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More needs than restoration money
For the past 13 years under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA), requests for construction funds never exceeded the amount available.[…]
Fishing
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Panfish Proliferation
A St. Mary Parish angler and hundreds of others have enjoyed a sac-a-lait season of content in the nation’s last great overflow swamp.[…]
Fishing
Troubleshoot your fish-finder on the go
Gremlins almost never bother your fish finder in waters near your home or close to a repair shop. They wait until you pull your boat a hundred miles from home on vacation. Here’s how to defend against these little wire chewers and slug it out with them when they get past your defenses.[…]
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Lemon Picking
It’s difficult to explain my near obsession with cobia. It’s been like that for as long as I can remember, and many other offshore anglers feel the same and react similarly when the meaty brown fish appear near the boat.[…]
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Rivers that run through us under seige
A short cast upstream, accompanied by a quick mend, placed the popper against the opposite bank, deep in the shade of an overhanging brush. The mend gave the fly at least a few seconds of a drift-free float.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Bayous Sue, Lacombe locations wanted
Dear Capt. Paul:
I hope you can help me. I have seen references to Bayou Sue on several fishing reports. It is in the Biloxi Marsh area. It was referred to near the Lake Eugene area, which I think is Lake Eugenie.[…]
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Pre-Duck Trio
A stiff easterly breeze pushed the 16-foot aluminum boat briskly across the stunningly beautiful pond.[…]
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Welcome Mats
Flounder take a decidedly noticeable third seat in Louisiana’s inshore fishing preference.[…]
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Many fisheries improve with diversions
One of the most important tools in the wetland restoration toolbox is river diversions. However, there seems to be a lot of misinformation and misunderstandings about the role and impacts of river diversions as a restoration tool.[…]
Fishing
Trolling motors starting to do it all
The best place for your front fish finder’s transducer is on the bottom of your bow-mounted trolling motor’s lower unit. Until recently, this meant clamping a transducer to the motor and routing its cable up the outside of the motor’s shaft.[…]
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Getting Crabby
Rather than surrendering to the poor fishing conditions, try taking a few electronic-gizmo-jaded kids to an old bridge or dock for some old-fashioned excitement that may entertain even the most weathered fisherman.[…]
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Big fish, record-setters lurk together
On a recent trip with Capt. Scott Avanzino out of Venice, Frank Genusa Jr. felt he had a good shot at setting a state record on dolphin.[…]
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Flat Out Easy Fishing
Three notes into the hail call, and they turned. They did a little jig in fact, wagging their wings frantically for a second, then dipping. Looked almost like they’d hit an invisible net.[…]
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Fish on the Fringe
Blame it on the river.
Summer trout fishing, the passion of thousands of Southeast Louisiana anglers, has been inconsistent. And maybe inconsistent is too nice a word.[…]
Currents
With autumn comes more outdoor options
Here in Sportsman’s Paradise, we are not without outdoor options during any season of the year. Before an outing, the average outdoorsman has to decide what type of species he’ll fish and where he’ll launch to do it.[…]
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Changing Gear
Well if you fish anywhere, you are constantly dealing with change. The weather, tides, water clarity, etc., can all change without a moment’s notice.[…]