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Pearl River Panfishing
The gardeners (is that term permissible nowadays?) — OK, OK, I mean the landscapers spoke Spanish to each other and appeared to be Mexican (is that term permissible?) — OK, OK, I mean Hispanic.[…]
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Cover: June 2011
Capt. Mary Poe (foreground) says June action is outstanding on Calcasieu Lake. She’ll get no arguements form Otis Taylor (background).[…]
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Land of Options
The name of the place is enough to hold the fascination of anyone carrying an ounce of the sea’s romance. The following passage describes the island perfectly: “Truly, Grand Isle has grown up. Grown from a quiet, peaceful village beneath the sheltering oaks surrounded by broad treeless prairies and marshlands to a bustling seaside resort with modern conveniences and catering to modern tastes and demands.[…]
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Full Tanks, Full Coolers
I love my wife, but she seems to have an uncanny ability of calling my name just as my rump lands in my recliner or plops down on our bed.[…]
Bass Fishing
Dock Doctors
Man makes them, bass borrow them and man is just fine with that arrangement. Why? Because docks are to bass what offshore rigs are to red snapper — places of refuge, shelter and feeding opportunities.[…]
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Joys of June
Birds are about as reliable as the average Louisiana politician.[…]
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Spawning Specks
The winter was long and hard. The images of decoying ducks and rutting bucks had long since passed, and thoughts of warm spring days on the open coast and large yellow mouths were only promises until today.[…]
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Anglers catch lots of catfish at Belle Isle
George Dupuy flipped his rod tossing out a double drop-rig with a couple of nightcrawlers impaled to a pair of 1/0 hooks.[…]
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Lake Verret a May bream hotspot
The gals gasped and giggled as Doc and Trisha’s Mediterranean cruise pictures flashed on the screen. And on his new mega-screen TV at his Bourbon Street bungalow, they were indeed impressive — especially the one of Trisha “wade-fishing” in Rome’s Trevi fountain.[…]
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Lake Pelto loaded with spring speckled trout
We all know what it is to crave something. Hot boiled crawfish, ice cold watermelon, that first cup of coffee in the morning — we all have these appetites that arise and then long to be satisfied.[…]
Bass Fishing
Out of the Ordinary: Bass fishing techniques to increase success
The orange-bladed spinnerbait that March Take Home Angler Matthew Hymel threw at Lake Cataouatche so threw me for a loop that I began to wonder if those gaudy blades were just the tips of the proverbial iceberg.[…]
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Drop-shot rigs deliver more speckled trout
I’m no Donald Trump, but a 30-percent return on an investment sounds like a pretty good deal to me. Simple math shows that investing $100 with a 30-percent rate of return would result in $130.[…]
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Black Bay beckons in May, and savvy anglers heed the call.
After endless months of confinement to fishing those wintertime haunts, canals and bayous, I was ready for a run to the outside waters of Black Bay. The wide-open waters offer a vast array of fishing options and a host of toothy critters that can put a serious bend in your rod.[…]
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Cover: May 2011-Saltwater
Jimmy Ford loves May because the speckled trout bite with reckless abandon.[…]
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Cover: May 2011-Fishing
Dennis Tietje loves May because the largemouth bass bite with reckledss abandon.[…]
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Angler uses kayak to catch Calcasieu fish
I wasn’t too sure what to make of Greg Sonnier’s question when I first met him at Hebert’s Marina on the eastern shore of Calcasieu Lake.[…]