In muddy marsh waters in Texas and Louisiana, I always have a popping cork, a 20-pound flourocarbon leader cut to the right depth and a jighead with a Gulp! We all have fond childhood memories of ...

The classic pattern for working a popping cork. This strange-looking rig, with a foam float sliding on a steel wire, isn't glamorous but it is effective. Jerking the rod tip causes the float to splash ...

GOOD. 88 degrees. Drifting the big mudflats is the best method for redfish or speckled trout on live shrimp or croaker. Look for a green tide loaded with bait. West Matagorda Bay GOOD. 88 degrees.

Sean O'Connell of Mandeville caught a redfish Monday morning that had the wire from a popping cork sticking out of its side. The rest of the cork, leader and jighead were inside the fish. (Sean ...

Heavy rainfall and resulting low salinity made fishing relatively tough this spring on the Mississippi Gulf Coast as fish were pushed out of their normal patterns in search of saltier water, but now ...

STAINED. Overall conditions: FAIR TO GOOD. 88-89 degrees. Redfish are caught in the main area of the lake and along the ship channel on live shrimp under a popping cork. There have been some fish ...