Columns
Revolvers best fit for rookie shooters
The lady was smiling, and her husband was positively beaming as she showed me her choice of handguns for concealed self-protection.[…]
Columns
Fishing
Cooling system not just a water pump
Last month, a reader emailed to say he has a 1985 model 40-horsepower motor, and is having trouble with the water system. He replaced the impeller and the gaskets with an impeller kit, but the engine tell tale is still not as strong as it is supposed to be.[…]
Currents
Ridiculous river ruling awakens giant
Jefferson was just one of several founding fathers who argued in the Federalist Papers and elsewhere that the Judiciary Branch should be, by design, the weakest element of our three-pronged system of government.[…]
Columns
Choose wisely when scope shopping
You get what you pay for. That is an axiom I have repeated and firmly believed all my life — particularly when it came to choosing optics for a rifle.[…]
Fishing
Bearings are failing more frequently
In the past, I have always recommended that trailer bearings should be cleaned and repacked with fresh grease every two years, but lately, I have seen a larger-than-normal amount of wheel-bearing problems. At[…]
Currents
Will Louisiana be ready for the party?
For all but a few lucky hunters, last year’s duck season along coastal Louisiana can only be described as “the season that wasn’t.”[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Hotspots wanted in Hopedale, Vermilion
Dear Capt. Paul:
I’m looking for waypoints for all the rigs out of Hopedale such as the Central Rig, the Dope Boat, etc.[…]
Columns
Shooting tube is sure to be famous
When people pull up in the driveway of our rural home, they see a long, large, white tube supported about waist height out in the pasture. If they are visiting for the first time, invariably, they ask what it is.[…]
Fishing
Teflon lubricants may spell trouble
One of the things I enjoy most about writing columns is the feedback I get from the readers. Many times readers will share with me tips and hints that can be very helpful.[…]
Columns
He’s back — with a psychic friend
This summer, Superman is back in theaters, Roger Clemens is back on the mound for the Astros, and Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie are back on TV living the simple-minded life.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Where are Pontchartrain’s tarpon holes?
Dear Capt. Paul:
Do you have the location of the tarpon hole in Lake Pontchartrain known as Three Trees?[…]
Fishing
Good steering worth investment
Last month I wrote about steering systems becoming stiff, and how to repair them when this happens. Almost immediately, I was contacted by several readers who needed to replace their steering systems.[…]
Columns
“They can’t do that!” But they did
In the 12 years or so I have been writing this column, this has been the hardest to create of the many I have written. It has been hard to write without giving in to a rage that would lead to ranting and incoherence.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Are built-in GPS maps enough?
Dear Capt. Paul:
I am getting a Garmin 178c GPS/Sounder unit. It comes with maps in it. I see they offer site-specific maps like Mobile to Fourchon.[…]
Columns
Gary Yamamoto gets a little salty
There’s a little salt in the freshwater world of artificial lure-manufacturing giant Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits.[…]
Currents
Are conditions good? Then just go fishing
There’s universal agreement among coastal anglers from the Pearl River to the Sabine that speckled trout fishing is just about as good now as it’s ever been.[…]