How El Nino May Rip Off the Flounder Run El Niño. It sounds like some sort of villain in a Godzilla movie or one of the masked Luchadors in Mexican wrestling. In Spanish, El Niño means “the kid.” The El

Bar Fish, a.k.a. Yellow Bass, are Like Candy to Lunker Largemouths It seems like it happens every year, usually more than once. A crappie fisherman armed with bantamweight tackle heads out to one of the major bridge crossings at Lake Fork hoping to

An Interview with The Snakemaster, Austin Stevens Rattlesnakes are real attention grabbers in the great outdoors. Serpents can be the last thing on an outdoors lover’s mind—then a rasping rattle sounds from the nearby brush, and it is all you think about. Like

Gun Control I am a firm believer in reasonable gun control. Now, before you get your tonsils in an uproar, let me explain my idea of gun control. My old Border Patrol shooting instruction used to say that the only things

How To Properly Chum Up Channel Cats On Any Texas Water Body Chum is an old school but still effective tool for bringing home a mess of Channel Cats. Texas is covered from one side to the other and from

Reefs Dot Texas Gulf  Heading offshore from any of Texas’s notable blue-water destinations is a trip, and on any given day anglers have the opportunity to catch everything from ling, snapper and grouper to mackerel, sharks and amberjack. However, simply

Hunting Lesson R ecently, I had the pleasure of meeting Ken Swenson and his family during a hunting trip in Orange, Texas. Chester Moore, editor for Texas Fish and Game magazine, had arranged for me to go on a varmint hunt with

Did you know that as of September 1, 2013, it has been illegal to cause or allow any rooted seagrass plant to be uprooted or dug out from the bay or saltwater bottom by a submerged propeller within the coastal

Fully Expo’d T he sportsman’s life can be a difficult one. Logistics can be our ruination. In order to practice our pastime the way we want and need to, we need to be properly outfitted with the best equipment we can

March Madness: Time to Do a Gear Check W e’re entering the height of another big bass season in Texas. Between now and the end of April, armies of lunker largemouths will make a hard push towards the bank to spawn

An old man once told me the best time to go fishing is whenever you can. I didn’t argue the point then, and I am reluctant to argue it now, but I have to. When it comes to catching big

A Strong Game is the Winning Play for Spring Turkey Lou Marullo loves turkey hunting. TFG’s Hunting Editor spends much time in the woods pursuing turkeys by bow during spring and never ceases to be amazed at their behavior. “The

Regional Lingo I sometimes get into a little trouble in my writing with the description of where cattle drink in our part of the country. We’ve had this discussion before, but I wanted to give this idea one more good scrubbing.

Buying a Used Boat? Read This First! B uying a new boat is like buying a new car—the moment you take it out of the showroom, it loses value. That’s a tough pill to swallow. On the other hand, buying a

Spring Break Hole T he cold front was still I rate when it arrived in Rockport and the raw north wind shattered the tranquility. The trunks of palm trees outside our condo stood like sentinels, but the green fronds on top

My Favorite Deer T he first time I saw the buck was when I was hunting predators with my brother, David. We had sneaked into a wide canyon in the far east end of the Anacacho Mountains and set up to call.

Texas Armament Increases Social Footprint Texas Armament & Technology (TxAT)/Aguila Ammunition is excited to announce the release of their redesigned websites, tx-at.com and aguilaammo.com, and new presence on various social media platforms. The expanded digital involvement is part of an

Rafael Gives Anglers an Edge The sun: it can be the best friend and the worst enemy of every fishing guide. After years of experience, an angler’s eyes become sharp and focused, calibrated to the waters he serves. But without

Dredging the Reef M arch is a very special month in the hearts of anglers up and down the Gulf Coast. It is without a doubt the month with all the potential. Even those who continue plugging away all winter long,

Time Marches On I n March our part of the world is coming out of the winter “down” period for many outdoor endeavors—including coastal fishing. Although we still have another month or so before early spring and wet wading returns, a