Bass Fishing
Rock’s fishing toolbox
Luling’s Steven “Rock” Rockweiler has been chasing bass for years, and that means he’s built up quite a collection of tackle from which to choose[…]
Month: October 2015
Fishing
High-tech developments haven’t changed sonar basics
Current-generation sonar units show the underwater world with a level of realism fishermen could only dream of 30 or 40 years ago.[…]
Columns
Settling the score: How bucks are officially measured and scored
Just like every other hunter, I am overjoyed at the arrival of fall and another hunting season. We wait all summer for our favorite time of year, and when it finally arrives the hunt is on.[…]
Deer Hunting
Bowhunter greeted by timber rattler in Bienville Parish deer stand
Over the years, seasoned deer hunters have experienced any number of unwelcome guests in their stands, including ever-present wasps, some squirrels, maybe a coon or two and perhaps even an owl, among others. […]
Hunting
Double up on deer, squirrels
Theodore Roosevelt called shooting small game while hunting big game the cardinal sin for hunters.[…]
Columns
My approach to camera surveillance
Comparing where we are these days regarding surveillance of whitetail deer with where things were back 15 to 20 years ago is somewhat like comparing a WWI biplane to a modern fighter jet.[…]
Inshore Fishing
When will Lake Pontchartrain’s ‘World Series Trout Run’ begin?
Game One of the 2015 World Series is set for next Tuesday, Oct. 27 — but don’t expect this year’s fabled “World Series Trout Run” on Lake Pontchartrain to perfectly coincide with baseball’s Fall Classic.[…]
Deer Hunting
Debunking the spike rule when deer hunting
Hunters interested in improving the quality of bucks in their herds often make mistakes when it comes to which deer need to be culled.[…]
Inshore Fishing
New Orleans man dies in Daylight Bay boating accident
A 66-year-old New Orleans man died Tuesday during a fishing trip in Daylight Bay after falling into the water while attempting to tie on to the backside of a barge to get out of the wind, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Kindergartener sets new IGFA catfish record
While most kindergarteners are learning their ABCs, counting to 20 and sounding out a few basic words, a 5-year-old North Carolina boy is already writing his name — into the International Game Fish Association’s record books.[…]
Bass Fishing
Keys to South Louisiana’s fall bass
October is that wonderful time of year when bass are on the move. Here’s some fishing tips from tournament angler Steven “Rock” Rockweiler.[…]
Deer of the Year
Alexandria hunter sticks 150-inch Tensas Parish buck in full velvet
The first time was the charm for Ben Elkins last weekend when he decided to hunt a bottleneck between a ridge and a borrow pit that had been dug to construct the Mississippi River levee in Tensas Parish.[…]
News Breaker
Recreational fishermen support state-based red snapper management, LDWF survey says
Recreational fishermen — whether private anglers or a charter boat captains — support transferring responsibility for managing the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery from the federal government to state agencies like the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, according to a just-completed survey.[…]
Deer Hunting
How to score a transition buck this hunting season
A lot of deer hunters don’t count on much during that transition period between the time whitetails leave their early season patterns and the rut cranks up, but that’s when South Carolina hunter Lucas Board expects to have his best chance of the season at a nice buck.[…]
Deer Hunting
200-class Avoyelles Parish buck arrowed illegally on Saturday, LDWF says
A non-typical 200-class buck arrowed in Avoyelles Parish Saturday was allegedly taken by an Abbeville man whose hunting privileges had been revoked, according to a spokesman for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
News Breaker
Congressional subcommittee to hear case for state-run GOM red snapper fishery
The road to potential state-based management of the Gulf’s red snapper fishery will begin Thursday afternoon when the U.S. House Natural Resources subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans hears a bill by Louisiana Rep. Garret Graves.[…]