Fishing
Livingston Lures
Livingston Lures’ new Team Livingston line of baits allows anglers to program the sounds their baits make.[…]
Hunting
Tenzing Binocular Holster
Tenzing Outdoors recently unveiled the new TC BH15 “The Choice” Binocular Holster in Realtree Xtra camouflage.[…]
Hunting
MeoStar Binoculars
Meopta has added two new high-performance binoculars to its MeoStar line – the MeoStar 12×50 HD and MeoStar 15×56 HD. These binoculars deliver to the max thanks to large HD fluoride objective lenses which provide spectacular image clarity.[…]
Hunting
Protector Bow Max Recurve Bow Case
Plano’s Model 113500 Protector Bow Max Recurve Bow Case is an affordable and durable case that will provide safe storage and transport for your takedown recurve bow.[…]
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2015’s Top fiberglass boats
The ultimate fishing boat would be different things to different fishermen, depending on whether they exorcise their passion in inshore or coastal backwaters, lakes and rivers, or the bluewater deep.[…]
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Tough trout mapped out — How to use digital maps to catch more specks
Have no doubt, February is a tough time for speckled trout fishermen.[…]
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Saline meat haul — Yo-yo fishing tactics for catfish, perch and more
It all began with a photograph.
Amber Bordelon sent it to Louisiana Sportsman magazine to see if they would print it. It looked like an avalanche of sac-a-lait, catfish, and bream.[…]
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Beginners guide to Oak River — Fishing tips for redfish, speckled trout and bass at this Delacroix winter hotspot
In the days before levees channeled the Big Muddy, Oak River was a natural funnel for the mighty Mississippi. For centuries it was a conduit for fresh, muddy water, and silt and sediment gradually built up significant ridges that line Oak River to this day.[…]
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Hook, line & sinker — Expert tactics for Lake D’Arbonne crappie
The first time I met Bob Mitcham, he had so much fishing equipment it took a 25-foot step-in cargo van to haul it all around.[…]
Bass Fishing
February resolve — Where to and how to catch bass this month
There is a certain mentality I have that makes me want to roll over and pull the covers over my head on the exact morning I’ve been waiting on to get in the deer stand.[…]
Bass Fishing
Great with grubs — Bass-fishing tips for grubs
They’re kind of like the short stop of your tackle box, only without all the glamor and star power. Indeed, grubs are a multi-talented category of soft plastics whose lack of fanfare starkly contrasts their versatility.[…]
Bass Fishing
Nail it — How and why to use nail weights when bass fishing
You’ve heard of “controlled aggression.” Well, you can call this aggressive finesse.[…]
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Battledore meat haul — Best fishing tips for sheepshead
Don’t worry about extreme low tides and marsh-emptying north winds: Head to this collection of platforms to mop up on delectable sheepshead.[…]
Bass Fishing
Toledo throw-down — How to catch Toledo Bend’s lunker bass
The incredible lunker bass phenomenon on Toledo Bend is unprecedented. If you think about it, there has been no other time in Louisiana bass angling history when any lake has delivered so many bass weighing 10 pounds or more.[…]
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Deer of the Year
Louisiana is one of the sleeper states in terms of producing big bucks. While places like Kansas and Illinois get all the limelight, Bayou State hunters know there are some real giants roaming our forests.[…]
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Safety is first priority in the outdoors
I’ve had the privilege to travel all over the country for work. I’ve hunted throughout the Deep South, and I’ve fished from Texas to Virginia and almost every state in between.[…]