Field Notes
What you need to kill a turkey
Make sure you check these turkey hunting items off your list before heading to the woods this hunting season.[…]
Statewide LA
Inshore Fishing
Gulfport angler lands 10 ½-pound speckled trout in Mississippi waters
Five ounces. Five measly ounces.
That’s all that stood between Gulfport’s Alex Smith and Mississippi’s new state record speckled trout last weekend.[…]
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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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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.[…]
Fishing
SPRO BBZ-1 Rat
The SPRO BBZ-1 Rat is the newest addition to the SPRO BBZ family of baits. SPRO staffers wanted to build the most lifelike imitation of a swimming rat on the fishing market today.[…]
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.[…]
Fishing
The BOB-LIGHT
The Bob-Light Nighttime Fishing Bobber from K&S Outdoors is the world’s first illuminating bobber/cork that draws fish in by shining light downward into the water up to 20 feet.[…]
Columns
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. […]
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.[…]
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.[…]
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.[…]
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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Cover: April 2015
Winter has finally broken, the water is warming up fast and bream are gorging themselves.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bass by the spoonful — How and when to fish with a spoon
There lurks in every bass angler’s subconscious this question: If you could have only one lure, what would it be?[…]
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Cracking the code — Expert tips for catching chinquapin
It’s a well-founded piscatorial propensity: Tell someone you’re heading off for a panfish mission and you’ll typically hear some bluegill-related reply.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF cites 11 for alleged turkey violations on opening weekend
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited 11 people for alleged turkey-hunting violations during opening weekend of the 2015 season.[…]