General
May 2011
Ask Captain Paul
Barataria Bay hotspots in sight for summer
Capt. Paul’s Fishing Edge for Barataria Bay lists El Cid (Hotel Sid) as position No. BAT 29 at a position for the platform at or about N29 19.867’ x W89 58.163’. […]
Columns
Lunkers at Larto Lake in May
Larto Lake, located south of Vidalia in Catahoula Parish, is an old Mississippi oxbow lake. I like to fish here because I can stay at the Honey Brake Lodge near Jonesville, one of the best duck-hunting spots in the nation. […]
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Enjoy a cool, refreshing drink of redfish
A beverage company in New York has just come out with “MeatWater.” It’s for those who prefer their bottled water have a taste of poached salmon, Peking duck, Tandoori chicken or even German sauerbraten. […]
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River Worm is just like the real thing
Just in time for the bream fishing bonanza in Louisiana, which my wife June and I love to indulge in along the West Atchafalaya Basin Protection Levee’s borrow pits in May, comes a package of soft-plastic earthworms from Lunkerhunt. […]
Currents
Senator pushes for ethanol sanity
Boaters, you have a friend in Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. […]
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Spawning Specks
The winter was long and hard. The images of decoying ducks and rutting bucks had long since passed, and thoughts of warm spring days on the open coast and large yellow mouths were only promises until today. […]
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Anglers catch lots of catfish at Belle Isle
George Dupuy flipped his rod tossing out a double drop-rig with a couple of nightcrawlers impaled to a pair of 1/0 hooks. […]
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Lake Verret a May bream hotspot
The gals gasped and giggled as Doc and Trisha’s Mediterranean cruise pictures flashed on the screen. And on his new mega-screen TV at his Bourbon Street bungalow, they were indeed impressive — especially the one of Trisha “wade-fishing” in Rome’s Trevi fountain. […]
Fishing
Getting it right the first time
The secret to eliminating 90 percent of electronics problems is getting the installation right. […]
Columns
The Bodyguard .38 Special Smith & Wesson reinvents the revolver
There are so many innovative handguns hitting the retail shelves these days, it’s hard to stay ahead of the curve when you’re a gun writer. […]
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Do your homework before buying a used boat
Every used boat should be taken out for a test ride before being purchased, but there are several steps to take before then. […]
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Lake Pelto loaded with spring speckled trout
We all know what it is to crave something. Hot boiled crawfish, ice cold watermelon, that first cup of coffee in the morning — we all have these appetites that arise and then long to be satisfied. […]
Bass Fishing
Out of the Ordinary: Bass fishing techniques to increase success
The orange-bladed spinnerbait that March Take Home Angler Matthew Hymel threw at Lake Cataouatche so threw me for a loop that I began to wonder if those gaudy blades were just the tips of the proverbial iceberg. […]
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An old Revelation brings success on a turkey hunt
I could not hunt the opening day of the 2010 turkey season due to an obligation to teach a deer hunting and management seminar in Alexandria. […]
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Yellowfins: Cold as a fish — or not?
Yellowfin tuna have become one of the more important recreational and commercial fish species in the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Their growth in popularity seemed to come from nowhere. […]