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Rigoletts Reds
When Hollywood hung the title “Red October” on a submarine movie some years ago, they had no idea how apropos it was for Louisiana anglers.[…]
Statewide LA
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More needs than restoration money
For the past 13 years under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA), requests for construction funds never exceeded the amount available.[…]
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Panfish Proliferation
A St. Mary Parish angler and hundreds of others have enjoyed a sac-a-lait season of content in the nation’s last great overflow swamp.[…]
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Mr. Dominator
Have you ever harvested a fine buck and then started thinking that it would have been nice if he had bred all the does in the woods?[…]
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Mississippi Magic
Steve Anderson reached his land about mid afternoon, and hopped on his golf cart to head to a stand. […]
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Miracle Mud
The shot rang out from the direction of my son David’s stand. In my little shooting house, I quietly pumped my fist and whispered, “YES!”[…]
Fishing
Troubleshoot your fish-finder on the go
Gremlins almost never bother your fish finder in waters near your home or close to a repair shop. They wait until you pull your boat a hundred miles from home on vacation. Here’s how to defend against these little wire chewers and slug it out with them when they get past your defenses.[…]
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Lemon Picking
It’s difficult to explain my near obsession with cobia. It’s been like that for as long as I can remember, and many other offshore anglers feel the same and react similarly when the meaty brown fish appear near the boat.[…]
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Rivers that run through us under seige
A short cast upstream, accompanied by a quick mend, placed the popper against the opposite bank, deep in the shade of an overhanging brush. The mend gave the fly at least a few seconds of a drift-free float.[…]
Currents
Like rabbits, ducks ruled by nature
Biologists have long known that it’s impossible to stockpile rabbits in the wild. Everything from foxes to hawks, coyotes to humans eats rabbits, and each year somewhere around 80 percent of the furballs die whether they’re shot by us Elmer Fudds or not.[…]
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Bionic Eyes
Why carry around binoculars when you have equal or greater magnification capabilities attached to the top of your rifle?[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Bayous Sue, Lacombe locations wanted
Dear Capt. Paul:
I hope you can help me. I have seen references to Bayou Sue on several fishing reports. It is in the Biloxi Marsh area. It was referred to near the Lake Eugene area, which I think is Lake Eugenie.[…]
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Pre-Duck Trio
A stiff easterly breeze pushed the 16-foot aluminum boat briskly across the stunningly beautiful pond.[…]
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Cover: September 2004
What would fall be without our annual WMA Forecast?[…]
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Welcome Mats
Flounder take a decidedly noticeable third seat in Louisiana’s inshore fishing preference.[…]
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Sunup to Sundown
Southwest Louisiana has a special place in my fishing heart. There, on the border estuary of Sabine Lake, guide Chuck Uzzle introduced me to a large harem of speckled trout some six years ago. It was the biggest stringer of gorilla trout I have ever caught — nine fish over 28 inches were released that day.[…]