For the rest of the Christmas week anglers will see substantial improvements in fishing conditions as temperatures return to seasonal norms. ...more

December 23, 2009

I don't know about you, but I've had the same New Year's resolution for the past 35 years. And you know what? Call me wacky, but I'm going to shoot for the moon again. ...more

December 31, 2008

We enter the week of this month's new moon, which happens on Thursday at 4:55 p.m. and means good news for the early morning anglers. ...more

November 23, 2008

Nearing 30, I got a divorce and became a single parent, became more aware of my health and began to exercise more regularly. ...more

September 5, 2008

Maria Martinez kept her promise to not be 40 and overweight. ...more

June 13, 2008

The New Moon arrives today at 7:23 p.m. which means the angler is in for the best fishing conditions of the month. This New Moon is closer to the earth than previous New Moons and this only enhances the usual affects of this phase of the moon cycles. The main daytime feeding migration occurs from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and rates as a 10 on a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being the best rating. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the feeding migration is literally off the ratings chart. ...more

June 1, 2008

Marie Gilmore, 32, Lithia Height: 5-foot-8 Starting weight: 265 Current weight: 165 Why I did it: Basically I was a mom to two children and had a business and husband and house and family. Everything was really good in my life, but there was this one thing I couldn't handle and get control of that made me feel less than successful: my weight. ...more

October 18, 2007

A sad day of fishing started when I arrived at my first hole, only to discover the area had been sprayed recently — to kill Hydrilla. ...more

October 8, 2007

The week of the Full Moon is upon us which means one of the two best monthly periods for fishing is about to happen. Today through Wednesday at 7:45 p.m. — the time of the Full Moon — the lunar affect causes the smaller fish to school and the larger ones to migrate along areas: for the purpose of dominating the feeding area. ...more

September 23, 2007