Roy Neves

THE GOLDEN TIME HAS FINALLY ARRIVED! Those long hot days of summer have given way to beautiful cooler fall weather. Whitetail season is here baby! All those hours of walking through your favorite hunting spot are a memory. Now it is go time! Are you fully prepared? …

THOUSANDS OF TURKEYS are killed during the fall months in Texas. Most of those turkeys however are not called in like they are during the spring breeding season. They are shot at feeders and usually when deer don’t show up…

LaRUE TACTICAL HAS BEEN well known for years for their high tier AR style rifles as well as their return to zero quick detach optic mounts. The Siete is one of their newest editions to the LaRue line and it does not disappoint…

THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS offers some truly unique outdoors experiences during the Thanksgiving and Christmas season. Here are six easily accessible (for the most part) opportunities awaiting you and also some great wild game recipes…

AS TEXANS GEAR UP for waterfowl season and the fall fishing season, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) urges boaters, paddlers and waterfowl hunters to do their part to protect the Texas lakes we love from aquatic invasive species.

AS WE FIND OURSELVES nearing the tail end of yet another calendar year, I find it hard to ignore the feeling of excitement that keeps trying relentlessly to get my attention…

EVERY YEAR, TIME SEEMS to keep going by faster and faster and this year was no exception.  Great fishing, record heat and crazy weather hoping to be followed by a great winter of fishing and hunting sure has made 2024 one to remember…

I am on the water 125 days a year on average.  The most common question is when is the best time of year to go fishing?  My answer is anytime you can go.  Followed by the best month is November for catching. ..

Fall/winter fishing is squarely in our sights.  Anglers up and down the Texas coast are dusting off waders and jackets to enjoy some of the best saltwater fishing of the year.  If you like fishing in the summer, you will love it during the upcoming months…

MOST MORNINGS DURING this time of year we feel like kings and queens of the bay as we find ourselves all alone on the islands and shallow flats along the shorelines, as if we own all this vast beautiful water system. This description describes the scenario perfectly about fishing this time of year…

BY NOW WE HAVE HAD a couple of cool fronts we’ll allow to pass as a cold front or two. The water has lost a heavy amount of boat traffic. Your favorite little slice of shoreline may not be touched unless it’s by your wading boots. It’s the only time of year it begins to feel like the old days…

WITH COOLER DAY APPROACHING we can expect a lot of changes in our fishery and the way we target our fish. I’ll start chasing snook of all sizes from 16”-39” in water slightly deeper than usual, targeting main bay points, deep riprap, and off the bank structure and seawalls.

Upper Texas Coast HotSPOTLight: Anahuac on Trinity Bay •  •  • LOCATION: Christmas/Bastrop Bay HOTSPOT: Wildlife Refuge Shoreline GPS: N 29 3.633, W 95 12.185 (29.0606, -95.2031) Christmas/Bastrop Bay: Wildlife Refuge Shoreline  SPECIES: Flounder BEST BAITS: Live bait, topwaters,

Reported by TF&G STAFF More Hotspots Available in the 2024 Texas Lakes & Bays Fishing Atlas www.FishGame.com/fishgamegear   CURRENT WATER LEVELS • • • East Texas HotSPOTLight: Lake Nacogdoches •  •  • LOCATION: Lake Bob Sandlin HOTSPOT: Monticello Cove GPS:

The following tables contain TIDE and SOLUNAR predictions for Galveston Channel.

The following tables contain TIDE and SOLUNAR predictions for Galveston Channel.

WITH HER HANDS ON BOTH HIPS in the back forty of our Lamar County place, the War Department stared upward at the 55-gallon barrel feeder sitting a hundred yards from our deer stand. “It’s awful rusty.” …

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