Fly- and light-tackle anglers STRIKE GOLD in the Lower Laguna Madre. If you think inshore saltwater fishing in Texas means simply wading in murky water while casting plugs for seatrout, redfish and flounder, you really need to shift your sights south to Corpus Christi and beyond. ... (READ IT)

Louisiana’s oil and gas platforms are the place for nearshore mixed-bag action. A clear sunny sky, glass-calm sea, and not a hurricane in sight. What more can you ask for during a day’s fishing in southwest Louisiana? ... (READ IT)

Georgia’s coastal fisheries have been discovered. How should the resource be managed, post-golden era? Of all the shallow-water angling destinations I’ve had the privilege to visit, at least those in the Lower 48, coastal Georgia, hands down, is my favorite escape. ... (READ IT)

Snook seem to be moving up the Texas coast. Listen to a bunch of Texas fishermen sitting around after a day on the water and you’ll endure endless tales aggrandized with the standard “everything’s bigger in Texas” hyperbole. ... (READ IT)

Drive out of New Orleans for redfish and trout action unlike anything you’ve ever seen. A spoke off elevated Highway 90 strays through the suburbs of Jefferson Parish, then abruptly bores deep into the marsh for Lafitte. ... (READ IT)

Stripers are back on the Big Apple flats. I think we got the best of it guys,” I said to my two anglers, after four solid hours of big bluefish and schoolie stripers. They all came on surface baits to boot, so we were feeling ... (READ IT)

Summer’s the time for a mixed bag in the Pamlico Sound shallows. For the first time since last season, it’s sticky hot at 9 a.m. as we prepare to launch. Our plan is to primarily tap into the speckled trout bite in eastern Pamlico Sound, ... (READ IT)

Dig your toes in the sand and hang on to your rod at Island Beach State Park. Take a deep breath. Smell that? It’s a hint of pirate gunpowder. Captain Kidd point-blank shot and beheaded a pirate crewman here. ... (READ IT)

Redfish and rattlesnakes in the same breath. Both barefoot, Capt. Brandon Schuler and I crept across the hard-baked South Texas spoil island. ... (READ IT)

Lousiana’s east marsh is red and trout central. A little after daybreak our trio of skiffs was zipping on plane through a labyrinth of salt creeks winding through the wide and verdant Louisiana marsh. ... (READ IT)