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What’s procedure for Edge files?
Dear Capt. Paul:
I want to purchase your Vermilion Bay waypoints, but I’m not sure what I need to get them into a Lowrance LCX-28c.[…]
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More wisdom from Puddler Answer Man
An unofficial poll conducted earlier this year on the highly respected website beerdrinkers.com found that puddling is one of the hottest new sports in America, second only to sleep-jogging (like sleep-walking but at a faster pace).[…]
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Dark Side of DuLarge
A cooking show broadcast in Kansas was planning on featuring a redfish recipe, and they were looking for the most unique way of acquiring the main ingredient in their dish.[…]
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Winds of Change
Al Nissen sighed as he hung up the phone. His third fishing buddy just turned him down on an offer to go try their luck on some specks and reds early the next morning.[…]
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Custom-Made Autumn Action
September is the beginning of the oft-dreaded “transition” period. We call the “transition” that in-between time when fish are moving out of their summer haunts but not yet established in their winter patterns.[…]
Inshore Fishing
More than weather hot in Breton Sound
Capt. Frank Moore (504-887-4960) has been whacking the trout the past couple days out in Breton Sound even with the huge tidal ranges the coast has been having lately.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Satellite rigs below Cocodrie getting hot
Anglers fishing the coastal areas below Cocodrie are catching fish, albeit smaller 12- to 14-inch ones. Capt. Marty LaCoste with Absolute Fishing Charters (985-856-4477) has the remedy for the tiny-trout syndrome, though. He said to head to the satellite rigs about 6 miles offshore.[…]
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Red Snapper Regime
There wasn’t the slightest fold or crease in Old Glory at the Houma Hampton Inn at 4:30 a.m. It looked like the service crew had mistakenly washed it in with all the sheets, pressed it, then applied a coating of heavy starch.[…]
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Bottleneck Buzz
One of the old adages in fishing is that it really doesn’t matter if you tell other anglers where you were fishing or what you caught them on because, more than likely, they aren’t going to be able to go back and duplicate the same pattern. […]
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Moonlight Serenade
He just wouldn’t shut his mouth. I mean, you never guarantee limits. It’s just not done. I tried over and over again to get guide Marty Lacoste to stop, and for a while, I thought I had succeeded.[…]
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Seeing Red
I was hooked on sight fishing for redfish before I even set foot in Capt. Charlie Thomason’s Triton boat.[…]
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Raising Cane
Surveying the hall of green and brown, Jimmy Fisackerly asked, “Which side do you think we should fish?” With a stiff wind puffing across the Delta, Fisackerly had worked his 23-foot Hydra-Sports bay boat into a small cove within a large stand of roseau cane.[…]
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Out of the Gulf, Part I
Louisiana sportsmen are truly blessed with a variety of landforms that God seemed to have made specifically for the myriad fish and animals we enjoy pursuing.[…]
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Seven tips to save $$ while trailering
The peak of the summer vacation season also sees a peak in gasoline use, and with the spike in prices at the pumps this summer, it pays more than ever before to know how to squeeze every mile out of a gallon of fuel — both on the water and on the way to and from the launch ramp.[…]
Fishing
Magic ‘reset’ button a time-saver
A friend called the other day and asked if I would help him change the sonar transducer clamped to the bottom of his trolling motor. He thought he could handle the job but wasn’t sure, and since I live a short distance away, he asked for help.[…]
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Hot weather makes Red River smoke
When the weather turns extremely hot, your best chances for catching bass will be on river systems. My pick for productive August fishing in Louisiana is the Red River and its five pools that run from Shreveport to Alexandria.[…]