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Cool Cats — Best ways to catch springtime catfish
My father-in-law was a marsh man who dreaded coming home from down the bayou after trapping season.[…]
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Bass Fishing
Veggie variables — How to fish for prespawn bass
Grass equals bass — yep, we got that. But getting to know the specific makeup of vegetation is essential, especially during the early spring before the it grows tall and thick. […]
Bass Fishing
Moving up — How to catch prespawn bass
There’s a fine line between prespawn and spawning movement — get it wrong and you’ll be wasting time by fishing ahead of or behind the fish.[…]
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Po-boy panfish — How to catch lake runners, bluegill and catfish in Bayou Lacombe
You know how it goes: After slurping through a few pounds of spicy boiled crawfish you start craving a something a little heavier and crunchier.[…]
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Sportsman Boating Showcase – 2015’s Best Aluminum Boats
Traditionally, many have thought of aluminum boats as being somehow utilitarian and, well, basic. But that’s changed over that past decade or so, and now aluminum boats are built for every purpose imaginable — from carrying duck hunters into the swamp to screaming-fast bass boats to tricked out bay boats.[…]
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Cover: March 2015
As winter finally breaks, it’s time to get on the water for some of the best bass fishing of the year, but don’t forget that reds and crappie are also on the prowl.[…]
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2015’s Top fiberglass boats
The ultimate fishing boat would be different things to different fishermen, depending on whether they exorcise their passion in inshore or coastal backwaters, lakes and rivers, or the bluewater deep.[…]
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Tough trout mapped out — How to use digital maps to catch more specks
Have no doubt, February is a tough time for speckled trout fishermen.[…]
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Saline meat haul — Yo-yo fishing tactics for catfish, perch and more
It all began with a photograph.
Amber Bordelon sent it to Louisiana Sportsman magazine to see if they would print it. It looked like an avalanche of sac-a-lait, catfish, and bream.[…]
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Beginners guide to Oak River — Fishing tips for redfish, speckled trout and bass at this Delacroix winter hotspot
In the days before levees channeled the Big Muddy, Oak River was a natural funnel for the mighty Mississippi. For centuries it was a conduit for fresh, muddy water, and silt and sediment gradually built up significant ridges that line Oak River to this day.[…]
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Hook, line & sinker — Expert tactics for Lake D’Arbonne crappie
The first time I met Bob Mitcham, he had so much fishing equipment it took a 25-foot step-in cargo van to haul it all around.[…]
Bass Fishing
February resolve — Where to and how to catch bass this month
There is a certain mentality I have that makes me want to roll over and pull the covers over my head on the exact morning I’ve been waiting on to get in the deer stand.[…]
Bass Fishing
Great with grubs — Bass-fishing tips for grubs
They’re kind of like the short stop of your tackle box, only without all the glamor and star power. Indeed, grubs are a multi-talented category of soft plastics whose lack of fanfare starkly contrasts their versatility.[…]
Bass Fishing
Nail it — How and why to use nail weights when bass fishing
You’ve heard of “controlled aggression.” Well, you can call this aggressive finesse.[…]
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Battledore meat haul — Best fishing tips for sheepshead
Don’t worry about extreme low tides and marsh-emptying north winds: Head to this collection of platforms to mop up on delectable sheepshead.[…]
Bass Fishing
Toledo throw-down — How to catch Toledo Bend’s lunker bass
The incredible lunker bass phenomenon on Toledo Bend is unprecedented. If you think about it, there has been no other time in Louisiana bass angling history when any lake has delivered so many bass weighing 10 pounds or more.[…]