2018

IN 2017, THE TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT (TPWD), the Llano River Watershed Alliance and Bass Pro Shops partnered to help celebrate conservation successes in the South Llano River and to recognize the ecological, recreational and economic importance of Guadalupe […]

Keeping Your Cool in a Dicey Situation R IKI PIKE HAS BEEN DRIVING bass boats longer than he’s been driving pick-up trucks. The 32-year-old angler from Silsbee claims he has bucked some big waves on some of Texas’s largest reservoirs

Why Do They Keep to a Small Slice of South Texas? THE NILGAI ANTELOPE is one of the most sought after exotic species in Texas. According to the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, nilgai are native to Pakistan and India

How Texans Got an 82-Day Snapper Season T EXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT (TPWD) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) have agreed on what is the longest red snapper season in many years. Under the Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) program,

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Take Advantage of July Conditions I ‘M NOT QUITE SURE how it happened so fast, but somehow or another we’ve already made it past the halfway point of 2018. July has snuck up on us, and in case you haven’t started

‘Hot’ Fishing Centers Around July O N THE SOUTHERN COAST OF TEXAS —which for my purposes includes Galveston and Freeport where land ends and the Gulf of Mexico begins—July is usually the “middle” of the summer season. Some years, our

Matagorda Offshore, in the Bay, and in the Surf H ALLELUJA! We finally have a real red snapper season in federal waters, more than nine nautical miles offshore. Back in 2005, I fished for red snappers at the V.A. Fogg wreck

Fishing the Signs, Not the Spot I T’S HALF-PAST SIX in the morning, and you’re already behind schedule. You’re just idling-up to your first choice of a wading spot for the day, but you should’ve already been in the water for

Non-Zero Sum T HESE COMMENTS AND MANY MORE are just a sampling of real life conversations I have been a part of the past several months. “The phone is just not ringing like it has this time of year in the

Tried, True Popping Cork T HE POPPING CORK/SHRIMP COMBO is undoubtedly the most used technique along the coast to catch speckled trout. Why? Because it features one of the specks’ favorite foods, and it’s easy to use for the novice angler

In the Clear G LORIOUS CLEAR WATER has enveloped Baffin Bay and all of its finger bays, such as the Cayo del Grullo and Alazan Bay. This gives all anglers a unique look into why this place is so special. On

Rock On S OMETIMES, YOU JUST DON’T want to go through the expenditure and trouble of getting your boat on the water. Rising gas prices, monstrous traffic, and the trouble finding parking on a crowded boat ramp parking lot just seem

UPPER TEXAS COAST LOCATION: Sabine Lake HOTSPOT: Stewt’s Island GPS: N 29 58.159, W 93 50.782 (29.9693, -93.8464) SPECIES: Shark, Tarpon BEST BAITS: Shad CONTACT: Capt. Mike Williams 713-256-9260 www.galvestonsharkfishing.com TIPS: “When you think of sharks, people think about 500

PINEY WOODS LOCATION: Lake Fork HOTSPOT: Main Lake Deep Water Points and Humps GPS: N 32 54.804, W 95 38.322 (32.9134, -95.6387) SPECIES: Largemouth Bass BEST BAITS: “Top water frog lures, football head jigs (Vicktory Jig from Finch Nasty Bait

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

SCI Engages Media to Save Hunting SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL is taking the message of hunting to the mainstream media and beyond as part of a new communications effort to let the world know how hunting helps assure a bright future

Daiwa Exist Spinning Reels THE NEW EXIST SPINNING spinning reels represent 60 years of Daiwa innovation and the long range vision of a company founded in 1958. The spinning reel body features Daiwa’s LT Concept, light yet tough. The Magnesium

Mustard Dry Boat Bag and Double Rigger Wallet When most people think of Mustad, they think of a heritage of hook manufacturing as the oldest and largest hook manufacturer in the world but they have also ventured into making other

Beef Fajitas (Serves 4 to 6) You can increase the recipe in equal increments as necessary THIS IS AN AWESOME RECIPE that I developed back in the mid 1980s. I have won many a cook-off with this recipe in and around