Columns
Oil spill could destroy your outboard
We are right in the middle of our prime boating and fishing season, and I am getting calls and e-mails daily from concerned boaters who are not willing to just roll over and play dead.[…]
Statewide LA
Ask Captain Paul
Anglers turning to freshwater areas
Dear Capt. Paul,
Where is the Orange Grove out of Bayou Black?[…]
Columns
Louisiana has its share of Kansas redfish
Last year I attended a fly fishing festival where one of the seminars was entitled “Carp on the Fly.” Just out of curiosity, I decided to check it out.[…]
Columns
Flounder aren’t just for ladies
On a fishing trip last spring, one of the fishermen in a boat with me commented that he sure hoped we would catch some flounder because his wife had asked him specifically to bring some home.[…]
Hunting
Monster Bucks DVD
On Monster Bucks XVIII, Volume 1, you’ll see hunts from nine states, as well as Saskatchewan, Canada and Old Mexico.[…]
Bass Fishing
July is Basin bass time
Generally, by July, the Mississippi River will have started falling, which causes the water in the Atchafalaya River to begin falling.[…]
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History of the Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo
For only the fourth time in 82 years the International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo has been cancelled. Its cancellation leaves a void in many saltwater anglers that will be hard to fill. The rodeo is the culmination of summer.[…]
Bass Fishing
Hot in the Shade
Marsh bass have a rough life. Unlike their fat kin that bide their time lazily lounging under logs in lakes, marsh bass spend their days battling tidal current, searching for something to eat and evading schools of roaming redfish.[…]
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Hopedale Homers
You know what they say in baseball — three strikes and you’re out. Well, I’m mighty close to strike three.[…]
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Turtle Wins the Race
It’s hard to know what all the hurry is about, but you would think running to a place called Turtle Bayou, by name alone, there wouldn’t be any rush.[…]
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Saltwater Series: Lake Pontchartrain
I wonder if Iberville would have ever made it back to Ship Island had he carried sliding corks with him in his pirogue as he passed through the waters he named Maurapas and Pontchartrain.[…]
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Shooting Craps
I remember watching Hank Parker fishing with a spincast rod and reel on his television show several years ago. He was fishing for crappie, and he claimed that using the push-button reel and limber rod allowed him to present his jig to fish that were virtually unmolested right in the middle of a bustling lake.[…]
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Great White North
When it comes to Louisiana, I’m more biased than an NBA ref with a dozen Benjamins riding on the game he’s officiating.[…]
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Deer Dynamics: Antler Growth
As the days become longer, the process of “photoperiod” takes hold — stimulating more hormonal growth for bucks. More available sunlight allows changes to unfold with a buck’s pituitary gland, producing hormones that significantly contribute to bone and tissue growth.[…]
Currents
Random thoughts on BP’s oil spill
I wouldn’t think twice about eating a fish, crab, oyster or shrimp harvested from anywhere along Louisiana’s coast right now. The harmful elements of crude oil evaporate quickly.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
‘Shooting docks’ newest crappie technique
Shooting docks for crappie has definitely caught on quicker outside Louisiana than it has within the borders of the Bayou State.[…]