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Back in Time
As a youngster growing up in Goldonna, the latter part of May served notice that I was on the cusp of something extra special.[…]
Northwest LA
News Breaker
Applications being accepted for 2008 Bayou Pierre W.M.A. lottery dove hunt
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is now accepting applications for the 2008 Bayou Pierre Wildlife Management Area (WMA) lottery dove hunts scheduled for the first Saturday of the September 2008 dove season.[…]
Columns
Post-spawn bite excellent at Toledo
May is a good month to fish many lakes in Louisiana, but I prefer Toledo Bend because the topwater bite early in the morning there is phenomenal.[…]
Events & Announcements
L.D.W.F. Aquatic Plant Control Program MAKES PROGRESS at Lake Bistineau
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Inland Fisheries Division completed a week-long herbicide spray project at Lake Bistineau on April 11 as part of a long-range plan to regain control of aquatic plants on the northwest Louisiana water body.[…]
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Feast Fixins
Admittedly, I haven’t set out a trotline for catfish in a really long time. The last time I remember stringing out a line, I was still in high school. Those of you who know me realize that this had to have happened a l-o-n-g time ago.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
2009 Classic coming to Louisiana
The Super Bowl of bass fishing is coming to Shreveport-Bossier City. Officials announced Thursday that the Bassmaster Classic will be held on the Red River, Feb. 20-22, 2009.[…]
Bass Fishing
Johnboat angler lands 14-pound Toledo bass
The biggest fish Zwolle resident Joey Lafosse had caught before Feb. 27 weighed about 6 ½ pounds, and he wasn’t necessarily looking to break that record when he slipped his johnboat off the banks of his backyard.[…]
Bass Fishing
Toledo Bend ready to bust open
There has been quite a buzz about how good bass anglers are expecting the fishing to be at Toledo Bend this spring.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Cold-water crappie bite red hot at Bistineau
It’s the time of year that crappie anglers dream about. Cold water has pushed the fish into deep holes all across Louisiana, where they can be sacked up by the hundreds, but there probably isn’t a hotter crappie bite going right now than the one at Lake Bistineau in the northwest corner of the state.[…]
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Kisatchie’s King
Some people dream of hunting every day of the season, but not Kisatchie’s Charles Boles.[…]
Bass Fishing
Healthy Margins
The three of them were able to keep their little secret for a week or so. Eventually, though, word leaked out, and the trio found themselves with plenty of company.[…]
Bass Fishing
Houses of the Holy
The Holy Grail of bass fishing can be found in North Louisiana. Didn’t know there was a Holy Grail of bass fishing, much less that it could be found in your own back yard?[…]
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Red & White
It was a picture-perfect day as I motored into Red River. A series of weather systems had screwed up every outing I had tried recently, but now it seemed that weather and circumstances were finally going my way. […]
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Striper Express
Homer Humphreys wheeled around on the front deck of his Bass Cat boat.[…]
Bass Fishing
Shroud of Mystery
Caddo Lake, a 26,800-acre unspoiled treasure shared equally by Texas and Louisiana, has been called “the most beautiful lake in America” as well as “the best big-bass secret in the South.”[…]
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Crappie Connection
Fishing is in Mike Megee’s blood, courtesy of a transfusion received years ago while spending time with his father-in-law on the water in his home state of Arkansas.[…]