Columns
Bon Creole means great food
Randy Montegut, the owner of Bon Creole Seafood, shares recipes for Shrimp and Corn Soup and Sac-a-Lait & Frog legs.[…]
February 2016
Fishing
Understanding Navspeak
Looking through an owner’s manual for a new GPS navigation unit, I was surprised at how much the manual assumed I already knew. Some of the terminology was so poorly explained I don’t know how a newcomer to GPS navigation would figure it all out.[…]
Columns
Prosecution of wildlife offenses
A reader recently inquired about how and why some fish and wildlife offenders get off the hook with light or minimum penalties — and in some cases escape prosecution altogether.[…]
Columns
BCKFC year-long Catch/Photo Tournament
You just caught a good fish, one that will surely put you in the winners’ circle for the kayak tournament.[…]
Bass Fishing
How to fish a jig on the Pearl River
A jig is one bait a lot of bass anglers don’t understand how to fish, and because of that they have poor results with it.[…]
Bass Fishing
A-rig pros and cons
As with anything in fishing or hunting, almost nothing is all good or all bad.[…]
Bass Fishing
Don’t forget marsh bass fishing
When going into the Pearl River system, many anglers think of woods and big cypress trees. And, while the Pearl certainly has these, one place that’s overlooked is the marsh just south of the Pearl.[…]
Bass Fishing
Join the A-rig experience
Toledo Bend largemouth bass fishing guide Darold Gleason concentrates on the southern part of the enormous 80-mile-long reservoir.[…]
Bass Fishing
Punching the Pearl River for bass
Punching could arguably be one of the most-fun ways to catch bass. There is just nothing like having to wench a fish out of thick cover. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Tippets
According to scientists at the National Weather Service, large El Nino events create colder-than-normal weather in the months of February and March. If that prediction holds true, it’s good news for “rainbeaux trout” anglers.[…]
Bass Fishing
Darold Gleason’s A-rig tips
Originally called an umbrella rig, the Alabama rig has been in use for years by striped bass fishermen and saltwater anglers.[…]
Bass Fishing
The right A-rig equipment
Originally patented as an Alabama Rig, it seems as if almost every bait maker now has a similar version of the contraption.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
About Miller’s Lake
The 3,200-acre Miller’s Lake in Avoyelles Parish is unusual in that it is entirely private but open to public fishing.[…]
Deer Hunting
Time to be thinking about turkeys
Turkeys at our property in East Feliciana were regular visitors during the deer season, and as spring approaches they will hopefully begin to be more frequent in the green patches.[…]
Bass Fishing
The Alabama rig story
The lure assembly dubbed the Alabama Rig burst upon the bass fishing world in 2011 when pro fisherman Paul Elias won the $100,000 FLW Tour Open on Lake Guntersville using it.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Top crappie-fishing gear
You will never find a commercially produced rod-and-reel combo or rubber tube jig in Murphy Royer’s Boat. This man is particular about his tackle, and either makes it or modifies store-bought stuff a lot. […]