Bass Fishing
Instigator Lures spinnerbait
A growing number of bass fishermen in and around the Atchafalaya Basin are tuning into a spinnerbait that hums through the water much the same way a piano makes its melodic music.[…]
January 2012
Deer Hunting
Permanent Plots
In my lifetime, I have only known the Delta to be an expanse of rowed-up dirt that is planted annually with various crops that feed and clothe the world. Deltans can look across a field that continues for miles with no apparent end.[…]
Inshore Fishing
The Gold Mine
If you fish the famed Sulfur Mine in Galliano, you likely won’t find any gold, but you will find lots of silver and bronze. This old industrial mine site is a perfect place to take your kayak for limits of wintertime specks and reds.[…]
Bass Fishing
Instigator Lures spinnerbait
A growing number of bass fishermen in and around the Atchafalaya Basin are tuning into a spinnerbait that hums through the water much the same way a piano makes its melodic music.[…]
Hunting
Lightfield Hybred Mag-20
The unique red hull Lightfield Hybred Mag-20 has industry leading ballistics and employs technology that make it the ultimate 20 gauge slug on the market.[…]
General
Cannon Scout Series
With solid fire protection and a wide variety of features, a Cannon Scout Series safe is a good investment in securing your valuables.[…]
Contents
Red Storm
It is your classic good-news/bad-news tale. The good news is there are more red snapper around the oil rigs in the northern Gulf of Mexico today than ever before, and they are much bigger than they have ever been.[…]
Hunting
EPIC HD 1080
The EPIC 1080 Adventure Camera has the ability to record in stunning 1920×1080 High Definition, capturing all the action of the hunt with sharp, high-resolution video and crisp, clear audio.[…]
Columns
Do we have a tiger by the tail?
Louisiana is a shrimp-crazy state. Until being battered by cheaper imports, shrimp fisheries were the backbone of the economies of many coastal communities. The value of the fishery dwarfed the others.[…]
Columns
One gun theory
An old chestnut states “Beware the man with one gun.”[…]
Bass Fishing
Crankbait Campaign Trail
This one leans to the left; that one goes far right. Here’s one that keeps a centrist course.[…]
Bass Fishing
Don’t lose your cool — or your lure
About the only thing on a lake’s bottom that never gets tired of biting is the bottom itself. Particularly with moving “reaction” lures like crankbaits, snags are practically an assumption.[…]
Contents
Permanent Plots
In my lifetime, I have only known the Delta to be an expanse of rowed-up dirt that is planted annually with various crops that feed and clothe the world. Deltans can look across a field that continues for miles with no apparent end.[…]
Contents
Cover: January 2012
Lincoln Parish deer measures 161 7/8 inches Boone & Crockett.[…]
Contents
Hunting with Your Mouth Full
With the exception of what comes from wildlife and wild fisheries, almost everything the Earth’s peoples eat and wear comes from agriculture. The United States is truly a land of plenty, where real hunger isn’t felt. Hunters, like other Americans, have full mouths and bellies.[…]
Bass Fishing
Wind and tide two main variables
One of the most important considerations for heading to fish the Caernarvon area is just how quickly conditions can change.[…]