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Cover: April 2008
The state’s experts look into a giant crystal ball and give their forecast for the coming trout year.[…]
Statewide LA
Bass Fishing
Cover: April 2008-Bass
Louisiana bass come to jerkbaits like kids to pizza.[…]
Bass Fishing
Jazzed Up Jerkbaits
Had it not been for missing roe estimated to be 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 pounds, Wisconsin resident Ed Stellner would have landed a new state-record largemouth bass back in February of 2000.[…]
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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
She pricked my finger, smeared some blood on a slide and took it into the lab for analysis. After reading the findings, the technician glanced nervously at me while whispering behind her hand to a colleague.[…]
Columns
Fingers beware of this aquatic bruiser
Trivia time. What looks like a shrimp, is as mean as a preying mantis and is eaten by red snappers like popcorn?[…]
Columns
Model 673’s beauty in eyes of beholder
Beauty and versatility are in the eyes of the beholder, and most everyone I know in the shooting business is aware I have long been searching for the perfect hunting rifle.[…]
Fishing
Got a fuel problem? Troubleshoot it
Not all mechanical problems are the result of a failed engine. In a recent e-mail, a boat owner described a problem he was having with the brand-new engine he had just re-powered his boat with.[…]
Columns
Be smart when retrieving beached boat
One minute we were enjoying a Memorial Day picnic on the beach, and the next we were up to our knees in mire, racing the tide to get enough of our boat to float to get us off the barrier island. The[…]
Fishing
Tune screen yourself for best view
Today’s fish finders have automatic modes that can tune in a better sonar picture than probably 90 percent of fishermen could come up with adjusting it manually.[…]
Bass Fishing
Beat the Classic pros by 10 months
I’m really excited because BASS announced that the next three Bassmaster Classics will be held on lakes close to my home that I know and love to fish.[…]
Currents
Wait a minute, the Classic is coming here?
The Bass Anglers Sportsman Society is either much, much smarter than me, or a whole lot stupider.[…]
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Shrimp Smackers
There are some things that are hard to admit. There are also other things you may never live down.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Where is new reef at Redfish Point?
Dear Capt. Paul:
I’m looking for the cordinates to the new or referbished reef that is at or around Redfish Point in Vermilion Bay.I know you just released your Fishing Edge for the Vermilion Bay area, but I have an Eagle Cuda 240 fish finder and GPS in one, and it cannot be hooked to the computer.[…]
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Plague of the Tropics
Louisiana folks love to eat fish. In spite of the modern hype to make catch-and-release fishing politically correct, we relish bringing our catch home for a feast.[…]
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2008 Speck Forecast
If you knew the Saints were going to the Super Bowl before the season even started, would you be me more or less likely to sit around the television on Sunday afternoon?[…]
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Fundrasier
A benefit at the Lake End Park in Morgan City will be held on March 29, 2008 for Ali Aucoin. Ali, a four year old little girl of Morgan City, daughter of Jarrod and Spring Aucoin, was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor.[…]