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Tower of Power
The prominent V wake was unmistakable, even from my camera boat positioned 50 feet from the anglers working a grass line.[…]
Statewide LA
Inshore Fishing
Upcoming Events
Mar. 3 — 21st annual Red Stick Day Fly Fishing Festival, LDWF Waddill Outdoors Center, 4141 North Flannery Road, Baton Rouge. Time: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Free admission.[…]
Inshore Fishing
High hopes up high
Now, despite the vision advantage, even tower fishing can see its valleys of boredom. Maybe it’s a hot summer day when the fish are holding in deeper, cooler water or hiding under rafts of matted vegetation in the marsh.[…]
General
Scosche: solBAT II
The solBAT II is a solar powered back up battery and charging device that works with almost any handheld USB powered device, including iPod, iPhone, MP3, Blackberry and cellphones.[…]
Bass Fishing
Great Expectations
On the morning of March 10, anglers with great expectations will launch on either side at Doiron’s Landing in Stephensville hoping to land a heavy enough bag of bass to make the top 20 cut to fish the second day of the Louisiana Sportsman Open Bass Championship presented by Skeeter and Yamaha.[…]
Fishing
Mercury Marine’s 150 FourStroke
Mercury Marine’s 150 FourStroke is the new top choice for offshore, inshore bay, flats, aluminum, bass, pontoon, runabout, RIBs and aluminum bass boats.[…]
Bass Fishing
Fish to win on the first day
Most tournaments that launch at Doiron’s Landing are one-day events in which anglers can pound on their fish as hard as necessary to stack up as large a limit of bass as they possibly can.[…]
General
Pure Hydration
Rocky Mountain Survival Gear is now distributing Pure Hydration water purification systems that use no chemicals, have no wait time and can be filled from any natural water source.[…]
Bass Fishing
Keep an eye on Simmesport and Krotz Springs gauges
Undoubtedly, lots of eyes will be on the Atchafalaya River gauge at Morgan City the days preceding the Louisiana Sportsman Open Bass Classic, but anglers Randy Rader and Jason Pittman say it’s might be a little more important to keep watch on the gauges north of Morgan City.[…]
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Early Trestle Trout
The best way to have a fishing hole all to yourself is to fish it when nobody else is there. If that makes me sound like Captain Obvious, so be it. Sometimes the best advice is the simplest advice.[…]
General
ARGO Amphibious 8×8 UTV
Whether putting up deer stands in flooded areas or bass fishing on a hidden pond, the ARGO 8×8 750 HDi is a reliable utility terrain vehicle that goes everywhere sportsmen want to go.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Wind helps beat neap tide
A neap tide is one that occurs when the difference between high and low tide is least. It comes twice a month in the first and third quarters of the moon.[…]
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Cover: March 2012
Matt Fontenot shows the reason he doesn’t mind waiting in line to fish Lacassine this month.[…]
General
Blade Light
Blade Light has six LEDs molded into its handle on either side of the knife blade to provide shadowless light when cutting.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Captain’s log book an important
March 7 of last year was Capt. Travis Miller’s first day of 2011 to fish the train trestle. When I asked him a few weeks ago what details he could recall about the trip, he told me that he was just then looking through his log book.[…]
Fishing
Battle Saddle
The Battle Saddle from Release Marine offers a way for anglers of all ages and experience levels to safely fight large gamefish.[…]