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Bulling it out — How to catch and clean big reds
When the guide slid the landing net under the fish, the chef’s face lit up like a Hollywood marquee.
Was it a tender-fleshed and delectable speckled trout? No.[…]
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Crappie season suspended — Top tips for Lake D’Arbonne crappie
Lake D’Arbonne is a prime location to chase crappie during December.[…]
Bass Fishing
Cold concerns — How pro bass anglers overcome bitter cold
Diehard anglers will brave some pretty uncomfortable conditions for that chance of bending a rod. But understanding how cold weather can affect your equipment and your performance stands essential to your winter pursuits. […]
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From hot to cold — How to fish Chalmette after the Hot Water Canal went cold
For Chalmette-area wintertime anglers, the Hot Water Canal was about as close as you could get to a sure thing.[…]
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Get to the Pointe — Guide’s tips for Pointe a la Hache trout and reds
So another December arrives — a month of endings, to be sure, but also of beginnings.[…]
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Top Guns — Duck-hunting guides share the secrets to their success
Archer Daniels looked up at the ducks, grabbed the Haydel duck call and blew hard as he could.[…]
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Yak attack — How to fish Prien Lake with a kayak
The three kayaks looked like sleek raiders fanning out into Prien Lake from a friend’s pier near the public launch on the lake’s eastern shore. […]
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Public prospects — Top 5 WMAs for duck hunting
Backlit faintly by the early morning glow, they came as we’d hoped. Silhouettes — large and deliberate, and small and acrobatic — bombarded our spread.[…]
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Cage Rattler — Tips to rattle up a big buck
Teenage boys have a saying they sometimes use to express an understanding that they will put their fraternal friendships ahead of any teenage girls who might try to come between them.[…]
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Delacroix de’ja vu
De’ja vu. We get the expression from the French, and it means “already seen.” It’s the feeling that you’ve been there before, experienced something previously or seen the same thing on some former occasion.[…]
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Cover: November 2016
With the deer season in high gear, it’s time to buckle down and put some meat in the freezer.[…]
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Bayou boogie — Best WMAs and squirrel-hunting tips
On opening day last year, conditions were favorable for squirrel hunting at Sherburne Wildlife Management Area and the adjacent Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge.[…]
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Outside In — A deer-hunting tactic you never thought of
For about 10 years, I haven’t been able to shake the feeling that I was doing something wrong.[…]
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Cover: October 2016
The long wait is finally over and it’s time to hit the woods. Learn everything you need to know to put a deer on the ground.[…]
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Blasting Bachman’s — Where to hunt Bachman’s fox squirrels
Artie suddenly put down his basting brush, clapped his hands, and bellowed.
“So who wants squirrel sauce piquante next week for the LSU-Florida tailgate PAAAW-TY?” he howled.[…]
Bass Fishing
Transitional jerks – Jerkbait fishing tactics
Word association games show us our true perceptions by drawing forth gut responses.[…]