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Launch Pad

August 21, 2006 Chris Ginn

More often than not, though, anglers launching at Bayou Segnette stick to the west side of the Mississippi River. From the launch, anglers can reach the top end of the Wagon Wheel in Venice in just over an hour.[…]

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One-Shot Stop

August 21, 2006 Todd Masson

Death is inevitable. Like a cloud, it hangs ever on the horizon. On this sea of life, all living things are like little boats being swept along by a great current, its force irresistible and its flow unimpeded.[…]

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The Heat Is On

August 21, 2006 Andy Crawford

Marck “Doc” Smythe was sitting in a tallow tree in the Cameron Parish marsh, waiting on the sun to push past the horizon and, hopefully, for a deer to walk by. He was psyched at the thought of sticking a deer.[…]

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Freezers Fillers

August 21, 2006 Rusty Tardo

OK, I admit it. It’s not like I’m embarrassed about it or anything, but I just don’t eat a lot of fish. I eat some kinds of fish, but not all kinds, and almost never in a restaurant.[…]

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Bowhunting Broadway

August 21, 2006 Glynn Harris

Hunters who go after deer with bow and arrow agree there is nothing like it. A gun hunter can sit comfortably in a padded swivel chair out of the weather in a covered box stand wearing jeans and sneakers, snacking on chips and soda pop, listening to a football game on his portable radio — and he has a legitimate chance of putting the crosshairs on a buck at 200 yards.[…]

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Artificial Action

August 21, 2006 Chris Ginn

There is an old saying in fishing circles that 10 percent of the anglers catch 90 percent of the fish. In other words, one out of 10 anglers catch nine out of 10 fish.[…]

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2006-07 WMA Forecast

August 21, 2006 Don Shoopman

One year after a hurricane hit each coastal corner of Louisiana like a blast from a double-barreled shotgun fired from the Gulf of Mexico, habitat and the wildlife that use it are the focus of biologists and hunters, particularly on areas that are open to the public.[…]

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Wadefishing Wonderland

July 25, 2006 Andy Crawford

It was 5:30 in the morning, but John Engelsman was climbing off his bicycle after riding to the Grand Isle beach to check out the conditions as the sun’s first light leaked over the horizon and buddy Larry Langlois cooked bacon and eggs for breakfast.[…]

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Venice Shocker

July 25, 2006 Andy Crawford

It was a shocking sight: Grass was matted on the point of the little trenasse north of Main Pass. That was unexpected in Venice, after reports that Hurricane Katrina had ripped up any vestiges of submerged vegetation.[…]