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Specks and Spice, and Everything Nice
After Amy grabbed her door prize from Masson, he stuck his hand back in the box and pulled another ticket and called the name. “Amy Weaver,” he repeated.[…]
Fishing
Bass Fishing
15-Minute Advantage
Webster defines “advantage” as a more favorable position or superiority.[…]
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2007 Speck Forecast
Last year, specked trout along most of the coast almost jumped in anglers’ boats. Catching limits was simply assumed.[…]
Bass Fishing
Redfish Bay full of trout
Capt. Cade Thomas and I began our day catching bass on worms and jigs flipped to the edges of the cane in Delta Duck. We finished up about 7 hours later by releasing a big bull red that had inhaled Thomas’ Bayou Chub.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Venice action already getting hot
Capt. Owen Langridge of Big “O” Charters (225-978-1136) in Venice was impressed with what he saw taking place downriver last spring.[…]
Bass Fishing
Toledo Bend ready to bust open
There has been quite a buzz about how good bass anglers are expecting the fishing to be at Toledo Bend this spring.[…]
Fishing
Lake Pontchartrain almost ready
Several anglers are trying to get the jump on the fantastic spring trout action on the bridges of eastern Lake Pontchartrain, but they’re coming back with spotty reports at best.[…]
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Cover: March 2007
Zack Gagnard has had more success fishing bass tournaments than many men triple his age.[…]
Bass Fishing
Youth Gone Wild – Big Basspirations
Many teenagers don’t know what they want to do with their lives. Zack Gagnard, a 16-year-old high-school junior, isn’t one of them. Gagnard has his future all planned out.[…]
Fishing
Spring tune-up is easy, worthwhile
Winter is over. Flowers are beginning to bloom. The weather is milder. The days are a little longer.[…]
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Shallow Rig Nine
The uproar from Bourbon Street was deafening. A sea of flushed faces, buggy eyes and wildly waving arms clamored for Mardi Gras treats.[…]
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Poverty Point Rocks
We all like to think our success in fishing is due to great technical skill and vast knowledge of the aquatic species, but to be truthful, luck has often played a large role in my outdoor career.[…]
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Piece of His Mine
In the 1960s, the only jobs available in the Bayou Lafourche area related to either fishing, sugar cane or oil. But the development of the Frasch process — a mining technique that recovers up to 92 percent of a salt dome’s recoverable sulphur — made it possible for companies to exploit the vast underground sulphur deposits under Louisiana’s marshes.[…]
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Trailer often overlooked by eager boaters
I watched with some envy as my neighbor across the street prepared his boat for his annual spring break fishing trip to South Florida.[…]
Fishing
Many problems originate with fuses
A discussion on the Internet reminded me of a problem that has been around for about as long as marine electronics. A fisherman asked for help with his sonar unit’s erratic behavior, and a predictable series of responses appeared.[…]
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Japanese Jigging
Tumultuous seas rocked the 26-foot boat as Craig Monroe and John Swincinski surveyed the churning waters near the jagged legs of the Seven Mile rigs south of Venice.[…]