Columns
Crappie, specks have much in common
Patrick McManus, author and long-time columnist for Outdoor Life and Field & Stream magazines, once observed that the two best times to fish are “when it’s rainin’ and when it ain’t.”[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Columns
Carp — it’s what’s for dinner?
Fly fishers will find any means necessary to amuse themselves on the water. If it has fins, it’s fair game.[…]
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Southern Sac-A-Lait
Louisiana has its great and storied winter sac-a-lait fishing holes such as Saline-Larto and the Chicken Coop at Toledo Bend.[…]
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Pushepatapa Pumpkinseeds
Pushepatapa Creek has been designated a wild and scenic river by the state of Louisiana. I now know why. The first time its cool, clear water swirled around my feet, I found that I had entered a completely different world.[…]
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Pit Stops
Although he was under near-constant investigation for misappropriation of state funds, Huey P. Long did use some of that money like it was meant to be used by paving nearly 3,000 miles of roads and giving free books to students throughout the state.[…]
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Red & White
It was a picture-perfect day as I motored into Red River. A series of weather systems had screwed up every outing I had tried recently, but now it seemed that weather and circumstances were finally going my way. […]
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Cover: August 2003-Fresh
When the sun begins to set, the best fishing of the day is about to begin on Toledo Bend and many other lakes across the state.[…]
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Cover: July 2003-Fresh
Bass can get finicky this month, but hybrid stripers more than pick up the slack on some lakes.[…]
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Striper Express
Homer Humphreys wheeled around on the front deck of his Bass Cat boat.[…]
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Marsh Maggots
“You’re not going to believe this,” said Bryce Michel as we sped across Lake Decade. “I don’t know how much they told you about this deal, but it really is unbelievable.”[…]
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Use swimming flies for tough bream
As we pulled our boat into Black Lake Lodge near Campti last April, one glance at the water told Master Jake and I it might be a tough day. The owner confirmed our fears.[…]
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Crappie Connection
Fishing is in Mike Megee’s blood, courtesy of a transfusion received years ago while spending time with his father-in-law on the water in his home state of Arkansas.[…]
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Behemoth Bream
Eddie Halbrook turned his nose into the air and started sniffing. He looked like a beagle that just hit a hot trail.[…]
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Arriba Sac-a-lait
When you see hundreds of tow vehicles this month in a parking lot at Spanish Lake, it can only mean one thing.[…]
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Sac-a-Lait City
Trophy bass fishing has gained the most media attention for Toledo Bend over the last few years, but its highly productive crappie fishing drives.[…]