Thanksgiving is the only holiday set aside just for men, which may account for why it’s widely ignored by merchants, entertainers and even greeting card companies that constantly invent special occasions to sell more cards. When was the last time you heard any Thanksgiving carols? Who can forget these old favorites “Hark the Stuffed Turkey [...]

“Wow! Check out the curves on that model,” Ed Diot exclaimed eying the object of our desire as a curvaceous young blonde woman passed near a bass boat. “Have you ever seen such a shapely vision?” “Forget about it, Ed,” I cautioned my friend. “You could never afford such a gorgeous manifestation of perfection. Besides, [...]

Not every angler can afford big game ocean action, but catfish offer tackle-busting tight lines on a budget close to home just about anywhere in North America. About 45 catfish species inhabit North America, but people mainly fish for three — blues, channels and flatheads with two species putting up impressive numbers. Tim Pruitt holds [...]

Few people would probably feel comfortable sitting in a boat just a few feet from a bloody President of the United States as heavily armed Secret Service agents watched from just yards away. Guy Eaker, a veteran professional bass angler from Cherryville, N.C., knows what that experience feels like. He also knows what it feels [...]

LAFITTE, La., — While Kevin VanDam lipped largemouth bass in the Louisiana marsh en route to his fourth Bassmaster Classic title, Team Attraxx tested hot new soft baits on saltwater fish just a few miles south. Guided by Capt. Beau Weber of Capt. Phil Robichaux’s Fishing Charters, Howard Hammonds, president of Mystic Tackleworks, parent company [...]

For centuries, faithful, intelligent dogs protected their masters. They relentlessly aided the never-ending quest for food, providing invaluable assistance in finding, stalking and retrieving prey, but this story is NOT about them. Panther, a full-blooded black Labrador retriever, was as big as a moose, but not as graceful. A lovable pain in the patoot, she [...]

“A week, maybe two — six months tops, if you’re lucky,” the doctor said. “Lucky?” The man responded. “I’ve never been lucky in my life. Why start now?” “I’m sorry, but your condition is untreatable,” the doctor explained. “It’s too far advanced now. We can’t do much for you except give you some drugs to [...]

Probably no other plant more closely epitomizes the Deep South than Spanish moss. Movies, books, paintings and television programs depicting the Southern way of life go to great lengths to show stereotypical oak trees festooned with the wispy gray plant. Paintings of old plantation houses always portray Spanish moss dripping from stately trees. Along coastal [...]