There’s nothing better than the smell of fresh catch sizzling on the grill after a long day on the water. But not all fishermen or alligator hunters like to cook their own catch and sometimes they don’t know what to do with their catch after a fishing or alligator hunting trip. So, why not leave it to the professionals?
BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Wildlife Federation (LWF) is calling upon residents and businesses throughout the state to join others in turning off bright or excess lighting from 11 p.m. until 6 a.m. each day until Nov. 15 to help protect the billions of migratory birds that fly through Louisiana at night during this period.
“ Hot enough for you?” That’s something we are hearing a lot these days as our temperatures have been consistently in triple digits. I suppose you can just forget about fishing when temperatures are baking our brains, right?
As long as I’ve been a hunter, I have hunted on areas that have special names. The “ Cocklebur” stand? It’s located in the middle of a patch of – you guessed it – cockleburs.
When I listened to the weatherman on the news last night, I know my brow must have furrowed a bit. No, he wasn’t talking more thunderstorms; something else was about to take place.
Although the sun had not yet appeared over the horizon, the air was already warm and sticky, typical of the onset of another hot July day in Louisiana just like what we woke up to this morning. This would have been a good day to work on articles in my air conditioned office but fishing guide and friend Eddie Halbrook’s call the night before had a sense of urgency about it.
The weather has started to heat up here in the middle of July and for any bass fisherman, he knows that some of the day’s most exciting and often best action occurs at the break of day.
When Kay and I were dating, a snake may have figured into her decision to marry me. She and daughter, Melissa, were visiting me in my mobile home when she looked out the window and there was a big snake in the yard.