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Toledo Bend summertime crappie tips
Trophy bass fishing rightfully gets the lion’s share of attention at Toledo Bend, but the Sportsman TV crew found out it’s also home to some quality crappie as well.[…]
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Tackle and rigging
Rigging the hook and weight is crucial to successful snagging.
The trick is to ensure one of the hooks on the treble is pointed toward a fish.[…]
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Snagging laws
There’s no way to control what fish your snagging hook contacts, but it’s important to understand that most species have to be released immediately.[…]
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Safety first when snagging
Certain safety precautions should be taken when snagging, and one of the most important is to be aware of other fishermen.[…]
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Jig-making tips for crappie
Crappie killer Murphy Royer makes his own jigs from scratch.
He pours the leadheads: 1/16-ounce models for heavy brush, 1/32-ounce versions for all-around use.[…]
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Murph’s crappie-fishing poles
Murphy Royer’s confidence in his fishing is almost startling. During my first conversation with him, he asked me when I wanted to go fishing. I asked when the best time was to make a good trip.[…]
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Lake Henderson crappie fishing tips
Lake Henderson really isn’t a lake at all in the classical sense, but more of a backwater area formed in the 1930s by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.[…]
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Tippets
April is one of the best months for both freshwater and marsh fly fishing. In which water shall you cast your fly?[…]
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Three cited for alleged game fish violations on Larto Lake, LDWF says
Enforcement agents on Wednesday arrested three people for alleged game fish violations on Larto Lake, according to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
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Shellcracking the code
“When it comes to redears, leave the fly tackle at home.”[…]
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Atchafalaya Basin bass action slowing down post-spawn
The bulk of the spawn appears to be over in the Atchafalaya Basin, but anglers are still catching bass in the Bayou Pigeon area, according to a local angler.[…]
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Springtime diversion — Catfish snagging tips
There are about as many ways to catch catfish as there are ways to cook them. Rods, yo-yos, jugs, trotlines, nets, traps and limb lines are all employed by Louisiana sportsmen.[…]
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Candy from a baby — Best crappie-fishing tactics
He made catching sac-a-lait from Lake Henderson look like taking candy from a baby. It was like watching a hybrid between a robot and a ballet dancer at work. No moves were wasted; everything seemed programmed.[…]
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Cover: April 2014-Freshwater
The trout season is kicking off and bass should be on their spawning beds this month.[…]
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LDWF, LSU AgCenter search for cold-tolerant salvinia weevil for North Louisiana
Unusually cold temperatures in the northern parishes are expected to have killed 90 percent of the salvinia weevils used to combat the invasive aquatic plant giant salvinia, which is clogging waterways across Louisiana.[…]
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Hopefully the coldest winter in 24 years has come to an end. If so, fly anglers could enjoy a great month on the water.[…]