February 2019

You Can Take It with You MANY AN ANGLER has a dream boat. Whether it is the tournament ready 22-foot bass boat with the Batmobile cockpit and free racing helmet, the shallow-running bay/flats hybrid with modified tunnel-vee hull, or the go-fast […]

Grab More Gobblers with these Decoy & Calling Strategies TEXAS IS HOME TO THE LARGEST population of wild turkeys in America. This is due to an enormous population of Rio Grandes (500,000) along with scattered easterns and a handful of

I’m Making a List “ARE YOU COMING THE WEEKEND?” I asked my grandson Jake. “Got a list of things we need to get done before we get too far into spring,” I told him. “Want to build a new ground blind

Odd Bullet Performance MANY YEARS AGO I was hunting deer in some rugged hills west of Uvalde. We had seen one particularly large buck in a rugged, brushy canyon that ran west from a small, clear creek. On this day we

Deploying Remote Control Aircraft to Catch More Fish DRONES ARE BEING USED by anglers more and more as they become more and more common. Today, using one to boost your catch rate at the beach is a smart—and fun—tactic. A drone

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT bass tournaments, images of high performance bass boats come to mind, as they speed across a lake to get to that remote hot spot. Those high performance boats need a huge amount of money for basic

CWD Containment Expands, Includes Sika and Red Deer THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT (TPWD) has confirmed chronic wasting disease (CWD) in three white-tailed deer in Medina, Dallam, and Hartley Counties, and in three mule deer in Hudspeth, Hartley, and

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March Brings Happiness MARCH IS HERE and I could not be happier. It is one of the most exciting months of the year for me, hands down. When it comes to spending time outdoors it is hard to beat the month

Good Things On The Near Horizon MARCH IS STILL A transition time on the upper Texas coast, with water temperatures just beginning to warm enough to encourage fish feeding activity. Inshore fishing will be slow, for the most part, for popular

Overcoming Challenges MARCH IS A CHALLENGING MONTH to fish, and in 2019 NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) is predicting a wetter than normal March for the bays of Texas. This will add to the usual challenges, but that is the

Deep Secrets for Specks MANY FOLKS ASSOCIATE the month of March as being the time when things begin warming back up after several months of bitter cold. Although it’s true that the spring solstice takes place near the middle of this

Dangerous Water ONE OF MY FAVORITE fishing tactics is wade fishing, especially when I am by myself. However, as a fishing guide I pretty much discourage wade fishing for my clients for two major reasons: 1) Putting an angler in

Now is a Good Time to Catch a Big Nasty LOOKING TO HOOK UP with a big fish in one of the Texas coastal bays? How about Old Nasty, or as I have heard anglers call them, “Old Rubber Lips.” Of

Springtime on Baffin Bay EVEN THOUGH ANY DAY spent fishing on this bay system can be an exciting adventure, no time of year seems to excite the seekers of trophy trout more than early spring. March, April and May have historically

Decisions, Decisions I KNOW WHAT YOU”RE thinking—Winter is not the time for Joe Angler. All the fishing is specialized and directed at trophy trout, “the fish of a thousand hours.” The typical weekend angler doesn’t have the time, ambition, or resources

UPPER TEXAS COAST LOCATION: East Matagorda Bay HOTSPOT: East End Reef GPS: N 28 44.145, W 95 42.444 (28.7358, -95.7074) SPECIES: Speckled Trout BEST BAITS: Norton Sand Eels, in Chicken-on-the-Chain and Black Magic colors CONTACT: Capt. Nick Mosley 979-943-7497 nmosely79@gmail.com

PINEY WOODS   LOCATION: Lake Sam Rayburn HOTSPOT: Boggy Creek GPS: N 31 21.558, W 94 19.7939 (31.3593, -94.3299) SPECIES: Largemouth Bass BEST BAITS: Rat-L-traps in red, spinnerbaits, soft plastics CONTACT: Mike Knight 936-635-2427 notechmike@hotmail.com www.easttxfishingguide.com TIPS: The water level

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

Baked or Grilled Stuffed Flounder FLOUNDER! No, we are not talking about that pudgy fraternity pledge in the movie “Animal House.” We are speaking of that flat, spotted, strange, bottom-hugging fish known as the southern flounder. For most of the