Tube jigs, those nondescript-looking soft plastics that have taken bass fishing by storm, aren’t the same any longer after what one manufacturer has done. The tube jig and other soft plastics the manufacturer is putting out smell.[…]
Deer hunting isn’t really about racks. Well, it isn’t all about antlers.[…]
Louisiana anglers have a reputation — deserved or not — of being on the tail end of technology and finesse techniques in the pursuit of the state’s varied fish population.[…]
An old, Middle-Eastern proverb says, “If Mohammed cannot come to the mountain, then the mountain must come to Mohammed.”[…]
“There’s somebody back there!” Eddie hissed, spraying me with whiskey spittle as he pointed a gloved finger behind the duck blind. “I’ve been hearing them all morning.” His eyes were wild. His lips quivered. “SEE!….. Hear THAT?!”[…]
The dictionary defines instinct as “a complex, unlearned, adaptive response to some situation or experience.”[…]
Louisiana and the number ranking in a national list, the Saints and the playoffs, boiled crawfish and milk — it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that these things just don’t go together.
Yeah, you may come across a dubious list that has Louisiana ranked at the top of some bad-news category. The Saints may even make the playoffs a couple of times every 30 years or so, and you may see a child having to drink milk while eating boiled crawfish. But other than that, never the two shall meet.
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When you see hundreds of tow vehicles this month in a parking lot at Spanish Lake, it can only mean one thing.[…]
The sky was gray with low, mid-winter clouds, but the speckled trout action quickly made us forget the raw morning chill.[…]
These young guns coming up on the competitive bass fishing scene have so much technology and information at their fingertips.[…]
For once, the cursed weathermen were right. My fishing buddy, Perry Frey, and I opted to spend last Mardi Gras with our families at his camp in Delacroix rather than waving our hands in the air for trinkets along Veterans Boulevard. […]
Why tie flies? That’s a frequent question I get from newbies. One reason is the same as it ever was.[…]
Capt. Paul: I inadvertently left my hand-held GPS unit in my car on the dashboard near the windshield.[…]
Permit me, please, to ask you a few questions. In a moment, you’ll see why.[…]
We have seen wireless remote controls for electric trolling motors, deck-mounted spotlights, helm steering systems and other equipment for years.[…]