Bass Fishing
Top 3 bass-fishing tactics for cypress trees
With most of your cypress-tree engagements coming close to the wood, flipping and pitching jigs and soft plastics accounts for a lot of the action.[…]
Year: 2015
Bass Fishing
How a Bassmaster Elite Series pro fishes cypress trees
Accomplished shallow-water specialist Terry Scroggins has a high degree of comfort and confidence when flipping and pitching to cypress trees or, typically, terrestrial hardwoods inundated by flood waters, the likes of which Toledo Bend and East Texas Lakes have experienced this year.[…]
Bass Fishing
Pop-Rs call bass off of cypress trees
Elite Seris pro Gerald Swindle loves cypress swamps, and he has a particular tactic for tempting big summer bass that are passing the lazy days in what they thought were tranquil spots.[…]
Bass Fishing
Keep swing-head jigs down, keep them slow
The action of a swing-head jig might be footloose and fancy free, but tackle considerations are firmly rooted in a disciplined approach to effective presentations.[…]
Hunting
Help Sky High for St. Jude fund St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Sky High for St. Jude is a volunteer organization that raises money on behalf of families undergoing treatment for pediatric cancer and other life-threatening diseases at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Putting the freeze on catalpas
Fish feel the same way about catalpa worms as fishermen do about fried fish filets: the fresher the better.[…]
Deer Hunting
Find food sources for opening-day success
With the opening of deer season approaching, hunters need to start finding the major food sources that whitetails are using.[…]
Columns
Live Target Rigged Shrimp
When Live Target Lures decided it was time for fishermen and fish to fall in love with a soft-plastic shrimp imitation, it turned to R&D dream team leader Victor Cook.[…]
News Breaker
Gulf Council votes for minor increase to red snapper allocation for recreational anglers
Recreational anglers got tossed a small bone at Thursday’s Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council meeting in New Orleans, as members voted to slightly increase recreational anglers’ allocation of red snapper.[…]
Fishing
Melanoma facts
Although the vast majority of skin cancers are basal cell carcinoma, the more-serious melanoma is a risk for anyone spending significant time in the sun. Here are some facts:[…]
Fishing
Don’t forget sunglasses
Any discussion of protection from UV rays must include eyewear.[…]
Hunting
PSE Bows – DECREE
PSE Bows – DECREE[…]
Fishing
Two Lafitte men arrested for alleged crab trap thefts, LDWF says
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries arrested two men for allegedly stealing crab traps in Plaquemines Parish, according to a news release.[…]
Bass Fishing
The making of America’s No. 1 bass fishery
Legislators in a small flotilla of boats that wended its way down the Sabine River, across the Gulf of Mexico, up the Atchafalaya River and finally up the Mississippi River to Baton Rouge in 1960 had one goal in mind: convince newly elected Gov. Jimmie Davis to support the building of the Toledo Bend Reservoir.[…]
News Breaker
LWF commissioner: Harvest data trumps public opinion in setting duck, goose season dates
For Chad Courville, a combination of ecological data plus harvest data — not public opinion — is key to making sound decisions on setting duck and goose seasons in Louisiana.[…]
Big Bass
Florien angler scores on Toledo Bend 11.56-pounder
Big time heat didn’t stop Malcolm Franks from catching a big time bass last weekend at Toledo Bend.[…]