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Double down on doves — Tips for extending dove season
The small field behind my house that I remember being full of Washington Parish watermelons when I was young had been lying fallow over 15 years. […]
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Cover: September 2016
Deer season is almost here, and it’s time to start deciding on your stand for opening day.[…]
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Grand Isle bullies — How to catch September redfish
September can be a stressful month. We’re in the peak month for tropical activity — a fact that keeps most of us glued to the daily weather forecasts, and a significant stress producer in itself.[…]
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2016-17 WMA Forecast
As excited as public-land hunters must be as the 2016-17 hunting seasons approach, there were some anxious moments over the winter and into late spring as floodwaters inundated some of the wildlife management areas.[…]
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Vanquishing Vermilion — How to catch Vermilion Bay trout
Those wiggly, slimy, little silver fish just do something to a person. […]
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The 2016-17 Rut Report
There is no debate that the best bucks killed each year in the Bayou State are taken during the rut. And, since the rut is your best time to tag a buck, now is the time to start planning hunts and understanding when the rut occurs.[…]
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Bottom feeders — Late-summer trout tips for Breton Sound
I could tell he was getting a little impatient. Capt. Ross Montet knew there were loads of speckled trout in the warm shallows skirting Breton Island.[…]
Bass Fishing
A humdinger! Spinnerbait tips for more Venice bass
When I was a kid, a big lie was called a “humdinger,” as in “That Billy Bob shore tole a humdinger!” […]
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Crank it up — How to catch crappie trolling crankbaits
The key to summertime crappie fishing is catching your limit and getting off the water before the blast furnace really kicks in. And this angler knows how.[…]
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Pole Kat — How the Salter Jiggin’ Pole can make you a better angler
The cork slowly went under.
I knew it was a crappie: It didn’t swim off like a bass, twitch like a bream or disappear with a snap like a catfish.[…]
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Bull stampede — Fishing for bull reds in the Mississippi Delta
Gary Abernathy was sure he saw a fish move off the tip of a grassy point on the south side of a little cut between islands.[…]
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The short haul — Shell Beach’s summertime fishing hotspots
“And all my rowdy friends have settled down!” Artie yelled while making his grand entrance through the back door to Doc’s Shell Beach camp, which was strangely dark and quiet.[…]
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Biloxi Marsh mix-up — How to catch trout and redfish during August
This goes down as one of my very best summers — ever.
June came in with intense heat and sweltering humidity, and an abundance of speckled trout. At least it did where I was fishing — in and around Bay Eloi.[…]
Bass Fishing
Heat advisory — How to catch Toledo Bend’s summer bass
Bass fishing in temperatures exceeding 100 degrees is not for the faint of heart.[…]
Bass Fishing
Fishing the Dream — Bassmaster Elite Series angler shares Ouatchita River bass secrets
Louisiana’s Brett Preuett is living the dream. Or should we say, “Fishing the dream.”[…]
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Border blowout — Tips for Sabine Lake trout-fishing succcess
We could be launching into a lake on Mars for all that most Louisianans would know about this place. There was enough daylight at the ramp to reveal that every vehicle already on the lot carried Texas license plates. […]