One of my favorite marshes is Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve near Pascagoula MS.  Otherwise known as just Grand Bay NERR or “the NERR” for short.  I like to call it the little marsh with the big name.  Juxtaposed against the urban development of Pascagoula along with ship building, a refinery and other heavy … More Good Day, Grand Bay

I long for outdoor articles written in the style of Earnest Hemingway and Zane Grey.  The outdoor magazines were lucky to have such talented contributors. Their stories make me want to go on an adventure.  I am a “Hemingway wannabe” and proud of it. But the days of adventure stories are pretty much gone; the … More A Prophecy

No, there’s nothing wrong with the rod holder; but I have realized that I have been doing something unconsciously that I need to let users of the “Samurai” System in on.   I made this discovery this past Friday on a Jack Crevalle trip.  I built a new personal system “Just for Skiffs” and I thought that … More Thumbs Down on the Rod Holder

It was an early start, left Jackson at 2:30AM to meet our guide at the ramp before daylight.  As dawn broke we were headed to the flats with slick seas. It was a beautiful morning, the kind you dream about.  The photo below is our guide standing ready with the teaser rig.  Fish were already … More Post “Gordy” Jack Crevalle Report

Hurricane “Gordy” is long gone, this morning the sun has peeked out and, to quote “Annie”: The sun’ll come out Tomorrow Bet your bottom dollar That tomorrow There’ll be sun! Annie was an optimist and had no previous dealings with weathermen, obviously. Anyway, hopefully Gordy’s surge left some marsh tuna to play with “tomorrow” and … More Lordy, Lordy, Goodbye Gordy

I had a Jack Crevalle trip planned this past weekend but the Gulf of Mexico kept acting up.  High water, wind, rain, clouds. When the guide calls to cancel, you know it’s not good.  I have to say though, I really like having a guide that will just call a bad day a bad day … More Delta Combo Saves the Day

I watched the first episode of a television series about a ranch in Montana.  I won’t mention names or include pics because I am not familiar with the vagaries of copyright law.  They call Montana the “Blue Sky” state.  Well I am calling “Blue Sky” on a particular scene which had cowboys successfully fly fishing … More Horseback Fly Fishing, Mayfly Hatch on Rez, FCS

I created the “Samurai” System for kayak fishing but soon found out that it is for skiff fishing too. Of course I bank fish with it also.  Basically  I don’t go fly fishing without it.  I might practice on the lawn without it but if I’m fishing, I have it. My old system is looking … More Just for Skiffs

I made another visit to the MS River  this weekend with my son and a buddy’s son.   The gauge at VB was 19.4 which is a little too low, but there were three nice roils through the rocks other than the notch. The white bass weren’t home but some stripes were present, my friend’s son … More Another Adventure on the Big Muddy

A British government agency used an Internet contest to name one of their new scientific vessels.   It is no surprise then that the clear winner proposed by the public was “Boaty McBoatface”.  Serves the agency right for being lazy and phoning it in.  True to their word the government agency actually named it that.  Meet … More Tidey McTideFace