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Internal Alarm — Catfish go on a feeding frenzy when the Mississippi River begins to fall
Aaron Langlois has an internal alarm clock set by his ancestors through Canada all the way back to France.[…]
August 2013
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Striking Gold — How to dredge up Sabine Lake redfish
“There’s some fish moving on that cut over there,” said Capt. Robby Trahan, pointing to a finger bayou coming out of the marsh on Sabine Lake’s northeastern edge. “They’re going down these banks right now because there’s a lot of bait in here.”[…]
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Live limits — Tips for live-bait fishing for trout and redfish
The August morning was warm and sticky. The wisp of the faint breeze only seemed to move the stifling hot air around, giving no real relief.[…]
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Red fish, green fish — Catch bass and reds at the mouth of the Mississippi River
Everywhere I went, I kept running across this guy selling ice chest hinges.[…]
General
SPOT Global Phone
SPOT LLC recently announced the new SPOT Global Phone, a portable, easy-to-use and data-enabled satellite phone that provides crystal-clear voice quality with no noticeable delay or echo.[…]
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The Breton Bounce — Top fishing tactics for Breton Bay
Mention the word “August” to anyone who lives in Southeast Louisiana, and several thoughts immediately come to mind. None of them are exciting.[…]
Deer Hunting
Mass XL
Acting as both an attractant and unique nutritional supplement, Mass XL is a one-two punch that will help you grow bigger bucks and have more chances to harvest them.[…]
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Lee Side of Leeville — Best redfish tactics in the marshes
Capt. Bobby Gros enclosed the baitfish in his dripping-wet palm, and with a few wiggles of his fingertips, maneuvered it so that only its head emerged from his thick hand.[…]
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Clear-cut foods — Cutovers can be ready-made grocery stores for deer
During the mid-1970s, I was conducting a study concerning the flora of Bienville Parish for my master’s thesis at Northeast Louisiana University (now ULM) when I got a glimpse of my first large timber clear-cut.[…]
Hunting
Super-Pro Remote Dummy Launcher
Perfect for training blind retrieves, multiple retrieves and use in field trials, the new Super-Pro Remote Dummy Launcher from D.T. Systems allows all dog owners, trainers and handlers the ability to remotely launch retrieving dummies.[…]
Columns
The lunker parade
My introduction to Toledo Bend was almost 20 years ago this month when I drove to the reservoir for a Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association meeting. Former Louisiana Sportsman editor Todd Masson and I jumped on John Dean’s boat, and spent a broiling-hot day dropping plastics into 30 feet of water.[…]
General
Costa’s Realtree AP camo sunglasses
Costa has added Realtree AP Camo as a pattern option to a number of their frame styles, including Fisch, Double Haul, Fantail, Blackfin and Zane.[…]
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Cover: August 2013
The Louisiana coastline is filled with reds just begging to be caught this month.[…]
Fishing
St. Croix Avid Surf Rods
The new series of high performance Avid Surf rods from St. Croix are lightweight, powerful and designed to maximize casting distance.[…]
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Rigged up — Catch more fish at the rigs off Grand Isle
The horror finally became intolerable, and I creaked out of bed and limped out to the beach-front porch — to find that Pelayo and Eddie had beat me to it.[…]
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Stump Jumpin’ — Catching bull bream during the heat of summer
OK, it’s August.
It’s hot — really, really hot. Bass have lockjaw. Crappie have disappeared. Catfish have retreated into the deepest holes in the river.[…]