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Texas Fish & Game March/April 2024
February 24, 2024
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 […]
February 24, 2024
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 […]
February 24, 2024
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 & […]
February 24, 2024
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 […]
February 24, 2024
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 […]
February 24, 2024
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 […]
February 24, 2024
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 […]
February 24, 2024
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 […]
February 24, 2024
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 […]
February 24, 2024
Goodbye, Anchor! LISTEN: (5 minutes, 26 seconds) WE BOAT ANGLERS love to hate anchors. They clang and bang, making a fish-spooking racket. They chip fiberglass and ding aluminum. Hauling them up is a pain in the keister […]
February 24, 2024
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 […]
February 24, 2024
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 […]
February 24, 2024
Getting Physical on the Water and in the Field Feature Story by PAUL FUZINSKI LISTEN: (3 minutes, 32 seconds) THE PHYSICAL DEMANDS of both hunting and fishing always catch up to us, most often when we […]
February 24, 2024
What to Do When Your Pistol Optic Fails LISTEN: (3 minutes, 14 seconds) LOVE IT OR HATE IT, pistol mounted optics are more mainstream than ever. In fact, it would be absurd for a modern […]
February 24, 2024
Innovative Fly Tactics for BIG Pond Bass Feature Story by CHESTER MOORE LISTEN: (2 minutes, 42 seconds) POND BASS FISHING with fly gear might not be the most conventional approach, but for those who seek […]
February 24, 2024
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 […]
February 24, 2024
Black Drum Trinity Bay • • • Pheasant Kansas Post your own Action Photos and Check Out the TEXAS HOT SHOTS Photo Contest
February 24, 2024
SABINE LAKE & PASS Reported by CAPT. EDDIE HERNANDEZ Email Eddie Hernandez at ContactUs@fishgame.com Springing into Action LISTEN: (2 Min, 58 Sec) SPRING IS JUST AROUND the corner, and I for one could not be happier. […]
February 24, 2024
GALVESTON Reported by CAPT. DEREK YORK Email Derek York at spotstalkerfishing@yahoo.com The Fun of Exploratory Fishing LISTEN: (2 Min, 47 Sec) GROWING UP AS A KID in Oklahoma, I spent most of my time fishing from […]
February 24, 2024
MATAGORDA Reported by CAPT. MARK TALASEK Email Mark Talasek at MarkTalasek@sbcglobal.com No Time to Hibernate LISTEN: (2 Min, 37 Sec) I HOPE EVERYONE is doing good after being cooped up indoors for the winter. I would […]
February 24, 2024
PORT O’CONNOR Reported by CAPT. KIM GOULDEN The Role of the Rod LISTEN: (4 Min, 48 Sec) WITH SPRINGTIME CLEARLY in our sights, fishermen along the middle Texas coast are looking forward to warmer weather […]
February 24, 2024
Aransas Bay-Upper Laguna Madre Reported by CAPT. RICHARD THOMPSON A New Fishing Season LISTEN: (3 Min, 00 Sec) SPRING HAS SPRUNG, and we are excited to begin a new fishing season. The transition is […]
February 24, 2024
CORPUS CHRISTI Reported by CAPT. JAKE WHEELIS Blow Ups, and More Blow Ups LISTEN: (3 Min, 1 Sec) FIRST AND FOREMOST, let’s talk about this unreal winter we are having – it has been nothing […]
February 24, 2024
BAFFIN BAY Reported by CAPT. GERAD MERRITT Email Gerad Merritt at GeradMerritt@gmail.com Visit Online: ParadiseGuideServices.com The Three Baffins LISTEN: (2 Min, 27 Sec) I FEEL IT IS IMPORTANT to discuss the different areas that make up […]
February 24, 2024
LOWER LAGUNA MADRE Reported by CAPT. BRIAN BARRERA Email Brian Barrera at CaptBrianBFishing@gmail.com Visit Online: InshoreFishingSouthPadre.com Counting Sheep and Big Trout LISTEN: (2 Min, 23 Sec) TROPHY TROUT, great flats fishing, and sheepshead galore. That’s […]
February 24, 2024
HotSPOTLight: UPPER TEXAS COAST • • • LOCATION: Christmas/Bastrop Bay HOTSPOT: Arcadia Reef GPS: N 29 1.734, W 95 12.574 (29.0289, -95.2096) SPECIES: Flounder BEST BAITS: Soft plastics, live bait SOURCE: Texas Lakes & Bays Fishing […]
February 24, 2024
Reported by TF&G STAFF HotSPOTLight: Lake Pinkston Email us at ContactUs@fishgame.com • • • LOCATION: Lake Bob Sandlin HOTSPOT: Cypress Creek Channel GPS: N 33 2.009, W 95 6.385 (33.0335, -95.1064) SPECIES: Catfish BEST BAITS: Liver, prepared […]
February 24, 2024
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 […]
February 24, 2024
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 […]
February 24, 2024
Hunters Compete in Statewide Varmint Hunt LISTEN: (9 Minutes, 52 Seconds) EVERY YEAR IN THE CENTRAL TEXAS town of Holland, hunters excitedly await the opportunity to compete in the “Feral Texas Outdoor Varmint Hunt.” Feral Texas Outdoors […]
February 24, 2024
Fish Bait Soup OPEN SEASON | by TF&G Humor Editor REAVIS Z. WORTHAM LISTEN: (6 minutes, 38 seconds) DELBERT P. AXELROD came through the glass door of Doreen’s 24 HR Eat Gas Now Café with a […]
February 24, 2024
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February 1, 2024
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 […]