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Crappie currents — West Pearl River crappie-fishing tactics
When I was 10 years old, my dad, brother and I were hanging out in the Bogue Chitto River behind our house one day.[…]
Year: 2017
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Paradise redux — Venice is still a tuna heaven
I stood in the stern of Capt. Will Wall’s offshore charter boat, peering at the white buildings of Port Eads Marina etched against the early morning’s battery charged blue sky.[…]
Bass Fishing
Arresting approach — Fishing tips for North Louisiana’s top bass-fishing lakes
Being a police officer today is a pretty stressful profession. What they see, what they deal with — it’s a lot.[…]
Bass Fishing
Hawg heaven — Big-bass tips from Toledo Bend guides
It’s a big lake and it’s chock full of bass, but Toledo Bend is no gimme — even with its well-merited title of the nation’s top lake two years running.[…]
Columns
Does it really look down?
It looks like any other fish. Well actually, it doesn’t look like them — it just sees things like them.
It just looks like it’s looking down all the time.[…]
Columns
Living with target panic
Archery is a sport requiring extreme mental focus, as well as proper form and muscle memory developed through lots of practice. […]
Columns
Life is all about change
I met the Louisiana Sportsman crew in the mid-1990s at a Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association meeting in Monroe. I was a young, gung ho journalist new to the outdoor industry, having spent my formative days as a beat reporter for the Morning Advocate (now The Advocate) in Baton Rouge.[…]
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Cover: April 2017
April is a magical time of year. Trout are on the move back into the marshes this month, and that means you can expect hot action across the coast.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Trout on top
This is the month to ply the bigger bays with topwater baits, according to veteran Charter Guide T-Man Cheramie (985-677-6294), who operates out of Larose.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Delacroix’s Outer Bays hold trout and redfish now
Capt. Ron “Ahab” Broadus (504-914-6063) called me with a report and an invite.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Get creative for Lake D’Arbonne crappie
During a lengthy law enforcement career, Jay Kavanaugh of Ruston spent a lot of time patrolling important areas of Lincoln Parish. Now he has traded that in for doing the same thing on area lakes. This time of year, you’ll find him on regular patrol out on the flats of Lake D’Arbonne in search of big post-spawn crappie.[…]
Bass Fishing
Place your bets on Toledo Bend
I can’t wait to wet a line fishing for bass in April on Toledo Bend. Me and hundreds of other anglers have been biding our time waiting for this month to get here.[…]
Bass Fishing
You’ll keep coming back to Bayou DeSiard
Put a map in front of most northeast Louisiana bass anglers and ask them to point out good bass fishing spots, most would skip right over Bayou DeSiard in Ouachita Parish. But, the 28-mile long bayou that meanders through Sterlington and Monroe is full of bass. And this time of year is when they start to turn on.[…]
Hog Hunting
BR hunter downs 325-pound boar near St. Francisville
Many hunters get “buck fever” — the adrenaline-induced, heart-pounding excitement experienced when you finally see that monster buck you’ve been after all season. […]
Fishing
Stocking Up in Lake Pontchartrian
With deer season on the way, it’s time to stock up enough fish to help us make the winter.[…]
News Breaker
Make an old tom kabob
Lots of hunters like chasing turkeys, and I’m with them all the way. Every now and then, a turkey can do something really stupid, but most of the time they are so wary they make deer seem as foolish as babes in the woods.[…]