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What's in a Word? Sustainability: what's in a word? We hear in the news sustainable economy. We hear conservationist and environmental NGOs (eNGOs) asking if wildlife and flora can sustain current human impact. And the one we all hear and choose to fear or...

What Happened!!! Last year this time, we were catching trout left and right but this year seems pretty slow.  Headed out at at 4pm this afternoon and fished south of east cut, east of bennys shack, pipeline and nothing!!  Maybe had two bites tops.  Where the fish at...

SPF Somewhat Explained here are a many misconceptions surrounding the three little letters we trust to protect our skin from the harmful UV rays that pound our skin while we fish, surf, hunt, or simply enjoy the outdoors. The SPF number does not correspond to a...

Protect Yourself from the Sun The Boy Scouts have a famous saying, "Always be prepared." When I was in high school, my dad always yelled as I flew through the kitchen door into another weekend night of carousing and experiencing adolescence to "wear your protection."...

Who's Your Mama Dean is a great friend. Dean also has a problem. He is addicted. Like the rest of our small crew of die-hards, he is addicted to kayak fishing. However, unlike the common image conjured when one mentions kayak fishing, Dean and a close number of us are...

It's Back! -- April 29, 2009 With the 18” of new water we received last week our bay has cleared nicely. Not all the brown tide is gone but PLENTY of great L.L.M. water for everyone to enjoy.With the clearing water our fish have responded. What a week we had last week...

The King Ranch Shoreline It's salt-stinging sawgrass cuts on ankles and shins. It's where prickly pears and scrub mesquite meet saltwater, and it's where Captain Richard King looked out across the great expanse of yellowed grass to the Gulf of Mexico...

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...

Adventures with Sharks... The fantail of the shrimp boat rose from the water and settled back in with a small wake of whitewater. Chris climbed to the bow of our twenty-eight center console and peered over the side into the crystalline, blue water."Dude, nothing down...

Light-Tackle King Mackerel Techniques It's summer and the only thing missing as you watch a fleet of small skiffs and bay boats ply through the relative safety of the jetties and into the deep-blue is Wagner's Flight of the Valkyrie and Lieutenant Colonel...

How to Hire a Guide Hiring a guide should be a simple proposition; however, there are a few factors to consider before asking "Permission to come aboard, captain?" First, does your family want to experience a head boat or a personalized one-on-one guided trip? ...

Offshore Kayaking Adventure What do you get when you cross two kayak-crazed anglers and one completely obsessed offshore flyfisherman? Well, besides the outright lies and tall tales about the few that get away, you get one heck of an adventure....