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Cover: February 2013
It’s time to brush the dust off the boat and catch some fish! Learn where and how to catch bass, speckled trout, crappie and more.[…]
February 2013
Bass Fishing
Dogged Determination — How to catch big Caddo Lake bass during the winter using Rat-L-Traps
Lipless crankbaits are not for the cowardly.
With all those exposed treble hooks, the faint-hearted have a hard time seeing past the snag waiting to happen.[…]
Bass Fishing
Confidence colors come through in the crunch
Fishing lure colors are a hotly contested conundrum. One angler swears by black-and-blue, while another won’t throw anything but watermelon red.[…]
Bass Fishing
Prespawn Patrol — Tips for bass fishing success during the prespawn
Pickles and ice cream, donuts with lots of sprinkles, Cheese Whiz and anything with chocolate — pregnancy cravings are a fact of life, for a soon-to-be mom eating for two (or more).
Expectant bass might not crave anything odd, but they’re all about packing their bellies for their forthcoming spawn. Learn where and how to locate these fish and you can, ahem, “expect” your own delivery of rod-bending fun.
First, consider the basics of where they’ll spawn. Creeks, coves, backwater canals. Pretty much any shallow habitat with good sunlight and some type of cover will do.[…]
Bass Fishing
Caddo guide adjusts to salvinia on a daily basis
The salvinia that has infested Caddo Lake has forced many bass anglers to adjust their approaches to fishing the lake.[…]
Bass Fishing
Make connection on prespawn bass
With any prespawn bait, Bassmaster Elite Series pro Greg Hackney said fluorocarbon is essential during cold spells.[…]
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Rip Dash Rocked — Spend time fishing with this local rock legend
Roughly 15 hours of every day of my childhood were spent fishing in Southwest Florida. In my late teens, I put aside the rod after picking up the guitar.[…]
Features
Cold on top — Catch winter specks on topwater baits
When others head to deep holes in Pointe-aux-Chene’s sulphur mine, Capt. Gordon Matherne heads to the shallows to catch topwater speckled trout.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Dularge camp provides rock muse
Rows of houses out in the water looked in every way like a regular, quaint neighborhood, except totally lacking in roads.[…]
Inshore Fishing
How to set the hook on a topwater bait
The trick to sinking the hooks on a topwater into a fish’s mouth isn’t the same as when fishing a jig. In other words, don’t jerk the snot out of it when a fish picks up the lure.[…]
Columns
How much are you worth?
Hunting and fishing are huge recreational factors for those of us who, by the grace of God, were born in Louisiana. It’s just engrained in our psyche. Bred into our very genes.[…]
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Connect the Dots — Deer scouting in February can lead to success next hunting season
My imagination would not allow me to complete connect-the-dot books.[…]
Cobia
Cobia: The curious fish
Cobia feed from the surface of the water down to the bottom, often over 100 feet deep. And they will eat almost anything.[…]
Deer Hunting
Target June for game camera monitoring of bucks
Digital game cameras have become essential gear for deer hunters. They are our eyes in the woods even when we can’t be there, and they show us scenes we could have only imagined before.[…]
Hunting
Millennium’s M150 Monster
Millennium Treestands recently unveiled their new M150 Monster HangOn Stand.[…]
Deer Hunting
Some hunters scout for deer during turkey season
Curtis Simpson specifically targets big bucks when he scouts during February, so he only looks for buck signs like rubs and scrapes.[…]