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Hook ’Em Hard
Set the hook hard, son!” the salty old man told me. That short sentence might just be the best piece of fishing advice I’ve ever given or received.[…]
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Grand Isle Fish Fest
Darkness was closing in as we breached Grand Isle’s city limits, and Pelayo slowed down. In seconds, he slammed the brakes with a force that would have launched us through the windshield.[…]
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One man’s trash another’s treasure
Some see a glass with water at the halfway point as half-full. Others see it as half-empty. Still others see the glass and ask “Where’s the ice?”[…]
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Hot-Weather Crappie
We let the crappie tell us what type of bait they prefer on that day. When we first start trolling, we’ll use minnows, jigs and a jig tipped with a minnow.[…]
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Sound Advice
All it took was a phone call to put the gears into motion. Capt. Glenn Sanchez called and suggested that we do a Breton Sound trip.[…]
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Topo software a must for GPS unit
Dear Capt. Paul:
I purchased my first GPS, a Garmin Map 60 CSX. I’ll learn the basics of it, then I’ll purchase some topo software for the coastal marshes of Louisiana and the Southwest Mississippi area.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Quality trout showing up all over
The argument about whether to use live bait or artificial will rage the next couple of days, but the simple fact is that some big trout are biting all across Southeast Louisiana from Lake Pontchartrain down to Venice and over to Bayou DuLarge.[…]
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Cover: August 2007-Fishing
The regulations noose is tightening around red snapper anglers, but those who fish Ship Shoal are finding numbers to be better than ever.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Bow fishing offers best of both worlds
A student of his past, Capt. John Verret is a Houma Indian who discovered bow fishing after Hurricane Andrew replaced the frogs in the marshes of southern Terrebonne Parish with redfish and black drum.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Less-pressured Pontchartrain producing big trout
It always amazes me how few boats I see on Lake Pontchartrain outside of April and May. Take a recent trip I took with Eric Dumas for instance. We basically had the entire train bridge to ourselves except for the big trout that kept attacking our live shrimp.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Visible reds biting on the east side
Capt. Charlie Thomason with Bayou Charters (985-809-6391) was as spirited as Tiger Stadium after a touchdown when he told me we were going sight fishing for redfish.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Metairie team wins Cocodrie FLW Redfish event
Ray Chagnard and Edward Adams, both of Metairie, caught a six-redfish total weighing 48 pounds, 2 ounces to win the Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series Western Divisions event in Cocodrie.[…]
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Near-Sighted
Two terms come to mind when anglers think about South Louisiana saltwater fishing — inshore and offshore. That’s about the only two places you can fish isn’t it? If you’re inshore, you’re definitely not offshore.[…]
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Cover: July 2007
New Orleans Saints punter Steve Weatherford and pro angler Jason Catchings show what kind of redfish action awaits out of Venice’s Red Pass.[…]
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Is your boat ready for storm season?
Most of us have detailed plans for what we will do in the event that another hurricane heads our way. I’m sure these plans include boarding up and securing the house, stocking up on hurricane supplies and getting ready to evacuate if needed.[…]
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Best of the Blue
Across the Louisiana coast, captains often agree the No. 1 question those shopping for a tuna trip generally ask is, “When is the BEST time to catch yellowfin tuna?”[…]