Columns
This doctor has a magic touch – Fishing addict prepares gourmet seafood dishes
Bob Weiss shares his recipes for Oysters and Tasso in Cream-sauced Pasta and Oven-finished Panko Trout with Baked Tomatoes.[…]
December 2015
Fishing
Sometimes bigger and better are separate improvements – Big-screen GPS units allow for greater fishing flexibility
Back when big-screen LCD fish finders started appearing on professional tournament anglers’ boats I discussed them with walleye pros Scott and Marty Glorvigen.[…]
Columns
Property damage – The improper and illegal use of off-road vehicles
Every wildlife agent — and for that matter every law enforcement officer — has a vivid recollection of one case or another for various reasons. Such cases might stand out because of who the offender was, the severity of the offenses, it’s blatancy or the plain stupidity of it all.[…]
Columns
Tracking the deer rut
Let’s dissect some ways to best exploit rutting buck movement. Here are six easily identifiable phases or stages. […]
Columns
Deck the yak – Products the kayak angler on your Christmas list will love
As you can imagine, Santa’s sleigh is decked out with plenty of useful accessories to make kayak fishing more fun and productive.[…]
Columns
The DeepJerk Minnow
Saltwater fishermen who love to fish coastal and inshore waters for speckled trout and redfish soon will have a new weapon: the DeepJerk Minnow from Mann’s Bait Company in Eufala, Ala.[…]
Sidebars
Pros and cons of wooden duck decoys
Cal Kingsmill and Ray Bellant are dedicated duck hunters, but they come from widely different backgrounds so they offer different perspectives about the reasons to hunt with wooden decoys.[…]
Bass Fishing
Tactical fishing tips to optimize bass jigs
Here’s a few strategy points for winters jigs:
• Trailer Tamer — FLW Tour pro Terry Bolton likes the Zoom Big Salty Chunk for his winter jigs, but he knows that if the hefty trailer rides up the hook shank it might turn outward, cover the hook point and impede the objective.[…]
Sidebars
How to make your own decoys
Carving waterfowl decoys sounds incredibly intimidating. Not so, said Cal Kingsmill, probably the visible ambassador for the art.[…]
Bass Fishing
Junior-sized V&M Wild Craw a hit with bass
V&M has had the Wild Craw in their soft-plastic lineup for a while now, but only recently have they unleashed its smaller sibling for anglers to try.[…]
Inshore Fishing
New lures for winter reds
It’s common knowledge that gold spoons work well when banging the banks or sight-fishing for reds. And Keweenaw Tackle Company’s new Fin Wing slips through the water seductively.[…]
Bass Fishing
Shallow-water bass-fishing milk runs work all winter
The thing to know about fishing a place like the Saline-Larto complex is that there are so many great-looking targets it becomes a chore to figure out where to start or where to go next.[…]
Deer Hunting
Define daytime deer-hunting locations
The great thing about writing about hunting and fishing is that I get to apply the same tips and techniques to my own hunting and fishing as Louisiana Sportsman readers do.[…]
Inshore Fishing
The top trolling tactics and gear for Lake Pontchartrain trout
Chuck and Zelita “Z” Cristinas never use a trolling motor to troll for speckled trout.[…]
Deer Hunting
Try rotating deer stands on trail intersections
Washington Parish deer hunter Karl Casanova told me one time that he thinks the best two opportunities Area 4 deer hunters have for killing a good deer are early in the bow season or right at the end of the bow season.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Learning to troll for Lake Pontchartrain trout
Trolling for speckled trout came late in Chuck and Zelita “Z” Cristina’s fishing lives.[…]