Deer Hunting
Creating mock scrapes to hunt white-tail deer
Creating mock scrapes is a great way to provoke a big buck into shooting range — here’s how to get it done and put a big deer into your crosshairs. […]
Articles by Chris Ginn
Deer Hunting
Church Point business bottles fresh doe-in-heat urine
Anglers would be the first to tell you that fresh is best. I mean, who wants to eat freezer-burned speckled trout fillets a year after they were caught? […]
Features
How to catch wintertime speckled trout in the Geoghegan Canal
Some tips on how to fish the ledges in the Geoghegan Canal to catch wintertime speckled trout near Lake Pontchartrain this month. […]
Bass Fishing
Fish Lake Bruin like a pro
One of the most fascinating things weekend bass tournament fishermen can witness is professional anglers picking apart their local lakes when major tournaments roll into town.
Deer Hunting
Follow this advice to see more deer
While sitting in my ground blind last season watching 15 deer second-lining down the lane I was hunting, I was struck by deer movement — and how it’s really the only factor that matters. […]
Deer Hunting
It’s not too early: Get a jump on the rut with deer scents
Even though the rut in Area 4 near Franklinton is likely still a month away, that didn’t stop a nice buck from falling for estrous doe urine used by the author last week. […]
Featured
Cold front puts clamps on Dularge specks
Capt. Marty LaCoste described how he’ll target speckled trout out of Dularge in the fall after a cold front. […]
Featured
Fall trout bite starting to heat up along Lake Pontchartrain bridges
Chas Champagne said the trout bite on eastern Lake Pontchartrain could be picking up as cooler weather settles in. […]
Flounder
Hooking up
Hooking flounder can be a bit of a challenge.
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Deer Hunting
In the ‘Cross’Hairs
Crossbows are still looked down upon by some traditional bowhunters, but they definitely give people another option during archery season. […]
Features
Doormats in decline?
If Jim Morrision thought people were strange, I wonder what he thought about flounder. […]
Bass Fishing
Hills and valleys
After Chad Wiley weighed-in on the final day of the 2014 Bassmaster Central Open on the Red River, his three-day total of 34 pounds, 14 ounces landed him in fifth place. […]
Crappie/Bream
Louisiana crappie fishing getting national attention
Having fished crappie tournaments all over the nation, Ronnie Capps has seen more energy for the professional side of crappie fishing the last couple of years than he has ever seen in his entire 30-year fishing career. […]
Crappie/Bream
Push-poling for slabs
With the advent of today’s electronics, this national champion crappie angler says old-fashioned spider-rigging is a thing of the past. […]
Bass Fishing
Pitching tips for Bayou Black
Pitching plastics at Bayou Black doesn’t have to be complicated, but there are a few tips Engerran passed along to help you be more successful. […]
Bass Fishing
Pitch Black
The Pipeline Canal was completely impassable.
And with that, Patrick Engerran immediately resorted to Plan B. […]