Offshore Fishing
Tips for cleaning snappers
Ricky Richoux of Slimeslingers Professional Fish Cleaning gives a detailed step-by-step guide of how he cleans red snapper.[…]
June 2012
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Thoroughfare Thoroughbred
The average horse’s heart weighs 7 pounds.
The historic racehorse Eclipse, a distant sire of triple-crown winner Secretariat, had a 14-pound heart.[…]
Fishing
Duce Rods
After building mostly custom rods for five years, Duce Rods is switching over to production rods with a twist. These unique rods were designed to decrease friction and allow for greater casting distance.[…]
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Heading ’em off at the passes
In sort of a hypnotic, mesmerizing motion the tip of my float wavered left to right in a semi-circle until it slowly sunk beneath the surface of the water.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Causeway guide Dumas offers early summer trout-fishing tips
Big things are in store for Lake Pontchartrain.
How big?[…]
Bass Fishing
Cover: June 2012-Bass
The nation’s top bass anglers head to Toledo Bend this month, and the coastal trout action is as hot as it gets.[…]
Fishing
De-Fishing Soap
Specifically formulated for anglers, De-Fishing Soap eliminates fish and bait odors from hands and prevents them from spreading to clothing or furniture.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Essential bull-bream equipment
Bream big and small will often suck a bait — hook and all — deep down their throats before the float sinks.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway facts
• The Causeway is 23.83 miles long.
• The twin bridges are supported by 9,500 concrete stanchions.[…]
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Cover: June 2012
The nation’s top bass anglers head to Toledo Bend this month, and the coast trout action is as hot as it gets.[…]
Fishing
ABT Multi-Rig System
Unlike other umbrella rigs on the market, ABT Lure Company’s new Multi-Rig System lets you make modifications to fit varying fishing conditions. Its patented screw lock swimming head and removable wire harness allows you to easily customize your presentation.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Beating the heat during the bream bite
June temperatures often start out in the mid 70s, requiring bream anglers to use a few precautions when going out on the water for a morning of fishing.[…]
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Delacroix Inside Out
Capt. John Gremillion quit guiding because he likes to fish too much.[…]
Fishing
Flounder Fanatic
Available in two different styles, the Bottom and the Jig, Flounder Fanatics puts the odds in the fisherman’s favor. The Flounder Fanatic Bottom comes in two weights (¾-ounce and 1½-ounce) and uses a lead body and a specially bent sideways hook so it better fits the flounder’s sideways mouth.[…]
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Sighting in
I used to be fascinated at how quickly my grandfather’s catfish would come to the surface of his two farm ponds as he drove across the field in their direction.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Tides are next to impossible to predict at Delacroix
If you want to know when is the best time to go to Delacroix, you forget all about looking at the tide forecasts.[…]