Breaking News
$275,000 trout among prizes still available in free Geaux Fish tournament
Monday (Sept. 5) is the final day to fish for up to $275,000 in cash and prizes in the free Geaux Fish coastal tournament.[…]
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Hunting
MossBack Game Calls
When you’re on the hunt, you want to leave nothing to chance. You demand the best from yourself and your gear, including your game calls.[…]
Hunting
Stealth Night Hawk
As a hunter, you know that a key element to success in the woods is stealth or the ability to master your prey’s sense of sight, sound and smell. This especially holds true when hunting deer and turkey that rely on their keen senses to survive.[…]
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Sandy Hollow WMA an annual dove hotspot
Dove hunting is one of our most popular small-game hunting activities, and opening day is almost upon us. According to surveys last year, Louisiana had approximately 36,000 dove hunters and harvested 665,000 doves.[…]
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Trio has speckled trout success on east side of Mississippi River
I’ve got to admit that when Allen Dupont called to tell me to meet him and his two fishing buddies at Breton Sound Marina at 4:30 a.m., I thought that we would sit around and shoot the bull until it got light enough to run.[…]
Fishing
Protect your electronics investment
There is a list of risks I won’t take with my electronics, and it starts with leaving them installed while trailering to and from the launching ramp.[…]
Columns
Teach a child to fly fish and change a life
They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
Belle, my faithful collie and occasional fishing companion, sees it differently. From her perspective, you can’t teach an old human new tricks.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Snake Island now just a reef
Dear Capt. Paul:
How long has Snake Island in Black Bay been washed away? I looked at some old maps from the late 1990s, but did not see it. Can you help me locate it? GPS coordinates would be great.[…]
Bass Fishing
Homebodies…Studies show bass don’t move much
Like any other non-migratory critter, each largemouth bass has a home range, loosely defined as the area that the animal uses regularly in its quest for survival and reproduction each year.[…]
Deer Hunting
Tips for hunting scrapes and rubs
Scrapes and rubs are communication centers for deer, and hunters should not overlook setting up on a scrape or rub line. Generally these are located in the travel corridors located in transitions zones, where two habitat types come together.[…]
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Solar power lighting up and pigging out
As I have mentioned before, it seems like there is an article about feral hogs in every hunting and wildlife magazine on the stands. Since the season is wide open on pigs, I have made an effort to hunt them hard this summer and reduce their numbers around Camp David.[…]
Events & Announcements
Louisiana coastal land loss video release
Today, the U.S. Geological Survey National Wetlands Research Center is pleased to announce the release of a new Louisiana coastal land loss video, detailing key findings portrayed in its new coastal map.[…]
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Deer guru tells when your bucks will be rutting
Last year’s rut, as predicted in the September 2010 issue of Louisiana Sportsman, was late and may have impacted hunter success, but the 2011 rut will start a couple of weeks earlier than last year and improve hunter’s chances for connecting with the big one.[…]
Bass Fishing
Amite River loaded with spotted bass
In remote Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Samoa, the natives often suffer from river fever. The disease is caused by being bitten by a bug — the spotted mosquito.[…]
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Anglers use underwater lights to bring fish to them
So there I was, walking the crowded aisles of the New Orleans Convention Center, looking at the displays of tackle, baits, boats and all things pertaining to fishing, during the week of the Bass Classic. I remember saying it was like a toy store for fishermen, and I was soaking in as much as I could.[…]
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Options for opening-day dove hunts
With one hand holding my hat on my head and the other holding onto the bed of the pickup truck, I prayed our driver — whoever he was — wouldn’t hit a bump or rut on the gravel road.[…]