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Bluewater bingo — Rig-fishing off the Central Louisiana coast
“Offshore is what we do,” 46-year-old Dennis Menard Jr. said. “We have blue water in our veins. We are all intrigued by it.[…]
June 2015
Hunting
Petzl Tactikka+ headlamp
The Petzl Tactikka+ headlamp offers great, hands-free lighting for outdoors enthusiasts. It can be used as a coon-hunter’s nightlight, an after-dark fisherman’s friend or a hands-free light for walking to and from your hunting area.[…]
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Running in circles — Where to limit out on Galliano, Golden Meadow trout and reds
Captains Mike Guidry and T-Man Cheramie don’t let stiff winds keep them home. They know great fishing can be had out of Pointe-aux-Chenes.[…]
Deer Hunting
Battle Bones
Flextone Game Calls recently introduced the new Battle Bones rattling antlers. They make ultra-realistic buck fighting sounds and are much safer to carry than real whitetail antlers.[…]
Bass Fishing
Going big — Pro tips for fishing magnum worms
He’s not the fastest guy on the court, nor is he the flashiest. The center, the big man in the middle, has certain responsibilities, and when called on for particular duties, that size and strength play to his advantage[…]
Fishing
G-Force Eliminator
The latest addition to the G-Force trolling motor accessory line is the Eliminator premium trolling motor nut. The Eliminator helps dampen trolling motor prop noise and vibrations, while helping dissipate heat.[…]
NEW PRODUCTS
Crystal Clucker
Call-maker John Tanner of Hemingway, S.C., knows how to make high-quality calls out of a number of different woods, as his newest turkey call, the Crystal Clucker, shows.[…]
Features
Jigs for briny pigs — Primer on using jigs for offshore success
Do you have to have live bait when fishing offshore? Well, it doesn’t hurt. But choose the right jig for the job, and you could be fighting bigger fish.[…]
Columns
The math just doesn’t work
No one has ever accused me of being a math whiz. For good reason. I get 2 plus 2 equals 4. I’ve got 100 divided by 20 comes out to 5.[…]
Features
Bullfrogs are greedy
Bullfrogs are aggressive and greedy predators. They are actually quite easy to catch on fishing lures during the daytime. […]
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Bastian Bay Blast — Best bets for Port Sulphur and Empire trout, reds and drum
Scarlett O’Hara often got this look. But poor Ashley Wilkes never noticed. Glenn Close got it in Fatal Sttraction, and Michael Douglas caught it in the nick of time.[…]
Bass Fishing
Plucking the Pearl — Keys to bass-fishing success on the Pearl River
Covington’s Jason Pittman and his son Trenton worked the mouth of a canal leading into the river channel, working Mister Twister Jerk Rats — flat-bodied puffs of plastic with twin tails — across gator grass patches near points.[…]
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Stupid fishing
“Ya wanna go fishing, Stupid?” the voice rang from up the aisle at the Louisiana Sportsman’s Show in Gonzales.[…]
Bass Fishing
Test of time and patience — How to catch summertime bass at Lake D’Arbonne
Before David Harrell even carried the big bass to the scales that Saturday, he had an inkling about what his friends were going to say.[…]
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Last stop — How to fish east of Cocodrie in a small boat
Let’s start with a confession: I have an issue with hard-headedness. It spans well beyond fishing, but for this purpose we’ll focus on fishing — specifically the lifelong pursuit of all things speckled trout.[…]
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Crook Chene Calamity — Top tips for fishing for Opelousas cats
All Johnny Broussard’s friends describe him as a man of the swamp.[…]