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June 30, 2016

Top 10 Things to Look for When Hiring a Hunting or Fishing Guide or Outfitter

Listen to the Podcast About this Article Hiring an guide or outfitter on a hunting, fishing, bowfishing or other adventure is often a way to learn more about a sporting pursuit if you are new to […]
June 29, 2016

Texas Parks and Wildlife Game Warden Field Notes

The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports. Stuck in the Mud Val Verde County game wardens patrolling the Rio Grande River encountered a Spanish goat stuck in deep […]
June 29, 2016

Freshwater runoff doesn’t affect the bite that much in Matagorda Bay

Does freshwater runoff affect the Matagorda Bay system? “The west end East Bay salinity almost never changes,” says long time Matagorda fishing guide, Tommy Countz. “First time I ever seen this,” continued Countz, “drift fishing down […]
June 29, 2016

Amber Jacked

Bring Texas-Sized Tackle When You Enter the Realm of the Reef Donkey Story by John N. Felsher Often compared to winching an anvil up through a football field of water, battling amberjack can challenge just about […]
June 28, 2016

Should you get a Chartplotter/Fishfinder, or an MFD?

Quite often folks ask me the difference between a chartplotter/fishfinder, and a “real” MFD (multifunction display). Usually, the follow-up question is ‘which one do I need?” Let’s take each of these questions on one at a […]
June 27, 2016

Crappie Magic

“Mr. Crappie” is the perfect nickname for Wally Marshall. Yes, he has his own line of top-selling crappie fishing videos, a television show and dozens of crappie-related fishing products to his name. The man lives, eats […]
June 25, 2016

TEXAS FISH & GAME Staff

Published by Texas Fish & Game Publishing Co., LLC. TEXAS FISH & GAME is the largest independent, family-owned regional outdoor publication in America. Owned by Ron & Stephanie Ward and Roy & Ardia Neves. PUBLISHER Roy Neves […]
June 25, 2016

INSIDE FISH & GAME by Roy and Ardia Neves

Balancing the Books e’ve been publishing books for almost twenty of our thirty-three-year history. Starting in 1998, the Texas Fish & Game library has grown to include 15 published titles, balanced between fishing and hunting. All but […]
June 25, 2016

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Cougar Conversation I enjoyed your article on Cougar Encounters, as well as many other previous articles. We recently found this photo in a stack of photos kept by our mother. We had never before seen the […]
June 25, 2016

EDITOR’S NOTES by Chester Moore

Celebrating Red, White and Blue(bobbers) here is something special about watching a bobber start moving and then disappear below the surface. In fact, I daresay if you can’t get excited about seeing that, you should consider taking […]