Ducks
Improving pintail populations
Georgina Eccles’s pintail study will hopefully give waterfowl experts the insight to help give a boost to future pintail populations. […]
Articles by John Flores
Features
Squirrel Gravy
Across Louisiana, there’s plenty of public access, a large squirrel population, a liberal bag limit and a long season. […]
Features
Tactical teal advantage
Teal hunting experts offer tips and tactics to novice hunters or seasoned duck hunters who are wanting to try something new. […]
Crappie/Bream
A more perfect fishing union
Fishing the Union Oilfield Canals located east of Lake Palourde and southeast of Grassy Lake for bluegills, chinquapins and longear sunfish. […]
Features
Gueydan guides: Don’t play games with specklebellies
With specklebellies occupying more attention from waterfowl hunters, especially around Gueydan, don’t take any chances. Cover all your bases.
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Features
It’s teal time for Louisiana hunters
September teal season offers waterfowl hunters a chance to warm up on speedy birds that arrive early in migration. […]
Deer Hunting
Coast into Louisiana’s 2020 deer season
Don’t turn your nose up at deer hunting in Louisiana’s coastal areas. Those whitetails don’t get as much notice, but they’re just as tasty. […]
Crappie/Bream
Burn up Atchafalaya Basin bream
High water in recent years has led to great panfish spawns in Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin. There’s still time to catch them this year. […]
Bass Fishing
March bass madness starts in marshes in Orange Grove area
Gerald Foulcard of Patterson is an angler who has caught his share of bass in the marshes near Gibson, particularly during March. […]
Catfish
Cold water catfish
When the water is blown out and murky from cold fronts, there may be no better time than January to drop a tight-line rig for central coast blue catfish. […]
Bass Fishing
The East Cote Blanche Bay buttonhook
Bryan Charpentier of Centerville spends plenty of time fishing East Cote Blanche Bay. Over the years, he has meticulously learned how to fish the bay. […]
Bass Fishing
December bass on the eastern side of the Basin
The eastern portion of the Atchafalaya Basin offers bass fishermen some real holiday treats this month. Here’s how to read the water and the largemouths. […]
Crappie/Bream
Follow falling water to great bream fishing
According to Chris Black, owner of Bayside Tackle in Pierre Part, the Atchafalaya and Lake Verret water levels are finally falling, and bream are biting. […]
Bass Fishing
Map feature: Lake Penchant
During the latter part of the bass spawn in March, fish around and near Lake Penchant for spring largemouth bass, plus an occasional redfish. […]
Bass Fishing
Black Lake big boys
The drive from Morgan City to Natchitoches was a long four hours after I knocked off from my day job at 5 o’clock. And, by the time my wife and I checked into the Chateau Saint Denis Hotel downtown, it was after 9 p.m. — and I was just hearing from Pure Fishing ambassador Jimmy Jeansonne. […]
Alligator
Alligator safety tips
Alligators are strong animals, so it’s important to use caution when harvesting them. Here are several safety tips to avoid injury. […]