For most people, winning the lottery conjures up images of carefree days enjoying turquoise waters, waves crashing on the beach and an endless supply of piña coladas delivered by your attentive server.[…]
September is finally here. It still feels like summer outside — and, man, has it been hot and humid over the last couple of months.[…]
Long before the “World Series Trout Run” takes place in October, another tasty species usually kicks off fall fishing fever for Lake Pontchartrain anglers.[…]
Sometime this month, in reservoirs across the Southeast, largemouth bass will make a major move from the deep places where they’ve spent the summer out on the main body of many lakes back into the tributary creeks.[…]
Capt. Andy Jones loves to chase trout and redfish like the rest of us, but in the heat of the summer he targets bigger, toothier critters that swim in Lake Pontchartrain.[…]
Everyone knows how to fish with live shrimp, right?
Well, I’ve always taken that for granted, so when a neighbor told me about a recent trip to Grand Isle during which he killed every one of the 25-cent shrimp he had purchased I couldn’t help but laugh.[…]
The recreational amberjack season in the Gulf of Mexico is scheduled to close at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 28, when landings data indicate the 1.13 million pound annual catch target will be harvested.[…]
From the top of Louisiana to the bottom we went in search of largemouth bass. […]
If you love catching redfish, but aren’t that familiar with the waters around Grand Isle, now is the time to head down Highway 1 and make a trip anyway.[…]
The race was on in the Palmetto State to see who would be the first to down an elusive 3 ½-year-old piebald buck, and Jeff Kirkley was the very first hunter to make it to the finishing line on opening day.[…]
A $1.6 million fine — the largest for a wildlife crime in U.S. history — was ordered in an Ohio whitetail deer trafficking case, according to media reports.[…]
You see it all the time on fishing trips: Someone catches a fish that might or might not be long enough to keep, and the angler flops it down on an ice chest for a quick measurement on the built-in ruler.[…]
Lots and lots of people go on fishing trips, but very few people ever get the opportunity to go on trips earned by fishing.[…]
One thing that made the Lewis and Clark expedition successful was knowing what to carry and when to carry it.[…]
If you’re like many anglers, you have scads of hooks for different types of fishing because our finny targets have variable-size mouths.[…]
If your favorite hunting jacket has a busted zipper, or your lucky camo shirt got ripped last season, you can get it repaired free of charge and be ready to go for opening day.[…]