Inshore Fishing
Rigging and presenting live bait
Once you have your live bait and have kept it alive all the way to your fishing area, you will have to rig and present your bait properly to be successful.[…]
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Inshore Fishing
How to get live bait?
There are two means of securing live bait: catching it for yourself and purchasing it at bait shops. Here are some thoughts on both approaches.[…]
Inshore Fishing
What are the best live baits?
The best live bait to use depends upon the area you are fishing and the species that you are targeting.[…]
Inshore Fishing
How to keep bait alive and lively?
Dr. Bob Weiss spent the majority of his life keeping people alive; now in his retirement he spends his time keeping his bait alive.[…]
Deer Hunting
Diversity in the woods
If you are an avid reader of this magazine, then you read about the black bear killing a calf in West Carroll Parish. […]
Inshore Fishing
Sabine Lake regulations differ between Texas, Louisiana
Road access to Sabine Lake in Louisiana is via Highway 82 approximately three miles west of Johnson Bayou.[…]
Deer Hunting
What we do not see in the cutover
When conducting a browse survey on an area it is sometimes beneficial to take note of the plants you are not seeing in the survey as well as those that you are finding.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Best tackle
Capt. Kent Carlson uses medium action 7 ½- foot Waterloo rods coupled with Daiwa reels. He attached his lures to 12- to 15-pound Izorline copolymer XXX.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Sliding corks are deadly bream-fishing rigs
“We love to fish sliding corks,” 55-year-old Martin Close said. “They are the best thing that we have ever done.” […]
Inshore Fishing
Gorilla Hinges outlast ice chests
Eric Pendarvis said the idea for what became Gorilla Hinges germinated in 2001 when he experienced a binge of broken hinges on his ice chests.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
The life of a bull bream
For some unknown reason, big male bluegills are called “bulls.” Why is hard to figure out. Females aren’t called “cows,” and young bluegills aren’t called “calves.”[…]
Inshore Fishing
The hazards of fishing Venice
Everything about Venice seems bigger than life. The fishing is fabulous, but the area is remote from anything and conditions can be challenging — especially for the inexperienced or unwary.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Category 5’s Suicide Croaker
With a lifelike body and paddle tail, Category 5 Suicide Croakers are deadly on redfish and speckled trout. The baits are known for lively action when used as a swim bait, jerk bait or attached to a spinnerbait.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Best casts are just a little long
In the summertime, Capt. Bobby Gros likes to fish as close to the pond shorelines as possible, but he also likes to limit the commotion in the shallow ponds.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Egret Bait jigheads
Egret Bait’s wedge-shaped jigheads are excellent for Vermilion Bay waters, where the bottom can range from shell reefs to soft mud with scattered debris and stump structure.[…]
Coastal Projects
Placement and time
Over the course of the 50-year Master Plan, officials say the sediment diversion projects in the document could create up to 300 square miles of new marsh at a cost of $4.1 billion, using a mix of funding ranging from federal dollars to offshore energy royalties.[…]