inshore Fishing in Vermilion Bay in South Central Louisiana
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  • Enough for a good meal.
  • perch jerking
We flipped the canoe into a silted over cut that runs about 1/4 mile wide and one mile long yesterday. The water is clear and full of grass. There are a few fish in there as well. We had a fun day, came out with about 6 specks, 7 sheepshead, and 3 reds.

We figured out the sheepshead at the end of the trip. They were all over these old mooring poles. We would pull up to the pole stick.... Read More
April 21, 2012 at 7:55am
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Freshwater Fishing in Saline-Larto in Central Louisiana
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  • Not all the fish....only one day's catch.  You get the point though.
My wife and I made a trip to Saline-Larto on March 29-31. We really had a good time. We stayed at Uncle Bud's Cabins on Larto. The accommodations were really nice. The cabins were walking distance from the boat slips and the fishing pier.

We went for the Crappie as I heard this place was world class. There was no discernible pattern for them, as we caught them here and there. Most.... Read More
April 13, 2012 at 8:24pm
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Freshwater Fishing in Saline-Larto in Central Louisiana
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Hello forum,


After reading a few articles on the Sportsman I can't stand it anymore. My love for Sac-a-lait fishing has grown and I understand this place produces. We are staying at Uncle Buds on the 29th and 30 of March. I was hoping some of the Anglers on here could give me some general knowledge about the Lake.

Questions:
I'm not looking for specific spots, just general trends. I.... Read More
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March 07, 2012 at 2:36pm
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Freshwater Fishing in Mermentau River in Southwest Louisiana
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  • Typical cookie cutter 14 inch bass
I made a trip to my little honey hole on Mardi Gras. An overflow lake off of the Mermentau. About 10 acres. From the get go the bass were on the pattern I wanted to feed; Wacky Worm over the beds! I caught 40 fish, but the keeper ratio was 5:1. What a spectacular day! At one point it was 4 cast in a row with 4 fish, all about 12 inches. A tad too small. That was how the day went though,.... Read More
February 25, 2012 at 10:35am
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General in Outside Louisiana
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  • Ouchaty ewwwchh
I thought this was interesting and wanted to share:

The following email was forwarded to me by a friend...which proves.... You never know what’s going to fall out of the sky .....
Comal River (New Braunfels) Texas.
This has to be the weirdest thing that ever floated past me in the river...A highly pissed off chicken snake wound tightly around a struggling falcon's neck.

They both were.... Read More
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February 14, 2012 at 1:40pm
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Waterfowl Hunting in Southwest Louisiana
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  • 3 specks
  • Today's bounty
We have been having extremely lackluster hunting lately, so It was a nice change of pace to have some good hunts.

Started out Thursday with Cajunsim in Morse. We killed 5 and every goose acted like they wanted to work! Awesome to see those 6 lb. birds try to lose altitude....

Friday was a trip to around the White Lake area. Even though we were close to a body it was nearly impossible.... Read More
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