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Tips for boating speckled trout May 15 at 7:00 am Capt. Anthony Randazzo subduing a hooked trout is all a matter of technique. |
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Proper fishing tackling for speckled trout May 15 at 7:00 am Capt. Anthony Randazzo fishes most of his trout artificials on a 7-foot, 2-inch medium Shimano Crucial graphite rod with an extra-fast tip. |
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Louisiana Top Ten Speckled Trout (to July, 2012) May 15 at 7:00 am *Source: Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association |
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Empire fishing options abound when winds are light or out of the east May 15 at 7:00 am During two of the last three fishing seasons, the Empire area has been the launch pad for a delightful little trip to hell. |
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No boat? No problem at Grand Isle May 15 at 7:00 am Chris Macaluso is a very good speckled-trout fisherman, but that probably wouldn’t be the case if his dad hadn’t toted him along to Grand Isle during at least one summer weekend a year. |
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Don’t mess yourself up when fishing points May 15 at 7:00 am Capt. Danny Wray would probably close up shop and become a golfer if all the points on the backside of Grand Isle were to suddenly disappear. |
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Don’t ignore Grand Isle’s beach when conditions are nice May 15 at 7:00 am When nature loses her puff down around Grand Isle during late April and early May, Capt. Vernon Ledoux knows that the big trout come out to play. |
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Houma Nation still going strong May 15 at 7:00 am Capt. Chad Billiot is a member of the United Houma Nation, a Native American tribe that counts more than 10,000 Americans among its members, according to the most-recent census. |
| Reader offers advice May 15 at 7:00 am Dear Capt. Paul: I recently wrote to you about the data card on my Garmin 182c not reading, and you posted the article in the April Louisiana Sportsman magazine. I am writing today to give you the results. |
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Tippets May 15 at 7:00 am Speckled trout action should be gangbusters this month after a colder than normal spring. There was plenty of clear water in April and that favors topwater action. Perch-float poppers or Bob’s Bangers in green/white or chartreuse, foil pencil poppers in gold or silver, or Skipping Bugs in red/white worked great this month last year. |
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Goggle-eyes May 15 at 7:00 am This large species of bream is properly called a “warmouth.” Its large mouth —larger than any other species of bream — and its more-elongated body shape have led some people (who should know better) to believe that they are hybrids between bluegills and bass. |
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Slick Perch/Slicks May 15 at 7:00 am This species, with the book name of “green sunfish,” is one of the most interesting of Louisiana’s bream species. |
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