Month: May 2013

Beach Nourishment: The Bad, The Ugly, and the Worst My toddler son sat covered in sand working hard to stop the incoming tide of the Gulf of Mexico from eradicating his sandcastle. His efforts were in vain as the waves began lapping, then engulfing, the substructure...

Top Father's Day Gifts for the Fishing Father Pops is a fisherman, has everything, and always says when asked what he wants for Father's Day is a mumbled reply, "I want you to be happy and successful." So what do you get the stoic man that has sacrificed peace,...

Wal-Mart v. Whole Foods Yes, I lean a little far left with my conservation stances. I have long hair and I have hugged a few trees in my day so the modern-day hippy moniker can apply when describing me. Not to mention, I am definitely a crunchy, since I eat at least...

Choosing the Right Kayak What type of water are you fishing mostly? Is the local lake or bay system centralized or do you have fairly large areas of water to paddle? Are you looking for a stable casting platform or a sleek, fast-moving boat to chase blitzing fish? ...

Winter/Spring Trophy Sow Trout t's that time of year, once again. However, due to Bush's change of Daylight Savings time, it has come a little later. It gets dark early, the photoelectric effect of the sunlight has started to bore its way in to my Circadian...

Choosing When to Use Topwaters Does this sound like you? "I often have a hard time getting a consistent bite on topwater. I have always followed the advice to only fish topwaters in the early morning and then in the late evening or at nighttime." If it does: think...

Red Tide: How to Diagnose, How to Protect Yourself, and Who to Report To We all remember our first time—at least I do. My heart pounded. I was short of breath. My throat hurt. I even had a few tears tugging at the corners of my eyes. The air was heavy and had a...

Largemouth Bass World Records he 76-year old Largemouth world record is one of the most coveted records on the books. George W. Perry of Telfair County, Georgia caught the fish on June 2, 1932 and has been challenged, but never toppled in that time. However, little...

Destination: Lafitte, Down Bayou for Reds New Orleans is famous for a few things like Bourbon Street, the Bacchanalian human debauchery that is Mardi Gras, Zydeco music, boiled crayfish, and the brother pirates Lafitte. Rumor has it that somewhere in the swamplands...

The Story Behind the Mansfield Mauler here is an old saying that necessity is the mother of all invention. In the case of Captain Bob and the Marvelous Mansfield Mauler, it cannot be truer. In the late 1983, the year of the great freeze, Captain Bob had a 92-year-old...