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Cover: July 2010-Freshwater
Yes, there’s some oil along the coast, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have all the fishing action you could ever want this month.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Ask Captain Paul
Anglers turning to freshwater areas
Dear Capt. Paul,
Where is the Orange Grove out of Bayou Black?[…]
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Louisiana has its share of Kansas redfish
Last year I attended a fly fishing festival where one of the seminars was entitled “Carp on the Fly.” Just out of curiosity, I decided to check it out.[…]
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Turtle Wins the Race
It’s hard to know what all the hurry is about, but you would think running to a place called Turtle Bayou, by name alone, there wouldn’t be any rush.[…]
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Shooting Craps
I remember watching Hank Parker fishing with a spincast rod and reel on his television show several years ago. He was fishing for crappie, and he claimed that using the push-button reel and limber rod allowed him to present his jig to fish that were virtually unmolested right in the middle of a bustling lake.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
‘Shooting docks’ newest crappie technique
Shooting docks for crappie has definitely caught on quicker outside Louisiana than it has within the borders of the Bayou State.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Lake Palourde drowning victim found by LDWF
The body of a 39-year-old Donaldsonville man who drowned in Lake Palourde was found this morning, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported.[…]
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Flat-Out Fantastic
To the east, an orange ball glowed just above the horizon through the cypress and tupelo trees in the backwater areas of the basin. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Atchafalaya Basin goggle-eye heat up, no live bait needed
A scouting trip for an upcoming bass tournament turned into quite a different experience Saturday (May 1) when buddy Darren Cooper and I put 60 chunky goggle-eye in the livewell – without putting up the bass gear.[…]
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Cover: May 2010-Freshwater
The month of May was made for speckled trout and bream fishermen.[…]
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Bream secrets they don’t want you to know
Several recent late-night tying sessions have exposed me to the countless television infomercials that appear after midnight.[…]
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Fabulous 5
Most of the time you’ll find bream not as big as crappie and not as heavy as bass or catfish. You may have to clean quite a few, especially if you fillet them, to feed a family for a Friday night fish fry.[…]
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It’s as clear as black and white
In 1993, the Louisiana Legislature picked a state fish. It wasn’t the much-hyped tournament fish, the largemouth bass; it wasn’t any one of the glamorous snapper species; it wasn’t even the beloved speckled trout.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Reach skinny-water crappie with your feet
Coastal Louisiana anglers are no strangers to wade fishing for speckled trout, but there’s a different kind of “speck” that folks are starting to realize bite just a little bit better when the water isn’t slapping the sides of their boats.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
National crappie tournament slated for Toledo Bend
A Crappie USA qualifying event, along with a free crappie kids rodeo, will be held on Toledo Bend March 27. Anglers will be weigh seven-fish limits of crappie, with money and the opportunity to advance to the Cabela’s Crappie USA Classic to be held in October in Alabama.[…]
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A Sprig of Crappie
In February 2009, for the first time in nearly 15 years, Crappie USA came back to Louisiana to hold a qualifying tournament. The area the organization selected was the Atchafalaya Basin, with Morgan City the host.[…]