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Saltwater Gear W oodrow had his tackle box open when I escaped the bright sunshine and walked into his cool, dim garage. “Whatcha doing?” He held ...

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High Flying Quail Quail hunting is an exciting sport, but unless you own a ranch with quail or have a friend that does, it tends ...

Case IH’s Farmall Tractors Designed to be Tough Whether for work or sport, you need a tractor that’s as reliable as you are. From trailblazing ...

What Comes First, Business or the Outdoors? There are few people in this world who have actually made a business out of the outdoors. There ...

Coast Beams Up a Winner I dig flashlights. Maybe it’s genetic. My Dad had a massive collection of flashlights and I can’t put my hands ...

Defining Power I don’t know whether I can explain this concept in a short magazine article, but nothing ventured nothing confused. Foot pounds (ft lbs) of energy ...

Popping with Ott T ennessee pro Ott Defoe has been on a roll in Texas this year, with high finishes at the Bassmaster Classic on Conroe, and shortly ...

Buggy Whip and the Cajun Bait Bucket I have known buggy whip for over 20 years, but we never had the opportunity to fish together. Nevertheless, ...

Down the Hatch? D on’t judge a book by its cover, but do judge a boat by its hatches. Hatches are a very interesting part of a ...

Even Prettier in Pink L ast month, I mentioned in my Saltwater column that jetty fishing was beginning to pick up in May and there were techniques to ...

Sure Bets on Baffin T alk about a sure thing! Finally, the early summer pattern has emerged and it’s an easy one to follow. After gambling ...

Head to the King Ranch Gut or East Corpus Shore B esides knowing where to fish and what baits to use, the biggest thing to remember ...

Occam’s razor of Fishing T he definition of Occam’s Razor will give most anglers a headache, so in fisherman’s terms it means the simplest explanation is ...

That Was Then, This is Now W henever you happen upon a discussion here along the coastal region of Texas where game fishing is the topic ...

The Fish of the Day I f you go offshore in June and catch a legal greater amberjack (over 34 inches), fishing regulations require you to release ...

Under the Moon of June M any years ago I had the honor of “serving my country” by being a member of the Coastal Migratory Pelagics Advisory ...

Summer Choices A s summer finally makes its way to the Texas Coast, it brings with it an endless array of warm water, fishing patterns, techniques, ...

Fires Bring Benefits to Wildlife F ire has been a conservation and habitat management tool as long as there have been land managers in Texas. However, ...

The Scout Rifle T he late colonel Jeff Cooper, USMC Ret., was, and is, a familiar figure in the art of combat shooting. He founded the American ...

Redfish Galveston Whitetail Leon County Bass Sam Rayburn   Post your own Action Photos and Check Out the TEXAS HOT SHOTS Photo Contest [button title=”GO ...

Mottled Ducks Being Forced into the Open Gulf The mottled duck has always had a soft spot in my heart. They are a native duck ...

It was one of the few times Dad did not want to take me fishing. Every day mom and I drove by a little gully ...

Playing Well With Others T his is a column that I occasionally moved to compose, but some other seemingly more pressing subject pops up that demands my ...

The easiest way to catch speckled trout in Texas bays is to look for gulls diving over the shrimp and shad that specks send to ...

A 1972 Robalo sportfishing boat pulled up to an oil platform off the coast of Corpus Christi. As the waves rose and fell around this ...

Hunting Merriams in South Dakota (Part 1) F requent readers of this column know by now how much of a turkey -hunting fanatic I am. Whenever ...

Hog Hunting is Banned or Limited on Millions of Acres of State and Federal Land in Texas. No Wonder We Have a Hog Problem. Warfarin. ...

A ‘Classic’ Comback I t’s been said many times that a guy can’t win the Bassmaster Classic on the first day, but he can certainly ...

Working in any branch of law enforcement is a dangerous way to earn a pay check, but for those who don the badge of a ...

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air. —Ralph Waldo Emerson The surf beckons. It always has, since my earliest years in ...

Zero Intelligence T here has to be a point where we draw the line. A place where we, as a nation, decide we’ve had enough of ...

Fake Fish News N ote to those who post photos with exaggerated and erroneous information attached: Cut it out. A while back a photo was forwarded ...

Teach the Children Well I rant and rave and raise as much hell as I possibly can all the time here there and everywhere about how ...

Stinger Shock T ime and tide finally caught up with me. After more than 50 years of “pushing green water” while wade fishing and surfing, I ...

The Return of Ursus Americans to Texas T he tracks were so fresh I  expected to see their maker appear at any second. Nearly as wide ...

All About Hog Poisoning If landowners would allow access to their land to hunt these hogs, then hunters could stop the advance of hogs. Instead, ...

Political Animals L ast month, in observing our 33rd Anniversary, we didn’t really get into the motivation for starting texas fish & game. We did tell its ...

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