Texas Fish & Game September/October 2022

In This Issue: Fall Big Bass Chase • Time to Hit the Surf • Gear Up for the Hunt • Back to Redfish School • The Right Gun for Bird Hunting • Why This College Girl […]

Hot Diggity Dog Days WHEW. THAT WAS ONE HELL OF A SUMMER. Literally. Heat records fell like wilted leaves, not just across Texas, but all over the U.S. and in places around the world that never […]

Rogue Waves Stories Make a Splash QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO, I was with a bunch of family members camping and fishing off the banks of the Brownsville Ship Channel. The banks we were fishing from […]

Caution in the Dark Outdoors “HEY CHESTER, WHAT’S THE MOST DANGEROUS thing in the woods?” A few years ago, I conducted a seminar on hog hunting and mentioned hog attacks. This was the first question, and the […]

Sunset’s Secret Thrill EITHER WE WERE EARLY, or the doves were late. Regardless, the South Texas brush was sweltering under 95-degree September heat—and no flights were incoming to water at the stock tank. “This is brutal,” […]

SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER SOMETIMES TRANSLATE to pretty tough times for Texas bass fishing junkies. A change in seasons is coming and the fish (and bait) may be scattered from here to yonder as they transition from […]

Fish Tales: Not All Bites are Created Equal IT’S NOT EVERY DAY you catch a 50-pound flathead catfish on rod and reel. The piscatorial giants are frequently caught by trot-liners, using live perch for bait or […]

REDFISH ARE THE ULTIMATE symbol of nearshore fishing along the Gulf Coast. Whether it’s pursuing tailing reds with fly gear in the marsh, monster bulls in the surf, or drifting for them over seagrass flats, this […]

Feeling the Tarpon Thump THE SUN WAS STILL BELOW THE HORIZON, and all you could hear was the fluttering of a massive menhaden bait ball that pelicans were dive-bombing. It was a gorgeous early morning at the […]

TEXAS IS A WINGSHOOTER’S PARADISE. There is no state quite like Texas when it comes to opportunities to hunt game birds. From by far the largest population of doves in the nation to pheasants in the […]

It’s the Little Things… HUNTING SEASON IS UPON US. With dove, early teal, and archery-only for whitetail starting within the dates of this issue, five total months of hardcore Texas hunting are about to ensue. Much […]

Whitetails & Extreme Heat “It’s Time!” Summer has been unseasonably hot and unfortunately dry. Finally, the “weather guessers” are predicting cool breezes and at least a chance of rain. Got to love those early days of […]

IT’S TIME TO GET READY for the best surf fishing of the year. That might seem odd since much of it is done during the spring and summer when warm Gulf temperatures allow for comfortable wading […]

THE BIODIVERSITY OF TEXAS is stunning. Whether it’s speckled trout and snook in the bays, whitetails, and turkeys in the woods or a host of introduced species, Texas has incredible opportunities for hunters and anglers. Every year, […]

Easing into Autumn Patterns SABINE LAKE & PASS Reported by CAPT. EDDIE HERNANDEZ Email Eddie Hernandez at ContactUs@fishgame.com AS WE EASE EVER SO SLOWLY into the fall fishing months here on Sabine Lake, I can’t help getting excited […]

Reported by TF&G STAFF HotSPOTLight: Lake Naconiche •  •  • LOCATION: Lake Bob Sandlin HOTSPOT: Pump Station Area GPS: N 33 5.192, W 95 1.021 (33.0865, -95.0170) SPECIES: Catfish BEST BAITS: Liver, prepared bait on Carolina […]

The following pages contain TIDE and SOLUNAR predictions for Galveston Channel (N 29.3166°, W 94.88°). TIDE PREDICTIONS are located in the WHITE SPACE above the TIDE GRAPHS on the Calendars. Use the Correction Table in the […]

The following pages contain TIDE and SOLUNAR predictions for Galveston Channel (N 29.3166°, W 94.88°). TIDE PREDICTIONS are located in the WHITE SPACE above the TIDE GRAPHS on the Calendars. Use the Correction Table in the […]

One Young Woman’s Personal Journey EVERYONE REMEMBERS how they felt when they killed their first deer, whether they were ten years old or twenty. Nothing can replace that feeling of bringing down your first buck or doe, […]

Rio Grande Turkeys Restored on the Rafter K Ranch RUNNING IS THE TYPICAL retreat method for wild turkeys. When spooked these big birds can move at impressive speeds but their flying ability is equally impressive. As Wade […]

SOMETIMES STANDARD BOW hunting methods don’t get the job done, so you have to resort to tricks. For example, where there are deer, there are also turkeys. Both are extremely wary animals and along with that […]

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In This Issue: Fall Big Bass Chase • Time to Hit the Surf • Gear Up for the Hunt • Back to Redfish School • The Right Gun for Bird Hunting • Why This College Girl […]