Category Archives: Uzzle Outdoors
Manners and common sense make fishing much more enjoyable
The sun has just broken the horizon to illuminate a relatively smooth lake surface, the temperatures are mild and the forecast is in the anglers favor. A short boat ride into the wide open expanse of Sabine is stopped so
Chuck Uzzle – Seeing is believing
The famous line from the movie “The wizard of Oz” where Dorothy tells her dog Toto “we’re not in Kansas anymore” came to mind as my small skiff settled out over a bright white endless Caribbean flat covered with air
Looking ahead to May and summer patterns
If you are like me you have had enough of this wind, goodness it has blown like nobody’s business and just keeps right on ripping. In normal years we would have just chalked this up to a normal spring, this
Redfish lead the charge into spring
Just about any Texas fisherman who ever wet a line knows that the spring is full of many things, most of which fall into the category of uncertainty and unpredictably. The all time #1 villain is the weather man and
Chuck Uzzle: Plenty of options to go around
As we prepare to flip the calendar over and head into April you can almost hear fishermen from Toledo Bend to the Gulf of Mexico rejoice. April is easily one of the favorite times to be on the water, any
Eye opening weekend for local fishermen
Well I think it’s very safe to say that most all of the “doubters” have been silenced thanks to not only the fishermen who competed in the Elite Series Sabine River Challenge but also to the ridiculously huge crowds that
Stick baits and suspending plugs earn a spot in the tackle box
The slick surface of the lake was disrupted by skipping shrimp and the familiar sound of trout crashing the helpless crustaceans. Each cast with a soft plastic was met the familiar thump of an aggressive fish that thought they were
Control is the name of the game
“First in line”, “Early bird catches the worm”, “second place is the first loser” and so on, all phrases that conjure up the idea that we have to be in a hurry. Fishing too fast is a common problem that
Black drum provide full pull for spring anglers
It is always the intent of any fisherman to do battle with a mighty fish, a giant of epic proportions that will live forever in memories for years to come. For most folks who do not regularly inhabit offshore waters
Big fish help to shake off the winter blues
As far as I am concerned late February and March has to be one the best times on the calendar for a wide variety of reasons. Spring is closing in and everything starts to heat up, especially the fishing. Anglers
Chuck Uzzle: Stick and stay or find another way
There are very few steps that feel better to a wade fisherman than those last ones you take before crawling back into the boat after a long wade. To have a stable bottom to walk on or a place to
Keying on structure spells success
In many ways our freshwater counterparts have it made; no tides to worry about, no fish stealing sharks, and you couldn’t step on a sting ray if you tried. The saltwater folks on the other hand have plenty of positives
Texas duckhunters prepare for final weekend
For all those hunters who have spent the last couple of months waking early, fighting the weather, and staring at the skies in search of ducks it’s almost over. In what feels like the blink of an eye the Texas
Goose hunters enjoying plenty of action
I stood at the edge of my driveway with my head cocked to one side and a smile on my face, the big group of speckle bellied geese finally came into view and the picture was now complete. I turned
Waterfowl road trips highlight last weeks of duck season
Local duck hunters in both Texas and Louisiana are headed down the home stretch and as of this past week it’s starting to get tougher. Local marshes that were red hot during the first split have become tough places to
Cold fronts help to crank up duck numbers
Hunters and fishermen are two very separate groups that share a very common bond and that is the fact their success or failure often hinges on the same thing, weather. Very few people draw the type of criticism that a
Goose hunters outlook improving
I stood at the edge of my driveway with my head cocked to one side and a smile on my face, the big group of speckle bellied geese finally came into view and the picture was now complete. I turned
Louisiana duck hunters crank season up again
After a 12 day layoff the Texas duck season is set to resume once again on Dec. 15 and it happens to fall just perfect after some of the coldest weather of the year. The weather man appears to have
Uzzle: A winter one two punch
It is always the intent of any fisherman to do battle with a mighty fish, a giant of epic proportions that will live forever in memories for years to come. For most folks who do not regularly inhabit offshore waters
First split crawls to a close, goose numbers continues to build
The first half of duck season sputtered to a merciful end for most local hunters on Sunday and will not re-open until Dec 8th. Reports from all along the coast were almost mirror images of one another, the combination of
Small windows and big fish
How many times have you had it happen to you? After hours of fishing, struggling, changing baits, and changing tactics it finally happens, the fish finally decide to cooperate and all is right with the world again. That brief period
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