I remember watching Hank Parker fishing with a spincast rod and reel on his television show several years ago. He was fishing for crappie, and he claimed that using the push-button reel and limber rod allowed him to present his jig to fish that were virtually unmolested right in the middle of a bustling lake.[…]
When it comes to Louisiana, I’m more biased than an NBA ref with a dozen Benjamins riding on the game he’s officiating.[…]
As the days become longer, the process of “photoperiod” takes hold — stimulating more hormonal growth for bucks. More available sunlight allows changes to unfold with a buck’s pituitary gland, producing hormones that significantly contribute to bone and tissue growth.[…]
Tend the food plots, manage the timber, check the pH and get rid of the weeds. We’ve all heard and know it.[…]
Doc Fontaine’s brother-in-law of the month was visiting South Louisiana from Oregon for a wedding. He also wanted to squeeze in some of the fabulous fishing Doc had been preaching about since they’d met a year earlier.[…]
The athletic young man’s glittering eyes and neatly trimmed goatee gave him the look of a predator.[…]
I had been warned that kayak fishermen are passionate about their sport, and that they love to talk about it. Oh, how they love to talk about it![…]
To the east, an orange ball glowed just above the horizon through the cypress and tupelo trees in the backwater areas of the basin. […]
Now I know what driving against contra-flow must feel like. The boats that were getting out of Bayou DuLarge down at Jug’s were making it difficult for us to get in.[…]
Capt. Eddie Berthelot and I idled into the Wildlife and Fisheries Canal on the north side of Grand Terre Island in late April with prior knowledge and past years’ experiences pointing out that we were about to have a good time.[…]
If husbands could achieve trophy status by the number of their weight on the scales rather than the number of dimples on their chins, I would grade out much higher today than I did 14 years ago when my wife and I got married.[…]
The oil spill is keeping things touch-and-go, but there are plenty of alternatives for anglers who want to put fish in the boat.[…]
The oil spill is keeping things touch-and-go, but there are plenty of alternatives for anglers who want to put fish in the boat.[…]
It’s a long way from the icy lakes of Mankato, Minn., to the tepid swamps of Southeast Louisiana.[…]
As a guide on the Red River, Russ McVey gets frequent calls requesting topographical maps of his home water. Folks can hardly believe it when he tells them there isn’t one, and some go on to question his sanity.[…]
Louisiana speckled trout fishermen are a dedicated bunch, for the most part fishing year round. But May seems to be a special month, heralding the onset of summer and its hot speck fishing.[…]