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End your crustacean frustration: Experts share advice on fishing crab flies
It was one of those idyllic October mornings in the Louisiana marsh. The air was brisk following the passage of a cool front the day before.[…]
Year: 2015
Ask Captain Paul
How to transfer Google Earth data to your GPS
Dear Capt. Paul:
I learned how to plot a path with waypoints on Google Earth. The problem is I am unsure which format to use so it will work with my GPS.
I have a month-old Garmin 547xs. Does anyone know which format I am supposed to use? If needed I can list the options that GPS Babel gives me.
The Truck Man[…]
Inshore Fishing
Trout action ignites inside Delacroix
I just returned from a trip with Capt. Mike Wittich in Delacroix Island, where we put a three-man limit of specks in the boat before noon. […]
Deer of the Year
Madison Parish 13-pointer arrowed on opening day
The only thing better than getting off of work early is getting off of work early on the opening day of bow season — and Cody Landrem made his time off count when he stuck a big 13-point in velvet last Thursday on family property in Madison Parish.[…]
Deer of the Year
Big 10-point goes down in Atchafalaya Basin
Barret Fritscher is a guy who readily admits he usually takes pretty good care of his hunting equipment — especially his BowTech RPM 360 bow.[…]
Hunting
Caddo Parish committee shoots down proposed subdivision rifle ordinance
In packed chambers Monday night, a Caddo Commission committee voted down a proposed ordinance that would have restricted where rifles could be fired around subdivisions in the parish, according to media reports.[…]
News Breaker
Extremely rare albino fox squirrel killed on Richard K. Yancey WMA
Shane Vidrine was just happy to be in the woods again hunting squirrels Sunday morning, the second day of Louisiana’s season.[…]
News Breaker
New zone map boundaries could mean big changes for Louisiana duck hunters
The entire Southeast Louisiana coast — including all of Lafourche Parish — would move into the East Zone for 2016, and large swaths of rice fields in Vermilion, Acadia and Jeff Davis Parishes currently in the Coastal Zone would also move into the East Zone next season if proposed waterfowl hunting zone boundaries are ultimately approved by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission at their next meeting on Nov. 5.[…]
Hog Hunting
Crowley hunter downs 549-pound wild hog in Acadia Parish
Jason Mire installed a new box stand this summer so he could bow hunt on his lease near Egan, and started putting out corn early in August in anticipation of Area 10’s season opener on Sept. 19.[…]
Deer Hunting
Top 4 taxidermy tips to ensure a quality deer mount
Wade Wolkart of with Wade’s Taxidermy in Denham Springs shares a few tips to help ensure you get a mount you’ll be proud of.[…]
Fishing
Cameron man’s body recovered Monday in Calcasieu River
The body of a 44-year-old Cameron man who was ejected from his boat Friday afternoon was recovered Monday morning, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Fishing
Bonnabel Boat Launch to close for repairs starting Oct. 13
The Bonnabel Boat Launch on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain will close starting next week for about four months for ramp improvements, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
News Breaker
Fall red snapper season tentatively set to reopen Nov. 20 in state waters
You can add one more item to the list of things you’re thankful for at next month’s Thanksgiving dinner: officials with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced a recreational fall red snapper season is tentatively set to kick off in state waters on Friday, Nov. 20 and go through the end of 2015.[…]
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Hooked! Fishing guide shares tips for trout success at Shell Beach, Hopedale
I think the first time I fished with Capt. Tim “Hook” Ursin Jr. was back in the early to mid-1990s. At the time he was running his charter service out of the End of the World Marina on Delacroix Island — and we were both a lot younger then.[…]
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Hiding in plain sight — D’Arbonne NWR is an overlooked hunting jewel
John Hanks waded the shallow, flooded hardwood bottom off Point Road, hopeful of a successful morning duck hunt. He wasn’t disappointed.[…]
Bass Fishing
Two sides of the coin — Expert tips for fall Atchafalaya Basin bass fishing
Stepping aboard the bass boat at Doiron’s Landing last October, I noticed the smiles on the faces of my two hosts. They appeared more than confident, and they insisted the game plan was certain.[…]