News Breaker
Keep your eyes on Cocodrie
The Cocodrie area had a plague of undersized speckled trout in October — but that’s great news for anglers planning to head down there in November.[…]
Month: November 2017
Deer of the Year
New rifle downs DeSoto Parish 14-pointer
John Corso has hunted deer for the past 35 years on a 2,000-acre tract of land in DeSoto Parish — always accompanied by his trusty Kleinguenther K15 rifle. […]
Columns
Educate your eyes
Preparation and repetition is the key when the deer hunter is making a quick decision about whether a buck is legal or fully mature.[…]
Columns
November’s best bets in a ‘yak
This decades-old lake within the state park is nearly 2,000 acres, and has three different boat launches that provide kayak anglers easy access to all sections of the lake.[…]
Columns
New gear reviews
Plano supercharged its version of the kayaker’s milk crate with the new V-Crate. Efficient kayak fishing demands organized, easily accessible storage. This universal crate comes with four large Plano tackle trays that are visible and secured with a rubber strap.[…]
News Breaker
Top 3 ChatterBait mistakes
ChatterBaits are lures fish love to smash. Whether you’re targeting bass on your local reservoir or snatching redfish from coastal marshes, these vibrating jigs force reaction bites that are vicious.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Agents cite 16 for alleged oyster violations in Lake Borgne
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited 16 people for alleged oyster violations Thursday in St. Bernard Parish.[…]
Field Notes
Tiny tools that might just save your fishing trip
We all want to have fun when we go fishing — not play mechanic out on the water.[…]
Field Notes
Pros and cons: Best stand height for sight-fishing reds
If you’ve been sight-fishing, you know it’s a lot of fun. We take a look at the pros and cons of both short and tall stands.[…]
Field Notes
The lovin’ spoonful
Fall is prime time for redfish, and the venerable old spoon is still an effective, fun lure to throw in interior marshes for solid action.[…]
Bass Fishing
Remove back hook from Rat-L-Trap to catch more fish
Rat-L-Traps are absolute fish catchers. There’s just something about the lipless crankbaits that bass and redfish love — or hate, whatever. They just crunch them.[…]
Deer of the Year
Hunter makes last tag count with big Claiborne Parish 13-point
Gary Hoof had taken a nice 8-point buck with his first buck tag. A couple of days later, when what he thought was a doe stepped out, Hoof downed it — but found out he had actually shot a small spike, using up his last buck tag.[…]
News Breaker
Targeting specks in Catfish Lake
If you’re not spending all of your spare time this month in a deer stand or a duck blind, November is a cool, comfortable month to target speckled trout — and Catfish Lake out of Golden Meadow is a prime spot for yellow mouths.[…]
Columns
Cold weather ‘yak fishing techniques
It may not necessarily seem like it, but late fall and winter fishing is on its way. One big advantage of living in the South is no closed seasons and year-round fishing.[…]
Hunting
The best eight years of his life
For eight years, starting in 2008, Robert Barham served as secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. He was there in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and was in charge when the Deepwater Horizon oil spill impacted the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.[…]
Crappie/Bream
There’s no place like home
At first glance, the fish house used by Dorothy Williams and Josh Andrews appears unpretentious. But closer inspection reveals that a lot of thought went into its design and a lot of labor goes into its maintenance.[…]