Bass anglers, did you have a good time at the 2003 Bassmasters Classic in New Orleans? Did you enjoy learning how the best fishermen in the world fared on waters that are accessible to you every day? Did you have fun seeing the new boats, tackle and gear at the accompanying trade show in the Superdome?[…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
I usually fish the marshes around Lafitte, Bayou Segnette and in and around Vermillion Bay and Rockefeller, and would like to know if the Garmin 76s would be a decent marine GPS for my boating needs, or should I save the cash and buy a nice unit like the Garmin 178c?[…]
I nicknamed it “Mr. Reliable” over a dozen years ago, and for good reason: It kept producing fish.[…]
Some of the nation’s most-competitive fishermen regularly converge on the Mississippi River Delta for contests involving redfish, king mackerel and billfish big enough to rule the day at the scale. […]
Ask the average angler how wide an area his fish finder scans on the bottom at a depth of 30 feet, and your question will probably be met with a blank stare.[…]
Anybody who has spent more than a few days simply surveying the scene at the dock of either Venice Marina or Cypress Cove Marina during the first several weeks of the year has seen it.[…]
Fly fishers will find any means necessary to amuse themselves on the water. If it has fins, it’s fair game.[…]
This just in: The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission today passed a regulation restricting hunters to only two bucks scoring more than 160 B&C per season. The future of deer hunting in Louisiana is saved![…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
I would like to get the coordinates for the Motor Vessel Dawn (wreck), also called the Golden Dawn. It is located in the Vermilion blocks in approximately 100 feet of water.[…]
Cast and drift, cast and drift. It was getting rather tedious watching my strike indicator go floating with the current, through the riffles, and not a thing to show for it.[…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
I have looked on several maps but cannot find DuLarge. I read about it all the time in Louisiana Sportsman, but have not yet been able to find out exactly where it is.[…]
If there’s anything worse than having to do repairs, it’s having to do them over again because the materials you picked didn’t stand up to the marine environment.[…]
Ken Chaumont pulled his Steiner binoculars from his eyes and yelled out that he had spotted a huge flock of sea gulls working near the Washout. My pulse kicked into high gear.[…]
Perhaps no fish off of the Louisiana coast is more of a mystery than the Florida pompano, especially considering the regard it holds in fine dining establishments across the nation.[…]
Officially, it’s designated the Biloxi Wildlife Management Area. Not because it’s anywhere near Biloxi, but because it’s owned by and leased from the Biloxi Marsh Corporation.[…]
Louisiana has its great and storied winter sac-a-lait fishing holes such as Saline-Larto and the Chicken Coop at Toledo Bend.[…]