Fishing
Trouble-free batteries not always best
Full-maintenance marine batteries are usually less expensive and lighter than maintenance-free models with the same amount of cranking power and reserve capacity.[…]
Statewide LA
Columns
Mississippi River a September hotspot
My No. 1 pick this month will be the Venice region because usually at this time of year, the Mississippi River’s down, the water has greened up and moving water will be at the edges of the passes.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
What’s procedure for Edge files?
Dear Capt. Paul:
I want to purchase your Vermilion Bay waypoints, but I’m not sure what I need to get them into a Lowrance LCX-28c.[…]
Columns
More wisdom from Puddler Answer Man
An unofficial poll conducted earlier this year on the highly respected website beerdrinkers.com found that puddling is one of the hottest new sports in America, second only to sleep-jogging (like sleep-walking but at a faster pace).[…]
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Opening-Day Doves
Joe DiMaggio once said of opening day, “You look forward to it like a birthday party when you’re a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.”[…]
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Cover: September 2007
Don’t have a high-dollar lease to hunt? No problem. The state’s WMAs are looking like really good options in 2007-08.[…]
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Hunt Early, Hunt Often
Artie’s plan sounded like it had merit. Granted, midway through a Doc Fontaine party everything sounds like it has merit.[…]
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Sunday Bloody Sunday
As I dabbed my index and forefinger in it and streaked it across my cheek, I remember it feeling warm and having a distinct but not unpleasant odor.[…]
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Red Snapper Regime
There wasn’t the slightest fold or crease in Old Glory at the Houma Hampton Inn at 4:30 a.m. It looked like the service crew had mistakenly washed it in with all the sheets, pressed it, then applied a coating of heavy starch.[…]
Columns
How to overcome cross-dominance
Brian Arabie, a regular reader, queried the magazine about teaching his young son shooting and firearms safety. […]
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Circle of Life
T-John Thompson got off his school bus at 4 p.m. on Jan. 5, 2006, and without even changing out of his school uniform, grabbed his rifle and headed for his tree stand. At 4:30, he was back at his house asking his mom for help bringing in the deer he had just shot.[…]
General
Battery troubles lead to other problems
Occasionally, I get to take boats out for a water test. Whenever I go to the boat launch, I like to sit back and take note of the boaters in the area.[…]
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Moonlight Serenade
He just wouldn’t shut his mouth. I mean, you never guarantee limits. It’s just not done. I tried over and over again to get guide Marty Lacoste to stop, and for a while, I thought I had succeeded.[…]
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Seeing Red
I was hooked on sight fishing for redfish before I even set foot in Capt. Charlie Thomason’s Triton boat.[…]
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Raising Cane
Surveying the hall of green and brown, Jimmy Fisackerly asked, “Which side do you think we should fish?” With a stiff wind puffing across the Delta, Fisackerly had worked his 23-foot Hydra-Sports bay boat into a small cove within a large stand of roseau cane.[…]
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Out of the Gulf, Part I
Louisiana sportsmen are truly blessed with a variety of landforms that God seemed to have made specifically for the myriad fish and animals we enjoy pursuing.[…]