Welcome to Heavy Hitter Fishing Gear

How to keep dry and warm when its wet and cold (The Charleston Gazette)

While many sportsmen think of winter as a time to hunt ducks, rabbits or grouse, some actually believe its as a fine time to go fishing.The major danger to such thinking is hypothermia. Falling out of a boat or getting in over ones waders isnt a problem wh...

Texas lakes fishing report: Nov. 26, 2008 (Waco Tribune-Herald)

AUSTIN — Here is the weekly fishing report as compiled for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for Nov. 26. (Report also available on Web as www.txfishing.com.)

Fishing report December 2, 2008 AUSTIN — Here is the fishing report as compiled for the Texas Parks and Wildlife ... (Wilson County News)

Freshwater BRAUNIG Water stained; 71 degrees. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are fair on live shad. Redfish are fair on live perch and shad near the dam. Channel catfish are good on chicken livers, shrimp, and cut shad. Blue catfish are good on cut bait.

Here's my Outdoors Christmas wish list (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

Economists tell us we're in the beginning of a deep recession. They say Americans are cutting back -- or cutting out -- gift-giving this holiday season. But that doesn't mean we can't compile our annual Christmas wish lists. Just realize...

Art imitates life (Parker Chronicle)

Chris Michlewicz Just as poets paint a picture with their words, Jay Moore tells a story with every calculated brushstroke.

Tale of two rivers (Sonoma Index-Tribune)

I took a couple of days off this week and headed north with some local fly-fishers to check out the steelhead action on the Trinity River and the Sacramento River. The weather was too perfect. By now there should be a lot more rain and cold replenishing our state's northern watersheds.

Trinity Bay – On the Rebound (Dayton News)

A seagull circles and hovers above the water, diving down to grab a shrimp as it flips out of the water. Soon other gulls join in and the show is on with all the screaming and screeching with the birds frantically diving for the shrimp as they race for the surface to get away from the hungry fish below.