Inshore Fishing
The hazards of fishing Venice
Everything about Venice seems bigger than life. The fishing is fabulous, but the area is remote from anything and conditions can be challenging — especially for the inexperienced or unwary.[…]
August 2013
Inshore Fishing
What are the best live baits?
The best live bait to use depends upon the area you are fishing and the species that you are targeting.[…]
Inshore Fishing
How to keep bait alive and lively?
Dr. Bob Weiss spent the majority of his life keeping people alive; now in his retirement he spends his time keeping his bait alive.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Best casts are just a little long
In the summertime, Capt. Bobby Gros likes to fish as close to the pond shorelines as possible, but he also likes to limit the commotion in the shallow ponds.[…]
Deer Hunting
Diversity in the woods
If you are an avid reader of this magazine, then you read about the black bear killing a calf in West Carroll Parish. […]
Inshore Fishing
Fish for reds to catch transition trout
One of the best ways to catch speckled trout during the transition days of August is to fish for something other than speckled trout.[…]
Deer Hunting
What we do not see in the cutover
When conducting a browse survey on an area it is sometimes beneficial to take note of the plants you are not seeing in the survey as well as those that you are finding.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Sliding corks are deadly bream-fishing rigs
“We love to fish sliding corks,” 55-year-old Martin Close said. “They are the best thing that we have ever done.” […]
Freshwater Fishing
Chinquapin prefer cold worms over crickets
Most folks that load their boats for a bream-fishing trip toss a tube of crickets in, hoping the top doesn’t come off.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
The life of a bull bream
For some unknown reason, big male bluegills are called “bulls.” Why is hard to figure out. Females aren’t called “cows,” and young bluegills aren’t called “calves.”[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Grass and point edges key to finding chinquapin
Finding something as small as a chinquapin in the middle of a big reservoir like Grand Bayou is kind of like looking for a — well, you know.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bass Kandi Croaker
With the very large number of plastic frogs on the racks and shelves for bass fishermen to choose from, who would’ve thunk to add another one to the mix?[…]
Columns
Buck or doe — the choice is yours
It is hard to believe that the 2013-14 hunting season is just around the corner. Now is the time to be making final preparations for the upcoming season, one of which should be to purchase your new hunting license and obtain deer tags, which are required of all deer hunters.[…]
Columns
VOSI Answer Man
Frequent readers of this column are cognizant of the Vertically Oriented Strike Indicator, for which its acronym VOSI has become well-established and even published in books.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Northwest Islands
Dear Capt. Paul:
I know that the Northwest Islands out of Leeville is no longer visible above the water, but I was wondering if you have the GPS coordinates for them?[…]
Columns
No one can call a triggerfish cute
Drab, mottled gray, buck-toothed, big-headed and pig-eyed — a gray triggerfish wouldn’t fit anyone’s definition of cute or beautiful. Inexperienced offshore fishermen who reel in one of these charmers at an offshore oil platform will usually stare at their catch clueless as to what it is.
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