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Texas Fish & Game November 2019

March 12, 2024

A Look At An Unsolved Fisherman Murder & Other Outdoors Mysteries with Kylie Low of Dark Downeast

When 13-year old Matthew Margolies didn’t come home for supper, police launched a full scale search scouring the Pemberwick woods and waters of the Byram River for any sign of the young fisherman. Despite numerous suspects […]
March 12, 2024

Mahi-Mahi on Light Gear

Catching mahi-mahi is always fun, but it’s on light gear that catching these fish really becomes a ball. Few fish will jump, change direction, and peel drag the way mahi can, and on 20-pound spinning gear […]
March 12, 2024

Jug Fishing Fun: Conventionally Unconventional Kayak Fishing

Jug fishing may not require the finesse of jigging a quarter-ounce lure, nor have the sporting appeal of catching a 20-pound fish on 10-pound test, but it’s certainly a winning move in the fun department. There’s […]
March 10, 2024

Introducing the New and Improved ICON Performance Collection from Huk

New for the Spring 2024 season, Huk is proud to announce the launch of its updated ICON Performance Knit Collection. The ICON, the shirt that launched the brand 10 years ago, has been fully revamped for […]
March 10, 2024

A Great White Showed Up South Of Sabine Pass

On Feb. 26, “LeeBeth,” a 14.1 foot, 2,600-pound female fitted with a satellite tag by Capt. Chip Michalove of Outcast Sport Fishing shocked shark lovers when she showed up 200 yard from the beach at South Padre Island. […]
March 9, 2024

Mexican Gray Wolf Population Continues To Grow

The wild population of Mexican wolves saw another year of growth in 2023, according to the results of the annual survey. The 2023 population census revealed a minimum of 257 Mexican wolves distributed across Arizona and […]
March 9, 2024

Louisiana Changes Redfish Reg Proposal

The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission (LWFC) amended a Notice of Intent (NOI) to increase the daily take and possession limit from three to four fish per day. The commission chose to maintain the red drum […]
March 9, 2024

Spring Turkey Outlook Improves From 2023

With the early spring green-up and mild winter weather, spring wild turkey season is shaping up to be very productive for hunters. Most of Texas experienced a bump in production and recruitment in 2023 following fall […]
March 9, 2024

New Specked Trout Regs About To Go Into Effect

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) proposed rule changes to bag and size limits for spotted seatrout will go into effect March 26 across the Texas coast. The new statewide changes consist of the following: Three […]
March 6, 2024

A Look At JH Custom Performance Rods

Embrak on a fishing journey like never before with JH Jig Rods from JH Custom Performance Rods. They are a testament to the perfect blend of strength, precision and innovation. Crafted for the avid angler seeking […]
March 6, 2024

High Level Speck Tactics With A True Master

DOA Lures founder Mark Nichols knows a thing or two about speckled trout. Having created numerous lures that have caught literally millions of trout from Florida to Texas including the DOA Shrimp and DOA Bait Buster, […]
March 6, 2024

Fort Phantom Hill Produces First Sharelunker

Fort Phantom Hill Reservoir, just north of Abilene, joined the list of public reservoirs in Texas that have produced a Legacy Class ShareLunker largemouth bass. Eric Lewis of Haskell reeled in 13.33-pound ShareLunker 660 Sunday as […]
March 3, 2024

130 Pound Bag Wins Fork Bassmaster Event

Trey McKinney made history, with authority, on Championship Sunday at the AFTCO Bassmaster Elite at Lake Fork. The Carbondale, Ill., native, exactly one week removed from his 19th birthday, finished with a four-day total of 20 bass weighing […]
March 3, 2024

Study Shows Pesticides Impacting Ivertebrates Crucial to Streams

A new nationwide study by USGS scientists provides additional scientific evidence that pesticides are likely negatively impacting aquatic invertebrate community health and therefore the health of our stream and river ecosystems. The USGS used multiple research […]
March 3, 2024

Will Hog Toxicant Spell Doom For Javelinas?

A warfarin-based feral hog toxicant has been given the green light to “licensed applicators”. A concern several hunters have voice is that the use of the toxicant might impact javelina populations. We have uncovered information showing […]
March 3, 2024

Toledo Bend, Ivie Produce Sharelunkers

Toledo Bend and O.H. Ivie shared the ShareLunker Legacy Class stage to kick off the final week of February. O.H. Ivie in West Texas continued its unprecedented run of monster largemouth bass and Toledo Bend in […]
March 3, 2024

Great White Shark Verified In South Padre Surf

A great white shark has been verified about 200 yards off the beach at South Padre Island, TX. “LeeBeth,” a 14.1 foot, 2,600-pound female, was fitted with a satellite tag by Capt. Chip Michalove of Outcast Sport […]
March 3, 2024

New Fish-Finding Electronics for 2024

The world of marine electronics evolves at a blinding pace, and for 2024 there’s plenty of new tech that can help you find more fish. Check out these cool new heavy-hitters that were introduced this winter […]
February 28, 2024

Strange Spinning Fish Phenomenon Strikes Florida

Bonefish & Tarpon Trust (BTT) and the Lower Keys Guides Association (LKGA) first received a report of fish in the Florida Keys exhibiting abnormal behavior, colloquially referred to as “the spins,” on November 7, 2023. Fish […]
February 28, 2024

SFA DU Chapter Makes An Impact For Wood Ducks

On Saturday, February 17th, Stephen F. Austin’s student chapter of Ducks Unlimited went out to the Alazan Wildlife Management Area located in Nacogdoches County, Texas. They did maintenance on the wood duck boxes on the property. […]
February 28, 2024

Let’s Ponder How A Bear Got To Bay City

In an intriguing episode of Higher Calling Wildlife sponsored by Texas Fish & Game, host Chester Moore talks about a bear that showed up near Bay City, TX more than a decade ago. You can listen […]
February 28, 2024

Annual White Bass Run Kicks In

The annual white bass run, a treasured tradition for anglers across Texas, has officially begun. Each spring, white bass run upstream from reservoirs into rivers and creeks to spawn, creating prime fishing opportunities for new and […]
February 27, 2024

Poisoning Hogs: Warfarin-Based Toxicant Given Green Light

A hog toxicant has been approved for use in Texas. The Kaput Feral Hog Bait came under huge fire from hunters and other wildlife lovers in 2017 but we have learned that it has been approved […]
February 27, 2024

CCA-TX Commits Funds To Game Warden’s Cabin

CCA Texas has a long history of supporting TPWD Game Wardens up and down the Texas coast. This support often comes in the form of equipment, intern salaries, and in this particular grant, a floating cabin […]
February 27, 2024

3 Cool New Fishing Boats from the Miami Boat Show

The Miami International Boat Show is the venue where most boatbuilders introduce their hot new models, and the 2024 show was jam-packed with cool new fishing machines. Here are three top picks you’ll want to know […]
February 26, 2024

Anglers Catch Many Record Fish

Anglers throughout Texas established fishing records through the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Angler Recognition Program (ARP) in 2023, highlighted by one of the most notable — six-year-old Ernst Toepfer V becoming the youngest Elite Angler in […]
February 26, 2024

Did A Cougar Kill A TX Man?

When Christopher Whiteley was found dead in Hood County, TX, officials initially said a cougar (mountain lion) was the culprit. Then officials with the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department and USDA got involved and said it […]
February 24, 2024

ISSUE COVER – March/April 2024

In This Issue: Destination: Bass (Lunkers on the Edge of the Piney Woods)  •  Crazy But Real Spring Flounder Strategies  •  Sci-Fly Tactics for Big Pond Bass  •  Your Map to Whopper Spring Crappie  •  Getting […]
February 24, 2024

Texas Fish & Game March/April 2024

February 24, 2024

BACK COVER: Suzuki Marine

February 24, 2024

INSIDE COVER: Humminbird

February 24, 2024

INSIDE BACK COVER: Texas Hunter Products

February 24, 2024

TEXAS FISH & GAME Staff

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. PUBLISHERS Roy and […]
February 24, 2024

PAGE ONE: Yamaha Marine

February 24, 2024

INSIDE FISH & GAME by Roy and Ardia Neves

The Fisherman Deal: Clash of the Texas Outdoor Titans LISTEN: (6 min, 08 sec) IN EARLIER LEGS of this trip we’ve been taking down memory lane, in observance of our 40th anniversary, we have recalled Fish & […]
February 24, 2024

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Thanks for Your Commitment I WANTED TO DROP YOU a note to say thanks for your great coverage of hunting and fishing in Texas. Your efforts to provide information and resources for everyday folks like me […]
February 24, 2024

EDITOR’S NOTES by Chester Moore

You Matter LISTEN: (5 Min, 13 Sec)   QUIET, CLEAR NIGHTS in the Texas Hill Country are beautiful. There’s a certain sense of peace in the air and a host of stars, planets and constellations shine brightly […]
February 24, 2024

PIKE ON THE EDGE by Doug Pike

Back Where I Belong, Wallowing in Wet Rice LISTEN: (6 Min, 15 Sec)   IT HAD BEEN A WHILE since my most recent goose hunt when, back in October, Ducks Unlimited’s John Gordon asked me to join […]
February 24, 2024

Your Map to Whopper Spring Crappie

Your Map to Whopper Spring Crappie Feature Story by MATT WILLIAMS LISTEN: (7 minutes, 49 seconds)   IT NEVER FAILS. Each March, as water temperatures begin nudging the upper-50s on many Texas lakes, crappie begin crowding […]
February 24, 2024

Crazy… But Real Strategies for Spring Flounder

Saltwater Strategies, Part 2 Feature Story by CHESTER MOORE LISTEN: (6 minutes, 55 seconds)   AS SPRING BLOSSOMS on the Texas Gulf Coast, large numbers of flounder start moving back into bay systems from their spawning […]
February 24, 2024

Destination: Bass

Consistent Lunker Catches have Put Lake Conroe on the Map as a Big Bass Destination Feature Story by TF&G STAFF LISTEN: (6 minutes, 06 seconds)     LAKE CONROE, nestled along the western edge of East […]
February 24, 2024

TEXAS BOATING by Lenny Rudow

Goodbye, Anchor! LISTEN: (5 minutes, 26 seconds) WE BOAT ANGLERS love to hate anchors. They clang and bang, making a fish-spooking racket. They chip fiberglass and ding aluminum. Hauling them up is a pain in the keister […]
February 24, 2024

The Great Game Comeback

A Journey into the North American Model of Conservation Feature Story by TF&G STAFF LISTEN: (3 minutes, 00 seconds) THE NORTH AMERICAN MODEL OF CONSERVATION is the system that enabled the great comeback of American game […]
February 24, 2024

BARE BONES HUNTING by Lou Marullo

Call of the Wild Turkey by LOU MARULLO | TF&G Hunting Editor LISTEN: (5 minutes, 41 seconds) SPRING IS HERE and with it comes the promise of not only warmer weather, but it also ushers in the […]
February 24, 2024

Fitness for the Outdoors

Getting Physical on the Water and in the Field Feature Story by PAUL FUZINSKI LISTEN: (3 minutes, 32 seconds) THE PHYSICAL DEMANDS of both hunting and fishing always catch up to us, most often when we […]
February 24, 2024

TEXAS TACTICAL by Dustin Ellermann

What to Do When Your Pistol Optic Fails LISTEN: (3 minutes, 14 seconds)   LOVE IT OR HATE IT, pistol mounted optics are more mainstream than ever.  In fact, it would be absurd for a modern […]
February 24, 2024

Sci-Fly Bass

Innovative Fly Tactics for BIG Pond Bass Feature Story by CHESTER MOORE LISTEN: (2 minutes, 42 seconds)   POND BASS FISHING with fly gear might not be the most conventional approach, but for those who seek […]
February 24, 2024

THE FISH & GAME REPORT March/April 2024

TPWD Ends Pursuit of Fairfield Park Property LISTEN: (4 Minutes, 01 Seconds)   Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will no longer pursue acquisition of the property previously occupied by Fairfield Lake State Park, now owned […]
February 24, 2024

HOT SHOTS

Black Drum Trinity Bay   •  •  • Pheasant Kansas   Post your own Action Photos and Check Out the TEXAS HOT SHOTS Photo Contest    
February 24, 2024

UPPER COAST FOCUS: Sabine—March/April 2024

SABINE LAKE & PASS Reported by CAPT. EDDIE HERNANDEZ Email Eddie Hernandez at ContactUs@fishgame.com Springing into Action   LISTEN: (2 Min, 58 Sec)   SPRING IS JUST AROUND the corner, and I for one could not be happier. […]