Silflay Hraka

Given my love for articles on the perils of the red squirrel, how I can I resist an entire blog devoted to invasive species?

Coors, unsatisfied with just one low-carb beer, is rolling out another, Coors Edge, which is intended for people who think Aspen Edge is a premium low-carb beer.

Nothing quite like seeing a new oxymoron being born, is there?

Lunker Speck Sows–there’s three words most people won’t get the meaning of– are being caught in Louisiana, but as of June only two over 25 inches can be kept, as that state is initiating it’s first regulations on big specks.

Except as provided in R.S.56:325.1, within those areas of the state, including coastal territorial waters, south of Interstate 10 from its junction at the Texas-Louisiana boundary eastward to its junction with La. 171, south to La. 14, and then south to Holmwood, and then south on La. 27 through Gibbstown south to La. 82 at Creole and south on La. 82 to Oak Grove, and then due south to the western shore of the Mermentau River, following this shoreline south to the junction with the Gulf of Mexico, and then due south to the limit of the state territorial sea, no person shall possess, regardless of where taken, more than two spotted seatrout exceeding 25 inches total length

A model of clarity, ain’t it?

A whole baked Red Snapper recipe.*

*(reg req. laexaminer@laexaminer.com/laexaminer works)

Mitchell has released a new ultralight spinning reel, the 310X.

I’m sure it’s very nice, but when it boils down to it, I’m not enough of a sportsman to be a big fan of the ultralight tackle. Sure that croaker may fight like a bastard while it’s being reeled in on this thing, but when it boils down to it, it’s just a croaker. Besides, fighting stresses the hell out of a fish, and the lighter the tackle, the longer the fight. 90% of the fish I catch get released, and in some cases releasing an exhausted fish is tantamount to killing it.

It’s gotten to the point with red drum, for example, that people are saying to fish for them with at minimum a heavy action rod and reel lined with 25 pound test. Since the trophy drum have to be released, the point is to get them in, get a picture, and get the fish back out as quickly as possible.

The history and tradition that is the mint julep.

“A mint julep is not the product of a formula. It is a ceremony and must be performed by a gentleman possessing a true sense of the artistic, a deep reverence for the ingredients and a proper appreciation of the occasion.

It is a rite that must not be entrusted to a novice, a statistician, nor a Yankee. It is a heritage of the Old South, an emblem of hospitality and a vehicle in which noble minds can travel together upon the flower-strewn paths of happy and congenial thought.”

Alligator’s are ok if you’re being shut out, but I’d rather have beer.

Regs on Southern Flounder are on their way to North Carolina.

What the proposed regulations look like;

An eight-fish creel limit for recreational anglers, a minimum length of 14 inches (up from the current 13-inch minimum), and a seasonal closure from Nov. 8 through Dec. 31.

Commercial interests are pissed, of course.

The Roanoke isn’t the only place for NC stripers and shad. Thanks to a dam removal a few years back, they now travel up the Neuse almost as far as Raleigh.

The $50,000 crappie.