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Study of BP oil spill dispersants ‘scary,’ biologists say

August 2, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

Coastal fishermen have enjoyed great fishing since the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster of 2010, but they have lived with the fear of potential long-term impacts to the ecosystem lurking in their minds.

A study released Tuesday on the Public Library of Science Web site indicates there is definite cause for future worry — but not because of the 200 million gallons of crude that spewed unabated into the Gulf of Mexico for over three months. […]

Deer Hunting

Place bow stands near paths of least resistance

August 1, 2012 Chris Ginn

Although he admits that it’s hard to stay focused on a deer while perched in a tree when he knows the fish are biting out his back door in Lafitte, New Orleans Style Fishing Charters owner Capt. Jason Shilling gets in a little bow hunting during early October before buckling down on the deer later in the year.[…]

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Island Invitation: Head to the Chandeleur Islands for great redfish, trout action

August 1, 2012 Rusty Tardo

It was the eve of Feb. 1 in the year 1700 — a day long celebrated by Europeans as “Candlemas,” a day when their religious clergy blessed the candles that would be used in their religious services for the remainder of the year.

On the eve of that holy day, French explorer Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville dropped anchor alongside a long chain of uninhabited islands off the border of the Louisiana/Mississippi coast and christened them Les Iles de Chandeleur (Translated in English a “The Chandeleur Islands”) in honor of the event.[…]

Bass Fishing

A splash of color

August 1, 2012 David A. Brown

There’s a reason so many of the worms, skirts and trailers we see in the bass-fishing arena are green pumpkin — the color mimics crawfish and all types of finfish forage.[…]

Bass Fishing

Size matters

August 1, 2012 David A. Brown

Like most baits, football-heads come in various sizes and styles, with each made to address certain scenarios. For illustrative purposes, Hackney breaks down Strike King’s trio:[…]