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Cover: August 2013
The Louisiana coastline is filled with reds just begging to be caught this month.[…]
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Striking Gold — How to dredge up Sabine Lake redfish
“There’s some fish moving on that cut over there,” said Capt. Robby Trahan, pointing to a finger bayou coming out of the marsh on Sabine Lake’s northeastern edge. “They’re going down these banks right now because there’s a lot of bait in here.”[…]
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Red fish, green fish — Catch bass and reds at the mouth of the Mississippi River
Everywhere I went, I kept running across this guy selling ice chest hinges.[…]
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The Breton Bounce — Top fishing tactics for Breton Bay
Mention the word “August” to anyone who lives in Southeast Louisiana, and several thoughts immediately come to mind. None of them are exciting.[…]
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Lee Side of Leeville — Best redfish tactics in the marshes
Capt. Bobby Gros enclosed the baitfish in his dripping-wet palm, and with a few wiggles of his fingertips, maneuvered it so that only its head emerged from his thick hand.[…]
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Rigged up — Catch more fish at the rigs off Grand Isle
The horror finally became intolerable, and I creaked out of bed and limped out to the beach-front porch — to find that Pelayo and Eddie had beat me to it.[…]
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Up the Creek — How to catch bream, Kentucky bass and catfish in Florida Parishes streams
The weatherman called for a scorcher as Artie called for another beer. But the keg balked — coughing and sputtering and foaming.[…]
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Carolina (rig) on my mind — Fishing guides tell how to load up with Carolina rigs at Calcasieu Lake
During the summer, the vast majority of Calcasieu Lake anglers will be fishing under birds for the small school trout in Turner’s Bay and other areas south of this point.[…]
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Turtle Man — How to catch, clean and cook turtles
Louisiana sportsmen do some odd things.
In few states will full grown men spend all night running around in boats trying to catch frogs. In most states, crawfish, almost always called crawdads, are something kids play with.[…]
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Snow Days — How to fish Lafitte depends on weather in the frozen North
Storm clouds loomed over Capt. Jason Shilling’s head as he idled away from Seaway Marina in Lafitte with the intention of heading toward Lake Salvador.[…]
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Natural Selection — How to increase trout-fishing odds
You’re not going to convince me that my ancestors evolved from apes.[…]
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Island Elite — How to catch specks for the Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo
There are fishing rodeos all across south Louisiana, but there is only one International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo.[…]
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Poptology — Tips for fishing popping corks for Delacroix trout
Momma didn’t raise no fool: I’ve always been a quick study. And Hopedale/Delacroix fishing guide Capt. Ted DeAgano has always been a teacher.[…]
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Cocodrie Wonderland — Fish for exotic species around this offshore oasis
Our boat was drifting on a cobalt-blue sea about 220 over a limestone-capped, coralline-encrusted “mountain.” We were out to catch what our skipper, Tommy Pellegrin, called “Cocodrie exotics” — a term he uses to describe the big variety of reef fish he catches from natural bottoms.[…]
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One Man’s View — One of Louisiana’s only full-time outdoor writers talks about his career
The shoulders of Bob Marshall’s career trail as an outdoor writer are littered with dead sacred cows. […]
Bass Fishing
Tantalizing Topwaters — How to maximize fishing odds with surface baits
So I’m sitting in the middle of the lake with Bassmaster Elite Series pro Terry Scroggins as he chats boat-to-boat with a fellow tournament pro, when the telltale flipping, splashing and ravenous commotion signalled schooling bass even before we turned our heads for visual confirmation.[…]