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Enter a ’yak tourney
It’s no wonder kayak fishing continues to grow at amazing rates each year: It is an exciting, economical and eco-friendly sport for fishermen of all ages.[…]
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LDWF enthralled with BP money
“For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.” 1 Timothy 6:10[…]
Apex Predator
Moonlight mudbuggin’
Many people love to go set-netting for crawfish, but few go during the prime feeding hours, when net frames bend from mudbugs spilling over all four sides as you rush toward the bank.[…]
Apex Predator
Go ‘knotless’ for more inshore fishing success
As the weather warms, saltwater fishing heats up. I can always find the fish using tandem rigged plastic or live bait. I have tricks for using either these artificial or live bait setups with or without a cork without ever tying a knot to change my rig.[…]
Bass Fishing
Boat-launch bass
Modern bass boats are high-powered machines specifically designed to provide fishermen with all the advantages necessary to conquer the world of the largemouth bass. High-powered motors allow bass fishermen to quickly cover many miles in search of prime bass habitat.[…]
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Managing the data — Part 2
Over the past several years, I have, through trial and error, developed a system that allows me to efficiently deal with multiple trail cameras and memory cards as I use them to monitor deer movement on my farm in west central Mississippi.[…]
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Oxbow bream
Once again, the weather prognosticaters had proven that their job is better left to leaf readers and Ouija boards.[…]
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Boating Louisiana waters
April in the South heralds spring and the beginning of boating season. It is that time of year when Louisiana’s 320,000 registered boats are on our waterways, serving as platforms for all sorts of recreational and commercial activity.[…]
Currents
Two decades in the books
The Borrow Canal near the parish line separating St. Charles and Jefferson wouldn’t rank in the top 10 of any conceivable list of desirable fishing destinations in the Bayou State.[…]
Columns
Speckled trout myths
The popularity of speckled trout in Louisiana eclipses that of any other saltwater species, perhaps by several fold. We love to catch them, and we love to eat them.[…]
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The art of the rifle … 3
The Jeep was almost sliding down the rocky, shale-strewn mountainside at a steep 15-degree angle when Larry Wieshuhn stood on the brake.[…]
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Defining a true sportsman
A few weeks ago, I spent Friday night at Camp David so I could get an early start on our Saturday work project and to check on the pig that seems to always be eluding me.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
GPS says OFF
Dear Capt. Paul:
My GPS comes on, but when you get on the page with the satellites it (says) GPS OFF. Can you help me?[…]
Apex Predator
Picking the pockets
After archery season ends I’m a sad pup. Though after putting the rod in the boat for the first time in months my tail’s a wagging. It’s time to go after those bass and frogs.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Don’t get LOOPed in
Dear Capt. Paul:
I would like to set waypoints surrounding the LOOP restricted area as to help avoid the big nasty gray boats. Would you have waypoints and the leased blocks in which the LOOP is located that would help mark the area in my GPS?[…]
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The house search
Nothing is more terrifying to a homeowner than a “hot” burglary. That’s what detectives call incidents where cold-blooded cretins, crawling out of their skins with drug addictions, creep a house with the occupants home, generally asleep.[…]