It’s never fun spending the holidays at the hospital, but I guess it is worse when you know a loved one is not coming home. My wife’s father, Robert H. Parks Sr. (better known as PawPaw), died on New Years Day.[…]
Like most anglers, I’m very confident in my abilities. I’ll probably never call Charlie Moore and challenge him to a duel deep in the marshes of Delacroix, but if I did, there’s no doubt in my mind I’d take his money.[…]
Not only is there an animal out there that will spot your deer for you, but this animal will also vocalize to you telling you exactly where the deer are and when they are moving.[…]
I have a good friend who is anything but an outlaw.[…]
Bayou Black, located 15 minutes south of Houma off Highway 90, is one of the southernmost places to catch bass in the state. In January, central and northern Louisiana generally have cold weather.[…]
After my September column on the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, two readers took me to task for an alarmist statement they said caused the entire column to be suspect.[…]
Remember that ice cream commercial where little Johnny is having trouble reading the ingredients on the carton?[…]
Never take a biologist fishing; they can really slow things down. So Ed Sexton, the great Trout Master, found. South of Venice, where Sexton fishes, he has to wade through a lot of redfish to catch the big sow speckled trout that he loves.[…]
The estrus or heat cycle of a white-tailed doe lasts for 24 hours. This is the only time that she will stand still and allow a buck to breed her. Prior to this, she would run away from his advances, and this activity is referred to as the chase phase of the rut.[…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
I am interested in purchasing a GPS unit for my new boat. My question is this: Is it possible to have a plotter that shows your position on an actual map of an area?[…]
Superlatives rolled off the tongue of a veteran saltwater fisherman, one who makes his living at catching speckled trout and redfish, the other day when he talked about a soft-plastic prototype designed specifically to catch redfish and big speckled trout.[…]
It’s finally cold, gun season is in full swing and the rut is just about to kick in heavy. So where does archery fit into this picture? Well, do you want to kill a buck with your bow?[…]
I took the photograph of the spotted fawn in East Feliciana Parish on Sept. 29, two days before the 2010 bow season opened.[…]
I recently ran across a new cleaning tip that is amazingly effective, and becoming quite popular.[…]
No, you won’t find the lunker largemouth you’ve dreamed about under your Christmas tree, but you just may find it at Caney Lake, which is known for its double-digit bass.[…]
About two months ago, I noticed traffic cones had appeared overnight in the median of a stretch of highway I travel every day. I wondered what they were for.[…]