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Cover: April 2014-Freshwater
The trout season is kicking off and bass should be on their spawning beds this month.[…]
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Cover: April 2014
The trout season is kicking off and bass should be on their spawning beds this month.[…]
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The Free-liner — Trophy trout expert shares the secrets to success
Speckled trout have always been the premier gamefish in Louisiana’s coastal marshes, and big speckled trout — the kind that are 7 pounds and larger — are the stuff of which dreams are made.[…]
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Springtime diversion — Catfish snagging tips
There are about as many ways to catch catfish as there are ways to cook them. Rods, yo-yos, jugs, trotlines, nets, traps and limb lines are all employed by Louisiana sportsmen.[…]
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Plan A, B and C — Fishing tactics for redfish, drum and sheepshead
“Redfish in April?” Artie laughed as Doc mentioned our forthcoming fishing trip. “Man, redfish ain’t ‘runnin now! Dey run in da fall! You guys gotta be outcha mind![…]
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Fishin’ the ’hood — Springtime fishing tips for reds and trout
Whenever I fish with Capt. Mike Gallo, we always bring a third man along. There’s plenty of room in his 24-foot bay boat, plus it means an extra set of hands and a third line in the water to increase our chances of catching something picture worthy.[…]
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Wading Wonderland — Wade-fishing tips for Big Lake, Sabine Lake specks
You won’t find too many speckled trout anglers who like wind. Wind muddies the water. Wind makes even simple things more difficult.[…]
Bass Fishing
Glare Cutters — How to manage sun glare for more fishing success
Seeing is believing, but you’d better believe that too much of a good thing — namely, sunlight — can make it tough for you to see what you’re seeking.[…]
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Candy from a baby — Best crappie-fishing tactics
He made catching sac-a-lait from Lake Henderson look like taking candy from a baby. It was like watching a hybrid between a robot and a ballet dancer at work. No moves were wasted; everything seemed programmed.[…]
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Young turks — Tips for youth turkey hunting
Twelve-year-old Dane Humbles tightened his grip on the shotgun and sighted down the barrel as the big gobbler closed the distance in a quick trot.[…]
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Top-shelf Tackle
They haven’t invented any new fish that we’re aware of, but the fishing industry never lets us down in terms of new products to help us catch all those fish that we know and love.[…]
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Cover: March 2014
Toledo Bend already has turned out a number of double-digit bass, and Sulphur’s Johnny Walker — who has several lunkers to his credit — tells you how to get in on the action.[…]
Bass Fishing
Toading at Toledo — Keys to fishing frogs for bass
In Grimm’s Fairy Tales there is a story about a princess who made a deal with a frog who had secured her lost golden ball from the depths of a well.[…]
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Wetland Warriors — Battling coastal erosion by hunting nutria
“The coyotes ate all the rabbits! The ducks got short-stopped! And the squirrels all live in woods leased by deer clubs who hate squirrel hunters! So how’s a kid supposed to scratch his hunting itch nowadays?” […]
Bass Fishing
Marsh Punch-out — How to punch grass mats for big bass
Back in 2009 during the Bassmaster Central Open held in the Atchafalaya Basin, Elite Series angler and local favorite Cliff Crochet punched grass mats to earn his first trip to the Classic.[…]
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Barrier Bulls — How to catch bull redfish at Breton Island
So, I’m at this media event, at Theophile Bourgeois’ lodge in Lafitte. Bourgeois invited all his sponsors and a few media guys to spend a couple nights at his place, where he’d provide food and lodging, give us all a chance to mingle and talk shop, and then pile us into a fleet of bay boats to see if we could do more than talk the talk.[…]