Currents
Public mistrust will grow from DWF coverup
Of all the amendments our forefathers made to one of the most gloriously profound documents ever written — our Constitution — none has been more valuable than the first.[…]
Statewide LA
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Cover: May 2006
Do you struggle on False River? You won’t after reading this issue.[…]
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Cover: May 2006-Saltwater
Don’t fish this season without reading our 2006 Saltwater Blowout.[…]
Fishing
LED trailer lights a vast improvement
LED is an abbreviation for light-emitting diodes. They have been around for many years. In the past their use in boats has been more of decoration than function.[…]
Fishing
CounterAct is a trailer rust buster
Trailer manufacturers have been battling with corrosion since the first rust spot marred the finish of a painted trailer.[…]
Columns
Creme packages fun in new baits
Creme Lure Co.’s owner described over the telephone recently how he was holding his hands a little more than 8 inches apart. Then Wayne Kent told how he was holding his hands about 24 inches apart.[…]
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Fish, Fun & Fillets
The fish-cleaning shed at the marina was the happenin’ place that afternoon as Pelayo, Spencer and I walked up to check out the scene.[…]
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Gulf Habitats – Part I
The greatest distance across the Gulf is more than 1,100 miles from west to east. The shortest distance is 500 miles, between the Mississippi River Delta and the northern tip of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.[…]
Columns
Tarpon fly is not Apte-ly named
A few years back, the Contraband Fly Casters club of Lake Charles invited the legendary Stu Apte to be guest speaker at their annual conclave. […]
Columns
Beauty of the beast: S&W .460 XVR
You never forget your first time. Because just like where you were when Kennedy was shot, and where you were and what you were doing on 9/11, everyone remembers his first time with a fond reminiscence and a poignant déjà vu.[…]
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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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Louisiana’s Mascot
I’ve done a bit of snooping around the Louisiana High School Athletic Association records, and quite frankly, I’m a tad disappointed. […]