Heard of Hearing C hilly rain slapped the windows of Doreen’s 24 HR Eat Gas Now Café. The sound evolved into sharp cracks, and the Hunting ...

How ‘Boom Boom’ Tackles February in Texas W hen bass start to move into spawning areas throughout the Lone Star State, you can usually find Bass ...

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 ...

Gumbo Gumbo is probably my all-time favorite recipe. I have had the good fortune of being in the company of some great Louisiana cooks and ...

Wolverine X4 Yamaha introduced the all-new four-passenger Wolverine X4™ Side-by-Side (SxS) vehicle, providing superior Capability, Comfort and Confidence to deliver performancethat is truly Proven Off-Road. ...

Comfort Zone S O YOU WAKE UP AND LOOK out the window to discover that that the cold front that was supposed to blow in late ...

Investing in Texas There’s something special about having a piece of the Texas countryside to call your own. At Capital Farm Credit, they understand that ...

Trophy Trout! T he Hunt For The Trophy Trout is in full swing on Baffin Bay and the results here speak for themselves. Big trout up to ...

Fish the Flats in February T he Flats, from Carlos Bay all the way to the Laguna Madre, should be holding redfish in February,” says Capt. Jack ...

Getting Re-Acquainted With Rockport W hen You Visit Rockport, it’s not hard to see that the area has gone through a major event. The words most ...

February’s Mid-Coast Specifics M any enthusiasts of artificials elect to specifically target big trout in February, and they will throw anything and everything they have at ...

Avoid West Winds I t Was Super Bowl Sunday, the Patriots were playing the Falcons, but Jeff Wiley and I decided to have our own Super ...

Here We Go, Again! I n 1979, I lived through the record rainfall and flooding caused by Tropical Storm Claudette on Chocolate Bayou, below Alvin. In those ...

Figuring Out February Fish C oastal fishing in the month of February is written off by lots of anglers for several reasons. The obvious one being ...

Whitetail Montgomery County Redfish Galveston Jetties   Flounder Texas City   Post your own Action Photos and Check Out the TEXAS HOT SHOTS Photo Contest ...

Richland Creek WMA Gets a Hand from DU D ucks Unlimited and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) are working to improve wetland habitat on ...

Winter Offshore Fishing Brings Hot Results FOR MANY TEXANS, their annual offshore fishing experience begins and ends with the brief federal red snapper season in ...

Unlike many states with only a few top-notch waterways to find trophy largemouth in abundance, Texas has lots of them—a whole lot of them in ...

Swimsuits And Eel Imitations For Specks (&Reds) A great way to cover water and mimic what big trout are eating this time of year is ...

Smart Use Of A Smart Phone W ith Texas’s Main Hunting  seasons winding down it is time to review what works and what doesn’t. This ...

The Overpopular Glock 19 W ITHOUT A DOUBT, the Glock 19 is one of the most popular handguns for concealed carry and even duty use.  And ...

Outsmarting Snow Geese is Easier Said than Done I learned a huge lesson about snow geese while hunting with Will Beatty of Central Flyway Outfitters near ...

Strange Options for Surf Fishing Surf fishing might seem like a strictly summer option but the fact is late winter and early spring provide some ...

Man Overboard! L OSING A PASSENGER over the side of your boat is one of those things we think will never happen to us. But ...

In Winter, What DO Trout Eat, and What WILL They Eat? CATCHING BIG SPECKLED TROUT on local waters requires an entirely different approach than most ...

Big Bass Not Limited to Big Water There are a number of hard and fast rules to keep in mind if you want to boost ...

RIP, BSA B ACK IN THE EARLY 1970s when I was a kid, I was one of the 6.5 million American boys who belonged to the ...

Go For It T O PEE OR NOT TO PEE. That is the question. It’s actually not a question, but that thought certainly was on ...

The Most Dangerous Thing in the Woods I T WAS THE PERFECT SETUP for the mission. That mission was to try out our new night ...

Neck Shots Kendal Hemphill, I was overjoyed when you talked about neck shots and small caliber rifles. Being a small woman, I have hunted deer ...

Writer’s Block S HORTLY AFTER HE TOOK the reins as editor-in-chief, Chester Moore suggested we start writing this monthly column. His idea was to give readers ...

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In This Issue: Little Lakes… Big Bass; Winter Surf Options; Bass Hot Streaks; The Diet of Winter Trout; Thinking Snow Geese; Swimbaits for Specks & ...