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September Features
 Mike McBride
Data We Can Believe In
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 Apart from largemouth bass, there may be no finned species that has fueled more theory and so-called expert opinion than our own topwater crashing, Corky-eating speckled trout. We all crave information and continually search for every tidbit that might lead us to bigger and better catches. Yet, unfortunately, I doubt seriously whether the fish would agree with a lot of the stuff...
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 Kevin Cochran
Dead-end Guts Defined and Analyzed
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 Dead-end guts and channels are some of the most consistent fish-holding features in Texas bays. Probably the most important aspect of these features is that fish use them as routes for moving back and forth between deep water areas and shallow, adjacent flats. The words deep and shallow are relative, of course...
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 Billy Sandifer
YEAH, I READ IT BUT I JUST DON’T CARE.
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 The past eighteen months have been some of the poorest fishing I have ever experienced and likewise it has been the toughest going I have ever encountered as a fishing guide. Interestingly enough, in my case, too few charters has not been a result of the sluggish economy as it has been with many other guides...
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 Martin Strarup
The Trip and the Trip Home
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 Quite often on the way home from a fishing trip everyone in the truck gets tired and quiet and my thoughts are all about what I experienced. The sunrises and sunsets, the fish that were caught and those that were not, the conversations and the "what if we'd have done this instead" comments all become a story and another chapter in my life. On long trips home...
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 Chuck Uzzle
Country Went to Town
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 As a kid I always loved reading about fishing and hunting all over the world. I can remember being mesmerized with Field & Stream filled articles about far-away destinations full of fish and game that I could only see in my dreams. Thoughts of places I have been and places I still want to go fill my thoughts every time I step on a plane or browse a magazine rack at the airport...
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EDITORIAL
Time to Formulate a New Plan
As editor of this magazine I receive tons of fishing reports. Some are encouraging and would lead one to believe our bays are full of spotted seatrout of desirable size while others are dismal and disappointing. It is necessary, of course, to sort and examine this feedback as seasons and general water conditions have great impact upon angling success. It is likewise necessary to glean experience and skill level, fishing method, along with bait/lure selection to avoid the trap of inaccurate conclusion.
In addition to the emails, calls and letters, I also fish. I worked as a year around fishing guide in the Port O'Connor-Seadrift region for nine years between 2000-2009 in addition to writing and publishing, running as many as 100 charter days some years. Lately my fishing has been more for recreation and publishing related than guide work. I get to visit places along the coast I rarely or never had opportunity to fish when I was working on the water. In my travels I am able to measure my own success against reports and in many ways substantiate or question that which I receive. I would like to think I am fairly well informed.
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