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Bucket List Goals

Bucket List Goals

As the days get longer and spring slowly inches closer, a lot of anglers are starting to get ready for a new season of fishing. Old gear has been sold and new gear is in hand or on order. Tournament folks have been studying the schedules and locations trying to...
Keeping a Fishing Journal

Keeping a Fishing Journal

A journal can be a powerful tool with a wide variety of uses. Journals give you a place to write down memories, reflect on events, analyze decisions, and help identify patterns of behavior. The same is true for a fishing journal. By recording and analyzing...
Dress for Success

Dress for Success

As anglers, we spend a lot of time out in the elements. It is important that our gear can handle the environment and that we are prepared for changing conditions. One condition that is almost always a constant is the exposure to the sun. Overexposure to the...
Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler

Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler

In my early days of kayak fishing there was always one fish that kept coming up, one fish that other anglers would talk about. I decided it was time to chase this finned celebrity my friend Vince and I headed to Florida in hopes to check this one off our bucket list....
Old School Fish

Old School Fish

One of the main advantages of fishing from a kayak is the ability to access water that larger boats or bank anglers cannot reach. These backwaters can be prime areas for fish that do not receive the same pressure as their kin in more public friendly areas. Some of my...
White Whale No More

White Whale No More

So what is it that drives you in the sport of fishing? Is it trying to best the field in tournaments? Is it getting out on the water and spending time with family and friends? Or, is it just getting away from the hustle of daily life and recharging? No matter your...
Fishing for the Past

Fishing for the Past

Fishing has always been a part of my life. It was something that my father and grandfather did almost religiously as well as most members of my mother’s side of the family. Fishing to us was more than a hobby or a competition, it was a way to spend time with friends...
Kilroy Was Here

Kilroy Was Here

A few weeks ago a group of friends and I were planning a trip to Tennessee in hopes for some muskie. After losing one and missing a few others on my first trip, I definitely had my hopes up to land one of these toothy critters. But as luck would have it, a front moved...

Feeling Froggy

I was first introduced to “frog fishing” a few years ago. It was later in the summer and I was going fishing with a local tournament angler on Lake Guntersville. In planning the logistics, he asked if I had a frog set up. At first I thought this was one of those...