Bass Fishing

Bass biting around Wax Lake

One year has passed since Hurricane Rita tore through Southwest Louisiana. The Atchafalaya Basin area was hit especially hard, and there haven’t been very many successful fishing trips between then and now. Things are slowly getting better, though, and The Wax Lake area is starting to come around. […]

Bass Fishing

Rooted in the Red

I love the Red River. I’ve tried to impartially write about each of the Louisiana waterways I’ve covered so far this year, but I can’t recuse myself from this one. I’m biased toward the Red River, and I can’t withdraw my emotions. […]

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Squirrel Starters

It’s as real to me today as it was when it happened more than half a century ago. When my dad told me to pull on my boots, grab my jacket and come with him, I knew what that meant, especially if it happened on a Saturday morning in October. […]

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Seed Snatchers

Toward the end of our most recent summer, sleepy-eyed residents lying in bed watching the 10 o’clock news perked up their ears at the mention of four words seldom uttered in the Bayou State: “late August cold front.” […]