Roy Neves

SOUTH TEXAS IS A TRUE outdoorsman’s paradise, especially during the late summer and beginning of fall. This is my favorite time of year and favorite few fishing months to chase any and everything, especially big snook and tarpon. Mornings consisting of yellow-finned snook inhaling topwaters and silver gilded tarpon flying out of the water to afternoons hunting white winged dove over vast fields of sunflowers are hard to beat…

GIVE THEM COVER and bass will come. I thought about the connection pretty often while watching some of the nation’s top pros pick apart the shallows during Bassmaster Live coverage of the Elite Series event held earlier this month on the Sabine River in Orange. Nothing was off limits as the anglers plied the cover-rich river system for some of the tiniest bass anyone saw brought to the scales in a big league fishing tournament all season long…

WHEN I FIRST STEPPED INTO the world of crossbows back in 2009, it completely reshaped my understanding of bowhunting. Over the years, I’ve become passionate about sharing what I’ve learned with both seasoned hunters and newcomers alike. While crossbows bring a lot of advantages, there are a few key essentials every crossbow owner should have in their kit. Don’t worry. These aren’t fancy or expensive add-ons, but practical tools that can make all the difference in the field…

OF 545 AVAILABLE OYSTER LICENSES, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) received 115 commercial oyster boat license offers in round nine of its Oyster License Buyback Program, which, if all applicants participate, would represent a reduction by 21 percent of total oyster licenses in the state… PLUS, WITH THE ADDITION of three new properties, Texas’ 2025-26 hunting season will offer more public hunting opportunities through Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Public Hunting Program.

WHAT AN EXCITING TIME for outdoorsman in the great state of Texas! Over the next two months we should experience more of the same hot, muggy conditions that we’ve grown so accustomed to, as well as a glimpse of the cool, autumn conditions that are right around the corner…

HEADING INTO THE EARLY FALL MONTHS is like a restart for a lot of us as far as routines go.  The kids are headed back to school, and we are starting to fall back into a routine, just like many of the fish we chase!  The redfish are schooling up for their annual spawning season in the nearshore waters…

MATAGORDA HAS BEEN BLESSED with an abundance of rain this summer. An influx of fresh water usually means a good fall shrimp crop. That in return will make some great fall fishing. When the first cool front rolls through South Texas in September shrimp start their migration to the gulf waters…

WHEN THE TEXAS HEAT SETTLES IN and the tides turn lazy, redfish along the middle coast kick into full gear. Late summer is prime time for sight-casting these bronze bruisers in skinny water, and the best part? You don’t need live bait to get it done. With the right lures, timing, and a bit of grit, summer redfish are more than ready to crush artificials…

SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER are special here—a time of shifting winds, cooling water, and renewed movement among the fish we spend all year thinking about. However, with that said, the trout bite has been on absolute fire on the entire Gulf Coast…

MOTHER NATURE HAS BEEN HAPPY to throw plenty of rain our way this year in the Rockport area and I’m sure she will be throwing more at us for the start of dove season. I don’t think she likes that we make dove poppers out of her little birds…

BAFFIN BAY Reported by CAPT. GERAD MERRITT In the Heat of Autumn   LISTEN: (2 min, 27 sec)   WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT September and October other than it’s hot outside and the fishing is even hotter. I do not

SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER ARE truly two of my favorite months to fish. Our fishery shows off its versatility this time of year and you can almost target any species that our fishery has to offer. The kingfish are in at the inlet, big tarpon are hanging out, little tarpon are around, schools of bull reds are plentiful around the jetties and deeper areas of the flats…

Upper Texas Coast HotSPOTLight: Sabine Pass •  •  • LOCATION: Christmas/Bastrop Bay HOTSPOT: Christmas Bay North Shore GPS: N 29 4.009, W 95 11.625 (29.06681667, -95.19375) Christmas/Bastrop Bay: Christmas Bay North Shore SPECIES: Speckled Trout BEST BAITS: Soft plastics TIPS:

Middle Texas Coast HotSPOTlight: Port Bay •  •  • LOCATION: Aransas Bay HOTSPOT: Halfmoon Reef GPS: N 28 4.5259, W 96 59.062 (28.0754, -96.9844) Aransas Bay: Halfmoon Reef SPECIES: Speckled Trout BEST BAITS: Soft plastics TIPS: Trout should be in