Kirk Colvin is a U.S. Navy helicopter search and rescue swimmer, a senior at Texas State University, and, now, the largemouth bass record holder for the Blanco River. According to the San Marcos Record, Colvin was fishing on his kayak about 100 yards from the confluence of the Blanco and San Marcos River, casting his [...]
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Texas ShareLunker Season Ends with 174.22 Pounds of Bass
The Toyota Texas ShareLunker program seeks every 13-plus-pound bass caught in the state, so that Texas Parks and Wildlife can breed them and create even more monster largemouths. The season runs from October 1 through April 30, and this was a pretty banner year for the program. In all, 13 fish were caught weighing a [...]
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Awesome Start to the Season! May 1 Cape Cod Striper Report
I was all sorts of pumped up to get out striped bass fishing yesterday for the first time in 6 months. The strong wind, rain, fog and nippy temperatures were not going to deter me. It’s May on Cape Cod which means one thing – the bass are back! I’ve recently been receiving all sorts [...]
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Early Spring Cape Cod Striper Fishing Tips
It’s a great time of the year to be on Cape Cod! May is right around the corner, the stripers are here, and true cows are just to the south of us. I still have some land-based work to take care of this week, but I plan on hitting the water hard starting on Tuesday. [...]
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review: Costa Del Mar Sunglasses’ Double Haul
Flycasters use the double haul technique to generate line speed and increase casting distance. Anglers using any kind of light tackle can now spot fish and enjoy all-day comfort if they’re wearing the new Double Haul polarized sunglasses from Costa Del Mar. Featuring large frames with wide temples to block ambient light and a venting [...]
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Review: Al Gag’s Custom Lures Whip-It Eel
Massachusetts lure-maker Al Gag sent me some of his new Whip-It Eels to field-test along Florida’s Big Bend coast and I’ve been anxiously waiting for the opportunity. That came yesterday when I spotted a nice cobia doing laps around a channel marker. I had an olive green 6-inch tail with one of his eel jig [...]
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Review: Shimano’s Terez Waxwing and TZCW70M rod
Shimano recently sent me one of the new Terez rods to field-test, along with some of the companion Waxwing swim jigs. The TZCW-70M casting model was designed for accurate casting for redfish and trout, but an article assignment gave me the chance to really put it through the test. Terez Waxwing rods are built with [...]
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Ewan McGregor Shows off Fly Casting Skills on BBC Talk Show
The Season 11 premier of The Graham Norton on BBC One was pretty star-studded with Cate Blanchett, Michael Sheen, and a fly casting Ewan McGregor. McGregor was on to promote his new film, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, in which he had to learn how to fly cast, and his female costar, Emily Blunt, actually hooked [...]
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Catching 35” Striped Bass in Skinny Water
Yesterday’s morning started out somewhat slow while striper fishing on the Susquehanna Flats. There wasn’t much current moving when Bill Johnson and I started casting light tackle lures just inside R”12” at 7:15am. With no signs of life in the upper flats, we moved to the southwest end as the current started moving out. We [...]
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Susquehanna Flats Striper Fishing – Three’s a Charm
Ken Collins, Randy Bratina, and Bob Honeycett enjoyed a day of light tackle fishing for striped bass on ‘the flats’. I decided to rig lures that only catch large stripers. Bob was casting a large Rapala Shallow Shad Rap in gold. It wasn’t long before a striper took the bait. The rod bent 90 degrees [...]
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