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Treasure Map
A thick layer of fog hugged the ground as I wound my way east on Highway 90 through the Rigolets and north toward the East Pearl Launch at the base of the Pearlington Bridge.[…]
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Get rigged right for winter’s rough seas
It’s one thing running inland lakes, rivers and bayous when the wind and waves kick up and protected waters are never too far away; it’s another story when rough open waters of a large lake or open Gulf separate you from the fishing grounds or launch ramp.[…]
Fishing
What do those arches really mean?
I’ve heard everyone from fishing guides to marine electronics salesmen talk about what sonar can and can’t see in the underwater world, and the ratio of good information to bad has been about 50-50.[…]
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A Home of their Own
I couldn’t help but note the irony. It was a classic show-and-tell. Three clear and plaintive “bobwhite” calls drifted through the pines to the ears of our crew — calls made by three different birds.[…]
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Hell on Hooves
I knew it was going to be a different kind of day when Scottie Holland with Louisiana Hog Hunters in Natalbany handed me a clipboard and asked me to sign a release.[…]
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Say ‘hello’ to my little Sqwirm
When it comes to fly fishing for bass and panfish, the late Tom Nixon of Lake Charles was not just considered one of the greats, he’s wrote the book on the subject.[…]
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Creeped Out
Cockroaches get hip to our methods of massacring them and develop defenses. Bacteria do the same. Then brilliant folks in lab coats get their dander up, spit on their hands and spend months of painstaking labor in laboratories peering into microscopes, mixing deadly concoctions and checking results.[…]
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Finicky But Fun
My response is simple … Fish HARD!
Take last February as an example.[…]
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Caney’s Crackers
If you look at Louisiana’s state records, you’ll find that anglers catch most of the big shellcrackers (chinquapin) in Caney Lake near Chatham.[…]
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Shifting Slabs
Use these techniques on Lake Bistineau, and watch your winter crappie haul skyrocket.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Offseason is time for map loading
Dear Capt. Paul:
I recently purchased a Lowrance IFinder H20. The software I am operating with it is MapCreate 6 of which I have not updated to MapCreate 6.2 as yet.Before doing so, I thought I would write to see what software you recommend for heavy marine use with a pleasure vessel.[…]
Offshore Fishing
Midnight Lump looking good for late January
Capt. Scott Avanzino with Paradise Outfitters (985-845-8006) said this is the perfect time to make a trip to the Midnight Lump because the tuna are already starting to bite, and there is very light fishing pressure right now.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Oil spewing from wellhead in Bayou Perot
The Coast Guard is working with local, state and federal agencies today to respond to an oil spill in Bayou Perot near Lafitte.[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
Ducks cranking up behind cold front
If a Monday morning marsh hunt with Hackberry Rod & Gun is any indication, Louisiana waterfowlers reluctantly counting down the days of the 2006-07 season may finish with a flurry thanks to the cold front making its way across the state.[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
Atchafalaya Delta WMA holding variety of ducks
This duck season has been all about being in the right spot at the right time, and there’s no better public spot to hunt through the end of the season than Atchafalaya Delta WMA.[…]
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Jerk in a Jam
The stretch of shoreline looked like it was tailor-made for a pack of redfish to be roaming for a mid-morning meal. But, it wasn’t really all that different looking than the others we’d come across in the Myrtle Grove marsh that morning, and I was more than a little frustrated.[…]