IFBBA??

President Art Bronson has put together a great organization with some strong sponsors to boot...Host of a regular tournament schedule and exciting events throughout the year for the whole family...He even has a tournament soon in Cuba?? Do you really want to win that trophy and come through customs? Marinate

Spring 08 now online...

The Spring 08 of BlackOutdoorsman is online now....Don't use Internet Explorer on this site casue it will shut you down... Marinate...

Lucky Strike II Charters & Capt. Pat on Fire in the Dirty Dirty!!

With over 20 years in the game "The Captain" Pat Murphy has been doing it BIG in East central Florida for a sec. Recent reports from his page got Captain catching so may fish he can't sit down and update the reports. He is the real deal so if you get down there give him a shout!

http://www.luckystrike2charters.com/

I gotta say they represent'n in the Islands..

If there was a place where the world is different it has to be the Bahama's. The list of Certified Guides for Orvis in the area reads like a family tree. It's cool seeing all those brown faces with the same last name. Lets you know that somewhere on the planet this art form, that also pays the bills, is passed along effectively. I am sure this isn't first generation either. I wonder how many of these guys have poled around some well known fishing celebrity and put them on a fish that ended up on the cover of some magazine? I wonder if they gave a shout out to their guide? I wonder when we'll move from the back of the boat to the front? Marinate...

HARD HEADS ON THE BAY!!!!

If you grew up on or near the Chesapeake Bay nothing sounded the summer "Fish Fry" season like the Atlantic Croaker or HARDHEADS as we call them...

One of my favorite Summer species to catch on the Chesapeake Bay. Croaker sometimes seem as if they were genetically engineered for the deep fryer! Marinate that @90degrees, between 2 pieces of bread, a lil' hot mustard and tall glass of the high life!

Man I sure do miss Summer days on the East Coast !

BTW...Only take what you can eat or feed to someone else..If I ever hear that Croakers are in trouble..I am going to be hot!!! Start rallies and sit-in!

Spanish Fly!!

Say what you want about Jose' but the dude has been on TV for a long long time...

Jose Wejebe

The haters hate him...The fans love him... Bottomline is he is getting paid to fish....How long was your commute today? Marinate

Its gotta be the shoes!!

You think MARS can get Jordan to make a pair of wading boots?? That would be HOT!!!!!

It's gotta be the boots money!! They would run us off the water...Marinate!

So I got these new waders...

So you know I waited and waited this year to replace my waders..Swearing that I would not patch them..Couldn't complain since I had them for 3 years, worked them HARD, and they were pretty inexpensive but after a leg full of water while fishing the surf I decided to go get a new pair..So what do you get?? $700 $600 $500 $400 $300 0r the $99 specials? That's when a buddy of mine recommended a foreign company called Guideline. They were big in Europe!! Who cares! I just need to know that they are going to feel good, last me more than one trip out and I would look good in them! Well after a day out in a pair of the TechStretch I had to go home and see what else they sold! They are like wearing a pair of Girbaud Jeans out fishing! Simply BUTTER!! Fresh Dressed like a million bucks...I didn't catch no fish but damn I looked good getting skunked! Get Funky Fresh dressed to rip lips....Now Marinate!

CND Rods......

I just love these rods!! The Specialist Series is perhaps my favorite of them all...If they where Cadillacs, it surely would be a Sedan Deville... Sit that on some Vogues and Marinate!

His fly is world renowned and famous but...

Are you sure you know the man????

Meet the infamous CRAZY CHARLIE!! Charlie and his family are still at it today in the Andros Islands and still catching Monster Ghost on the Flats! The Bang Bang Club was integral to the economic development and popularity of modern day bonefishing. Bonefish Lodge is still the place to be if you are in the islands. You can book a trip through the great guys over at Yellowdog Adventures .

Something tells me though they'll roll out the red carpet if you give them a shout...we tend to look out for each other....Marinate

If you haven't seen this..

Expand your mind. Jamie Howard has brought the boys from the back of the boat to the front and paid respect to the brothers in the Bahamas who define "Chasing Big Bones". This may be the first film in flyfishing to feature us...So check it out! Marinate

Some like Lexus..Others the Benz..Many a Beamer.

Me..I'll take a Grady!

I figure that if you gonna buy a boat you mine as well get what you want. The Grady White Canyon 336 would probably be my chosen credit score killah! 33' with dual 4 cylinder Honda 300s on the back... Wake up..Wake up! that was a wet one... Marinate!

Goldenrod Boys....

Meet John King..In 2003 He and 10 other gents in Alabama decided to form the Golden Rod Bass Club . They have continued to grow and prosper and in 2008 have a very strong tournament schedule... Check it out..They are really doing it..

VOTE!!!!!

VOTE!!!!

Don't talk to me about "DA MAN" keeping you down if you don't...Choose or Lose...MARINATE!!

Them Downrigger boys...

The Downriggers Fishing Club out of Bowie, Maryland. This is no fly by night operation. They travel from Maine to Bimini in search of ripping lips with the best of them. Organized to go and involving the community plus they are from home so I got to give them a shout out..Boy I miss fishing for Rockfish on the Bay..Marinate..

At least somebody is marketing to us!!

INTRODUCING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tangled Fisherman Cake Decorating Kit for the African American Angler!!!

BakingShop.com has put together this cake decorating cake for the angler in your house! The kit comes with trout, trees and the lil brotha man! Its kind of cool while you are trippin...I wish you could put a big Channel Cat on it instead with a lil deep fryer to go on the bank! Marinate on a fresh sandwich!!!

WE on TV TOO!!!

Wayne Hubbard and Candice Parker are host of the Award Winning show Urban American Outdoors. Featured on The Black family Channel they are heading into their 3rd season of hunting, fishing, and community involvement. Check this cool video out...

http://www.urbanamericanoutdoors.com/ I just like the fact that Wayne is on TV killing wild game and taking it home to get it on the grill....call me when that is done Marinating...

Do you choose to accept this mission....

When you are at work, images such as these can drive you to become so sick that you need to go get out of the office and go home. The odd thing is that once you get in the car, you realize your gear is in the trunk ( Its Always in the trunk!!) and you begin to feel better. With your day at work shot, everyone else is in the office, and the families not expecting you home until dinner..You mine as well go chuck a line!

A couple of things before you strategize your escape...

If you lose your job, wife leaves you, or you just get busted..I just made a suggestion...

• Never call your buddy becasue he'll be mad he can't escape and call your house instead of your cellphone 10 minutes before you walk in the door to ask your wife for the days fishing report...This is a covert missions and he was out the other day without you!!


• Do not bring the pics in to the job with you tommorrow and make them your "NEW DESKTOP BACKGROUND!" You get Darwinized if you are busted...


• Take your waders off before you begin your drive home. Nothing is worst than pulling up in the garage, taking 10 minutes to come in and your wife catching you ripping off your waders...

Sometimes you really just need to have some " You Time"

This really must be a sickness...

Now Marinate..

The only cat I know with papers...

What papers you may ask?? Well your Offical Federation of Fly Fisherman Single Hand Fly Rod Casting Instructor Certificate!!! This is the driver's license that you need to show others how to fly fish properly. It's kind of a big deal in fly fishing. Two test. One written and one verbal. Sounds a lot easier than it is. www.fedflyfishers.org

My man Ron Thomas is the only African American that I know of that has this cert. If you know of more. Please enlighten me! I think we need more of them, including myself!

Other than that, Ron works at the Orvis in Atlanta. He guides, does lessons and pays the bills! It would be in ATL that we would have a certified brother working at an ORVIS store..We'll have done something when we get one in Salt Lake City...Marinate on that!

We all need to know about the Pebble Mine project...

Here from the ones who want it in$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$...

I got a bridge in Brooklyn for sale too....Great piece if investment Real Estate...Marinate...
http://www.pebblepartnership.com/