Ask Captain Paul
Use caution when buying map programs
Dear Capt. Paul:
I recently bought a Humminbird 898c SI fishfinder, and am looking to buy a chip to upgrade the maps.[…]
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Is it a reptile, or is it a fish?
Most fish-identification books (except mine, of course) list the value of lizardfish to anglers as either a “nuisance” or “useless.” I happen to think that they are a pretty interesting critter. It could be the biologist in me.[…]
Fishing
MirrOdine Mini
The MirrOdine Mini Suspending Twitchbait is the newest addition to the MirrOdine family. At 2 ¼ inches, the new size is perfect when trout, redfish, tarpon, striped bass and snook are feeding on smaller size baitfish.[…]
Fishing
Roscoe Jig
Blue Water Candy Lures recently introduced a new vertical jig that is less labor intensive than traditional jigs because it requires less action to be effective.[…]
Fishing
Berkley Classics Turboglide
The Berkley Classics TurboGlide Lithium-ion Cordless Electric Fillet System features the smooth, lightweight and powerful Classics TurboGlide fillet knife, with non-slip SofTorx finish grip and a 7 ½-inch serrated blade, perfect for precision cuts or large fillets.[…]
Fishing
Talon holds anglers in shallow water
The word “anchor” starts visions dancing in my head of handling a heavy, muck- and weed-coated chunk of metal connected to a slimy wet rope by a length of rusty chain.[…]
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Bass love Bomber’s Model B
When Oklahoman Edwin Evers needs to put bass in the boat in one of the many high-pressure bass tournaments he fishes, including the recent Bassmaster Elite Series, he goes “hunting” with his favorite balsa wood crankbait — the Bomber Model B.[…]
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It’s time to hit the cooling oxbows
In North Louisiana during October, the weather will start to cool off. The bass will get into their fall mode more quickly than they do in South Louisiana because they’ll start to feel winter approaching.[…]
Bass Fishing
The haunt for reds in October
For most fly anglers in our state, it’s not the waters that torment us, but what swims in them. As we count down to All Hallow’s Eve, and the invasion of predatory species into our estuaries, the fly fishing can be so good it’s frightening.[…]
Offshore Fishing
Thousands of square miles of Gulf reopened for fishing as special red snapper season begins
Federal authorities opened 5,628 square miles of water in the Gulf of Mexico today (Oct. 1) to all fishing to coincide with the opening of the special red snapper season that began today, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported.[…]
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Saltwater Series: Lake Mechant
Who doesn’t want to know some secret spot where you could find a trout feeding frenzy around the rim of some isolated island – a spot where you could fill our ice chest without so much as having to look at another boat?[…]
Bass Fishing
Delicious Decline
The Choctaws called it “Atchafalaya” (ha-cha-fa-lia) for Long River, and, indeed it is long, winding through the center of a 930-square-mile region of bottomland hardwoods, with pristine backwater lakes, bayous and seemingly endless tupelo and cypress swamps in between.[…]
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The AJ Corral
The barrel-chested man’s face was florid, and he was sweating profusely. With two hands, he thrust the violently bucking rod into the grip of one of his fishing partners.“I love to jig; I love to hook ’em, not reel ’em in,” he grunted.[…]
Bass Fishing
Here, There and Everywhere
Bass anglers old enough to remember Huey Lewis’ hit single, “It’s Hip To Be Square” from 1986 probably didn’t realize just how much awesome advice was encapsulated in those lyrics.[…]
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Catching Passes
Fall is falling, and that means football season is under way. Fans are excited about the prospects of a good season as they pull for their favorite teams at the high school, college and professional levels.[…]
Fishing
Louisiana-required boating safety course offered three times in October
Instructors from the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 42 (Northlake) will conduct three “About Boating Safely” courses in October that satisfy the new law requiring anyone born after Jan. 1, 1984 to complete a boating-safety class before operating a boat.[…]