Inshore Fishing
Summer cycle
Capt. Zutie Auenson has two fishing seasons. From sometime in September until late April, he charters from his permanent home in Golden Meadow.[…]
May 2012
Freshwater Fishing
Popping out poppers and other popular patterns
My colleague and accomplished fly tier, Reb Stewart recently gave me a box of foam-bodied poppers and various insect patterns. The colors looked good, the legs and antennae, etc. all set just right.[…]
Fishing
Suzuki 4-Stroke Outboard
Earning Suzuki its seventh NMMA Innovation Award, the DF300AP 4-stroke outboard motor has great new features, including Suzuki Selective Rotation.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Zutie’s bag of tricks
A person can’t successfully charter fish for 28 years without accumulating a bag of tricks. Zutie Auenson is no exception. Here are some of his.[…]
Fishing
The Baitkeeper Cup
Cast farther and more accurately than ever before with the Captain CatchEmAll Baitkeeper Cup.[…]
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A Man and a Fish
Following my GPS, I tentatively nosed my truck through the fortress-like gates of Mariners Cove in Slidell. When the man invited me to hunt alligator gar in the canal behind his house, I had just kind of assumed that the trail would lead me to a rural backwater retreat in the salt marshes between Slidell and Lake Pontchartrain.[…]
Fishing
Veranda Pontoon
With patented all-aluminum interlocking floors; all-welded, wood-free deck construction; and a patented, integrated performance wave shield, Veranda pontoons are built to last a lifetime.[…]
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Bear Bayou Bream Basics
The anchor hadn’t settled on the bottom good before my wife made her first cast toward the trees along a stretch of Bear Bayou we regularly fish. As normal, she wasn’t playing around.[…]
General
Reflex Holster
Uncle Mike’s, a leading provider of shooting accessories, has introduced the Reflex Holster to provide concealed carry permit holders with a reliable, easy to use retention holster.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Favorite bream rig
Fishing bream doesn’t take any special equipment or bait. A small trout worm on a No. 4 Aberdeen-style hook is preferred.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Bay Cat Hot Spots
Anglers looking for a few locations to catch bay cats, both blues and channels, should start on the west side of East Cote Blanche Bay near Point Moroon, at the mouth of Bayou Carlin, Humble Canal and Jackson Bayou on the west side of the Bay.[…]
Hunting
Sure-Loc Lethal Weapon
The Sure-Loc Lethal Weapon is a dependable, accurate bow sight loaded with a host of new features, including the popular Retina Lock, which will identify even the slightest torque or change in anchor point.[…]
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Pocket Perch
When I first moved to New Orleans as a (very) young man in the mid-1960s, I just knew that I was a fishing hot dog. I thought I knew all there was to know about catching bass, bream, white perch and catfish — and that’s where the fishing world ended.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Frabill Crawler Can
Fish catfish with worms long enough and chances are quite good that many will die in the wax-coated cardboard or styrofoam containers they come in.[…]
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Double dipping
The craggy man at the bow controls of the boat turned off the boat’s engine. He lit a cigarette and scanned the points formed by the intersection of the Texaco Canal and Grand Bayou.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Don’t connect the dots to get to far-away fish
He has seen it too many times for it to be an anomaly and he has yet to figure out why people — even guides — do it, but Capt. Jeff Poe with Big Lake Guide Service would never run over a potential fishing spot just to get to another potential fishing spot.[…]