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Summertime, Seabrook and Specks
Capt. Eddie Adams (504-975-7902) met me at the Bonnabel Boat Launch just as daylight peeked over the eastern sky. I loaded my gear into his 22-foot Skeeter bay boat, and we headed toward Seabrook.[…]
Year: 2004
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A Sight To See
The captain pointed toward a slight undulation on the surface. “Eleven o’clock,” Chuck Uzzle said. “Do you see it?”[…]
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The Young and the Restless
In his two books, The Helldivers Rodeo and The Hellpig Hunt, Louisiana Sportsman contributor Humberto Fontova makes a convincing case that the drive to harvest living creatures is still alive on some level in every human.[…]
Currents
CCA champions public access, sort of
Obviously the good folks at Coastal Conservation Association of Louisiana are not too pleased they’ve found themselves squarely in Louisiana Sportsman’s crosshairs the last few months, and to be fair, I really need to give credit where it is due.[…]
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Captain’s Choice
Coming home empty-handed from an offshore trip is like digging a well but never finding water — the hard work can’t be justified.[…]
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Around the Horn
There is a stark contrast between the launches that get you to Acadiana’s hottest speck, flounder and redfish action.[…]
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Cover: July 2004
If you cut your buzzbait off as soon as the sun gets above the trees, you don’t know what you’re missing.[…]
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Cover: July 2004-Offshore
The salty coast is alive this month. Anglers have almost too many options.[…]
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Cover: June 2004
There is certainly no shortage of options for Louisiana outdoorsmen this month.[…]
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Fishing Fathers
Some of the most-important life lessons I ever learned, my dad taught me in boathouses while we fished, usually with the rain pouring down.[…]
Fishing
Cheap marine batteries actually cost more
Lots of fishermen think they save money when they go to a discount center and plunk down about $50 for each trolling motor battery they need. They did the same thing last year, and they’ll do it again next year.[…]
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Hopedale structure will boost fisheries
There are a lot of water-control structures out there that not only block anglers’ access to fishable waters, but also affect the ability of fish and shrimp to get to important nursery and foraging areas.[…]
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Studley Dudley an easy-to-work plug
Speckled trout had better run and hide this summer because, if they don’t, a new topwater lure is sure to give them a mouthful of steel and hard plastic.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Wanted: waypoints for Black Bay, EI 51
Dear Capt. Paul:
Do you have a file for Black Bay and Breton Sound? If so, I would greatly appreciate a copy.Also, I noticed on the Mapsource Topo map that there is a rise in the sea floor from about 7 feet to 3 feet to 0 feet about 2.75 miles WSW of the Black Tanks at N 29 30.056, W 89 26.915.[…]
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Boys of summer are on the beach
Summer’s here. Surf’s down, dudes!
As summer goes on, the surf along the entire Gulf of Mexico becomes more consistently calm. That is, until tropical storms enter the picture. Since that’s not likely until August, seize the days and make them count.[…]
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Close-in at Cocodrie
You don’t see many camps with hot-tubs. Leave it to Doc Fontaine. And it’s not like his camp wasn’t ritzy enough without it.[…]