Columns
Dark side of the flyfishing force
Cosmologists believe that over 90 percent of the universe consists of something called “dark matter.” This is not to be confused with anti-matter.[…]
Columns
Columns
Is it cavitation or ventilation?
In a recent e-mail, a reader requested help with what he believes is a cavitation problem. He described his boat as a 1994 16-foot center console with a 1994-model 70-horsepower engine.[…]
Columns
Light Ruger .38 is smooth, dependable
Nothing makes a better personal self-defense handgun than a snub-nosed revolver. For concealability and dependability, you simply cannot beat one of the little wheelguns.[…]
Columns
What’s not to love about Sweet Beaver?
The story about one of the most popular soft plastics coast to coast, border to border, is oh, so sweet.[…]
Currents
No tag? Big problem
When looking for parental role models, it’s probably not the best of ideas to ponder the philosophies of 1970s-era shock rockers on the subject.[…]
Columns
Lots to like about PARA Companion
PARA USA is a tough company to love. Being infatuated with a PARA pistol is a lot like being in love with a beautiful but flighty woman. […]
Fishing
Give your boat a makeover
In today’s uncertain economic climate, many boat manufacturers and dealers are reporting lower-than-normal new boat sales. I believe I have discovered a new trend. I call it the boat makeover.[…]
Columns
Big bass seem to love Swim Senkos
Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits’ Swim Senko has gotten into the swim of things in the swimbait market in a big way. How big?[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Reader looking for route to Sandy Point
Dear Capt. Paul:
How do you get to the Sandy Point rigs from Grand Isle?[…]
Columns
White shrimp drive fall marsh ecosystem
In the marsh, almost everything eats shrimp. And in Louisiana, almost everyone eats shrimp.When I moved to New Orleans 40 years ago, I developed a friendship with my barber, a man named Morris Trippi.[…]
Columns
Flies by night? It’s a Thriller
I will miss Michael Jackson. The King of Pop and I had several things in common: We were both carbon-based life forms, we both breathed oxygen, and we both loved children, but perhaps in different ways.[…]
Currents
Currents
It is said that every black cloud has a silver lining.
That’s true, but so is the opposite: Every silver lining has a black cloud.[…]
Fishing
The Boat Doctor provides valuable information about use of ethanol in boats
I look forward each month to receiving my issue of Soundings Trade Only Magazine. This magazine is full of information and news for and about the marine industry.[…]
Currents
30 mpg? Well, father knows best
Ahhhhh! Smell that?
That, my friends, is the smell of fresh air in our new, clean environment.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Where is Breton Sound’s Five Wells?
Dear Capt. Paul:
I’m trying to find the coordinates for Five Wells in Breton Sound.[…]
Columns
Blues are La.’s freshwater big-game fish
Seldom do anglers associate “freshwater” and “big-game fish” together. But Louisiana, with the continent’s largest rivers, large and small lakes and reservoirs, vast freshwater marshes and seemingly endless miles of small rivers, bayous and streams, is home to several species of large freshwater fish.[…]