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Freshwater Fishing

Eat, sleep, fish

August 15, 2014 Kinny Haddox

Whoever came up with the “Eat, Sleep, Fish” T-shirt must have been from Louisiana. That’s because usually everywhere you find good fishing, good food can’t be far away.[…]

Offshore Fishing

Amberjack’s family tree

August 15, 2014 David A. Brown

Dark-brown backs, white bellies, a faint golden stripe running nose to tail and a distinctive dark line that reaches from the eye to the anterior (front) dorsal fin are some of the defining marks of a greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili).[…]

Freshwater Fishing

History of Claiborne stripers

August 15, 2014 Kinny Haddox

Lake Claiborne was completed in 1967. Even before that time, Hood’s father had property on the lake, and the two of them have actually walked all the way across what he calls the Little Lake area of Claiborne, which is the large open area north of the Big Lake but still south of the two large arms that extend far to the north of the spillway almost all the way to downtown Homer in Claiborne Parish.[…]

Bass Fishing

What other pros say

July 17, 2014 Andy Crawford

“Look for points, corners and drains at the mouths of the major creeks. Depth will vary depending on lake level, but it’s best when the outside edge is somewhere between 10 to 20 feet deep. Keep in mind that the fish follow the contour changes and use the grass as cover.[…]