It is no coincidence that transducers designed to be mounted on a boat’s transom are the type most often packed in the box with new sonar units. They are the easiest type for the average person to install, and they work well on just about any transom design with a place to mount them.[…]
For something so light, it sure is strong. That’s the 0.032-gauge super stainless steel wire being used for one of the hottest artificial lures of the fall season in 2006.[…]
The famed Midnight Lump which sits roughly 20 miles off of the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River near Venice is considered the “go to” spot during the cold, blustery winter months.[…]
The Saline Larto complex is inarguably the best sac-a-lait lake in Louisiana, and there’s no better time to fish it than right now.[…]
Crazy things often happen when anglers spend time on the water, and fishing guides become spectators at the comedy club of recreational fishing.[…]
Cormier’s 12th Law of Fly Fishing: “The fastest way to acquaint oneself to the terminology and nuances of our sport is to browse through a retailer’s catalog.”[…]
Another in a series of cold fronts had blasted through several days before, and the frigid north winds left the marsh almost dry and the temperatures way too cold for comfort.[…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
I am trying to learn the Vermilion Bay area. I keep reading about The Trash Pile and Dry Reef.Is it possible to get the GPS coordinates to these areas?[…]
Capt. John Aucoin with Hawkeye Charters (985-632-6988) had been smoking the trout and redfish around Golden Meadow before the deluge started on Thursday. All that freshwater turned off the bite a bit, but Aucoin said that the fish should turn back on in a few days after things settle down. “[…]
Some trophy trout have started to show up at Calcasieu Lake. Capt. Jeff Poe of Big Lake Guide Service (337-598-3268) caught trout up to 8 pounds a couple of days ago, and he said a friend of his caught a 9 1/2-pound lunker that was 29 1/2 inches long last week.[…]
James Waldon loves to fish, but, alas, he doesn’t own a boat. Before you begin feeling sorry for Waldon, a 67-year-old retiree from Louisiana Tech who lives in Ruston, his dilemma is not the same as if he loved to hunt but didn’t own a firearm.[…]
In the September issue of Louisiana Sportsman, I wrote about trailer bearing failures and how to avoid them. A recent e-mail I received asked for my opinion on a different type of trailer bearing lubrication system that was not mentioned in that article.[…]
Frigid cold fronts and blustery north winds signal that it’s time to head to one of the most famous Louisiana wintertime trout hotspots — Yellow Cotton Bay in Buras.[…]
There are three places to look when a fish finder or GPS unit stops working properly. The problem can be in the display unit, in the transducer (for a fish finder) or GPS antenna module (for a GPS unit), or it can be in the power wiring for either type of unit.[…]
It’s the time of year that crappie anglers dream about. Cold water has pushed the fish into deep holes all across Louisiana, where they can be sacked up by the hundreds, but there probably isn’t a hotter crappie bite going right now than the one at Lake Bistineau in the northwest corner of the state.[…]
A cold front had pushed through the night before, and the sun threw light over cypress trees and turned the skies from black to burnt orange to sapphire blue. Donaldsonville angler Richard Sherman already was on the water, working a stretch of bank in search for his first bite.[…]