November 2016

Tweaking Lunkers T he first phase in a series of tweaks to the much fabled Toyota ShareLunker program is now in place. Texas Parks and Wildlife’s Inland Fisheries Division is revamping its Florida bass hatchery brood stock while regaining angler confidence […]

What is the future of duck hunting in Texas and beyond? The answer to that question depends upon whom you ask and what aspect of the waterfowl issue they understand best. There is no one simple answer as to what

Six armed men in line abreast formation headed across a soggy pasture to search for an elusive quarry. Without warning, a tiny screeching object exploded from beneath a clump of weeds almost at the feet of one man. It hurtled

TPWD Confirms Four Class 1 Black Bear Sightings in East Texas One of the cool things about leaving a game camera in the woods is you never know what might be on the flash card when you go back to

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Night Stalkers Texans enjoy almost no restrictions on night-time varmint hunting using artificial light and even firearm silencers, as long as you hunt on private property that you own—or, of course, with permission. Hunting varmints with predator calls and artificial

Hunters Bring in Big Buck$ F or many folks, deer hunting is life. From Amarillo to Brownsville, north to south, and Texarkana to El Paso, east to west, it’s easy to see why. Local business owners revel in seeing camouflage from

December Beginnings & Endings D ecember is here and it signifies an end as well as a beginning. It is the end of another fine year on Sabine Lake and the beginning of some of the best redfishing on the upper

The Holidays are Special for Fisherman Too T he holiday season  for most Americans—Texans proudly among them—begins in earnest with the approach of Christmas. This is a time to spend with family and friends. However, there is no reason fishing

Try One More Cast; It May Be Turn-On Time S o you have your honey hole, a fishing spot that has produced for you many times. You know the water temperatures and tidal movements that you like, and you might even

Cold Water Trophy Bait T he end of November and the beginning of December is when a lot of occasional coastal anglers clean their rods and reels and store them until they are ready to use them again in the spring. These

Getting Ready to Fish M ost people don’t catch  my attention as I find most are running hard at the speed of light and their brains are at the outer limits of what we call sanity—all trying to keep up with this

Fronts Push Fish, and Fishermen, into the Deep T he first significant cold front struck the Lower Texas Coast in late October this year, which hinted at an earlier winter than in recent years. Though it is rare that any one

Christmas dinner is a very special occasion. As family gathers to celebrate the most wonderful time of year, old family recipes are cooked and special attention is paid to all things culinary. Christmas is a perfect time to eat the

Empty Nests I had the privilege recently, of taking a friend of mine, Allen Foster, and his 12-year-old son, Justyn, fishing with Captain Carlos Garcia. A 60 pound stingray—the largest I’ve seen in some time—took both Allen and Justyn’s baits and was hooked

Help Me Help You F or weeks on end I’ve been floating in the brine. My throat, skin, and lungs have been seared by exposure to salty water and air, and I itch all over. Both inside and outside, my body cries

Fly Knots to Know I admit, I forget a lot of stuff. I’m getting older, there’s a lot of useless junk rolling around in my head (like the fact that Tegucigalpa is the capital of Honduras) I have no idea why I

Guns I Wish I Had Kept I n my early years as a confirmed gun lover my normal financial life was one of being flat busted. Because of this, if I wanted a new gun I generally had to sell or

Boat & Travel Shows Return to Central Texas The Austin Boat and Travel Trailer Show and the San Antonio Boat & Travel Trailer Show will return to Central Texas this January and February.  These shows are a fun for the

Innovative Trail Cam In this busy hi-tech world, it may be hard to find the time needed for proper scouting and finding those whitetails. More and more hunters have embraced this technology and have purchased trail cameras to do some