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.[…]
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.[…]
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.[…]
There’s a little salt in the freshwater world of artificial lure-manufacturing giant Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits.[…]
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.[…]
Over the years, I have hunted deer in the woods with a Marlin 336 lever-action carbine, but have always felt the frustration of the limit of range and power of its .30-30 cartridge.[…]
I was recently writing a repair order for a customer’s boat. The steering system was frozen, and the customer could not understand how that had happened. […]
The last distance casting contest I attended was a shameless exhibition of male testosterone. With his arms and hips and shoulders spinning and gyrating, all one contestant needed was a pair of shades and a rhinestone suit, and you’d thought Elvis was in the building.[…]
Louisiana politics is like a spoiled child who keeps reaching his hand up to the cookie jar, always wanting more, never satisfied with the cookies falling out of his pockets and dropping from his cradling arms.[…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
I have a Garmin 192C that came loaded with current Blue Chart mapping, which I find very good for coastal areas. However, I do a lot of freshwater fishing as well, and Blue Chart does not cover inland waterways and lakes.[…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
I have a Garmin 192C that came loaded with current Blue Chart mapping, which I find very good for coastal areas. However, I do a lot of freshwater fishing as well, and Blue Chart does not cover inland waterways and lakes.[…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
I have a Garmin 192C that came loaded with current Blue Chart mapping, which I find very good for coastal areas. However, I do a lot of freshwater fishing as well, and Blue Chart does not cover inland waterways and lakes. I[…]
Of all the amendments our forefathers made to one of the most gloriously profound documents ever written — our Constitution — none has been more valuable than the first.[…]
LED is an abbreviation for light-emitting diodes. They have been around for many years. In the past their use in boats has been more of decoration than function.[…]
Creme Lure Co.’s owner described over the telephone recently how he was holding his hands a little more than 8 inches apart. Then Wayne Kent told how he was holding his hands about 24 inches apart.[…]
A few years back, the Contraband Fly Casters club of Lake Charles invited the legendary Stu Apte to be guest speaker at their annual conclave. […]