Freshwater Fishing
Ups and downs
Working single jigs over brush piles boasts a long history of crappie success, but consider this: For a hungry predatory, if one bait is good, then two is great and more is — well, you get the picture.[…]
January 2014
Freshwater Fishing
Options and benefits
Complementing the umbrella rig’s benefit of quantity, you also have an amplified element of experimentation.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Rig roundup
Similar to its bass-market counterparts, the multi-bait crappie rig has seen rapidly expanding creativity. Local models and homemade jobs are many, but here are a handful of commercial models:[…]
Sidebars
Game recipe: Bacon-wrapped grilled goose breast
If the thought of bacon and cream cheese together has you salivating, you’ll love this recipe for Bacon-wrapped grilled goose breast.[…]
Sidebars
Guns and loads for goose hunting
Geese are large birds that are often shot at long distances. that means hunters must have heavy-enough guns and loads to effectively take geese.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Tippets
For fly anglers, January can be the worst of times, the best of times. It all depends on the weather and if you prefer quality over quantity.[…]
Sidebars
5 keys to goose-hunting success
It might sound basic, but without geese hunting is impossible.[…]
Sidebars
Tinkering with the rig
Little things make big differences in all hunting.
Let’s face it: Hunters who succeed time after time — as well as those that don’t — do 99 percent of everything the same. They get up at the same time, shoot the same guns, wear the same clothes, hunt the same areas and use the same calls and attractants.[…]
Recipes
Quackers on the barbie
Ducks and geese have to be the most difficult of all game animals to cook. They have a reputation for being strong and gamey — almost “livery” in taste.[…]
Sidebars
Speedy breasting in the field
Hunters who plan to only use the breasts of their ducks have little need to clean and transport whole birds from the field or camp to their home.[…]
Columns
2013 ends but the deer season continues
A new year brings new challenges, but there is still a month left of deer hunting if you have not killed a deer yet.[…]
Columns
The rainbow phenomena
Winter is the time of year to witness one of nature’s more unusual spectacles here in Louisiana — the Sundog.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Plot your course
Yes, now is the time to really plot your hunting area with your GPS.[…]
Columns
The case of the slippery eel
Nothing could be worse for a freshwater natural-bait fisherman. Something obviously huge had grabbed the worm or crawfish on his hook and was fighting furiously. He could almost imagine the broad head of a big catfish emerging from the water.[…]
Columns
Sometimes nature is just fickle
Three short years ago, a little lake snuggled into the crescent of the Mississippi River southwest of New Orleans rose to world prominence when Kevin VanDam boated 20 fish worth 69 pounds, 11 ounces to win the Bassmaster Classic by a stunning 10 pounds.[…]
Hunting
Plano’s soft gun cases
Plano has made several upgrades to their popular Gun Guard series of soft gun cases, including a full length, heavy-duty zipper for easy firearm placement and removal.[…]