By Nathan Coker
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Apr 1st, 2024
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article by Dan Chason When Caney Creek Lake or “Caney” as referred by locals was formed in 1985, this 5000-acre impoundment had one goal: Create a trophy bass lake in the heart of Jackson Parish. I can remember when it opened and for years it was not uncommon for a line of trailered boats and [&hel...
By Nathan Coker
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Feb 29th, 2024
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article by Dan Chason There is a lot of misinformation, particularly on the internet concerning Concealed Carry in Louisiana. With that there is even more misnomers concerning what, when, where and how you can be a legally armed citizen and exercise your rights to possess a firearm. As a concealed ...
By Nathan Coker
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Jan 31st, 2024
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article by Dan Chason My two least favorite months are February and August. Okay, I said it. I used to love the month of February as it meant pre-spawn bass fishing and deep water crappie fishing, squirrel and rabbit hunting and of course the age old tradition of breaking down deer stands, cameras a...
By Nathan Coker
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Jan 2nd, 2024
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article by Dan Chason I am fortunate to have some very remarkable men that I call my friends. Some I’ve known longer than others but I will say that few men have influenced me more than Scott Self. Scott is a big man, standing 6’6”. He is quite daunting in his physique, but the outside […]...
By Nathan Coker
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Dec 1st, 2023
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article by DAN CHASON ‘Tis the season for giving and there are no exceptions when it comes to December and the holidays. This point was re-emphasized by my friend Bill Petrus recently where he held a fundraiser for a young man who was involved in a construction accident. The man has...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Outdoors
Sep 29th, 2023
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article by Dan Chason Last month, I opened up about my experiences in the 90’s and early 2000’s in the land of tournament fishing. This really came home to me when I tried to watch the smallmouth shootout with the BASS Elite Series on Lake St. Clair and Lake Champlain over the last month. ...
By Nathan Coker
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Sep 1st, 2023
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article by DAN CHASON I remember the first LCG (Liquid Chrystal Graph) that I ever saw. I was a young, aggressive angler who cut my teeth on the massive waters in East Texas named Sam Rayburn and Toledo Bend. Back then, my rig consisted of a 18 1/2-foot Skeeter boat with a 150 GT Johnson....
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Outdoors
Jul 31st, 2023
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article by Dan Chason One of the most reliable fish to chase in the heat of summer is a striped bass. In North Louisiana you will hear striped bass referred to by many names: striper, white bass, bar fish, hybrids and my favorite; the wiper. Let me walk you through what is what. A s...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Outdoors
Jun 30th, 2023
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article by Dan Chasonphotographs courtesy of Bill Petrus Of all the game fish pursued across the country one of the most common caught species is the catfish. There are many strains of this fish found in our area with the most common being the channel cat, blue cat, yellow or mud cat and the Ap...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Outdoors
May 31st, 2023
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article by Dan Chason If there is one guy on this planet that I’ve grown to know as a true turkey predator, it would be my son Andy Chason. If you follow my career in the outdoors, you will know that my one and only son started filming our show “Dan Chason Outdoors” at the […]...
