Outdoors: White fly season on the West Canada Creek

The white flies are on the West Canada. I didn’t have to see them to know. It’s that time of year, there were vehicles all over Route 28 and Partridge Hill Road the other night, and, anyway, a couple of my friends had fished to them already.

Outdoors: Nighttime is right time for dock fishing

It was nearly 2 a.m. when Rusty Chappell threw in the towel. "They're just not going to bite good tonight ... May as well head in," Chappell said. He cranked the outboard, flipped on the bow-mounted spotlight and ran south toward the Palm Valley boat ramp. Running at 30 knots, the bugs disappeared in the wake. The muggy air turned cool. A nearly full moon rose between the top of a shaggy cypress ...

La Crosse's Lethal Weapon Lure Co. building a better fish trap

Scott Gartner tossed a Lethal Precision 110 Shad into a liveminnow tank and watched it sink to the bottom.

Relive Steve Waters' 20 years of outdoors experience

From tying knots to the weather, here's some advice to put to use Experience is usually the best way to learn outdoors skills, although the best learning experiences aren't always positive ones.

Outdoor tips, tricks shared by Steve Waters

From tying knots to the weather, here's some advice to put to use After 20 years of covering the outdoors for the Sun Sentinel, Steve Waters wants to share some of the best lessons he's learned.