The Journal

Where the southern Gulf fisheries run, from Boca Grande to the Keys, and why long fights change what you want to be wearing.A fishery with a hard geographyTarpon and snook...

Where redfish live across the Gulf, how the fishery changes from the Texas flats to the Louisiana marsh, and what it means for your gear.The one fish the whole coast...

A practical layer-by-layer for Gulf Coast heat, glare and humidity, from a summer morning in the marsh to a winter front.Start with a hooded long sleeve, even in AugustThe instinct...

UPF 50+ blocks about 98 percent of UV. What the rating measures, why it is not SPF, and why some shirts lose it in the wash.UPF is a fabric rating,...

The Gulf runs roughly a thousand miles from the Lower Laguna Madre to Key West, and it does not fish like one place. Wind, water clarity, humidity and latitude all...

The wind is the one constant on the Texas coast. A southeast fifteen can run for a fortnight without a break from Galveston down to the Lower Laguna, and it...

Show up in Islamorada in a t-shirt and you will be the only one. Keys guides fish in hoods, long sleeves and gaiters in the middle of summer, and it...

Tarpon fishing is mostly waiting, and then it is not. From May into July the pass at Boca Grande fills up with boats holding position, and the day is hours...