During my long outdoor-writing career, I’ve been blessed to be able to venture into the spring woods with some of the best turkey hunters in the nation. Two of those elite turkey hunters, Ron Jolly and Larry Norton, I’ll rank right up there with anybody as far as woodsmanship, calling and just anticipating what a [...]

For someone who can barely make stick men recognizable, viewing the entries in the Alabama State Waterfowl Stamp Contest left me amazed at the artistic talent that calls Alabama home. From the accuracy of the multiple colors on a drake wood duck to the difficult-to-recreate head and bill of the drake canvasback, the artists were [...]

Capt. Billy Neff was at the helm of the Fish Trap and didn’t see the fish that nailed the pinfish trailing behind the boat on the drift line. The captain didn’t really think too much about it when 8-year-old Andrew Quinn, in Gulf Shores on a spring break trip with his family, grabbed the rod [...]

John Nichols and his fishing buddy, Robbie Tierce, were kicking back on Holt Reservoir near Tuscaloosa, looking for some rest and relaxation after a week of work. However, what was planned as several hours of diversion and catching enough catfish for a fish fry turned into an adrenaline-filled night that lasted until after dawn. What [...]

Although my fishing buddies are no longer with us, each time I pass by or fish Little Lagoon in Gulf Shores I remember the day Mike Young and Mike Miceli took me on my first fishing trip in the lagoon back in mid 90s. Young and Miceli were veterans of fishing the lagoon, which is [...]