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Cover: April 2015
Winter has finally broken, the water is warming up fast and bream are gorging themselves.[…]
April 2015
Fishing
AQUA LIFE Aerators
Instead of dumping those unused pogies, minnows or shrimp, why not bring them home and transform your cooler into a 5-star bait resort by plugging in the Frabill Aqua Life Single or Dual Output 110V Aerator.[…]
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Stacking up the state fish — Sac-a-lait fishing tips for Chicot Lake
In 1993, the Louisiana Legislature designated the “white perch” as the state’s official freshwater fish.[…]
Fishing
BB Kicker
Big Bite Baits is introducing the BB Kicker to its successful lineup of swimbaits. The BB Kicker’s high action paddle tail has a lifelike appearance and a kicking swimming action even at the slowest of retrieve speeds.[…]
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A more perfect union — How a Union Parish team hunts turkeys
When people get married, their love forms a “perfect union.” It’s like our founding fathers planned for America, as in a more “perfect union” in the Preamble to our Constitution.[…]
General
Honda lawn mowers
The Honda HRXVKA and HRXVYA lawn mowers feature the all new Honda Select Drive. You can select your desired speed range and engage the Select Drive control handle to match your mowing stride, then the control handle becomes an integrated part of the lawn mower handle bar for maximum comfort.[…]
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Butte La Rose bailout — Kayak fishing tips for the Atchafalaya Basin
Here it is — April. Your freezer is empty and you are hankering for fish. Your favorite fishing hole, the fabulous Atchafalaya Basin is overwhelmed with muddy, flood-stage river water.[…]
NEW PRODUCTS
JEBS Chokes
The JEBS Headhunter Turkey Choke Tube is for everyone from the serious turkey hunter to the beginning novice. This tube has a patented interior bore design which allows for better shot and wad cup separation, thus making patterns smaller and denser on your intended target.[…]
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Cigars and courtbouillon — Best bets for spring school trout and redfish
The crawfish heads were piling up, the keg was foaming and Artie was in the spotlight. Happens every time.[…]
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Finding the fuzz — A little-known crappie-fishing tactic
It didn’t take long for Ty Hibbs to stop paying attention to me. Our conversation came to an abrupt stop as soon as we left the ramp.[…]
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Small-boat Cocodrie — How to catch trout without a big boat
Summertime speckled trout fishing in lower Terrebonne parish has long been lauded as some of the most-consistent action in terms of sheer numbers of fish.
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Full to the bream — Best tactics for Atchafalaya Basin panfish
“Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation,” according to Lois Wyse.[…]
Columns
It’s time for ethanol to go
Every now and then, amidst the partisan screaming and yelling on Capitol Hill, a piece of legislation appears that makes perfect sense.[…]
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Tagging out — Everything you need to need to kill a turkey
If a survey was taken of all deer hunters in Louisiana and their method for hunting deer, I suspect the most-common way is to sit in a permanent box stand waiting for a deer to walk out into a food plot or visit the corn feeder.[…]
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Looking for the big sting
Stingrays are some of the very few truly venomous animals in Louisiana waters. I say “some” rather than “one” because four species of rays with spines on top of their tails occur off of and in Louisiana. […]
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Mangrove massacre — Expert tips for mangrove snapper fishing
Mangrove snapper are known for being hook shy, but this guide has the fish all figured out. So load up the boat, head to the rigs and follow his advice.[…]