Texas Fish & Game

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May 25, 2017

TEXAS TENTACLES by Chester Moore

A 1972 Robalo sportfishing boat pulled up to an oil platform off the coast of Corpus Christi. As the waves rose and fell around this giant manmade structure, Capt. Bill Sheka lowered a big hunk of […]
May 25, 2017

QUALITY TROUT UNDER THE BIRDS by Chester Moore

The easiest way to catch speckled trout in Texas bays is to look for gulls diving over the shrimp and shad that specks send to the surface. But can anglers specifically target large speckled trout under […]
May 25, 2017

TEXAS SALTWATER by Calixto Gonzales

Playing Well With Others his is a column that I occasionally moved to compose, but some other seemingly more pressing subject pops up that demands my attention. Even so, the grist for this piece never dissolves or blows […]
May 25, 2017

CATCHING FISH & FUN IN A ROADSIDE GULLY

It was one of the few times Dad did not want to take me fishing. Every day mom and I drove by a little gully on the way to school, and every time we passed it, […]
May 25, 2017

THE TF&G REPORT

Mottled Ducks Being Forced into the Open Gulf The mottled duck has always had a soft spot in my heart. They are a native duck of the Gulf Coast and always symbolized the brackish-intermediate wetland I […]
May 25, 2017

TEXAS HOT SHOTS

Redfish Galveston Whitetail Leon County Bass Sam Rayburn   Post your own Action Photos and Check Out the TEXAS HOT SHOTS Photo Contest
May 25, 2017

THE DEPT. OF DEFENSE

The Scout Rifle he late colonel Jeff Cooper, USMC Ret., was, and is, a familiar figure in the art of combat shooting. He founded the American Pistol Institute in Arizona, now called Gunsite Academy. There, he pioneered modern […]
May 25, 2017

THE DEPT. OF CONSERVATION

Fires Bring Benefits to Wildlife ire has been a conservation and habitat management tool as long as there have been land managers in Texas. However, sometimes blazes get out of hand—especially when it comes to natural wildfires—and […]
May 25, 2017

COASTAL FORECAST: Sabine

Summer Choices s summer finally makes its way to the Texas Coast, it brings with it an endless array of warm water, fishing patterns, techniques, destinations and opportunities. Just about every inshore species will be biting on […]
May 25, 2017

COASTAL FORECAST: Galveston

Under the Moon of June any years ago I had the honor of “serving my country” by being a member of the Coastal Migratory Pelagics Advisory Panel to the Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management Council. We dealt with […]