Columns
Cooking with ‘cajun spice’
Buddy Callahan looks like anything but a Cajun with curly blond hair, fair complexion, a stocky build and a grizzled Van Dyke beard.[…]
Sidebars
New gear review
With all the buzz around new pedal drive kayaks, Bonafide launched a new paddle kayak that is feature-packed for serious kayak anglers at an entry level price. Bonafide is a sister company of the wildly popular kayak accessory brand, YakAttack[…]
Bass Fishing
November’s best bets
Best bets for freshwater and saltwater in November.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Capt. Paul’s Fishing Edge for Lake Borgne
As a longtime fisherman of the Lake Borgne area, I had a vast library of locations to fish – and more than 160 of these are included in the Lake Borgne Edge file.[…]
Columns
The VOSI revisited
With Thanksgiving Day approaching, I’m compiling a list of the many things to be thankful for.[…]
Columns
Crossbow scopes 101: Sight them in correctly
The process of sighting in a crossbow scope takes several steps — but it’s invaluable to a hunte when that big buck walks out.[…]
Columns
New Mississippi deer rules and regs in place
It’s finally November, and we all know what that means: For my fellow members of the deer hunting community, the last nine months have slowly and steadily built up to right now. Untold amounts of toil, sweat and treasure have been expended to get to deer season.[…]
Columns
Crackin’ Craw
If you want to catch bass or redfish, you better get crackin’.
Kaplan-based artificial lure manufacturer Zach Dubois, who specializes in soft plastics, has watched the fairly new Crackin’ Craw – a crawfish imitation -; take the bass fishing world by storm. And to his pleasant surprise, it’s also become a go-to bait for redfish along the coast.[…]
Bass Fishing
Sabine River bass surprise
“We are very blessed,” Johnny Watkins said. “There are very few places where you fish bass on a shrimp pattern.[…]
Deer Hunting
Youngsville hunter shoots big Natchitoches Parish 10-pointer
The third time was the charm for Youngsville’s Larry Bringol — and this time he cashed in on a beautiful Natchitoches Parish 10-pointer. […]
Columns
Seafood Bible: Cooking with ‘Cajun spice’
Buddy Callahan looks like anything but a Cajun with curly blond hair, fair complexion, a stocky build and a grizzled Van Dyke beard.[…]
Ducks
LDWF: Two plead guilty to baiting ducks
Two hunters who pleaded guilty to hunting wood ducks over a baited area received tough sentences from a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Alexandria this fall. […]
Featured
Is it spring? It is in Venice
The high Mississippi River has pretty much decimated typical fall fishing spots out of Venice — but here’s where you need to head to still catch plenty of redfish. […]
Deer Hunting
Giant Caldwell Parish 13-point goes down on Boeuf WMA
Positioning a ground blind near the intersection of two deer trails did the truck for Cody Cupepper, who downed a massive 180-inch public lands brute on Boeuf WMA in Caldwell Parish. […]
Ducks
Rare duck turning up in Louisiana hunters’ November bags
Black scoters are sea ducks more common the East and West coasts of the U.S., but several of the birds have already been shot this season by Louisiana hunters. […]
Deer Hunting
It’s not too early: Get a jump on the rut with deer scents
Even though the rut in Area 4 near Franklinton is likely still a month away, that didn’t stop a nice buck from falling for estrous doe urine used by the author last week. […]