A long time ago in the far, far reaches of the Gulf of Mexico… The contrasting bars of the pilot fish create a striking image ...

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Faulty Memory I ‘d already searched our closet, looking for my hiking boots. It didn’t take long on my side, because I only own two pairs ...

Fajitas, Slaven Style This is an awesome recipe that I developed back in the mid 1980s. I have won many a cook-off with this recipe ...

  CASA of Tarrant County Hosts Pull for Kids Change the trajectory of a child’s life by attending the CASA of Tarrant County Pull for ...

SHOT 2017 A s promised, this month’s column is dedicated to the 2017 SHOT show, which I had the pleasure of attending. Turkey season is a ...

Lowen’s Texas-Sized Swim Jig Approached B ass university instructor Bill Lowen learned his trade on the fish-poor Ohio River, but when he started traveling to Texas ...

Adrenaline Junkies L ance W. Lowery of Mt. Vernon and Mike Williams of Sulphur Springs have wrestled with dozens of fat cats since they began noodling ...

High Velocity E ver since the invention  of smokeless powder and even before, we have searched for higher velocity in our hunting guns. I think ...

Getting Froggy With It S pring rains impart life-sustaining moisture to the soil and storm runoff enriches our watersheds with nutrients. The dampness encourages amphibians to ...

Age Kills O kay, maybe that title is  a bit melodramatic, because there are a million and one very old boats out there that are ...

This Fathers Day, Give The Old Man A Real Texas Adventure With Father’s Day upon us, you may be pondering what to get Dad. Well, ...

Getting Snookered A n asset that makes Lower Laguna Madre such a remarkable place to fish is the wide variety of fish available to anglers. There ...

Tide Runners Move Back into the Bays B y the end of May, we are  moving into early summer fishing and hot temperatures. Plug in ...

Instead of Gratitude, All I Got Was an Attitude T he call came at 6pm, Thanksgiving Day. It was a desperate plea for help. Their boat ...

May Trout Waders Need to Make Their Own luck W hen you wade-fish the coastal regions of Texas, speckled trout are available to those who put ...

Rafts of Mullet W hen the wind comes from the west, southwest, or northwest, it turns the water brown in East and West Matagorda Bays. This ...

May is Indeed Magical T he changing of the seasons demonstrates as much as anything else the wonders of the natural world—even on the upper ...

The Magic Month of May T he magical month of May has arrived and the entire Sabine Ecosystem should begin to open itself up to anglers seeking ...

Passing the Torch A ttracting youths and novice hunters to outdoor and sporting traditions is vital to the passing of the torch to those who will ...

The Buffalo Slayer M ost people would agree that the side-hammer Sharps buffalo rifle is an icon of the Old West. There is no doubt that ...

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Free-Ranging Axis Thriving in the Texas Hill Country The axis deer may be the most beautiful deer species on the planet. Known as “chital” in ...

Giant Flatheads of North Texas The flathead catfish, also known as the “yellow cat”, is a good example of a humble fish that can grow ...

Pretty in Pink T heres no disputing that jetty systems hold fish. The combination of solid, multi-leveled structure, tidal flow, access to deeper water, and variety of ...

Tips for Taking the Big Flatfish Prize in CA’S Annual Tourney It’s time for the CCA STAR tournament. Each year the Flounder Division is one ...

Vibrio: a Serious Saltwater Threat You may remember the uproar from last year about flesh-eating bacterium” found in the coastal waters of Texas. Well, it ...

Texas bass anglers are blessed with a wide range of great fisheries in just about every geographic region of the state.  To hear David Burman ...

Texas Offers Hope for the Salvation of an Endangered Species It is the most valuable wildlife commodity in the world. Fetching up to $60,000 a ...

A Bloody Hog Battle T exas currently faces a  polarizing debate over the use of the anti-coagulant warfarin to try to control the skyrocketing population ...

Wow! That Deer Season Sure Was FUN! I slept in this morning, no,  really. It wasn’t storming, I wasn’t ill, not feeling particularly lazy or tired, ...

Fishing Off the Grid I f technology and our fascination with it continue racing each other into the future, young fishermen may wind up someday ...

Striking Out M issing the strike of a fish doing its suicidal best to get caught is one of the most aggravating things in angling. Frantic ...

The Texas Javelina Massacre T exas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller’s decision to list a warfarin-based hog lure as a state-limited-use pesticide has sent shockwaves through the ...

Refuges and Conservation I agree with you; we need more land preserved for wildlife. Call them Refuges, Wildlife Management Areas, Parks, National Forests, Conservation Easements, ...

Volume 34, Issue No. 1 T his issue marks our 33rd anniversary  and the start of our 34th year of publication (Hence, the number for this issue: ...

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