Fishing

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What Lurks Below

April 24, 2007 Susan Gros

Have you ever been fishing offshore on a boat, looked down and wondered what it would be like to see what lurks beneath the legs of a towering oil rig whose barnacle-encrusted legs extend hundreds or thousands of feet below the surface?[…]

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Jerked Up

April 24, 2007 John E. Phillips

Professional bass fisherman Shaw Grigsby of Gainesville, Fla., has won $1.3 million just on the BASS circuit with a combined total of about $2 million in wins. However, when he’s not fishing for bass, Grigsby enjoys fishing inshore for specks and reds.[…]

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MAY is for MAYHEM!

April 24, 2007 Rusty Tardo

Webster defines Mayhem as “riot and disorder.” It’s a word used by the press to describe rioting and unrest in the streets — crowds running amok, burning cars, crashing storefronts, looting, fighting and creating havoc and destruction.[…]

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Redfish Run

April 24, 2007 Andy Crawford

The water was off-colored, but Capt. Ben Leto wasn’t worried.

“I caught them in here yesterday as fast as we could get bait on the bottom,” he said.[…]

Bass Fishing

Back Talk

April 24, 2007 Chris Ginn

I’ve always loved fishing river systems, but I have to admit that I never venture too far off the main river itself. All those river lakes, oxbows and creeks only serve to frustrate me to the point that I avoid them all together.[…]

Inshore Fishing

Lafitte anglers side-stepping fronts

April 17, 2007 Chris Ginn

The last cold front that blew through Southeast Louisiana scattered muddy water from Lafitte to Grand Isle, and it scattered the speckled trout just as far. Capt. Mike Daigle with Cast-It Charters (504-915-9480 or 985-331-8548) is still catching a few fish, but he said he’s having to fish 20 places just to catch 20 trout.[…]

Inshore Fishing

Cocodrie trout already on the coast

April 5, 2007 Chris Ginn

In an interesting turn of events, Capt. John Pellegrin with Topwater Charters (985-852-9560) took some live bait out fishing Wednesday, but the trout didn’t want to touch it. Pellegrin was fishing on the coast below Cocodrie between Lake Pelto and Grand Caillou, and he caught all of his fish on swim baits.[…]