Top 5 Tarpon Tips
Tarpon may not be the most common fish along the coast, but they could very well qualify as the most exciting catch for some anglers. How will you get ‘em? Fishing live baits, trolling plugs, and large jigs can all […]
Divers Can Help Flower Gardens
The coral reefs of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary have thus far been free of coral disease. However, Florida’s coral reefs are currently experiencing a multi-year outbreak of a stony coral tissue loss disease that has now spread over 200 miles across
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TX Coastal Freeze Kill-Update & Interview
The record-setting freeze event that struck Texas Sunday, has taken a dark turn along the coast as fish kills have been reported from Lower Laguna Madre to the Port O’Connor area. In his latest Higher Calling Gulf Coast podcast, Chester
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Report Freeze-Related Tarpon Deaths
“It’s only gonna get worse. I found this approximately 36-inch tarpon floating in the marina harbor….very bad day for the neighborhood.” That Facebook post from Dean Thomas of Slow-ride Guide Services in Aransas Pass was the first evidence of fish
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Hunter Enters Inelligible Buck In Contest
A Webb County game warden and Duval County game warden completed an investigation on an individual who had entered a deer into the local Muy Grande Deer Contest. The individual who shot the deer was from out of state and
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Group Aids Elk Conservation
In 2020, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation put millions of dollars on the ground in support of its mission of elk conservation. Those funds protected and enhanced more elk habitat, opened and improved access to more public land, and worked
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President Biden Addresses Guns
President Joe Biden released a statement on the anniversary of the infamous Parkland Shooting and in the address mentioned his coming actions on guns. The rest is directly from the President Biden’s statement. Three years ago today, a lone gunman
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NOAA Documents COVID Fishing Impact
NOAA Fisheries recently released economic impact figures caused by COVID-19 on the U.S. fishing and seafood industry, including wild harvest, aquaculture, and the recreational charter/for-hire sector. Most recreational charter operations were completely shut down in most coastal states beginning in
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Tribe Gets New Bison Herd
The National Wildlife Federation’s Tribal Partnerships Program today announced a partnership with the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians to collaborate on bison restoration to the Red Lake Nation in Minnesota. The partnership leverages a memorandum of understanding with Wind Cave National
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Trout Kill! Details On Coastal Kill Emerging
The worst blow to Texas coastal fisheries in modern history happened when major freezes hit the coast in the 1980s. Many coastal anglers are concerned we are getting a repeat right now. Listen to this special edition of Higher Calling
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Wardens Aid Disabled Vet
A Polk County game warden was contacted by a woman on social media asking if he had any meat to donate for her family of six. The warden donated deer meat and after getting to know the family, learned the
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Fish Kills Reported-(Updated)
The historic cold front that has invaded Texas has frozen much of the coastal marsh, backwaters and shallow portions of bays along the coast. The biggest concern for fisheries managers is fish kills and reports are coming in to Texas
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Groups Join on Behalf of Trout
Trout Unlimited and Fly Fishers International have entered into a formal conservation partnership, consummating the collective conservation focus of each organization to greater substantive effect. The agreement formally recognizes and acknowledges the shared conservation commitments of TU and FFI on behalf of
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Freeze: TPWD Closes Coastal Areas
AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has issued a temporary closure to saltwater fishing along parts of the Texas coast to protect resources during freezing weather conditions. The closure takes effect at 12:00 a.m. on Monday, Feb.
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Crab Trap Removal Saturday at Christmas Bay
The Christmas Bay Foundation will meet at 8am Saturday Feb. 20 at the Brazoria County Parks Seidler Boat Ramp to participate on the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) Abandoned Crab Trap Removal Event. We will have several boats and
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Could Drilling Impact Bonefish Habitat?
Bahamas Petroleum Company’s (BPC) offshore oil exploration, which began in December 2020, poses a greater threat to the US coastline habitat than previously suggested by the project’s Environmental Impact Assessment according to officials with the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust. Standing
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Not A Cat But What Is This TX Animal?
It crawled out of a hole in the base of an old live oak stump and sat atop as if it owned the world. The small, striking cat-like creature had a round face, with large cupped ears and a gorgeous,
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Lane Snapper, Triggerfish Limits Changed
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council took final action on a framework action to increase the lane snapper catch limits and modify the fishing season closure accountability measure. The most recent update assessment of lane snapper used catch and
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Choosing the Best Landing Net
Recently, my landing net was turned into a tangled mess of bent aluminum and shredded mesh by a very angry 47-inch cobia that maybe, just maybe, we should have played out a bit longer before landing. Then a week later,
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Jaguar Crosses North of Mexico Line
A trail camera captured the image of a jaguar in Arizona’s Chiricahua/Dos Cabezas mountain range Jan. 6. According to officials with the Chiricahua National Monument, it is the same male that has been photographed in the area off and on
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