Louisiana Sportsman

Cover: August 2003-Fresh

August 30, 2003 Louisiana Sportsman

When the sun begins to set, the best fishing of the day is about to begin on Toledo Bend and many other lakes across the state.[…]

Companies introduce two super-short magnums

August 30, 2003 Gordon Hutchinson

About four years ago, with the millennium fast approaching, gun writers were asked by various magazines to write about guns of the past century, and what could be expected in the gun world in the new century rapidly approaching.[…]

Flavor’s cooked into new soft-plastics

August 30, 2003 Don Shoopman

The first time I saw Eddie Borne of Clinton, Miss., he was as excited about his entry into the soft-plastic manufacturing business as he was about his bassin’ outing in the marsh out of Bayou Black Marina in Gibson.[…]

We have no idea we’re losing our coast

August 30, 2003 Todd Masson

It’s said that a frog will allow itself to be boiled alive if placed initially into a pot of water that’s cool. It won’t even notice the incremental change in water temperature until it’s too late.[…]

Quida Rocks, unit repairs and color

August 30, 2003 Captain Paul Titus

Q: I am looking for the true coordinates to the “Quida Rocks” or some name close. There was an article in Louisiana Sportsman that gave coordinates for it in the Vermilion 200-block area, but I went to it and the coordinates are for the rig in Vermilion 200 block.[…]

The Golden Ring has hidden gems

August 30, 2003 Catch Cormier

The vast wild region that extends some 250 miles in all directions from West Yellowstone, Mont., is home to snow-capped mountains, rolling ridges and valleys draped with towering trees and golden meadows, high desert plains with stark buttes that shoot into the sky, geysers, waterfalls and the widest variety of flora and fauna found in North America.[…]

Cover: July 2003-Fresh

July 30, 2003 Louisiana Sportsman

Bass can get finicky this month, but hybrid stripers more than pick up the slack on some lakes.[…]

Cover: July 2003

July 30, 2003 Louisiana Sportsman

Sometimes getting out of the boat in July puts the odds in your favor, as it did last year for John Dean on a trip to Grand Isle.[…]

Short-Changed

July 30, 2003 Humberto Fontova

These didn’t look ANYTHING like pick-box draftees. None wore the battered sneakers and long-sleeved work shirt. None wore that huge straw sombrero and baggy pantaloons. None looked like Edith Bunker or Phyllis Diller. No, the sight of these had us RIVETED.[…]

O’Steen Offshore

July 30, 2003 John McQueen

It’s difficult to imagine an offshore fisherman who goes on an overnight fishing trip every doable weekend for four or five months being called “soft” or “a wuss,” but that’s what Dr. Russell O’Steen gets for finally admitting he’s reached the point where he no longer “goes regardless.”[…]