Texas Fish & Game Magazine

July 2017

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FISH & GAME PHOTOS

Feral Hog Dayton   Redfish Lower Laguna Madre   Redfish Galveston   Long Nose Gar San Saba   Redfish Port o’Connor   Bass Lake Austin ...
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OPEN SEASON by Reavis Z. Wortham

Interview D oc was the last to join the Hunting Club members gathered around the large corner table in Doreen’s 24 HR Eat Gas Now Café. ...
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OUTDOOR DIRECTORY

TEXAS FRESHWATER Lake Amistad Lake Texoma DFW Metroplex   TEXAS SALTWATER Upper Texas Coast Mid Texas Coast Lower Texas Coast Louisiana HUNTING South Texas   ...
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TEXAS TASTED

Sweet Chipolte Glazed Salmon BLT Sliders Fresh salmon is a favorite fish of mine to prepare. I love BLTs, so I decided to incorporate some ...
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FISH & GAME GEAR

New Styles for Women from Costa Costa’s new women’s styles, the Riverton, Gannet, and Kare were designed with the Beachcomber persona in mind, where, “sun ...
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INDUSTRY INSIDER

Line Cutterz Sparks a Fishing Revolution One of the smallest but most innovative products to enter the fishing industry realm recently is Line Cutterz. The ...
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TEXAS GUNS by Steve LaMascus

Fire Forming O ne of the facts about firearms and ammunition is that the cartridge case and the rifle chamber are never exactly the same size. ...
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THE BASS UNIVERSITY by Pete Robbins

How The Dean Revs Up School Spirit I t’s a situation most Texas anglers dream of during the postspawn, a school of bass so large that ...
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THE PRACTICAL ANGLER by Greg Berlocher

Midnight Madness J uly on the Texas Coast is hectic, to say the least. Armadas of boats, towed by SUVs full of families converge on popular ...
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TEXAS BOATING by Lenny Rudow

Five Boat Tricks I f you own a boat you’re a bona fide captain—but not necessarily a good one. Although there’s truly no substitute for years ...
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COASTAL FORECAST: Lower Coast

Dawn Patrol T here is a monotony to summer fishing in Texas. Trout and redfish have settled into their summer patterns and anglers can pretty much ...
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COASTAL FORECAST: Baffin Bay

A New Beginning T his summer, Baffin Bay is a shining jewel of trout-green water, crystal clear shorelines and grass growing in abundance. This new beginning for ...
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COASTAL FORECAST: Aransas to Corpus

Flounder Gigging at Night L ooking for a way to catch fish and beat the summer heat? How about some flounder gigging? While most people are ...
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COASTAL FOCUS: Upper Mid Coast

The Specialist I was hungry for breakfast and didn’t have a trip. My wife was out of town so I headed for a local restaurant. The ...
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COASTAL FOCUS: Upper Mid Coast

The Fish Get Hot, Too D epending on the wind situation, the month of July along the coastline of Texas can be downright miserable.  If the ...
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COASTAL FORECAST: Matagorda

Bring Your Snorkel Gear I f you fish offshore, youmay want to consider adding snorkeling to your day’s activities. The underwater life off the Texas ...
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COASTAL FORECAST: Galveston

July Heats Up C oastal fishing in July offers more action than any video game, and the Galveston area is as good a spot as any. ...
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COASTAL FORECAST: Sabine

The Heat is On at the Rigs S ummer has arrived in full force here on Texas’s uppermost coast and the heat is definitely on.  The ...
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THE DEPT. OF CONSERVATION

Red Hot Snappers E veryone seems to be  seeing red over snappers in the Gulf of Mexico. State fisheries officials claim that the majority of ...
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THE DEPT. OF DEFENSE

Testing CZ’s P-10C Every year, the NRA Annual Meeting (NRAAM) provides a showcase for hundreds of new guns and shooting accessories to whet the appetites ...
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TEXAS HOT SHOTS

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THE TF&G REPORT

Isn’t This a Fine Pickerel Did you know there are pike right here in Texas? Well, sort of. The chain pickerel, a close cousin of ...
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My Old Friend by Steve Lamascus

There is a rule in writing: Never write about dead friends or dead dogs. Well get ready, because I am going to break that rule ...
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TEXAS SALTWATER by Calixto Gonzales

Black July J uly was usually a special month for me because I would attend ICAST and marvel at the different and vast examples of innovation ...
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Mammals of the Gulf by Chester Moore

The dingy waters of Cow Bayou wind through the southernmost reaches of the Piney Woods and empty into the coastal marsh near the mouth of ...
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TEXAS FRESHWATER by Matt Williams

The Smartest Trolling Motor Ever Made O ne of the coolest perks of this business is I often get to check out some of the latest ...
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BARE BONES HUNTING by Lou Marullo

Hunting South Dakota Merriams, Continued A s promised the saga of my incredible South Dakota hunt continues (see Part One, in the June issue). After an ...
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The Art of Crabbing by Jeff Stewart

Growing up in Northeast Texas offered very few opportunities for crabbing. We enjoyed pulling monster crawfish from their holes with some bacon on a string, ...
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Bass Awakening by Matt Williams

On a scale of one to ten, I’d have to rate Texas bass fishing a rock-solid eleven. I say that because a passel of top-notch ...
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Stealth Kayak Tactics

By design, kayaks are stealthy vessels, but hushed operation isn’t a foregone conclusion; it requires knowledge and practice.  Kayaks were invented by Inuits hunters longing ...
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COMMENTARY by Kendal Hemphill

Sticks and Stones and Snowflakes B ecoming a full-time college student after age 50 is probably not for everyone, but it has its perks. A few ...
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NUGENT IN THE WILD by Ted Nugent

Varmint Control is a Conservation Duty P olitical correctness and its inherent scourge of dishonesty and denial are bad and dangerous wherever you find them. When ...
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PIKE ON THE EDGE by Doug Pike

Boarders Mean Nothing to an Invasive Species I t seems a good time to change the term “invasive species” to “entrenched species.” For the better part of ...
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DOGGETT AT LARGE by Joe Doggett

Like Mayberry T he Andy Griffith was a favorite of mine when I was a kid during the early ’60s. I still recall the opening credits, ...
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EDITOR’S NOTES by Chester Moore

No Black Cougars, but How About a White One? S ightings of “black panthers” are common throughout Texas. Many hunters, fishermen, birdwatchers, hikers and people of ...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

More on the Hog Issue First, let me say that I appreciate the fact that effort is being made to control or eliminate these scavengers. ...
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INSIDE FISH & GAME by Roy and Ardia Neves

A Sporting Chance W hether you believe that global warning, or Climate Change, is a real phenomenon or just a hoax cooked up in the back ...
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