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Redfishing in the Big Easy
We launched the boat in the sleepy bayou town of Hopedale, no more than 45 minutes from downtown New Orleans.[…]
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Consistent Calcasieu
Drags screaming and rods bending mean bull reds diving for the bottom, a scene often interrupted by 5-, 6- and 7-pound trout exploding on surface lures that walk on water.[…]
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World Series Trout
Game six of the National League Championship Series. Eighth inning. Cubs lead 3-0.[…]
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Rigoletts Reds
When Hollywood hung the title “Red October” on a submarine movie some years ago, they had no idea how apropos it was for Louisiana anglers.[…]
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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.[…]
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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.[…]
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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.[…]
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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.[…]