Flounder Revolution

Texas Fish & Game magazine posted on their Facebook page, “send us photos of kids with their first flounder” so I did, and they sent her a neat token & sticker to promote flounder conservation.

Hailey caught her first doormat flounder that we CPRed (Catch Photo & Released) back in June. Thank you, Chester Moore, for the token!

Hailey Langford earned a token and decal with her first flounder catch.
(Photo: Courtesy Daniel Langford)

Daniel Langford

Editor: Thank you for sending us the great photos and for teaching your daughter CPR of flounder. Any kid who caught their first flounder from 2020 on can earn the First Flounder token and Flounder Revolution decal. Email photos and kid’s name to chester@chestermoore.com.

Doggett Fan

I have always enjoyed your stories and tips on hunting and fishing for years. When I lived in Houston, Bob Brister and you were the outdoors writers for the Houston Chronicle.

I left Texas for job offers in the Midwest back in ’85 and since then I was lucky enough to get your writings in the TF&G magazine. I like your stories of the old days around Houston and the Gulf Coast.

You may remember back in the ’70s that Houston had a few local TV shows hosted by outdoorsmen that would show their exploits on 16mm (or 8mm) film and narrate accordingly. (Channels 26 & 39 come to mind.)

I always watched them with my dad on our black and white console showing trips to the valley for white-wing shooting or the gulf for trout or a lake like Toledo Bend for bass in those new-fangled narrow fiberglass “bass-boats.”

In TF&G, I would love to read your recollections of those old guys and their contributions to the outdoors.

I bought your book “Outdoor Chronicles” and would certainly enjoy a new publication by you. Thank you for sharing your stories and advice on the great Texas outdoors and keep that ink flowing!

Rex Cauthen

Kansas City, MO

Editor: We love Joe’s work too. Thanks for following him in TF&G.

Freeze Coverage

Thank you so much for your coverage of the freeze in the e-newsletter. I appreciated the fact you had someone out in the field gathering information. That kind of coverage is why I am a loyal reader.

Ted Dickinson

Your stories on the freeze were the first I saw and the most detailed. Thank you for going the extra mile in putting out that information. I was particularly interested in what you wrote about the nilgai antelope and other exotic animal deaths.

Tyson Moxley

I appreciate your work raising awareness to tarpon and snook deaths in the freeze. Everyone was understandably totally focused on trout, but you also touched on tarpon and snook and for someone who loves both species that meant a lot.

Evan Englund