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The Fat Boy
Paul Brown’s Fat Boys are still kicking, slowly twitching underwater, tantalizing and catching saltwater fish after the proven soft plastic was bought in the late 2000s.[…]
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Inshore Fishing
Cooler temps push speckled trout into deeper water
With this week’s cold snap and water temperatures in the mid- to upper-50s, Capt. Mike Gallo has been successful fishing in deeper water with little current.[…]
Events & Announcements
Louisiana Sportsman Big Buck Contest set
Plans are already in the works for the 2014 edition of the Louisiana Sportsman Big Buck Contest, which is slated for March 13-16 at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales.[…]
Coastal Projects
Nonprofits important cog in coastal restoration
They arrived by barge to Raccoon Island, just south of Cocodrie, tall white sacks weighing in 2,000 pounds filled with what many of us might otherwise mistake for sandbags.[…]
Coastal Projects
Nonprofits take different approaches to education
While most of Louisiana’s coastal nonprofits get involved with beach cleanups, plantings and the like, nearly all of them dedicate at least part of their mission to education.[…]
Deer Hunting
Brand new Sportsman TV tonight at 6 on CST: Picking the Right One
Watch Cox Sports Television tonight at 6:00 as Sportsman TV host Greg Hackney and crew take a trip to his camp in northwest Mississippi in search of trophy deer.[…]
Deer of the Year
Grisham doubles down on big Bossier bucks
Hollis Grisham is a 25-year-old respiratory therapist working at Willis Knighton Hospital in Shreveport, but even he might have needed help catching his breath when a big 10-point buck he’d never seen stepped out of the woods in Bossier Parish last weekend.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Baton Rouge’s Bayard wins IFA Kayak Tour Angler of the Year Award
Brendan Bayard won the 2013 Overall Angler of the Year Award for the Inshore Fishing Association Kayak Tour presented by Hobie Fishing.[…]
Events & Announcements
Current LDWF law enforcement training facility to receive $2 million upgrade
The training site for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ enforcement division will be upgraded with a $2 million multi-purpose facility, according to a press release.[…]
Deer of the Year
Time expires on big Acadia Parish 10-pointer nicknamed ‘7 O’clock’
Tony Joseph had seen the big buck he nicknamed 7 O’clock three times on the Acadia Parish property where he hunted, but the elusive deer never gave the bowhunter a clean shot.[…]
Columns
Habitat work — Is it worth it?
The first shots of the 2013 season were fired on Sept. 7 when the dove season opened, but my efforts to make some dove sites for us to hunt proved fruitless.[…]
Deer of the Year
80-acre tract in Sabine Parish yields 12-pointer
Zwolle’s Keith Brown leases a small 80-acre tract in Sabine Parish in a hardwood bottom surrounded by a 1,700-acre pine plantation. While deer utilize the pines for seclusion, they venture into the hardwoods late in the day to feed. […]
Deer of the Year
Youngsville hunter’s first-ever deer is a big 191-pound 9-pointer
This year, 31-year-old Joseph Bourque decided to get a little more serious about his deer hunting.[…]
Hunting
ATV/ROV safety is key as hunting seasons ramp up across the state
With both duck and deer seasons in full swing now, many hunters, along with their children and grandchildren, will be taking four-wheelers and recreational off-highway vehicles (ROVs) to deer stands, camps and duck blinds across the state.[…]
News Breaker
Herbicide applied on Sherburne WMA to improve waterfowl habitat and hunter access
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries recently treated more than 700 acres of undesirable wetland vegetation on Sherburne Wildlife Management Area that will improve waterfowl habitat and hunter access, according to a press release.[…]
News Breaker
Many coastal zone duck hunters enjoy solid opening weekend
Despite a low duck count in last week’s annual aerial waterfowl survey, hunters across Louisiana’s coastal zone enjoyed a pretty solid opening weekend.[…]