Kevin Cochran

Kevin Cochran

Fundamental Flaws (Part 2)

The first piece in this series described three basic mistakes I've observed novice speckled trout anglers regularly make in their...

Fundamental Flaws (Part 1)

While working on the water, running charters targeting spotted seatrout with artificial lures, I've critically observed hundreds of novice anglers....

The Abundance Conundrum

As the dog days of summer drag into early-autumn, the abundance of life forms in coastal bays and estuaries reaches...

Strategies for Apparently Featureless Shorelines

Locating and catching trout and redfish along shorelines lacking obvious features like cuts, drains, lakes and coves can prove challenging....

Adjusting to the Heat

At the end of the spring and start of summer, while the month of June winds down, wise trout anglers...

We Can't Tell

Spotted seatrout and red drum often share space in the same parts of Texas estuaries.Any angler with more than a...

Emerald Anniversary Assertions

Once a month, for the last twenty years, I've submitted a written article to this magazine. For nearly a decade...

Inertia and the Web

While wading near the King Ranch Shoreline on a calm, quiet morning last December, my customer, Brett Taylor, and I...

Absolute Number Four

Many aspects of life dictate choices. Often, in order to achieve a specific, desired outcome, one must first clearly identify...

Prepare, Plan, Persist

In the dead of winter, when Jack Frost's fingers rip the last brittle leaves off deciduous trees, some anglers clean...

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Northwoods Fish Fry

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

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