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January 25, 2017

FRESH WATER TIDES by Steve Schaffer

How Coastal Floods Affect Saltwater Fishing The Texas coast is prone to experiencing freshwater deluge every few years. Last year represented some of the most epic flooding in the history of Texas with the Sabine, Neches […]
January 25, 2017

TEXAS SALTWATER by Calixto Gonzales

A Chance to Heal y wife thought I was nuts.  You’re going fishing? NOW?” “Yes,” I said as I grabbed a rod and stuffed lures into a bag (I didn’t bother looking at what they were).  “I […]
January 25, 2017

TEXAS BLUE DEVILS by Chester Moore

The Lone Star State’s Mysterious Exotic El Diablo!” “El Diablo!” A man came screaming through a South Texas work camp at night frantic and pointing toward the brush. One of the workers grabbed a big Q-Beam […]
January 25, 2017

10 THINGS YOU DID NOT KNOW ABOUT TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING AND THE GULF COAST by Chester Moore

Flounder are moving into bays along the Gulf Coast right now. In a super slow fashion, they are coming through the jetties and filtering into the inland ecosystems after spawning in the Gulf of Mexico. I […]
January 25, 2017

OCELOTS OF SOUTH TEXAS by Chester Moore

Pint-Sized Leopards Appear to Be Returning to Texas Wildlife biologists in December trapped an ocelot kitten at Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, just east of Rio Hondo according to officials with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife […]
January 25, 2017

BARE BONES HUNTING by Lou Marullo

Memories of a Hunt t was opening day of bow season and dawn found me perched in my tree stand as I waited for another beautiful sunrise. It was unusual to have the wind come from the […]
January 25, 2017

THE CAT FILES

Profiles of Texas Catfish Recently the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) has taken a renewed interest in catfish. A big part of their strategy for growing fishing interest in urban and suburban areas is the […]
January 25, 2017

THE TF&G REPORT

Mulefoots and Other Strange Hogs of Texas For all practical purposes the hogs we hunt are sus scrofa but there are a number of regional variations that some people are adamant are a different species entirely. […]
January 25, 2017

THE DEPT. OF DEFENSE

More on Night Vision ew night vision products are being introduced at an ever-faster pace, which is good news. Even better news is that prices are steadily easing downward. A good example is the new Echo1 thermal […]
January 25, 2017

TEXAS HOT SHOTS

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