Inshore Fishing
Hazards of Rockefeller
In spite of an almost unworldly number of alligators on the refuge, some of them large, they are seldom, if ever, more than a nuisance.[…]
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Inshore Fishing
High hopes up high
Now, despite the vision advantage, even tower fishing can see its valleys of boredom. Maybe it’s a hot summer day when the fish are holding in deeper, cooler water or hiding under rafts of matted vegetation in the marsh.[…]
Bass Fishing
Fish to win on the first day
Most tournaments that launch at Doiron’s Landing are one-day events in which anglers can pound on their fish as hard as necessary to stack up as large a limit of bass as they possibly can.[…]
Bass Fishing
Keep an eye on Simmesport and Krotz Springs gauges
Undoubtedly, lots of eyes will be on the Atchafalaya River gauge at Morgan City the days preceding the Louisiana Sportsman Open Bass Classic, but anglers Randy Rader and Jason Pittman say it’s might be a little more important to keep watch on the gauges north of Morgan City.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Wind helps beat neap tide
A neap tide is one that occurs when the difference between high and low tide is least. It comes twice a month in the first and third quarters of the moon.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Captain’s log book an important
March 7 of last year was Capt. Travis Miller’s first day of 2011 to fish the train trestle. When I asked him a few weeks ago what details he could recall about the trip, he told me that he was just then looking through his log book.[…]
Bass Fishing
Cold front grip loosens later in the day
Anglers who make an immediate and necessary change first thing in the morning after a cold front would be wise to not forget about what patterns were working well before the front blew through.[…]
Bass Fishing
Potential winning patterns
With strange new fishing techniques like the Alabama rig gaining momentum with professional anglers, local anglers who fish the Red River more than most believe this Bassmaster Classic will be won on some very simple baits fished in some very predictable ways.[…]
Bass Fishing
Lots of locations for Classic field to scout
A myriad of possible locations exists for 2012 Bassmaster Classic competitors to analyze in the practice days leading up to the actual tournament. After deciding to fish Pool 4 or Pool 5, anglers must then decide if they’re going to try to fish a proven community hole or find an unknown, isolated area that they can have all to themselves.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Why not electric?
Ricky Richoux must get asked that question a lot. His answer comes too quickly when a kibitzer pops the query.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Trolling tips and tricks
Figuring out where the trout are on the world’s longest continuous bridge over water is a daunting task. However, most folks who already jig fish the Causeway for trout already have their favorite stretches to fish.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Bigger trap stays closer to bottom
The 3/4-ounce Rat-L-Trap is such a large lure that I couldn’t help but ask Capt. Eric Dumas why he chose to fish with it rather than the more typical 1/2-ounce Trap.[…]
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Check those pockets
Portable hunting blinds are a great asset to turkey hunters. They hide a hunter’s movement which very much helps when that gobbler hangs up and surveys the situation. I use them all the time for both turkey hunting and deer hunting.[…]
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Should we shoot Jakes?
In Louisiana it is legal to shoot Jakes, the one-year-old gobblers. Some states do not allow this and regulate the harvest with a minimum beard length.[…]
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Veteran turkey hunter dies
Anyone who hunted turkeys in East and West Feliciana during the seventies and eighties is familiar with the name Ken Morgan. Kenny died of cancer on Nov. 20 of this past year.[…]
Other Hunting
Evading coyotes harder than evading beagles
While walking through the woods listening to Brent Smith’s beagles running rabbits, I wondered if they ever actually caught one before a hunter got a shot on it.[…]