1612Dec

The Holidays are Special for Fisherman Too T he holiday season  for most Americans—Texans proudly among them—begins in earnest with the approach of Christmas. This is a time to spend with family and friends. However, there is no reason fishing […]

Try One More Cast; It May Be Turn-On Time S o you have your honey hole, a fishing spot that has produced for you many times. You know the water temperatures and tidal movements that you like, and you might even

Cold Water Trophy Bait T he end of November and the beginning of December is when a lot of occasional coastal anglers clean their rods and reels and store them until they are ready to use them again in the spring. These

Getting Ready to Fish M ost people don’t catch  my attention as I find most are running hard at the speed of light and their brains are at the outer limits of what we call sanity—all trying to keep up with this

Fronts Push Fish, and Fishermen, into the Deep T he first significant cold front struck the Lower Texas Coast in late October this year, which hinted at an earlier winter than in recent years. Though it is rare that any one

Christmas dinner is a very special occasion. As family gathers to celebrate the most wonderful time of year, old family recipes are cooked and special attention is paid to all things culinary. Christmas is a perfect time to eat the

Empty Nests I had the privilege recently, of taking a friend of mine, Allen Foster, and his 12-year-old son, Justyn, fishing with Captain Carlos Garcia. A 60 pound stingray—the largest I’ve seen in some time—took both Allen and Justyn’s baits and was hooked

Help Me Help You F or weeks on end I’ve been floating in the brine. My throat, skin, and lungs have been seared by exposure to salty water and air, and I itch all over. Both inside and outside, my body cries

Fly Knots to Know I admit, I forget a lot of stuff. I’m getting older, there’s a lot of useless junk rolling around in my head (like the fact that Tegucigalpa is the capital of Honduras) I have no idea why I

Guns I Wish I Had Kept I n my early years as a confirmed gun lover my normal financial life was one of being flat busted. Because of this, if I wanted a new gun I generally had to sell or

Boat & Travel Shows Return to Central Texas The Austin Boat and Travel Trailer Show and the San Antonio Boat & Travel Trailer Show will return to Central Texas this January and February.  These shows are a fun for the

Innovative Trail Cam In this busy hi-tech world, it may be hard to find the time needed for proper scouting and finding those whitetails. More and more hunters have embraced this technology and have purchased trail cameras to do some

Ruger Knives Crafted by Texan Designed by Robert Carter, a Hillister, Texas-based craftsman with deep family ties and a rich knife making tradition, the 2-Stage is part of the exclusive CRKT/ Ruger knife collection. The series includes designs for everyday

Sugar Cured Wild Hog Ham Many hunters and other folks view the feral hog as a nuisance. As a result they are often shot and left to the critters for dinner. Many other hunters have taken the meat only to

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Merry Christmas! I t’s Christmas time and that means it is also time to get that hunter in your family something he or she would love. If your hunter is like me, then he has already hinted for a few “much needed”

Of Bucks and Bacon W rong Willie, Big Jake and I arrived at the Quanah lease with high expectations. The ranch we’re working on is alive with game, and we all wanted different things. Big Jake was after a distinctive eight-point

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Coastal Conservation Awesomeness I n early October, we were reminded how lucky we are to work with people and organizations that contribute to the betterment of the world. Attending the 34th annual Awards Banquet for the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA)’s State of