Texas Fish & Game

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August 3, 2023

Tips for Fishing Soft Plastic Jigs

Casting soft plastics has become one of the most popular ways to fish among light tackle aficionados, whether the target is redfish, speckled sea trout, or just about any other inshore predator prowling the water. And […]
August 2, 2023

Catch More Mahi-Mahi Offshore

Mahi-mahi are certainly an exhilarating fish to catch. They attack with abandon, leap clear of the water, and go utterly berserk when you get them into the boat. And on the whole, they’re relatively easy to […]
August 1, 2023

Old School Flounder Fishing

We anglers come up with all sorts of inventive ways to catch fish. New lures, new techniques, new rods and reels – the list goes on and on. But in some cases it’s mighty tough to […]
July 10, 2023

Off-the-Grid Adventures: Powering Your Wilderness Escapes with Solar Energy

Off-The-Grid Adventures: Powering Your Wilderness Escapes With Solar Energy More and more folks are packing up their gear and heading into the wilderness, leaving the hustle and bustle of city life behind. Interestingly, they’re integrating solar […]
July 5, 2023

Catching Tidal Mega-Cats

Catfish can grow shockingly large, and while they do tend to be larger in freshwater, they get plenty big in tidal waters, too. Interestingly, the record for blue catfish (42.78 pounds), channel catfish (7.44 pounds), and […]
July 4, 2023

5 Tips for Catching Redfish on Soft Plastics

Many anglers – myself included – absolutely love catching redfish on light tackle and soft plastics. When a red hits a soft plastic jig it often slams it like a freight train, jigs are effective in […]
June 27, 2023

Adding Foam to Your Fishing Boat

More and more these days, we’re seeing foam decking both on new model fishing boats and also in the form of retrofitting older boats. There are lots of companies producing it, and you can have it […]
June 20, 2023

Marlin Fishing: 3 Hot Tips

If you’re going to take a shot at catching a marlin, you’re going to be investing a lot of time, money, and effort in the endeavor. These fish live far from port, are tough to fool, […]
June 7, 2023

MRIP Fail (Again)

Unless you live in a cave, by now you’ve probably heard of the Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP), which is the system used by the gov-mint types to count how many fishermen are catching how many […]
June 6, 2023

Kayak Trolling Tips

There’s something more intimate about trolling from a kayak than trolling from a boat. The rods are just inches away. When a fish strikes, the entire watercraft reacts and you can feel it every bit as […]