Texas Fish & Game

The National News of Texas

April 10, 2018

EDITOR’S NOTES by Chester Moore

The ‘Green Movement’ is Killing Wildlife T’S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY. It always has been and always will be. The cash cow of the “green movement” and its singular focus on climate change has birthed a monster […]
April 10, 2018

PIKE ON THE EDGE by Doug Pike

Have Fun While Keeping Your Job CROSS THE REGION where I live, the first months of the year are a big deal for outdoors enthusiasts. In addition to ongoing hunting seasons and some incredible fishing, the first […]
April 10, 2018

COMMENTARY by Kendal Hemphill

Hot and Cold Running Sea Turtles ‘M A PROPONENT OF HUNTING, not only as a source of healthy protein and hearty recreation, but also as a conservation tool. So readers are often surprised to learn that I’m […]
April 10, 2018

HOOKED! Feature by Matt Williams

THERE IS NOTHING FUNNY about inadvertently getting poked by the business end of fishing hook. Just ask Longview bass pro Jim Tutt. Tutt has accidentally impaled himself multiple times over the years, but it was an […]
April 10, 2018

REDFISH AGAINST THE WIND Feature by Chester Moore

Catching Spring Redfish in Windy Waters WIND IS CERTAINLY NOT AN EVIL FORCE, but you would be hard pressed to find an angler on the coast who does not think of it in an extremely negative light. […]
April 10, 2018

TEXAS BOATING by Lenny Rudow

Let’s Talk HESE DAYS, JUST ABOUT EVERYONE stepping aboard your boat has a cell phone in a pocket. Although phones do provide incredibly convenient communications, any time your boat leaves the dock you can’t rely on […]
April 10, 2018

Three Totally Weird Fishing Lures That Work

We’ve all seen strange things happen on the water: species that have no business being where you are, fish that don’t bite when they ought to, and in at least one case, discovering a fish with […]
April 10, 2018

THE BASS UNIVERSITY by Pete Robbins

Bulk Up in April with Matt Herren N A TYPICAL YEAR, throughout most of Texas, the spawn is long since over by the time April rolls around. Whether it’s south at Falcon, though, or east toward […]
April 10, 2018

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE Feature by Matt Williams

A Chance Find on an Arkansas Hunting Trip Launches a Search that Solves a 73-Year-Old Mystery ON OPENING DAY of the Arkansas rifle deer season Ashley Rogers of Huntsville, Arkansas, was deer hunting with her father, […]
April 10, 2018

BARE BONES HUNTING by Lou Marullo

It’s Turkey Time in Texas URKEY TIME WILL SOON BE here, and that means it is time to start preparing for your successful hunt and a delicious turkey dinner! I absolutely love turkey season. I think it […]