I’ve got to admit that when Allen Dupont called to tell me to meet him and his two fishing buddies at Breton Sound Marina at 4:30 a.m., I thought that we would sit around and shoot the bull until it got light enough to run.[…]
Last year’s rut, as predicted in the September 2010 issue of Louisiana Sportsman, was late and may have impacted hunter success, but the 2011 rut will start a couple of weeks earlier than last year and improve hunter’s chances for connecting with the big one.[…]
In remote Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Samoa, the natives often suffer from river fever. The disease is caused by being bitten by a bug — the spotted mosquito.[…]
So there I was, walking the crowded aisles of the New Orleans Convention Center, looking at the displays of tackle, baits, boats and all things pertaining to fishing, during the week of the Bass Classic. I remember saying it was like a toy store for fishermen, and I was soaking in as much as I could.[…]
With one hand holding my hat on my head and the other holding onto the bed of the pickup truck, I prayed our driver — whoever he was — wouldn’t hit a bump or rut on the gravel road.[…]
The beast thrashed at boatside splashing us with warm water as Pelayo held on for dear life shouting: “Choot him! Choot him!”[…]
The Atchafalaya Delta has to be the foggiest place on earth, certainly in Louisiana. I was sitting in the dark at the Wax Lake Boat Landing at Calumet, waiting for the fog to lift for the run down to Wax Lake Delta to fish for redfish.[…]
2011, ironically, featured record floods and parching droughts. Here’s how the meteorological conditions will impact hunting this season on the state’s public lands.[…]
Decision comes after National Forest Service ban overturned in July, LDWF says.[…]
As the blistering heat of the summer sun began its lazy retreat, shadows lurking in the background began to appear. These souls were creatures of the night, vampires and werewolves of the coast that roam these waters, hidden from sight during the light of day.[…]
The White Lake WCA teal hunt is the easiest, most comfortable and well-guided trip you’ll ever take a chance on.[…]
Gary Medicis and wife Amelia launched at Prien Lake Park with trout on their minds. The fishing had been pretty easy lately, with birds telling them exactly where specks were feeding on the multitude of bait.[…]
No matter where in the Bayou State your land is, there are steps you can take to grow bigger bucks.[…]
Mangrove hunters Morgan Baudoin, Ashley Mousseau, Emma Taylor and Tony Taylor couldn’t care less that red snapper ar no longer in season.[…]
Scott Castaing has a sense of where he’s come from. That’s one of the reasons his favorite kind of fishing is for croakers big enough to fillet.[…]
In a text message on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010, Todd Masson responded to my “You’ve got to be kidding me,” message that I had just sent him at 7:30 after hearing a shot ring out from his direction, “Three deer were at feeder … Joel shot but I think he missed. He was a nervous wreck.”[…]