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Cover: October 2006
Learn the techniques in this issue to put a wall-hanger on the ground this year.[…]
October 2006
Columns
Come fall, Redzilla rules the marsh
As Halloween draws near, beware of monsters that lurk the marsh!Take late October of last year. There I was, enjoying a gorgeous day in my canoe just east of the Leeville bridge.[…]
Bass Fishing
Rooted in the Red
I love the Red River. I’ve tried to impartially write about each of the Louisiana waterways I’ve covered so far this year, but I can’t recuse myself from this one. I’m biased toward the Red River, and I can’t withdraw my emotions.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Can you point me to the tuna rigs?
Dear Capt. Paul:
Do you have the coordinates for Seven Mile Rigs, 109, Cognac, Lena and Elf?[…]
Columns
Revolvers best fit for rookie shooters
The lady was smiling, and her husband was positively beaming as she showed me her choice of handguns for concealed self-protection.[…]
Fishing
Cooling system not just a water pump
Last month, a reader emailed to say he has a 1985 model 40-horsepower motor, and is having trouble with the water system. He replaced the impeller and the gaskets with an impeller kit, but the engine tell tale is still not as strong as it is supposed to be.[…]
Fishing
Frequency the key to fish-finder clarity
Boaters and anglers often assume that any old sonar unit will find the bottom and track it reliably as they cruise and fish, but that’s not necessarily true.[…]
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Happy Trails
You know he’s out there. You’ve seen the signs he’s left behind: large tracks, rubs on trees the size of your leg, scrapes the size of a wash tub.[…]
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Over the Rainbows
After several hours of driving from West Monroe, I finally reached my fishing hole. Conditions were perfect — calm wind, clear water and just enough current to keep bait moving.[…]
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Squirrel Starters
It’s as real to me today as it was when it happened more than half a century ago. When my dad told me to pull on my boots, grab my jacket and come with him, I knew what that meant, especially if it happened on a Saturday morning in October.[…]
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Needles on the Noodle
Hunt deer in Southeast Louisiana’s piney woods, and you hunt the most thoroughly abominable deer hunting terrain on the continent. The abominations are many and varied.First off, low deer numbers per acre.[…]
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Big, Bad Bodcau
Bobby Taylor gave up hunting in the 1980s when all of the land on which he had chased deer for years was leased out. “We used to be able to hunt wherever we wanted,” the Haughton hunter said.[…]
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Seed Snatchers
Toward the end of our most recent summer, sleepy-eyed residents lying in bed watching the 10 o’clock news perked up their ears at the mention of four words seldom uttered in the Bayou State: “late August cold front.”[…]
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Bayou Buckmaster
For many outdoor enthusiasts, deer hunting is a hobby.[…]
Bass Fishing
Comb Over Bass
Have you ever seen a comb over? You know what I’m talking about — a man in his 50s or 60s starts losing hair on top of his head, so he combs the hair on the side over the top.[…]
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Flat Bottom Girls
Purple martins skimmed just above the water slurping tiny insects from mid air above the cypress-laden banks of Grand Pass as Capt. Cade Thomas’ 24-foot Skeeter sliced through the emerald green water.[…]