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.[…]
Deer Hunting
Louisiana top 10 piney woods parishes for deer hunting
Hunting piney woods might present a bit of a challenge, but that doesn’t mean there’s a lack of deer.[…]
Deer Hunting
Dump Patrick’s top deer-hunting gear
Kelly “Dump” Patrick doesn’t have a lot of fancy hunting gear. But he’s does have some favorites.[…]
Deer Hunting
Union Parish deer hunting No. 1 again
Football talk dominates conversations on Friday and Saturday nights this time of year, but deer hunting is on everybody’s mind come Saturday morning.[…]
Deer Hunting
Union Parish deer in the spotlight
If you don’t think Union Parish deer hunting is in the spotlight, consider this: The parish has its own exclusive big buck contest, which is sponsored by the local chamber of commerce.[…]
Sidebars
The best gray duck call
Louisiana marsh hunters harvest a wide variety of duck species, but the ducks that probably most closely defines marsh hunting is the gadwall, invariably called the gray duck.[…]
Deer Hunting
Union Parish bear populations growing
The second-hottest topic in the woods in Union Parish behind deer is bears.
Oh, my.[…]
Sidebars
How Kingsmill was hooked on wood
Sixty-six-year-old Cal Kingsmill was born and raised in the Gentilly section of New Orleans, where he still lives.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Tippets
Weather prognosticators are predicting a wetter, colder-than-normal winter starting this month. That might not be so bad.[…]
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.[…]