Features from November 2022
- Louisiana’s WMAs across the state offer first-rate duck hunting success if the ducks funnel down the Mississippi Flyway.
- The new style crossbows allow older hunters and many others the opportunity to keep hunting from blinds or shoot houses.
- Several bridges spanning Lake Pontchartrain create miles of artificial reefs that hold various fish species.
- Flat-sided crankbaits become increasingly effective when bass are chasing shad because it looks more like a shad than a rounded crankbait.
- Kinny Haddox has been writing features, hard-hitting news and informative and entertaining columns about the outdoors for 50 years.
- One of the gems of the Louisiana State Park system, Bogue Chitto State Park is a haven for anglers, families, campers and disc golfers.
- Mottled ducks have been in steady decline over the last 50 years with hunting limits reduced to just one bird per day in Louisiana.
- Kinny Haddox talked to about a dozen hunters to help come up with a bona fide list of things NOT TO DO when deer hunting.
Columns - November 2022
- There’s one habit that Marsh Man Masson would like to see go away forever: Posting pictures on social media of tables loaded with dead fish.
- One of the metrics of a great dog is the “blind retrieve.” There will be times when a hunting dog won’t see a bird fall.
- Duck hunting rules and regulations are flustering. It takes a mathematician just to interpret legal shooting hours.
- With the number, quality and comfort level of safety products available today, no hunter should climb a stand without being clipped in.
- Using your kayak to set out a dozen or more baited pool noodles (or jugs), is a fun and exciting way to catch catfish.
- Marine biologists say we don’t have enough large egg-producing female speckled trout to keep our trout population from being self-sustaining.
- The Toad Thumper Lure Company’s Swamper and Thumper plastic frogs make stubborn bass sing a different tune.
- This dish was created for those that might normally shy away from wild game. There is nothing gamey about these delicious lettuce wraps.
Outdoor Updates - November 2022
- The same issues affecting speckled trout is affecting redfish and ducks. The habitat loss is too great to support the fisheries we expect.
- Dustin Brister arrowed a fine Franklin Parish 10-point buck on Oct. 2 that weighed 235 pounds and scored 148 4/8 inches.
- Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is …
- Brendan Bayard was fishing in the Bayou Coast Kayak Fishing Club’s Fall N Tide tournament in Grand Isle when he caught a 19-inch tripletail.
- Jason Lamm of Crowley killed a trophy buck that scored 167 on Oct. 1 on his family’s hunting club in East Carroll Parish.
- For sportsmen, alligator hunting is a way to have fun, get tasty wild groceries and also help control populations on a smaller scale.
- Joel Masters took an impressive 10-point nicknamed Maximus on a hunt with his dad in rural Sabine Parish on Oct. 2.
- Pre-charged pneumatic devices may be used by hunters only during the modern firearm season beginning with the 2022-23 season.
- Tyler Perritt took down a 9-point buck when he was hunting in West Feliciana Parish on the opening day of archery season.
Hot Spots - November 2022
- Bass are going to be aggressive in November, so it’s a fun time to throw whatever bait you like. The more water you cover, the better.
- Lake D’Arbonne has plenty of shad to attract crappie and the shad start gathering up on the edges of the main channels this time of year.
- Barry Henry lives in a region that has so many bass fishing opportunities inside and outside the Atchafalaya Basin.
- Matt Schwierjohn, who fishes the rivers on the Northshore of Lake Pontchartrain, said November is one of the best months to catch sac-a-lait.
- According to guide Sal Fontana of Gotcha Hooked Charters, anglers should head to the Biloxi Marsh for a successful fishing trip this month.
- One of the most popular Lake Pontchartrain areas to fish is the Train Trestle — and for good reason: it holds piles of fish every November.
Field Notes - November 2022
- Largemouth bass can use a range of options to best achieve successful prey capture depending on the sensory input.
- Kyle Green, owner of the Dubach Deer Factory and Smokehouse north of Ruston, makes all kinds of venison products for hunters.
- Noah Roberts and Jacob LaCroix finished with a two-day total of 19.81 pounds to win the Louisiana High School Bass Nation State Championship.