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July 15, 2014

TF&G ICAST Coverage: Preview Night (VIDEO)

Well, its that time of year again.  The Texas Fish & Game staff are in Orlando, FL for ICAST 2014.  We will be bringing you the latest news and products from the fishing world all week.  […]
June 18, 2014

The Outer Limits – Fishing Beyond the Third Bar

Calixto Gonzales The weather was gorgeous on that June morning in 2005, and the surf was calm. I stood on the South Brazos Santiago Jetty at the juncture where water meets the beach and was having […]
May 21, 2014

Sand and Teeth: Catching Sharks from Shore

Calixto Gonzales The three old men were a fixture on the South Brazos Santiago jetties. They had an old red oilskin tarp set up as a sort of lean-to for shade, a banged up Coleman camp […]
May 7, 2014

‘Hoo Do You Love? Why You Relax and Embrace the Ballyhoo over Ballyhoo

Calixto Gonzales Conditions were not what you’d call fisherman-friendly.  The wind was blowing straight south at a steady 25 knots with gusts pushing 35.  Foam lines streaked the water of Lower Laguna Madre, which looked like […]
April 25, 2014

Trigger-Unhappy: How A Fish Goes From Unwanted To Endangered

Mike Holmes My first experience at offshore fishing came at the end of my freshman year in high school. Growing up in East Texas, a class trip with my Vocational Agriculture group on Capt. Tee Boy […]
April 1, 2014

Oh, You Didn’t Know?

Calixto Gonzales One really neat thing about moving from teaching high school to middle school is how much the students marvel at the little bits of arcane information I sometimes spring on them.  I can pass […]
March 26, 2014

Many People Would Have Cut the Line When They Saw What Was on the Hook – He Chose Instead to Go on a Wild Ride

Video source: The Blaze A man claims a hammerhead shark he hooked while deep sea fishing towed his kayak for about two hours, forcing him to beach two cities over from where he began. LiveLeak user […]
March 26, 2014

Deal With It

Calixto Gonzales Something that I had to learn early on was that there are some realities that are immutable, and the sooner I learned to accept them, the easier it was to get on with the […]
March 10, 2014

First of its Kind Youth Saltwater Tournament Series Spreads for due Success

Future Anglers Association from Texas Fish & Game Magazine on Vimeo. Making memorable moments for the youth and the future Future Anglers Association was founded and developed by Captain Jesse Francisco in the early months of […]
January 20, 2014

Hook Spit – 2014 Houston Boat Show

Hook Spit – 2014 Houston Boat Show from Texas Fish & Game Magazine on Vimeo.