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Happy New Year, Indeed!
Some people like to start the New Year with sparklers and firecrackers, but the locals down in Shell Beach and Hopedale are too busy enjoying all the speckled trout action to notice.[…]
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Giving up the Goods
If the Farmer’s Almanac and all the old folks around my house are correct, we should be right in the middle of an unusually warm and dry winter as you are reading this. La Nina, I think they call it.[…]
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Biloxi is Back
“Amazing!” Eddie yelled while watching his cork dance in the current around a finger of marsh jutting into Muscle Bay. “Pelayo’s Point — and it’s still here! Like the hurricane never happened.”[…]
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Flyfishing basics with no additives
Remember that ice cream commercial where little Johnny is having trouble reading the ingredients on the carton?[…]
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Parasites are the biggest predators
Never take a biologist fishing; they can really slow things down. So Ed Sexton, the great Trout Master, found. South of Venice, where Sexton fishes, he has to wade through a lot of redfish to catch the big sow speckled trout that he loves.[…]
Fishing
Power-Pole
JL Marine is now offering a colorful new Power-Pole shallow water anchor designed and signed by the inventor himself.[…]
Fishing
Work-Rite Suspension Kit
Designed to provide added support to trucks carrying extra weight on the front, Firestone Industrial Products has announced their new Work-Rite Suspension Kits. The kits feature load assist springs that are mounted to the vehicle’s frame to supplement its factory suspension.[…]
Fishing
Badonk-A-Donk SS
Since introducing their very successful Badonk-A-Donk topwater series in 2010, Bomber Saltwater Grade has been hard at work coming up with the perfect slow sinking weapon when the fish aren’t in a topwater mood.[…]
Fishing
New electronics arrive in time for New Year
About the time my report on Lowrance’s new down-scan imaging (DSI) units reached these pages, Humminbird announced a new series of down-scanning units with both its Down Imaging and traditional sonar technology built in.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Do GPS plotters show location on actual maps?
Dear Capt. Paul:
I am interested in purchasing a GPS unit for my new boat. My question is this: Is it possible to have a plotter that shows your position on an actual map of an area?[…]
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Spring trout will love new Stanley lure
Superlatives rolled off the tongue of a veteran saltwater fisherman, one who makes his living at catching speckled trout and redfish, the other day when he talked about a soft-plastic prototype designed specifically to catch redfish and big speckled trout.[…]
Inshore Fishing
LDWF to receive $2.56 million from BP
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is set to receive $2.56 million from BP to reimburse the agency for lost license sales related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill earlier this year, the agency reported today (Dec. 21).[…]
Offshore Fishing
Join Sportsman for billfishing frenzy
A group of Sportsman anglers and their friends will be flying to Costa Rica on April 3 for three days of offshore fishing – and there are still a few spots left on this trip of a lifetime.[…]
BassMasters Classic
Angler discusses practice for 2011 Bassmaster Classic
The 2011 Bassmaster Classic will be held in New Orleans in February, and competitors from across the country have been in the Louisiana coastal marshes for the past few months getting the lay of the land. […]
Inshore Fishing
Saltwater Series: Delacroix Island
Capt. Jack Payne can see his own version of a winter wonderland from his front porch. The owner of Sweetwater Guide Service and Marina, Payne poured his pay-to-launch ramp right at the intersection of Bayous Terre Aux Boeufs and Gentilly.[…]
News Breaker
Greater amberjack to remain legal through end of year, LDWF and NOAA say
Recreational anglers can take take home their greater amberjack catches in state and federal waters off the Louisiana coast throughout the remainder 2010 and into the 2011 season, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported today (Dec. 8).[…]