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Plan B
You only turn 26 once.
That line of reasoning was enough incentive for Leslie Owens to plan a blowout birthday bash.[…]
Year: 2005
Fishing
Microfiber cloth works wonders
Spotting fine details on your fish finder, GPS chart plotter or radar calls for the best screen visibility possible.[…]
Columns
XXD: All it’s quacked up to be?
If you’re a duck, there are three places you want to avoid: 1) a Chinese restaurant, 2) the wrong church in Ponchatoula, and 3) my neighborhood pond when I’m out casting.
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Bass Fishing
Healthy Margins
The three of them were able to keep their little secret for a week or so. Eventually, though, word leaked out, and the trio found themselves with plenty of company.[…]
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Grandfather Rigs of Black Bay
It’s funny how our memories retain bits and pieces of our past, and how we are able only to remember mere fragments of the days, years and decades gone by.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Is there a sunken sub near Cocodrie?
Dear Capt. Paul:
I was wanting to know if you had the GPS location for a sunken sub that leaks diesel fuel in about 90 feet of water about 50 miles out of Cocodrie.[…]
Currents
Wildlife biology should trump public’s whims
My daughter, who is very involved at our local playground, was asked last month to fill in for a no-show umpire during a softball game between two teams of younger girls.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Edge files help locate Basket
Dear Capt. Paul:
If possible, I would like to know the coordinates for Basket Reef on Big Lake.[…]
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The Patron Saint of Bream
The cricket skittered across the water’s surface, frantically trying to reach the nearest tree. Ripples that telegraphed its position to every fish within yards radiated from the insect with every kick of its legs.
The insect would pause every few inches, either to catch its breath or to allow the damning wavelets to dissipate. Then it would continue its voyage, drawing nearer to safe haven with every powerful surge.
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Currents
Katrina: As inevitable as it was preventable
The cost to the nation to fix the long-ignored problem (of coastal erosion) — $14 billion — is only a fraction of the inevitable cost if the inaction continues — $100 billion in infrastructure alone.
— Todd Masson, Louisiana Sportsman, August 2003
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Washed Out
We had worked half the bay methodically, but with little success. Al Dusang landed one 16-inch redfish, and we had seen several others waking along the shoreline.[…]
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Cover: June 2005-Fishing
Speck limits may soon be cut, but there are still plenty of stringers to be had this month.[…]
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Cover: June 2005
There are six spots that stand above the rest for anglers looking to spend time with their families on the water.[…]
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Top Ten Ways to Irk a Marina Operator
It’s the beginning of the saltwater season, and that means boaters of every stripe and color, from neophytes to veterans, will be descending on South Louisiana’s many coastal marinas.
Marina operators will welcome them with open arms. After all, these cash-plunking anglers put food on the tables of anyone who works for or owns a marina.
But marina operators don’t exactly have the world’s easiest life. They get up early and work late, and this time of year that means spending hour after hour in the blazing summer sun.
Exhaustion is often the enemy of patience, and more than one angler has met a marina operator’s wrath after doing something stupid at the end of a long day.
So here’s a top 10 list of what to do if you really want to draw that wrath this summer.
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Timbalier Time
Boats stream across Timbalier Bay as the weather warms up and dreams of big trout draw anglers to the barrier islands, but guide Chad Dufrene doesn’t follow the pack.[…]
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Cover: May 2005
From Sabine to the Rigolets, anglers will be chasing big speckled trout this month, and we’ve got some of the hottest spots mapped out.[…]