Hawg Hunting Season WE ARE ON THE CUSP of another lunker season in Texas. Bass junkies, it’s time to get your game faces on and get ready for war! More heavyweight Texas bass are caught between January and April than at any […]
TEXAS FRESHWATER by Matt Williams – January/February 2022 Read More »
Boating and Fishing are Major Economic Drivers THE BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS (BEA) released its 2020 report on outdoor recreation’s economic impact, which confirmed that boating and fishing remain the number one contributor to this critical sector of the U.S.
BOATING BOOM – January/February 2022 Read More »
Getting Snookered in Texas WHEN IT COMES TO inshore fish, there’s no doubt that snook dominate their class. And yes, besides Florida, Texas is home to a fishable and expanding population of snook. Their pronounced, black lateral line is something to
GOING COASTAL by Kelly Groce – January/February 2022 Read More »
Shyrock Uses a Jack Hammer on Texas Bass BASS PRO TOUR competitor Fletcher Shryock loves grass fishing so much that he left his native Ohio for the shores of Lake Guntersville in Northern Alabama. It’s a big fish factory, known for
THE BASS UNIVERSITY by Pete Robbins – January/February 2022 Read More »
St. Croix Rod and TF&G Team Up to Promote Conservation Activism to High School Bass Anglers BASS FISHING AND conservation go hand-in-hand. St. Croix and Texas Fish & Game want to take this to the youth and incentivize conservation activism among
HIGH SCHOOL ST. CROIX CONSERVATION CHALLENGE – January/February 2022 Read More »
Accepting the Cold, Hard Fact It’s Winter SABINE LAKE & PASS Reported by CAPT. EDDIE HERNANDEZ Email Eddie Hernandez at ContactUs@fishgame.com HERE WE ARE, right in the thick of the coldest months of the year. Many of us are catching ourselves
FORECAST CENTER: Saltwater – January/February 2022 Read More »
[info_box title=”CURRENT LAKE LEVELS” image=”” animate=””] Source: Water Data for Texas [/info_box] Time to Fish the Depths for Bass and Crappie Reported by TF&G STAFF Email us at ContactUs@fishgame.com • • • LOCATION: Lake Bob Sandlin HOTSPOT: Monticello Cove
FORECAST CENTER: Freshwater – January/February 2022 Read More »
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
SPORTSMAN’S DAYBOOK – Tides & Prime Times – January/February 2022 Read More »
“As they say, history doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes.” THAT QUOTE FROM Mark Twain could not be more fitting as we enter 2022. At the time of this writing lockdowns are occurring globally. Things aren’t exactly the same as
SPECIAL SECTION – BEST OF THE TEXAS OUTDOORS – January/February 2022 Read More »
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A Texas Cooperative Extension survey of 491 East Texas landowners indicates that feral hog populations dramatically increased during the last ten years. Prior to the survey, it was known that feral hog numbers were rapidly rising in East Texas starting
East Texas Hog Numbers Have Skyrocketed Read More »
The Department of the Interior has announced the formation of the Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council, a federal advisory committee that will consist of America’s leading experts on hunting, wildlife and conservation. Comparable versions of the Council have spanned several
Delta Applauds New Hunting/Conservation Council Read More »
“You’ve got to check this out.” That text from my friend Nolan Haney was accompanied with a screen shot from an East Texas hunting group on Facebook. It included a photo of a smoke-phase turkey, a rare color morph but
The Smoke-Phase Turkey Of East Texas Read More »
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is seeking public input on the proposed rules changing bag and size limits for spotted seatrout on the middle and lower Texas coast. The proposed rules would reduce the spotted seatrout bag limit
TPWD Scoping New Speck Regulations Read More »
There are quite a few regulations that dictate what you can and cannot use as bait while fishing in federal waters or with federally managed species. Many of the regulations aren’t directly related to guidance on the use of species
Can You Use Mackerel For Bait? Read More »
In 2021, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service added nearly 7,000 acres of public land to the National Wildlife Refuge System in Texas. This brings the total number of Service-managed lands in the state to nearly 700,000 acres at 19 National Wildlife
Texas Wildlife Refuges Grow by 7,000 Acres Read More »
Wolves are charismatic, conspicuous, and easy to single out as the top predator affecting populations of elk, deer, and other prey animals. However, a new study has found that the secretive cougar is actually the main predator influencing the movement of elk
Study Shows Elk Fear Cougars More Than Wolves Read More »
If southern flounder live in warmer water during a critical window of early development, a higher percentage become male – more than 90 percent in some cases – research from North Carolina State University found. Having a high proportion of
Warmer Water Linked To More Male Flounder Read More »
African Painted Wild Dogs require vast areas for roaming, hunting, and breeding. They move relentlessly in search of prey, often covering as mush as 50 to 80 kilometres in a day. This has made tracking and recording of their habits
Encountering Africa’s Wild Dogs Read More »
