Columns
Diagnose, don’t assume, when problems arise
Sometimes when working on your engine, it can be very tempting to jump to conclusions without properly and completely diagnosing the problem.[…]
Columns
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Specks, reds hustle to new bait
Besides the fact a red-hot soft plastic is the go-to artificial lure whenever he goes fishing — putting speckled trout and redfish in the boat when it counts — there’s another good reason the Hackberry Hustler is a runaway favorite for veteran guide Kirk Stansel and his brothers Bobby and Guy.[…]
Columns
Chicot is great park with even better bass
Ville Platte’s Lake Chicot sits on the border of the delta and the hill land. One side of the lake has a bluff bank, and the other side is as flat as the bottom of a cast-iron skillet.[…]
Columns
Quality of La. bucks getting better
Last month I wrote about the top bucks officially measured for the 2007-2009 Big Game Recognition Program records and how more deer qualified for recognition than in any of the previous recognition programs.[…]
Columns
Nymphing for specks? You bet!
Last month we touched upon the infamous vosi, which is an acronym for “Vertically Oriented Strike Indicator.” Several emails resulted on this topic.[…]
Columns
Searching for Mr. Right
The quest for trophies in modern hunting and fishing is unquenchable. More and more deer hunters put up high fences to segregate the animals under their control from surrounding populations and then buy trophy bucks to upgrade the “quality” of their herd. If you can’t get a trophy any other way — well, you just grow your own.[…]
Columns
A season of change
It is my favorite time of year again. Aside from the cooler weather, redfish frenzies and Saturday nights in Death Valley that the fall season ushers in each year, it is once again the time of year when ducks come down to grace us with their presence.[…]
Currents
Do you really support coastal restoration?
In theory, Chris Macaluso’s job should be easier than a bridge monitor’s.[…]
Blind's Eye
Thoughts on decoys
With the duck season opener in the west zone only weeks away now, most of you will probably be in high speed getting your gear together. If not, you should be. This summer I paid particular attention to getting my decoy spread souped up.
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Everything Archery
Practice for bow hunting
We’ve all heard the old saying that practice doesn’t make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect. What does this mean for archery, and more importantly, archery hunting?[…]
Deer Hunting
Bow season all about wind
Well, we are approaching my favorite day of the year, Oct 1, and it looks like the first several days of bow season are going to be blessed with great weather.[…]
Columns
Not all fuel problems caused by ethanol
Last year, I wrote a column urging readers to avoid ethanol at all costs. Ethanol has caused many problems ranging from sludge in the fuel tank to deterioration of the fuel lines. It absorbs moisture from the air.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Use caution when buying map programs
Dear Capt. Paul:
I recently bought a Humminbird 898c SI fishfinder, and am looking to buy a chip to upgrade the maps.[…]
Currents
No better month than the 10th one
If I ever find a lamp, rub it and a genie pops out, one of my wishes will be to rip June, July and August off the calendar. What do the three months have to offer?[…]
Columns
Is it a reptile, or is it a fish?
Most fish-identification books (except mine, of course) list the value of lizardfish to anglers as either a “nuisance” or “useless.” I happen to think that they are a pretty interesting critter. It could be the biologist in me.[…]
Columns
Sighting in doesn’t have to be hard
Buck drove me crazy.
As anal as I am about my rifles, his idea of sighting in before deer season was to drive out on the pipeline at our lease, throw a gallon cooking oil can out, back off 60-75 yards, take a rest on his elbows, squint through his cheap scope and touch off a .30-06 round from his immensely popular (and notoriously inaccurate) semi-automatic rifle (he even had see-through mounts on the thing!) and bounce the can about 5 feet.[…]