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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.[…]
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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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2014 Speckled trout forecast
April is here at last—time for any red-blooded coastal fisherman to start thinking about the fish.
The fish?[…]
Bass Fishing
Spawn Specifics — Pro tips for fishing the bass spawn
When bass move shallow to make the next generation can be a time of great opportunity or a time of great frustration.[…]
Bass Fishing
Delayed Gratification — Why Toledo Bend bass fishing will turn on this month
If there has ever been a colder winter at Toledo Bend, Bassmaster Elite Series pro Dennis Tietje cannot remember it.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bend Bonanza — Keys for bass fishing the Toledo Bend spawn
Half-ounce Rat-L-Traps were about as rare from Alexandria west to Toledo Bend last month as a Republican at an Obama rally.[…]
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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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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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Spread out — Using multiple baits for crappie fishing
Any chef worth his salt understands the phrase mice en place, which means “everything in its place.”[…]
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Small-boat DuLarge — How to catch reds, specks with a mud boat
Marty LaCoste likes things a little quiet.
According to my son, it’s so he can whisper to the fish exactly what he wants them to do.[…]
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The Cajun and the Beast — How to catch snapping turtles
The huge, scaly beast — its massive body partially supported by the water — swim-crawled its way along the soft, mucky bottom. Its bear-like, long, black claws stirred up clouds of half-decayed vegetation and silt.[…]
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Small Tract Toms — Turkey-hunting tactics for small properties
My return to turkey hunting after a 15-year hiatus was truly haphazard.[…]
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Bream busting in Boeuf — Tactics for bream fishing in Lake Boeuf
One hundred-thirty years of experience.
That’s what my friend Dirk Matherne, no spring chicken himself at 58, had fixed me up with. It was a little intimidating, listening to the two silver-maned old lions comparing notes with Mike Adams, a Raceland dentist and Lake Boeuf lover. […]