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Tasty paddlefish legal for rec harvest
Paddlefish, or spoonbill catfish as they are often called by freshwater fishermen, are a primitive fish species found in almost all of Louisiana’s natural water bodies.[…]
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Rock’N Reds
Art Cosby Jr. is one of my favorite people to fish with. Really, he is. But on this fall day, the man wanted to go catch bulls in Southwest Pass.[…]
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Redfish Workout
Bayou La Loutre, I think most will agree, is among our narrower thoroughfares for accessing honeyholes. Compared to the Barataria Seaway, the Houma Navigation Canal and what used to be the Empire and Buras canals, it’s a ditch.[…]
Fishing
Not all batteries are created equal
Many fishermen and boaters call any sealed, maintenance-free marine battery a gel battery, and that isn’t correct. We discovered in the charging column the differences between types become more than just semantics if you destroy a battery by using the wrong charger on it.[…]
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Makin’ Bacon
When I’m hungry for fish, I don’t care if the fish are hungry,” proclaimed John Supan with a puckish grin. “I love to hook-and-line fish sometimes, but throwing a recreational cast net is much more efficient. It’s fun, too.”[…]
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Kings of the Road
Over four decades of rolling down Louisiana Highway 1 to Grand Isle, I’ve whizzed by hundreds of them — those stalwart souls fishing off the shoulder of the road or its bridges.[…]
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7-Mile Itch
Craig Monroe eased his 22-foot Triton SeaFlight up to the fish-cleaning dock at Venice Marina.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Nighttime trout biting at Picketts Block 26
Captain Marty LaCoste with Absolute Fishing Charters (985-856-4477) says the trout on the Ship Shoal rigs are doing what they do best this time of year, and that’s slam topwaters and tandem rigs at night.[…]
Bass Fishing
Youth anglers allowed to take undersized bass during Labor Day weekend
In an effort to increase participation in freshwater fishing by the state’s youth, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission (LWFC) will allow the taking of undersized black bass by anglers 15 years of age and younger during the Labor Day weekend on select waterways.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Reds stacking up from South Pass to Dead Woman Pass
Captain Owen Langridge with Big “O” Charters (225-978-1136) wasn’t sure if a redfish report would set anybody’s world on fire, but he couldn’t resist telling about how good the bite has been at the mouths of the passes below Venice.[…]
Bass Fishing
Strong topwater bite in Lake Ameda
Captain Joe Vinson and I had planned on fishing the deep rigs in Breton Sound this past Tuesday, but the line of thunderstorms that moved through early that morning forced our hand.[…]
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Behind the Line
When Chris Paul pulls up from beyond the three-point line to drain a shot, his effort is rewarded with one more point than he would have made had his feet been in front of the line.[…]
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Yellow Fever
Most people shudder at the though of catching yellow fever. The dreaded disease, which is contracted from infected mosquitos, was last recorded in New Orleans in 1905.[…]
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Cover: August 2008-Fishing
Speckled trout action couldn’t be much better right now. Just ask Renee Brazzel, who caught this 7-pounder during a recent trip out of Venice with Capt. Brandon Carter.[…]
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Hey buddy, can you keep a Secret?
“The Secret” is out: Redfish can’t hide from the H&H Lure Co. spoon designed mostly by a Metairie outdoorsman who specializes in sporting goods and racks up redfish after redfish on the FLW Redfish Tour.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Which rigs produce off Grand Isle?
Dear Capt. Paul:
How far is it from Sand Dollar Marina to the Grand Isle 40 Block? Also do you know of any other rigs near Grand Isle that produce well?[…]