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Firecrackers — Grand Bayou offers some great August chinquapin fishing
As far as clichés go, few are more frequently used than, “Dynamite comes in small packages.”[…]
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Internal Alarm — Catfish go on a feeding frenzy when the Mississippi River begins to fall
Aaron Langlois has an internal alarm clock set by his ancestors through Canada all the way back to France.[…]
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Turtle Man — How to catch, clean and cook turtles
Louisiana sportsmen do some odd things.
In few states will full grown men spend all night running around in boats trying to catch frogs. In most states, crawfish, almost always called crawdads, are something kids play with.[…]
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Snow Days — How to fish Lafitte depends on weather in the frozen North
Storm clouds loomed over Capt. Jason Shilling’s head as he idled away from Seaway Marina in Lafitte with the intention of heading toward Lake Salvador.[…]
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Natural Selection — How to increase trout-fishing odds
You’re not going to convince me that my ancestors evolved from apes.[…]
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Island Elite — How to catch specks for the Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo
There are fishing rodeos all across south Louisiana, but there is only one International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo.[…]
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Poptology — Tips for fishing popping corks for Delacroix trout
Momma didn’t raise no fool: I’ve always been a quick study. And Hopedale/Delacroix fishing guide Capt. Ted DeAgano has always been a teacher.[…]
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Cocodrie Wonderland — Fish for exotic species around this offshore oasis
Our boat was drifting on a cobalt-blue sea about 220 over a limestone-capped, coralline-encrusted “mountain.” We were out to catch what our skipper, Tommy Pellegrin, called “Cocodrie exotics” — a term he uses to describe the big variety of reef fish he catches from natural bottoms.[…]
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One Man’s View — One of Louisiana’s only full-time outdoor writers talks about his career
The shoulders of Bob Marshall’s career trail as an outdoor writer are littered with dead sacred cows. […]
Bass Fishing
Tantalizing Topwaters — How to maximize fishing odds with surface baits
So I’m sitting in the middle of the lake with Bassmaster Elite Series pro Terry Scroggins as he chats boat-to-boat with a fellow tournament pro, when the telltale flipping, splashing and ravenous commotion signalled schooling bass even before we turned our heads for visual confirmation.[…]
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Cover: July 2013
Weather should settle this month, making it easy to fill boxes with trout.[…]
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Chain Gang
Sometimes you just have to drop whatever you’re doing and go fishing. Call in sick, take a vacation day, cancel the dentist appointment, postpone that emergency appendectomy (well, OK, maybe not that), but do (almost) whatever it takes to break loose and enjoy some aqua-therapy.[…]
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Up the Creek — How to catch bream, Kentucky bass and catfish in Florida Parishes streams
The weatherman called for a scorcher as Artie called for another beer. But the keg balked — coughing and sputtering and foaming.[…]
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Carolina (rig) on my mind — Fishing guides tell how to load up with Carolina rigs at Calcasieu Lake
During the summer, the vast majority of Calcasieu Lake anglers will be fishing under birds for the small school trout in Turner’s Bay and other areas south of this point.[…]
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Greener on the Other Side — How to fish Raccoon Island without fighting the crowds
Fishing the islands means different things to Louisiana speckled trout connoisseurs. Masses of pulverized shell, thick spartina grass rimmed by hidden oyster reefs and even near-perfect circles of roseau cane all have their place in different areas along the coast for anglers to hoist healthy yellowmouths over the gunnels.[…]
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Snapper from the bottom up — Best tactics to fill your limits
Capt. Tommy Pellegrin of Custom Charters explains how to make quick work of a limit of delectable red snapper off the Louisiana coast.[…]