The history of the creation of the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge is an interesting one, and weaves together the lives of monied American financial barons and the burgeoning conservationist movement coming out of the Gilded Age.[…]
– The refuge is open for visitors from March 1 to Dec. 1 of each year.[…]
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.[…]
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.[…]
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.[…]
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.[…]
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.[…]
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.[…]
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.[…]
Ricky Richoux has strong opinions about the right way to handle fish to get a quality product for the table.[…]
The Slimeslinger travels light, with all his tools in a single plastic tool box. Naturally enough, the man’s most important tools are his knives.[…]
Ricky Richoux must get asked that question a lot. His answer comes too quickly when a kibitzer pops the query.[…]
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.[…]
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.[…]
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.[…]
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.[…]