April 2012

Bass Fishing

Boat block

April 1, 2012 Andy Crawford

Wind is the sight-fisherman’s enemy, but Craig Graham said there is a way to minimize the waves that break visual contact with bedding bass.[…]

Bass Fishing

Optimizing your tube

April 1, 2012 David A. Brown

For those deep jobs with a lead head inserted into your tube, you’ll enhance the bait with a few well-placed snips. First, cut a ¼- to ½-inch slit in the tube’s body along the inside edge of the hook shank.[…]

Bass Fishing

Titan tubes

April 1, 2012 David A. Brown

Fishing is a spectrum, and just as tiny baits and delicate tactics hold a solid position at one end, the opposite end sees the profound relevance of big and bold.[…]

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Davis Pond Speck Effect

April 1, 2012 Chris Ginn

While telling me about how the Davis Pond Diversion has affected speckled trout fishing around Lafitte, Capt. Theophile Bourgeois mentioned something that I don’t think he realized provided a perfect contrast of the life before and after the levee break started flowing.[…]

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Vanishing Eden

April 1, 2012 Jerald Horst

The smoke/glitter sparkle beetle arched through the air toward a handful of scraggly, brush sticks poking out of the water — the few remains of the live black mangroves that once covered a substantial island.[…]