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February is for fishing and rigging
One of the many blessings of Louisiana fishing is that there are no closed seasons. Great fishing is available any month of the year, but February is ranked by many anglers as 12 out of 12.[…]
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Bomber Saltwater Grade Mullet
Give Theophile Bourgeois a new artificial lure with so much upside to it and he’s as happy as speckled trout and redfish chasing tasty mullet.[…]
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Looking back at 2014, but moving forward into 2015
Well, another year has ended and as Tennessee Ernie Ford sang, “Another day older and deeper in debt.” The hunting version of this song would go, “Another season has ended and the freezer is empty.”[…]
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How to “sea-duce” a predator
The rivers and lakes of Alaska offer the best fly fishing in North America. Its waters teem with steelhead, arctic char, grayling, dolly varden, trophy rainbow and lake trout, and five species of salmon, including the mighty king salmon.[…]
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Maps and charts for your GPS unit
I hear that many of you received new GPS unit from Santa. About this time you have probably installed the unit in your boat and maybe even tried it out.[…]
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This guy has teeth
The great barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda, is a common fish in the blue waters offshore of Louisiana. Yet one never sees a fishing story about anyone fishing for them off of our coast. […]
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Safety is first priority in the outdoors
I’ve had the privilege to travel all over the country for work. I’ve hunted throughout the Deep South, and I’ve fished from Texas to Virginia and almost every state in between.[…]
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This seafood is smokin’
Somehow, Louisiana missed out on the wonderful tradition of smoking seafood. We do everything else but smoke it.[…]
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The deer woods
A pod of whales.
A copse of brush.
A gaggle of geese.
A brake of cane.
A slash of palmetto.[…]
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What to do after the hunt
As with any other service industry, some game processors and taxidermists are better than others. Here’s some tips on choosing the right ones.[…]
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The skinny on scrapes
One of the more fascinating aspects of the whitetail rut revolves around the wonderful phenomenon known as “scraping.”[…]
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Kayak tournaments 2015
Kayak fisherman throughout Louisiana know how good our fishing is. So good in fact that the word continues to spread.[…]
Bass Fishing
The 7¾-inch Kut Tail Worm
Alabama pro bass angler Randy Howell got what he wanted and more in 2014.[…]
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Like father, like son
It is probably a fact that most dads want their sons to enjoy the same activities in which they participated growing up. It is also a fact that some dads can go overboard and push their kids a little too much to make this happen.[…]
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Yo, crappie — give up the ghost!
Despite his great love for hunting, my dad would often forego a deer hunt in the last days of the season to get an early start on fishing. As he would constantly remind me, if you want big sac-a-lait, you need to fish cold water.[…]
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Using your GPS to improve your hunting
Recently I covered how to improve your fishing by using your GPS unit. Now, I will discuss how to improve your hunting by using your GPS unit.[…]