Weather cycles pretty much make the fishing world go round in South Louisiana. The same cold fronts — along with the waning photoperiod — that drive speckled trout inland and the masses of white shrimp out also serve to sometimes violently flush the marsh when strong north winds make their way through the coastline.[…]
Wintertime fishing in South Louisiana can be fantastic. The cold weather brings less fishing pressure and concentrates the fish in many areas that are easily accessible to kayak anglers.[…]
If you like baseball, then you probably watched the World Series games between the Rangers and the Cardinals. If you did, you saw some excellent hitting — Albert Pujols hitting three homers in a game, Josh Hamilton hitting what Ranger fans thought was the Series winner in Game 6.[…]
One of the things that most intimidates me about fishing inshore saltwater fish as opposed to freshwater fish is how much more vast the playing field is.[…]
Sixty-year-old Texan Butch Ray can relate to the buzz heard for months this year around Toledo Bend and on Southwest Louisiana waters about a high-end topwater bait with a beautiful body and a seductive sound.[…]
Fishing and boating tend to slow down during the winter months, but letting your battery maintenance slow down can be expensive.[…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
Have you ever heard of a place called “Engineer’s Canal?” Are there coordinates available for this area?[…]
Sometimes we can’t help but assign human traits to other creatures, no matter how scientifically incorrect it is. So it is with the green sunfish, Lepomis cyanellus.[…]
A decade from now, when coastal anglers are fishing over artificial reefs loaded with speckled trout and redfish, they may have Mike Voisin to thank.[…]
Wintertime fishing in South Louisiana can be fantastic. The cold weather brings less fishing pressure and concentrates the fish in many areas that are easily accessible to kayak anglers.[…]
I was more than a little frustrated, and embarrassed to boot.[…]
This year, for the first time in its history, the International Fly Tackle Retailers Show was held east of the Rocky Mountains — in New Orleans.[…]
If you like baseball, then you probably watched the World Series games between the Rangers and the Cardinals. If you did, you saw some excellent hitting — Albert Pujols hitting three homers in a game, Josh Hamilton hitting what Ranger fans thought was the Series winner in Game 6.[…]
Not just a deer hunter, Washington Parish resident Karl Casanova travels up north every year to get in a little turkey hunting.[…]
As we soak our waders into yet another duck hunting season, many of us have already begun to reap the residuals from the productive ponds on our leases, while others have had ample time to allow their sore shooting shoulders to heal after experiencing the great pleasure of bagging the limits that come along with a guided trip.[…]
Just this past October, Roanoke based bass tournament pro and avid deer hunter Dennis Tietje shot a 177-pound 7-point buck that was just about as stupid as a worked-up teenager in the backseat of his parents’ car.[…]