2205MayJune

In This Issue: CCA Star: Tag, You’re It!  •  Holy Crappie! A Panfish Trophy Quest  •  Gear Up for Family Fishing  •  Real Outdoors Woman: Passion Turns to Purpose  • The Right Rigs for a Coastal Grand Slam  •  Offshore: […]

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All the News that Fits IT THRILLED US when we unwrapped our new toy a few years ago. We were like a brood of budding race car drivers who got go-carts for Christmas and immediately began re-engineering them to compete

Turkey Coverage I JUST WANTED to give a shout-out to the awesome turkey coverage you’ve been doing. It seems like the Texas outdoors community does little on turkeys, but you guys go super in-depth on that and so much more.

Waves of Unusual Size UNEXPECTED OR “rogue waves” are one of, if not the most frightening thing an angler or boater can encounter. Waves of dangerous heights catch people off-guard each year and unfortunately kill people in Texas and other areas

Wade with Caution UNLESS Ancestry.com can trace your lineage directly to Tarzan or Wonder Woman, my advice is to be very cautious when you attempt to wade any unfamiliar river. The combination of variable depth, jumbled bottom, and powerful current can

Time to Head Offshore for Everything from Snapper to Tuna by Chester Moore THE FIRST OFFICIAL DAY of summer isn’t until June 21, but when May rolls around, one of the Texas coast’s most treasured pursuits begins to kick into

A Quest for Trophy Panfish by Matt Williams ASK ANY PANFISH JUNKIE and they are sure to agree that crappie are only where you find them. They are school fish by nature. Find one crappie and others are likely to

Eye See You IT’S NO SECRET that forward-facing sonar is all the rage these days in the fishing world. Pros and recreational anglers alike are relying on real-time technology such as Garmin Panoptix LiveScope, Lowrance ActiveTarget and Humminbird MEGA Live

Choosing the Right Rigs for Reds, Specks, and Flounder TF&G Staff Report REDFISH, SPECKLED trout, and flounder are the top sportfish along the Texas Coast. Catching all three in a day is often called the “Grand Slam” or sometimes the

TF&G Staff Report ASK ANY FISHERMAN about their most treasured fishing moments and most will share childhood memories at the beach, at a lake, or on a pier with their family. Sure, they’re proud to show you their bull redfish,

CCA’s S.T.A.R. Tourney Pays Big for Tagged Redfish TF&G Staff Report THE 2022 CCA-TEXAS State of Texas Anglers Rodeo (STAR) runs May 28 to September 5. This is the chief membership drive for CCA-Texas, and it spans the entire Texas

Rolling with the Tarpon DRIFTING OVER GIN-CLEAR as far as the eye can see is truly remarkable. It’s something that the Lower Laguna Madre is notorious for. The odds of catching a trophy speckled trout or stumbling upon a 100+ herd

Passion Turns to Purpose Story of a Real Outdoors Woman by Jennifer MacNaughton WHEN RECALLING my youth, the most positive memories from childhood involve the outdoors. As I grew into adulthood, I often returned to local lakes, parks and hiking

TF&G Staff Report THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION approved hunting regulations for the 2022-23 season at its March public meeting in Austin. Commissioners adopted the following modifications and clarifications to the 2022-23 Statewide Hunting Proclamation: • Establish mandatory buck

My 2021 Hunting Season and What I Learned THANK GOODNESS the most recent whitetail hunting season is over! Did I really just write that? My recently past whitetail season was most interesting. I hunted my place west of Houston, ranches near

TF&G Special Section DREAMS are important. Dreams are something to look forward to and strive toward. In our increasingly chaotic times, that’s something everyone needs in their life. For outdoor lovers, many amazing dreams can come true with a little

Deer Massacres and Endangered Species: America’s Teen Poaching Crisis Expands Reported by Chester Moore DOLPHINS ARE ONE OF America’s most beloved animals. From Flipper, who thrilled families on television in the 1960s to modern-day dolphin encounters at aquariums and resorts,