Plugger: Wade Fishing the Gulf Coast

From a pioneer in catch-and-release and a legend in saltwater wade-fishing, Rudy Grigar, one of Americas most notorious characters of saltwater wade-fishing, lends the inimitable voice of experience to these yester yarns of the coastal waters of Texas and Louisiana. A fishermans fisherman, Grigar claimed to have caught more than a million pounds of fish in his sixty years along the coast. Yet fervent and abiding concern for those waters spurred his commitment to a catch-and-release policy for all fish under three pounds and to Gulf Coast conservation. His tales and tips are the bible of those now wading the Pluggers favorite spots.