2018

MALLARD OR MOTTLED? Making Sure You Don’t Pull the Trigger on the Wrong ‘Mallard’ I’VE ALWAYS HAD A SOFT SPOT in my heart for the mottled duck. But before I ever heard the name “mottled duck,” hunters talked about “black mallards.” The mottled duck is a […]

Whoo Hoo IT’S FINALLY OCTOBER. Let the games begin. Believe me, it really is a game. It is up to you whether you win or lose. If you have done your preparations, practiced enough and have done all of your

Natural Point of Aim FINDING YOUR NATURAL POINT OF AIM will help you train your body to find its shooting position efficiently so you can get your gun on target quickly and consistently. Far too often I see awkward shooting

THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS a bow hunter needs are vast. Not only must you do the right thing at the right time, but you must do several things simultaneously with ease.  With all that’s going on, you should not worry

Public Land Enhanced for Waterfowl DUCKS UNLIMITED AND the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) are working to improve wetland habitat on Richland Creek Wildlife Management Area in Freestone County. The first phase of the project was completed in July

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Fish Between the Fronts IT IS ALL ABOUT TIMING when fishing Sabine in October. Although highly regarded as one of the best months of the year by many saltwater specialists, you definitely want to be here between fronts, or just prior

October… Fall Has Fell? THE FALL MONTHS are among the most pleasant on the upper Texas coast. This reasoning comes from the pleasant weather and enjoyable outdoor activities—and fishing is right at the top of those activities. Although September is

Try Something Different FISHING WOULD NOT BE CHALLENGING if you always caught fish, but when you are not catching, change and keep changing until you are catching. Change the underwater terrain that you are swimming your lure through, or the lure—or

Fall Into the Back Lakes SPARKLING SUNSHINE WITH much milder conditions is what October should have in store for the coastal bend area. This month marks the beginning of the fall fishing pattern where cooler water conditions typically coincide with

Sherpas of Fishing AS I STOOD at the starting line of my first triathlon, I looked around, most of the athletes were young not 62 years old like yours truly. They were slim and fit, built for distance, not chunky

Nueces Bay Produces a Trout Leader in CCA STAR ON A WINDY AFTERNOON IN JULY, Corpus Christi angler, Chris Grapentine was tucked inside some islands in Nueces Bay doing what the often does after work—fishing for speckled trout. He asked some

Fall Brings Great Fishing  SUBTLE SIGNS OF FALL ARE ALL AROUND NOW, from the quacking of ducks, geese and sand hill cranes overhead, to the tilted angle of the sun tinting the landscape with more golden tones. Cooler nights and

Beat a Southern Drum MENTION SOUTH BAY and most Texas Gulf Coast anglers, and they will think of big speckled trout, burly redfish, and of course, the flamboyant and acrobatic snook. Mention South Bay to Captain Carlos Garcia, and he

UPPER TEXAS COAST LOCATION: Keller Bay HOTSPOT: Mud Reef GPS: N 28 36.467, W 96 28.059 (28.6078, -96.4677) SPECIES: Redfish BEST BAITS: Pink Skitter Walk topwater bait CONTACT: Capt. Tommy Countz 281-450-4037 tcountz@sbcglobal.net www.matagordafishing.com TIPS: “Topwater action early in the

PINEY WOODS LOCATION: Lake Conroe HOTSPOT: Main Lake GPS: N 30 26.208, W 95 36.654 (30.4368, -95.6109) SPECIES: Largemouth Bass BEST BAITS: Pop’rs, buzzbaits, spinnerbaits CONTACT: Richard Tatsch 936-661-7920 admin@fishdudetx.com www.fishdudetx.com TIPS: “The black bass will begin to feed on

The following pages contain TIDE and SOLUNAR predictions for Galveston Channel (N 29.3166°, W 94.88°). TIDE PREDICTIONS are located in the WHITE SPACE above the TIDE GRAPHS on the Calendars. Use the Correction Table in the RIGHT TAB BELOW, which

NO STATE HAS MORE unique hunting and fishing opportunities than Texas. We really have   something special here with the nation’s largest whitetail, feral hog and wild turkey populations. On the fishing side we are tops for bass and have

Teal Tenderloin Wraps AS WATERFOWL SEASON kicks in to full gear, a favorite hunting trip of mine, my boys and Remi the Red Lab is the pursuit of ducks. And when it comes to eating teal is tops. When you

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