“Lightening Strikes and Oil Spills”
The 5:00 am weather forecast said something short and vague about there being thunderstorms moving toward us from the west...
Billy Sandifer
Capt. Billy is a local fishing guide, birder, & conservationist on the Texas barrier island "Padre Island." He focuses on improving conservation of natural resources and enjoys spreading his knowledge to others. He is known as the "Padre of Padre Island", and has organized the local "The Big Shell Beach Clean Up" for 14 years. He has received the Conservation & Environmental Stewardship Award by the Coastal Bend Bays Foundation.
Tsunamis While Kayaking and Upcoming Research
In spite of the good conditions and the correctness of the location, the two shark rigs had stood silently all...
Tough Winter for Surf Anglers
Our local weatherman, Dale Nelson, says this has been the coldest winter since he arrived here twenty-three years ago. I...
Finned Sharks and Tagged Speckled Trout
Longtime beach fishers, Dennis and Carolyn George of Helotes, TX were shocked to drive up on six dead bull sharks...
Blessings and Problems
We were blessed to have dodged the bullet of a substantial fish kill in the Coastal Bend during the recent...
Latest in the Life of an Adrenalin Addict
Decades ago I fished expensive Dacron line on the largest reels made in order to be able to fish shark...
“Some Things to Think About”
Since I run some distance offshore regularly in my 25-foot Panga with only one outboard I do everything possible to...
Kindness from Friends, D.C., and Red Tide
What a chaotic month October has been. It started with us sight casting twenty-five pound jack crevalle with fly rods...
Old Spirits and New Research
Several years ago longtime turtle patroller, Linda Morehead, pulled up on her ATV and asked whether I had made the...
“Do you remember when we were boys and girls?”
The words of that country song have been running over and over in my head lately. "Do you remember when...
