Outdoors digest: Hot fishing tackle

Hot fishing tackle Looking for the best of the new fishing tackle coming out? Take a clue from the recent ICAST Show, in which manufacturers preview their new products.

Bass fishing still slow at Clear Lake

LAKE COUNTY -- The most common question the operators of the local tackle shops is, where are the bass at Clear Lake? Good question because overall the fishing leaves a lot to be desired. Most of the guides have been struggling to have their clients catch 3-5 bass for a full day on the lake.

It's hot, but so is the fishing

Thursday I rode the beach from High Island to Surfside on the way home from a short vacation in Lake Charles. Water was "trout green" with 1-2 foot swells on Crystal Beach, Jamaica Beach and San Luis Pass. However, there was something odd - almost no one was fishing.

Fish Head blog: 'Tackle Review: Vicious Fluorocarbon'

Fluorocarbon fishing lines are one of the latest trends in bass fishing today.

Steve Carson's 'Outdoors': ICAST Show unveils latest fishing tackle

July 14-16 in Las Vegas marked another performance of the greatest fishing show on earth, better known as the ICAST Show.