SUMMERTIME CRAPPIE:
SMALL WATER IS THE KEY
BY
MIKE ROUX
www.mikeroux.com

When crappie fishing becomes the topic of conversation, big lakes dominate the discussions. Mark Twain is mentioned as is Rathbun and Kentucky Lake. Up north Geneva gets press and in the south Bull Shoals. All have merit and all of these big bodies of water produce ...

BY MIKE ROUX
www.mikeroux.com

The deer started moving earlier than I thought they would, even for January. This time of year evening feeding begins well before sunset. Many thousands of calories are burned by deer each day to stay warm; therefore replenishing those calories starts early and keeps going all night. It was a bit after 3PM when the...

By Mike Roux  www.mikeroux.com
     There was no need to worry about the cold. It was the kind of cold you cannot beat. It was not a bone-chilling cold, but rather the kind of cold that wraps itself around you like the plastic around the meat in the grocery store. Smarter folks were still at home in warm beds. But not me.