The Barataria Land Bridge is that piece of real estate bordered by Bayou Lafourche on the west and the Mississippi River on the east, the southern shoreline of Lake Salvador to the north, and having the northern portion of Little Lake as the southern boundary.[…]
It’s the most prolific trout fishery in the lower 48, but unless you’re under age 16 you can’t enjoy a minute of it.[…]
Unfortunately, some Louisiana outdoorsman still wear the terms “poacher” and “outlaw” as badges of honor. Like kleptomaniacs who steal trinkets they don’t really want and will never use just for the thrill of the take, these poachers and outlaws don’t get a charge unless they shoot at least one duck over the limit, harvest a couple undersized redfish or shoot a doe on a bucks-only day.[…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
Can you give me the GPS coordinates for the artificial reef balls that were placed in Lake Ponchartrain?[…]
Patrick McManus, author and long-time columnist for Outdoor Life and Field & Stream magazines, once observed that the two best times to fish are “when it’s rainin’ and when it ain’t.”[…]
Bass anglers, did you have a good time at the 2003 Bassmasters Classic in New Orleans? Did you enjoy learning how the best fishermen in the world fared on waters that are accessible to you every day? Did you have fun seeing the new boats, tackle and gear at the accompanying trade show in the Superdome?[…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
I usually fish the marshes around Lafitte, Bayou Segnette and in and around Vermillion Bay and Rockefeller, and would like to know if the Garmin 76s would be a decent marine GPS for my boating needs, or should I save the cash and buy a nice unit like the Garmin 178c?[…]
Fly fishers will find any means necessary to amuse themselves on the water. If it has fins, it’s fair game.[…]
This just in: The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission today passed a regulation restricting hunters to only two bucks scoring more than 160 B&C per season. The future of deer hunting in Louisiana is saved![…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
I would like to get the coordinates for the Motor Vessel Dawn (wreck), also called the Golden Dawn. It is located in the Vermilion blocks in approximately 100 feet of water.[…]
Cast and drift, cast and drift. It was getting rather tedious watching my strike indicator go floating with the current, through the riffles, and not a thing to show for it.[…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
I have looked on several maps but cannot find DuLarge. I read about it all the time in Louisiana Sportsman, but have not yet been able to find out exactly where it is.[…]
My 84-year-old grandfather has had so much skin cancer surgery, it’s amazing he still has any dermis covering his body. A fair-skinned man of English descent, he worked his entire life as a glazer, and consequently spent nearly as much time outside as your average tree.[…]
Instructor, innovative fly tier, world-traveled angler, writer, humorist and conservationist Lefty Kreh is the most-respected and beloved fly angler of our time. When Lefty talks, people listen.[…]
Capt. Paul:
What are the coordinates for Truloix Point in Lake Catherine?
Thanks, Claude Cutitto[…]
It’s early December, and you’ve gotten a hot tip. Your buddy just returned from a trip to Lafitte, and he and some other friends caught redfish at will in the back of a dead-end canal.[…]