Columns
How the passion began
I am the youngest of four children, and my dad was not a spring chicken when I was born. As a result, most of our quality time at home didn’t involve a ball and glove, it was more like a rake and a wrench.[…]
Columns
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Waterfowl Wonderings
Guy LeBreton (a.k.a. Guy L) is a 38-year-old diehard duck hunter from Lafayette. He is a Mighty Lion from Lafayette High Class of 1990 and graduate of ULL in 1994.[…]
Blind's Eye
Blind’s Eye
Born and raised in St. Bernard Parish, Mike Herrmann Jr. earned a bachelor of science degree in biology from Southeastern Louisiana University after graduating from Chalmette High School.[…]
Columns
Florida bass are different creatures
Largemouth bass are the most popular freshwater recreational fish in America, in spite of the changing face of the fishery. Gone are the days of a bass fisherman being pictured as a grandfather in a rowboat with a grandson or contemplative pipe-puffing angler patiently casting a clunky wooden topwater plug with his old knuckle-buster.[…]
Columns
Trout, reds just love Shiney-Hineys
When speckled trout are biting, really in a feeding frenzy, they will bite on anything.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
How do I transfer info from computer to GPS?
Capt. Paul:
I recently purchased a Garmin 545s. Is there a way to mark spots, tracks and bodies of water on my computer then transfer them to the unit?[…]
Columns
Remington 700 VTR has grown on me
The AR-style rifle has come into its own. First designed by Eugene Stoner in .308 caliber when he worked for the Armalite corporation, the aluminum receiver guns were the stuff of science-fiction films, far ahead of their time.[…]
Columns
Pitch, slip and cup vital terms for props
Last month’s column just barely scratched the surface as it pertains to propeller technology. In order to better understand propeller designs and their applications it will be necessary to understand the language of propellers.[…]
Bass Fishing
Try flipping Chicot this month
This month, most Louisiana outdoorsmen are deer and duck hunting, so the amount of fishing pressure on all the waterways has been reduced drastically.[…]
Currents
Who controls duck numbers? You do
Will you kill as many ducks this year as you could?
Let me be the first to tell you that, no, you absolutely won’t.[…]
Columns
Bring a mullet home for dinner
Well, actually this tasty little fish is not really a mullet, but you would never believe it if you listened to South Louisianans.[…]
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The hunt for redzillas in October
The start of this month usually finds me feeling tropically depressed. Another year, another storm that has ravaged one of my coastal fishing spots.[…]
Columns
Bet on Delacroix, Venice this month
I spend a lot of time on the road tournament fishing, so when I’m home, I fish areas close to home like Delacroix and Venice.[…]
Columns
Select best prop for your needs
I have been in the boat business for many years. I know and appreciate the technological advances that have occurred in that time, but I do occasionally find myself reminiscing about the simple good-old days.[…]
Columns
Don’t forward anymore false emails
It’s called “going viral,” and it refers to what happens to information that is of interest to a large number of people when it is published on the internet.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Where is sunken barge near Freemason Island?
Dear Capt. Paul,
I was wondering if you could help me out with the coordinates to the sunken barge near Freemason Island that is part of the Chandeleur Island chain.[…]