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What’s the best coonhounds?
Although he now calls himself a “pleasure hunter,” George Ricks is something of an expert on coonhounds.[…]
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Ringtail round-up — Top coon-hunting tactics
A half-hour before midnight, I threw a look over my shoulder to see if I was dragging a certain piece of my anatomy behind me. […]
Bass Fishing
Tips for toads — How to catch Toledo Bend’s lunkers
In the past five years, Toledo Bend Lake has delivered a mother lode of double-digit lunkers — an unprecedented phenomenon in Sportsman’s Paradise.[…]
Bass Fishing
Color run — How to choose the right bass-fishing lure color
Several years ago, I was standing at the counter of a tackle shop shooting the bull when a customer dropped several crankbaits next to the cash register.[…]
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Wham, bam, sac-a-lait slam — Tips to catch more Tchefuncte River sac-a-lait
It was America’s least favorite day of the week — a Monday afternoon. The weekend Tchefuncte River boaters had all gone back to work, and Covington’s Jeff Bruhl had all of the main-river cuts to himself.[…]
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Dealcroix triple threat — 3 ways to catch March trout
MirrOLure She Dogs are made with premium hardware, rattles that can be heard from space, natural 3-D eyes, double-dipped MirrOclear exterior finishes and — above all — durable, life-like colors.[…]
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Turkey terminator — Tips from a turkey-hunting expert
Jerry Antley’s love of turkey hunting took him from an ordinary outdoorsman to a manufacturer of turkey hunting products that gained him a spot in the national outdoor business.[…]
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Close call — Stay close for Lafitte’s spring trout
There is absolutely no reason whatsoever to drive past fish to find fish. That’s why Capt. Lane Zimmer is so excited about fishing out of Lafitte during March.[…]
Features
March mystery — How to catch transition trout
Trout start acting squirrely in March. They’ve been cooped up for months — even confined — by the invisible border winter throws around the marsh.[…]
Columns
National policies really do matter
It’s very easy to ignore national politics. Even when those matters are related to the hunting and fishing communities.[…]
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Cover: March 2017
If you haven’t already made reservations for a Toledo Bend trip, you’re behind the 8 ball. March is the month when the big girls come out to play.[…]
Big Bass
Teen catches 10-pound bass in Bayou Bienvenue
The father-son team of Brian and Brennan Silcio spends a lot of time together fishing the Bayou Bienvenue area out of Chalmette, so they’ve got the bass figured out.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Don’t let a little wind scare you
According to Capt. Jack Payne over at Sweetwater Marina (504-453-8382), March is a pretty good month for fishing, both for redfish and speckled trout.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Good and bad days
Like a box of chocolates, anglers “never know what you’re going to get” with weather and water conditions in March.[…]
Bass Fishing
Lunker bass are Toledo Bend’s bread and butter
At long last, the season, the month, the almost magical time we have been waiting for is here at Toledo Bend.
I call it March Madness.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Don’t count out Dularge
Prospects for catching speckled trout in March in the Dularge area hinge on water temperatures, according to veteran saltwater fishing guide Ricky Brondum.[…]