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
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. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Crappie assassins are made, not born
“I fish four days a week, sometimes five,” Murphy Royer said. “Monday and Tuesday, I fish. Wednesday I clean fish and do chores. Thursday and Friday, I fish, and Saturday I clean fish and do chores.[…]
Offshore Fishing
Video: Learn how to fillet, cook ‘bay snapper’
Watch sheepshead filleting and cooking technique on Sportsman TV’s episode Humberto’s Trashcan Slam, which can be found here.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Royer’s record-book crappie
Murphy Royer has been fishing for big crappie a long time, but he was beginning to think he would never catch a record book fish.[…]
Crappie/Bream
How to tie your own crappie jigs
Murphy Royer ties his own crappie jigs because he is particular about colors, but mostly because he enjoys making them and fishing with his own lures.[…]
Bass Fishing
Where to catch Toledo Bend prespawn lunkers
It is no secret that the better bass fishing at Toledo Bend mostly south of Pendleton Bridge that cuts the lake roughly in half.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
How to get to Cypress Bayou Reservoir
Constructed in the 1950s for recreational purposes, Cypress Bayou Reservoir is a 3,875-acre lake north of Bossier City near Benton.[…]
Bass Fishing
Lures and tactics
Sight-fishing isn’t the deal during the prespawn, but Dean said the bass won’t be hugging the bottom, either.[…]