2403MarApr

In This Issue: Destination: Bass (Lunkers on the Edge of the Piney Woods)  •  Crazy But Real Spring Flounder Strategies  •  Sci-Fly Tactics for Big Pond Bass  •  Your Map to Whopper Spring Crappie  •  Getting Fit for the Outdoors

Published by Texas Fish & Game Publishing Co., LLC. TEXAS FISH & GAME is the largest independent, family-owned regional outdoor publication in America. Owned by Ron & Stephanie Ward and Roy & Ardia Neves. PUBLISHERS Roy and Ardia Neves EDITOR IN

The Fisherman Deal: Clash of the Texas Outdoor Titans LISTEN: (6 min, 08 sec) IN EARLIER LEGS of this trip we’ve been taking down memory lane, in observance of our 40th anniversary, we have recalled Fish & Game’s humble beginnings as

Thanks for Your Commitment I WANTED TO DROP YOU a note to say thanks for your great coverage of hunting and fishing in Texas. Your efforts to provide information and resources for everyday folks like me who enjoy the outdoors

You Matter LISTEN: (5 Min, 13 Sec)   QUIET, CLEAR NIGHTS in the Texas Hill Country are beautiful. There’s a certain sense of peace in the air and a host of stars, planets and constellations shine brightly overhead. As the group

Back Where I Belong, Wallowing in Wet Rice LISTEN: (6 Min, 15 Sec)   IT HAD BEEN A WHILE since my most recent goose hunt when, back in October, Ducks Unlimited’s John Gordon asked me to join him and a few

Your Map to Whopper Spring Crappie Feature Story by MATT WILLIAMS LISTEN: (7 minutes, 49 seconds)   IT NEVER FAILS. Each March, as water temperatures begin nudging the upper-50s on many Texas lakes, crappie begin crowding the shallows to set

Saltwater Strategies, Part 2 Feature Story by CHESTER MOORE LISTEN: (6 minutes, 55 seconds)   AS SPRING BLOSSOMS on the Texas Gulf Coast, large numbers of flounder start moving back into bay systems from their spawning period in the Gulf

Consistent Lunker Catches have Put Lake Conroe on the Map as a Big Bass Destination Feature Story by TF&G STAFF LISTEN: (6 minutes, 06 seconds)     LAKE CONROE, nestled along the western edge of East Texas, has long been

A Journey into the North American Model of Conservation Feature Story by TF&G STAFF LISTEN: (3 minutes, 00 seconds) THE NORTH AMERICAN MODEL OF CONSERVATION is the system that enabled the great comeback of American game species in the 20th

Call of the Wild Turkey by LOU MARULLO | TF&G Hunting Editor LISTEN: (5 minutes, 41 seconds) SPRING IS HERE and with it comes the promise of not only warmer weather, but it also ushers in the spring turkey season! Halleluia!

TPWD Ends Pursuit of Fairfield Park Property LISTEN: (4 Minutes, 01 Seconds)   Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will no longer pursue acquisition of the property previously occupied by Fairfield Lake State Park, now owned by FLG Owner, LLC.