Reading the owner’s manual for a fish finder or GPS navigator exposes you to terminology found nowhere else. Here is a quick primer translating some common but important terms in the language of electronics.[…]
O.K., let’s start with the obvious: For the last two seasons, duck hunting in Louisiana has been, at best, disappointing.[…]
George,
Hey, buddy! How’s everything? Long time, no see. I know it’s probably taxing to run the entire free world, but hey, a 20-minute phone call is only 99 cents. Is 20 minutes too much to ask from an old chum?[…]
Considering that successful bass fishermen do their homework before going on the water, how about subjecting the many bass fisheries in Louisiana to academic standards of their own for 2003?[…]
Ask the conventional angler in our state if they’ve ever heard of Tony Accardo, Pete Cooper or Tom Nixon, and chances are Nixon is the one that comes up with a blank.[…]
Capt. Paul:
I was wondering how to convert lat/lon coordinates. A source of information on current rig locations in the Gulf of Mexico list their locations in the following strange format as I have listed below. I would like to be able to convert into a ddd mm.mmm format that I use in my GPS unit.[…]
Tube jigs, those nondescript-looking soft plastics that have taken bass fishing by storm, aren’t the same any longer after what one manufacturer has done. The tube jig and other soft plastics the manufacturer is putting out smell.[…]
Deer hunting isn’t really about racks. Well, it isn’t all about antlers.[…]
Louisiana anglers have a reputation — deserved or not — of being on the tail end of technology and finesse techniques in the pursuit of the state’s varied fish population.[…]
For once, the cursed weathermen were right. My fishing buddy, Perry Frey, and I opted to spend last Mardi Gras with our families at his camp in Delacroix rather than waving our hands in the air for trinkets along Veterans Boulevard. […]
Why tie flies? That’s a frequent question I get from newbies. One reason is the same as it ever was.[…]
Capt. Paul: I inadvertently left my hand-held GPS unit in my car on the dashboard near the windshield.[…]
Permit me, please, to ask you a few questions. In a moment, you’ll see why.[…]
We have seen wireless remote controls for electric trolling motors, deck-mounted spotlights, helm steering systems and other equipment for years.[…]
Years ago, Buck Perry taught bass anglers that there was an enormous population of fish that lived out in the middle of the lake.[…]
Years ago, Buck Perry taught bass anglers that there was an enormous population of fish that lived out in the middle of the lake. […]