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Cover: March 2005
ON THE COVER: Learn more about crawfish to increase your bass haul this spring.[…]
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Winter Wading
Human nature seems to require most fishermen to try and make something happen before it’s really the ideal time.[…]
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State of the State’s Turkeys
It stretches my mind to recall it, but I still remember the first wild turkey I ever saw in Louisiana.[…]
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School of Hard Knocks
A few months ago, Louisiana Sportsman readers were shocked and saddened to learn contributing writer Humberto Fontova suffered serious injuries in a freak bicycling accident.
As we wish him a speedy recovery, we should also be resolved to be more careful out there. “There but for the grace of God …”[…]
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Scaredy Rats
Capt. Theophile Bourgeois has no couth.
He lacks respect for tradition.[…]
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Rig Rodeo
The number on the cell phone said Pelayo was calling, from HIS cell phone. I flipped the little sucker open.[…]
Bass Fishing
Paradise Parks
Louisiana’s state parks offer outstanding bass fishing in the spring and throughout the year. Here’s Louisiana Sportsman’s top-five picks, and tips on how to fill the livewell.[…]
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Nighttime Raids
Trivia has it that Georges Auguste Escoffier (1846-1935), the father of French cuisine, listed frog legs on the menu of the famous Hotel Carlton in London as, “Cuisses de Nymphe Aurore.”
Considered a disgusting food by the British, who could resist an item on the menu with a name such as “Legs of the Dawn Nymphs?”[…]
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Flat-Lining
In medical parlance, flat-lining carries some very negative associations.[…]
Bass Fishing
Featherweight Bass
The water temperatures were just about right, hovering between 54 and 58 degrees.[…]
Bass Fishing
Crawfish Class
While learning the biology of crawfish might turn off those of us who enjoy them surrounded by potatoes, corn and garlic, the opposite is true for those who want to catch more bass with them.[…]
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Cover: February 2005
“How dey runnin’?” — Only in Louisiana[…]
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Cover: February 2005-Fishing
“How dey runnin’?” — Only in Louisiana[…]
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Season’s Select
The hunting season that just closed wasn’t typical.[…]
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Pointed Therapy
Some people play golf. Women usually like to shop. Kids love the video games. Some people like to piddle in the garden or simply zone out in front of the TV.[…]
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Living History
One of the more amazing stories in Louisiana saltwater history is the fairly recent popularity of the yellowfin tuna as a food and sport fish.[…]