Recent content by Craig F

I've been very happy with my LEM.

Brian LaFay is a very reputable guide here in NJ, runs Reedy Creek Outfitters FYI.

Those river keels are a secret weapon when hunting in areas with moderate current. Adds a lot of motion to the spread without batteries.

You're not going to find plans for a high box, they're a backyard built homemade rig. The general idea of them can be replicated, lower profile boat with flapper boards. There's a lot of mystique around the high boxes primarily because of lack of availability and a certain someone's social...

Looks to be similar timeline too, this one was banded in late February. I must have intercepted it on the way to its more southern wintering grounds.

Another one for the lanyard. Actually saw the band as I put the gun up with a pair of blacks backpedaling at 15 yards. Always a nice surprise. Five year old bird banded on the Chesapeake Bay, pretty sure the first bird I've killed north of where it was banded.

26" wide angle lens magic

As someone who exclusively hunts puddle ducks you can imagine how pressure could ruin a good thing. Combine that with the amount of eyes on social media, YouTube, etc. you can really shoot yourself in the foot in a hurry with videos. I still film a lot of my own hunts, obviously North Dakota...

This is a really good comment on the state of social media these days. I very often trickle pictures out on my social media accounts just because there's so many eyes on everything it's the only way to try to manage pressure. A newfound wrinkle to this is when it comes to our offshore fishing...

Very interesting to see how other parts of the country do it. Higdon does have a good production team behind their videos which I can appreciate. As for the mayhem we don't have anything near that level here on the East Coast, but I still find myself sleeping in more and more and avoiding the...

Banded first week of January, 2015 near Atlantic City, NJ so a wintering grounds band. My last banded black was a 12 year old bird from Ontario

And since this is a duckboat page, playing with my 360 camera running the south jersey marshes.

Good way to start the NJ season after a great North Dakota trip, 10 year old bird