Columns
Stupid horse
Scientists, I am convinced, have a droll sense of humor. It is most evident in the scientific names that they conjure up to hang on some poor creature. Take, for example, the king mackerel, Scomberomorus cavalla.[…]
Columns
The much maligned “9”
It happened again at an afternoon barbecue a few months ago. A new acquaintance commented he was looking at buying a new pistol.[…]
Columns
Where y’ak?
Fall is the time of year when trout begin their transition from the outer bays and journey into the interior marshes. This is great news for kayakers, as limits of trout will be within easy reach of these people-powered craft.[…]
Currents
Coastal restoration
Coastal restoration sucks.
It really does.[…]
Deer Hunting
Voting begins in Big Buck, Trail Cam contests
Voting has begun in the Nikon Big Buck and Trail Cam contests in which LouisianaSportsman.com users name the monthly winners.[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
How to make a simple duck blind
Here is a simple and effective method for making a blind that does not take much time: Cut a piece of 1/2- or 3/4-inch plywood about 3 feet by 6 feet, and lay it on some solid marsh.[…]
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Mastering the Marsh
It was the perfect lease. After years of waiting, they had finally landed a prime duck-hunting lease, and opening day had arrived. As they waited in the pre-dawn darkness, they rehearsed their shots at the imaginary gray ducks and widgeon that would surely be swinging into the decoys when legal shooting time arrived — a mere 15 minutes away.[…]
Sidebars
How to make a simple marsh blind
Here is a simple and effective method for making a blind that does not take much time: Cut a piece of 1/2- or 3/4-inch plywood about 3 feet by 6 feet, and lay it on some solid marsh.[…]
Sidebars
Speed kills
Howard Callahan believes in fast shot as the most effective method of bringing down ducks.[…]
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Cloud Dancers
The Good Lord gave us a glorious sunrise, the glowing orb back-lighting a cloud in the eastern sky that looked for all the world like an angel in flight. I snapped a few photos as the sun slowly nibbled away the cloud bank.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Hybrid stripers — a man-made fish
The fish causing all the excitement are really not striped bass; they’re hybrid stripers, incapable of reproduction save for the intervention of man.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Blackened hybrids almost as good as redfish
Kevin Beasley of Ruston was reared in Slidell down in redfish country. He loved to catch redfish, and he also loved them on the table.[…]
Fishing
Four-Leaf Cloverly
What makes four-leaf clovers so lucky is that they’re so difficult to find. You could pick an entire acre of clovers one by one and still not stumble on the lucky one that has four leaves instead of three.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Fewer shrimp means better fishing with shrimp
At 38 years old, Donavon Hinton has been around Lafitte fishermen long enough to have picked up a few tricks of the trade. He gained most of his insight when fishermen would return with their catches to his parents’ C-Way Marina.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Indian summer improves Lafitte redfishing during fall
Although Capt. Jason Shilling believes November is his last best opportunity to catch lots of redfish before the wintertime slowdown, he has fished long enough to know that some Louisiana Novembers aren’t that much different than Louisiana Septembers.[…]
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Red Hot Reggio!
“November is probably the very best month of the year to target redfish out in the Reggio area, followed closely by October,” the voice said on the other end of the phone.[…]