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Monster Reel’N’Shad a huge fish-catcher
Make no mistake about it, the Monster Reel’N’Shad is a monstrous swim bait — one Mann’s Bait Co. proudly introduced to the market in January.[…]
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Record flooding can’t stop the Bend
“Don’t be afraid to come fish Toledo Bend because it rained.”[…]
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Take this guy to dinner – Atlantic sharpnose shark ID is easy
Sharks have never been real popular with Louisiana fishermen — even in the days before shark harvest was regulated.[…]
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Collette crosses cooking cultures
Collette Weaver of Slidell shares her recipes for Dirty Rice Dressing and Stuffed Mirlitons with Shrimp.[…]
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How agents shut down illegal taking and selling of crappie
March has always been crappie month. It is the time when these popular game fish school and move toward the shallows for spawning.[…]
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The rest of the story – Improving deer hunting for all
Toward the end of last month’s installment of Happy Trails I began to opine and brag a little about the evolution of deer hunting in Mississippi during my 45-year tenure as a deer hunter, and about how much positive progress has been made over the past 10 or 15 years.[…]
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Minimum lures, maximum fishing results
Would you ever leave the launch with only six lures? That’s exactly what more than 100 kayak anglers did recently, and the results were impressive.[…]
Apex Predator
Apex Predator lands a 58-pound mud whale
Just like hunting, when it comes to fishing my goal is big game. So in the springtime I regularly set noodle lines for choupic and catfish, but this year I had the urge to catch a big one the old-fashioned way: with a rod and reel. […]
Bass Fishing
Storm Wiggle Warts
The importance of realistic, crawfish patterns is well known to Bassmaster Elite pros, and Brandon Palaniuk proved it on his way to finishing second in the 2013 Bassmaster Classic on Grand Lake in Oklahoma.[…]
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A new year, a new wildlife administration
The 2016 turkey season is the next to the last season of the 2015-16 hunting season (the spring squirrel season is the last). […]
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Short sticks – With bass, shorter is often better
One of my favorite car commercials has a 5-year-old driving his Power Wheels toy car. His dad asks if he’d like to take a try with the bigger automobile. After giving it some thought, the kid realizes it’s too much to handle and responds “No, thanks. I can wait.”[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Get the most out of your GPS
Hardly a month goes by without me getting a question about how to transfer GPS waypoints from one unit to a newer model or what to do when a GPS unit has crashed.[…]
Apex Predator
Apex Predator: Early-spring is perfect scouting time for deer and ducks
One of my favorite times of the year to scout for ducks and deer is late winter and early spring. I love fishing these months, too, but when the temperatures are cold in the mornings, I hit the woods in search of next year’s new spots.[…]
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We got gar – Louisiana has four species
In a state laced with streams, rivers, bayous, lakes and marshes, pretty well anyone who spends time outdoors knows that Louisiana has a lot of gars.[…]
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Whose water is it, anyway?
Louisiana is known for a few things: food, its laissez-faire environment, and its swamps and marshes. Those aspects of life in the Bayou State have always been intertwined, as inseparable as red beans and rice.[…]
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Bon Creole means great food
Randy Montegut, the owner of Bon Creole Seafood, shares recipes for Shrimp and Corn Soup and Sac-a-Lait & Frog legs.[…]