December 2020

In This Issue: Inside the Texas Bass Factory • A Lone Star Kayak Craze • A Horse Killing Spree? • Gunning for Gobblers • A Search for Super Trout • The State of the Outdoor Industry   [button title=”Return to

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A Year of Loss Ends in Loss  THE YEAR TWENTY TWENTY inflicted one more painful loss on us before it slithered off into history. On December 8, Calixto Gonzales, our dear friend and longtime TF&G Saltwater Editor, passed away in a

Gun Rights Coverage THANK YOU for your gun rights coverage in the Fish & Game Report during the election cycle. I appreciate that you didn’t endorse or even favor any candidate in coverage, but sort of let their own words

Now More Than Ever THE TINY BLACK and white fly barely made a ripple as it touched the crystal-clear water. It sank for a couple of seconds into an eddy before a beautiful brook trout struck and sped into the current.

Rancho del Mar THEY WERE CAVALIERS and swashbucklers, high-tide adventurers who during the early ’70s built an outpost overlooking one of the final frontiers for wade fishing for redfish and speckled trout on the entire Gulf Coast. They were Ray Fiveash,

How One Visionary Texan Created a Monster Fishery ANYONE WHO HAS followed the storied history of Texas bass fishing is sure to be familiar with the legendary name, Bob Kemp. Kemp was a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department fisheries scientist

“DAD THIS FRIED CHICKEN is great! I’m going to get some more,” exclaimed my 12-year-old daughter Faith. “That’s not chicken, kiddo. That’s the turkey I shot last Wednesday,” I replied. “Ooh gross!” she said while marching toward the kitchen to

Kayak Fishing Gets Bigger and Better in Texas KAYAKING IS NOT only here to stay, but opportunities are increasing annually for kayak anglers to fish competitively with anglers in motorboats. Twenty years ago, coastal anglers in places such as Rockport, Seadrift

Mysterious Horse Killings Reported Across Texas “YOU SEE IT ON social media all the time, but I never thought it would happen to me. Someone shot and killed our horse last night in his pasture in Port Mansfield. If anyone has

Cleaning Up OPENING DAY of my 2020 regular whitetail season, my daughter, son-in-law, and I were greeted at first light by the horribly loud sounds of 100-plus motocross racers on the property adjoining us on our south fence line. It

Brush Up for Winter Bass WHEN THE FRIGID temperatures of January engulf Texas, all bass, not just the Florida strains, get a little finicky. They not only don’t like the cold, it makes them uncomfortable, and shuts down their will to

A Super Speck Investigation Begins WHEN I WAS JUST a pup in the outdoor business, I wrote an article entitled “Age of the Super Trout” for Texas Fish & Game. It detailed a big trout encounter that inspired me to ask,

Always the Water BY THE TIME this hits print, the clock will have struck 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 2021. I’m certain every Texan, every American, every citizen of the world, will breathe a collective sight of relief and drink a

Bass That Go ‘Beep’ A TPWD Tracking Study Has Turned Up Interesting Results JAKE NORMAN and Todd Driscoll are Texas Parks and Wildlife Department fisheries biologists by profession and diehard bass junkies at heart. It’s in their DNA to ask why,

Moore Wins Big at Press Club TEXAS FISH & GAME Editor-In-Chief Chester Moore won big at the Southeast Texas Press Club awards held November 13. The awards, which recognize media based out of Southeast Texas, are a prestigious honor covering all