The Coffee Table

The Melting Pot I am not a climate activist. That is to say, while I try to do my part—recycle, use energy sparingly—I don’t spout angry...

Dropping a Line

I did get one trip this week chasing those Beaver Lake stripers but due to the morning starting out below freezing and having four...

Dropping a Line

10 year-old Brodie Williams from Lincoln, Ark., had a good fight getting in this nice striper last Saturday. We’re still catching stripers on Beaver...

Dropping a Line

Got a nice sunrise this week of the fog lifting over the dam on Beaver Lake. Water temps running around 64° on Beaver and...

The Dirt on Nicky

Miracle tree in Madison County The happy gardener who has not grown everything yet was enticed a year ago by the glowing description in the...

Dropping a Line

Thought this would be a good column to talk a bit of what are some of the new ways to get fish to come...

The Coffee Table

Book Report I haven’t written a book report since junior high school, but I feel poised to compose one now. Maybe it’s because last Friday’s...

The Coffee Table

Pockets of Power I read that the Southern Baptist Convention now forbids women from holding leadership roles in the church and has actually expelled two...

Dropping a Line

Sometimes it’s not just about fishing. That’s why you should always have a camera on the water. This pic was taken by a fishing...

Free Parking

President Putin has called for our troops to withdraw from Syria and his handpicked regional puppet, Donald Trump, began complying; however Assad’s chemical attack...