Duck Gumbo
I have a good friend that I have spent many weekends with in Rockport and in the Lower Laguna Madre chasing down redfish and trout and enjoying some awesome duck hunts as well. Robert Moore is a unique guy with
Texas Hotshots – One of Twenty-eight
Carol is showing off her 10′ Marlin that she caught about 40 miles out of Los Suenos, Costa Rica. Seven of us fished for two days and landed 28 Marlin. All of the fish were between 9′ and 10.5′ in
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Why We Love Waterfowl
The familiar sound of whistling wings sounded overhead in the predawn darkness. Followed by a series of “splooshes,” that hinted at the soul-stirring action to come as a swollen, orange sun peeked over the horizon. A million thoughts raced through
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Texas Hotshots – Shark Bigger than Fisherman
Jackson Polk (6) with a little help from his Papaw, Wes Pyfer shows off the shark that he caught while fishing with his family near the San Luis Bridge near Galveston. Jackson caught the shark while fishing with dead shrimp
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Flounder on the Reefs
Some of the best flounder early in the fall are on the reeds on southern end of Texas bays. Reefs are difficult to fish for something that lives on the bottom but they can be fruitful for anglers seeking really
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Texas Hotshots – First Big Flounder of The Year
I have been fishing hard this year and waiting on the flounder to start running. After multiple trips and hours on the water we finally caught up to the flounder. We had fished from daylight until 2:00 p.m. I seen
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Ultimate Apocalyptic Firearm – The Scavenger 6 Fires 21 Calibers!
The multi-caliber Scavenger 6 rifle ensures that you will have a firearm able to fire nearly any ammo you can find. If you want to begin an interesting discussion just ask the question: “Apocalyptic scenario: you can have one firearm,
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Texas Hotshots – First buck DOWN!
Cade Thoe (8) from West Columbia, TX dropped this 9-pointer in Carta Valley over Youth weekend – his first buck ever! A proud Dad was happy to do most of the cleaning. What a memory for both of us.
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Fishing and Bowfishing from a One Man Round Boat
I have often been fascinated with personal small watercraft such as kayaks, canoes and other small paddle-powered or trolling motor powered lightweight boats. Recently, I came in contact with a lightweight round boat on a recent bowfishing adventure I was
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Texas Hotshots – 36 inch beauty – Personal best
Last cast (live mullet) caught along JFK Causeway.
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Dead Boat Battery? Never Again!
Nothing is worse than getting ready to pull away from the dock, turning the key, and hearing… nothing. Yes, a dead boat battery is a very, very depressing thing. Fortunately, in this day and age it doesn’t have to ruin
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Texas Hotshots – Madison’s First Deer
Madison’s First deer Age: 10 years old 31″ Axis deer Cavazos Ranch Winnie Tx 75 yard shot 7mm-08
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The Problems With Baiting
The debate over bait has been a long and difficult one which has pitted friends and relatives at each others throats for years. I first got introduced into the debate over the use of feeders and feeding corn while I
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TPWD 2016 Deer Hunting Forecast Video Report
Hunters Have Reason to Smile This Season! Deer hunting brings in more than 2 billion dollars to the state’s economy each year and as fall comes to Texas, more than one million hunters are gearing up for another season. But
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Big Time Texas Hunts Winners Announced
AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department announced the 14 lucky winners of this year’s Big Time Texas Hunts selected at random from entries in the drawing. All told, hunters bought over 79,000 Big Time Texas Hunt entries during
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Bull Croaker and Mega Sand Trout? You Bet!
Recently I received an email from a reader who said they caught what they thought at first was a decent speckled trout but when they took it out of the net they realized it was a huge sand trout. I caught some that size under
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Living the Life – Growing Up in the Texas Outdoors
I guess you could say I am the quintessential Texas outdoors RIVER RAT, HILLBILLY, REDNECK and I am pretty ok with that. I was raised in a time when bell bottoms and disco reigned supreme and I hated it. I
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Jim Wallace – Record Trout Breaker Passes Away
TF&G has just learned that Jim Wallace has passed away at age 66. Wallace was the angler who broke the state record for speckled trout in Baffin Bay in 1996 with a monster 33.13-inch 13 pound, 11-ounce sow. “Jim was
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Texas Hotshots – Bayou Red
Debbie caught this red on a curly tailed gulp while sight casting in a narrow bayou off of Trinity Bay. Great fight in a confined space, hooked reds were charging the boat and actually running out in the marsh grass
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Texas Hotshots – Big Red
33″ Redfish caught on light tackle. It took 20 min. to land this hard fighting Lake Calcasieu Red.
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