Houston Fishing Show Seminar Schedule

Texas Fish & Game Editor-In-Chief Chester Moore will host a seminar on flounder fishing at the Houston Fishing Show.

At 1:45 p.m. Saturday Moore will host “Flounder Revolution – Obscure Tactics for Spring and Summer Flounder”.

“I look forward to talking about some obscure and effective strategies for spring flounder and visiting with everyone who drops by the Texas Fish & Game booth to talk flounder and the great outdoors,” Moore said.

Houston Fishing Show History

The annual show first opened up its doors in H-town back in 1975 when founder David Holder, an avid outdoorsman, saw a need in the industry for fans and tradesmen to meet up with one another. Native Houstonians might even remember the Albert Thomas Convention Center, which is where the show was originally held. According to those who have been around since the beginning, the show started small and quickly turned into one of the largest that can be found anywhere.

About 30 years ago, current co-owner Cindy Martindale worked for Holder when he was a fish and tackle rep. For the past 15 years, Cindy’s husband Donald (who goes by Don) also became involved, handing the press and politics of the show while Cindy deals with the nitty-gritty of their various contracts.

Despite the ballooning size of the show and the national appeal that pulls vendors and attendees from far and wide, they’ve stayed true to the city of Houston, ignoring many attempts to get them to move the show elsewhere.

In October of 2020, founder David Holder passed away rather suddenly following a brief battle with cancer. For the record, there doesn’t seem to be a single acquaintance of Holder’s who doesn’t feel like one of his family members and recall him as such.

Don and Cindy were stunned, to say the least, and Holder’s family knew it was his wish for the annual event to keep taking place. They requested Don and Cindy make it carry on as it had been for nearly half a century. Chief operational duties passed to the married couple, and they vowed to continue on David Holder’s legacy.

49th ANNUAL FISHING SHOW SEMINAR SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2024
4:00 P.M. Freshwater Seminar – Living the Dream
4:45 P.M. Rich McCloskey – Tripletail Fishing in Louisiana
5:30 P.M. The Bite Me Podcast Show – John Lopez, Scott Null, Caleb McCumber, and
Dean Thomas
6:30 P.M. All of the Out Cast Charters Gang – Capt. Sharkey, Capt. Cajun Chris, Capt.
J.J and Capt. Shuga Shane – Ask the Guides, Inshore and Offshore Q & A

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2024
1:00 P.M. Capt. J.J. – Out Cast Charters – Monsta Mayhem
2:00 P.M. Capt. Billie Kocian – Fishing the Flats and Wade Fishing with Artificials
from Rockport to Baffin Bay
3:00 P.M. Richard Tatsch – “The Fish Dude” – Freshwater Fishing Techniques
4:00 P.M. Capt. “Cajun Chris” Brand – Out Cast Charters – Jetty Smackdown
5:00 P.M. Capt. “Scooby” Stubbe and Gary Land – Fly Fishing for Big Bass on Toledo
Bend
5:45 P.M. Billy Gerke – Foreverlast Hunting and Fishing – Wade Fishing Tactics
6:30 P.M. David Dillman – Fishing Galveston Bay
7:15 P.M. Tommy Ezell – Crappie Fishing Texas Lakes

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2024
1:00 P.M. Capt. Scott Null – Sight Casting – Everything from Reds to Tarpon in the
Port O’Conner Area
2:00 P.M. Bradley Doyle – Vice President Texas Catfish Association / Army Veteran –
Fishing Lake Conroe for Trophy Catfish, Crappie and Hybrids
3:00 P.M. Capt. Stacy Lynn – Saltwater Fly Fishing
4:00 P.M. Richard Penny and Daniel Hayes – Kayak Freshwater Fishing
5:00 P.M. Cajun Phil Broussard – Calcasieu Lake Fishing
5:45 P.M. Roy Crush – Texas Boys Outdoors, Michael Bosse – Down South Lures and
Capt. Erik Renteria Saltwater Guide Service – Fishing Galveston Bay
6:30 P.M. Capt. “Shuga Shane” – Out Cast Charters – World’s Largest Tacklebox:
Fishing the Galveston Jetties
7:15 P.M. Phil Ortiz – Flounder Fishing

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2024
10:45 A.M. Capt. “Scooby” Stubbe and Gary Land – Winning Crappie Tactics on
Toledo Bend
11:30 A.M. Lynn Smith – Fishing for Trout and Reds in the Port O’Connor Back Lakes
and Shoreline
12:15 P.M. Sean O’Connell – Tournament Secrets by 4-Time Redfish World Series and
Bassmaster Redfish Cup Champion
1:00 P.M. Jimmy West – Fishing Galveston
1:45 P.M. Chester Moore – Texas Fish & Game – Flounder Revolution – Obscure
Tactics for Spring and Summer Flounder2:00 P.M. *** KIDS FISHING CLINIC WITH FREE FISHING TACKLE ***
SPONSORED BY FISHING TACKE UNLIMITED, PURE FISHING AND
THE COASTAL BRIGADE – (located in the designated casting area)
2:30 P.M. Roy Crush, IV – Bass Fishing Texas Lakes – Along with Insights to High
School Fishing Series to Texas A&M College Fishing
3:15 P.M. The Hackberry Rod and Gun Team – Fishing Lake Calcasieu
4:00 P.M. Mike Jeffcoat – Fishing Venice Louisiana – Offshore
4:45 P.M. Kai Moulton – Slow Pitch Jigging

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2024
1’1:00 A.M. Richard Penny and Daniel Hayes – Kayak Saltwater Fishing
11:45 A.M. Capt. Sally Black – Secret Tactics for Trophy Trout in Baffin Bay
12:30 P.M. Richard Tatsch – “The Fish Dude” – Freshwater Fishing Techniques
1:15 P.M. David Dillman – Fishing Galveston Bay
2:00 P.M. Tommy Ezell – Crappie Fishing on Texas Lakes
2:00 P.M. *** KIDS FISHING CLINIC WITH FREE FISHING TACKLE ***
SPONSORED BY FISHING TACKE UNLIMITED, PURE FISHING AND
THE COASTAL BRIGADE – (located in the designated casting area)
2:45 P.M. Capt. “Sharky” Michael Marquez – Out Cast Charters – Inshore and
Offshore Smackdown in G-TOWN