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2015-16 Deer of the Year
The 2015-16 deer hunting season has been one of ups and downs, with temperatures fluctuating on seemingly a daily basis. When it got hot, it stayed in the 80s for longer stretches than hunters wanted.[…]
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Drifting away — Best bets for Cypress Bayou crappie
Do you like to catch crappie? How about watching huge B-52 bombers roar low overhead?[…]
Bass Fishing
Fausse Point Frolic — Bass fishing tips for Fausse Point Lake
I sat quietly in the boat in front of the camp on Bird Island Chute. The swamp smelled fresh in the winter air. I thought about how good the caviar was the previous night.[…]
Bass Fishing
Pearl Particulars — Best bets for Pearl River bass
On a gloomy February day, Jeff Bruhl was fishing waters he knew better than the chips in his truck windshield.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Crappie assassin — Tips from a sac-a-lait fishing master
Miller’s Lake is a black crappie mecca, and this Duson angler has it all figured out. Use his tips to fill limits of the delectable fish.[…]
Bass Fishing
Throw me something, mister! How to catch Toledo Bend’s lunker bass
February marks the beginning of what has become a parade of huge largemouth at Toledo Bend Reservoir.[…]
Columns
Tragic reminders – Be safe and come home
When the news release landed in my email, I shook my head at the headline that told of two hunting fatalities at a Mississippi national forest.[…]
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Cover: February 2016
If you had to pick one month to turn your attention to crappie, February is it.[…]
Deer Hunting
Parts of Area 9 in Atchafalaya Basin to reopen for deer hunters Saturday
Deer season will reopen in parts of Deer Area 9 in the Atchafalaya Basin on Saturday (Jan. 30) when the Atchafalaya River gauge at Butte La Rose falls below 18 feet, according to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Inshore Fishing
South Louisiana Leopard Hunt
They’re big, ferocious, and they have spots….and they live at the bottom of the Mississippi River.[…]
Fishing
Blue Wave Boats
Speed, Quality, Performance[…]
Deer of the Year
Houma hunter downs big public lands 11-point in Concordia Parish
Ray Marcel kicked in 2016 in style: On the morning of Jan. 1 at about 7:15, he was 25 feet up in his Summit climber on Richard K. Yancey Wildlife Management Area enjoying a bite of his bacon sandwich.[…]
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Uncle Larry strikes again – Try these delicious shrimp recipes
Larry Roussel shares his recipes for Cajun Stir-Fried Shrimp with Rice Noodles and Uncle Larry’s Lima Beans & Shrimp.[…]
Events & Announcements
LDWF sets public meetings for proposed hunting season regulations changes
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will hold eight public meetings around the state starting late next month to gather comments on the proposed 2016-18 resident game hunting season dates, 2016-17 waterfowl and migratory bird hunting season dates, 2016-17 WMA general rules and the 2017 wild turkey season and hunting areas.[…]
Events & Announcements
Hust sentenced to life in prison
The Monroe man convicted of shooting LDWF Sgt. Scott Bullitt was sentenced to life in prison today in Ouachita Parish.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Wade-fishing season peaking now for Calcasieu Lake trophy trout
Why would anyone leave a perfectly comfortable bay boat, put on thermal underwear and socks, layer up and slip into insulated waders and then head into the frigid waters of Cacasieu Lake in the dead of winter? […]