Sidebars
October’s Best Bets
October’s Best Bets[…]
Year: 2018
Columns
What’s wrong with simple?
October is finally here, and beyond sitting in a stand and bowhunting, you know what that means. It is once again time to plant food plots. […]
Catfish
Sidney Haynes’ juglines
Sidney Haynes begins building his juglines by cutting a 6- or 7-inch section off a foam swimming pool noodle. He then cuts about a 10-foot length of twisted, tarred black nylon twine from its spool. He wraps one end around the center of the noodle section and ties it tightly.[…]
Catfish
Pitch black cats
It was black on the water. Of course, it was midnight.
We sat as quiet as death in Sidney Haynes’ 17-foot aluminum SeaArk boat. In the distance, automobile headlights flitted busily through New Roads, perched hard on the shores of False River, the big oxbow lake of Pointe Coupee Parish.[…]
Columns
Tootie cooks ‘earnestly’
Chef Tootie of Earnestly Tooties shares her recipes for Seared Panko Grouper on Kale and Red Snapper with Roasted Corn Relish.[…]
Features
Top tactics to help you hunt squirrels
Fall is here. Hunting season is here. At the core of it all is this simple fact: For fun and challenging hunting, squirrels are hard to beat[…]
Hunting
Old Cypress Outdoors Tree Stand
If you let bow season sneak up and you’re in the market for a brand new lock-on-style tree stand this year, check out these rugged, lightweight stands from Old Cypress Outdoors in Bayou Vista.[…]
Deer Hunting
Hunting the rut in 2018
The rut is always the best opportunity for a hunter to connect with a real trophy buck during deer season.[…]
Hunting
Halo XL600 Laser Rangefinder
Never again will I have to guess how far away that gobbler is walking.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Tips for the Delacroix trifecta
While Delacroix fishing is fabulous, it takes some skill and know-how to consistently connect on a trifecta. Gene Hoover and Chef KD Diez give some tips to help anglers make successful trips:[…]
NEW PRODUCTS
Plano’s Kayak V-Crate
If tackle storage on your kayak is an issue (and it probably is), then this custom designed tackle box for your ‘yak is definitely worth considering.[…]
Hunting
ScentLok OZ Active-Odor Destroyers
Hunters, especially those that target whitetails, will go to great lengths to try and eliminate or cover their scents, knowing that while they might fool a buck’s eyes and ears, they’re less likely to fool its nose.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Capt. Paul’s Edge program for the Rigolets
According to Wikipedia, the Rigolets is an east-west 8-mile long strait connecting the northern part of Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Borgne. “Rigolets” comes from the word rigole, which is French for “trench” or “gutter.” The name is locally pronounced “RIG-uh-leez.” […]
Columns
Hunting health and safety
We do a lot of work getting ready for hunting season. Planning trips, choosing the right gear, setting up deer stands and the list goes on and on. Along with all the planning and anticipation we make a considerable financial investment in what we hope will be a successful season.[…]
Features
Doormats in decline?
If Jim Morrision thought people were strange, I wonder what he thought about flounder. […]
Sidebars
Stick it to ‘em: Paddle smart stickers could save lives
Started a few years ago, Operation Paddle Smart is a goal of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary to educate paddle-sport enthusiasts on how to stay safe, be responsible boaters and help emergency responders in search and rescue (SAR) situations.[…]