New Iberia’s Caleb Sumrall has been on a fishing roll, culminating in this weekend’s victory at the B.A.S.S. Nation Championship on South Carolina’s Lake Hartwell — a win that earned him a berth in the 2018 Bassmaster Classic and an invitation to join the 2018 Elite Series.[…]
October is a welcome relief, as cooler weather and lower humidities make for more pleasant fishing conditions — and even the fish themselves seem reinvigorated by the change.[…]
If you can’t catch a limit of trout in Cocodrie this month, you can’t blame the fishery. At least, that’s what one of the veteran guides in the area reported.[…]
Well, we survived another Deep South summer, although this one seemed to be more wet at times than hot. My hope is that, in spite of the heat and humidity, you have long since been visiting your hunting properties mowing, spraying, repairing and building stands, supplemental feeding, and working trail cameras.[…]
Easy limits have been the name of the game in the Cocodrie area this year, with tons of school trout feeding on seemingly unlimited supplies of shrimp, Capt. Tommy Pellegrin said.[…]
Thirteen-year-old Meadow McNeal developed an interest in hunting when she hit the woods in pursuit of squirrels with her grandfather.[…]
Nothing is more frustrating than getting your hook hung up — especially when the fish are biting. […]
Over the years, Farmerville’s Mike Clark has had numerous discussions with his sons about shooting big, mature bucks — and being disciplined enough to pass on younger deer so they have time to develop.[…]
Sandbags are a necessity for hunters when sighting in their rifles. And there are plenty of commercial options available.[…]
October is arguably the best month of the year for coastal Louisiana kayak fishermen. The weather is mild, with predictable patterns, and the fish are hungry.[…]
The Revo Inshore has been continuously refined since its introduction several years ago, and it’s better than ever. Packing a whopping 24 pounds of Carbon Matrix drag, it will beat whatever swims in the coastal salt.[…]
How: Try for trout, reds and flounder at the MRGO rock dam. Use popping corks with live bait or plastic tails near the rocks. Fish flounder away from the rocks on the north side using Gulp or live shrimp on a quarter-ounce jighead.[…]
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries arrested a 22-year-old Sulphur man earlier this month for allegedly guiding 87 times without a charter guide fishing license this year.[…]
Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Mississippi is an area that floods each winter. However, its 36,000 acres also contain one of the few remaining large tracts of mature hardwoods in the Mississippi Delta.[…]
It never fails: The afternoon before rifle season opens, someone grabs a paper plate from the camp’s kitchen, rides his ATV out to the nearest 100-yard opening and takes a few shots with a rifle he hasn’t looked at since last season.[…]
The calendar might say it’s officially fall, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the Mississippi River has begun its traditional fall yet, when saltwater from the Gulf usually begins feeding into the river — bringing hungry redfish and speckled trout along with it. […]