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Early Trestle Trout
The best way to have a fishing hole all to yourself is to fish it when nobody else is there. If that makes me sound like Captain Obvious, so be it. Sometimes the best advice is the simplest advice.[…]
Statewide LA
General
ARGO Amphibious 8×8 UTV
Whether putting up deer stands in flooded areas or bass fishing on a hidden pond, the ARGO 8×8 750 HDi is a reliable utility terrain vehicle that goes everywhere sportsmen want to go.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Wind helps beat neap tide
A neap tide is one that occurs when the difference between high and low tide is least. It comes twice a month in the first and third quarters of the moon.[…]
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Cover: March 2012
Matt Fontenot shows the reason he doesn’t mind waiting in line to fish Lacassine this month.[…]
General
Blade Light
Blade Light has six LEDs molded into its handle on either side of the knife blade to provide shadowless light when cutting.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Captain’s log book an important
March 7 of last year was Capt. Travis Miller’s first day of 2011 to fish the train trestle. When I asked him a few weeks ago what details he could recall about the trip, he told me that he was just then looking through his log book.[…]
Fishing
Battle Saddle
The Battle Saddle from Release Marine offers a way for anglers of all ages and experience levels to safely fight large gamefish.[…]
Bass Fishing
Front Side of March
Bass angler, beware the Ides of March.
Not that you have to look over your shoulder for a group of friends intent on stabbing you 23 times in the back, but for approaching cold fronts that can do enough damage to take you out.[…]
Bass Fishing
Cold front grip loosens later in the day
Anglers who make an immediate and necessary change first thing in the morning after a cold front would be wise to not forget about what patterns were working well before the front blew through.[…]
Bass Fishing
Changing rod angle helps trigger reluctant bass
While most anglers believe cold front bass clam up with a long-lasting case of lockjaw, avid tournament angler Kenny Covington has learned the nuances of making bass bite even when they don’t want to. And much of it has to do with his rod position.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Have Knife, Will Travel
The rugged man flipped a business card to the fishermen at the International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo. It displayed a bowie knife in its center and read Slimeslingers Professional Fish Cleaning: Willing to Travel.[…]
Deer Hunting
Vote in final Big Buck Photo Contest session
It’s time to choose the final winner of the 2011-12 Big Buck Photo Contest, which ended with the close of the hunting season.[…]
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Turkey Talk
When I woke up this morning, I immediately noticed something was different. It was just starting to break daylight, and I hadn’t heard the first vehicle come down the old gravel road.[…]
BassMasters Classic
See the Bassmaster Classic – up close and personal
The 2012 Bassmaster Classic will pit the world’s top bass anglers against the Red River, on Feb. 24-26 with the angler coming out on top at the end of the three-day championship earning a cool $500,000 in cash.
And Louisiana Sportsman and B.A.S.S. has teamed up to give two lucky people backstage passes, along with lots of other swag, to the big show.[…]
Bass Fishing
Big Bass Photo Contest cranks up
Springlike weather has already settled in to much of the state, and that means it’s just a matter of time before sow bass begin initiating spawning activity. Caney Lake, Toledo Bend, the Atchafalaya Basin, Lake Cataouatche.[…]
Fishing
New species added to Louisiana State Fish Records
The Louisiana State Fish Records are being expanded by two species, record-book keeper Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association announced today.[…]