2020

In This Issue: Catching Monster Bass • Happy Valentine’s Spawn • A Texas World Record Speckled Trout? • Finding a Proper Backpack for Fishing • Real Hog Attacks • Plus: New Fish & Game Fishing Forecast Center and Fish &

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The Art of Forecasting ONE OF THE MOST important aspects of outdoor pursuits, especially fishing, is the ability to accurately predict the future. Like high-stakes gamblers and Wall Street speculators (which, come to think of it, are basically the same

Turkey Questions DEAR CHESTER, I follow your work on turkeys closely and have a question about these great game birds. How would you rank taking a wild turkey with a bow in comparison to other game in North America? Adam

An Open Letter To Animal Apologists I LOVE ANIMALS. Besides being a lifelong hunter and angler, I have always had companion and guard dogs. My wife Lisa and I run a small zoological facility with more than 50 species ranging

Listen Up, Choir IF TEXAS WANTS to retain its hunting heritage and rightful reputation as a hunter-friendly state, its sportsmen must reacquaint themselves with how to conduct themselves on other people’s land. Up front, I know that presenting this piece to

February Spawns are Not Uncommon on Texas Lakes TEXAS BASS PRO Tommy Martin of Hemphill likes to remember that spring-like morning back in the winter of 2013. It was February 7 and the weather had been unseasonably pleasant across eastern

Crews Gives ’Em a Little Lip in February A RAT-L-TRAP may be the longstanding power fishing technique for Texas largemouths in February, and a swimbait is the newly stylish way to tempt big ones. Nevertheless, when Virginia pro John Crews

FLY FISHERMEN Carl “Bud” Rowland caught the current official state record speckled trout May 23, 2002 in Lower Laguna Madre. It weighed 16 pounds and measured a monstrous 37 inches. This replaced the record trout Jim Wallace caught in 1996

Hone Your Casting Skills & Pick the Right Spots CATCHING MONSTER BASS is not an accident. Sure, some newbies are blessed to somehow hook into a 10-pounder while they’re pulling out a backlash at the back of the boat. But those

Resolve to be a Better Boater WELCOME TO 2020, folks! With a new year rolling in, it’s a good time to look at what we did right on our boats in 2019, what we did wrong, and what we need to

Finding the Proper Backpack for Fishing WALKING IN AND around the rocky Nueces and Llano Rivers is a risk-for my gear. I’m a bit of a bull in a china closet (more like a Cape buffalo) so my camera gear

Law Enforcement Precision Rifle Course RECENTLY I WAS invited to sit in at the local county’s precision rifle course. This course is designed to train and qualify county deputies to carry a precision rifle to use in the line of duty.

Never Give Up! WELL, ANOTHER DEER hunting season has come and gone, and I can only hope that you had more luck than I. This year, I decided I would shoot a big buck, only. It was just a personal choice.