You step off the LAB aircraft after a 4 1/2-hour flight from Miami to Manaus, and are surrounded with fishermen — the long the short and the tall, all wearing hats that proclaim their quarry. They’re here for tucunare’— the fabulous peacock bass of the Amazon basin.[…]
If bluegills got to be a hundred pounds, no one would ever be safe swimming.[…]
At the entrance of the open water, all thoughts and hope of a pleasant ride across the open water disappeared like last summer’s submerged oyster-grass islands. A strong will quickly gave in to an unmistakable force.[…]
Everybody likes to bet a sure thing. But a true “sure thing” is about as rare as a 10-pound speck.[…]
Vapor clouds billowed with every breath as the anglers worked their way past a bridge, working the pilings that normally held bass.[…]
There’s this credit card commercial you’re perhaps familiar with — especially if you’re an LSU football fan.[…]
The nice lady on the phone who promised to send me a map and regulations pamphlet assured me that while I was hunting Kentucky, I’d feel like I was hunting God’s Country.
Boy, was she right.[…]
A Louisiana favorite eagerly meets the challenge of a demanding artificial lure market with a new look for an old friend of spinnerbait aficiandos inside and outside the Sportsman’s Paradise.[…]
A couple of decades ago, I was a diver for the Dallas Fire Department, one of the last people anyone wanted to need to find a friend or family member.[…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
Can I use the property deeds to find property lines with a GPS unit?
Thanks for your answer.[…]
If the excuse for not having a rod or reel on your Christmas wish list is because you’ve been waiting for the 2005 models to come out, then I’ve got some good news: I just saved a bunch of money on my insurance by switching… no just kidding, the good news is that most of the 2005 product lines are already out.[…]
Good fishermen watch the weather for days leading up to their trip.[…]
The Biloxi Marsh is truly one of our area’s greatest assets. I always look forward to any opportunity to fish the area, even if just to enjoy the scenery.[…]
Vegetation is the primary binding feature that helps hold sediments together, protects against erosion and defines Louisiana’s wetlands.[…]
Transducers are much like television antennas — both must be mounted in the right place and carefully aimed to deliver top performance. A boat’s transducer must be installed where it maintains constant contact with the water as the craft runs and maneuvers at its top speed or pounds through waves in rough weather.[…]
When Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits decided to enter the creature-bait market, the artificial lure manufacturer really put the Kreature into it in 2004.[…]