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Menhaden are key link in food chain
Menhaden, usually called pogies in Louisiana, are certainly not a game fish. They never bite a hook, even by accident.[…]
Fishing
Fishing
Sonar operation is really pretty basic
Fish finders change their appearance and add new features each year, but the principles of sonar haven’t changed since World War II. […]
Bass Fishing
Spin Doctor
Figuring he had it tied on to fool anybody who happened to be sneaking around in his camouflaged Triton aluminum boat, I half expected Eddie Halbrook to clip off the blue/white tail-spinner that was tied to the line on the rod that he handed to me.[…]
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Lafitte’s Treasure
Redfish are tearing up spoons in Lake Salvador,” the voice said on the other end of the phone. The inflection in the voice made it both a statement and an implied question.[…]
Bass Fishing
Tidal Tactics
A half dozen great egrets and as many blue herons were scattered along the edge of a small cove, and every five minutes or so, they would take a few steps back.[…]
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Change of Plans
Some see the loss of jobs to foreign countries as an opportunity to complain about how all our jobs are going overseas. Some see the loss of jobs to foreign countries as an opportunity to retrain themselves for a better job.[…]
Tuna
Tuna biting behind trawl boats
After several days in a row of having to stay home because of strong winds, Captain Damon McKnight with Super Strike Charters (800-318-1720) finally got to get out a couple days at the end of last week.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Daily limits at lower DuLarge
Captain Bill Lake with Bayou Service (985-851-6015) has slammed the trout and redfish out of lower DuLarge the past six days. Six days worth of trout and redfish limits has him believing the fishing is as good as it gets.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Eastern Pontchartrain giving up good trout
As anglers across coastal Louisiana begin to think about fishing again, they might want to think about trying the eastern part of Lake Pontchartrain.[…]
Fishing
Marinas ready to open in Grand Isle
Grand Isle, recovering from a double whammy from Gustav and Ike, could have power as early as this weekend.[…]
Bass Fishing
Roll Reversal
Perhaps Rodney Dangerfield didn’t get any respect because he acted in a way that wasn’t deserving of respect. As most anybody in a leadership position will tell you, respect has to be earned rather than demanded.[…]
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Gettin’ Jiggy With It
I’m not sure what woke me first, the alarm clock or the repetitive ligI’m not sure what woke me first, the alarm clock or the repetitive lightning and thunder. […]
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Central Line
The hotspots for speckled trout fishing seem to be fairly well-known. The marshes of Terrebonne, Lafourche, Jefferson and St. Bernard parishes have oodles of trout, mostly modest-sized but making up in number for what they lack in size.[…]
Fishing
You can salvage your submerged boat
It was just a little over three years ago when Louisiana was dealt a horrific one-two blow from Katrina and Rita. […]
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The Secret is Safe
Extreme Southwest Louisiana has a secret that it doesn’t want you to tell. You see, while lines of anglers wait to launch their bay boats into the fertile waters of Calcasieu Lake, there is an equally productive lake not too far away where it’s more common to see a lonely loon than it is lots of loony anglers.[…]
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Wealth and Poverty
When the weather starts to cool in early fall, most sportsmen hit the woods for squirrel hunting or the archery deer season.[…]