IT IS FINALLY ONE OF my favorite times of the year. A lot of people have moved to the woods to chase after their monster. The water has many fewer boats, pressure is low, and you don’t have to be up early to go catch either. You can leave the early mornings to the duck hunters, and I guarantee they will appreciate that as well.
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THIS IS THE TIME of the year we are all beginning to be rewarded from enduring the hellacious summer heat like we do and fall back to the trusted patterns year after year, slow and steady wins the race…
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WHILE NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER can produce good days of fishing, this is also the time of year the weather starts to cool off, fronts start to move in, and conditions can be a little unpredictable around the Baffin Bay coastal area…
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LOWER LAGUNA MADRE Reported by CAPT. BRIAN BARRERA Cold Fronts and Cool Fish LISTEN: (2 min, 58 sec) NOVEMBER CAN BE of my favorite months to fish due to the variety of species that are obtainable and the ways
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Upper Texas Coast HotSPOTLight: Palacios Point • • • LOCATION: Sabine Lake HOTSPOT: Coffee Gound Cove GPS: N 29 58.179, W 93 46.16 (29.9697, -93.7693) Sabine Lake: Coffee Gound Cove SPECIES: Redfish BEST BAITS: Spoons, shrimp, soft plastics TIPS: Troll
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Middle Texas Coast HotSPOTlight: Upper Corpus Christi Bay • • • LOCATION: Espirito Santo Bay HOTSPOT: Pringle Lake GPS: N 28 19.083, W 96 30.425 (28.3181, -96.5071) > Espirito Santo Bay: Pringle Lake SPECIES: Redfish BEST BAITS: Live shrimp under
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Lower Texas Coast HotSPOTLight: Port Isabel/S. Padre Island • • • LOCATION: Baffin Bay HOTSPOT: Badlands South GPS: N 27 17.152, W 97 25.053 (27.2859, -97.4176) > Baffin Bay: Badlands South SPECIES: Speckled Trout BEST BAITS: Shrimp, croaker TIPS: Drift
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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 Sam Rayburn • • • LOCATION: Lake Bob Sandlin HOTSPOT: Bob Sandlin
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Reported by TF&G STAFF More Hotspots Available in the 2024 Texas Lakes & Bays Fishing Atlas www.FishGame.com/fishgamegear CURRENT WATER LEVELS • • • Central Texas HotSPOTLight: Lake Joe Pool • • • LOCATION: Lake Austin HOTSPOT: Steiner Ranch Lake
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Reported by TF&G STAFF More Hotspots Available in the 2024 Texas Lakes & Bays Fishing Atlas www.FishGame.com/fishgamegear CURRENT WATER LEVELS • • • West Texas HotSPOTLight: Lake Bridgeport • • • REPORTED BY: TJ Ranft Online: www.RanftGuideService.com Email: TFRanft17@gmail.com
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The following table contains TIDE and SOLUNAR predictions for Galveston Channel (N 29.3166°, W 94.88°). TIDE PREDICTIONS are located in the WHITE SPACE above the TIDE GRAPHS on the Calendars. Use the Correction Table in the RIGHT TAB BELOW, which
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The following table contains TIDE and SOLUNAR predictions for Galveston Channel (N 29.3166°, W 94.88°). TIDE PREDICTIONS are located in the WHITE SPACE above the TIDE GRAPHS on the Calendars. Use the Correction Table in the RIGHT TAB BELOW, which
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LARGEMOUTH BASS | Stillhouse Hollow: Seven-year-old Colter Cockle “really struggled but toughed it out” to land this 4.67 pound bass—his personal best—on Stillhouse Hollow Reservoir. REDFISH | Crystal Beach: Eight-year-old Jasper Brumble caught these reds while fishing with his family
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WRONG WILLIE and I were sitting in my deer blind, hoping a deer or hog would drop by. It was late evening, and despite a recent warmup, early winter had returned with a vengeance, bringing the possibility of snow showers or freezing rain, depending on the weather’s fickle mood…
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In Pineville, Louisiana, a wild hog forced its way into a home — a moment of chaos that left residents shocked and reminded everyone how unpredictable these animals can be. The details are unsettling, so we’ll keep them light, but
When A Hog Busted Into a House and Attacked A Man Read More »
Texas’s bays & beaches are vital to our economy and outdoor traditions, supporting millions of jobs and billions in revenue. However, microplastic pollution, especially from local plastic production, can threaten marine life, public health, and our industries. The influx of
CCA Makes Stand On Microplastic Pollution Read More »
Did you know there is a verified population of feral monkeys in Texas? For real! In our new Halloween special, we venture deep into the dark woods to explore a chilling possibility: could feral primates—escaped or thriving populations of orangutans,
Spooky Encounters With Feral Primates In Texas & The South Read More »
Have you always wanted to visit a state park but never been? Make plans to visit one of 89 Texas State Parks on Nov. 2! In honor of Texas State Parks Day, a tradition born from 2023’s centennial celebration, everyone
Free State Park Admission Nov. 2 Read More »
Across Texas, from the piney woods of the east to the mountains of the far west, a quiet comeback is underway. Black bears once nearly wiped out from the state are returning. It started in East Texas. Game cameras in
Black Bears Returning to Texas In A Big Way Read More »
SERIOUS HUNTERS DO NOT rely on luck. They rely on knowledge earned through long sits in hardwood blinds, watching migration fronts rise from the Gulf, and learning to distinguish wind-stirred brush from a living animal easing through cover.
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