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Hopedale hotspots

“Trout action is on fire on the inside,” according to Hopedale area Capt. Gene Dugas, with Rather Be Fishing Charters (985-640-0569). “From the deep interior all the way out to Bay Lafourche, the trout are eating up baits and the reds are thick and hungry.”[…]

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Chalmette’s fall Smorgasbord

In October, the long trout drought finally ends in Chalmette waters and the freckled fish start showing up again in good sizes and quantities, according to Joey Jeanfreau, over at Jeanfreau’s Super Market on Paris Road in Chalmette. […]

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Grunt call brings in big Kisatchie 12-point

Curiosity killed the cat … and maybe a big buck, too.

Jonathon Zell, 29, of Dry Prong, had watched some does bed down on a ridge 80 yards from his perch 35 feet high in a Grant Parish pine on the Kisatchie National Forest. With his curiosity peaked, he decided to reach for his grunt call Monday morning.[…]