Weighing Key Winter Fish-Finding Factors In the winter, finding where the fish are feeding requires consideration of tidal flow, wind, water temperature, depth, underwater terrain, air temperature and the degree of sunshine. It was January 15th and both the air […]
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Starry Nights, Cold Weather and Hot Fishing As always, the weather in January on the Texas coast could bring just about anything, from a hard freeze to temperatures more suitable for shorts and sandals. Even though I personally feel I
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The Promise of a New Year The time has come once again to bid adieu to another calendar year and welcome the promise of a new one with open arms. 2013 is now a thing of the past but I
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Academy Launches New Season of Game Winner Camo Game Winner has made high quality, affordable camo gear for years, but its latest line of camo is easily the best yet. New “Dura” technologies woven into each product stand up to
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Becoming a better kayak angler is quite easy. All it takes is time; however, if you were thinking this means years of experience, you would be wrong. Noted basketball coach Bobby Knight was fond of saying: “The will to prepare
Texas and five other states were named Monday by federal officials to develop test sites for drones — a critical next step for the burgeoning industry that could one day produce thousands of unmanned aircraft for use by businesses, farmers
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Dolphins are said to share the human traits of bravery, jealousy and even a sense of humour. But it seems they share some worrying vices as well. Scientists were amazed at footage of the mammals apparently getting ‘high’ with the
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A photo depicting gun owners in Connecticut waiting in line to register their firearms is sparking outrage, with one Twitter user claiming the scene “Looks like Weimar Germany.” Yesterday was the last day Connecticut residents could register “certain assault weapons
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A Cambridge academic who was gored by a huge stag in Scotland is now in a “serious but stable condition”. Dr Kate Stone, 43, was taken to a Glasgow hospital after the “freak” attack in the Highlands. The “panicking” beast’s
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A bill was introduced in the U.S. Senate today to increase the price of the federal duck stamp to $25. The current price of $15 was set more than 20 years ago, in 1991. Since its enactment in 1934, the federal duck
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Parents, teachers and youth group leaders across America are invited to engage children in putting their creative skills to work in the 2014 Saving Endangered Species Youth Art Contest, an integral part of the ninth annual national Endangered Species Day
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Two men have been arrested and charged in connection with the shooting of a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game warden earlier this week. Booked into the Delta County jail in Cooper were Eli Stephens, 18, and Dalton Haddix, 21,
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Marshmallows and Maggots Let’s go ahead and get this out there, we’re Texans and we’re proud of it. We think we have the biggest and best of everything. World-class deer? Yep, we’ve got them. Bass big enough to eat your
Looking Up, Down, and All Around Side-scanning sonar has now been around for several years, down-scanning units have come to incorporate CHIRP technology, and for 2014 even more new ways to find those fish have been released on the
Scientists Create New Oyster Reef Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi researchers have fine-tuned a method to create oyster reef by charging sea water with electricity, something that officials said is a way to replenish the coastal ecosystem. In some areas of
Grants Awarded for Texas Coast The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced $8.8 million for five Texas projects that address high priority conservation needs. The projects, developed in consultation with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas Commission
Resolution The last two years have been rough on me. At no time was I more reminded of my mortality than during the stretch from March of 2012 to last October. In those 20 months, I said goodbye to three
Pulling the Plug It wasn’t until November that I realized how dependent we all are on electronic communication. More important, I also realized that even without it the world around us doesn’t skip a beat. Not that there’s anything wrong
