A Louisiana bass fishing pro getting ready for his fifth season on the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament trail said there’s no question about one of the artificial lures he’ll nearly always be throwing when the bass and the money are on the line in 2014. […]
If you’ve ever traveled Interstate 55 south to New Orleans, you have passed over that exotic, and almost mystical area between two of Louisiana’s major lakes — Lake Maurepas, and Lake Pontchartrain. […]
Classic bass-fishing destinations like Toledo Bend Reservoir and Lake Sam Rayburn had a lot more standing timber in them back in the 1970s. In fact, once you got above their lower basins the only way to get around was to follow the many boat lanes cut through the trees. […]
As regular readers of “Happy Trails” have come to know, I am a trail/scouting camera fanatic, and use the data I derive each season from my web of cameras to tell me when and where deer, and bucks in particular, move on my personal hunting property. […]
Typical: Score 80.64, Amp Frith, Smith County, April 8, 2005. […]
* There are usually 50/50 hen/jake poults in the hatch. […]
Just how big was the giant blue catfish that John Summers caught and released in the Mississippi River in 2007?
“So big,” Summers said, “that it couldn’t be replicated.” […]
When Capt. Travis Paige fishes Mississippi’s Gulf Coast for trout he has three go-to lures: a MirrOlure Provoker, a Paul Brown Corky and a MirrOlure TTR. […]
Bogue Homa is a relatively-shallow lake that grasses up quickly, making getting a lure through to bass difficult later in the year. But that’s not a problem this month. […]
Under the Gulf of Mexico Headboat Cooperative exempted fishing permit, 18 headboats started fishing for American red snapper on Jan. 1 and can fish through the end of snapper season on July 11. […]
Can you believe it? It’s 2014 — ready or not. We’re right smack-dab in the middle of a January cold front as I write February’s column. Baby, it’s cold outside! […]
Shimano’s Chronarch CI4+ baitcasting reels feature Shimano’s new SVS Infinity brake system, which controls spool speed for precision casting. An external adjustment knob also provides for quick, precise adjustments for either the conditions or when you switch baits. […]
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