When I start breaking down a new fishing area or even an old one that I haven’t fished in awhile I employ power fishing strategies to pattern the fish quickly.  Let me explain power fishing … by definition it’s a technique that allows me to cover a great deal of water when I have no [...]

The clients I had on the boat today have been my most faithful repeat clients over the past couple of years. They have chartered me 4-6 times per year each year for the past 3 years. And for whatever reason, each and every time they come, the conditions are just wrong for catching redfish. We’ve [...]

I walked in the door and laid my rods in the corner and my wife asked, “How was the fishing?” “It was terrible” I said. Then she asked, “But why? It was so beautiful today!” “Exactly!” I exclaimed. That was the problem. It was too beautiful. No wind and high and bright “blue bird” skies. [...]

Of all the questions I’m asked, the one that comes up most frequently is “What can I do to catch more fish?”   And the answer to this question is relatively easy; improving your casting distance… it’s really that simple.  Covering water quickly and efficiently with long probing casts is by far my best strategy for [...]

See this fish in the picture? I was fishing in a redfish tournament in Orange Beach Alabama when I caught this fish. Can you believe that once I realized that it wasn’t a redfish, I told my tournament partner that I was going to cut the line? Thankfully my tournament partner, Capt. Frank Jackson, wasn’t [...]