Bass Fishing
River bass fishing red hot in cool, dry autumn
During autumn in Louisiana, it’s not only the leaves that fall.[…]
Florida Parishes
Deer Hunting
Livingston Parish hunter rings in new year with 188-inch Red River WMA buck
Wiley Averett, 43, has a 230-acre lease near his house in Livingston Parish that he really enjoys hunting, but a few times a year, he gets struck by a case of wanderlust. That’s when he makes the drive from home to Red River Wildlife Management Area.[…]
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Freshwater Superhighway
Doc Fontaine’s brother-in-law of the month was visiting South Louisiana from Oregon for a wedding. He also wanted to squeeze in some of the fabulous fishing Doc had been preaching about since they’d met a year earlier.[…]
Turkey Hunting
LouisianaSportsman.com’s ‘Undertaker’ kills, butchers possible state-record turkey
On Monday (April 12)evening I wanted to see if I could roost some birds. I brought my wife along. So at 7:15 p.m., we were sitting in a blown-down tree glassing the fields.[…]
Deer Hunting
Huge buck downed in St. Helena Parish
Robert Polito has spent years on the Kenner police force learning how to bring his weapon to bear in a pinch, and all of that training came together Saturday when he saw a huge buck pop out of the woods on his St. Helena Parish lease.[…]
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Florida Parish Panfish
As we headed out the garage door with our poles, my son Robbie and I waved to Shirley, but she remained oblivious, gabbing away on her cell phone about the movie “Sex and the City.”[…]
Bass Fishing
Boondoggle Bassin’
It’s hard to imagine that the Florida Parishes don’t have some type of freshwater reservoir to attract anglers.[…]
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Cat Sticking
“Go jump in the lake.” Usually, if someone makes that remark to you, it isn’t meant in a good way. However, if you’re told that by a certain group of catfishermen, you should take their advice.[…]
Bass Fishing
Prehistoric Pearl
As the Pearl River flows past the town of Bogalusa on its way to Lake Borgne, the winding path provides a state line for Louisiana and Mississippi, but the scenic beauty offered by the river is boundless.[…]
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Crowded Causeway
Venice was out of the question. Even Delacroix and Hopedale looked iffy. The dinner party was for 7 p.m., and I had to “help” get the house and yard presentable.[…]
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Same As It Ever Was
What must it have been like to fish for bass in Louisiana’s fresh and brackish marshes a hundred years ago, when the Mississippi River regularly cut crevasses and spilled its nutrient-rich load into the already fertile wetlands?[…]
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Pop…Pop…Sploosh!
Allow me to get this disclaimer out of the way very quickly:[…]
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From Bambi to Bullwinkle
Michael Fazende and his 11-year-old son David settled into the box stand Nov. 1 hoping to get a jump on the other members on their 1,200-acre West Feliciana lease.[…]
Bass Fishing
Rivers of Bass
Roger Boler’s lure split the water beside the cypress tree soundlessly, barely making a ripple.[…]