Roy Neves

Texas Outdoor Nation Kudos I just picked up my May issue and was so excited to see the Texas Outdoor Nation section. There is definitely something special about Texas and you at Texas Fish & Game have tapped into it.

Don’t Believe Them A s I sat down to write my June column, I heard a political radio advertisement. It was in support of one of the Republican candidates and to say it got me fired up is an understatement. I had

Loose Lips, Golden Tips T he young bank fisherman was proficient. He carried proper tackle and used it well. He moved smoothly, hugging the shadows of the pond bank while fan casting to cover each station. I walked over and we

Jordan Farms I n late April, I got word through a good friend that Lyle Jordan had passed away. The name won’t mean much to most of you, but the man meant a great deal to Texas waterfowl hunting—and to me.

The Sportsman’s Food Plot Phenomenon N othing makes for more soulful, greasy, stimulating guitarlicks like adequate terra firma shrapnel twixt one’s ten digits of doom. Allow me to translate for the adventure challenged linguistics amongst us- The more a guitarplayer works

Water the Stakes? L ake Falcon is now about 22 feet below its conservation pool level. Choke Canyon Lake is more than 23 feet low. Lake Amistad, although much higher than it was a couple of years ago, still laps about

Is it Safe to Hunt and Fish on the Rio Grande Yet? I have to admit, I cringed a little when I first read this assignment. It centers on a controversial topic where the subject matter sometimes gets so badly twisted or

Casting to Cunning Tripletails With a limit of red snappers already cooling in tthe fish box, we decided to turn toward home. Perched high in his flying bridge, Captain Sammie Faulk watched with keen eyes and years of experience for

The Texas- Africa Connection has revitalized a world of exotic game animals I first saw the big kudu while sitting in a blind, hunting other game. It was a huge old beast, though near its last days. It hobbled along

Successful Hunt I know that most of the readers here, right now, have nothing but fishing on their mind. After all, it IS summer and in most states, that is the primary outdoor activity this time of year. Fortunately, Texas is

Tempt Deep Water Crappie with Vertical Jigging When crappie go deep to escape temperature extremes, anglers sometimes need to spoon-feed finicky fish.  In deep water, crappie might not chase baits far or aggressively, but they may hit something dangling in

The swamps, marshes and waterways of Texas are loaded with snakes. In most cases, every dark-colored snake encountered in these realms is labeled a “water moccasin” or “cottonmouth.” In reality, the vast majority are simply nonvenomous watersnakes or even other

A Writer’s Heroes O ne of the great perf I have as a writer is that I get to speak to students about my writing and my experience as a writer. Considering how the suits in Austin have completely mucked up the teaching