Inshore Fishing
History of Chenier au Tigre
One report has Chenier au Tigre being named because of a large cougar killed there many years ago.[…]
October 2016
Inshore Fishing
Best bets for October specks
Capt. John Pounders said October also is a great month to target specks in Lafitte — but it can also be a tricky time.[…]
Other Hunting
Top squirrel-hunting tactics
Consistently killing limits of squirrels is no accident, and avid hunter Joe Speyrer puts in a lot of work to ensure he and his sons don’t come home empty handed.[…]
Other Hunting
Taxonomy of Louisiana’s squirrels
There is perhaps no greater source of discussion concerning Louisiana squirrels than identification of species and subspecies ,and their respective color phases.[…]
Bass Fishing
Tips for jerkbait tinkering
Winter through early spring finds jerkbait anglers fine-tuning their lures for perfect suspension or varying sink rates because everything’s moving much slower and fish often hold at a specific depth, with little interest in chasing even a vulnerable bait.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Bowfishing ‘black eye’ undeserved, bowfishermen say
After the hunt, while floating quietly in the black night and enjoying a soda, I found out why David Lastrapes asked me before the hunt what I expected.[…]
Deer Hunting
Smith’s deer-hunting mentor
In addition to his family, Brad Smith was blessed with a mentor who taught him something about deer hunting more important than any trophy deer. […]
Bass Fishing
Handmade small-profile spinnerbait moves smoothly through grass
A small profile makes a big difference in Southwest Louisiana, where Clint Ward of Lake Charles makes a spinnerbait from scratch to satisfy the needs of both anglers and bass.[…]
Columns
Champion trees and trophy bucks
Records are kept these days of just about everything. As we saw during the 2016 Summer Olympics the old adage “records are made to be broken” is still true.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Backup, backup, backup
There is hardly a week that goes by that I don’t get asked what can be done to recover lost waypoints, tracks and or routes from a crashed or broken GPS unit or to enter waypoint data into a newer of different brand unit.[…]
Columns
Creature of the Marsh Lagoon
With Halloween coming up, I’ve been looking for a costume resembling one of my favorite science fiction characters: the Gill Man.[…]
Columns
This kind of hind is speckled
Offshore bottom fishermen love groupers, mostly because they are so good to eat.[…]
Contents
Cover: October 2016
The long wait is finally over and it’s time to hit the woods. Learn everything you need to know to put a deer on the ground.[…]
Contents
Close encounters — How to deer hunt with a longbow
A stick and a string — the only things standing between a traditional archery hunter and harvesting a whitetail.[…]
Hunting
Tree Stand Buddy
Tree Stand Buddy is a solid metal bracket and receiver system. The stand bracket attaches to virtually any single- or double-post lock-on stand and includes a hoisting loop that allows you to lift your stand into hanging position while you’re still on the ground.[…]
Deer Hunting
Tink’s Power Scrape
The Tink’s Power Scrape All Season Kit includes the Power Scrape Starter, a Scrape Bomb and the Power Scrape Finisher.[…]