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Sweet Vermilion
Lafayette’s Evangeline Steakhouse had a familiar air about it when I walked through the doors to meet with the Acadiana Speck Club.[…]
Fishing
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Hope Floats in Hopedale
It happens every year. Sometimes sooner, sometimes later, but inevitably it happens.[…]
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Fuses are cheap boat insurance
My fishing partner and I sat helplessly in my boat and watched as an old, partially restored cabin cruiser spewed orange fire and black smoke in a marina. Everyone got off the boat safely and a sheriff’s patrol craft pulled the burning boat clear of the boat stalls.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Where are Nickel Reef and Central Rig?
Capt. Paul:
Could you give me lat/long for the north and south end of a reef? This reef is approximately 500 to 1,000 feet in length, and runs roughly in a north/south direction.Its distance is about 1 1/2 miles with a heading of about 120 degrees from this position: N 29.30.056 x W 91.55.981.[…]
Columns
This is a big month for big fish
As the red popped his body up out of the water, Master Jake’s jaw dropped. Normally calm and collective, and sure to cast on target to such a fish in an instant, this time he could only stare in awe.[…]
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Bay Boat Blues
Transition is an ugly word for most inshore fishermen, especially those Southeast Louisiana anglers who favor the pull and delicate flesh of the speckled trout.[…]
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Red & White
It was a picture-perfect day as I motored into Red River. A series of weather systems had screwed up every outing I had tried recently, but now it seemed that weather and circumstances were finally going my way. […]
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Paradise Lost – Plan in place to create 2 new deltas
But the marsh that serves as the very foundation for those staggering fish and game stocks is disappearing, and in many places it’s totally gone. Unless serious, costly and painful steps are taken within the next five years, the Sportsman’s Paradise will become Paradise Lost.[…]
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Paradise Lost – Sediment Diversions Big Part of Solution
But the marsh that serves as the very foundation for those staggering fish and game stocks is disappearing, and in many places it’s totally gone. Unless serious, costly and painful steps are taken within the next five years, the Sportsman’s Paradise will become Paradise Lost.[…]
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Paradise Lost – Petrochemical Industry Aggravates Natural Processes
But the marsh that serves as the very foundation for those staggering fish and game stocks is disappearing, and in many places it’s totally gone. Unless serious, costly and painful steps are taken within the next five years, the Sportsman’s Paradise will become Paradise Lost.[…]
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Paradise Lost – Future of MRGO not much rosier than past
But the marsh that serves as the very foundation for those staggering fish and game stocks is disappearing, and in many places it’s totally gone. Unless serious, costly and painful steps are taken within the next five years, the Sportsman’s Paradise will become Paradise Lost.[…]
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Paradise Lost – As the Wetlands go, so do the fisheries
But the marsh that serves as the very foundation for those staggering fish and game stocks is disappearing, and in many places it’s totally gone. Unless serious, costly and painful steps are taken within the next five years, the Sportsman’s Paradise will become Paradise Lost.[…]
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Cover: August 2003
This summer has been one of the best in recent memory for bull dolphin. Read this issue to learn how to put more in the boat.[…]
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Cover: August 2003-Fresh
When the sun begins to set, the best fishing of the day is about to begin on Toledo Bend and many other lakes across the state.[…]
Bass Fishing
Flavor’s cooked into new soft-plastics
The first time I saw Eddie Borne of Clinton, Miss., he was as excited about his entry into the soft-plastic manufacturing business as he was about his bassin’ outing in the marsh out of Bayou Black Marina in Gibson.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Quida Rocks, unit repairs and color
Q: I am looking for the true coordinates to the “Quida Rocks” or some name close. There was an article in Louisiana Sportsman that gave coordinates for it in the Vermilion 200-block area, but I went to it and the coordinates are for the rig in Vermilion 200 block.[…]