Jay Watkins

Jay Watkins

Pro Tips: March 2009

What is it about extremely low tides that makes catching trophy-sized trout so difficult? My answer cites two major influences;...

Pro Tips: February 2009

I hope that all have survived the holiday season and received many blessing from being with friends and family. I...

Pro Tips: January 2009

I hope everyone has been enjoying the holiday season. I take the winter feeding-up pattern to heart so some long...

Winter Strategies

I hope the Christmas spirit has filled you as it has me. I love this time of year, especially the...

Pro Tips: November 2008

I want to begin by telling all the folks that were in the path of Hurricane Ike that my family’s...

Pro Tips: October 2008

Thank goodness October has arrived. It was a terribly hot and mostly dry summer along most of the middle Texas...

Pro Tips: September 2008

September is always a transition month for me here in Rockport. Water temperatures can reach upper 80s and near 90...

Pro Tips: July 2008

July, what more needs to be said when this month is mentioned among lure enthusiast. This is especially true if...

Pro Tips: June 2008

I write very few articles about redfish simply because I concentrate most of my fishing effort on speckled trout. This...

Pro Tips: May 2008

May is already upon us and it seems only yesterday I was donning my winter undergarments and pulling my Simms...

Gulf Coast Kitchen

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Recipe of the month

Shrimp and Bean Stew

INGREDIENTS 1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined 1 tsp fresh lemon zest and 1 Tbsp juice1 tsp sweet or...

Capt. Gordon’s Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp

Grilled Red Snapper on the Half Shell

Sharilyn and D’Netta’s Crab & Tomato Pie

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