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Take Home Angler: Scott Castaing
Scott Castaing has a sense of where he’s come from. That’s one of the reasons his favorite kind of fishing is for croakers big enough to fillet.[…]
Month: July 2011
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Postage Stamp Plots III
In a text message on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010, Todd Masson responded to my “You’ve got to be kidding me,” message that I had just sent him at 7:30 after hearing a shot ring out from his direction, “Three deer were at feeder … Joel shot but I think he missed. He was a nervous wreck.”[…]
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Air Raid
It’s a 35-minute boat ride from Lafitte to Grand Gosier Island.
That is, of course, if your boat has wings.[…]
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Retro Port Sulphur
Zak’s cork hit a swell right under the hovering laughing gulls and vanished.
“A no-sooner, as you guys call it!” he beamed while cranking away and looking around with a lunatic leer.[…]
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The Fall Guy
“Déjà vu all over again.” That’s what former New York Yankees catching great Yogi Berra called it, and I got a taste of it last hunting season.[…]
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To Shoot or Not To Shoot
Most deer hunters in Louisiana by now should know something about Quality Deer Management (QDM). It has been preached not only in this state but throughout the Southeast for the past 20 years.[…]
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The Sucker Punch
Of the 14 snapper species in the Gulf of Mexico, the mangrove snapper has the reputation for being the wariest. Perhaps smartest is a better word.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Bodies of two missing boaters recovered from Mississippi River, LDWF says
Two men who went fishing on the Mississippi River Saturday (July 23) drowned after apparently falling from their small boat, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said today (July 25).[…]
Deer Hunting
Time to scout for the 2011-12 deer season is now!
Now is the time to start preparing for the upcoming deer season. “What?” you might say. “It’s only July, and its 100 degrees outside!” Well, yes, that’s right, but in a week it will be August and time to start scouting, no matter how hot it is.[…]
Events & Announcements
Louisiana Sportsman August issue put to bed
The staff of Louisiana Sportsman magazine wrapped up production of the August issue today (July 21), and sent it to the off-site printer.[…]
News Breaker
2011 Peason Ridge WMA fall turkey hunt lottery announced
Applications are now being accepted for the fall turkey lottery hunts to be held in September and October on Peason Ridge Wildlife Management Area, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced.[…]
Deer Hunting
Tensas River NWR lottery applications due Sept. 6
Applications for the two lottery gun hunts on Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge must be received at the refuge office no later than 4 p.m. Sept. 6.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Big specks showing up in the Rigolets
The opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway didn’t seem to have as much of an effect on the fishing in the eastern part of Lake Pontchartrain as was anticipated. Trout continued to bite out in Lake Borgne until not too long ago.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Don’t leave your corks at home for Raccoon Point trout
There’s no doubt that double rigs put a ton of fish in the boat down at Raccoon Island every summer. However, Capt. Travis Miller with Millertime Fishing Charters (985-981-6434) says he’s been down there a time or two when he found that the fish wanted his plastics hanging out just a split second longer than a double rig would allow.[…]
Breaking News
Pending state-record tripletail landed on fly
Lee Newman Jr. had one thing on his mind when he headed into Lake Borgne yesterday (July 21) – catching tripletail, but not on conventional tackle.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Man killed, woman hospitalized in Red River boating accident
A man was killed and a woman injured during a boating accident on the Red River shortly after midnight (July 19), according to news reports.[…]