I met up with fishing buddy Austin Pritchard Saturday morning to fish the falling tide.

We had a tight weather window with wind and rain in the forecast, so we hit the water in search of redfish and trout. The trout were few and far between with one brought to hand and one lost at boatside.

Here's a bit of advice: If you're going to fish a "weather window" then keep a marine radio tuned in for weather updates. The alert let me know the wind and rain was coming and the…

SUBTITLE :  Things to do when the weather keeps you from fishing

Hey gang.  I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m sick to death of the weather pattern we’ve been stuck in lately; nice through the week and sucksverymuchbad on the weekend.  By the way, I stole that term from my buddy Ken Bergmann.

It seems like we’ve been in this same pattern all winter.  I’ll be sitting at my desk on Wednesday or Thursday when my crackberry starts…

Well, I went fishing Saturday even though the wind forecast was pretty sucky. I loaded up the yak, 3 rods, anchor, stake out stick, all the normal goodies with a few notable exceptions.

First - no cameras. I don't know why, but I just wasnt motivated for shooting video or grip and grin shots, so the Oly and GoPro stayed on the shelf

Second - no measuring board. Kinda goes with the no…