Texas Fish & Game

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February 17, 2018

Golden Flounder & Other Oddities

Ever caught a southern flounder that has golden spots. Chris Dial did just that during the early days of my Flounder Revolution project. And it was not the only one we came across that had this […]
January 11, 2018

January Flounder Tactics And Winter Jetty Trout

Fishing is a 365 day a year activity for Texas anglers or at least it can be. Some get distracted during duck and deer season but most are back on track once hunting winds down and […]
December 13, 2017

How to Catch TX Flounder During Winter

In conducting research on winter flounder, I interviewed several guides that target trout during the coldest months and each of them said they have incidentally caught flounder all over the flats. The largest and most fish […]
October 3, 2017

Watch a flounder eat a huge shrimp-from someone’s hand

This video provided a number of years ago from the University of Texas Marine Science Institute gives a rare look at what a southern flounder strike looks like. And for the record, the flounder in the […]
September 27, 2017

A 13-pound-11 ounce flounder and catching flounder on the “beds”

I love flounder and huge flounder really intrigue me. One of the coolest moments of my career as a wildlife journalist was getting to encounter a flounder bigger than the long-standing state record. The state record […]
August 24, 2017

This flounder is brown on both sides and these are flippin’ huge (photos)

Ever caught a flounder that is brown on BOTH sides? The typical flounder is brown on the top and white on the bottom but this one caught by Lake Calasieu guide Capt. Kevin Broussard is brown […]
August 8, 2017

Follow the shad and alligators to find flounder (seriously)

Have you ever seen fish hitting with your own eyes but they were keyed in on something VERY specific. They weren’t just hitting shrimp, they were hitting a certain size shrimp, etc. My friend Thad Daly […]
November 16, 2016

Texas Hotshots – First Tournament First Flounder and WON!

I took my cousin to the 2016 Castaway Cup for his first tournament. We wade fished and worked the banks looking for some big ones. I actually fished in front of him and fished the same […]
November 8, 2016

Fall Flounder Tips

Flounder are slowly beginning to stage for their fall migration to the Gulf. Although it is not prime time yet, we are getting there and there are plenty of options to hook into big ones. Hardcore flounder: This […]
November 2, 2016

Flounder on the Reefs

Some of the best flounder early in the fall are on the reeds on southern end of Texas bays. Reefs are difficult to fish for something that lives on the bottom but they can be fruitful […]