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Flyfishers await a new energy future
Lately I’ve been walking to a nearby lake rather than taking my vehicle. I often come home with mud on my sandals — at least my footprint contains no carbon.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
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Pleasure at the Pump
I can remember when a quarter’s worth of gasoline would putt-putt you around the lake all day long. Today, you can’t motor away from the dock on a quarter’s worth of gas.[…]
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Gain after Pain
Those who call Louisiana home are used to battling Mother Nature. Oppressive heat and humidity, hurricanes and the occasional ice storm are taken in stride as the price to pay for living in the Sportsman’s Paradise.[…]
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Post-spawn bite excellent at Toledo
May is a good month to fish many lakes in Louisiana, but I prefer Toledo Bend because the topwater bite early in the morning there is phenomenal.[…]
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Have a big day on the Little Mo
As Cokie brought another rainbow trout to her net, it was evident this one had been in the river for some time. […]
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Sick Day Crappie
My grandfather used to have a plaque at the end of his hall that read, “If fishing interferes with work, quit work!”[…]
Freshwater Fishing
D’Arbonne crappie thick in channel
You don’t have to be a genius to figure out when the crappie are biting in the channel at Lake D’Arbonne in Farmerville. Drive across any of the bridges that cross the lake, and you’ll see boats lined up as far as the eye can see.[…]
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Hot-Weather Crappie
We let the crappie tell us what type of bait they prefer on that day. When we first start trolling, we’ll use minnows, jigs and a jig tipped with a minnow.[…]
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Doughball Bluegill
We’ve all had our light-bulb moments. A challenge, dilemma or otherwise perplexing situation spurs our imagination and dips deep into the gravy bowl of creativity to bring up the tasty nuggets that make us shout, “I’ve got it!”[…]
Catfish
Cat Food
Sometimes the best way to stay unnoticed is to go along quietly, minding your own business right in front of everybody.[…]
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Cotton-Picking Bluegills
If you’re going to catch the most and the biggest bluegills from any bluegill bed, you have to pick bluegills just like you pick cotton,” said Nathaniel Davis, an elderly outdoor friend who helped me learn to hunt and fish many years ago. “You know how to pick cotton, don’t you?”[…]
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Equal Opportunity Gluttons
My family and I were on vacation one year soon after the end of school, and we headed to Lake Catherine in Arkansas, more to rest and relax than fish.[…]
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Cover: May 2007-Fresh
The backwaters hold the key to the Ouachita River’s best bass action.[…]
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Deerly Beloved
The water wasn’t what I’d call clean, especially for bream fishing. A strong southerly breeze had been blowing for several days, and the water was backed up and heavily stained to muddy.[…]
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Bank-Bound Stringers
James Waldon loves to fish, but, alas, he doesn’t own a boat. Before you begin feeling sorry for Waldon, a 67-year-old retiree from Louisiana Tech who lives in Ruston, his dilemma is not the same as if he loved to hunt but didn’t own a firearm.[…]