Columns
‘Primitive’ Knight KP-1 of exceptional quality
The Southern Shooting Center is located on Highway 3185 just outside of Thibodaux, La., and offers up to 300-yard rifle ranges and 30 cemented benches.[…]
December 2008
Fishing
Boating gifts keep on giving
Christmas is just around the corner, and you are probably busy trying to figure out what gifts to get for your many friends and loved ones on your list.[…]
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Over the Hedge
Pelayo was ahead of me on the trail as we trudged back to his truck. It looked like two, maybe three squirrels hanging from his belt. Then the trail made a bend, and I lost sight of him.[…]
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Outside In
I know, conventional wisdom dictates that in the winter, you fish the inside waters for speckled trout and redfish.[…]
Fishing
Pontoon pinging is a little different
A friend showed me his new pontoon boat, and I was impressed until I saw how a sonar transducer was mounted on the back of a pontoon.[…]
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What’s cooking at Bistineau?
Advice from a full-time crappie guide on how to catch more fish on Lake Bistineau.[…]
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Making Sense of Scents
Without a doubt, the sense of smell is the most important physical perception available to the white-tailed deer. Deer rely heavily on their noses to detect the presence of predators and locate food sources.[…]
Columns
Sneak onto Caney Lake in December
Caney Lake in Chatham, home to the state record for largemouth, is Louisiana’s premiere big-bass lake, and has produced the three-largest bass ever caught in the Bayou State.[…]
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Monster Trout on Redfish Flats
Wherever there are fish to catch or animals to shoot, there are anglers and hunters who prefer to forego catching just any fish or shooting just any animal in favor of securing the bragging rights that come with catching the biggest fish or shooting the biggest animal.[…]
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Cover: December 2008
Louisiana’s best deer hunter may just be a woman. You won’t believe the run of success Vicki Husted has had over the last two seasons, which includes this beast she shot in late October.[…]
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Specklebelly Superstation
If a waterfowl hunter happened to be stuffed in the cab of a pickup truck, blindfolded and driven to the Gueydan Civic Center back on Aug. 24, he would be liable to think he died and went to heaven.[…]
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Cold-Water Community Holes
Dealing with the crowds is an inevitable part of life for Louisiana sportsmen who want to get in a little speckled trout fishing during the winter.[…]
Columns
For 2009, short is the new long
To appreciate the current trend in tackle requires a brief history lesson. Urban legend has it that the first fly rod was created in 10,000 B.C. when cavemen Frank Oog and JaMarcus Ugg cut and stripped a sapling and attached to it a line constructed of braided wooly mammoth hair.[…]
Currents
For us, ‘change’ means ‘improved’
Change. It’s the word of the year.[…]
Columns
What’s for supper, Flipper?
Fishermen often see porpoises (properly called bottlenose dolphins) breaking water near them while they are fishing. Many fishermen feel that porpoises scare fish away.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Christmas is now for Salvador anglers
Dear Capt. Paul:
Where are the Lake Salvador Christmas Trees?[…]