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Jerked Up

Professional bass fisherman Shaw Grigsby of Gainesville, Fla., has won $1.3 million just on the BASS circuit with a combined total of about $2 million in wins. However, when he’s not fishing for bass, Grigsby enjoys fishing inshore for specks and reds.[…]

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MAY is for MAYHEM!

Webster defines Mayhem as “riot and disorder.” It’s a word used by the press to describe rioting and unrest in the streets — crowds running amok, burning cars, crashing storefronts, looting, fighting and creating havoc and destruction.[…]

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Redfish Run

The water was off-colored, but Capt. Ben Leto wasn’t worried.

“I caught them in here yesterday as fast as we could get bait on the bottom,” he said.[…]

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Spring Lagniappe

Chances are that practically every hunter in Louisiana over the age of 40 got started in the hunting game by learning to sneak up on bushytails in the fall. Skills learned during these days helped hunters move on to pursue deer and other more wary game.[…]

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Back Talk

I’ve always loved fishing river systems, but I have to admit that I never venture too far off the main river itself. All those river lakes, oxbows and creeks only serve to frustrate me to the point that I avoid them all together.[…]

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Up High vs. Down Low

Show me another state with as much diversity north to south as Louisiana has, and I’ll eat my hat.In North Louisiana, from Alexandria to the Arkansas line, folks are called a variety of names, with “redneck” no doubt being the predominant moniker to which we answer.[…]

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All Shook Up

Whether you like fishing tournaments or not, you can’t argue that they are the proving grounds for all the latest and greatest tackle in your box.[…]