In This Issue: Tracking Texas Turkeys  •  Story of a Real Outdoors Woman  •  Conroe: Unlikely Big Bass Machine  •  Gear: Salt Proven, Fresh Ready  •  Bass: Match the Rod to Mathc the Hatch •  Secrets of the Sabine Calendar  •

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Just Kidding. Seriously.     KIDS ARE SERIOUS BUSINESS. The Bull Youth Market has been an unstoppable force since the Baby Boom—the offspring of which now have grand kids and even great-grand kids of their own to lavish attention, and dollars,

Second Big Freeze? I REMEMBER IN 2020, reading your story about the big freezes of the past on the Texas Coast and saying that we were due another. Well, as we all know in February 2021 we got it, and

Beards, Bighorns and a Big Change of Perspective IN OUR FAMILY, the pursuit of wildlife was as natural as breathing. Whether dragging mud minnows for flounders or hunting whitetails in the wilderness growing up, we always focused our energies on wild

The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Last Year’s Troubles  LET’S TAKE A LOOK, shall we, at the short- and long-term impacts of COVID 19 and the 2021 February freeze on Texas’s fisheries and fishermen.  When the world shut down because of

The Unlikely Big Bass Machine LAKE CONROE IS AN ANOMALY. Covering approximately 20,000 acres and 21 miles from the dam to the West Fork of the San Jacinto River, it is indeed a large lake. But it’s nowhere the size

SABINE LAKE, located out of Port Arthur on the Texas/Louisiana border, is a unique ecosystem with incredible fishing opportunities for redfish, speckled trout, flounder, and other species. Add Keith Lake, the Bessie Heights Marsh complex, and Sabine Pass, and this

NEVER BRING A knife to a gunfight.” “Never shoot a gnat with an elephant gun.” “Don’t get caught with your pants down.” Those cliches describe being ill-equipped and unprepared, which translates to frustration in the world of fishing. Bass fishing

Sprucing Up Your Old Boat THEY SAY THE TWO happiest days in a boater’s life are the day he buys his boat and the day he sells it. However, selling your boat can feel like you’re sawing your leg off. One

FISHING GEAR IS is not all created equal. There are so many fish species, techniques, and strategies that demand different kinds of gear to accomplish the task of simply catching a fish. Soaking a pound hunk of cut stingray on