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Ask Captain Paul

Which mapping software is best?

Dear Capt. Paul:

I have a Garmin 192C that came loaded with current Blue Chart mapping, which I find very good for coastal areas. However, I do a lot of freshwater fishing as well, and Blue Chart does not cover inland waterways and lakes. I[…]

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Ask Captain Paul

Which mapping software is best?

Dear Capt. Paul:

I have a Garmin 192C that came loaded with current Blue Chart mapping, which I find very good for coastal areas. However, I do a lot of freshwater fishing as well, and Blue Chart does not cover inland waterways and lakes.[…]

Ask Captain Paul

Which mapping software is best?

Dear Capt. Paul:

I have a Garmin 192C that came loaded with current Blue Chart mapping, which I find very good for coastal areas. However, I do a lot of freshwater fishing as well, and Blue Chart does not cover inland waterways and lakes.[…]

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Lost & Found

Capt. Mike Guidry stepped from his truck and slid a crisp five-dollar bill into the slot of the honor box at Bason’s Marina. Seventy-five-year old Lurey Terrebonne, who operates this quaint launch, waved us on from his front porch.[…]

Inshore Fishing

Black Bay holding bigger trout

The late season front that blew through this past weekend put the brakes on the fishing around Hopedale for a couple of days. However, on Wednesday, Capt. Gene Dugas of Rather Be Fishing Adventures (985-640-0569) put a whacking on them, and his boat had 100 trout by 9:30.[…]

Inshore Fishing

Lafitte anglers waiting out the wind

The front that barreled through South Louisiana Wednesday night blew lots of folks off the water, including Capt. C.J. Rojas with Griffin Fishing Charters in Lafitte (800-741-1340). As soon as the wind dies down, though, Rojas expects to find the action to be just as good as it was a couple days ago.[…]

Inshore Fishing

It’s topwater time in Timbalier

Capt. Chad Billiot of Marsh Rat Guide Service (985-637-5058) has filmed two television shows among all the guide trips he has had recently, and he has found the speckled trout action between Leeville and the Timbalier Islands to be as good as it has ever been.[…]

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Offshore Fishing

Snappy start to snapper season

The opening day of snapper season came and went as quickly as Christmas morning, and, like kids showing off their new toys, anglers bragged and took pictures of all the presents the Gulf of Mexico provided.[…]