Catfish Thorndale   Bass Lake Sam Rayburn   Feral Hog Llano County   Hardhead Galveston   Flounder Sabrine Pass   Redfish Kemah   Speckled Trout ...

Redfish on the Half Shell As winter wanes and fresh southeast winds pump warming currents into our coastal bays, schools of bronzed back redfish follow ...

Visionary Innovation by the Power Pole People When outdoor pursuits are made easier by the innovations of technology, everyone wins. This is certainly the case ...

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

Bass Derby Skills O ne of the really cool things about amateur league big bass derbies is you don’t need a degree in bassology or have ...

Texas Outdoor Nation Welcome to the Texas Outdoor Nation. It’s a place with as many ecosystems as some countries and more wild game than most. ...

Freedom of Choice W inter fishing has a special place in my heart. The misconception is that the typical weekend angler doesn’t have the time, ambition, ...

A Magical Time on Baffin Bay T he most incredible resource on the Texas Coast, Baffin Bay, has continued on its path to a tremendous transformation ...

Big Trout Time J anuary is big trout time along the Texas coast, no matter where you may wet a line, and wading is generally the ...

The Eye Of Tears O ur refuge would be  Spicewood, Texas; it’s our old home place and we had been trying to sell it for ...

January’s Approach to Winter Trout T here are many, many different species of saltwater fish that are enjoyed year-round by people all along our Texas coastline, ...

Enthusiastic Fisherman A friend of mine owned a  Volkswagen Beetle, and when I asked him how he liked his car he said, “I really like it, ...

Beginning Another New Year We could begin 2018 by glancing back over 2017—so we shall. The “big” news in Gulf of Mexico Fisheries is that ...

Patience Is Key In January Y ou have to have patience when fishing. If I had a nickel for every time I heard my dad utter ...

Red Snapper Port Aransas Bass Lake Falcon   Whitetail Fredericksburg   Post your own Action Photos and Check Out the TEXAS HOT SHOTS Photo Contest ...

Texas Playa Conservation Initiative C onservation partners are focusing on playa restoration in the Texas Panhandle. Playas are the most important ecological feature in the ...

Are the crappie running up on Toledo Bend?” “Have the bull redfish started running at the Port O’Connor Jetties?” People often use the term “run” ...

When the Water Get Frigid, Blue Catfish Get Salty Biologists with the Sabine National Wildlife Refuge have found through tagging efforts that blue catfish have ...

Decoys Can Aid Hog Hunters If there is one thing serious hog hunters know, it is that they have a lot stacked against them. Sure, ...

The Magnificent .357 Magnum A lthough it’s considered a modern cartridge, the .357 Magnum, was actually introduced in 1935. At that time it was a giant ...

Late Season T he doe, only deer I had seen all afternoon, stared intently into the whitebrush. Her ears were fully attentive and erect. The hairs on ...

In 1987, I was in seventh grade. During the winter, my after-school hobby was to go rabbit hunting on the railroad tracks behind our house. ...

Parental Guidance I remember back when my good friend, Jimmy Brewster, bore witness to the birth of his second son. He was glowing when I talked ...

Major Changes Hit The Texas Oyster Fishery This year’s oyster season opened with new rules adopted by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Commission ...

Hunt To the Hunt T he conditions were just right for our bowhunting dreams. It was a wonderful, dark, dreary, overcast, cold, breezy, grey cloud October afternoon, ...

It’s no secret that Texas is home to a passel of blue ribbon largemouth bass fisheries—more, perhaps, than any other state in the country. Texas’s ...

The Duke! D uring the summer of 1970 I was on active duty in the U.S. Navy. I was attached to Carrier Division 9 and stationed ...

Modern Kayak Design and Technology has Turned These Primitive Craft into Fishing Machines Kayak fishing is on the rise. Interest in these relatively affordable craft ...

For Doug Pike Mr. Pike,two recent articles of yours have really brought back Memories. I fished San Luis from the 60s to the late 70s. ...

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In This Issue: Greetings from Florida—Pro’s & Cons of Importing Bass from the Sunshine State; Decoys for Hogs; Texas Oyster Wars; Kayak Tech Takes Off; ...