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. […]
August 2013
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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. […]
Hunting
Redemption Muzzleloader
The Redemption Muzzleloading Rifle from LHR Sporting Arms features the all new patent pending “Adapt” breech system, which allows for fast, simple and easy cleaning. […]
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Firecrackers — Grand Bayou offers some great August chinquapin fishing
As far as clichés go, few are more frequently used than, “Dynamite comes in small packages.” […]
Fishing
Columbia Sportswear
Perfect for hot days on the water, Columbia Sportswear’s PFG Freezer Zero long sleeve tee uses its Omni-Freeze ZERO technology to react with sweat and lower the temperature of the material so you feel cooler. […]
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No Tails Necessary — Redfishing options for Vermilion Bay
Surrounded by boats, raucous gulls and terns dived into the green waters of Vermilion Bay near Weeks Island. And as quickly as lines could be cast, anglers were landing speckled trout. […]
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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. […]
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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