General Outdoor

  I wonder if you used this mullet as bait, how big the fish would be that takes it? This mullet was collected and released by TPWD fishery biologists in a gill net survey on Galveston Bay during the fall […]

TPWD reports trout catches fair on the shorelines with Corkies and Catch 2000s; fair redfish action around drains while using shrimp. Sheepshead and black drum action is good at the jetty on live shrimp. Guide, Capt. Eddie Hernandez (409-673-3100, www.goldenhookguide.com)

  If you are interested in getting in on the flounder run, Capt. Jack McPartland (361-290-6302) says the action has been pretty good along the middle coast. “At this time of the year when we are having the run, almost

The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council reminds recreational anglers that red grouper, greater amberjack, and gray triggerfish will reopen January 1, 2015. Red grouper has a 20 inch total length size limit. The bag limit will remain 4-fish per person until

  One of the great things about fishing and hunting is the uncertainty factor. Take for example the duck hunting trip Tommy Countz went on early this week. Countz is a well known Texas middle coast fishing guide. He was

From a distance it looks like a fish; it moves like a fish, but it’s an underwater spy vehicle used by the Navy to mimic the look and movements of a large fish. The drone, a robot called GhostSwimmer, is

  Capt. Paul Marcaccio (281-788-4041) reports the speckled trout fish in Trinity Bay of the Galveston Bay complex is wide open with lots of good catches. “There’s fish in Trinity Bay near Jack’s Pocket, near the Trinity River. You have

    On Wednesday morning, a seemingly innocent object popped to the surface of the Bay of Campeche. The item was an electronic tracking device, described as about the size of a fat cigar with a golf ball stuck on

  State officials are recommending parts of Galveston Bay be closed to oyster harvesting amid concerns that immature mollusks are being removed and reefs are still recovering from Hurricane Ike. An increasing number of fishermen have been caught illegally harvesting

  Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game wardens located an illegal long-line over 37,000 feet long approximately seven miles north of the Mexico border and approximately four miles off Boca Chica Beach. The net and line are believed to have

  Capt. Adam Jaynes, 409-988-3901, amjaynes@gmail.com, www.justfishsabine.com, says November fishing on Sabine Lake is some of the best fishing of the year. Trout and redfish are dining on shrimp coming out of the marshes and rivers; The birds are pointing

In the Aransas Pass area, gill net surveys on flounder are producing positive results. “We had a nice cold winter last year. We saw good recruitment of juvenile young flounder. We are just half way completed with our surveys, but

Cedar Bayou, which runs from the Gulf to Mesquite Bay is again open along the Texas middle coast. Up until 1979 Cedar Bayou allowed fish, crabs and shrimp to pass from Mesquite Bay into the Gulf of Mexico. The Bayou

    The new flounder daily bag limit, two fish, goes into effect Nov. 1 and continues through the 30th. Fish can be taken only by rod and reel. The move is a result of a long steady decline in

  “I was out in (Matagorda) West Bay wading in about calf deep water, and the tide started moving around 8 – 9 a.m.,” reports Matagorda fishing guide, Tommy Countz (281-450-4037). By noon is was ripping and the redfish were

Good redfish action is reported in Dickinson, Burnett, and Scott Bays located in the north end of Galveston Trinity Bay. Galveston East Bay is also producing good catches of redfish along the  north shoreline. “It’s unusually good in Dickinson,” says

  “The fantastic fall fishing that everybody likes to do is on at Sabine Lake,” says Capt. Bill Watkins. “I have similar reports from my friends over in Trinity Bay. In East Galveston Bay anglers are catching 14-16 inch trout

  Capt. Mike O’Dell reports that he’s catching fish, but it’s kind of weird. O’Dell fished the Upper Laguna and Redfish Bay last weekend. “Kind of weird…everything is a month or six weeks behind what it was last year. Out

  Capt. Randy Best reports that heavy rains over the past weekend made fishing a little tough. Best fishes from Corpus Christi south to the Land Cut and north to Seadrift. He predominantly fishes using a fly rod, a visual

    Matagorda fishing guide, Ken Marshall reports that in October bird action over shrimp starts to pick up. “We will be throwing a lot more plastic under diving gulls for the speckled trout, and redfish action should get a