While China has made unfortunate news of late in the U.S., their scientists may have come up with an idea to control red tide in some situations--but is the cure worse than the disease?
Hardwater season won't be with us much longer, but there are still opportunities to put some whopper panfish on the ice with these baits and tips from Northland.
The raw oyster eating record for one hour at Winzell's Seafood chain is 421 by Big Ken Orndorff. What happens to all those shells plus the millions of them us lesser oyster lovers gulp? Texas CCA says let's make 'em into fish habitat:
Electric power for boats is expanding almost as fast as it is for cars and trucks, with Mercury the latest to announce an e-power offering, the Avator 7.5 outboard. This one is only for smaller boats, but the company says larger outboards are just around the corner--details here:
Spring is not far off but the water is still icy (and ice-covered in many places) so this is a good time to check out these cold-water boating/fishing tips from Ken Schultz, former fishing editor of Field & Stream Magazine.
Inshore anglers have long been aware that a lot of released sea trout don't survive handling--now there may be a solution, suggested by University of Florida scientist Holden Harris. Of course, the "bite shortened" hooks may allow escape of that trophy you did not want to get away, but overall this looks like a good solution for anglers concerned about the high release mortality we all have seen in sea trout.
After decades of being a dead sea, Florida's big Lake Apopka is returning to former glory as a bass lake, thanks in large part to decades of restoration efforts that put an end to inflow of pollution and reconnected filtering marsh lands. It played big in Kennie Steverson's Toyota Series win last week despite being a 60-mile-run from weigh-in--details here.
College football is over, the pro's wind up Sunday and you might as well start watching fishing on TV--here's the place to go for some interesting competition and tactics.
Yamaha's release of their new XTO 450 outboard is another step towards the end of noisy marine generators, with a charging system so powerful it can supply stabilizers, high-draw trolling motors, powerful stereo and lots more even at low rpm. Looks good, too--see it here:
The Denver Fly Fishing Show is to western fly anglers what ICAST is to the rest of us--a can't miss event. This year it's Feb. 17-19.
Considering all the oil rig reefs Louisiana has already, it hardly seems fair for them to add more, but thanks to a donation from the Louisiana CCA, they're doing just that--check out these new spots, likely to be stiff with jumbo reds and cobia as well as reef species before long.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) saltwater angler recognition program, Catch a Florida Memory, is giving away a fully outfitted fishing kayak to one lucky angler in its first-ever Triple Threat Throwdown.