Fishing Hotspots
Will Shell Beach fishing shine this month?
The keys to having success with speckled trout at Shell Beach this month.[…]
Month: December 2018
Inshore Fishing
VersaMaxx Bolt popping cork
If you get frustrated by constantly having to stop fishing to adjust the length of the leader under your popping cork, the VersaMaxx Bolt is exactly what you’re looking for. […]
Columns
Last minute gift ideas for the stingy Santa
These gifts will put a smile on any fly fisherman’s face.[…]
Deer Hunting
Hot doe spells doom for big Tensas Parish 8-pointer
A hot doe led a giant Tensas Parish 8-point to its demise on Dec. 4 when Shayne Williams dropped the big 154-inch buck. […]
Fishing
Tippets: VOSI
The fall migration of speckled trout to the interior marshes is in full force. Good days will be on a light south wind and a moving tide. Weighted baitfish and shrimp patterns under a VOSI will deliver numbers of school trout.[…]
Columns
Here come the ducks
Louisiana’s 2018-19 duck season begins on Nov. 10 in both the West and Coastal Zones. The first segment runs through Dec. 2, and reopens on Dec. 15 for the second split, which ends on Jan. 20. […]
Deer Hunting
Monster 217-inch buck goes down in Mississippi
Heath Hodges recently won something akin to a big buck lottery on the afternoon of Dec. 3, when he downed a giant Magnolia State monster that green-scored more than 217 inches of bone.[…]
Featured
Delacroix redfish run best in many years
The redfish bite is on fire right now out of Delacroix – here’s how to catch them. […]
Deer Hunting
Two cited for allegedly spotlighting deer in Assumption Parish
Enforcement agents cited two men in Assumption Parish for allegedly spotlighting deer near Labadieville on Dec. 2, according to the LDWF.[…]
Ducks
Rare duck shot in Big Branch NWR
Whatever the reason — from flooded corn fields up north, milder winters or any number of conspiracy theories floating around online — duck hunters in the Bayou State just haven’t seen masses of birds migrating to Louisiana’s dissolving wetlands compared to just a few generations ago.
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Columns
This pompano relative calls Louisiana waters home
Permit, the glamor fish of tropical flats fishing, are more common in Louisiana than most people realize.[…]
Deer Hunting
Monroe hunter sneaks giant Davis Island 10-pointer
BIll Harvey snuck onto a oak flat on Davis Island, and wound up shooting the biggest buck he’d ever laid eyes on. […]
NEW PRODUCTS
Patriot Boats’ duck blinds
Tired of fighting the mud and the muck to rebuild your duck blind every couple years? Patriot Boats in Chauvin has exactly what you need.[…]
Deer Hunting
Long walk results in big 11-point public land buck
A long hike into the Tensas National Wildlife Refuge produced a big public lands 11-point buck for Lake Charles’ Billy Bergeron. […]
Columns
Don’t ‘kick’ the bucket
A good 5-gallon bucket has multiple uses as hunting season cranks up this fall. […]
Bass Fishing
Beating the post-front funk for more bass
The days of rainy fronts, chilly temperatures and dreaded bluebird skies are upon us. Here’s how to catch bass after winter cold fronts pass in Louisiana.[…]