I’m still fighting post deer season depression.  I am starting to watch the weather to plan a sightcasting trip in the marsh, but my mind keeps wandering back to a couple of great days I had on the reservoir last year catching bream, bass, catfish and stripers during a Hexegenia mayfly hatch (Hexapocalypse Now!).   Last … More Get a new “Hexbox” for the next Hexapocalypse

Originally posted on Ragsdale Hunting Club:
Chris and I are notorious for taking a buck on Christmas Eve.   Our Mississippi rut happening around Christmas gets us in trouble with family, but when I look back, not hunting on Christmas eve would have cost us a lot of bucks.  This year was no different.  This time…

Thank you CCA and thank you CMR commissioners Daniels and Havard ! Finally something good has happened that I was personally lobbying for (this makes once). The CMR has acted to eliminate “haul seines”. Of course I am sure almost no one knows what I’m talking about because you are all thinking “how does this … More Mississippi CMR Gets it Right

Some time ago I placed a project in what then was the “new” MDEQ RESTORE Project Portal.  Project 4248 points to the problem of wave action erosion occurring in Grand Bay NERR. No one has to take my word for it, the erosion was documented by the USGS in a time-lapse video that estimates the … More Grand Bay Gets Reefs

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