Currents
Dark days ahead for red snapper?
“UPS and FedEx are doing just fine. … It’s the Post Office that’s always having problems.” — President Barack Obama, Aug. 11, 2009[…]
Columns
Columns
Locate bass on unfamiliar lakes
At almost every seminar and tournament, I’m often asked how I’ll fish a new lake. Today, advanced technology allows anglers to quickly and easily obtain information on lakes all over the country.[…]
Columns
Wahoo are the Ferraris of the Gulf
Sleek, fast and glamorous, wahoo are the Formula One race cars of the fish world. Scientists know them as Acanthocybium solandri.[…]
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
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.[…]