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2009 Speck Forecast
Hurricanes, with the associated torrential rains and storm surges, didn’t seem to affect the trout fishery last year. And, indeed, the fishing seemed easier in many instances.[…]
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Luck of Lafitte
How difficult would you find it to talk about fishing without saying the word luck?[…]
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Bouncing Around Buras
March has the reputation of being “kite-flying weather.” It might not be the best month for fishing, but it’s perfect if you want to get that kite airborne. You won’t even have to run to get some air under the kite.[…]
Currents
Want bigger trout? Read this book
Biologists are dorks.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Duck ponds around Madison Bay full of redfish
It didn’t take Capt. John Pellegrin with Top Water Charters (985-852-9560) very long to sum up his fishing fortunes for this past week.[…]
Events & Announcements
L.D.W.F. stocks New Orleans City Park with Florida largemouth bass
This week the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Office of Fisheries stocked a total of 252 adult Florida largemouth bass into the New Orleans City Park lagoon system.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Pontchartrain bridges starting to turn on
A few spotty reports are starting to surface from Lake Pontchartrain as the trout begin to spread out on the bridges to the east, and Captain Eric Dumas (985-705-1244) reported that he and his customers had great trips on Tuesday and Wednesday.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Hopedale trout bite moving out
If Captain Gene Dugas’ (985-640-0569) most recent trip out of Hopedale was any indicator, it looks like the speckled trout to the east of New Orleans are starting to get more and more active every day.[…]
Inshore Fishing
DuLarge specks and reds hitting swimbaits
Captain Marty LaCoste with Absolute Fishing Charters (985-856-4477) says it has stayed windy down in DuLarge for the better part of a week now, and the cooler nights haven’t allowed the water temperature to climb much higher than 60 degrees.[…]
News Breaker
L.D.W.F. turkey tagging regulations in effect for 2009 season
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will enforce turkey-tagging regulations during the 2009 turkey season and urges hunters to become familiar with the steps in the process before the season begins.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Beat the wind with reds in Garden Island Bay
These wicked winds are forcing guides to cancel trips all across coastal Louisiana, but I bumped into at least one that was able to make a few trips this week.[…]
Bass Fishing
Dazed and Confused
My first experience fishing the Tchefuncte River in St. Tammany Parish was the trolling motor going out on my brand-new Bass Tracker TX-17.[…]
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Cover: March 2009
Bass pro Jason Pittman knows there’s no better month for catching bass than March.[…]
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Fantastic Four
Capt. Papa Joe Bush maneuvered his bay boat through the Pen and down toward the Texaco Canals as an approaching cold front hung ominously low in the sky just behind us.[…]
Columns
Election drives gun sales, carry applications
Since the recent presidential election, sales of AR-15-style rifles have gone off the charts, and some manufacturers now report backlog orders for their rifles to number in the thousands.[…]
Fishing
Flushing will save you big bucks
I have asked many customers how often they flush out their engines, and the answer is almost always the same. They tell me they flush their engines every time they use them.[…]