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Prince of the Pontchartrain
It’s a shame when a grown man starts shaking like this,” said 40-year-old Sam Barbera as he idled his fishing partner’s boat out of the Mandeville Boat Launch.[…]
Fishing
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Palm Readers
Maybe it was dense fog. Or maybe it was the moisture of the fog’s water droplets that dampened my jacket, where the breeze generated by the boat’s movement gave me a chill.[…]
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The Middle of it All
Every now and then, I’ll walk through the room while my wife is watching HTGV and see some property virgins making a $500,000 offer for a three-bedroom house.[…]
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The Ugly Cousin
They are the unsung heroes, those by whom much responsibility is borne but to whom little credit is ever given.[…]
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2009 Speck Forecast
Hurricanes, with the associated torrential rains and storm surges, didn’t seem to affect the trout fishery last year. And, indeed, the fishing seemed easier in many instances.[…]
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Luck of Lafitte
How difficult would you find it to talk about fishing without saying the word luck?[…]
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Bouncing Around Buras
March has the reputation of being “kite-flying weather.” It might not be the best month for fishing, but it’s perfect if you want to get that kite airborne. You won’t even have to run to get some air under the kite.[…]
Currents
Want bigger trout? Read this book
Biologists are dorks.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Duck ponds around Madison Bay full of redfish
It didn’t take Capt. John Pellegrin with Top Water Charters (985-852-9560) very long to sum up his fishing fortunes for this past week.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Pontchartrain bridges starting to turn on
A few spotty reports are starting to surface from Lake Pontchartrain as the trout begin to spread out on the bridges to the east, and Captain Eric Dumas (985-705-1244) reported that he and his customers had great trips on Tuesday and Wednesday.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Hopedale trout bite moving out
If Captain Gene Dugas’ (985-640-0569) most recent trip out of Hopedale was any indicator, it looks like the speckled trout to the east of New Orleans are starting to get more and more active every day.[…]
Inshore Fishing
DuLarge specks and reds hitting swimbaits
Captain Marty LaCoste with Absolute Fishing Charters (985-856-4477) says it has stayed windy down in DuLarge for the better part of a week now, and the cooler nights haven’t allowed the water temperature to climb much higher than 60 degrees.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Beat the wind with reds in Garden Island Bay
These wicked winds are forcing guides to cancel trips all across coastal Louisiana, but I bumped into at least one that was able to make a few trips this week.[…]
Bass Fishing
Dazed and Confused
My first experience fishing the Tchefuncte River in St. Tammany Parish was the trolling motor going out on my brand-new Bass Tracker TX-17.[…]
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Cover: March 2009
Bass pro Jason Pittman knows there’s no better month for catching bass than March.[…]
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Fantastic Four
Capt. Papa Joe Bush maneuvered his bay boat through the Pen and down toward the Texaco Canals as an approaching cold front hung ominously low in the sky just behind us.[…]