20 minute fight on 4lb line!
Stephen L Proctor fought this 13.29 lb bass on Lake Fork, near Tyler Texas while crappie fishing in his favorite fishing hole. When he felt that nibble, he had no clue that it would be a Share Linker record breaker.
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Industry Insider
College Kayak Fishing Series College teams representing LSU, Lamar, Stephen F. Austin, and Texas A&M launched kayaks in Galveston recently to fish the College Kayak Series. The event was hosted by the area’s premier kayak and tackle shop, Fishing Tackle
Texas Tested
Abu Garcia Revo STX Whether you cast inshore waters for specs and reds or ply lakes and rivers for largemouths, chances are you’ve heard of the Abu Garcia Revo line of reels. Now, there’s a new, third-generation Revo in town.
Texas Guns
My New Pet I don’t know whether you have noticed it or not, but good gunsmiths, like virtuous women and honest politicians, are getting harder and harder to find. I am not talking about people who can swap a few parts
Bassmaster Classic brought $26 million to Tulsa
The Tulsa 2013 Bassmaster Classic made a big splash economically with tax revenue for the city of Tulsa of at least $2 million and a $26 million lift for the local economy. The world championship bass fishing tournament, conducted by
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Huge great white tracked swimming Florida coast
A 14-foot, 2,300-pound great white shark has been found swimming along Volusia County’s coastline. Nonprofit research group OCEARCH tagged the female shark in August in Cape Cod and have been tracking its journey to central Florida ever since. OCEARCH said
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Scientists: Alligators, crocs use tools
It’s springtime at Louisiana’s Lake Martin. The air is filled with the chattering of wading birds in the trees that ring the shoreline as they build their nests and prepare to lay eggs. An alligator lies submerged, its body just
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Duck Commander launches line of guns
The gunmaker Mossberg has teamed with Duck Commander, the company owned by “Duck Dynasty’s” Robertson clan, to release nine different shotguns, as well as two semiautomatic rifles and a semiautomatic pistol. Mossberg has begun shipping some of the shotguns to
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Whitetail jumps into cheetah enclosure at zoo (not good for deer)
A white-tailed deer did not survive an encounter with two cheetahs after apparently jumping into their enclosure Friday at the National Zoo, authorities said. It was the most recent of the violent confrontations in the Washington region involving deer, which
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Gun control groups outspend NRA, others 7 to 1
In the year after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., gun-control groups spent $14.1 million on TV advertising. According to Kantar Media’s CMAG, that gave such groups a seven to one advantage over gun-rights organizations, which
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A fish as big as the fisherman
My 9 year old son caught this huge black drum on December 27th. It measured 44″ and weighed over 50#.
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Texas Tasted
Chowhound Chicken Tenders (Serves 3 to 4 regular eaters or a couple of chow hounds) I have a couple of bottomless pit chowhound teenagers at home who are good for a cook’s ego, but hard to fill up at the dinner
Hotspot Focus: Lower Coast
Braving the Elements Humans for the most part prefer comfort over hardship. If we wake up one morning for a fishing trip and the Weather App tells us that isn’t just cold, but DANG COLD outside, we’d as soon call
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Hotspot Focus: Rockport
Climate Realities Even the most ardent critics of climate change have to admit that our planet is changing and, for the most part, not for the better. Acidity levels in our oceans are rising due to carbon dioxide uptake. Ocean
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Hotspot Focus: Upper Mid Coast
Chasing Coldwater Fish Just because Christmas is over doesn’t mean you have to give-up on fishing. The coastal regions of Texas will still have plenty of speckled-trout, redfish, and even some flounders available this month for those anglers wishing to
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