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School’s In
The morning had barely begun, but Capt. Troy Robichaux already was speeding across Lake Raccourci with one eye glued to his GPS.[…]
Fishing
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Can’t Eat Just One
Two years of tough red snapper fishing have taken their toll on anglers who count the delectable dwellers of the deep among their favorites. Especially off of heavily pressured areas such as Grand Isle, offshore anglers are eager to use every advantage to land their share.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
5 Wells, Pogo, Cement and Dope Boat
Dear Capt. Paul:
I am a subscriber to the magazine. I would like three locations if posible. I am looking for 5 Wells, Pogo Rig and the Cement Rig.[…]
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Treasure in the Pan
The immense, steel-sided tanker slithered through the dense fog as it made its approach to the mouth of Southwest Pass.[…]
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Dredged spoil benefits many marsh areas
Considering how fast it’s disappearing, coastal Louisiana needs every bucket of dirt it can get to rebuild its wetlands.[…]
Fishing
Help your electronics beat the heat
A few simple tips can keep things working when summer’s blazing heat brings out the worst in everything from batteries to LCD screens[…]
Columns
New offshore plug gets down there
From the people who make it to the people who use it, one of the newest Yo-Zuri artificial lures is a deep, deep subject.[…]
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Spice up flies for Cajun Permit
The very first saltwater fish I ever caught was a sheepshead. When I was a young boy, my family would spend a week each summer in Gulf Shores, and my dad always brought a rod along.[…]
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Tarpon Tales
John DeBlieux had set out all but the short lines, which would go right in the prop wash.[…]
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Mucho Mackerel
The wheels on the shiny black Explorer spun and squealed. The outboard on the Pro-Line roared. But nothing moved. Neither was budging on that backdown ramp. The pot-bellied guy at the boat’s wheel wouldn’t give up.[…]
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Ship Shoal Slammers
Three anglers admired the all-too-uncommon spectacle of a gently rolling half-foot open Gulf swell at the same time they readied their long Carolina-rigged leaders in anticipation for the captain to give the OK to drop baits to the bottom.[…]
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Summertime, Seabrook and Specks
Capt. Eddie Adams (504-975-7902) met me at the Bonnabel Boat Launch just as daylight peeked over the eastern sky. I loaded my gear into his 22-foot Skeeter bay boat, and we headed toward Seabrook.[…]
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A Sight To See
The captain pointed toward a slight undulation on the surface. “Eleven o’clock,” Chuck Uzzle said. “Do you see it?”[…]
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The Young and the Restless
In his two books, The Helldivers Rodeo and The Hellpig Hunt, Louisiana Sportsman contributor Humberto Fontova makes a convincing case that the drive to harvest living creatures is still alive on some level in every human.[…]
Currents
CCA champions public access, sort of
Obviously the good folks at Coastal Conservation Association of Louisiana are not too pleased they’ve found themselves squarely in Louisiana Sportsman’s crosshairs the last few months, and to be fair, I really need to give credit where it is due.[…]
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Captain’s Choice
Coming home empty-handed from an offshore trip is like digging a well but never finding water — the hard work can’t be justified.[…]