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Cover: August 2014
Some have complained of tough fishing this summer, but there are some whopper trout around Grand Isle — if you know where to fish. And it’s also time to start thinking about hunting season.[…]
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Jacks are wild — Top tips for amberjack fishing
If you’re looking for fancy, graceful or aesthetically pleasing, amberjacks will disappoint you. If, on the other hand, an arm-stretching, back-straining lesson in brutality sounds fun, you’ll really enjoy hanging out with the fish marine biologists call Seriola dumerili.[…]
Bass Fishing
Get Down On It — Extremely deep-diving crankbaits up the odds of catching deep summer bass
They’re big, they’re bad and they’re a handful to sling — those giant crankbaits that have exploded onto the bass-fishing scene over the past couple of years.[…]
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West Delta Mack Attack — How to fish for Spanish mackerel at Louisiana’s nearshore rigs
“Not the trailer bearings again!” Artie groaned as we rumbled onto the shoulder amidst a cloud of smoke.[…]
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Black on Black — Tips for Black Bayou Reservoir’s black crappie
It was going to be a typical late-summer day — muggy with a high in the upper 90s. Normally, I would have stayed inside under the air conditioning, but on this particular morning I was off to Black Bayou Reservoir near Benton.[…]
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X marks the spot — Grand Isle’s big-trout hotspot
“He is consistently catching large fish. I haven’t seen anyone enjoy the success that he has. It is nothing short of miraculous.” Patrick Bonin, Internet managing editor of Louisiana Sportsman.com.[…]
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Delta blues — Keys for catching Mississippi River Delta blue catfish
I’ve gotta admit: When Ryan Lambert first showed me the cell phone video, I thought I was looking at a bunch of big bluegill busting bread at the surface.[…]
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Deer hunting’s good old days — today
By the turn of the 20th century, Louisiana’s deer herd was in trouble. Non-stop hunting by people trying to put meat on the table, and market hunters supplying restaurants with venison and leather clothiers with hides was pushing the herd to the brink.[…]
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Breton Sound Beat-down — Trout fishing tips for Breton Sound
The urban dictionary of slang defines a “beat-down” as when you pummel or repeatedly beat something (or someone) into submission.[…]
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Young man’s game — Diver shares tips for spearfishing for catfish
The story of the old bull and the young bull is almost cliché.[…]
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From barrier to beach — Top 3 Big Lake fishing hotspots
While many Calcasieu Lake anglers were bemoaning the lack of fishing success last August, Moss Bluff’s Ray Christy was enjoying great action.[…]
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Captain D’s Place — Tips for striper fishing on Lake Claiborne
After an hour chasing sparse schools of striped bass across boat lanes, creek channels, coves and finally out into the big lake without a single strike, Donny Hood stopped for a second, calmly set his rod down and moved to the driver’s seat of his 22-foot Blazer Bay bay boat dubbed the Miss Judy.[…]
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Dr. Bream — Expert bream-fishing tips
Everything a bream fisherman would need was within easy reach of Dr. Ray Jones in the front of his fishing boat. As he eased his boat though the waters of Black Bayou Lake in Monroe, that became apparent rather quickly.[…]
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Border Bash — Expert tips for catching summertime lunker trout at Sabine Lake
Adam Jaynes of Orange, Texas, knows how to beat the heat to get on a great topwater bite in the summer.[…]
Bass Fishing
Green trout heaven — Fishing tips for Delacroix bass
We’ve come a long way since virtually everyone in Southeast Louisiana used the term “green trout” to refer to largemouth bass. One of Louisiana’s first conservation laws on the books was for the protection of New Orleans green trout populations.[…]
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Black Bay Burn — Top 4 Black Bay trout-fishing hotspots
July anglers can sometimes let a little heat and humidity intimidate them.
“I’ll fish until summer sets in; then I’ll wait till fall to go back on the water, when it’s cooler,” they say.[…]