My journey into duck hunting has left me with the mixed feelings of an elementary school student who got addicted to soft drinks just weeks before they were banned from the concession stand in favor of healthier alternatives.[…]
Although the summer days are loosely labeled as lazy here in LouisianAlthough the summer days are loosely labeled as lazy here in Louisiana, November is actually the best month to be a lazy bass angler at Lake D’Arbonne.a, November is actually the best month to be a lazy bass angler at Lake D’Arbonne.[…]
Lake Salvador is a huge body of water located due south of New Orleans and southeast of the Salvador Wildlife Management Area in St. Charles Parish.[…]
The Mississippi River delta and surrounding offshore waters are without a doubt some of the richest fishing grounds in the world. There is no other place on the face of the planet where an angler can target largemouth bass and blue marlin in the same day, no other place where limits of 20-pound red snapper and 10-pound mangrove snapper are not uncommon, no other place where you can catch 100+-pound yellowfin year-round on a day trip.[…]
If you’re deepfreeze is anything like my family’s, it takes you a while to dig through all the leftovers on top just to get to the good stuff underneath.[…]
The buck had spent the dark hours of early morning munching in a wheat field, milling about with other deer and concentrating on filling its belly.[…]
Want to kill a pre-rut buck? Then follow Blake Charles’ advice.[…]
The unmistakable sound of crusted snow giving way to the weight of a deer’s hooves broke the silence from somewhere up the right-of-way, alerting me to its presence.[…]
The inky black predawn ride to the field where Clint Mathews and his crew of guides set out a decoy spread of several thousand rags, shells, full bodies, kites and every other trick — past and present — known to the goose hunting world was notably longer than usual as last year’s specklebelly season wound down.[…]
As Charles Johnson’s truck descended from the hills into the swamplands of West Feliciana Parish, its headlights swept through the giant trees.[…]
Jackson-Bienville is one of the oldest wildlife management areas in the state, and has had one of the most liberal deer harvest programs in the state, which makes some believe that this deer factory is out of deer.[…]
“Here they come,” rasped Pelayo.
I was already crouching low in the ’rogue, so no need for the usual frantic “get down!” bit. I simply clutched the shotgun in the “get-ready” mode.[…]
I shuddered when my cell phone rang and I saw the name on the screen. Ken Sherman had told me we wouldn’t head out until 5:15 a.m., an obscenely late hour for the die-hard tournament angler.[…]
Jay Folse’s six-step program has helped him bag trophy bucks, like this 175 5/8 inch monster.[…]
The one thing that has kept me standing at the dock more often than not when it comes to catching tuna is that they are offshore.[…]
The winds were already blowing steady out of the north when I arrived in the little St. Bernard community of Reggio. It’s a small hamlet on the side of Bayou Terre aux Boeufs on the way down to Delacroix Island.[…]