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Tourney winning tactics
Kayak fishing tournaments are held year-round across the coast, and offer friendly competition and great prizes. No matter your skill level, fishing these tournaments makes you a better kayak angler.[…]
Bass Fishing
The Mag 12 Buzz Worm
That two different professional anglers can fish a new 12-inch worm completely differently — with both catching solid numbers of quality bass — is a testament to the new Mag 12 Buzz Worm from Mister Twister. […]
Inshore Fishing
CCA Louisiana to build new reef in southwestern Lake Pontchartrain
Anglers in southwestern Lake Pontchartrain will soon have a new fishing destination, thanks to a reef being built in the St. John Parish portion of the lake by Coastal Conservation Association-Louisiana.[…]
Deer Hunting
What’s in your deer pack?
Deer hunting has not been immune from advances in technology and tactics. Hunters run the gamut from bringing nothing more than a weapon and a pair of boots to an organized pack that contains everything but the kitchen sink.[…]
News Breaker
Slaying specks in Lake Mechant
By the second week of October, a lake near Dularge will be giving up countless numbers of speckled trout.[…]
Field Notes
Revitalize faded soft plastics
How to keep your soft plastics from turning into faded, milk-colored lures that no self-respecting bass or speckled trout wants.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Agents cite two men for alleged Highway 1 fishing violations
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries ticketed two men fishing along Highway 1 between Fourchon and Grand Isle for alleged fishing violations, according to a news release.[…]
Deer of the Year
Colfax hunter arrows big 8-point on Kisatchie
Bobby Albert, of Colfax, knew there was a big buck hanging out on the Kisatchie National Forest 3 miles from his home.[…]
Inshore Fishing
LDWF works multiple shrimping violations cases on Rockefeller
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited several recreational shrimpers for alleged violations on the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge in Vermilion and Cameron parishes over the last several days.[…]
Bass Fishing
Drawdown means more bass for Lake Claiborne anglers
Lake Claiborne near Homer might be on a diet — but the largemouth bass there are about to pig out on the 6,400-acre reservoir.[…]
Columns
Louisiana’s deer habitat in decline
The key to a good deer management program is good habitat — plain and simple. The research that has been done measuring the impacts of good deer habitat is crystal clear on the subject: Good habitat provides the nutrition needed for optimal body growth and antler development.[…]
Deer Hunting
Crazy bowhunting vid: Woman misses five times in a row
I’m known far and wide as the worst of bowhunters. I mean, I once sat 11 hours, missing three deer at the same spot not five steps from my tree. I missed one three times in a row.[…]
News Breaker
Vermilion Bay’s best October options
Troy Amy is ready for what usually happens in October in Vermilion Bay, specifically in The Cove and at Dry Reef.[…]
Columns
For Pete’s sake- Redfish advice from a fly fishing legend
In early July, the fly fishing community suffered a great loss. Pete Cooper Jr. passed away after a courageous bout with cancer. He was 72.[…]
Deer of the Year
Potential state record deer arrowed
A St. Francisville dentist on Oct. 5 arrowed what could be the largest Louisiana non-typical deer to be killed with a bow — and he was hunting pretty much where he works.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Kayak accident leaves one dead in Rapides Parish
The body of a 62-year-old Alexandria man was recovered Thursday afternoon after an apparent kayak accident, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]