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Cover: July 2011
Saltwater fishing is off the charts right now across the coast.[…]
Fishing
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Cover: July 2011-Freshwater
Toledo Bend angler Joe Joslin is a big fan of swimbaits.[…]
Columns
How to win friends and influence fish
Here on the northern Gulf Coast, we’re enjoying one of the best runs of white trout and chicken dolphin in many years.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Humminbird base map not what I’m looking for
I have a Humminbird 798, but the mapping on it is horrible for the Bayou Black area. They dont even have Minors Canal between the Intracoastal and Lake DeCade.[…]
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Take Home Angler: Dr. Sam Field
Things have changed an awful lot in Cocodrie since Dr. Sam Field started fishing down there in the 1970s. What used to be a rustic camp destination has turned into a refined resort of sorts.[…]
Bass Fishing
Work that Wiggle
About the only way to make a soft-body swimbait more user-friendly would be teaching it to tie its own knot. Short of that, just sling one out, wind it back and note how this hunk of molded plastic excels at doing the work for you.[…]
Columns
Mullets are mobile munchies
Among the most common as well as most poorly regarded fish species in Louisiana coastal waters are mullets. The term is used in plural because at least three and possibly four of the six Atlantic mullet species can be found in the state.[…]
News Breaker
2011 gag grouper season set
The 2011 recreational season for gag grouper will begin on Sept. 16, and will continue until Nov. 15 in state and federal waters, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced yesterday (June 27).[…]
Fishing
10 boaters arrested for DWI over weekend
Ten boaters were arrested this weekend (June 24-26) as part of a concerted effort to clamp down on operation of boats by those under the influence of alcohol, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported.
The push is part of Operation Dry Water, which started in 2009 and is a joint program of the LDWF, the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators and the U.S. Coast Guard.[…]
Inshore Fishing
More bite for your swimbait
To make their swimbaits more effective at latching what bites, savvy anglers boost the standard hardware with additional hooks.[…]
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Mack Attack
A drip of sweat somehow traveled along the Neanderthalic eyebrow-hidden bumps of my forehead and passed down the lens of my cheater eyeglasses.[…]
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Chumming the Shallows
“It’s a bird!” gasped Eddie while pointing up. “No! It’s a plane! No! It’s a PIG!”[…]
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Burn Hack!
Kids need action to stay interested.
Put them in a baseball position where they don’t get many balls hit to them, and they’ll start chasing grasshoppers.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Geaux Fish tournament features big prizes for catching tagged speckled trout
Anglers can win up to $275,000 in cash and prizes during the Geaux Fish tournament being held along the entire Louisiana coast July 2 through Sept. 5. And there’s absolutely no cost to enter.
The tournament, sponsored by BP and the Louisiana Charter Boat Association, will feature prizes for anglers catching 50 specially tagged speckled trout, which will be released in waters stretching from Breton Sound to Lake Calcasieu.
One of the fish is tagged as the grand prize, and is worth up to $250,000.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Excellent fishing action within sight of Delacroix water tower
When Scott Walker, a.k.a. “nightfisher” on LouisianaSportsman, messaged me that I needed to tie on a MirrOlure Top Dog Jr. before I left for our trip, I knew we were in for some fun.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Cocahoes the right bait for trout limits
The cocaho, variously spelled cocahoe, cacaho or cacahoe in Louisiana, is known by anglers as the mud minnow in Texas and the bull minnow in Alabama and Florida.[…]