• On the Hook: Cold snap is gooood for fishing! Published 10/30/2009 at 11:07 a.m.

  The summer is finally over. The rains have stopped and we’ve had our first cold front. If you fish, what’s more important is that they’ve had a severe change in temperature up north in the Florida panhandle.

• On The Hook: So, you think fishing is an obsession? Published 10/15/2009 at 7:21 p.m.

  We’ve all read the recent headlines: “The government proposes a ban on texting for operators of passenger transport vehicles.” Are you kidding? You mean to tell us that you allowed someone to take their eyes off the road or rail ...

• On The Hook: With fishing, patience makes perfect Published 10/01/2009 at 7:38 p.m.

  “I want it. I want it now.” There is impatience in our society now. It’s been bred by the instantaneous communication offered on our cell phones and the immersion in personal detail offered by Web offerings such as Facebook, YouTube ...

• On The Hook: A snook for Justin Published 09/17/2009 at 7:51 p.m.

  I’ll bet you’ve noticed that it’s super quiet around here come September. Folks are either hiding from the heat or are glued to the media awaiting that inevitable naming of the next tropical disturbance. There can be no distractions to ...

• On The Hook: Part of fishing is the ‘big’ surprise factor Published 08/20/2009 at 7:20 p.m.

  “Big” rules – unfortunately, in too many venues today. It’s the folks with the biggest house; the guy with the most expensive automobile and the pro golfer with the longest drive that captures our adulation. Makes you wonder what ever ...

• On The Hook: The fishing stimulus plan Published 08/06/2009 at 7:27 p.m.

  We are truly immersed in amazing times. Federal government has assumed an increasingly intrusive role in almost every facet of our private lives.

• On The Hook: Sport Fishing - Hours of waiting; moments of mayhem Published 07/23/2009 at 8:36 p.m.

  When you target a major game fish, you need to dredge up all that elusive element of patience you have in your being. And that all can come to pass, when you’ve set your sights on that sizable creature, anywhere ...

• On The Hook: The one we hoped would get away Published 07/09/2009 at 8:52 p.m.

  The episode was clearly my fault. You should have fishing equipment aboard that will handle any circumstance you run into when you well know the possibilities. I hadn’t done that.

• On The Hook: Fishing conservation belongs to us Published 06/25/2009 at 7:57 p.m.

  This week’s article is not intended to be political in it’s nature, but unintentionally, it may drift that way. So please — pay that drift no mind. Stay focused on those small and not-so-small nautical creatures that have thrilled our ...

• On The Hook: How deep is deep sea fishing? Published 06/11/2009 at 9:13 p.m.

  “My nephew and his friends are coming down for a visit and want to go deep sea fishing.” That seems like a simple straightforward statement, right? But hold on a minute; it’s not so simple.

• On The Hook: Split charter Published 05/28/2009 at 7:57 p.m.

  Gordon and Penny Blake weren’t going to let anything stand in the way of getting on the water even if it came down to sharing a boat with a total stranger.

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