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7 Deadly Spots
Here in the Gulf South, August is traditionally the hottest month of the year. We’re all hoping this year will be the exception because our summer heat has been blistering and record-setting so far. The[…]
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Cat and Mouse
Put some whiskers on a cobia, and there’s no doubt it would be more like a cat than a catfish. I mean, toss a string without a hunk of stink-bait on it in front of a catfish, and watch what happens.[…]
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Dollar Pitcher Days
Catching redfish out of Lafitte during the summer is a little like dancing the Cotton-Eyed Joe during dollar-pitcher night. You’ve got to be able to go forward. You’ve got to be able to go backward.[…]
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Low Lake, High Dividends
It was one of those perfect days for catching white perch — cold, overcast and a light wind. […]
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Postage Stamp Plots
Last deer season, I learned that the thrill of the hunt for me is more in the preparation and the chase than the kill.[…]
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Cover: August 2009-Fishing
In August, seas are flat, bait is everywhere and cobia move in close for the feast. On terra fima, seer hunters start to make serious plans for rapidly approaching seasons.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Delacroix reds biting despite increased pressure
Fishing redfish out of Delacroix with Sweetwater Guide Service owner Captain Jack Payne (504-453-8382) initially looked like a huge mistake last Friday as flashy bay boats wrapped with candy and shoe ads zoomed past Payne’s small flats boat.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Tripletail distracting Pontchartrain trout anglers
It takes a lot to distract Captain Eric Dumas’ (985-705-1244) attention away from the speckled trout at Seabrook this time of year, but that’s exactly what the tripletail over by the Biloxi Marsh have done.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Grand Isle “jammed up” with nice trout
Anybody that keeps up with saltwater fishing in Louisiana knows that Grand Isle has been on fire the last couple of weeks.[…]
Fishing
The Boat Doctor provides valuable information about use of ethanol in boats
I look forward each month to receiving my issue of Soundings Trade Only Magazine. This magazine is full of information and news for and about the marine industry.[…]
Currents
30 mpg? Well, father knows best
Ahhhhh! Smell that?
That, my friends, is the smell of fresh air in our new, clean environment.[…]
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Herk’s Half-Dozen
Grand Isle is a seven-square-mile barrier island connected to the rest of Louisiana by a narrow causeway.[…]
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Life in the Fast Lane
At the expense of small towns all across America, the Interstate system became a traveler’s best friend as Americans realized they could speed from one side of the country to the other without anything in their way.[…]
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Alligator Ambush
For most hunters, the traditional fall and winter hunting season begins the first Saturday in September when dove season opens.[…]
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Great 8
Taking a topwater to the crotch doesn’t sound like something a speckled trout angler would have to worry about. Sling a trout in the boat, let him flop around on the floor, grab him and unhook him.[…]
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Heavy Hitters in Trout Ball
When does a speckled trout cross over from the indignity of school-trout status into the glory realm of trophy trout?[…]