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Cover: July 2018
Louisiana Sportsman’s own Ann Taylor reeled in this beautiful speck on a recent trip out of Venice. For more tips on catching summertime trout, head to page 58.[…]
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Cover: June 2018
Avid surf fisherman Sammy Romano shows off a beautiful speckled trout caught on Curlew Island in the Chandeleur chain. For more surf-fishing tips from Romano, go to page 140.[…]
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Cover: May 2018
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Bernie Schultz landed this hawg on a recent trip to Grosse Savanne Lodge in Cameron Parish.[…]
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Cover: April 2018
After a brutal winter, trout anglers across the coast are looking forward to the start of the speck spawn this spring — and the hard-hitting action yellow mouths are famous for.[…]
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Cover: March 2018
The spawn in South Louisiana is rarely a sight-fishing event, so we asked some experts to share tips that will help you catch more bass this spring.[…]
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Cover: February 2018
We toured the state to find out where successful Louisiana crappie anglers hit their honey holes.[…]
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Cover: January 2018
After four long years of trail cam hide-and-seek, Logansport’s Donald Alexander finally caught up with a magnificent 199-inch DeSoto Parish buck he nicknamed Crab Claws.[…]
Bass Fishing
The murky Mermentau
Steeped in a mixture of legend and historical fact — with some folklore thrown in — the Mermentau River in Acadia Parish just might be a pearl amongst many fishing gems in Southwest Louisiana.[…]
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Cold Calcasieu options
On a chilly 39-degree December morning, Big Lake’s Ray Christy had a smile on his face when he launched from the public landing at Riverside Park in Westlake.[…]
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Beating the bridges
As December rolls around — and lots of Lake Pontchartrain anglers are in deer stands and duck blinds pondering awkward office Christmas parties, lame bowl game matchups and how much fried turkey they can consume in the coming weeks — Capt. Kris Robert stays laser-focused on what he does for pretty much the other 11 months of the year.[…]
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Cover: December 2017
Shreveport’s Scott Gill busted this impressive 158-inch Claiborne Parish 8-point on Nov. 1.[…]
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Ducks down on the Delta
At exactly 6:09 a.m. what was obviously a hen gray duck hovered close in over the coot decoys. Chip Crews chopped it down with one shot.
Dawn would be late coming under the leaden skies.[…]
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Mid-season mastery
While December may be the chronological middle of the road for Louisiana’s deer season, it could be the beginning, middle or end of your season depending on where you hunt as it pertains to the stages of the rut.[…]
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Clear-cut answers — How to kill more deer in piney woods thickets
“Hunting’s for MEN!” Artie yelled, shaking his fist.
Then he turned, pointed at the tractor and plow in the shed alongside the camp, and yelled: “But farming’s for WOMEN!” […]
Bass Fishing
Bettin’ on balsa – Benefits of balsa crankbaits to catch bass
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Ott DeFoe is a product of his environment, and a particular aspect of those positive influences from his East Tennessee youth prove advantageous across southern waters. […]
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A wildlife legacy – Robert Barham’s wildlife legacy
Robert Barham could probably get an invitation to hunt or fish just about anywhere in Louisiana, but his ideal destination would probably be the woods and waters of Morehouse Parish around his small hometown of Oak Ridge.[…]