The classic pattern for working a popping cork. This strange-looking rig, with a foam float sliding on a steel wire, isn't ...

In muddy marsh waters in Texas and Louisiana, I always have a popping cork, a 20-pound flourocarbon leader cut to the right depth and a jighead with a Gulp! We all have fond childhood memories of ...

Live shrimp are about as easy to get right now as king cake. Cold front after winter cold front have pushed even the most homebody of white shrimp out into the Gulf of Mexico, leaving anglers with the ...

Capt. Charlie Thomason's favorite corks are those that can be adjusted without cutting and retying. (Photo by Todd Masson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) (Todd Masson) You know those corks with the ...

Summer days may be numbered but a different season is starting to heat up in Texas. It's currently "red hot redfish" season, according to a recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department tweet, with the ...

STAINED. Overall conditions: FAIR TO GOOD. 88-89 degrees. Redfish are caught in the main area of the lake and along the ship channel on live shrimp under a popping cork. There have been some fish ...