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Trout Masters excerpt: catching big specks at the mouth of the river
Ed Sexton is known for catching oversized trout out of Venice near the mouth of the Mississippi River.[…]
Fishing
Fishing
Golden Meadow oysterman faces drug charges, LDWF says
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries arrested a Golden Meadow man for alleged drug violations July 31 in Lafourche Parish.[…]
Bass Fishing
ULM angler set to battle for spot Tuesday into 2015 Bassmaster Classic
Despite fishing for more than four hours with two hooks from a 2/0 treble lodged firmly in the back of his neck after an errant cast early Monday, the University of Louisiana at Monroe’s Brett Preuett sucked it up and moved on to the finals of the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Classic bracket.[…]
Apex Predator
‘Rock around the chock’
We all know chocking the tires on your boat trailer is something that should always be done, but sometimes the simple things get forgotten. […]
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Watch out, sucker!
Every fish makes its own living in its own way. Some are hard-swimming, driving predators. Others are kind of laid back and take advantage of their fellow fish in the sea.[…]
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Breton Sound Beat-down — Trout fishing tips for Breton Sound
The urban dictionary of slang defines a “beat-down” as when you pummel or repeatedly beat something (or someone) into submission.[…]
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Captain D’s Place — Tips for striper fishing on Lake Claiborne
After an hour chasing sparse schools of striped bass across boat lanes, creek channels, coves and finally out into the big lake without a single strike, Donny Hood stopped for a second, calmly set his rod down and moved to the driver’s seat of his 22-foot Blazer Bay bay boat dubbed the Miss Judy.[…]
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From barrier to beach — Top 3 Big Lake fishing hotspots
While many Calcasieu Lake anglers were bemoaning the lack of fishing success last August, Moss Bluff’s Ray Christy was enjoying great action.[…]
Bass Fishing
Get Down On It — Extremely deep-diving crankbaits up the odds of catching deep summer bass
They’re big, they’re bad and they’re a handful to sling — those giant crankbaits that have exploded onto the bass-fishing scene over the past couple of years.[…]
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Black on Black — Tips for Black Bayou Reservoir’s black crappie
It was going to be a typical late-summer day — muggy with a high in the upper 90s. Normally, I would have stayed inside under the air conditioning, but on this particular morning I was off to Black Bayou Reservoir near Benton.[…]
Fishing
Phase 3 AirPro MAX
The new Phase 3 AirPro MAX high/low seating system has a full forward/aft trim range and can achieve three positions — high, low and recline — without any clipping or loosening of straps. […]
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Cover: August 2014-Trout
Some have complained of tough fishing this summer, but there are some whopper trout around Grand Isle — if you know where to fish.[…]
Fishing
Shimano Curado I series reels
The new Curado I series reels are available in multiple gear ratios so anglers can have the right reel for the bait they are using.[…]
Fishing
All Star ASNano Rods
The new ASNano rods were created by All Star to be among the strongest, technique specific rods on the market.[…]
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Delta blues — Keys for catching Mississippi River Delta blue catfish
I’ve gotta admit: When Ryan Lambert first showed me the cell phone video, I thought I was looking at a bunch of big bluegill busting bread at the surface.[…]
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Jacks are wild — Top tips for amberjack fishing
If you’re looking for fancy, graceful or aesthetically pleasing, amberjacks will disappoint you. If, on the other hand, an arm-stretching, back-straining lesson in brutality sounds fun, you’ll really enjoy hanging out with the fish marine biologists call Seriola dumerili.[…]