The right of outdoorsmen to fish and hunt on navigable waters was issued a stunning defeat Aug. 29 when a federal judge ruled that the public has no “right to fish and hunt on the Mississippi River.”[…]
In addition to opportunities on several wildlife management areas, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is making three private fields available to dove hunters on opening day.[…]
A lot of people don’t have a lot of faith in the Ship Shoal rigs for trout this time of year, but Capt. Bill Lake of Bayou Guide Service (985-851-6015) reports there is a bunch of fish around the platforms in the 26 and 28 blocks.[…]
Promises of easy speckled trout limits are often taken with a grain of salt. However, you shouldn’t have a skeptical ear if you hear Capt. Ben Leto of Louisiana Fishing Expeditions (985-630-2066) say he’s busting them. He’s been catching limits out of Hopedale the past few days before the clock hits 8 a.m.[…]
This fall’s hunting should be hotter than the summer’s weather.[…]
Yellowfin tuna often get finicky as the temperatures rise and sea conditions become slick.[…]
You get what you pay for. That is an axiom I have repeated and firmly believed all my life — particularly when it came to choosing optics for a rifle.[…]
In the past, I have always recommended that trailer bearings should be cleaned and repacked with fresh grease every two years, but lately, I have seen a larger-than-normal amount of wheel-bearing problems. At[…]
“When we started studying cobia in 1988, very little was known about these fish,” he said. “Their biology, age, spawning areas, food and migration patterns were a mystery. At that time, the cobia was being heavily fished and was unmanaged.[…]
Since the “special teal season,” as it was first called, started running back in 1968, the aerial duck counts for Louisiana have shown one thing consistently: The greatest concentrations — by far — of teal in Southeast Louisiana cram into the Mississippi Delta.The reasons are not far to seek.[…]
Garrett didn’t brag: I’ve got to give him that.[…]
A friend just installed a new 24-volt trolling motor and was disappointed when it ran only about three hours before the batteries died. He asked me to look at his new system, and I found several common ailments.[…]
More often than not, though, anglers launching at Bayou Segnette stick to the west side of the Mississippi River. From the launch, anglers can reach the top end of the Wagon Wheel in Venice in just over an hour.[…]
Death is inevitable. Like a cloud, it hangs ever on the horizon. On this sea of life, all living things are like little boats being swept along by a great current, its force irresistible and its flow unimpeded.[…]
Marck “Doc” Smythe was sitting in a tallow tree in the Cameron Parish marsh, waiting on the sun to push past the horizon and, hopefully, for a deer to walk by. He was psyched at the thought of sticking a deer.[…]
Each year, as club president of a hunting lease I share with several friends, I am required to record and report to the land company we lease from deer harvest information.[…]