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Cover: July 2003-Fresh
Bass can get finicky this month, but hybrid stripers more than pick up the slack on some lakes.[…]
July 2003
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Cover: July 2003
Sometimes getting out of the boat in July puts the odds in your favor, as it did last year for John Dean on a trip to Grand Isle.[…]
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Short-Changed
These didn’t look ANYTHING like pick-box draftees. None wore the battered sneakers and long-sleeved work shirt. None wore that huge straw sombrero and baggy pantaloons. None looked like Edith Bunker or Phyllis Diller. No, the sight of these had us RIVETED.[…]
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O’Steen Offshore
It’s difficult to imagine an offshore fisherman who goes on an overnight fishing trip every doable weekend for four or five months being called “soft” or “a wuss,” but that’s what Dr. Russell O’Steen gets for finally admitting he’s reached the point where he no longer “goes regardless.”[…]
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Trolling the Trestles
I pulled out my hand-held GPS to check our speed. Once all the satellites kicked in, it registered the incredible velocity of 2.4 knots. That’s right, two point four.[…]
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Surf-Time Awakening
The early morning sun had scarcely peeked over the cloudy horizon when shrilling cries of sea gulls dive-bombing for bait awakened us.[…]
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Main Attraction
Doink!
A jolt of energy shot up my line and transferred to my rod tip. Some unseen fish had just struck my silver Croakertail bait; there was no doubt about it.[…]
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Croaker Soakers
Steve Lahare can make a sandwich better than Emeril Lagasse and complete an income-tax return faster than H&R Block, but when it comes to fishing, he’s no Bill Dance.[…]
Bass Fishing
New crankbaits stay in strike zone
Hitting the strike zone is what it’s all about in bass fishing, whether an angler is working cypress trees and knees in less than 3 feet of water or probing ridges or points in 10 feet of water or deeper.[…]
Fishing
Color displays are clearly better
The question on many boaters’ minds is, “Why bother with color at all?” To answer that question, we have to look at how LCD screens present detail, and how the human eye perceives that detail.[…]
Currents
Trout Watchers info good, getting better
I celebrated a birthday last month, and judging by the number of candles my wife stuck in the cake, I must be 34. My kids think that’s ancient, but I would guess there are actually a whole lot more people in America older than me than younger.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
How much map memory is enough?
Dear Capt. Paul:
How much memory do you need for maps in a hand-held GPS unit?[…]
Columns
Don’t be a fat cat; try puddling
Television executives aren’t satisfied that they’ve turned us all into couch potatoes; now they’re trying to turn our felines into “fat cats.”[…]
Bass Fishing
Classic Concentration
Louisiana bass anglers haven’t had a native son to cheer for during the Bassmasters Classic since 1999, when Baton Rouge’s Rodney Wagley earned a berth in the first New Orleans Classic.[…]
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Striper Express
Homer Humphreys wheeled around on the front deck of his Bass Cat boat.[…]
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Marsh Maggots
“You’re not going to believe this,” said Bryce Michel as we sped across Lake Decade. “I don’t know how much they told you about this deal, but it really is unbelievable.”[…]