Author: Mike Coker
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Jackery Solar Generator 1000 Review
Be prepared for the next weather event with the Jackery Solar Generator 1000. The polar vortex hit Texas in February 2021 with a vengeance, inflicting freezing cold temperatures that partially knocked out the power grid for days. We were without power in our residence for almost three days but some homes were offline for much…
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Review: J.B. Dillon Chambers Boots
J.B. Dillon Chambers full quill ostrich boot review. Great boots at a fair price!
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Trinity Oaks StarKids Saltwater Extravaganza
Trinity Oaks is a charitable organization dedicated to providing hunting, fishing, and outdoor recreation activities to those in need or at risk. They offer up to 100 events per year to veterans, families with special needs, and underprivileged youth. One such event is the StarKids 2020 fishing trip to Port O’Connor. Six children who have…
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Waterloo Salinity Rods
The Waterloo Salinity is my favorite rod for fishing the mid-coast for speckled trout and redfish. It is a great combination of reasonable price and outstanding performance. The Waterloo shop is conveniently located in Victoria and offers a wide selection of rods, reels, and accessories. I currently run a Salinity 7’0″ spinning rod – Medium/Moderate…
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Sad Day: Evinrude is Gone
Full Disclosure: My family was an Evinrude dealer for years. Although my allegiance has switched to Yamaha, I had many great days on the water powered by Evinrude and hate to see this latest development. Evinrude experienced bankruptcy with OMC only to rise from the ashes. Hopefully, they will return. Evinrude built the world’s first…
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History of Portland Marine
Portland Marine officially opened at the end of 1967 with a new building, which was quite an improvement over the rented three car garage which served as headquarters for the oilfield and charter boat service operated by Liz and Glen Coker for 11 years. The new 1200 sq. ft. building was split equally between showroom…
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Seadrift trout in the wind
Wind was howling but we managed to grind out a limit of trout. Landed a nice 25″ beast at first light.
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Tecovas Boot Review “The Earl”
As with any good Texan, I own and wear boots. Through the years I have developed a fondness for Lucchese dress boots, Ariat work boots, and Wolverine hunting boots. I was in the market for a new pair of brown ropers and started looking at the Lucchese boots and balked at the $400 – $600…
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Leica Geovid 10×42 HD-B 3000 Review
Leica has deservedly earned a reputation for superior optics. The new Leica Geovid 10×42 HD-B 3000 binoculars uphold that fine tradition. I have had the opportunity to carry these for twenty-plus days deer hunting in South Texas and have been impressed with their performance. My experience was primarily glassing for deer out to 500 yards.…
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State Record Tarpon Caught in Port O’Connor
“As far as memories, that’s probably one of the best…I guess because I had both my boys and it was my son’s bachelor party,” said Greg Heine, who caught the large fish. The record tarpon weighed 247.6 pounds and measured 81 inches long. The group was fishing for bull reds and sharks in the Port…
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Weekend fishing POC and Seadrift
We checked in to the Reel Time Lodge in Seadrift mid-afternoon Friday prepared to chase redfish until dark. We put the boat in the water and, nothing. Motor would start up fine but not keep running. Perhaps we were ahead of ourselves and jinxed our luck by already planning to have Bubba’s cook our catch. Well,…
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Hunting Hogs with Contender Blackout