Columns
Don’t be dog-matic! Go with spoons
As we reach the climax of a bizarre election year, what could be more bizarre than a website dedicated to having dogs vote? Thedogvote.com believes that “our nation lies in their paws.”[…]
Columns
Bass Fishing
True or False? Definitely go with False
This month, my choice of lakes for catching numbers of nice-sized bass will be False River in Pointe Coupee Parish near New Roads.[…]
Columns
Menhaden are key link in food chain
Menhaden, usually called pogies in Louisiana, are certainly not a game fish. They never bite a hook, even by accident.[…]
Columns
This small dog barks and bites
There are many ways to determine you have arrived. […]
Currents
For me, election hinges on two issues
When I’m looking at candidates, trying to decide who should get my vote in any election, there are two things I examine that are more important to me than any others.[…]
Columns
Optima Elite .45-70 will ‘wallop’ deer
The late, great Robert Ruark wrote for many of the big outdoor mags in the 1950s and ’60s, and began a series of columns that would become one of the all-time hunting classics, entitled “The Old Man and the Boy.”[…]
Fishing
You can salvage your submerged boat
It was just a little over three years ago when Louisiana was dealt a horrific one-two blow from Katrina and Rita. […]
Bass Fishing
Easy bites await at Ouachita River
In October, I like to fish the Ouachita River with its plentiful cover. When the weather starts cooling down, the spotted and largemouth bass and the shad will head for the shoreline and move into the many laydowns and sandbars.[…]
Bass Fishing
14-inch limit wastes Basin bass
Randy Lanctot, the esteemed executive director of the Louisiana Wildlife Federation, once told me that if outdoorsmen aren’t careful, they’ll conserve themselves right out of existence.[…]
Columns
Crevalle jacks hungry, hard-fighting
In Louisiana, where the desirability of a sportfish is measured almost as much by its culinary attributes as its fighting qualities, the crevalle jack just doesn’t get any respect.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Salty hotspots abound out of Lafitte
Dear Capt. Paul:
What are some good redfish spots in and around Lafitte?[…]
Columns
New protectant perfect for duck marsh
With teal season beginning this month, and the full-fledged duck season only a little while behind it, the annual trek to the salt marshes of our coastline will begin.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Where are Big Lake’s reef hotspots?
Dear Capt. Paul:
Can you give me any coordinates for reefs in Big Lake? I’ve only been fishing there a short amount of time and I only seem to catch trout when the birds are working. I would like to be able to catch trout anytime.[…]
Columns
Active bass putting on Lipstickers
Everybody was baking before and just after a mid-July weigh-in for a major-money bass tournament on a hot day at Lake Neely-Henry in Alabama.[…]
Fishing
Time for duck hunters’ wake-up call
Each year when duck season closes in January, most hunters simply park their mud boats and forget about them. We usually have other things such as fishing, cruising and water skiing on our minds.[…]
Columns
Good tools make for easy fly tying
Here’s a question I’m often asked: Why tie flies when you can buy them online so cheaply? One reason is, trite but true, nothing is as rewarding as catching a fish on a fly you tied yourself.[…]