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Echoes of Yesterday
Once upon a time, a man walked alone on a desolate pothole prairie in Southwest Louisiana, shrouded in the mist of a cold winter morning.[…]
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West Delta Unwrapped
Jagged bolts of lightning flashed through the blinds of the Sandpiper Cove, and the accompanying boom of thunder rocked us from our warm bunks long before the requested 5 a.m. wakeup call.[…]
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Long Ride for Big Trout
Sometimes it’s flat, no breeze in your face. Sometimes there’s a chop and the wind ripples your clothes. And sometimes you don’t want to be out there at all in those near-offshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Can inshore, offshore maps be installed?
Dear Capt. Paul:
I have a GPSmap 188c, and am going to be fishing offshore and some inshore. Can I install both the Blue Chart and the MapSource on the same data card?I have a 64mb data card, and have used very little room, but didn’t know if the unit was capable of switching back and forth.[…]
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2006 Summer Saltwater Season Blowout
Feel that?
That’s the same feeling ducks begin to get late in the summer when the sun’s daily arc creeps closer and closer to the horizon.It’s the same longing the swallows have when their tiny bird brains dream of Capistrano.[…]
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Single- vs. dual-frequency sounders
Traditional dual-frequency transducers are designed for deep-water use. They include a low frequency (usually 50 kHz) because it penetrates depth better than higher frequencies.[…]
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Ready, Set, Fish!
April signals the arrival of many spring traditions across Louisiana — among them Jazz Fest, crawfish boils and strawberries.[…]
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APT Moniker
Fog wrapped up the Mississippi River passes as sunlight slowly beat back the darkness. And so we sat at Venice Marina, chatting and watching workers repair hurricane damage to the facility.[…]
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2006 Speck Forecast
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita put trout fishing on hold across much of the state, but once anglers were able to get back on the water, success harkened back to days of yore when limits came fast and furious and competition from other anglers was almost nil.[…]
Fishing
Solutions to a slow-starting engine
I received an e-mail this month from a reader (I’ll call him Joe) who is having carburetor troubles. He wrote that he has a 1987 model boat with an XYZ brand outboard.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Readers upgrading units and maps
Dear Capt. Paul:
I am in the market for a GPS fish-finder combo, and would like your input.I just sold my boat, which had a Garmin 182c. I really liked the simplicity of its operation.[…]
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Pattern your shotgun to take more game
As a young dad, I wanted to take my boys deer hunting, but they were still small for high-powered rifles, and the budget didn’t allow for two new rifles anyway.[…]
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Always Faithful
St. Bernard’s Bayou Bienvenue has long provided access to a vast fishing area favored by many local anglers.[…]
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Public fishing options get more limited
The dominoes are starting to fall. Regular readers of this magazine know that Louisiana Sportsman for years has covered the issue of the privatization of the public’s tidal and flowing waters.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bass in the Box
Momma always said, “Big things come in small packages.” But I don’t think Momma had fishing in mind when she was referring to the package.[…]
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Cover: April 2006
The Wax Lake area is like a gift to Louisiana’s bass anglers.[…]