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August 25, 2014

Shark Attacks My GoPro and Hand (VIDEO)

Shark attacks my fish online and in a feeding frenzy a shark tries to attack my gopro and hand on the side of the boat. best shark attack video ever. Crazy Video. all raw footage caught […]
July 17, 2014

Fishidy with Mike Iaconelli: ICAST 2014

Fishidy with Mike Iaconelli: ICAST 2014 from Texas Fish & Game Magazine on Vimeo. For more information visit Fishidy.com
June 18, 2014

The Outer Limits – Fishing Beyond the Third Bar

Calixto Gonzales The weather was gorgeous on that June morning in 2005, and the surf was calm. I stood on the South Brazos Santiago Jetty at the juncture where water meets the beach and was having […]
June 4, 2014

TF&G Reader Story (Humor): Floundering on Flounder

TF&G reader Chris Fleury sent in this inspiring story about flounder fishing this week.  Check it out below. I have lived in victoria for 20 years and regardless of my various attempts to catch a flounder […]
May 21, 2014

Sand and Teeth: Catching Sharks from Shore

Calixto Gonzales The three old men were a fixture on the South Brazos Santiago jetties. They had an old red oilskin tarp set up as a sort of lean-to for shade, a banged up Coleman camp […]
May 7, 2014

‘Hoo Do You Love? Why You Relax and Embrace the Ballyhoo over Ballyhoo

Calixto Gonzales Conditions were not what you’d call fisherman-friendly.  The wind was blowing straight south at a steady 25 knots with gusts pushing 35.  Foam lines streaked the water of Lower Laguna Madre, which looked like […]
April 25, 2014

Trigger-Unhappy: How A Fish Goes From Unwanted To Endangered

Mike Holmes My first experience at offshore fishing came at the end of my freshman year in high school. Growing up in East Texas, a class trip with my Vocational Agriculture group on Capt. Tee Boy […]
April 8, 2014

Chasing Rainbows

Doug Pike For many winters now, the state of Texas has stocked a few hundred thousand bite-sized rainbow trout in urban and suburban ponds. They’re great for any fisherman, young or old, who needs to feel […]
April 1, 2014

Oh, You Didn’t Know?

Calixto Gonzales One really neat thing about moving from teaching high school to middle school is how much the students marvel at the little bits of arcane information I sometimes spring on them.  I can pass […]
March 27, 2014

Know and Respect Your Limits

Doug Pike Consumptive outdoor recreation is a privilege, like driving or voting. Lawmakers have neither reason nor justification to revoke that privilege, so far, but our own greed ultimately could do what no politician would dare. […]