ALLIGATOR GAR | Copano Bay Brandon Ayers caught his first alligator gar while fishing on Copano Bay. The 48-inch gar was successfully released. CATFISH | Lake ConroeClinton Edwards Jr. and Hayes Puls caught several blue and channel catfish on Lake […]
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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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Bucks on a Budget: Make the Current Economy Work for Your Hunting • Chilled Specks: Tips for Big Fall Trout • Five For Fall: Top 5 Lakes for Fall Bass • Deer Season is Also Fall Turkey Season in Texas • Pronghorns: Texas’ Native Speed Demon • Special: Christmas in the Wild … and much more …
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How Fishing Improves Teamwork and Collaboration Skills A STUDENT’S JOURNEY through school plays a huge role in shaping their personality. As you grow, your experiences mold who you become. Life’s lessons—both inside and outside the classroom—show up in your thoughts,
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Fish populations around the world face significant challenges due to habitat loss, overfishing, pollution, and climate change. Conservation programs play an important role in maintaining fish populations by addressing these threats through targeted actions. From wildlife habitat restoration to sustainable
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Boats, just like cars, can lose their shine and beauty over time. They face many harsh elements like sun, saltwater, and debris, which can cause scratches and imperfections on their surface. However, you don’t need to worry! With the right
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Fishing is a very popular hobby (or even a sport, as some might say) that requires a certain level of knowledge and skill to be good at it. And if you appreciate this type of activity and maybe even consider yourselves to be great fishermen, it might come across your mind to share your experience.
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FROM TIME TO TIME, we use this space to report on changes, updates and challenges related to our “adventures” in cyberspace. As many readers know, Texas Fish & Game has had a presence on what old-timers call The World Wide Web since the early days of Compuserve and screeching modems…
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Editor: In our previous edition (July/August 2024), Doug Pike’s column “There is No ‘I’ In Speckled Trout” struck a serious nerve.
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IT FELT LIKE PARADISE. The little boy who grew up seeing pictures of men fly fishing in Montana streams in Sports Afield, Field & Stream and Outdoor Life was doing it as a man. Rainbow trout were biting and hitting a dry fly fished in the Cherry River fishing access area just outside of Bozeman, Montana…
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MANY WINGSHOOTERS agree that the mourning dove is our most “missable” bird. The mourner is the smallest of our significant game species, weighing a smidgin over four ounces (an ounce or so less than the chunky whitewing). And it flies fast…
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“WHAT IS THAT? my fishing partner (and now former Texas Fish & Game colleague) Nicole Becka asked me and our boat captain Robert Scherer. As she pointed toward the tip of the Port Aransas Jetties, several long black fins stood out of the water…
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COBIA (also referred to as ling, crabeater, or lemonfish) are a welcomed sight for any angler on the Texas coast this time of year. Known for their drag smoking battles and tasty table fare, cobia are a fun fish to go out and target and luckily for us, these predators can be found swimming around inlets, buoys, oil rigs and underwater structures…
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WE’RE ON THE CUSP of another duck season in Texas and Clay Shipes is anxious to see how things shake out on lakes and rivers across the Pineywoods. Shipes knows a thing or two about ducks and duck hunting. He is Texas Parks and Wildlife’s Regional Migratory Game Bird Specialist for East Texas…
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IF YOU FORGET EVERYTHING ELSE you read here, remember this. It could save your life: Where there is thunder, there is always lightning. And a lightning bolt knows no boundaries.
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TEXAS DEER HUNTERS ARE SPOILED. Let’s admit it. Most deer hunting is done by putting out a feeder, driving an ATV to a stand and sitting and waiting. Oh, there’s plenty of effort involved and sometimes a whole lot of time in the stand but it’s not like hiking miles into public land, carrying a climbing stand and waiting over an unbaited area for a deer to walk by…
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