TIDE Magazine
Texas Outdoor Writers Association
2007 Best Outdoor Publication

November/December 2008
FEATURES: 

  8  A Swordfish Legacy in Real Time – A father-daughter swordfishing trip crystallizes the connection between conservation work and recreational angling. – By Dr. Russell Nelson

16  Searching for Sturgeon – Primitive and mysterious, Gulf Coast sturgeon have been around since the dinosaurs and efforts are currently underway to keep them from meeting the same fate. – By John E. Marshall

22  Brighter Days for Bluefish – Bluefish are benefiting from management plans that are as aggressive as they are, and anglers are seeing the results. – By Mike Marsh

28  Crunching the Numbers – Mastering northern Gulf bottom fishing requires significant effort, but building your own reference book is just a matter of crunching the numbers. – By David A. Brown  

38  Floating a Solution – After two days of frustration on the Yakoun River, a Yank raised on drift fishing decides to follow the lead of his Canadian brethren. – By Pat Hoglund

44  Long Island Peanuts - Starting in late October, the peanut bunker runs along the ocean-facing beaches of Long Island offer thrilling late-season fishing for bass and bluefish. – By Manny Moreno

50  Up A Creek and Loving It – Up a creek is not a bad place to be when winter settles in on the Big Bend of Florida. – By Chris Christian

54  One Is Enough – If biologists were able to construct a body of water conducive to giant speckled trout, the end result would likely bear a very close resemblance to East Matagorda Bay. – By Larry Bozka

60  Late Season Snack – As South Carolina’s shrimp head for deeper water, the trout that used to ignore any type of bait are now fighting over a live shrimp left dangling under a cork. – By Phillip Gentry

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78  LAST WRAP

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