Inshore Fishing
Trout biting under Bayou Dupont birds
Captain Chris Pike with Bourgeois Charters (504-341-5614) doesn’t play around when he’s fishing birds.[…]
Year: 2009
Columns
La. stone crabs are a summertime treat
Marsh fishermen are well aware that Louisiana has lots of crabs. They seem to be everywhere in fresh, brackish and salt marshes, and end up being guests of honor at countless seafood boils in coastal Louisiana.[…]
Currents
Keep your hands off my PFD
My children, who, to their great fortune, inherited most of the good traits of their mother and few of the undesirable ones of their father, have always gazed longingly at the privileges society grants adults.[…]
Columns
Time to tackle those mighty gobbules
I read where the University of North Dakota is the latest sports program to be targeted by the politically correct crowd. […]
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Bottom’s Up
Our party of 12 required two large restaurant tables to accommodate. As the waiter led us through the crowded restaurant to our tables, Eddie — as luck would have it — was the first in line, walking right behind “Sebastian, our waiter for the evening,” who had already introduced himself in a highly officious and animated manner.[…]
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D’Arbonne bass want big baits
This month we’ll be fishing D’Arbonne Lake, located near Monroe, where the bass will be in the post-spawn period.[…]
Columns
Chug Head a hit with topwater anglers
It isn’t surprising that an innovative artificial lure manufacturer who lives in a region where he can catch 15 different species of fish in his favorite cove has come up with the Chug Head.[…]
Fishing
New radar takes worry out of being close
Jokes about small-boat radars have historically run rampant: “Did you know you can either run radar on your bass/bay boat OR have children later in life?” and “I like having radar on my 18-foot boat.[…]
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Change of Pace
When Capt. Eric Dumas sped past the three bridges that span the eastern section of Lake Pontchartrain, I thought we might be going to fish the L&N train bridge farther to the east in the Rigolets. As he sped under it, I knew something was up.[…]
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River Rat Rules
During the early 1990s, it didn’t take much effort to stroke my ego by pitching a black/blue ringer worm to the many laydowns in the Ouachita River.[…]
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DOD changes course on military brass sale
Unless you’ve been shooting from your own personal ammo dump over the last year, you’re aware of the acute shortage of sporting ammunition available to shooters across the U.S.[…]
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Slumming the Beaches
There’s something to be said about slumming, and when it comes to springtime fishing in the narrow bayous that run into Atchafalaya Bay, you just might discover that one man’s trash is another’s treasure.[…]
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STARs in their Eyes
This Memorial Day weekend, like last year’s and the year before that, casual visitors to Louisiana’s coast will wonder, “Who let the dogs out?”[…]
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Christmas in May
Our teeth should have been chattering.
We should have been bundled to our necks with long-johns, fleece pullovers, fluffy coveralls and heavy coats stuffed with the latest creation from DuPont chemists.[…]
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From Fresh to Salt
It wasn’t that long ago, a year maybe, that Capt. Charlie Thomason started to notice a growing trend every time he saw a bass tournament on TV.[…]
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Weather or Not
With the wind blowing at 20 knots, Lake Calcasieu looked like a chocolate milkshake. Most fair-weather fishermen had cancelled their trips, but Kirk and Guy Stansel, who fish there 250 days a year, would brave rain, sleet, snow or bright, hot sun to get you in a boat and try to find you fish.[…]