Texas Fish & Game

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July 29, 2017

Punch the “Hay” for Hidden Lunkers

It is all about available cover. Large Texas reservoirs have many coves, fingers and shorelines and in any given area the best cover will be the area that draws in the bass, particular during the late […]
July 20, 2017

Night Fishing – A Whole New World

It is officially the dog days of summer here in Texas.  It is mid to late July and the mercury is rising to the 100 degree mark.  Now that the fish are sweating and drinking margaritas […]
July 6, 2017

Backing Line on your Baitcasting Reels

I recently fished a weekend tournament with some guys that I duck hunt with, but have not fished with at all.  It is always neat to see how other people from other states rig their gear.  […]
June 22, 2017

Schooling Bass – Part 1

As summer rocks on, you will start to see more and more schooling activity on just about any lake or reservoir in Texas.  For the most part, bass fisherman don’t get to see much feeding action, […]
June 15, 2017

8 Tips to Keep Your Fish Alive This Summer

It is mid to late June in Texas, and the temps are in the high 80’s to mid 90’s depending on where you live in the state. That means the water is warming and it is […]
May 11, 2017

Fish The Overlooked Glide Bait

Every few years we have a “hot bait” phenomenon to come on the bass scene.  It was a zoom brush hog, then a reactions innovations sweet beaver, then West Coast swimbaits, then chatterbaits and now it […]
May 4, 2017

Fishing the Shad Spawn

For those of us that followed the Bassmaster Classic a few weeks back at Lake Conroe, we saw several pros do quite well fishing the shad spawn.  We saw Edwin Evers targeting sea walls, throwing a […]
April 27, 2017

Fishing “Spots, Holes & The Juice”

All of us bass fisherman have certain “spots & holes” that we like to fish.  These are areas that we have caught fish at in the past and believe in. The question is how did you […]
March 23, 2017

The Wacky Rig – A Must Have

I fell in love with the wacky rig many years back, as I was experimenting with different presentations and trying to catch some highly pressured bass.  What I found out is the wacky rig will flat […]
March 15, 2017

ChatterBait – The 4 Wheel Drive Lure

The Chatterbait came onto the bass fishing scene around 2004 and has never looked back.  There were a lot of skeptics who thought this would be another “helicopter lure” or “banjo minnow” type bait.  I was […]