Freshwater Fishing
June 2013
Freshwater Fishing
Ultra-light fun
Many of the surface schools you find in late May or early June will be the fish stocked the previous year, and they will not have reached the legal size limit of 15 inches. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Size limits
Striped bass and hybrid striped bass are counted together, with an aggregate limit of six per fishermen allowed each day. There is a 15-inch minimum length limit on both. […]
Snapper
How to catch big red snapper
Red snapper season arrives this month, and with a two-fish limit, everyone wants to know how to catch the big ones. […]
Bass Fishing
Summertime bass care
It’s June and the waters where our sport fish live have warmed into the 80s. Although temperatures a little above 80 degrees approximate the preferred temperatures for bass, anglers intending to keep fish alive in livewells need to understand that these fish not only have to be given good conditions to survive confinement, but they also have to recover from the stress of capture — primarily the oxygen debt that results from playing the fish until it can be landed. […]
As Big As they Grow
The show must go on
Are you like me — fed up with the wet, windy, cold weather we’ve had the last few months? Don’t know about you, but it has made my fishing life miserable this season. […]
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Cat Napper — Best tactics for catching Pickwick Lake’s trophy blue catfish
Outdoor writers and editors love to throw around the term “sleeper.” In outdoor context, the term refers to an outdoor resource that doesn’t get its fair share of attention. […]
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Island Invitation: Head to the Chandeleur Islands for great redfish, trout action
It was the eve of Feb. 1 in the year 1700 — a day long celebrated by Europeans as “Candlemas,” a day when their religious clergy blessed the candles that would be used in their religious services for the remainder of the year. […]
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Under the Radar — How to catch Ross Barnett’s stripers and hybrid bass
From experience, we knew big schools of big striped bass were in a specific area of Barnett Reservoir. They were close — they had to be because the conditions were perfect. […]
Bass Fishing
Day on the Lake: Lake Columbia
Steve Grace pulled out of his driveway and into a blinding rainstorm as he prepared for his Day on the Lake trip to Lake Columbia recently. […]
General
SpareOne
Powered by only a single AA battery, the SpareOne mobile phone is the perfect communication device to have in an emergency situation. Features include a dedicated 911 button to alert authorities, a TorchLight on top and a re-sealable waterproof and floatable bag to protect the phone from damage. […]
Fishing
LakeVü HD & LakeVü HD Ultra
Garmin is releasing some of the highest definition inland waterway maps they’ve ever created. LakeVü HD has a database of over 17,000 lakes and displays detailed shorelines, dock outlines, streams, channels, fishing spots and roads. […]