Freshwater Fishing
The fishing chef
Only in Louisiana is fishing and cooking so closely intertwined. More often than not, anglers take as much pride in their skills in the kitchen as on the water.[…]
April 2015
Sidebars
Union Long Spurs walk the talk
The love of turkey hunting and the desire to make it better drives Nathan Pilgreen and Peyton McKinnie to be active in the Union Long Spurs, the local affiliate of the National Turkey Federation.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Best kayak-fishing tackle
Dustie Latiolais had armed himself for the morning with two casting and two spincasting rods. One baitcaster was rigged with a Rat-L-Trap and the other with his favorite bass lure, a 5-inch Zoom Finesse worm rigged wacky worm style on a weighted 3/0 hook. […]
Sidebars
It’s all about the call
It should be no surprise to anyone who knows Peyton McKinnie that he still has the first turkey call he ever owned, a Cedar Hill Little Scratch that has been made since 1982.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Why fish from a kayak?
“All my fishing is kayak fishing,” Dustie Latiolais said with a grin. “I’ve been doing it three years. Cory Werk, who owns Bayou Teche Experience in Breaux Bridge, got me into it.”[…]
Sidebars
Top turkey gear
Besides calls, the list of turkey hunting gear used by Peyton McKinnie and NathanPilgreen is pretty simple.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Scaled-down Matrix Shad a super crappie-fishing bait
Until the big trout start showing up in Lake Pontchartrain, just about all Ty Hibbs — who will fish for anything that is biting — fishes for is sac-a-lait.[…]
Columns
Hildebrandt Drum Roller
Want a unique and improved spinnerbait on your side when you go redfish fishing for pleasure or for money?[…]
Columns
Impacts of the 2014 acorn crop
Many hunters are still lamenting the poor deer season that just ended. Complaints about lack of deer sightings and poor deer activity have hunters crying about too many doe days.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Tippets
This month offers great freshwater fishing and excellent marsh redfish action. Which will you choose?[…]
Columns
A tale of two lakes
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness .…”[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Google Earth placemarks to GPS waypoints
Dear Capt. Paul:
Can you please give detailed instruction to get GPS coordinates off Google Earth? I would like to find points in Delacroix and Hopedale areas, and put them in my Lowrance HDS7 touch screen as waypoints.
Thanks in advance. […]
Contents
Small-boat Cocodrie — How to catch trout without a big boat
Summertime speckled trout fishing in lower Terrebonne parish has long been lauded as some of the most-consistent action in terms of sheer numbers of fish.
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Contents
Full to the bream — Best tactics for Atchafalaya Basin panfish
“Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation,” according to Lois Wyse.[…]
Columns
It’s time for ethanol to go
Every now and then, amidst the partisan screaming and yelling on Capitol Hill, a piece of legislation appears that makes perfect sense.[…]
Features
Tagging out — Everything you need to need to kill a turkey
There is no better feeling of accomplishment than bagging an adult tom. Here’s everything you need to know to close the deal.[…]