Features from February 2023
We reviewed all of our 2022-2023 big buck stories and share a few of the latest with a look back at the top of the class.
Any place where rabbits can find abundant undergrowth to hide from predators and succulent foods to nibble, hunters should find rabbits.
Steve Danna of Bernice has put on countless crappie fishing clinics both in public venues and for large sporting goods stores.
Campo’s and Fisherman’s Friend Bait Shop are two legendary bait shops in St. Bernard Parish that both deserve recognition for their service.
Dago’s Mobil & Grocery has bait, tackle and shrimp for fishermen and live seafood, boiled seafood and big plate launches every day.
Storms and shifting demographics has taken a toll on most of the places that Grand Isle fishermen relied on for live bait.
Nobody is more efficient with stocking their tanks with shrimp in New Orleans than Lake Catherine Island Marina.
Terry’s Live Bait is a full-fledged tackle store with a table and chairs where folks come as much for the conversation as they do the bait.
There’s no doubt that fancy electronics have changed crappie fishing forever. But if you don’t want electronics, you can still catch fish.
February means prime time to catch lunker largemouth bass before they spawn. Any strike could produce the bass of a lifetime this month.
Max Patrucco of Slidell believes the Geoghegan Canal is one of the most productive places for catching wintertime trout.
Columns - February 2023
- If you play your cards right, February can provide some good weather days and fantastic fishing for kayak anglers.
- Bass pro Tommy Biffle holds a bass caught on a Gene LaRew Flipping Biffle Bug. A flippin and pitchin' soft plastic model of popular bait.
- However you do it, make a plan to pass along the life-long outdoor pleasures you’ve had in our Sportsman’s Paradise.
- Cottontail rabbits are the most common rabbits in North America, and are prized by small game hunters in Louisiana.
- Eighty boats with 160 high school fishermen participated in the first-ever documented high school bass tournament on Lake Farmerville in 1975.
- This is an easy “two pot” meal, one for the venison stroganoff and one for the starch that can be prepared at home or at the camp.
Outdoor Updates - February 2023
- When the cold front howled through the Farmerville area on the night of Dec. 22, the winds kicked up whitecaps on Lake D’Arbonne.
- On Dec. 14, 2022, Ryan Lamonte took down a big 10-point buck on an 82 acre tract in East Baton Rouge Parish.
- Jordyn Clayton, a nursing student at Louisiana Tech University, killed a Catahoula Parish trophy buck on Dec. 26.
- Thirteen-year-old Hunter Thompson of West Monroe was hunting the Russell Sage WMA on Dec. 3 when he killed a trophy buck.
- Erick Crew, a local veteran of Baton Rouge, was taken fishing for his first time by his good friend Christopher Baumann.
- Five more suspected cases of chronic wasting disease in deer have been discovered in Tensas Parish, the LADDL reported.
- Weather proved to be the key ingredient in making for a successful 2022-2023 Louisiana waterfowl season for some.
- Will Dear shot this 13-point buck on Dec. 14 in Richland Parish with a Remington 300 Win mag he had borrowed from a friend.
- Many duck hunters found frozen water at their duck blinds on Christmas weekend as a brutal cold front swept through the south.
- On November 27, 2022, Joe Simmons was hunting in Lincoln Parish when he killed a giant 13-point trophy buck.
- Bring your trophy deer to the …
- The LWFC adopted notices of intent for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 hunting seasons, 2023-24 general and WMA hunting seasons.
- On Nov. 6, Chris Maness downed this trophy 8-point buck with his Remington 25-06 on family land in Claiborne Parish.
- Steve Minton, Jr. was hunting on private land in Catahoula Parish when he shot a big 8-point buck on Dec. 23.
- Dustin Bellon warned some of the …
- More than 300 hunters have signed up to take part in the Swamp Safari Shootout, aka the Nutria Rodeo, at Venice Marina on Feb. 24-25.
- Gunner Ruddell shot this 11-point trophy buck with his Remington X-bolt 300 mag at the Beech Creek Hunting Club in Winn Parish on Nov. 26.
- On the afternoon of Nov. 30 2022, Monroe resident James Holyfield shot this 13-point buck in Ouachita Parish.
- It was announced on Jan. 5 that the 2023 turkey season has been closed for Sherburne and Richard K. Yancey Wildlife Management Areas.
- Ron Hindman of Slidell caught this 11.376-pound trophy bass fishing the West Pearl River on Jan. 10, 2023.
Hot Spots - February 2023
- Drive across the Highway 15 or Highway 2 bridges at Lake D’Arbonne on pretty much any February day and you will see people fishing.
- Dularge remains one of the bright fishing spots on Louisiana’s coast, and area guide Capt. Marty Lacoste has specific patterns in February.
- Bass should be moving all the time and start working their way up with warmer water temps and with, perhaps, more water in Toledo Bend.
- There is probably no better area than Coffee Ground Cove on Sabine Lake to fish for trophy speckled trout in February.
- Travis Meche Sr., who lives in nearby Branch, will be targeting pre-spawn and spawning bass in February at Miller’s Lake near Ville Plate.
Field Notes - February 2023
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