Kevin Cochran

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Kevin Cochran

Kevin Cochran is a long-time fishing guide at Corpus Christi (Padre Island), TX. Kevin is a speckled trout fanatic and has created several books and DVDs on the subject. Kevin’s home waters stretch from Corpus Christi Bay to the Land Cut.

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Betting Best on Baldy Premium

By Kevin Cochran
Southeast of Baffin Bay, in the Upper Laguna Madre, in central parts of the area generally known these days as...
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A Rock and An Island Premium

By Kevin Cochran
The only son of a long-haul trucker, Cayde Dwight Stone grew up fast and hard, not far from the shoreline...
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Getting the Good out of the Gutters

By Kevin Cochran
Excluding the narrow channel known as the Intracoastal Waterway, the Yarbrough Basin holds the deepest water in the Upper Laguna...
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The Great Eight and the Nearly Ninth

By Kevin Cochran
One can only catch fish on a lure one chooses to throw. Obviously, the opposite is also true. One cannot...
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Critical Mass

By Kevin Cochran
Absolute Number One governs the efforts of anglers with unwavering certainty. In order to catch fish, one must find fish....
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The Beauty and Bounty of Summer House

By Kevin Cochran
In some ways, the area known as Summer House resembles the woman whose dwelling gave the place its name. Sarita...
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To See or Not To See

By Kevin Cochran
In recent years, the technologies associated with sonar devices have made locating fish from a boat much easier than ever...
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Breaking Down the Central Badlands

By Kevin Cochran
Because the Badlands sits at the intersection of Baffin Bay and the Upper Laguna Madre, two of the most productive...
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Breaking Down the North Badlands

By Kevin Cochran
Found at the intersection of Baffin Bay and the Upper Laguna Madre, two of our state’s most respected big trout...
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Breaking Down the Badlands

By Kevin Cochran
While working on my latest fishing book, Active Tracks—a collection of stories and reflections from a lifetime on the water—I...
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Gulf Coast Crab-Stuffed Redfish Premium

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