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What’s left of Breton Island still produces
Dear Capt. Paul:
Where is Breton Island?[…]
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Bass Fishing
Rage on the Red River
May’s an excellent month to fish the Red River because the bass have finished their spawn and are starting to move from the bank out to deeper water. But they’re not all the way to the deep places where they tend to hold in the summertime.[…]
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It’s as clear as black and white
In 1993, the Louisiana Legislature picked a state fish. It wasn’t the much-hyped tournament fish, the largemouth bass; it wasn’t any one of the glamorous snapper species; it wasn’t even the beloved speckled trout.[…]
Currents
Don’t like bowfishing? Don’t do it
Just a few years ago, Louisiana Sportsman published a feature story about a hunter whose technique of choice was taking really, really long shots at deer.[…]
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The doctor orders a spring check-up
Wow, what a winter we had! We saw record rainfall totals, cold temperatures, high winds and tides so low that many waterways were reduced to mud flats.[…]
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Spinnerbait, crankbait deliver on D’Arbonne
I enjoy fishing Lake D’Arbonne near West Monroe. During April, some of the bass at D’Arbonne still will be bedding. To catch the most and the biggest bass at D’Arbonne in April, watch for the shad spawn.[…]
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You’re now free to stand up and cast
What do Bigfoot, the alien autopsy at Roswell, Manbearpig and stand-up kayak fishing all have in common?[…]
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Guessing redfish age can be tricky
How old is that redfish? Fishermen are, for the most part, intensely curious about their quarry.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Chaland Pass action kicks off now
Dear Capt. Paul:
Could you tell how to get from the public launch at Port Sulphur to Chaland Pass?[…]
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Input sought for deer-season changes proposed for much of state
Hunters in Areas 1 and 6, constituting all of Southeast Louisiana, would be able to hunt through Feb. 15 if changes proposed by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission are ultimately adopted.[…]
Deer Hunting
Spring a great time to prep for next deer season
The Deer need your help this time of year.
Look around: There is no green except for food plots leftover from hunting season, and they are in need of fertilizer (nitrogen only lasts 90 days ). And The herd is coming off a harsh winter and rut, so they are run down.[…]
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Don’t like jigs? Try FlipSkirts
Andrea “Andi” Sanders of Milam, who has owned one of the nation’s leading artificial lure manufacturers since the mid-1990s, is proud of one of the company’s newest products, a skirt with a metal bead and two built-in rattles giving extra ooomph to a soft plastic, particularly a Texas-rigged plastic worm, plastic lizard or creature bait.[…]
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Think outside box for Verret bass
Most people are concerned about fishing for bass in the Atchafalaya Basin because the water can be up or down, it can be muddy or clear and it can change quickly.[…]
Currents
Specks liked winter less than we did
Winter officially ends this month.
For New Orleans Saints fans, the winter of 2009-10 will go down as the most enjoyable season in the entire history of the Bayou State.[…]
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Another helping of Blue Runners, please
No, I don’t mean those wonderful Louisiana canned red beans. I am talking about the fish, Caranx Crysos, a.k.a. hardtails.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Enstar, Mardi Gras hold spring, summer action
Dear Capt. Paul:
I have heard a lot about two locations south of Dularge — Enstar and the Mardi Gras. What is the easiest way to get there from Dularge, Dulac or Cocodrie.[…]