TIDE Magazine
First Place Award - Outdoor Magazine
Excellence in Craft Competition
Texas Outdoor Writers Association
Feb. 26, 2011

Ted Venker - TIDE Editor
First Place Award - Outdoor Column / Opinion Writing
Excellence in Craft Competition
Texas Outdoor Writers Association
Feb. 26, 2011

January/February 2012
FEATURES: 

8.  A New Day for Pogies – A groundbreaking management decision may help ensure that there are enough menhaden available to do their job of feeding everything else. – By Ted Venker

12.  Good Times on the Bon Secour – Even though the Bon Secour in Alabama is not a big river, some very big fish have taken up residence in this scenic waterway. – By Ed Mashburn

20.  Wahoo Wonderland – A cold boat ride is the price of admission for Florida anglers seeking to intercept big fish along the edge of the Gulf Stream. – By Joe Richard

24.  The Good, the Big and the Ugly - The black drum delivers a wonderfully challenging alternative to more celebrated and highly sought species of predator fish. – By Larry Bozka
                                                      
28.  Chief Thief – In South Carolina, sheepshead can be counted on to bite even when cold snaps shut down other inshore fisheries for days at a time. – By Jeff Dennis

32.  East Side Magic - It's hard to improve on the heart-stopping sight of waving tails spread across a west-side lagoon on the Laguna Madre, but  something even better might be waiting on the east side. - By Scott Sparrow

38.  The Legend of Lake Pontchartrain - Lake Pontchartrain has frustrated anglers and baffled biologists for generations but it has also produced many of the largest speckled trout ever caught in Louisiana. – By Al Rogers

42.  Five Universal Truths of Angling - An incident occurring on the other side of the world might provide a lesson that will apply on the nearest lake or bay. The wise angler recognizes the experience and benefits from it. – By Joe Doggett

62. RECIPE - Redfish Lodge's Low Country Boil - Recipe Archive
 

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