Columns
High-, low-frequency results differ
If you’ve ever watched a parade, you probably noticed that as a marching band approaches, you hear the bass drums first and the highest-pitched instruments last.[…]
Columns
Bass Fishing
Mann’s has married feathers, plastics
There’s a good chance a new artificial lure will tickle your fancy this month — if it hasn’t already.[…]
Currents
Look out! Legislature back in session
There are many things I love about spring — manicured azaleas bursting with red, purple and white blossoms, the smell of freshly cut grass carried on thick breezes, and the rhythmic “tick-tick-tick” of a topwater bait that’s interrupted by an explosion from a yet unidentified fish.[…]
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Is your unit performing at its best?
Did you know that there may be a free upgrade to your present GPS receiver? No you don’t have to return the unit to the manufacturer for upgrading. If your GPS receiver has a capability to attach a PC interface cable to a computer, you or anyone who is computer literate may install the upgrade.[…]
Currents
Open letter to an old friend of mine
George,
Hey, buddy! How’s everything? Long time, no see. I know it’s probably taxing to run the entire free world, but hey, a 20-minute phone call is only 99 cents. Is 20 minutes too much to ask from an old chum?[…]
Columns
Louisiana flyfishing pioneer still at it
Ask the conventional angler in our state if they’ve ever heard of Tony Accardo, Pete Cooper or Tom Nixon, and chances are Nixon is the one that comes up with a blank.[…]
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It’s not difficult to convert coordinates
Capt. Paul:
I was wondering how to convert lat/lon coordinates. A source of information on current rig locations in the Gulf of Mexico list their locations in the following strange format as I have listed below. I would like to be able to convert into a ddd mm.mmm format that I use in my GPS unit.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bass find new soft plastics Yum-my
Tube jigs, those nondescript-looking soft plastics that have taken bass fishing by storm, aren’t the same any longer after what one manufacturer has done. The tube jig and other soft plastics the manufacturer is putting out smell.[…]
Columns
Tie your own flies to catch more fish
Why tie flies? That’s a frequent question I get from newbies. One reason is the same as it ever was.[…]
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Sun damages GPS display screen
Capt. Paul: I inadvertently left my hand-held GPS unit in my car on the dashboard near the windshield.[…]
Currents
Few La. residents can kill Miss. does
Permit me, please, to ask you a few questions. In a moment, you’ll see why.[…]
Bass Fishing
Nearly unbreakable plastic hits market
The days of ripped, sliced, amputated, beheaded soft plastics are over if you take a liking to a new artificial lure hitting the market as you read this.[…]
Columns
Sand trout provide summer solace
The dog days of summer are here. How do I know? When you call up your most-dedicated fishing buddies, and they’re home watching reruns of golf tournaments.[…]
Currents
Trophy lake status, part II
Last month in this space, I called for the state to impose a stricter limit on speckled trout caught in Calcasieu Lake than that which applies across the rest of the coast.[…]
Columns
The ‘Fly Fish Answer Man’ returns
You might think I’m crazy when I say more and more people in this state are getting into fly fishing.[…]
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Ask Captain Paul
This month’s column is based on a question that I have encountered several times on louisianasportsman.com.[…]