February 2015 Archives - Louisiana Sportsman

Crawfish are becoming cool

February 27, 2015 Jerald Horst

A funny thing has happened to crawfish: They have crept stealth-like into the national seafood consciousness without anybody really noticing it. […]

Every now and then, as I poke along through life, I’m hit with small blasts of clarity. Usually, it isn’t over anything new, just a clarification of a fuzzy thought that’s been lurking in the back of my mind. […]

Picking the right outfitter

February 24, 2015 Keith LaCaze

Like a lot of other hunters, my first experiences out west were do-it-yourself (DIY) hunts on public land. […]

‘Drop Tine’ and its brother

February 22, 2015 Bill Garbo

Many readers of Happy Trails no doubt also read my additional article last month in the January issue of Mississippi Sportsman titled Hinds County Hunter Bags Monster Buck. Well, there is a little more to that story than what you read on those pages. […]

How to hook a minnow

February 19, 2015 Phillip Gentry

Veteran angler Whitey Outlaw impales his live bait upside down, inserting the hook through the minnow’s nostril and coming out behind the lower jaw. […]

February is for fishing and rigging

February 18, 2015 Chris Holmes

One of the many blessings of Louisiana fishing is that there are no closed seasons. Great fishing is available any month of the year, but February is ranked by many anglers as 12 out of 12. […]

Bomber Saltwater Grade Mullet

February 15, 2015 Don Shoopman

Give Theophile Bourgeois a new artificial lure with so much upside to it and he’s as happy as speckled trout and redfish chasing tasty mullet. […]

PIONEER 222 SPORTFISH

February 15, 2015 Jerry Dilsaver

The Pioneer 222 Sportfish is a boat that can be as serious or relaxed as you like. […]

Is Lake D’Arbonne’s crappie fishing too good to be true?

February 15, 2015 Kinny Haddox

Crappie fishing was so good on Lake D’Arbonne early in 2014 that fishermen seriously wondered, “are too many people catching too many fish?” […]

Top picks from “Bruiser Bob’s” crappie fishing closet

February 15, 2015 Kinny Haddox

Bob Mitcham’s man cave has more than fluffy recliners, a big screen TV, and all kinds of fishing and hunting signage, photos and memorabilia. […]

Grubs on umbrella rigs

February 15, 2015 David A. Brown

Discussions of grubs cannot exclude their group presentation on the umbrella rig. Although banned in Bassmaster Elite and FLW Tour competition, the multi-armed “egg beaters” remain a vital tool for bass anglers from fall through early spring. […]

Top trout tactics

February 15, 2015 Jerald Horst

Glenn Schurr’s tactics have put you in the vicinity of where they are biting, but now what? Speckled trout can concentrate in very small spots and there is a lot of water out there, even if Shurr’s strategy has put you in the ballpark. […]

How Standard Mapping Services E-cards happened

February 15, 2015 Jerald Horst

The story of how a New Orleans street cop became the Jedi Knight of fishing navigation maps is an American success story that could only have happened in Louisiana. […]