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Treasure Map
A thick layer of fog hugged the ground as I wound my way east on Highway 90 through the Rigolets and north toward the East Pearl Launch at the base of the Pearlington Bridge.[…]
Statewide LA
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Get rigged right for winter’s rough seas
It’s one thing running inland lakes, rivers and bayous when the wind and waves kick up and protected waters are never too far away; it’s another story when rough open waters of a large lake or open Gulf separate you from the fishing grounds or launch ramp.[…]
Fishing
What do those arches really mean?
I’ve heard everyone from fishing guides to marine electronics salesmen talk about what sonar can and can’t see in the underwater world, and the ratio of good information to bad has been about 50-50.[…]
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A Home of their Own
I couldn’t help but note the irony. It was a classic show-and-tell. Three clear and plaintive “bobwhite” calls drifted through the pines to the ears of our crew — calls made by three different birds.[…]
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Hell on Hooves
I knew it was going to be a different kind of day when Scottie Holland with Louisiana Hog Hunters in Natalbany handed me a clipboard and asked me to sign a release.[…]
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Say ‘hello’ to my little Sqwirm
When it comes to fly fishing for bass and panfish, the late Tom Nixon of Lake Charles was not just considered one of the greats, he’s wrote the book on the subject.[…]
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Creeped Out
Cockroaches get hip to our methods of massacring them and develop defenses. Bacteria do the same. Then brilliant folks in lab coats get their dander up, spit on their hands and spend months of painstaking labor in laboratories peering into microscopes, mixing deadly concoctions and checking results.[…]
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Finicky But Fun
My response is simple … Fish HARD!
Take last February as an example.[…]
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Caney’s Crackers
If you look at Louisiana’s state records, you’ll find that anglers catch most of the big shellcrackers (chinquapin) in Caney Lake near Chatham.[…]
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Shifting Slabs
Use these techniques on Lake Bistineau, and watch your winter crappie haul skyrocket.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Offseason is time for map loading
Dear Capt. Paul:
I recently purchased a Lowrance IFinder H20. The software I am operating with it is MapCreate 6 of which I have not updated to MapCreate 6.2 as yet.Before doing so, I thought I would write to see what software you recommend for heavy marine use with a pleasure vessel.[…]
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Jerk in a Jam
The stretch of shoreline looked like it was tailor-made for a pack of redfish to be roaming for a mid-morning meal. But, it wasn’t really all that different looking than the others we’d come across in the Myrtle Grove marsh that morning, and I was more than a little frustrated.[…]
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Dancin’ A Jig
While most bass anglers are busy sorting their tackle boxes and cleaning their reels during January, there are a few who are actually using their fishing tackle.[…]
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Object of Obsession
Dylan Riley placed the crosshairs of his scope right where he thought it should go and squeezed the trigger. The deer didn’t even flinch. He recomposed himself and squeezed off another shot, and another.[…]
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Cover: January 2007
These stories will get you fired up and determined to spend a few more hours in the stand as this season winds to a close.[…]
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Trophy Buck Threesome
The number three has become a rather significant digit for me. I have THREE daughters who have presented me with THREE grandsons.[…]