Inshore Fishing
Pompano Platforms
We arrived at Doc’s French Quarter bungalow elegantly early only to find the place already packed.[…]
February 2008
Hunting
Brush Busting
Growing up in Michigan, I cut my hunting molars beginning with rabbits. I often like to say that Michigan is the Sportsman’s Paradise north, but only as a close runner-up to the one here in the south — especially where rabbits are concerned.[…]
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2008 Turkey Forecast
A lady from St. Tammany Parish was quoted in an article within the past year that was rather telling. She said it used to be she was upset at the sound of chain saws in the woods around the parish.[…]
Bass Fishing
State of the State
Ah, the first hint of spring, whenever it comes in the next month or two, finds you with fingers trembling to tie on your favorite artificial lure with a resolve to cast and catch a “trophy” bass at a body of water somewhere in Louisiana.[…]
Columns
You don’t lose gun rights in traffic stop
“Do I look like a thug?” The gentleman who asked this question was dressed casually and stylishly. He looked like a middle-class male, about 40 years of age. No obvious tattoos, he had short-cropped hair.[…]
Fishing
What is this oily sludge beneath my prop?
There are many questions I have been asked over the years, but there are some questions that seem to be asked over and over again. One of these has to do with the possibility of oil leaking from the lower unit of the engine.[…]
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Brush Busting
Growing up in Michigan, I cut my hunting molars beginning with rabbits. I often like to say that Michigan is the Sportsman’s Paradise north, but only as a close runner-up to the one here in the south — especially where rabbits are concerned.[…]
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Pompano Platforms
We arrived at Doc’s French Quarter bungalow elegantly early only to find the place already packed. “Geezum,” snorted Pelayo at Fontaine. “I thought you said it was an exclusive affair this year?”[…]
Fishing
First electronics rule: Do no harm
Every now and then, I’ll hear someone at a tackle shop or out at a launch ramp give advice on caring for electronics that stands my hair on end.[…]
Columns
Chicot action slow, but fish are big
My pick this month for catching monster February bass in Louisiana is Lake Chicot, a lake home to Chicot State Park, one of the prettiest state parks in Louisiana.[…]
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Fill ’Er Up!
It seemed strange to motor past the area where all the other boats were turning in, but that’s exactly what we did.[…]
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King of Reds
I felt like a king surveying his empire as Kris Culpepper gassed up his boat at the Venice Marina. However, looking at the expressions I was getting from those in the boats around me made me wonder if the king had no clothes.[…]
Hog Hunting
Preying on Predators
The gestation period for a wild pig is three months, three weeks and three days. Considering that a young sow has eight to 12 piglets with her first litter, and that a sow can have two litters a year, the unfortunate truth is that it’s not a matter of if you’re going to get wild pigs on your property, it’s a matter of when.[…]
Columns
Have a big day on the Little Mo
As Cokie brought another rainbow trout to her net, it was evident this one had been in the river for some time. […]
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Bad Rap
For many Louisiana sportsmen, February is the most dreaded month of the year. Duck and deer seasons are over, and the Mrs. is looking to cash in on those long-promised honey-dos.[…]
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Deer of the Year
The 2007-08 hunting season already had produced two potential state-record deer by the close of October, and that proved to be a good omen of things to come.[…]