World Class Game Ranch Hunting Comes to Possum Kingdom I  have always loved the area around Possum Kingdom Lake. With the Ranger Mountain Escarpment running through it, it really is a kingdom of fish and game. For the last seven

Strange Sharks The Texas Gulf Coast is robust in diversity and perhaps no other area is as diverse as the number of shark species found in coastal waters of the Texas Gulf of Mexico. Most anglers are familiar with blackcaps,

A Season Filled With Memories I t was a slow deer season. Nobody was seeing anything at all. The whitetails seemed to know it was hunting season and decided to hunker down someplace safe from any hunters. It was bow

More Great White Sharks Showing Up in Gulf Waters Scott Fitzgerald of Madfish Charters was fishing for amberjack last spring about 8.5 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico when he felt a big bump in his boat according to

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Pit bulls and Other Feral Dogs (Editor’s Note. Steve Lamascus wants to keep his focus on his “Guns” column, so over the next six months we will be looking at ways to defend oneself against wildlife, with guns and other

Boaters Advised to Hunt Zebras W ith summer boating and fishing seasons in full swing, be advised to check out your gear for alien invaders hitching a ride. Texas remains at the forefront of the effort to curb and even eradicate

Salt Equals Success in July I f you find yourself fishing Sabine Lake in July, you can pretty much expect the best of everything this bay system has to offer. From the Gulf of Mexico to the Neches and Sabine Rivers,

The Marvelous Mullet A nyone who doesn’t feel a baitfish qualifies as one of the most important species in the Gulf likely hasn’t fished enough. Although I am equally sure there are fishermen—successful fishermen—who use only artificial lures, or only live shrimp,

Sharks in the Bay I n West Matagorda Bay I drifted back to my boat in my kayak and made “one last cast.” While I was working the Egret Baits three-inch-wedge-tail purple minnow I saw a big commotion about 25 yards

Reef Action M iddle Texas bays such as Matagorda Bay, San Antonio Bay, Espiritu Santo Bay, and Mesquite Bay are all major producers of the highly sought after inland saltwater trio—speckled trout, red fish, and flounder. Each of these bays possesses

Oh My Goodness… Here’s Your Sign! Y ou will probably never hear a fishing guide talk about or much less write about the subjects I am about to venture into. Most fishing guides are consummate professionals and are articulate about their

Hook a Snook on South Bay S ome anglers worship the July sun on the Lower Laguna Madre. What is scorching heat to some means, red-hot snapper action offshore, pelagics far and near, and big redfish on the flats from Mexequita

10 Mistakes Boaters Make- Don’t Do This! W e all make mistakes. Unfortunately, if you’re a boat owner, there’s a set of mistakes that can be both costly and dangerous. Over the winter I spent many months thinking about the mistakes

Bait It and They Will Come W ater temperatures in our bay systems will continue to climb through July, peaking in August or early September. The forecast for the next 60 days is HOT and there won’t be any downward movement

Gun Accuracy Then and Now F or the last several years I  have been conducting tests with both older rifles and newer bullets and newer rifles and older bullets. At first the results were confusing. I found that older rifles shooting newer

Husky Liners’ New Series Beats Weather There are some accessories you just have to have for your truck or other vehicle. This is especially true when you hunt and fish the way many of us do here in Texas. Up

  Innovation is the Core Principle at Deeper Deeper company is making a big impression on the international tackle industry. In a little less than four years the world’s first castable sonar has been recognized by prestigious awards at national

ADCOR Builds a Revolutionary Rifle  The product of years of hands-on experience and experimentation, the ADCOR ELITE is not a “new and improved” rifle. It has a patented (Patent # 8,210,089) revolutionary gas piston system and other key patented features

Louisiana Style Crawfish I have been enjoying eating crawfish for about 20 years but only started cooking them about 10 years ago. There are many ways to cook them, but as with other dishes I cook, this one benefits from adding