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Close call — Stay close for Lafitte’s spring trout
There is absolutely no reason whatsoever to drive past fish to find fish. That’s why Capt. Lane Zimmer is so excited about fishing out of Lafitte during March.[…]
Year: 2017
Features
March mystery — How to catch transition trout
Trout start acting squirrely in March. They’ve been cooped up for months — even confined — by the invisible border winter throws around the marsh.[…]
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Cover: March 2017
If you haven’t already made reservations for a Toledo Bend trip, you’re behind the 8 ball. March is the month when the big girls come out to play.[…]
Big Bass
Teen catches 10-pound bass in Bayou Bienvenue
The father-son team of Brian and Brennan Silcio spends a lot of time together fishing the Bayou Bienvenue area out of Chalmette, so they’ve got the bass figured out.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Don’t let a little wind scare you
According to Capt. Jack Payne over at Sweetwater Marina (504-453-8382), March is a pretty good month for fishing, both for redfish and speckled trout.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Good and bad days
Like a box of chocolates, anglers “never know what you’re going to get” with weather and water conditions in March.[…]
Bass Fishing
Lunker bass are Toledo Bend’s bread and butter
At long last, the season, the month, the almost magical time we have been waiting for is here at Toledo Bend.
I call it March Madness.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Don’t count out Dularge
Prospects for catching speckled trout in March in the Dularge area hinge on water temperatures, according to veteran saltwater fishing guide Ricky Brondum.[…]
Deer Hunting
Cervid carcass importation ban goes into effect March 1
The importation prohibition of cervid carcasses into Louisiana goes into effect March 1, the Louisiana Department of Willdife and Fisheries said.[…]
Events & Announcements
2017 Yamaha Louisiana Sportsman Big Buck Contest better than ever
With 2016-17 hunting season in the books, it’s time to make plans to bring your bucks to the Louisiana Sportsman Big Buck Contest to be held on March 16-19.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Focus on drum, redfish out of Delacroix
While speckled trout are traditionally a tad more difficult to find out of Delacroix in February, Capt. Randall Shaw said it’s a great month to target line-pulling redfish and black drum.[…]
Field Notes
Slow lure fall key for February specks
With a relatively warm February about to wrap up — and a warm March seemingly in the offing — Capt. Kris Robert will take advantage of the early bump in water temperature to capitalize on speckled trout that have already moved up to the flats.[…]
Columns
Who says real Cajuns don’t eat salads?
Janelle Folse has been cooking for her family since she was 15. Here she shares her recipes for shrimp cole slaw and shrimp & corn bisque. […]
Fishing
Serious electronics can be affordable
Unfortunately for our wallets, we can’t avoid some cost increases in electronics. They stem from new features appearing in each product generation that require more computer power and better screens.[…]
Columns
Search and rescue in the great outdoors
Floods and hurricanes focus media attention on search-and-rescue (SAR) functions performed by state wildlife agents and local law enforcement officers. Far more frequent are SAR operations for lost or missing outdoorsmen. […]
Columns
Aging whitetail deer
As you read this installment of Happy Trails, the 2016–2017 deer season is either late in the fourth quarter or time has already expired.[…]