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Bays, Bayous, Buras
Eddie jerked his head and waved his arms frantically while trying to help with the boat straps. “G**damn gnats!” he sputtered, “ahh-ahh! I’d forgotten about these blasted things!” […]
Inshore Fishing
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Lafitte’s Hideaway
Generally, March is a warming month. It’s not really winter anymore, at least not here in the deep Gulf South. […]
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Dog Days
Glenn Leingang has nowhere to go but down. That’s what happens when you achieve the pinnacle of a sport so early in your career. […]
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A Taste of Spring
“You cast that bait right over that reef, and I guarantee a fish,” said Buras fishing guide John L. Taylor, pointing his 7-foot Shimano V-series rod toward a small spit of land near a sun and rain-scrubbed white PVC pipe leaning at a 60-degree angle. […]
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Trout in the Chumlines
An old, Middle-Eastern proverb says, “If Mohammed cannot come to the mountain, then the mountain must come to Mohammed.” […]
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Stealth Bombers
The sky was gray with low, mid-winter clouds, but the speckled trout action quickly made us forget the raw morning chill. Our fishing guide was trying to shake off a cold he had recently come down with, and brought my Dad and me to his No. 1 spot first thing in the marsh east of Bayou Lafourche. […]
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Frozen Fish on the Flats
For once, the cursed weathermen were right.
My fishing buddy, Perry Frey, and I opted to spend last Mardi Gras with our families at his camp in Delacroix rather than waving our hands in the air for trinkets along Veterans Boulevard. We figured it would be a lot more fun to fight speckled trout than drunken mobs. […]
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Overlooked Opportunity
The big Parker slid smoothly under the bridge, and the south end of Sabine Lake spread out before the anglers. […]
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Leeville Windfall
A stiff south wind greeted Capt. Chad Billiot and Bobby Gros when they launched the boat. […]
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East Side Story
Plaquemines Parish is renowned for its convenient inshore angling options. Launches at Myrtle Grove, Port Sulphur and Buras provide great opportunities to New Orleans anglers looking for speckled trout and redfish. […]
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A + BAB = AT
April + American Bay = Awesome Trout.
It’s a formula that works every spring. […]
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2002 Speck Forecast
It might never be proven conclusively, but it’s conceivable that Don Higgenbotham of Lafayette has magical powers. […]