Deer of the Year
200-class ‘Big Nasty’ bites the dust in Mississippi
With one buck in mind, Stan Ethredge raced home from a fall family vacation to the Smoky Mountains as fast as traffic and his good sense would allow.[…]
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Deer of the Year
Legendary Lincoln Parish 12-point busted
While some impressive deer have been taken there, Lincoln Parish in north central Louisiana isn’t typically known as a go-to spot to down a trophy buck in the Bayou State.[…]
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Hit the road in Grand Isle
When November rolls around, Tommy Vidrine’s relentless pursuit of speckled trout doesn’t stop around Grand Isle — but if the weather cools off some, he definitely changes tactics.[…]
Deer of the Year
Big Claiborne Parish 13-point goes down
With a hunter named Zack Buckner, you’d expect nothing less than a quality deer, right?[…]
Inshore Fishing
Body of missing boater recovered Friday in Bayou Bienvenue
Search and rescue crews late Friday afternoon recovered the body of a Zachary man who reportedly fell overboard while fishing in Bayou Bienvenue near Chalmette on Oct. 26.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Fronts dictate Lafitte success
This is the time of year every Lafitte angler waits for, when they can forget the long hauls to the southern parts of Barataria Bay necessary during the summer.[…]
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Hopedale hotspots
“Trout action is on fire on the inside,” according to Hopedale area Capt. Gene Dugas, with Rather Be Fishing Charters (985-640-0569). “From the deep interior all the way out to Bay Lafourche, the trout are eating up baits and the reds are thick and hungry.”[…]
Bass Fishing
Low Atchafalaya River means Basin bass biting
When the north winds blow and bring a chill to South Central Louisiana, or the tide moves, the lower end of the nation’s last great overflow swamp becomes a top bass fishing destination.[…]
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Chalmette’s fall Smorgasbord
In October, the long trout drought finally ends in Chalmette waters and the freckled fish start showing up again in good sizes and quantities, according to Joey Jeanfreau, over at Jeanfreau’s Super Market on Paris Road in Chalmette. […]
Crappie/Bream
Crappie fishing picking up on Lake Providence
North Louisiana crappie expert Kirk Townsend can make you a list of what it takes to catch crappie just about anywhere in his area of the state. […]
Bass Fishing
Positive turn for Toledo Bend
That November days will be the time to catch Toledo Bend bass — in both quantity and quality — is a no-brainer.
And it can’t come soon enough.[…]
Bass Fishing
Slow down for bass on Lake D’Arbonne
You probably won’t be able to catch a 10-pounder off the dock like Brennen Ramsey, but that doesn’t mean you can’t take advantage of the fall largemouth bass bite on Lake D’Arbonne this month.[…]
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Speck party on Lake Pontchartrain
If you want to outfish the hundreds of boats on the Lake Pontchartrain Trestles this month, you need to fish every level of the water column, according to Capt. Matt McCabe.[…]
Deer of the Year
Grunt call brings in big Kisatchie 12-point
Curiosity killed the cat … and maybe a big buck, too.
Jonathon Zell, 29, of Dry Prong, had watched some does bed down on a ridge 80 yards from his perch 35 feet high in a Grant Parish pine on the Kisatchie National Forest. With his curiosity peaked, he decided to reach for his grunt call Monday morning.[…]
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Short runs for Delacroix trout
Anglers looking for easy limits of trout without burning a lot of boat fuel should put in at Delacroix this month.[…]
Crappie/Bream
As fall arrives, Poverty Point crappie bite heats up
If country superstar Toby Keith wrote a song about Poverty Point crappie fishing, he’d probably say, “It’s not as good as it once was, but it’s good once as it ever was.”[…]