Jay Watkins

Jay Watkins

Smaller Areas of Structure – Concentrating on Details

I cannot help but get excited as the first real cool front of the season approaches the Coastal Bend this...

Redfish Tactics For Hot Late-Summer Days

The passage of each day brings us closer to what I believe is the absolute best time of the year...

Don’t Give Up Because It Looks Fresh!

Boy, have we had some rain or what? I’ve dumped twenty-six inches from my rain gauge, along with several overflows,...

Detecting Subtle Patterns That Make a Huge Difference

Summer heat has arrived and Rockport water temperatures already above 85° are living proof. Afternoon surface temps are bumping 89°...

Redfish on the Grass Flats

We are going to talk this month about a few critical aspects of fishing large expanses of grass flats. The...

Trout water is trout water, no matter where you find it!

Water temperature two days prior to writing this was 77°, then another cold front dropped the air temperatures into the...

Post-Freeze Assessments and Game Plans

The most frequent question since my last article has been, “So Jay, tell me honestly, how badly was our trout...

The Big Freeze – Putting Fish First!

We are about to receive a major arctic blast. Forecasts are all over the place but many models are calling...

Busting Wintertime Trout Myths

Winter continues with weekly frontal passages dropping air and water temps as well as tides. Collectively, all three can help...

Memory Lane: How I Got Where I Am Today

What a year 2020 was…right? But let us not dwell on the negative. Let us instead be thankful for all...

Gulf Coast Kitchen

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Recipe of the month

Northwoods Fish Fry

We had the pleasure to visit Oak Lake Lodge in western Ontario last August and believe me the experience was...

Chicken-Fried Oysters with Pico Cream

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