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Red is certainly not dead
This month, I’ll return to the Red River at Shreveport to fish for bass. Generally in June, the river begins to go down and stabilize, and the bass start their summertime pattern.[…]
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Kayakity-yak
I had been warned that kayak fishermen are passionate about their sport, and that they love to talk about it. Oh, how they love to talk about it![…]
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The secret to fishing that father knows best
My dad. Everything he does in the outdoors — from gardening to setting crawfish traps — he does with a passion few men have. And excels at it.[…]
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Red snapper are not homebodies
It is hard to believe that the recreational season for Gulf of Mexico red snapper has shrunk to less than two months this year.[…]
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Boogie Nights
Now I know what driving against contra-flow must feel like. The boats that were getting out of Bayou DuLarge down at Jug’s were making it difficult for us to get in.[…]
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Saltwater Series: Grand Terre
Capt. Eddie Berthelot and I idled into the Wildlife and Fisheries Canal on the north side of Grand Terre Island in late April with prior knowledge and past years’ experiences pointing out that we were about to have a good time.[…]
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Long, Large & Lazy
If husbands could achieve trophy status by the number of their weight on the scales rather than the number of dimples on their chins, I would grade out much higher today than I did 14 years ago when my wife and I got married.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Horseshoe Reef a summer hotspot
Dear Capt. Paul:
Do you have information and GPS coordinates for the Horseshoe Reef in the Lake Pelto area?[…]
Bass Fishing
Cover: June 2010-Inshore
The oil spill is keeping things touch-and-go, but there are plenty of alternatives for anglers who want to put fish in the boat.[…]
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Cover: June 2010-Offshore
The oil spill is keeping things touch-and-go, but there are plenty of alternatives for anglers who want to put fish in the boat.[…]
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Four Square
It’s a long way from the icy lakes of Mankato, Minn., to the tepid swamps of Southeast Louisiana.[…]
Currents
Senator thinks La. should get no oil cash
“I have always found the thought of taking resources from the OCS … and dedicating the revenue to just a handful of states to be unfair.” — Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)[…]
Bass Fishing
Change, Change, Change
As a guide on the Red River, Russ McVey gets frequent calls requesting topographical maps of his home water. Folks can hardly believe it when he tells them there isn’t one, and some go on to question his sanity.[…]
Offshore Fishing
Federal offshore fishing closure expanded westward
NOAA has extended the closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico to match the Louisiana state waters closure west of the current boundaries, and to incorporate an area reportedly with oil in the southwest.[…]
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Loop Current grabbing hold of some spilled oil, Lubchenco says
Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill has very likely already entered the Gulf of Mexico’s Loop Current, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Administrator Jane Lubchenco.[…]
Fishing
Recreational closure west of Mississippi River expands to some inshore waters
Recreational fishing was closed at noon today (May 10) in some inshore west of the Mississippi River, expanding the closures announced yesterday in reaction to the westward movement of oil from the wrecked Deepwater Horizon rig.[…]