Texas anglers looking through a new package of proposed fishing regulation changes from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) might notice some significant-looking changes involving flounder. But don’t expect the November flounder closure to disappear. The annual closure from
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Fall doesn’t arrive on Lake Conroe with one big cold front and suddenly turn everything into an autumn fishing pattern. It comes in stages. September can still feel like the middle of summer in Southeast Texas, and even October can
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Manatees are synonymous with Florida, but Gulf Coast boaters need to understand these huge, slow-moving marine mammals don’t always stay there. During the warmer months, Florida manatees can travel westward along the Gulf Coast into Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, with
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Some of the most interesting fishing on the Texas and Louisiana coasts happens in water that can’t quite decide what it wants to be. It’s not truly freshwater, and it’s not completely saltwater. It’s the brackish world of rivers, bayous
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Anglers never know exactly what might come to the surface when they set the hook, and a recent catch at Lake Grapevine certainly proved that. On July 30, Jeff Lovell of Grapevine was fishing with his friend Randell Hayden when
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Every time you back your boat down a ramp, you’re making a decision that could impact the future of the lake you’re about to fish. Most freshwater anglers are conservationists at heart. We practice catch-and-release, support habitat projects, and want
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If you’re planning a bass fishing trip in late summer, you might be making a mistake if your alarm clock is set for sunrise. For much of the South, August and early September can be brutal. Water temperatures are high, pleasure boat traffic is heavy, and bass often seem to disappear during the middle of the day. They’re still there—they’re simply adapting to conditions that make feeding less efficient.
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Few reservoirs in America can match Toledo Bend for size, diversity, and angling opportunity. Stretching along the Texas-Louisiana border through the heart of the Pineywoods, this massive impoundment has earned a reputation as one of the premier freshwater fisheries in
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The dog days of summer have a way of separating casual bass anglers from those willing to adapt. By July, many Texas reservoir fishermen have watched productive spring and early-summer patterns fade. Shoreline cover that produced quality fish in May
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The first clue wasn’t a fish breaking the surface. It was a nervous patch of water just off a main-lake point on Lake Conroe. Thousands of threadfin shad flickered beneath the surface, moving as one giant silver cloud. Suddenly the
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There is something different about a truly giant catfish. Big largemouth bass get the spotlight. Trophy trout earn magazine covers. But anglers who have tangled with a massive blue or flathead catfish understand there is another level of freshwater power
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Research on the benefits of fishing for mental well-being, with EssayPro findings, examples, expert insight, and evidence from mental health studies.
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Lake Texoma is one of the most diverse fisheries in Texas and Oklahoma, and it’s built around one main driver—bait. Threadfin and gizzard shad are everywhere, and that supports everything from striped bass to catfish. Programs like Yamaha’s Rightwaters campaign
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ATHENS – The 2026 Toyota ShareLunker collection season didn’t disappoint during its 40th Anniversary celebration with an incredible 18 Legacy Class ShareLunkers submitted from 10 different public lakes across the state of Texas. Two waterbodies logged their first Legacy Class
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On a warm spring day, my friend Thad Daly and I headed out to the Sabine River and surrounding marshes in search of flounder and redfish, planning to cover both the brackish Louisiana side bayous and a few stops on
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J.B. Thomas Reservoir in West Texas got back on the board March 24 with not one but two Legacy Class ShareLunkers, boosting J.B. Thomas’ total to four during the 2026 Toyota ShareLunker program collection season. These Legacy Class fish also increased the
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Whether it’s throwing deer hair bugs tight to cover or drifting small flies through pressured water, the whole idea is trying new things until something clicks. Largemouth bass are fascinating on the fly for the same reason a lot of
There’s a number that still hangs over Texas bass fishing. 18.18 pounds. That fish, caught in 1992 from Lake Fork by Barry St. Clair, didn’t just set a record—it set a standard that everything since has been measured against. More
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Late spring-early summer bass fishing can be a rollercoaster. One afternoon you might find fish cruising the shallows in the backs of coves and smashing anything that moves. Then a north wind blows through overnight, the temperature drops ten degrees,
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The final month of the 2026 Toyota ShareLunker program collection season is off to a roaring start with four Legacy Class entries submitted by anglers across the state. J.B. Thomas and O.H. Ivie in West Texas contributed two of those
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