Gearing up for flounder fishing? Getting a late start on the fall run? Well, here are some unique products that are a little bit different for flounder that I think are going to have a unique impact for the anglers who fish them. Check them out and let me know what you think. Ardent...
While attending the ICAST show last week in Orlando, I stopped by Reptile World Serpentarium in nearby St. Cloud. They had an incredible pair of timber (canebrake)/eastern diamondback hybrids on exhibit. They have the heavy girth of an eastern diamondback and the cool pattern of a timber. Beautiful.
TF&G Publisher Roy Neves and I had some interesting conversations with Kevin VanDam and other top bass pros at ICAST. Check out this video to see what they think about our bass fishery.
A few months ago, I got an early sample package of Berkley’s Havoc lures to test out. The next day I was driving back from a fishing trip and decided to stop by a tiny roadside pond I saw someone fishing the week previous. I tied on the Skeet Reese Havoc Slop Craw, cast...
The Texas Fish & Game crew made it to Las Vegas this afternoon a day ahead of ICAST, the world’s largest sportfishing trade show. We come here every year to do business and as excutive editor the goal is to learn about the latest products that benefit the anglers in Texas. TF&G publisher Roy...
If you read part 1, you know I got to field test lots of tackle in 2010 and most was good or at least functional. There were quite a few that stood out so I had to put my favorites in two installments. Stanley Sidewider (Courtesy Photo) The Sidewinder’s “soft ringed” body sinks slow...
This year I did an incredible amount of fishing and most of it involved trying out new tackle. From rods to reels to lines to lures, I literally had my hands on hundreds of products in 2010. The following are five of my favorites of the year. Some of these are new to the...
It would be easy for me to sit down and write a “state of the industry” piece to wrap-up Texas Fish & Game’s experience at ICAST. In fact that was my original intention but after staring at the screen for a few minutes, something stirred from deep within. I remembered the first time I...
