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Cover: September 2004
What would fall be without our annual WMA Forecast?[…]
Month: September 2004
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Welcome Mats
Flounder take a decidedly noticeable third seat in Louisiana’s inshore fishing preference.[…]
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Sunup to Sundown
Southwest Louisiana has a special place in my fishing heart. There, on the border estuary of Sabine Lake, guide Chuck Uzzle introduced me to a large harem of speckled trout some six years ago. It was the biggest stringer of gorilla trout I have ever caught — nine fish over 28 inches were released that day.[…]
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Many fisheries improve with diversions
One of the most important tools in the wetland restoration toolbox is river diversions. However, there seems to be a lot of misinformation and misunderstandings about the role and impacts of river diversions as a restoration tool.[…]
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Mercury Matters
It wasn’t what any sane hunter would call a cool morning, with daybreak temperatures hovering about 72.[…]
Fishing
Trolling motors starting to do it all
The best place for your front fish finder’s transducer is on the bottom of your bow-mounted trolling motor’s lower unit. Until recently, this meant clamping a transducer to the motor and routing its cable up the outside of the motor’s shaft.[…]
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Lovey Dovey
Louisiana will really be a “Sportsman’s Paradise” for those outdoorsmen who enjoy the challenge of wing shooting for speedy gray bullets that buzz grain fields in the fall.[…]
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Getting Crabby
Rather than surrendering to the poor fishing conditions, try taking a few electronic-gizmo-jaded kids to an old bridge or dock for some old-fashioned excitement that may entertain even the most weathered fisherman.[…]
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Big fish, record-setters lurk together
On a recent trip with Capt. Scott Avanzino out of Venice, Frank Genusa Jr. felt he had a good shot at setting a state record on dolphin.[…]
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Flat Out Easy Fishing
Three notes into the hail call, and they turned. They did a little jig in fact, wagging their wings frantically for a second, then dipping. Looked almost like they’d hit an invisible net.[…]
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Fish on the Fringe
Blame it on the river.
Summer trout fishing, the passion of thousands of Southeast Louisiana anglers, has been inconsistent. And maybe inconsistent is too nice a word.[…]
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With autumn comes more outdoor options
Here in Sportsman’s Paradise, we are not without outdoor options during any season of the year. Before an outing, the average outdoorsman has to decide what type of species he’ll fish and where he’ll launch to do it.[…]
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Changing Gear
Well if you fish anywhere, you are constantly dealing with change. The weather, tides, water clarity, etc., can all change without a moment’s notice.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Sandy Point heats up in September
Dear Capt. Paul:
I would like to learn to fish the Sandy Point area. Do you have the GPS coordinates for Sandy Point? Any coordinates would be appreciated.[…]
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2004 Duck Forecast
As owner of Mallard Retreat, James Warrington has the option of hunting any of his five lodges from Jonesville, La., to northern Alberta, Canada, including Stuttgart, Ark., southern Alberta and North Dakota.[…]
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2004-2005 WMA Forecast
As days off and vacations were being planned for hunting in 2004-05, state wildlife biologists liked what they saw on public hunting acreage in their respective districts.[…]