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Huey, Johnny and Eugene
Huey Olivier’s well-equipped World Cat left Cypremort Point shortly after sunrise more than ready for a day of catching big speckled trout at close-in oilfield rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.[…]
Fishing
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The Nation’s Toilet
During his exile in Michigan, our old Tigerland chum Eddie Fleeks chummed up with some of the locals who showed him the ropes of the local deer-hunting. Not that there was much to teach.[…]
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Revered Remnants
Anglers who fish the Manila Village area located in Barataria Bay just to the south of New Orleans may or may not know the historical significance of the spot.[…]
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Gain after Pain
Those who call Louisiana home are used to battling Mother Nature. Oppressive heat and humidity, hurricanes and the occasional ice storm are taken in stride as the price to pay for living in the Sportsman’s Paradise.[…]
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Rocks in your Head?
I’m going to let you in on what may be the poorest-kept secret of the summer: The rocks at the end of the MRGO are on fire, and they have been for the whole summer.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Big trout deep in Breton Sound
Captain Kerry Audibert with Ought To Be Fishing Charters (504-259-5304) hasn’t been catching a lot of limits lately, but it’s not because the fish aren’t biting.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Hot beach bite from Fourchon to Elmer’s Island
Captain Chad Billiot with Marsh Rat Guide Service (985-637-5058) says there is a very good beach bite happening right now from the barges at Fourchon to Elmer’s Island.[…]
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High fuel prices crimp fishing trips
Record high fuel prices are causing anglers to cut back on their fishing plans, according to a recent survey. And the impact of fuel prices among anglers appears to have escalated sharply since last summer.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Barataria trout bite begins at Manila Village
All the freshwater that has been diverted from the Mississippi River down through Lafitte has pushed the best salinity levels south, and Captain Theophile Bourgeois with Bourgeois Charters (504-341-5614) says the best trout fishing is from Manila Village to the Gulf of Mexico.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Flounder bite unusually good in Calcasieu’s Ship Channel
Folks may not be thinking too much about flounder right here in the middle of the summer, but a recent trip I made with Captain Jeff Poe of Big Lake Guide Service (337-598-3268) and his son Nick proved to all of us that keeping an open mind can fill your cooler with lots of flat fish while the sun sizzles overhead.[…]
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Side-imaging opens new worlds
The basic principles of sonar are tied to the laws of physics and can’t change much, but Humminbird’s Side Imaging feature proves that sonar’s application to sportfishing is still evolving.[…]
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Cover: July 2008
Capt. Eric Dumas is just one angler who loves targeting trout in the cooler hours just before dusk.[…]
Bass Fishing
Cover: July 2008-Bass
There are ways to catch bass in the brutal heat of July. Just ask Rick Redmon and Mike Shelton.[…]
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Easy ways to save fortune in fuel
With gasoline prices soaring to all-time highs every other day, I am getting questions about how to stretch the fuel mileage of my customers’ boats.[…]
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Block Bingo
Like a hyperactive schoolboy at recess, 66-year-old Danny Womack positioned his bay boat stern end to the rig, while instructing me to drop the anchor.[…]
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Florida Parish Panfish
As we headed out the garage door with our poles, my son Robbie and I waved to Shirley, but she remained oblivious, gabbing away on her cell phone about the movie “Sex and the City.”[…]