Jim Darnell — Outdoor Columnist

06/13/2013 - 4:29pm

Perhaps the ultimate fishing experience is seeing, hearing and feeling a big fish smash a topwater lure. Lures that run subsurface only involve one of the senses when a fish hits — feel or touch.

But three of the five senses are aroused with a top water strike.

Last week my neighbor, Tom Ray, wife Beth and I fished from kayaks on the Lighthouse Paddling Trails near Port Aransas...

06/06/2013 - 10:24am
Contrary to uniformed thinking that paints the picture of Texas as a desert, Texas is a great water state. With more than 3,700 named streams, 15 major rivers and some 3,300 miles...
05/30/2013 - 2:53pm
Fishing and camping are always more fun when family and friends are involved. Local San Marcos fisherman, Mike Schlimgen, has been enjoying those outdoor pursuits with his Dad and...
05/09/2013 - 4:24pm
Probably the biggest variable in fishing is the weather. It can change everything overnight. And this has been a very strange year thus far concerning weather. January and...
04/18/2013 - 3:47pm
Few places on planet earth are as beautiful as the Texas Hill Country in the spring. Even though this is not a banner wildflower spring it’s not a total loss. There are flowers if...
04/11/2013 - 2:27pm
The Canyon Bass Club of San Marcos was formed in 1968. I was a charter member but dropped out of the club in 1990. Many of my friends, who are now old guys, still fish in the club...
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