Fishing
One size definitely does not fit all
Have you ever wondered why your trolling motor doesn’t run as long as you think it should between battery charges, or why your batteries don’t last as long as you expected?[…]
Year: 2008
Bass Fishing
Back in Black Bass
Anyone who thinks I’ve got an easy job should have been with me on the morning of my Lake Cataouatche trip.[…]
Columns
Post-spawn bite excellent at Toledo
May is a good month to fish many lakes in Louisiana, but I prefer Toledo Bend because the topwater bite early in the morning there is phenomenal.[…]
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Tambour-ine
The 25-foot Grady White fueling up at the dock looked perfectly normal for this setting, and the elegant brunette on the stern with the killer tan, bikini top and orange wrap flapping around her waist and thighs didn’t look out of place either.[…]
News Breaker
Spring Squirrel Season Set To Begin May 3
If the fall hunting season seems too far away, then hunters should utilize the spring squirrel season this May to attain their hunting fix and carry them through the summer.[…]
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Borgne Identity
Gasoline is well over $3 a gallon and the peak of the fishing season has not even arrived. What if you could still have a great fishing trip and spend a lot less on fuel for both the truck and the boat?[…]
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Grander Tuna
Kevin Carter resembled a marathon runner trying to sprint up the last hill to the finish line at the end of a race. Drenched in sweat from head to toe, his muscles rippled.[…]
Columns
What knot to wear on your leader
There’s an epidemic going around: folks hooking into nice redfish only to lose the fish, and their flies, during the struggle.[…]
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Delacroix Daze
The problem anglers face in May is not whether to go fishing, but where. The action turns on all over the state this month, and virtually any area you pick will be a winner.Even when you narrow your choice down to a particular area, you still face the same dilemma.[…]
Currents
Is duck stamp hike worth the price?
“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” — Mark 10:25[…]
Bass Fishing
Are marsh bass really different?
It’s the end of spring, and the peak of marsh bass fishing is past. Marshes near the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers are still brown with river water, and everywhere else in the marshes, aquatic plants are going into their summer growth period.[…]
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Super Psycho Specks
Size matters. If you don’t think so, stand at any of the number of boat ramps around Calcasieu Lake this month and ask anglers what they’re going after.[…]
Bass Fishing
Boondoggle Bassin’
It’s hard to imagine that the Florida Parishes don’t have some type of freshwater reservoir to attract anglers.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Program like a dream for anglers
“What are the best types of maps?” That is a question I am asked over and over again. It is similar to trying to answer, “What is the best truck?”[…]
Inshore Fishing
Big Lake reds on the rocks
When word gets out that the redfish are on the rocks at the end of the ship channel below Calcasieu Lake, anglers flock to the area to reel in everything from 16-inch grillers to 40-pound behemoths.[…]
Fishing
NOAA’s Fisheries Service Outlines Measures to Prevent Overfishing of Sandbar and Other Sharks
NOAA’s Fisheries Service has outlined new measures to prevent overfishing and rebuild the number of sandbar and other shark species. The public may comment on the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) until May 19.[…]