In our Sixth Issue We’ve got the World-Record Striper Guru, thousands of Smallmouth, and Miracles from Veterans
Issue six of the Road to Water Magazine is live this week, and we’re enormously grateful, and excited, to share with you some stories of amazing anglers.
Since our beginning, the magazine has been about people: The truly remarkable, colorful, insightful and creative characters that make up the fabric of our incredible angling culture.
This issue is a testament to how many amazing people are love our sport. Take for example, Roy Bilby. Roy Bilby has documented every bass he has caught since the 1980s, carefully recording the exact circumstances (weather, lure choice, body of water, etc.) of every catch on a recorder. We were with him when he caught bass number 35,000 this year, and the story that the journals tell about this species, — and our ability to understand and predict their behavior — is remarkable.
Or how about Greg Myerson. Myerson invented a sinker that sounds like lobster claws rattling, knowing that the biggest stripers like a lobster dinner and the sound of claws clacking calls them in. Does it work? He’s caught the world-record fish and released one even bigger. The story surrounding the world-record catch borders on unbelievable. And as for how he perfected the sound? Let’s just say there were giant tanks and hockey sticks involved.
Livio McAuliffe was just an ordinary teenager who entered a contest hosted by Bass Pro Shops until… He won. Then he was a teenager on bass fishing’s biggest stage, sharing a boat with Kevin VanDam, trading jokes and rubbing elbows with Johnny Morris, Roland Martin and Bill Dance. He tells us the unbelievable story.
J.R. Cooper is a Midwest fisherman who started out ice fishing out of a refrigerator box because he couldn’t afford a shanty, more than thirty years ago. In the decades since he has built and run camps to help troubled young people get on the water, and to share the word of God through a fishing ministry. Talk about some stories you’ll have to read to believe… Coop has got more than his share.
Bobby Scofield brings us stories and photos from Manitoba, where he chased giant pike and walleye, saw bald eagles overhead and took some amazing photos. Travis Winters is an amateur boxer who, when he’s not in the ring, loves picking a fight with pike.
On top of that we’ve got tiger muskie tales, some incredible books you can check out for fishing reads or great gifts for anglers, and small-boat excursions in the Adirondack mountains.
We’d be honored if you’d check out this issue, and for Giving Tuesday, a dollar from every purchase will go the Melanoma Research Foundation.
Happy Holidays fellow anglers and thanks for all your help, support and inspiration over the years.
Gratefully,
Rick
Catch A Cure 