Winter along the Texas coast strips fishing down to fundamentals, and nowhere is that more apparent than fishing from the bank along ship channels. There’s no boat to reposition, no trolling motor to save a bad decision. You pick a […]
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is asking for public input on a proposed update to the rules governing commercial party boats — vessels that carry more than six passengers for hire on Texas inland waters. While the proposal
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When anglers debate where the next Texas state-record speckled trout will come from, the discussion often centers on personal experience or recent hot bites. A more reliable way to approach the question is to look at historical records, long-term production
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For decades, mountain lions have been considered absent from much of the eastern United States based on officially accepted range maps. But verified photographs tell a different story. Watch this new video here. The photographs discussed in this video were
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) urges caution as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is circulating among wild birds across the state as waterbirds and waterfowl migrate and congregate on their wintering grounds. Detected in all 50 states across the
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Winter red snapper fishing in Texas state waters doesn’t get the attention it deserves, but for anglers willing to brave cooler weather, it can be one of the most reliable times of year to put quality fish in the boat.
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Most people picture Texas as a place of longhorn cattle, armadillos along rural roads, and white-tailed deer slipping through mesquite brush. The state’s wildlife image feels settled and familiar. Yet Texas quietly supports animals many people never associate with it
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Winter speckled trout fishing in Texas can be highly productive if anglers adjust tactics to changing weather patterns. Trout behavior in winter is driven largely by water temperature, and short warm spells versus prolonged cool spells require different approaches. Understanding
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Catching winter redfish in Texas ship channels requires understanding how colder weather, deeper water, and tidal movement change the fish’s behavior. When temperatures drop, redfish concentrate in deeper, more stable environments—making ship channels one of the most consistent places to
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Due to technological advancements with Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), also known as drones, now widely available, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has noticed an increase in questions connected to their use in relation to fishing and wildlife. Some of the
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For decades, people across Texas and the Southwest have reported strange hairless creatures attacking livestock — animals many claimed were the legendary Chupacabra. But the real explanation is just a strange and we have it on my latest YouTube video. In
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Texas anglers have access to a premier location for rainbow trout fishing during the peak of the winter stocking season thanks to a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) “no fee” access lease on the Guadalupe River. Camp Huaco Springs,
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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has voted to allow an Atlantic menhaden catch that will not leave enough menhaden in the water for striped bass. Catch was set at 186,000 MT, when scientists said that a quota of 108,000
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As fall migration peaks, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reminds hunters that the Texas Chenier Plains Refuge Complex on the Texas coast are open for public waterfowl hunting. The National Wildlife Refuges in the Complex offer broad hunting opportunities
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Texas Fish & Game is calling on outdoor enthusiasts, hunters, landowners, and trail-camera fanatics across Texas and beyond to send in their strangest, funniest, and most unbelievable trail-camera photos and videos. If you’ve captured something weird, wild, or completely unexpected,
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Just in time for the holiday season, rainbow trout arrives at waterbodies across the state for the annual Texas winter tradition of trout fishing. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will begin stocking thousands of rainbow trout Nov. 26, the
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For years, the idea of Great White Sharks roaming the Texas coast has been treated as dock talk—interesting, exciting, but not taken too seriously. Yet the history of whites in the Gulf of Mexico, including Texas waters, is more extensive
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For decades along the northern Gulf Coast, anglers have shared stories of monster speckled trout—fish so long and heavy they seem more at home around nearshore reefs and rigs than in shallow bays. While most specks spend their lives inside
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Hunting wood ducks in river bottoms is all about understanding how these birds use tight cover, early flight times, and the natural food sources that collect along winding waterways. Success starts long before you take a shot. It begins with
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For anglers along the Texas coast, slicks are one of the most trusted clues that speckled trout and other predators are feeding. But experienced fishermen know that not every slick is worth chasing. Some are made by active feeding fish,
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