2024

TWO INSTITUTIONS HAVE BEEN toiling in the trenches as advocates for Texas coastal anglers for more than forty years. One of them has been doing it as part of its for-profit business plan. After all, endorsing protection of the very field its customers play on is the definition of “good for business.”

A Perfect Shot MY GRANDDAUGHTER, Taylor, her Uncle Bret, and I were in a tower stand in the Texas Hill Country when Taylor saw the buck through the spotting scope. The deer was about 50 yards away, slipping into and

SEVEN TAILS. Seven beautiful bronze tails with a dot in the middle. That’s how many I counted before shooting a white shrimp-patterned fly their direction.

WE’VE HAD SEVERAL MONTHS now to consider and reconsider, to hash and rehash the new speckled trout limits. To those of you who still consider the changes somehow unfair or ineffective or otherwise unsuitable to you—without consideration that their purpose is to rebuild and maintain this state’s trout population for the enjoyment of all licensed anglers—I say this: Come up with something better, stop griping…or stop fishing.

Catching Biodiversity on a Jetty Safari Feature Story by CHESTER MOORE   LISTEN: (5 minutes, 49 seconds)   JETTIES EMERGE AS PRIME spots for reeling in sizable catches from modest vessels throughout the summer season.  Attracting a diverse array of

…is a State Record in the Cards? Feature Report by TF&G STAFF LISTEN: (8 minutes, 19 seconds)   THE 2024 TOYOTA SHARELUNKER program was full speed ahead and produced an exceptional collection season for the fourth consecutive year. Anglers contributed

New Carcass Disposal Rules Plus… Venison-to-Human Transmission? Feature Story by TF&G STAFF LISTEN: (6 minutes, 25 seconds)   OFFICIALS WITH THE NATIONAL DEER ASSOCIATION are urging caution about a report from the University of Texas Health Science Center published in

Not Quite the Best Time of the Year by LOU MARULLO | TF&G Hunting Editor LISTEN: (5 minutes, 43 seconds)   MANY PEOPLE WOULD AGREE that the summer months are the best! I am not one of those people. No

Experiencing the Thrill of Fly Fishing for the First Time Feature Story by GRAYSON HIGHFIELD LISTEN: (5 minutes, 14 seconds)   LATE AUGUST IN THE Northern Wyoming mountains never reached more than seventy degrees. A cool afternoon found me in

What Makes This AR Unique? It Folds in Half LISTEN: (3 minutes, 24 seconds)   THE FIRST THING I ASK when I’m shown a new AR15 model is “what’s unique about it?” With so many different models being so similar—a manufacturer

Feature Story by CHESTER MOORE LISTEN: (2 minutes, 41 seconds)   LAST MAY, I JOINED my friend Gray Thornton and Capt. Eric Glass for three days of fly fishing for redfish in Lower Laguna Madre out of South Padre Island. On

How Will New Limits Affect Trout Fishing? Special Report by TF&G STAFF LISTEN: (1 minute, 27 seconds)   RULE CHANGES to bag and size limits for spotted seatrout are now in effect across the Texas coast. The new statewide changes consist

5 Tips for Boosting Your Boat’s Resale LISTEN: (6 minutes, 32 seconds)   THE COST OF A BOAT seems spectacularly high these days, but truth be told, boat prices have never exactly been cheap. And in reality, few people “spend” the

Time to Get Ready for the Best Seasons of the Year Feature Story by BRIAN JOHNSON LISTEN: (4 minutes, 28 seconds)   IT’S HARD TO IMAGINE that even though the temps are soaring outside, hunting season will begin shortly with dove

First Major Lake in 30 Years Opens in North Texas LISTEN: (4 Min 57 Sec)   WHEN BOIS D’ARC LAKE in Fannin County officially opened for use in April, Texas got its first major reservoir in more than 30 years.

SABINE LAKE & PASS Reported by CAPT. EDDIE HERNANDEZ Email Eddie Hernandez at GHGS.Eddie@gmail.com ONLINE: GoldenHookGuide.com Opportunity Knocks LISTEN: (3 Min, 23 Sec) THE WAIT IS OVER. It is now officially summer. Well, it actually has been officially summer for a little

GALVESTON Reported by CAPT. DEREK YORK Email Derek York at spotstalkerfishing@yahoo.com Online: SpotStalkerGuideService.com Beating the Heat LISTEN: (3 Min, 2 Sec) EARLY MORNINGS and late evenings may be the theme for a lot of us during July and August, with temps nearing

MATAGORDA Reported by CAPT. MARK TALASEK Email Mark Talasek at MarkTalasek@sbcglobal.com Online: TalasekGuideService.com A Good Day LISTEN: (00 Min, 00 Sec)   WHAT CONSTITUTES A GOOD DAY on the water?  Full limits?  Trophy fish?  The definition can have different meanings for everyone. 

PORT O’CONNOR Reported by CAPT. KIM GOULDEN Look for Something Different   LISTEN: (2 Min, 42 Sec)   JULY AND AUGUSTin the Port O’Connor area bring us many opportunities for inshore and nearshore targets. Our water temps are certain to