Other Hunting
3 tips for dove-hunting success
1. It’s always good to wear camouflage when hunting, but just being still and not moving when dove are flying works just as well.[…]
September 2014
Bass Fishing
Bass fishing breaks is all in the approach
Effective use of shoreline breaks requires a mental balance of the opportunities and risks. In some cases, break represents a damage hazard to your boat, while other cases just present potential fishing disruptions.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Fly fishing is a true art form
Fly fishing is about a lot more than just catching fish. Some would call it an art form.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Expert thoughts on fly rods and reels
Fly rods are numbered by weight. The heavier the rod, the larger the weight number.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Fly fishing is all about the line
In fly fishing, line does a lot more than provide a means to retrieve a fish. Most importantly it provides the weight necessary to cast very lightweight flies.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Crappie scents in suspense
Even for the tournament types, crappie fishing doesn’t always need to be a high-strung tension fest. No doubt, you’d be amazed at the therapeutic benefits of dropping the anchor and deploying a few float rigs baited with something smelly.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Scented crappie baits – the facts
Crappie anglers have many products from which to choose. Some may be marketed more heavily to the bass world, but a shad is a shad and garlic is garlic, regardless of who’s smelling it.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Attacking the Invader Gumbo
Eighty snails should produce about 2 ¼ pounds of meat. The roux in this recipe calls for a 2-to-1 ratio of oil to flour. Less oil can be used to reduce the amount of oil in the finished gumbo.[…]
Hunting
Don’t get lost on the water
It’s easy to get turned around while floating on creeks and sloughs in flooded timber because the channel can be difficult to see.[…]
Hunting
Expert survival tips
Lt. Lane Kincaid of the Wildlife & Fisheries offered these pointers to help keep Louisiana sportsmen safe:[…]
Inshore Fishing
Tippets
September is a month of transition as water temperatures begin to drop: slowly at first, due to radiative cooling, and a bit more toward the end of the month as cool fronts invade the state.[…]
Bass Fishing
Top 5 tactics to catch more Basin bass
The Atchafalaya River was high most of the year, and bass-fishing successes were hit and miss.[…]
Bass Fishing
The Terminator Weedless Football Jig
On a hot July day in Knoxville, Tenn., Ott DeFoe was sorting and arranging his fishing tackle while preparing to go fish Bassmaster tournaments at Lake Champlain and the Deleware River.[…]
Columns
Hail to the feral hog
Back in July our nation celebrated its 238th birthday. No doubt many of you celebrated Independence Day watching a traditional fireworks display; you saw the rocket’s red glare and the bombs bursting in air, and hopefully avoided the popping of a firecracker in your hand.[…]
Columns
Lessons from a legend
One of the most-impressive fishing seminars I’ve ever seen took place 10 years ago in Houston inside the George Brown Exhibition Center.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Old oil structures in Tiger Shoal
Dear Capt. Paul:
I am told that there were several oil platforms, old well heads and/or other oil-field sites within the Tiger Shoal area that have been removed in years past.[…]