Sidebars
Perfect places for clays practice
Louisiana hunters are fortunate to have a wide range of attractive options for brushing up on their shooting skills.[…]
Statewide LA
Bass Fishing
“Pick” your peg
Texas rigging those big worms is a no-brainer for summer fishing, but have you given much thought to the notion of pegging that sinker? Todd Faircloth sure has, and the Bassmaster Elite Series pro offers some insight worth considering.[…]
Bass Fishing
Cajun Lures: A lure innovator
Twenty-four years old seems to be awfully young to own a lure company. But that doesn’t faze Zac Dubois, the mind behind Cajun Lures LLC, a Kaplan-based soft plastic lure maker.[…]
Offshore Fishing
Red snapper tackle & bait tips
If you don’t want any of the “run-of-the-mill” 10-pounders swimming about, here’s how you target the really big boss snapper on a rig?[…]
Hunting
Youth Hunters of the Year honored in Natchitoches
Kindal Tonn of Lacassine and Seth Gottardi of Slidell were honored as the 2016 Louisiana Female and Male Youth Hunters of the Year at the Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association banquet in Natchitoches on Aug. 12.[…]
Columns
Zombie RIP Stik
The RIP in Egret Baits’ new Zombie RIP Stik doesn’t stand for “rest in peace,” although it could.[…]
Fishing
Give your plastics a nose job
For a long time, one of Bassmaster Elite Series pro Aaron Martens’ secret weapons was a Scrounger. A Scrounger is a jighead with an oblong bill that served two purposes; a weedguard and an action enhancer.[…]
Fishing
Land more fish with a stinger hook
Fishing a swimbait is one of the more productive methods of landing trout, redfish and bass because of their realistic appearance and swimming action. However, because form sometimes comes before function, a few tweaks are needed to increase your hookup ratio.[…]
Columns
The age factor: Older bucks aren’t necessarily bigger bucks
Harvest data produced by the LDWF DMAP program shows that hunters are killing more adult bucks than yearling (1 ½ year) bucks. Data from the Quality Deer Management Association also shows this is true in most of the southeast.[…]
Bass Fishing
Louisiana waters off limits for 2018 Sabine Elite Series tournament
The Bayou State’s ongoing battle over public access to tidal waters got nationwide attention Thursday, when Bassmaster’s tournament director decided that competitors in the upcoming 2018 Elite Series event on the Sabine River next spring will not be permitted to fish in Louisiana waters.[…]
News Breaker
Non-toxic shot required on WMA dove fields this season
If you’re planning on hunting doves on a Louisiana wildlife management area, don’t bring along any lead shot this year.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF: Another green light for red snapper trips this weekend
With up to 13 days remaining for Gulf of Mexico anglers to catch red snapper, it’s starting to look more and more likely the extended federal season will make it all the way to its official closing on Labor Day.[…]
Columns
Fly fishing tournament raises money for heroes
Mathew Roberts had a New Year’s resolution. The avid kayaker and co-founder of Mission Six wanted to catch his first redfish on fly rod. In early Spring he did. And as he put it, his curiosity became an obsession![…]
Ask Captain Paul
LORAN TD’s W-X-Y to Lat Long (NAD 83)
Can you recommend a conversion program to get from W-X-Y to Lat Long (NAD 83). […]
Inshore Fishing
Fall inshore shrimp season to open statewide Friday, Aug. 18 at 6 a.m.
After hearing from numerous shrimpers during their meeting Thursday afternoon on Grand Isle, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission acted on a suggestion by LDWF Secretary Jack Montoucet and pushed the opening day of the fall inshore shrimp season back four days.[…]
News Breaker
Red snapper update: Still 300,000 pounds-plus to go to meet Louisiana quota
Louisiana red snapper anglers have another green light for trips this weekend in the Gulf of Mexico.[…]