Bass Fishing
Pearl Particulars — Best bets for Pearl River bass
On a gloomy February day, Jeff Bruhl was fishing waters he knew better than the chips in his truck windshield.[…]
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Inshore Fishing
South Louisiana Leopard Hunt
They’re big, ferocious, and they have spots….and they live at the bottom of the Mississippi River.[…]
Inshore Fishing
After a front blows through, head to Bypass Canal
In the wintertime, it’s inevitable you’ll work all week while staring outside looking at static trees without a puff of breeze. But once Saturday rolls around, the winds will be blowing 30 mph from a front that came through Friday night, which also dropped the water temperature by 10 degrees — deplorable conditions.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Reggio rodeo
According to Capt. Darren Schaff (504-400-2466), trout and redfish action out of Reggio has been excellent.[…]
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The story of Paw Paw’s Pirogues
Errol Dennis Sr. recalls it quite well.
“It all started with me wanting to give both of my sons pirogues as Christmas presents,” Errol Sr. said. “The design of the pirogue came from a cypress pirogue built in the 1930s from which a fiberglass mold was made.[…]
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Fanny’s Family Guide Service
Scott Dennis runs Fanny’s Family Guide Service (named for the nickname with which his grandfather had been tagged), where he is able to share his family’s hunting traditions with others.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Grey Duck Lake is Bay Courant
Dear Capt. Paul:
Can you provide the coordinates for Little Grey Duck Lake and Grey Duck Lake in the Golden Meadow/Catfish Lake Area?[…]
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Hunt hard, stay young — How to hunt South Louisiana’s deer
“What a joke!” came the yell. “Why do I even bother watching this stuff? Deze guys ain’t hunting — not the way we do it down here in South Louisiana! They’re hunting a different animal on a different planet! Geeesh!” […]
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Reggio milk run – How to catch wintertime speckled trout
According to Merriam-Webster, a “roundup” is a gathering together of people or animals or items. As in a cattle roundup, or a police roundup of suspects.[…]
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The Dean of Delacroix — This family patriarch still duck hunts the old way
“I was born in 1940. Things were a lot different back when I was growing up as a kid on Delacroix Island. There was no electricity or running water.”
Errol Dennis Sr.[…]
Hunting
Belle Chasse men cited with several hunting violations
Two Belle Chasse men were cited Dec. 27 in Plaquemines Parish for several hunting violations, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported today.[…]
News Breaker
2015 fall red snapper season ends
The fall red snapper season closes in state waters Jan. 1 at 12:01 a.m., the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced.[…]
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The best gray duck call
Louisiana marsh hunters harvest a wide variety of duck species, but the ducks that probably most closely defines marsh hunting is the gadwall, invariably called the gray duck.[…]
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How Kingsmill was hooked on wood
Sixty-six-year-old Cal Kingsmill was born and raised in the Gentilly section of New Orleans, where he still lives.[…]
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Pros and cons of wooden duck decoys
Cal Kingsmill and Ray Bellant are dedicated duck hunters, but they come from widely different backgrounds so they offer different perspectives about the reasons to hunt with wooden decoys.[…]
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How to make your own decoys
Carving waterfowl decoys sounds incredibly intimidating. Not so, said Cal Kingsmill, probably the visible ambassador for the art.[…]