Year: 2012

Contents

Island Invitation: Head to the Chandeleur Islands for great redfish, trout action

August 1, 2012 Rusty Tardo

It was the eve of Feb. 1 in the year 1700 — a day long celebrated by Europeans as “Candlemas,” a day when their religious clergy blessed the candles that would be used in their religious services for the remainder of the year.

On the eve of that holy day, French explorer Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville dropped anchor alongside a long chain of uninhabited islands off the border of the Louisiana/Mississippi coast and christened them Les Iles de Chandeleur (Translated in English a “The Chandeleur Islands”) in honor of the event.[…]

News Breaker

Rig removals killing offshore habitat

August 1, 2012 Kari Dequine

Earlier this year, one of spearfisherman Terry “Papa Smurf” Migaud’s favorite oil platforms was removed. It was the Main Pass 305 platform, which Migaud said hosted “wall to wall” grouper in the winter, and large schools of amberjacks and snapper in the summer — along with a large variety of tropical fish.[…]

Hunting

Cabela’s Silent Stalk Sneakers

July 31, 2012 Matt Coffey

If you’re like me, boots can either be a godsend or a curse. I’ve had boots straight out of the box that never wear a blister, and I’ve also has the misfortune to spend all day in boots that rub your feet raw.

Cabela’s 8-inch Silent Stalk Sneaker, however, falls into the former category. I literally hunted all day in these boots straight out of the box and can honestly say they were as comfortable as my tennis shoes.
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Fishing

Clean your displays inside and out

July 30, 2012 Allan Tarvid

Who hasn’t mistaken the shadow of a water spot on an LCD screen for a fish, waypoint or radar target? Or was it a smear of sunscreen lotion or insect repellent left by a fingertip? Hopefully it wasn’t a permanent scratch, crack, craze or other scar.[…]

Events & Announcements

Louisiana Sportsman lottery tickets now available

July 30, 2012 Louisiana Sportsman

As scratch-off sales continue to explode, the Louisiana Lottery Corporation bagged another big one by entering into a strategic alliance with Louisiana Sportsman Magazine to produce a series of five $2 tickets bearing the publication’s fleur-de-lis logo – the same one that adorns vehicles all over the state.[…]

Columns

Buck movement quantified

July 23, 2012 Bill Garbo

In last month’s column we looked at some of the methods I typically use to convert my personal trail camera photo archives into meaningful and usable “deer statistics” or “intelligence.” […]