Inshore Fishing
Vudu Shrimp
Can an artificial lure — a soft plastic — outfish a natural creature? That day has arrived and it’s like magic, hence lure’s name, thanks to Ken Chaumont of Lacassine. […]
June 2013
Hunting
The building of ‘Beulah Belle’
In the late ’40s and ’50s, the United States was undergoing a boom economy, recovering from restricted materiel supplies that resulted from World War II. […]
General
Keeping it clean
LCD screen brightness, contrast and resolution improve with every new generation of marine electronics. Higher pixel counts, new sonar technologies, more-vibrant colors and improved visibility under adverse light conditions let us see tiny sonar and chart details that would have been invisible a decade ago without zooming to enlarge the screen picture. […]
Deer Hunting
It just didn’t seem right
A couple of years ago one frosty clear morning in early January 2011, as the whitetail rut was rapidly drawing to a close, I still had not closed the deal on a particular 6 ½-year-old buck that had been on our hit list for the better part of two seasons. […]
Catfish
Waking up Pickwick’s flathead catish
Since the few anglers who do target catfish on Pickwick are most interested in trophy blues or eating-sized channels, the sleeper within a sleeper species is flathead catfish. […]
Freshwater Fishing
B’n’M Poles unveils new catfish rods
Widely known as a leader in the crappie- and panfish-fishing rod industry, West Point-based B’n’M Poles unveiled a new line of exclusive cat fishing rods earlier this year. […]
Freshwater Fishing
How to snell a hook
Fishing for trophy blue and flathead catfish around structure is tough on your terminal tackle. Break-offs are pretty frequent, requiring anglers to retie leaders and hooks. […]
Inshore Fishing
Chandeleur Island lighthouses that once were
History buffs might be interested to know that three lighthouses once stood on Chandeleur Island, and prior to 1915 there was farming on the island and a fishing settlement. […]
Inshore Fishing
When to go to the Chandeleur Islands
The best time to fish the Chandeleurs depends on who you ask.
Capt. Bobby Lewis said he prefers April through May and September through October. […]
Bass Fishing
Cooking striped and hybrid bass
One reason why stripers and hybrids have been slow to catch on with more fishermen is that people consider them poor table fare. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Best techniques for stripers and hybrid bass
There are two ways to catch stripers and hybrid bass. Here are the basics. […]
Bass Fishing
Steve Grace’s top Columbia Lake tips, techniques
Vegetation is the key to success on this lake, Steve Grace said. […]