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Cover: August 2013
The Louisiana coastline is filled with reds just begging to be caught this month.[…]
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St. Croix Avid Surf Rods
The new series of high performance Avid Surf rods from St. Croix are lightweight, powerful and designed to maximize casting distance.[…]
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Columbia Sportswear
Perfect for hot days on the water, Columbia Sportswear’s PFG Freezer Zero long sleeve tee uses its Omni-Freeze ZERO technology to react with sweat and lower the temperature of the material so you feel cooler.[…]
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Striking Gold — How to dredge up Sabine Lake redfish
“There’s some fish moving on that cut over there,” said Capt. Robby Trahan, pointing to a finger bayou coming out of the marsh on Sabine Lake’s northeastern edge. “They’re going down these banks right now because there’s a lot of bait in here.”[…]
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Red fish, green fish — Catch bass and reds at the mouth of the Mississippi River
Everywhere I went, I kept running across this guy selling ice chest hinges.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF biologists on the lookout for Asian tiger prawns
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is asking local shrimpers to report any catches of Asian tiger prawns to the department, according to a press release.[…]
Fishing
Xpress Boats introduces new 2014 Shallow Water Bay Series
Arkansas-based aluminum boat maker Xpress Boats recently introduced a new Shallow Water Bay Series for the 2014 model year. […]
Fishing Tournaments
2013 International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo results
Billed as the oldest fishing tournament in the United States, the International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo wrapped up Saturday night after three days of competition.[…]
News Breaker
Louisiana men cited for alleged federal reef fish violations
Five men were cited last week by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for numerous violations involving possession of red snapper and greater amberjack in the Gulf of Mexico.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Giant blue marlin taken at International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo
Lots of things can happen in 13 hours.
That’s plenty of time to watch 26 back-to-back episodes of “The Big Bang Theory.” […]
Inshore Fishing
Pending state-record stingray landed out of Cocodrie
When Bebe McElroy and husband Victor set out from Cocodrie to fish the Desk and Derrick Club’s Diva Rodeo on July 13, they had two target fish in mind: bull reds and stingrays.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Prospects picking up for Delacroix speckled trout
This weekend’s fishing weather wasn’t much to write home about in southeast Louisiana: persistent westerly winds, thunderstorms and little or no tidal movement resulted in lots of milky water.[…]
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Can we talk?
The National Marine Electronics Association is the organization responsible for setting standards for marine electronics, including those for communication between units.[…]
News Breaker
Shell’s Olympus could extend life of Mars field to at least 2050
Royal Dutch Shell’s largest tension leg platform left a construction dock near Corpus Christi, Texas on July 13 for a 425-mile journey to the Mars B Field in the Gulf of Mexico.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Persistent west wind takes the bite out of speckled trout in SE Louisiana
Westerly winds remain in the weekend forecast all along the southeast Louisiana coast, and while specks might be hard to come by, great inshore options remain.[…]
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Kayak Fishing Fish Storage Idea’s
There are many different thoughts on this, but it is a suggestion.[…]