Inshore Fishing
Separate and distinct
Because he fishes every day, Dr. Bob Weiss has more fishing partners than a bass pro wannabe on the co-angler circuit.[…]
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Three ducks in the bag
From the season being totally closed in the early part of the 20th century to a limit of two birds in 1962, after 20 years where hunters could harvest just one, in the 2008-09 duck season the daily bag limit for wood ducks went to three.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Best baits for Venice speckled trout
Nash Roberts IV is a big fan of artificial lures, only turning to live bait during the hot days of June, July and August.[…]
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Five tactical considerations
Wood ducks differ and share some characteristics of other species ducks. Several things should be considered when targeting wood ducks:[…]
Inshore Fishing
Best equipment when fishing for trout
A guide does not make a living by lures alone. He needs other stuff — reels, rods and line.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Hollow Who Dat Spoon three baits in one
The Who Dat chant at Saints games rings a little hollow this year, but for Capt. John Falterman Jr. and other Louisiana anglers throwing the Bomber Who Dat Spoon, they don’t mind a hollow Who Dat.[…]
Deer Hunting
Acorns held on longer during 2011-12 hunting season
If your plots grew tall last year because deer were busy eating acorns in the hardwoods, you’re not alone. Deer were difficult to hunt last season because they had so much hard mast in the woods to eat that they didn’t have to venture too far away from this secluded food source.[…]
Inshore Fishing
High-tech trolling motor a space-age anchor
John Falterman Jr. considers his Minn Kota i-Pilot trolling motor instrumental in his approach to saltwater fishing nowadays, and the feature that he has found most helpful is it’s Spot Lock system.[…]
Deer Hunting
Attract more deer by planting hard mast trees
I got hooked on planting food plots several years ago, but it didn’t take too long for me to figure out that I needed something more than green patches if I hoped to create a property that provided something more than just a spot to shoot deer.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Beat low tide ranges with bottlenecks and windblown banks
Low tidal ranges can be the death knell for saltwater anglers. Simply put, when the water’s not moving, the fish aren’t biting.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Looney’s Bayou Corne sac-a-lait tackle
Jim Looney is an artificial bait kind of guy. Except when he is targeting bream in the heat of the summer, live bait is never on his hook.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
The Sinkhole
Since mid-summer, Bayou Corne has received plenty of not-so-welcome publicity because of what the media has dubbed the “Bayou Corne Sinkhole.”[…]
Freshwater Fishing
An author too!
Besides being a fanatical angler, Jim Looney is the author of 12 fishing booklets focused on how to catch bass, bream and sac-a-lait in the Grand Bayou-Bayou Corne areas, as well as the Atchafalaya Basin. He also covers redfish and speckled trout in Pointe au Chien.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Learn It!
Like so much of Louisiana, the Bayou Corne/Grand Bayou area seems to be a maze of canals and bayous. All of them look almost the same, so “what does a poor girl do?”[…]
Deer Hunting
Sherburne complex season dates
While archery hunting began Oct. 1, there is still a lot of deer hunting remaing for this season.[…]
Deer Hunting
Sherburne WMA deer recover from 2011 flooding
In May 2011, historic flooding once again swamped the Atchafalaya Basin when the Morganza Spillway was opened.[…]