Bass Fishing
New Matrix creation leaves bass, specks heads spinning
The Matrix Spin uses heavy wire that handles redfish but isn’t too heavy for the bass that inhabit the marsh across coastal Louisiana.[…]
Statewide LA
Columns
My first recurve deer: The culmination of one year’s hard work
If you enjoy the process and challenge of bow hunting, traditional archery enhances both of these elements.[…]
Columns
January kayak fishing jackpot
Sheepshead are hard fighters, delicious, and can be caught around docks, pilings and rock piles using a simple bottom rig and dead shrimp.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Set up for crappie success
Crappie anglers like Dan and Sue Dannenmueller have an ever-changing amount of technology available to them to help catch more fish.[…]
Features
Flat out for flounder
Anglers who target flounder usually fish with live shrimp, minnows and other natural baits, but artificial temptations can catch flounder too.[…]
Features
Running of the squirrels
Running dogs for squirrels is work, but it’s still one heck of an exciting hunt. Michael Park shares tips for hunting the Pearl River system.[…]
Deer of the Year
2021-2022 Deer of the Year
We reviewed all of the big buck stories and share a few of the best that rank at the top of the class as 2021-2022 Deer of the Year.[…]
Fishing
SPRO pocket tail minnow
SPRO’s Pocket Tail Minnow is the latest innovative swimbait.[…]
Field Notes
Toadfish shrimp tool
Toadfish’s shrimp peeling tool is the only high quality tool that can peel, devein and butterfly the shrimp in one smooth, easy motion.[…]
Field Notes
Last chance for Louisiana woodcock
Louisiana has some of the highest numbers of wintering woodcock in the United States.[…]
Ducks
Ducks came late in fewer numbers
With no place to go but up, Louisiana’s January duck numbers rebounded from the paltry numbers observed in the December survey.[…]
Fishing
Daiwa J-Fluoro Samurai fluorocarbon
Daiwa has jumped into the market with its J-Fluoro Samurai fluorocarbon, which comes in 13 different sizes.[…]
Geese
Conservation Order Goose season is on
For more than a decade, hunters have enjoyed the Conservation season for light geese. Those are snow geese, blue geese and Ross’s geese.[…]
Columns
A great hunting dog is the icing on the cake for waterfowlers
Before you start looking for your next “hunting partner,” here are a couple of things to consider when getting a hunting dog.[…]
Fishing
Okuma Hakai DT baitcasting reel
Okuma’s new baitcast reel is their lightest and strongest offering yet. The Hakai DT is a reel that was literally built from the bottom up.[…]
Columns
As the years race past, outdoor memories grow fonder
As time has passed, Kinny Haddox has grown to love writing about the outdoors and fantastic people as much as he enjoys hunting and fishing.[…]