Snapper
How to catch big red snapper
Red snapper season arrives this month, and with a two-fish limit, everyone wants to know how to catch the big ones. […]
Columns
Bobby C's Outdoors
States gaining on feds in snapper battle
Reading between the lines of the crazy red snapper saga playing out in the Gulf of Mexico, in state and federal agency offices and, now, in court rooms, one aspect appears obvious. […]
Bass Fishing
Summertime bass care
It’s June and the waters where our sport fish live have warmed into the 80s. Although temperatures a little above 80 degrees approximate the preferred temperatures for bass, anglers intending to keep fish alive in livewells need to understand that these fish not only have to be given good conditions to survive confinement, but they also have to recover from the stress of capture — primarily the oxygen debt that results from playing the fish until it can be landed. […]
As Big As they Grow
The show must go on
Are you like me — fed up with the wet, windy, cold weather we’ve had the last few months? Don’t know about you, but it has made my fishing life miserable this season. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Chute ’em crappie
Micro fishery habitats can produce some mighty good fishing. Seasoned crappie anglers know what I mean. They typically return to the same “honey holes” every year, making a sound bet they are going to produce again and again year after year. […]
Bass Fishing
Stanley Top Toad
A leading artificial lure manufacturer’s newest pride and joy jumped like a real frog to the forefront of bass fishing circles in and around Louisiana very quickly in early 2013. […]
General
Shotgunning fun
An attorney friend who knows a little more about guns than I do about the dark side of the moon — but not much more — was wandering around a regional gun show, looking for I’m not sure what.
I think he had been caught up in all the furor and hype and just figured he needed another gun to go with his one revolver. […]
Bobby C's Outdoors
Non-lethal shocking boats important management tool
My first experience with an electro-fishing boat was over 25 years ago, and the memory of that day still haunts me. […]
Fishing
You dropped WHAT overboard?
Shortly after handheld GPS units became small enough to fit in a pocket, I remember a fellow outdoor writer lamenting about losing his. He somehow dropped it as he stepped from a boat to a dock over water 30 feet deep. […]
Bobby C's Outdoors
Shocking: Redear still bedding in May
Effects of this wacky spring weather continue to confound Mississippi fishermen, and this latest one may be the weirdest yet. […]
Deer Hunting
Lessons learned
As this article goes to press, the 2012-13 deer season is about three months in the rear view mirror. As they say, “It is time to re-load and re-mount.” […]
Bass Fishing
Big bass potential at Lake Okhissa
Lake Okhissa near Bude is my pick for catching bass during May. Okhissa is a relatively new 1,000-acre lake that’s producing big bass in May, since the bass are coming off the spawn and are feeding heavily and aggressively. […]