2024

AS WE FIND OURSELVES nearing the tail end of yet another calendar year, I find it hard to ignore the feeling of excitement that keeps trying relentlessly to get my attention…

EVERY YEAR, TIME SEEMS to keep going by faster and faster and this year was no exception.  Great fishing, record heat and crazy weather hoping to be followed by a great winter of fishing and hunting sure has made 2024 one to remember…

I am on the water 125 days a year on average.  The most common question is when is the best time of year to go fishing?  My answer is anytime you can go.  Followed by the best month is November for catching. ..

Fall/winter fishing is squarely in our sights.  Anglers up and down the Texas coast are dusting off waders and jackets to enjoy some of the best saltwater fishing of the year.  If you like fishing in the summer, you will love it during the upcoming months…

MOST MORNINGS DURING this time of year we feel like kings and queens of the bay as we find ourselves all alone on the islands and shallow flats along the shorelines, as if we own all this vast beautiful water system. This description describes the scenario perfectly about fishing this time of year…

BY NOW WE HAVE HAD a couple of cool fronts we’ll allow to pass as a cold front or two. The water has lost a heavy amount of boat traffic. Your favorite little slice of shoreline may not be touched unless it’s by your wading boots. It’s the only time of year it begins to feel like the old days…

WITH COOLER DAY APPROACHING we can expect a lot of changes in our fishery and the way we target our fish. I’ll start chasing snook of all sizes from 16”-39” in water slightly deeper than usual, targeting main bay points, deep riprap, and off the bank structure and seawalls.

Upper Texas Coast HotSPOTLight: Anahuac on Trinity Bay •  •  • LOCATION: Christmas/Bastrop Bay HOTSPOT: Wildlife Refuge Shoreline GPS: N 29 3.633, W 95 12.185 (29.0606, -95.2031) Christmas/Bastrop Bay: Wildlife Refuge Shoreline  SPECIES: Flounder BEST BAITS: Live bait, topwaters,

Reported by TF&G STAFF More Hotspots Available in the 2024 Texas Lakes & Bays Fishing Atlas www.FishGame.com/fishgamegear   CURRENT WATER LEVELS • • • East Texas HotSPOTLight: Lake Nacogdoches •  •  • LOCATION: Lake Bob Sandlin HOTSPOT: Monticello Cove GPS:

The following tables contain TIDE and SOLUNAR predictions for Galveston Channel.

The following tables contain TIDE and SOLUNAR predictions for Galveston Channel.

WITH HER HANDS ON BOTH HIPS in the back forty of our Lamar County place, the War Department stared upward at the 55-gallon barrel feeder sitting a hundred yards from our deer stand. “It’s awful rusty.” …