At first glance, cleaning the armored, prehistoric-looking loggerhead turtle appears to be an impossible task. But cleaning a turtle is quite quickly and easily done once one learns the ropes.[…]
Small tract case study – St. Tammany[…]
First timers to Lake Boeuf should probe and hunt, concentrating their efforts near duck blinds because they provide permanent cover, Steve Bourgeois advised.[…]
Lake Boeuf, a natural lake set in a depression in northern Lafourche Parish has two reputations. First, it is known as a great fishing destination.; second, it has a reputation as a hard lake to fish successfully on a consistent basis.[…]
When bream fishermen refer to bream “bedding up” they’re not speaking of bream going to bed to sleep. Actually, bedded bream are spawning bream — the most active of bream and, therefore, the easiest to catch.[…]
Frogs can certainly get bites anywhere on the lake, but vegetation is the key to consistent results.[…]
Pulling big bass through grass mats requires tough line, and “tough” means braided line for most bass anglers.[…]
Ivy St. Romain, owner of Ivy’s Tackle Box in Morgan City, said he prefers a tungsten weight because the end of the weight has a deeper concave than lead.[…]
Breton Island is a National Wildlife Refuge and home to a huge population of seabirds.[…]
Mike Laviolette fishes the New Orleans City Park Lagoons year round. But, although he caught some pot-bellied lunkers last Christmas Eve, he admitted that “in the heavy of winter they go dormant.”[…]
Louisiana has other urban fishing holes besides those in New Orleans City Park, including Cross Lake in Shreveport, Sibley Lake in Natchitoches, Bayou De Saird and Ouachita River in Monroe and City Park and University Lakes in Baton Rouge.[…]
What good would a small mud boat be if you didn’t know how to catch fish once you got away from everybody else by crossing a shallow flat?[…]
For a charter captain, fishing can be a little hectic.
With all the things they’ve got to think about each and every morning to ensure their customers have a fun and productive day on the water, the fun of fishing can sometimes be tough to recall.[…]
Hopefully the coldest winter in 24 years has come to an end. If so, fly anglers could enjoy a great month on the water.[…]
After reading so many Internet stories about 10-pound-plus bass at Toledo Bend, Tyler Casteel made the long drive to Pirate’s Cove Marina last Friday to get in on the action himself. […]
The theme this year for the National Wild Turkey Federation is “Save the Habitat, Save the Hunt.” This is also the theme for the Federation’s new initiative that has set three goals or objectives: conserve and enhance 4 million acres of critical upland wildlife habitat, recruit 1.5 million new hunters, and open access to 500,000 new acres for hunting and other outdoor recreation.[…]