May 2013

Columns

Shotgunning fun

May 29, 2013 Gordon Hutchinson

An attorney friend who knows a little more about guns than I do about the dark side of the moon — but not much more — was wandering around a regional gun show, looking for I’m not sure what.

I think he had been caught up in all the furor and hype and just figured he needed another gun to go with his one revolver.[…]

Fishing

You dropped WHAT overboard?

May 27, 2013 Allan Tarvid

Shortly after handheld GPS units became small enough to fit in a pocket, I remember a fellow outdoor writer lamenting about losing his. He somehow dropped it as he stepped from a boat to a dock over water 30 feet deep.[…]

Columns

Lessons learned

May 22, 2013 Bill Garbo

As this article goes to press, the 2012-13 deer season is about three months in the rear view mirror. As they say, “It is time to re-load and re-mount.”[…]

Freshwater Fishing

Goggle-eyes

May 15, 2013 Jerald Horst

This large species of bream is properly called a “warmouth.” Its large mouth —larger than any other species of bream — and its more-elongated body shape have led some people (who should know better) to believe that they are hybrids between bluegills and bass.[…]

Bass Fishing

The jig is up

May 15, 2013 David A. Brown

Hackney’s approach for warm-season grass jigging is all about forcing the issue: He’ll flip the ¾-ounce version of his signature Strike King Hack Attack jig with either a Rage Craw or Twin Tail Menace Grub trailer, targeting those edges, points and gaps where fish will be looking for easy meals that don’t require much effort.[…]

Freshwater Fishing

Bream hybrids

May 15, 2013 Jerald Horst

Sunfish hybridize more than any other family of freshwater or saltwater fish. Often a successful day will yield 200 bream, and it’s a rare day when at least one hybrid between species isn’t in the bunch.[…]