Tractors, farm equipment and lawn mowers and equipment will be displayed and available for sale at the Louisiana Sportsman Show and Festival this Thursday through Sunday at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales.[…]
After one bait was put on the market in late January, people who go after crappie won’t be fishing for the tasty panfish so much as hunting for them with Crappie Ammo.[…]
No matter where you fish in the country, sac-a-lait are notoriously finicky fish. They’re challenging to catch and are very sensitive to subtle weather changes.[…]
Sac-a-lait can be notoriously picky when it comes to color, so Bruhl keeps a variety in his box. His favorite is pink/white, but he also uses blue/white, black/chartreuse or black/fire tail.[…]
Kenny Covington believes bass are in defensive moods during the spawn and post-spawn, and will hit gaudy colors.[…]
George Ricks freezes most of his hides during the winter hunting season, saving them to tan during the summer when the weather is better.[…]
The people in the little hamlet of Tangipahoa call George Ricks “The Dog Man.” Everywhere he goes, Claire Bell, his retired-from-hunting treeing walker hound, rides with him. […]
There was something primal about it — grown men imbibing beverages around a fire, watching meat sizzle and talking about politics, cooking, hunting and trapping.[…]
Ultralight rods and reels are a staple for crappie fishermen across the country. However, Jeff Bruhl takes a slightly different approach — particularly when throwing Road Runners.[…]
Black crappie and white crappie both roam the Tchefuncte River. Although most are the black variety, Jeff Bruhl has found a way to be certain what kind of crappie he is catching — and it’s not the way you might think.[…]
With a fish as challenging to catch as a sac-a-lait, you have to pay attention to little details.[…]
Sac-a-lait aren’t nicknamed “papermouths” for nothing.
Hooks easily tear from on the hook set, which isn’t conducive to getting crappie in the boat.[…]
Jerry Antley has always had the itch to make turkey calls and other outdoor gear for outdoorsmen.[…]
Every hunter has a favorite turkey call. Jerry Antley’s favorite is “all of them.”[…]
Jerry Antley can’t count the times he’s been turkey hunting nor the number of turkeys he’s taken in the past 40 to 50 years.[…]
Spawning bass will be the top fly target this month.
Cast a woolybugger, leech pattern, Bass Bully, Sqwirm Worm, Grim Reaper or Y2K Bugger slightly past the fish, and then twitch it slowly across the bed.[…]