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	Wrecked! June 29, 2009 at 9:10 am It started with a casual greeting just before daylight recently when I bumped into Capt. Charlie Thomason at the dock of Blackie Campo’s Marina in Shell Beach. We were both standing in the live bait line, and eager to get under way.

	Cross Lake hot for February bass February 03, 2009 at 9:39 am This month, I’ll be fishing Cross Lake near Shreveport for two very good reasons.

	Autumn Oasis September 23, 2008 at 12:49 pm Forty miles to the east of New Orleans in upper St. Bernard Parish lies a vast 40,000-acre swath of marshland known technically as the Biloxi Wildlife Management Area. The locals call it either the Louisiana Marsh or the Biloxi Marsh, but whatever you call it, the fringe lakes and bays produce some great speckled trout and redfish action this month.

	Rebounding and Recovering August 22, 2007 at 12:27 pm Going on two years after Hurricane Katrina, fishing in the Amite and Tickfaw river basins is still in recovery mode — notwithstanding a countryside fish-restocking scheme set in motion by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries even while department personnel were heroically engaged in search-and-rescue missions in flood-stricken New Orleans.

	Cat Food May 22, 2007 at 3:36 pm Sometimes the best way to stay unnoticed is to go along quietly, minding your own business right in front of everybody.

	All Shook Up March 21, 2007 at 2:26 pm Whether you like fishing tournaments or not, you can’t argue that they are the proving grounds for all the latest and greatest tackle in your box. Fishing tournaments are also the testing grounds for new techniques and tactics that eventually sweep their way across the nation.

	Bank-Bound Stringers November 27, 2006 at 2:51 pm James Waldon loves to fish, but, alas, he doesn’t own a boat. Before you begin feeling sorry for Waldon, a 67-year-old retiree from Louisiana Tech who lives in Ruston, his dilemma is not the same as if he loved to hunt but didn’t own a firearm.

	Cross Examination June 20, 2006 at 3:06 pm EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the seventh installment in a 12-part series exploring the best bass-fishing areas in the Bayou State.

	Always Faithful March 31, 2006 at 3:00 pm St. Bernard’s Bayou Bienvenue has long provided access to a vast fishing area favored by many local anglers.

	Louisiana’s Mascot March 31, 2006 at 3:00 pm I’ve done a bit of snooping around the Louisiana High School Athletic Association records, and quite frankly, I’m a tad disappointed. Louisiana athletic programs have picked a wide array of mascots to represent their teams, but there is one that is sorely missing.

	Rigolets Right For Waiting Out Pontchartrain March 03, 2006 at 3:00 pm Captain Greg Schlumbrecht of To Fish Charters expects the HWY 11 and the Train Bridges across Lake Pontchartrain to explode with giant speckled trout just any day now. However, in the meantime, he’s catching enough specks and reds in the Rigolets to make his wait a little more tolerable.

	Formerly Known as Delacroix November 24, 2005 at 2:30 pm No one can deny it’s Larry Frey’s name on the deed. But he doesn’t own this land.