General
Costa’s Tuna Alley
Tuna Alley is one of the new frame styles in the 2013 collection from Costa Sunglasses.[…]
Month: February 2013
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Connect the Dots — Deer scouting in February can lead to success next hunting season
My imagination would not allow me to complete connect-the-dot books.[…]
Inshore Fishing
How to set the hook on a topwater bait
The trick to sinking the hooks on a topwater into a fish’s mouth isn’t the same as when fishing a jig. In other words, don’t jerk the snot out of it when a fish picks up the lure.[…]
Bass Fishing
Caddo guide adjusts to salvinia on a daily basis
The salvinia that has infested Caddo Lake has forced many bass anglers to adjust their approaches to fishing the lake.[…]
Hunting
The .17 Winchester Super Magnum
Winchester Ammunition will soon release the world’s fastest and most powerful modern rimfire cartridge.[…]
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Good Vibrations — Spinnerbaits offer another option to catch speckled trout
After picking up the third speckled trout in a row on a spinnerbait, I looked at Ken Chaumont and said, “This ain’t coincidence anymore.”[…]
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Fourchon Meat Haul — Catch boxes of sheepshead by fishing the rigs just off Louisiana’s coast
The call to Doc Fontaine seemed perfunctory, a mere formality — almost pointless. After all, traditionally, mooching a Grand Isle camp for a weekend in February ain’t too hard.[…]
Deer Hunting
Some hunters scout for deer during turkey season
Curtis Simpson specifically targets big bucks when he scouts during February, so he only looks for buck signs like rubs and scrapes.[…]
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Rip Dash Rocked — Spend time fishing with this local rock legend
Roughly 15 hours of every day of my childhood were spent fishing in Southwest Florida. In my late teens, I put aside the rod after picking up the guitar.[…]
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Cover: February 2013
It’s time to brush the dust off the boat and catch some fish! Learn where and how to catch bass, speckled trout, crappie and more.[…]
Cobia
Cobia: The curious fish
Cobia feed from the surface of the water down to the bottom, often over 100 feet deep. And they will eat almost anything.[…]
Columns
How much are you worth?
Hunting and fishing are huge recreational factors for those of us who, by the grace of God, were born in Louisiana. It’s just engrained in our psyche. Bred into our very genes.[…]
Deer Hunting
Target June for game camera monitoring of bucks
Digital game cameras have become essential gear for deer hunters. They are our eyes in the woods even when we can’t be there, and they show us scenes we could have only imagined before.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Dularge camp provides rock muse
Rows of houses out in the water looked in every way like a regular, quaint neighborhood, except totally lacking in roads.[…]
Bass Fishing
Confidence colors come through in the crunch
Fishing lure colors are a hotly contested conundrum. One angler swears by black-and-blue, while another won’t throw anything but watermelon red.[…]
Bass Fishing
Dogged Determination — How to catch big Caddo Lake bass during the winter using Rat-L-Traps
Lipless crankbaits are not for the cowardly.
With all those exposed treble hooks, the faint-hearted have a hard time seeing past the snag waiting to happen.[…]