General Outdoor

Capt. Paul Marcaccio (www.gofishgalveston.com) says if you can successfully catch flounder on hook and line, you have bragging rights and should consider yourself an expert. Setting the hook in the mouth of a flatfish boils down to two items—concentration and

Speckled trout: Rules were adopted to extend a 5-fish bag limit currently in effect in the Lower Laguna Madre up the coast through the Highway 457 bridge near Sargent. The possession limit will be twice the daily bag limit (10

Capt. Robert Brooks, www.fishingrockport.com, will be rigging live croaker on his customer’s hooks by the end of May, his “go-to” bait. “With the water temperature climbing, the baitfish get so bad they will wipe out a shrimp on a hook

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has begun distributing more than 79,000 cubic yards of oyster reef building materials, more commonly known as clutch over eight sites on four natural, publicly owned oyster reefs in Galveston Bay and Sabine Lake. Starting

In May, spring fishing techniques give way to summer techniques. Capt. Ken Marshall (www.matagordabay.com), who fishes the Matagorda Bay complex, recommends drifting 4-6’ deep mid bay shell reefs in East Matagorda Bay. Soft plastics or live shrimp under a popping