Bass Fishing
Suspend in the salt
When winter pushes trout and redfish into deeper canals and inner marsh arteries, suspending baits often earn the attention denied to sinking and faster-moving baits.[…]
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Deer Hunting
Smokepole ’em in January
Public lands offer some excellent primitive-weapons hunting this month.[…]
Bass Fishing
Tackle up
West Monroe’s Jim Dillard throws his jerkbaits on a long rod of 6-foot-10 to 7-2, but nothing too heavy.[…]
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Limited-access area equipment for walk in hunters
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries has set aside 3,250 acres on the Atchafalaya Delta WMA as a limited-access area. In other words, no motorized boats are allowed.[…]
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Robo-logic
If there’s one conditioned response that comes from the various mechanical apparatus used on duck ponds, it’s usually negative.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Live shrimp makes things a little easier
Believe it or not, live shrimp are often still available in Delacroix for much of this month.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Everybody’s working for the weekend
Delacroix is less than an hour from New Orleans, and about two hours from Baton Rouge, so day trips there are easy.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Z-Man offers something truly different
Louisiana anglers, by and large, hate soft-plastic baits that tear up quicker than wet toilet paper.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Try trout first, reds later
Having a bit of a game plan provides an easier pathway to locating and catching fish at The Pen during the winter.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Trips to The Pen a breeze
Many things may have changed about The Pen over the years, but the one thing that has remained the same is how conveniently located it is.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Stick with south and east banks for best bite
Being such a large lake to fish, The Pen can be somewhat intimidating for anglers who have never fished it before. The question of where to start can lead to second-guessing if the fish don’t immediately respond.[…]
Bass Fishing
Best Caney Lake chatter bait colors
It’s hard to get me to believe that lure color makes much of a difference.[…]
Bass Fishing
Chatter baits vs. swimming jigs
At first glance, there doesn’t seem to be that much difference between where and how someone would fish a chatter-type bait versus a swimming jig.[…]
Fishing
Tippets
The colder, clearer waters of December – combined with low tides – provide some of the best sight casting opportunities of the year for those pursuing marsh reds. A wide variety of flies will work as the reds are more opportunistic in their feeding.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Kajun Kayaks
Just 65 pounds and stackable, Kajun Kayak’s 12-foot long, 34-inch-wide model is light enough for one person to handle and load into the bed of a pickup truck.[…]
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Chuck Buckley: The man
Martin Close III’s father Martin Jr. often good-naturedly called his friend Chuck Buckley an “unnaturalized citizen” of Alexandria.[…]