“Thumbnail test” for hook sharpness (video)
TF&G Freshwater Editor Matt Williams talks about the “thumbnail” test for hook sharpness.
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Schooling bass etiquette (video)
Freshwater fishing editor Matt Williams explains how to make the most of surface action on school fish–without messing it up for other anglers and yourself.
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Tuesday Tip: “Rips” and Dolphin
Dolphin (dorado) like to feed in open water and most of them are caught around current “rips” and weed lines. Rips are areas where large currents meet in the Gulf and they are usually spotted by noticing a waterline, where
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Tuesday Tip: Catching “Chicken” Dolphin
Dolphin often feed along weed lines and can be seen near the surface striking at baitfish and darting in and out of the weeds. Most of these dolphins are what anglers call “chicken dolphin” or the small fish from three
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Tuesday Tip: Stick and move
When fishing larger ponds, move after you catch a couple of fish from a spot. Usually you will get a few fish and then they shut off in that area. Go to the opposite side of the pond and start
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Texas Saltwater
Fully Expo’d The sportsman’s life can be a difficult one. Logistics can be our ruination. In order to practice our pastime the way we want and need to, we need to be properly outfitted with the best equipment we can
Tuesday Tips: Trophy Snapper Strategies
For trophy-sized snapper, the wrecks and rocks that can be found away from heavily pressure oil rigs are the best. These “hard spots” may require a little extra effort to find, but more often than not they produce big snapper.
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Tuesday: Slick off reds
During hot, calm days, redfish begin to school up and offer up a feeding frenzy that has to be seen to be believed. “What anglers need to do is to start out fishing when everyone else is going home,” said
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Tuesday Tip: Popping corks and specks
Summer brings some of the most consistent action for speckled trout out to the jetty systems along the coast. Live shrimp fished on a Texas Rattlin Rig or similar popping cork/treble hook combo can be deadly on specks. “During the
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Tuesday Tip: Chumming/catching sharks
Large circle hooks rigged on steel leaders are the most popular terminal tackle for bagging sharks. Sharks cannot only cut a line with their teeth but also with their skin, which is sharp in its own right. One quick slap
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Tuesday Tip: Lures/baits for ling (cobia)
If you would like to catch ling try the standard summer fishing protocol: a handful of cut pogeys thrown overboard, and live crab or fresh cut bait hanging from circle hooks. Crabs in particular are extremely good baits for ling.
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Tuesday Tip: Thermocline and Crappie
During summer, the crappie there stage in the deep, cool thermocline of these creeks and then leave to go feeding on shad which is their number one prey item. Anglers should also be mindful that when temperatures are going into
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Tuesday Tip: Trout and docked rigs
The oil rigs docked in ship channels all along the coast are loaded with specks during the summer. The best fishing is at night under green fishing lights and the best part is you can beat the heat. Proper boat
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Gear Video: Wright & McGill Skeet Rod
Wright & McGill Skeet Rod
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Tuesday Tip: Beware the gafftop!
Another fish that can mess up an angler’s day are gafftopsail catfish. They work shrimp and shad just like trout do and will have birds flocking around and picking out the escapees. If you pull up to bird action and
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