Category Archives: Wind Info

Not all cold fronts are created equal.

strong cold front
A strong cold front nuking the Louisiana marsh…and your fishing trip
(Mississippi stares in horror)

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Interesting correlation between wind and water levels…

Using technology to monitor conditions in real time defeats yet another common misconception amongst our fishing community.

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Tide Charts Don’t Work Anymore

I wrote this article for the June edition of Marsh and Bayou Magazine.

speckled trout elvis

Elvis survived the times. The common understanding of tides will not.

If you still look at tide charts in the back of the newspaper, then I suggest going to the museum and burying yourself with all the other dinosaur fossils. Perhaps you use tide charts online? Okay, you’re on the right track, but realize we live in the age of the Information Super Highway. There is so much more information readily available that you can see what the water is actually doing versus what it’s predicted to do. Jump-start your learning curve without spending time on the water. What am I talking about? Well, I am talking about real time data provided by the Shell Beach Buoy!

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Wind Forecast is looking up.

These winds we have been having are unusual for June…

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It learns or it gets the hose again!

That addiction, the craving, the totally irrational desire for hoards of speckled trout is like a metaphorical deep hole we are held prisoner in.

But there is escape…we must learn.

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