Offshore Fishing
Predator fish grow fast
One of the most fascinating aspects of the information I learned from offshore fishing guide Josh Howard was just how quickly predator fish can grow.[…]
Month: April 2012
Contents
Turkey Tornado
If Alaska had a huntable population of turkeys, Franklinton’s Randy Stafford wouldn’t be stuck on having killed a turkey in 49 out of 50 states.[…]
Sidebars
Wild turkeys benefit from NWTF
In all the hunts he has made to complete his goal of killing a turkey in 49 of the 50 states, Randy Stafford has seen firsthand what the National Wild Turkey Federation has done in regards to introducing turkeys to areas where there weren’t any before.[…]
Sidebars
Randy Stafford’s 49-slam fast facts
Randy Stafford’s 49-slam fast facts[…]
Bass Fishing
In Plain View
I walked down to the dock and saw Craig “Bubba” Graham shielding his eyes from the glare of the sun, just staring into the water. Something had his attention.[…]
Bass Fishing
Polarized glasses essential to success
Monster bass can be all over the banks and locked on beds, but if they can’t be seen they can’t be caught.[…]
Bass Fishing
Keys to sight-fishing
Anyone who has ever set up on a bedding bass knows there’s the real potential to burn hours of fishing time without getting that fish to bite.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Why a hole?
Catfish noodlers, grabbers or wrestlers, whatever you call them, take advantage of an important trait in the biology of North American freshwater catfish. They need to spawn in cavities of some kind.[…]
Contents
D’Arbonne’s Daffy Divers
It was late evening in the early summer. The five men assembled on the back deck of the Petrus family camp, set on a hill slope overlooking Lake D’Arbonne, were engaged in a masculine redneck ritual. Bobby Petrus, a.k.a. “The Claw,” was grilling meat, and all of them were exchanging humorous insults.
The rough-and-tumble humor, mixed with an equal blend of braggadocio and self-deprecation, was delivered with powerful North Louisiana twangs in what a Cajun or a New Orleanian would consider a foreign language.[…]
Columns
The art of the rifle … 3
The Jeep was almost sliding down the rocky, shale-strewn mountainside at a steep 15-degree angle when Larry Wieshuhn stood on the brake.[…]
NEW PRODUCTS
Thunder Chicken
Flextone Game Calls has introduced a new lightweight and easy to carry and pack turkey decoy.[…]
Fishing
Fish-N-Mate Powercart
Angler’s Fish-N-Mate Powercart will fulfill many uses from skeet shooting, pressure washing and lawn and garden maintenance to carrying large loads of equipment to fishing piers, bridges or the beach for surf fishing.[…]
Offshore Fishing
Beat line-shy tuna with fluorocarbon leader
Tuna are notoriously line shy, and Josh Howard says that’s why he uses fluorocarbon leader all year long, but this time of year especially.[…]
Fishing
Gila Fury Jig
Glo Crazy Lure’s new Gila Fury Jig with patented Glo-Stick enables larger strike distances and more opportunities for anglers.[…]
Deer Hunting
Lots of public land in the area
You don’t have to own land to have a great time taking some eastern Mississippi deer.[…]
Deer Hunting
Deer Darlene
Dr. Scott Tynes’ wife Angie and sister-in-law Kim don’t have to scratch their heads wondering what they’ll make for dinner whenever a member of the family kills a deer.[…]