Freshwater Fishing
Does the Mississippi River mark the state line between Louisiana and Mississippi?
The border between Mississippi and Louisiana is the Mississippi River.
Right?[…]
October 2015
Bass Fishing
Bonadona’s Basin bass-fishing basics
Port Allen’s Brent Bonadona earned his tournament chops fishing in the Atchafalaya Basin, and in October his boat will be found in the middle to lower portions of the huge swamp.[…]
Catfish
Cut the fat for beautiful catfish fillets
With a few easy strokes of his knife, Jim Danley shows how to produce mild-tasting, white-fleshed cutlets of fish from his big river catfish.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
How old was the Louisiana state-record catfish?
“I bet that thing is over 100 years old.”
Those are often the first words out of someone’s mouth when they view a really big specimen of any animal.[…]
Deer Hunting
Craig’s must-have equipment
The first item that bowyer Gary Pat Craig puts on his must-have bowhunting list might surprise people.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Tips for fly-fishing
Down on the coast, it’s prime time for speckled trout. A weighted clouser or shrimp pattern suspended 2 to 3 feet under a VOSI (a fly rodder’s popping cork) will work great over reefs, and in cuts, canals and bayous. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Gearing up for Mississippi River catfishing
When I climbed into the cab of Jim Danley’s pickup truck to go fishing, I happened to glance into the truck’s bed and spied his fishing rods.[…]
Deer Hunting
How to make your own scent killer
On the Beverly Hillbillies, Granny never would share her recipe for moonshine.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
The pipeliner tight-liner
I thought that I was going to do a human interest story about an all-American country boy-type of youngster who just happened to catch the fish of a lifetime.[…]
Hunting
D’Arbonne NWR’s squirrel-hunting do’s and don’ts
You don’t normally begin reading an article about hunting a specific area with a suggestion of something not to do. Consider this one of those times.[…]
Deer Hunting
How to quick-tune your bow for hunting
With bow season starting up in the coming weeks, it’s past time to shake the rust off and ensure you’re ready when that deer steps out on opening morning.[…]
Columns
Stanley’s Ribbit Runt
Ann Thomasson Wilson knows a good artificial lure when she sees one.[…]
Deer Hunting
Sight-in your rifle the easy way before hunting
Properly sighting-in your rifle scope can be the difference between meat in the freezer and going home empty-handed this hunting season.[…]
Columns
End your crustacean frustration: Experts share advice on fishing crab flies
It was one of those idyllic October mornings in the Louisiana marsh. The air was brisk following the passage of a cool front the day before.[…]
Columns
Grunts, gobbles and whistles? Bobwhites responding to habitat work
If the quail keep multiplying on our property I might need to add another call sound to the column title.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
How to transfer Google Earth data to your GPS
Dear Capt. Paul:
I learned how to plot a path with waypoints on Google Earth. The problem is I am unsure which format to use so it will work with my GPS.
I have a month-old Garmin 547xs. Does anyone know which format I am supposed to use? If needed I can list the options that GPS Babel gives me.
The Truck Man[…]