Columns
Pattern your shotgun to take more game
As a young dad, I wanted to take my boys deer hunting, but they were still small for high-powered rifles, and the budget didn’t allow for two new rifles anyway.[…]
Columns
Columns
La. is redfish capital of the world
According to Einstein’s Theory of Fishing Relativity, the observer in his spatial frame of reference — be it Florida, Texas or South Carolina — will always think he’s got the best fishing.[…]
Currents
Public fishing options get more limited
The dominoes are starting to fall. Regular readers of this magazine know that Louisiana Sportsman for years has covered the issue of the privatization of the public’s tidal and flowing waters.[…]
Fishing
Solutions to a slow-starting engine
I received an e-mail this month from a reader (I’ll call him Joe) who is having carburetor troubles. He wrote that he has a 1987 model boat with an XYZ brand outboard.[…]
Columns
Catch fish after fish on a HardNose
The booming soft-plastic market’s going soft, too soft, many claim, and something had to be done about it before many more creature baits, bogus worms, faux paux frogs and imitation crawfish got torn up by fish or slid down the hook, thus rendering them unusable.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Where can I fish for mangroves?
Dear Capt. Paul:
I just resently bought a 22-foot boat, and I would love to start fishing Grand Isle for mangrove snapper.[…]
Columns
Stevens combines performance, value
Carlos is becoming an optics snob.
“Didja see what they put on that rifle? That cheap scope? Can you believe that?”[…]
Columns
Apocalyptic angst? Relax, it’s Miller time
One of my best trips of last season was prophesized by the Bible.[…]
Currents
Blanco’s bold move is coast’s only hope
If you’re a Louisiana resident, George W. Bush is the worst president you’ve ever had .Jimmy Carter was bad, but at least he was an equal-opportunity disaster.[…]
Fishing
Buyers beware of Katrina, Rita boats
The one-two punch of Katrina and Rita claimed upwards of 50,000 boats, many of which have been totaled by the insurance companies[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Many NAVAIDs not aiding anything
Word from Capt. Paul
In the wakes of Katrina and Rita, many landmarks that were the backbone of our “dead-reckoning” system of getting around in the marshes are no longer there.[…]
Columns
Take guesswork out of long-range shots
“…I am trying to locate information on making a chart for the number of clicks needed to adjust the point of impact from various distances on a target rifle scope with the target posts.[…]
Columns
No need to avoid crappie tackle
Find a list of North America’s great fly-fishing waters, and it’s a sure bet that list will include the coral flats of South Andros, the mangrove-lined creeks of south Florida, the meadow streams of Yellowstone and the salmon-filled rivers of Alaska.[…]
Currents
Similarities between gill-net ban, trout reductions
Back in 1995, the fight to ban gill nets in Louisiana’s coastal waters was an ugly one. […]
Fishing
Got motor trouble? I can help
Hello, and welcome to all the readers of Louisiana Sportsman magazine. For those of you who don’t know me, I was first christened with the name “The Boat Doctor” way back in 1983 when I was a guest on the WWL outdoors radio program.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
GPS makes woods hunting easier
Dear Capt. Paul:
I purchased a handheld Garmin GPS III quite a few years back.[…]