– In response to the devastating flood events of the past two summers, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is partnering with Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited (GRTU) to help conserve Guadalupe Bass, the official state fish, in its namesake
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Gulf Great White Sharks: Return of an Icon has earned another major honor, winning Best Short Documentary at the inaugural Orange Film and Arts Festival in Orange, Texas. The documentary, written, produced and narrated by wildlife journalist and former Texas
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There’s something special about a largemouth bass exploding on a topwater lure. And when fall arrives, some of the most exciting surface action of the year can take place on lakes throughout Texas. As water temperatures begin dropping, bass often
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Every coastal angler has experienced it. One week, speckled trout are stacked up along a shoreline, hammering shrimp and mullet with reckless abandon. A few days later, they’re gone. Did they move into deeper water? Did they head toward the
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Fall is one of the most exciting times of year to pursue striped bass in Texas. As water temperatures drop, these powerful fish become increasingly active, chasing schools of shad across open water and sometimes pushing them to the surface
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Texas deer hunters are reminded of regulation changes for the 2026–27 season, including expanded antlerless hunting opportunities in 21 counties, a revised definition of muzzleloading firearms and new provisions for certain managed properties in North Texas. The Texas Parks and
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Sometime in the mid-2000s, I was fishing for speckled trout along the Sabine jetties when I caught something completely unexpected. It wasn’t a trout, redfish or one of the other species anglers regularly encounter around the massive granite rocks that
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After we’ve had a strong cold front, target the mouths of rivers and the very largest bayous emptying marsh if you want to catch large numbers of redfish. As we all know, cold fronts purge the marsh of the shrimp,
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Deer hunters like deer are creatures of habit and over the last 20 to 30 years, they seem to have gotten into a rut of putting our corn and doe-in-heat scents and leaving their hunting experience at that. The truth
Corn Is Not Top Food For Deer Read More »
When Jaws hit theaters in 1975, it changed the way millions of people viewed sharks. But six years later, a strange documentary came along that made Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster look almost tame. It was called Great White Death, and it
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Few fish swimming in Texas waters command the kind of respect given to the tarpon. Known as the silver king, this magnificent fish has inspired generations of anglers to pursue it along the Gulf Coast. From the historic tarpon grounds
Texas Tarpon Titans: The Biggest Silver Kings in State History Read More »
Texas coastal anglers have just a few days remaining to legally harvest flounder before the state’s annual fall closure begins Sunday, Nov. 1. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) reminds anglers that the recreational and commercial flounder fishery will
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On Oct. 21, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) received confirmation of a detection of New World screwworm (NWS) in a hunter-harvested female elk in Pecos County. A sample was collected from the elk and was identified and confirmed
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What if an artificial egg could help bring a giant bird back from extinction? For centuries, creatures like New Zealand’s towering giant moa have existed only in museums, scientific records and the human imagination. But groundbreaking work at Colossal Biosciences
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October is a special month for redfish along the Texas coast, and anglers willing to look beyond the traditional shallow flats have a chance to encounter some truly massive fish. On Oct. 1, 2008, a 39.13-pound redfish measuring 48 inches
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Drought conditions can change the way anglers fish Texas reservoirs, particularly when targeting crappie. Areas that produced fish during normal water levels may become too shallow, while submerged brush piles, creek channels and standing timber can become more important as
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Fall brings some of the most interesting speckled trout fishing opportunities along the Texas coast, particularly around deep channels that connect bays with the Gulf. The Sabine-Neches Ship Channel is a prime example. Its deep water, adjacent flats, rock structure
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From the submerged timber of Sam Rayburn Reservoir to the oyster reefs of Sabine Lake, Texas fishermen face an incredible variety of fishing conditions. Finding fish in these environments has always required experience, knowledge of seasonal patterns and an understanding
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What if scientists could develop an artificial egg capable of helping restore bird species that disappeared centuries ago? It sounds like science fiction, but researchers at Colossal Biosciences are exploring technologies that could open new possibilities for wildlife conservation, biodiversity
Could Artificial Eggs Help Restore Extinct Birds and Save Endangered Species? Read More »
Late October and the transition into November can offer some of the finest speckled trout wadefishing of the year along the Texas coast. Cooling water temperatures, migrating baitfish and increasingly frequent cold fronts create opportunities for anglers willing to adjust
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