For the second year in a row, unseasonably warm temperatures apparently prompted large numbers of ducks to bolt from the state — or at least move into areas not included in the annual January aerial waterfowl survey, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Chase Evans didn’t have much time to react when he saw a big heavy-horned deer moving across one of his shooting lanes in Jefferson County, Miss. earlier this year. […]
Capt. Nick Poe isn’t necessarily a fan of the look of his dad’s PVC pipe anchor caddy system that’s a fixture on many of the boats at Big Lake Guide Service, but he can’t really argue with its effectiveness.[…]
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited a 58-year-old New Iberia man for alleged oyster refrigeration violations on Jan. 15 in Lafourche Parish.[…]
Ragley’s Jeff Broussard couldn’t sleep in the early-morning hours of Jan. 11, so he ventured into his workshop and started piddling with his boat around 2 a.m.[…]
Prairieville’s Dave Cavell and Gonzales’ Corey Wheat teamed up to win Claire’s Heart benefit tournament last weekend, and the pattern wasn’t what they expected.[…]
On the big screen, the Italian Stallion had some epic boxing matches with Apollo Creed, Clubber Lang and Ivan Drago throughout the Rocky movie franchise.[…]
By January, speckled trout have settled into the interior marshes around Golden Meadow to ride out the winter, and Capt. Eddie Berthelot Jr. knows where to go to find them.[…]
Kyle Adams hunts with 25 other members in Catahoula Parish on a 2,800-acre club near Harrisonburg.[…]
As we go into 2017, most of us have had the good fortune of sitting quietly alone multiple times this season in the Deep South winter woods.[…]
Some say laughter is the best medicine. Mathew Roberts and Shawn Babin say adding in a dose of kayak fishing is even better.[…]
We all know we’re supposed to use them. It’s just Boating Safety 101. Yet we all too often get in a hurry or become complacent, and leave the life jackets in the locker or sitting on the seat as we zip from one fishing hole the next. And too many anglers don’t even think about kill switches.[…]
Where’s Troy Landry when you need him?
The star of Swamp People on the History Channel would probably have loved to fill a tag with the giant gator that was captured on video Sunday east of Tampa, Fla.[…]
Bankston’s buck sets club record, green scores 158 inches[…]
Capt. Shawn Lanier (225-205-5353) said he pretty much swims against the flow this month.
“A bunch of the Venice area guides quit fishing in January and February so they can hunt,” Lanier said. “Me, I don’t hunt — at least not on land and not with a gun. I’ll do all my hunting from the boat with a rod and reel, and mostly downriver where I’ll target big redfish in the outside bays.[…]
Mansfield’s Frank Canizaro Jr. and his fishing buddy Andrew Pilcher initially set out on Toledo Bend’s waters near Huxley Bay on Jan. 11 in search of crappie.[…]