Sometimes less is more, or maybe smaller is better. Many “serious” fishermen may overlook ultralight baits, but their tiny package should not be ignored because they tend to induce big-time action when the bite seems to virtually shut down. […]
To the non-angler, the term stickbait is non-sensical.Maybe there could be such a thing as a shrimpbait or a minnowbait or a cricketbait, but a stickbait? A bait that looks like a stick?[…]
Brent Bonadona remembers the halcyon days before Hurricane Andrew, when fishing in the Atchafalaya Basin was incredible.[…]
Sooner or later every boater flips a switch, presses a button or turns a key and nothing happens. A motor doesn’t turn, a light doesn’t illuminate or an LCD screen remains blank.[…]
Patrick McManus, author and long-time columnist for Outdoor Life and Field & Stream magazines, once observed that the two best times to fish are “when it’s rainin’ and when it ain’t.”[…]
“Look at ’EM ALL!” Pelayo whacked my shoulder and pointed through the passenger window. I turned, and my eyes bugged.[…]
Bass anglers, did you have a good time at the 2003 Bassmasters Classic in New Orleans? Did you enjoy learning how the best fishermen in the world fared on waters that are accessible to you every day? Did you have fun seeing the new boats, tackle and gear at the accompanying trade show in the Superdome?[…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
I usually fish the marshes around Lafitte, Bayou Segnette and in and around Vermillion Bay and Rockefeller, and would like to know if the Garmin 76s would be a decent marine GPS for my boating needs, or should I save the cash and buy a nice unit like the Garmin 178c?[…]
Late-season duck action can be great or it can be horrible. This issue tells you how to put the odds in your favor for the former.[…]
The call of the wild. To Jack London, it meant wolf howls echoing through snowy valleys of the Alaska wilderness. To me, it sounds like geese — that distant honking that always jerks your gaze skyward and sets your neck craning around, searching for the source.[…]
It was several years ago when Wild Turkey Hunting Club decided to move from an anything-goes buck management plan to a requirement that bucks have at least 6 points before members could shoot them.[…]
Although large numbers of rabbits live in marshes, you may have problems hunting marsh rabbits. But 73-year-old Melvyn Verdin of Barataria has made it his life’s passion.[…]
Some of the nation’s most-competitive fishermen regularly converge on the Mississippi River Delta for contests involving redfish, king mackerel and billfish big enough to rule the day at the scale. […]
Ask the average angler how wide an area his fish finder scans on the bottom at a depth of 30 feet, and your question will probably be met with a blank stare.[…]
Anybody who has spent more than a few days simply surveying the scene at the dock of either Venice Marina or Cypress Cove Marina during the first several weeks of the year has seen it.[…]
In the latter part of the Louisiana duck season, times can be awesome and they can be frustrating. Just when you think you figured out a late-season pattern, it changes and then it does again the following season. […]