Since the “special teal season,” as it was first called, started running back in 1968, the aerial duck counts for Louisiana have shown one thing consistently: The greatest concentrations — by far — of teal in Southeast Louisiana cram into the Mississippi Delta.The reasons are not far to seek.[…]
Garrett didn’t brag: I’ve got to give him that.[…]
A friend just installed a new 24-volt trolling motor and was disappointed when it ran only about three hours before the batteries died. He asked me to look at his new system, and I found several common ailments.[…]
More often than not, though, anglers launching at Bayou Segnette stick to the west side of the Mississippi River. From the launch, anglers can reach the top end of the Wagon Wheel in Venice in just over an hour.[…]
OK, I admit it. It’s not like I’m embarrassed about it or anything, but I just don’t eat a lot of fish. I eat some kinds of fish, but not all kinds, and almost never in a restaurant.[…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
I’m looking for waypoints for all the rigs out of Hopedale such as the Central Rig, the Dope Boat, etc.[…]
There is an old saying in fishing circles that 10 percent of the anglers catch 90 percent of the fish. In other words, one out of 10 anglers catch nine out of 10 fish.[…]
My wife has always said I have brain damage.
Now she may have actual physical evidence.[…]
Capt. Greg Schlumbrecht of To Fish Charters (985-960-1709) was one of three boats launching at Chef Harbor on Tuesday morning. Either the workday was keeping folks off the water, or more likely, they didn’t want anything to do with Lake Pontchartrain during August. First[…]
Capt. Chad Billiot with Marsh Rat Guide Service (985-637-5058) answered his phone with more of a grunt than a hello. I quickly learned he was hooked up with a bruiser redfish and that I was going to have to wait.[…]
The tropical disturbance that was hanging out in the Gulf earlier this week couldn’t stop me from checking the Ship Shoal block out of Dulac with Capt. Clark Trosclair of Sea Creature Fishing Charters (985-563-2531) on Tuesday.[…]
You wouldn’t think country music star Mark Chestnutt and 1980s rap group Whodini would have anything in common.[…]
Robert Lindley, Greg Webb, Otis Taylor and Jay Forrest caught easy limits in Louisiana’s Wadefishing Wonderland.[…]
It was 5:30 in the morning, but John Engelsman was climbing off his bicycle after riding to the Grand Isle beach to check out the conditions as the sun’s first light leaked over the horizon and buddy Larry Langlois cooked bacon and eggs for breakfast.[…]
It was a shocking sight: Grass was matted on the point of the little trenasse north of Main Pass. That was unexpected in Venice, after reports that Hurricane Katrina had ripped up any vestiges of submerged vegetation.[…]
“Get the net” is the phrase most often heard echoing across the waters that surround the beach community of Grand Isle this time of year.[…]