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Mojo Management
For more than 35 years, Mike Centanni didn’t simply hope to kill deer — he expected to.[…]
September 2005
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Cover: September 2005
COVER: Louisiana Sportsman kicks off the hunting seasons with its forecasts for WMAs, ducks, and the deer rut.[…]
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Way, Way, Way Down There
Many people fish — or at least profess to fish — just for the thrill of feeling the raw piscatorial power throbbing through the line.[…]
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Tarpon in the Triangle
As the morning sun was just starting to glow over the horizon, the Mr. Todd made its way down Tiger Pass. The needle on the vessel’s temperature gauge climbed almost as quickly as the thermometer, reflecting the record 95-degree heat radiating from the nearby marsh.
Capt. Coon Schouest slowed the vessel to check out the situation.[…]
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Slack Busters
Robbie’s face lit up. His eyes bugged. A crazy grin creased his face. He’d just answered the cell phone from the passenger seat as we passed the Greater Macedonian Baptist Church on the way down to Venice.[…]
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Passed Over
Charlie Thomason isn’t a big believer in the anecdotal notions of how the changing of seasons affects fishing.[…]
Events & Announcements
Cross talk can hurt fish-finder images
“When I turn on both my console and bow fish finders, at least one of them goes crazy!” This is the most common fish-finder complaint I hear, and it stems from a lack of understanding of how sonar works.[…]
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Original Bagley Balsa B’s are back
You won’t have to pay $100 for one of the most efficient artificial lures in bass fishing history.[…]
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Form Follows Function
It doesn’t take much to make Bobby Phillips happy. All he really needs is a couple shiners and a few willing white perch.[…]
Currents
President does 180 on Louisiana’s vanishing coast
President Bush has had some sort of epiphany.
It’s obvious. Perhaps he was visited by the ghost of Christmas Future one sleepy August night on Pennsylvania Avenue. Maybe Christmas Future held the hand of the leader of the free world and took his spirit on a midnight stroll through the heart of America’s Wetland.[…]
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Bull Red Two-Step
Bobby Chouest wanted to head to the near-shore rigs to catch some bull reds, but Buggie Vegas suggested trying Caminada Pass before making the several-mile run.
Chouest didn’t feel very confident, since the tide was moving out, but he shrugged and headed for the boat.
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Buck Bow-nanza
Some of the year’s hottest weather in Louisiana occurs during the oppressive days of August and September.[…]
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Better Days Down Deep
The irritating blare of the alarm clock startled me awake at 2:45 a.m. I intentionally set it for that time, figuring I could quickly wash my face, get dressed and be out the door in 15 minutes.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Looking for wellheads, offshore rigs
Dear Capt. Paul:
I am looking for the Ocean Master rig numbers out of Southwest Pass.[…]
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2005 Duck Forecast
Monday, Nov. 7 — The jet stream, that great river of air that drives the continent’s weather, stretches in a mildly undulating line from Oregon to Maine, pushing storms and weather fronts from west to east across North America.[…]
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2005-06 WMA Forecast
That wildlife managers with the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and private companies are doing everything they can to enhance hunting opportunities on public land has never been more apparent than this year.[…]