Featured
CCA STAR kicks off
The CCA Louisiana Statewide Tournament and Angler’s Rodeo begins on May 23 and includes the waters along the Mississippi Coast. […]
Year: 2015
Happy Trails
We’ve come a long way
The 2015 spring turkey season was, as of this writing, a total bust for me, as I have been neck-deep in the moving process to a new house that the wife and I have been building and dealing with for some months now. […]
Bass Fishing
How to make the most of the shad spawn
When working docks, Bassmaster Elite Series pro Mark Davis said it’s important to cover all the angles — down both sides of the walkway, across the face and tracing the T ends. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Be sure minnows are alive and kicking
While minnows are not that expensive in the overall cost of fishing trips, the last thing an angler needs is to arrive at his favorite crappie hole and find half if not all of his “shiners” in his bucket have died. […]
Catfish
Make your own ‘natural’ bait
Most catfish, buffalo and carp fishermen have used packaged dough balls bought from local bait shops, but, after spending a lot of money, they’ve learned to make these fish tasty treats on their own. Here is a simple recipe to cook your own homemade dough ball baits. […]
Recipes
Fried catfish, Gunny style
Kenneth “Gunny” Lennington is a retired Marine Gunnery Sargent who worked in Jackson and lives in Richland, and cooks some of the best catfish you’ll ever taste. You may find more elaborate recipes, but don’t let the ease of Gunny’s catfish fool you. […]
Bass Fishing
Keep that A-rig under control in storage
Jerry Thompson of Living the Dream Guide Service uses empty jugs to keep his rigs from getting tangled up in the rod box. […]
Bass Fishing
A-rigs produce numbers during shad spawn
Double-digit Toledo Bend bass are turning up seemingly every day — and on some days, several fish weighing more than 10 pounds are registered at Toledo Town and Tackle in Many. […]
Crappie/Bream
Top bream-fishing tackle
Charles Johnson grew up as a country boy fishing bream. He cut his own cane poles from creek cane (bamboo that had escaped from cultivation).
For bait, he dug earthworms or caught black crickets. […]
Freshwater Fishing
How to build a redneck ice machine
When Charles Johnson said, “Let’s go fishing,” his first stop was in his barn to get ice.
He sauntered up to a small home chest freezer with a couple of wires and a hose sticking out of the top and voila — I beheld what he dubbed his “redneck ice machine.” […]
Freshwater Fishing
A primer on worms
To an artificial lure-only snob, an earthworm is an earthworm. Not to knowledgeable freshwater live-bait anglers, though.
To them, earthworms come in three flavors. […]
Featured
May means bream
May is a big month for bream fishing, with a peak of bedding activity for the popular bluegill. The state’s thousands of stock ponds and lakes, its river oxbows, public lakes and even its streams are all great places to toss crickets under bobbers and catch a mess of fish. […]