Archive for the “Tackle”

Variety Pays: Team Shake N Bake Takes Second in Plugger Open Pro-Am Trout Series Matagorda Tournament

Posted by: Larry Bozka on April 21st, 2008

Although a bit windy, we just said goodbye to a very pretty springtime weekend blessed with blue skies and pleasantly cool temperatures. It was also one that my friends Danny Marshall and Mike Pickell of Seabrook are not likely to forget anytime soon.
 Fishing the Matagorda Bay System for only the second time in their lives, […]

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When the Lilies Bloom

Posted by: Larry Bozka on March 29th, 2008

A quick look in the backyard confirms it.
The Easter lilies are blooming.
There’s your sign, coastal angler.
It’s trout time.
Capt. Tom Holliday has been gone for several years now. Still, every March, when the blood-red blooms of the lilies burst forth from the greenery below the big tallow tree outside the master bedroom window, I think of […]

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Thank God for Texas Saltwater

Posted by: Larry Bozka on March 18th, 2008

Artist Jack Cowan captured it in his paintings as best as any man could.
But with all due respect to Cowan’s legendary talent, there’s still no
substitute for the real thing. Nothing even comes close—not to what I’m
looking at right now, anyhow.
Their blue-fringed tails shimmer brightly in the velvet-soft glow of a
blazing sun. The big orange ball […]

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Do-It-Yourself Hook Retainers Cost Only Pennies

Posted by: Larry Bozka on February 24th, 2008

 I’ve never made a fishing trip during which I didn’t learn something. A summer ’06 outing to Mosquito Lagoon, Florida with Capt. Keith Kalbfleisch was an excellent example of the concept in practice.
 Kalbfleisch is a light-tackle specialist with a knack for innovation … not only in his approaches to angling, but the tricks he employs […]

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Flat-Out Fishing Returns to Lake Jackson Saturday, February 9

Posted by: Larry Bozka on February 3rd, 2008

I have, for several years, had the privilege of emceeing the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Upper Coast Flat-Out Fishing Seminar in Lake Jackson. This year marks the series’ fifth event, and the fourth at which I have been a presenter and emcee. Based on the continued interest and participation in seminars past, next Saturday, […]

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