January 2021 Let Conditions Shape Your Fishing Strategies By Jay Watkins As I write this piece we’ve experienced very little cool weather and basically zero cold weather. The forecast for the... Read More
December 2020 Refining Creek Strategies By Jay Watkins We are enjoying cooler weather and hopefully everyone is seeing some of the seasonal bounty that fall provides along the... Read More
November 2020 Fall Opportunities, Challenges, and Strategies By Jay Watkins We are finally experiencing some cooler water temperatures as we start our fall fishing season. I love the change from... Read More
October 2020 It’s All About Edges and Drop-Offs By Jay Watkins During the final weeks of September and early October we will begin to see the change from summer to fall... Read More
September 2020 Accept the Challenge for Greatest Rewards By Jay Watkins Local weather reports say summer 2020 has been no hotter than previous years but it certainly feels hotter to me.... Read More
August 2020 Finding and Catching Dog Day Trout By Jay Watkins As water temperatures begin to rise into the mid and upper 80s I start looking for areas of bottom structure... Read More
July 2020 Practice might not make perfect but it certainly makes better! By Jay Watkins Getting farther into summer, days with elevated boat traffic and fishing pressure cause many to struggle to find productive areas... Read More
June 2020 Transferring Knowledge from One Area to Another By Jay Watkins Gosh it has been a tough couple of months for our country and the world. My world of fishing seems... Read More
May 2020 Thirty-Year-Old Lesson Saves the Day By Jay Watkins One would think that after forty years I would have this fishing gig down to a perfect science. I wish... Read More
April 2020 Don’t Let the Wind Ruin Your Day By Jay Watkins As winter gives way to spring, savvy anglers begin to contemplate frequent weather changes and how they will relate to... Read More
Apr 2025 Southern Flounder in Hot Water: How Climate-Dependent Life History Impacts Fisheries Management