After success with catfish at my office lake on epoxy pond snails (Tales of Snails and Weather Spells),  I decided to shape one as a spoon fly.   I was hoping the catfish would take it for a pond snail when fishing it slow, and the wiggle when retrieving it might trigger a strike from “whatever”.  I … More Water Beetle Spoon Fly?

We are still having the rough, rainy weather common to this part of the year so I haven’t attempted a DIY redfish kayak trip yet.  Looking hard at the weekend of March 15.  Unfortunately the tides change this time of year to a pattern not conducive to my index for predicting fish in the marsh.   … More Tales of Snails and Weather Spells

I had a rare brainstorm this weekend.  A buddy called and suggested a quick afternoon trip for crappie.  Of course I haven’t fully transitioned from hunting into fishing and in my tying I skipped ahead to bream, not thinking about crappie being the first target species.  I had practically no crappie flies and so I … More A Good Idea

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