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Cover: March 2007
Zack Gagnard has had more success fishing bass tournaments than many men triple his age.[…]
March 2007
Bass Fishing
Youth Gone Wild – Big Basspirations
Many teenagers don’t know what they want to do with their lives. Zack Gagnard, a 16-year-old high-school junior, isn’t one of them. Gagnard has his future all planned out.[…]
Columns
Two pistols form the perfect pair
If you had to choose only one handgun to keep, which one would it be?[…]
Fishing
Spring tune-up is easy, worthwhile
Winter is over. Flowers are beginning to bloom. The weather is milder. The days are a little longer.[…]
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Shed Heads
Hunting shed antlers has become a popular activity in the South over the last few years.Practiced by hunters and non-hunters alike, this newfound sport produces many rewards beyond simply adding another big shed to a growing collection of deer antlers.[…]
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Shallow Rig Nine
The uproar from Bourbon Street was deafening. A sea of flushed faces, buggy eyes and wildly waving arms clamored for Mardi Gras treats.[…]
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Poverty Point Rocks
We all like to think our success in fishing is due to great technical skill and vast knowledge of the aquatic species, but to be truthful, luck has often played a large role in my outdoor career.[…]
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Piece of His Mine
In the 1960s, the only jobs available in the Bayou Lafourche area related to either fishing, sugar cane or oil. But the development of the Frasch process — a mining technique that recovers up to 92 percent of a salt dome’s recoverable sulphur — made it possible for companies to exploit the vast underground sulphur deposits under Louisiana’s marshes.[…]
Columns
Trailer often overlooked by eager boaters
I watched with some envy as my neighbor across the street prepared his boat for his annual spring break fishing trip to South Florida.[…]
Fishing
Many problems originate with fuses
A discussion on the Internet reminded me of a problem that has been around for about as long as marine electronics. A fisherman asked for help with his sonar unit’s erratic behavior, and a predictable series of responses appeared.[…]
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Japanese Jigging
Tumultuous seas rocked the 26-foot boat as Craig Monroe and John Swincinski surveyed the churning waters near the jagged legs of the Seven Mile rigs south of Venice.[…]
Columns
No one’s a loser at Paddlepalooza
President Bush, in his recent State of the Union Address, called upon Americans to help reduce our dependence on foreign oil.[…]
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Duck Pond Reds
“There he is, just to the right of the blind. See him?”
“Yeah.”[…]
Currents
Young boy will hear, thanks to captains
In the horrible days following the horrible passage of the horrible storm named Katrina, I had, appropriately, a horrible feeling in my gut about the future of Louisiana, the viability of our coast and, most importantly, the decency of man.[…]
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Crepuscular Crappie
Maybe now, I thought, he’ll believe me. He never believed me. Even when we were teenagers, he always thought I was trying to put one over on him. And now that I think about it, a lot of times that’s exactly what I was doing.[…]
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Crappie’s Top Three
Louisiana Sportsman asked Bobby Phillips of West Monroe, owner of the Honey Hole Tackle Shop for 16 years, who recently retired to have more time for his favorite sport, crappie fishing, where to find the biggest crappie in Louisiana and how to catch them.[…]