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Ed Mashburn

Ed Mashburn is a retired public school teacher who lives just outside the city limits of Bay Minette, Alabama with his family, two pampered cats, and a flock of chickens. After graduating from college, he worked in small, rural schools in the Arkansas and Missouri Ozarks before moving to the Gulf Coast. He has published a number of books mostly about outdoor activities, rural living, and boating. His most recent book is Kayak Fishing the Northern Gulf of Mexico through Schiffer Press. His proudest achievement is helping raise his three kids- all of whom graduated from college and all of whom are working.

May Alabama Lakes Outlook

 Alabama Lakes May Have the Best Fishing Anywhere This Month In May in Alabama, the fish are biting. That’s it. The whole story. Bass are

Seeing Red at the Bar

Schools of Bull Redfish Gather Around the Dixey Bar in October That is one big cargo ship I can see leaving Mobile Bay and heading

Sharks—Scary Fun

Sharp teeth, aggressive feeding, big and plentiful—sharks give Alabama anglers a thrill. When my cigar minnow bait splashed down into the clear Gulf waters off