Dawn on Blackwater Oxbows
November 17, 2025
A cautious paddle through fog-lifted oxbows and the burn of double-8 bucktails as prehistoric sturgeon haunt the depths.
Read the story →Dawn in the Bayou Bends
November 13, 2025
A quiet paddle for monstrous catfish among mossy elbows of cypress, where cedar smoke drifts and embers hover over spartina.
Read the story →Fog Lifts, Flats Heave: Chasing Striped Dreams on a Gulf Coast Marsh
November 10, 2025
A quiet dawn on marsh grass flats as fog lifts and migrating stripers edge near weed lines. Slow planers, patient lines, and the first birds answering the morning.
Read the story →Amber Light, Marsh Grass, and the Chase for Brook Trout
November 6, 2025
Gulf coast flats turn to gold at sundown as ghostly brook trout haunt weed edges and the tide lingers.
Read the story →Salt-Stained Piers at Dawn: Chasing Ambush Snook Under Mangroves
November 3, 2025
A dawn hunt along salt-stung piers, where ambush snook lurk under mangroves as a nor’easter breathes in from the sea.
Read the story →Tail on the Flats, Cedar Smoke, and the Quiet Beckoning of Dawn
October 30, 2025
A salt-bronze morning on the gulf coast marsh. Tailing redfish, screaming corks, and the soft heat of cedar smoke rising from camp.
Read the story →Dawn on the Gulf: King Salmon, Marsh Grass Flats, and a Quiet North Wind
October 28, 2025
Chasing king salmon near river mouths as a nor’easter hints. Slow-trolls, weed edges, and the first sign of weather in the marsh.
Read the story →Dawn on the Salt-Stained Pier: Chasing Night-Walleye
October 27, 2025
A dawn patrol along salt-streaked piers as fog lifts, chasing walleye off drop-offs with double-8 bucktails.
Read the story →First Push of the Nor’easter on Northwoods Bog Lakes
October 23, 2025
A slow-told tale of king salmon staging, tamaracks, and planers skimming weed edges as a nor’easter begins to whisper over northern bogs.
Read the story →Dawn on Salt-Stained Piers, Coho in Tow
October 20, 2025
A dawn patrol along salt-stung piers as silver coho rush upriver, ahead of a brewing storm front. Corks pop along spartina, the water listening for every ripple.
Read the story →Tannin and Moonlight: Coho Currents on Spartina Nights
October 16, 2025
A river sleeps dark and tea-colored. Moonlight finds the silver, and corks pop along the marsh grasses.
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