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JOE MACALUSO

Joe Macaluso is a 32-year writer for our Baton Rouge newspapers. Educated at LSU and Loyola-New Orleans, he has won numerous national, regional and state awards for his sports and outdoors columns and stories. The U.S. Army veteran has been The Advocate's outdoors writer for the past 15 years and his "Fishing Report" celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2006. He also does the outdoors segment on the 10 p.m. Thursday news show on WBRZ-TV.


Joe Herring has shotguns older than me. Probably a couple of rods and reels, too.
Thursday marked a victory for Louisiana recreational fishermen, a hollow victory.
For the first time in a month, the weekend comes without rain — but with lots of east and southeast wind.
The final spots in February’s Bassmaster Classic will be determined this week in the Atchafalaya Spillway.
Plan to spend another weekend in the interior waters. That’s because another cold front — the one that’s bringing so much rain across south Louisiana today — is due to blow in here sometime Saturday, almost a replay of the last two weekends.
Another dose of strong, shifting winds on another cold front will limit access to productive freshwater and inshore coastal areas. And you can cross offshore fishing off your list of options.
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