Roy Neves

TWO INSTITUTIONS HAVE BEEN toiling in the trenches as advocates for Texas coastal anglers for more than forty years. One of them has been doing it as part of its for-profit business plan. After all, endorsing protection of the very field its customers play on is the definition of “good for business.”

A Perfect Shot MY GRANDDAUGHTER, Taylor, her Uncle Bret, and I were in a tower stand in the Texas Hill Country when Taylor saw the buck through the spotting scope. The deer was about 50 yards away, slipping into and

SEVEN TAILS. Seven beautiful bronze tails with a dot in the middle. That’s how many I counted before shooting a white shrimp-patterned fly their direction.

WE’VE HAD SEVERAL MONTHS now to consider and reconsider, to hash and rehash the new speckled trout limits. To those of you who still consider the changes somehow unfair or ineffective or otherwise unsuitable to you—without consideration that their purpose is to rebuild and maintain this state’s trout population for the enjoyment of all licensed anglers—I say this: Come up with something better, stop griping…or stop fishing.

Catching Biodiversity on a Jetty Safari Feature Story by CHESTER MOORE   LISTEN: (5 minutes, 49 seconds)   JETTIES EMERGE AS PRIME spots for reeling in sizable catches from modest vessels throughout the summer season.  Attracting a diverse array of

…is a State Record in the Cards? Feature Report by TF&G STAFF LISTEN: (8 minutes, 19 seconds)   THE 2024 TOYOTA SHARELUNKER program was full speed ahead and produced an exceptional collection season for the fourth consecutive year. Anglers contributed

New Carcass Disposal Rules Plus… Venison-to-Human Transmission? Feature Story by TF&G STAFF LISTEN: (6 minutes, 25 seconds)   OFFICIALS WITH THE NATIONAL DEER ASSOCIATION are urging caution about a report from the University of Texas Health Science Center published in

Not Quite the Best Time of the Year by LOU MARULLO | TF&G Hunting Editor LISTEN: (5 minutes, 43 seconds)   MANY PEOPLE WOULD AGREE that the summer months are the best! I am not one of those people. No