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Fishing in the "Sportsman's Paradise"*

© Kathryn Morse

" You get a line, I'll get a pole.
We'll go down to the crawdad hole.
O-oh, Baby-mine.**

Do universities offer fishing where you live? Some do here and I cherished my afternoons on Lake D'Arbonne during my Louisiana Tech days. I have really weak wrists and flunked both the casting and rowing "tests." But I still got a good grade because of my excellent attendance.

We are now in "dodge-the-boat-days" in Louisiana. That means the highways are full of pick-up trucks towing boats. Generally, the drivers are very eager to get to the lake, so they drive very fast with their boats swaying behind them. Those of us just on our way to mass or Wal-Mart have to stay alert!

Fishing is a family affair in Louisiana. Everyone participates, young and old, male and female. I lived in Virginia a few years and looked for a young man to take me fishing. When I'd find a guy with a boat and ask if he'd like to go fishing, I'd get the most astounded responses. These Virginians had no concept of fishing with a woman. I had no concept of fishing by myself, so I missed out on fishing in Virginia.

These links will help you plan a fishing trip in Louisiana. If you already fish here, maybe you'll find a new "fishing hole."

Phone Numbers

• Dial-a-Fish, Alphabetized list of Louisiana fishing "spots" with phone numbers. Call ahead for directions, weather information, water levels and other questions.

Fish Art

• We B Fish Art Gallery, get a Louisiana fishing souvenir without leaving home. Watercolors, drawings, prints and lure sculptures.

Guides and Charter Services

Coastal
• Atwell & Corbello Guide Service:  Speckled trout and redfish

• Bourgeois Charters:  The service with a guarantee - "No fish, no pay." Bass, blue marlin, redfish, trout, and tuna

• Cajun Coastal Charters:  Very attractive site with music. Redfish, flounder, snapper, cobia, grouper, trout and bull reds

• Dufrene's Guide Service:   "Da bess fo less." Redfish and speckled trout

• Escape Charters:  Out of New Orleans. "Find out what you've been missing." Drum, flounder, redfish and speckled trout.

• Southwest Louisiana and Southern Exposure Fishing Charters:  Cobia, mackeral, speckled trout, redfish, and triple tail

• Venice Marina, Venice, Louisiana: "Fish Louisiana's Dazzling Delta." Bass, marlin, snapper, tarpon and tuna

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