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December 25, 2017

WINTER BLUES

When the Water Get Frigid, Blue Catfish Get Salty Biologists with the Sabine National Wildlife Refuge have found through tagging efforts that blue catfish have a high tolerance for salinity. This validates what Upper Coast redfish […]
December 25, 2017

THE LATE RUT & CRAPPIE RUNS

Are the crappie running up on Toledo Bend?” “Have the bull redfish started running at the Port O’Connor Jetties?” People often use the term “run” in fishing to mean that the fish are biting. When someone […]
December 25, 2017

THE TF&G REPORT

Texas Playa Conservation Initiative onservation partners are focusing on playa restoration in the Texas Panhandle. Playas are the most important ecological feature in the southern Great Plains. These ephemeral, or temporary, wetlands are typically circular in […]
December 25, 2017

TEXAS HOT SHOTS

Red Snapper Port Aransas Bass Lake Falcon   Whitetail Fredericksburg   Post your own Action Photos and Check Out the TEXAS HOT SHOTS Photo Contest
December 25, 2017

COASTAL FORECAST: Sabine

Patience Is Key In January ou have to have patience when fishing. If I had a nickel for every time I heard my dad utter these words when I was a kid, I would be a wealthy […]
December 25, 2017

COASTAL FORECAST: Galveston

Beginning Another New Year We could begin 2018 by glancing back over 2017—so we shall. The “big” news in Gulf of Mexico Fisheries is that Federal regulations governing many offshore species are still confused, muddled, and […]
December 25, 2017

COASTAL FORECAST: Matagorda

Enthusiastic Fisherman friend of mine owned a  Volkswagen Beetle, and when I asked him how he liked his car he said, “I really like it, my car has enthusiasm!” People who love to fish are like my […]
December 25, 2017

COASTAL FOCUS: Upper Mid Coast –

January’s Approach to Winter Trout here are many, many different species of saltwater fish that are enjoyed year-round by people all along our Texas coastline, with one of the more desirable and sought-after inshore ones being the […]
December 25, 2017

COASTAL FORECAST: Rockport

The Eye Of Tears ur refuge would be  Spicewood, Texas; it’s our old home place and we had been trying to sell it for a while. Now I completely understood why I had turned down offers […]
December 25, 2017

COASTAL FORECAST: Aransas to Corpus

Big Trout Time anuary is big trout time along the Texas coast, no matter where you may wet a line, and wading is generally the way most of the trophies are caught. Capt. Nick Mosely says it’s […]