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The Borgne Alternative
No, this is not the latest Matt Damon movie, in the Bourne Conspiracy and Bourne Supremacy series of Hollywood fare. This Borgne is not a conspiracy at all, it’s an alternative. An alternative to what?[…]
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Toledo Bend Slam
“We can call this the Toledo Bend Slam,” the voice on the other end of the phone said. “We should be able to catch black bass, white bass, stripers, bream, crappie…” That last one got my attention.[…]
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Sizzling Summer Slicks
I had been watching the ever-expanding oily slick on the surface of Calcasieu Lake for 10 minutes or so. Capt. Jeff Poe acted like he didn’t even notice it.[…]
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Snapper in Solitude
Gobs of snapper are ripe for the taking in the Ship Shoal blocks these days. Gobs of snapper are ripe for the taking in the Ship Shoal blocks these days. Just ask Capts. Tommy and Eric Pellegrin of Custom Charters (985-851-3304).[…]
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Worth Its Salt
Saline Lake is located in the northcentral part of Louisiana approximately 6 miles northeast of Clarence. In fact, the lake is given the suffix “Clarence” to differentiate it from two other Louisiana lakes named Saline.[…]
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Triple Treat
The tripletail, also called the buoy bass, blackfish, chobie or sunfish, derives its name because the oversized dorsal and anal fins sweep back toward the tail to give the fish a three-tailed look.[…]
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Ballistic Bay Bream
Boats were stacked up in the protected bay, anglers in each one diligently watching corks for any sign that a fish had swallowed their baits.[…]
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Ouachita Whiskerfish
There’s got to be a reason why catfish have the word cat in their name. I think it may have something to do with what they are willing to eat. […]
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Mixed Box at Myrtle Grove
We’d just planed out after slowing down to pass a boat fishing near a bayou juncture when Pelayo jerked back on the throttle.No warning this time, and I was bashed headlong into the console.[…]
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Gulf Habitats Part II
The eight habitat types of special importance are marshes, seagrasses, mangroves, oyster reefs, live/hard bottoms, artificial structures, coral reefs, and sargassum. Each will be discussed in more detail.[…]
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Weather or Not
Many centuries ago, when Houmas Indians needed precipitation to water crops, their leaders would get together at night around a fire and join in a rain dance. Capt. Bryce Michel can relate.[…]
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Changing Faces
Caney is a different lake than it was in the early 1990s, when it was the hottest bass impoundment in the South. But it still holds plenty more lunkers than the average Louisiana lake.Like a pubescent teenager, 5,000-acre Caney Lake in Jackson Parish went through some changes a few years ago.[…]
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Chitto Chitto, Bang
“Son, you gotta be there shootin’ when the ducks are flyin’!” I can hear those 40-something-year-old words as if they were uttered just last season.[…]
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Blind Luck
The ride to Venice was both eye-opening and heart-breaking.It was my first trip down the Louisiana peninsula since the eye of Katrina came ashore and ravaged that fragile finger of land.[…]