DIGITAL EDITION ARCHIVES
Texas Fish & Game May 2018
April 25, 2018
In This Issue: Time to Be a S.T.A.R.; Best Paddling Trails in Texas; Texas Smallmouth & Walleye?; Exotic Mysteries; Camping in the Wild; King of Texas Snakes.
April 25, 2018
Published by Texas Fish & Game Publishing Co., LLC. TEXAS FISH & GAME is the largest independent, family-owned regional outdoor publication in America. Owned by Ron & Stephanie Ward and Roy & Ardia Neves. PUBLISHER Roy Neves […]
April 25, 2018
Entering Our 35th Year OW. This month marks our 34th anniversary, and with this issue we begin Volume 35. They say the older you get, the faster time passes, and we cannot argue with that. When you […]
April 25, 2018
Partially White Turkey Editor:In response to our article on white turkeys in the March issue reader Bob Noah sent in this game camera photo of a partially white jake at a feeder near Montague City. If […]
April 25, 2018
How Bass Changed it All HEY SEEMED A LITTLE OUT OF MY LEAGUE. Pictures of famous professional anglers like Rick Clunn and Larry Nixon holding a beautiful, huge largemouth bass haunted my imagination. I thought the anglers […]
April 25, 2018
Think Big, Rig Big, to Catch Big HE LARGEST BASS I have seen hooked probably weighed 15 pounds—maybe 16 if it took a deep breath. I believe that to be an honest estimate because I was […]
April 25, 2018
I Just Wanna Go Huntin’ WAS ALWAYS DIFFERENT, nobody understood. I didn’t play follow the leader, cuz I was always in the woods. They hadn’t invented peer pressure yet, seems I stood alone. But My daddy […]
April 25, 2018
LARGEMOUTH BASS, channel catfish and crappie dominate freshwater fishing in Texas. Those are by far the most popular and abundant species on reservoirs, streams, creeks and rivers across the state but there is more. Did you know […]
April 25, 2018
R.I.P. Ray Sasser EXAS SPORTSMEN LOST a powerful and colorful friend on February 21 when veteran Dallas Morning News outdoor writer, Ray Sasser, passed away after a multi-year battle with lymphoma. He was 69. Well known […]
April 25, 2018
Liven Up the Joint HAVE BEEN A HUGE DEVOTEE of jointed plugs (or broken-back, if you prefer) since I was a teenager, over grumble-grumble-grumble years ago. If you look in one of my myriad tackleboxes, you […]
April 25, 2018
GROWING UP ON THE TEXAS COAST, I literally knew no one that ate gafftopsail catfish. Even the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department data on the species said, “The fish is edible, but difficult to prepare and […]
April 25, 2018
A Surprising Number of Non-Native Species Roam Wild in Texas… and Many Can be Hunted Year-Round AS I CRUISED DOWN HIGHWAY 12 between Mauriceville and Deweyville, my eyes were fixed on the woods as they always are while traveling areas such […]
April 25, 2018
Handloading 101 FEW YEARS AGO I had an old Remington Model 700 ADL .222 Remington rebuilt into a wildcat .222 Remington Magnum Ackley Improved. The gunsmith who did the work had no experience with wildcat calibers, but […]
April 25, 2018
A Tame Buck, for Name’s Sake AM NOT PARTICULARLY IN FAVOR of giving whitetail bucks names other than possibly “the front gate buck,” “the creek bottom buck” or “the cemetery buck”. After all, there always seems to […]
April 25, 2018
Texas Has Some Spectacular Options for Getting Away From It All NEED TO UNWIND from the stresses of modern American living? A trip to the wilderness is the best way to purge the negativity and get […]
April 25, 2018
TEXAS HAS A GROWING number of official paddling trails for kayakers and canoe enthusiasts. These are great areas to simply get out and paddle but they also provide access to fishing in areas that would in […]
April 25, 2018
Using State-of-the-Art Gear to Enforce Game Laws I’VE ALWAYS BEEN SOMEWHAT INTRIGUED by the job Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game wardens do. My respect for the men and women who drive the green trucks is […]
April 25, 2018
TPWD Approves Changes to Fishing Regs for 2018-19 HE TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE COMMISSION adopted a suite of changes to this year’s fishing regulations that includes standardizing harvest regulations for largemouth bass to the statewide limits […]
April 25, 2018
Grouper Corpus Christi Whitetail Anderson County Post your own Action Photos and Check Out the TEXAS HOT SHOTS Photo Contest
April 25, 2018
Late Spring Tactics for Sabine Success HE MONTH OF MAY has arrives in full force, and every major bay system along the Texas coast should welcome it with open arms. Anglers will reap the benefits of ever-increasing […]
April 25, 2018
No MAY-be’s About It, Time for Fast Fishing! VEN THE MILD WINTERS we normally experience along the Upper Texas Coast have a negative effect on most saltwater fishing. Cooler water and lower tides reduce successful options […]
April 25, 2018
Turn a Hit into a Catch FOUND FISH IN A four-foot-deep trough that was up against the side of a bayou in the backwaters of East Matagorda Bay. The opposite side of the trough came up […]
April 25, 2018
May’s Situational Trout HOSE ESPOSED TO TODAY’S corporate America know that anyone who is considered a leader in dealing with ambiguity is one who can function effectively in vague, unexpected, or changing conditions—such people are quick to […]
April 25, 2018
Drone Fishing HE TITLE MAY SOUND like something from Star Trek. Yes, I am a bit of a Trekie … BEAM ME UP SCOTTY! —well, the old versions anyway. We don’t have to wait for the […]
April 25, 2018
Road Rage on the Bay N MAY A LOT OF different locations along the mid coast are holding fish. It’s a transition period from spring to summer, and the fish are going to be moving a lot; […]
April 25, 2018
Baffin Bay Shines in May FTER THE BIG TROUT FRENZY of the early spring, Baffin Bay settles down to a great early summer pattern that makes everyone happy. Most anglers are still stalking big trout shallow, albeit […]
April 25, 2018
Beach Brawl AY IS WHEN THE SOUTH TEXAS coast ends its brief spring and starts settling into summer patterns. Warm southeaster lies, puffy white clouds, and clean water in the bay and surf are the rule of […]
April 25, 2018
UPPER TEXAS COAST LOCATION: West Matagorda Bay HOTSPOT: Golds Bayou GPS: N 28 35.328, W 96 2.286 (28.5888, -96.0381) SPECIES: Speckled Trout BEST BAITS: Small soft plastics in a translucent color CONTACT: Capt. Kendall Kersh 979-248-1871 […]