The only thing I like more than fishing or duck hunting is doing both, commonly referred to as “cast & blast.” Despite the slogan, it would be more accurate to call it “blast & cast,” because the idea is to hunt ducks at sunrise (blast), then go fishing (cast) once the ducks quit flying. Of course, in my case on Saturday, it will be cast & blast because we’re afternoon fishing and then evening hunting. I haven’t been hunting this season, so I expect to be rusty with my discharge, but hopefully I’ll knock down enough feathers for at least some jalapeño ducks poppers. This is the area we normally go: