Largemouth bass are voracious. They will literally attack and kill anything that can fit in their mouths. It doesn’t mean they will always do so because any savvy angler knows big bass can be skittish. Biologists however say the size […]
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The Texas and Louisiana coasts have lots of oyster reefs from large natural ones to small and medium-sized manmade reefs. The reefs on the south end tend to get red hot in spring but produce all year. One of the
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Alligator garfish are lots of fun to catch. If you don’t believe me check out this clip of a Texas angler getting pulled around by a monster one in his johnboat. Awesome stuff! Give it a try. Chester Moore
Want adventure? Try gar! (video) Read More »
Do you ever dissect the fish you caught? When cleaning fish you should take time to check stomach contents so you get a good grasp on exactly what they are eating. Last year, my cousin Frank Moore was cleaning a
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During hot, calm days, redfish begin to school up and offer up a feeding frenzy. When bays experience the mid-day ‘slick-offs’, reds bunch up in the middle of the bays and start chasing around menhaden. Sometimes you see them feeding
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Fishing guide Roger Bacon turned me onto some outstanding brush fishing for bass by accident back in the summer of 2000. “Bass love brushpiles,” Bacon said. Bacon said anglers not familiar with brush pile locations should search the open lake
For anglers willing to work hard to catch one or two REALLY big blues, the deep water around the spillway offers some of the best fishing. There are many legends of super-sized blues (the size of a Volkswagen) prowling this
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Coastal anglers know that fishing a slack (dead) tide can be extremely difficult. Fish seemingly get lockjaw once the tides stop moving. A good area to fishing during slack tides is around the Intracoastal Canal or other ship channels. If
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Most anglers associate chumming with offshore fishing, but it can do wonders for land-bound anglers. By simply taking a fish basket or a commercially sold chum bag, tying it off to something on the bank, and throwing it out, anglers
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What is your all time favorite topwater? Mine is the Skitter Walk, with a close second being the Zara Spook. Do you like walkers or do you prefer chugging type lures? Chester Moore
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After attending the ICAST show last week in Orlando, it is obvious the “Alabama Rig” is still the talk of the fishing community. Here’s a clip of fishing legend Jimmy Houston talking about the rig and showing how it is
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TFG Publisher Roy Neves and I conducted/filmed dozens of interviews for fishgame.com at ICAST. Here is a collection of some of my favorites. There will be many more added to fishgame.com in the coming days. Shaw Grigsby talking about a
ICAST Tackle Show Wrap-Up (Videos) Read More »
Day of the ICAST tackle show went great for Texas Fish & Game as we gathered videos and photos of many new innovations. Here are a few of my favorites from the day.
TFG at ICAST pt. 2 Read More »
The Texas Fish & Game staff is at ICAST in Orlando, Fla. Annually the tackle industry meets to showcase its latest innovations and we are here collecting tons of video which is being posted right now. One of the standouts
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Frog fishing is extremely popular in the Texas bass world. There are few things more exciting than seeing a lunker largemouth surface to snatch up a soft plastic frog. In this video bass pro Gerald Swindle talks proper hookset and
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His baseball playing was legendary but like the rest of us he enjoys fishing. Here’s a short and unexpected interview from the ICAST show a couple of years ago. Chester Moore
Even Pete Rose enjoys fishing! (video) Read More »
I found this video I posted to youtube back in 2007 on catching trout at the short rigs. The production values are not the best but the info is solid and very timely. Trout are at the rigs right now.
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Officials with the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department have come up with a great way to help others get involved with fishing. It is generally recognized that getting young people involved in the outdoors benefits them in many ways. Research
Give the gift of fishing Read More »
I got a question last week from someone about fish consumption advisories on Sabine Lake, so I looked at what the state had posted there and in the Galveston area. Here is what I found. Sabine Lake and contiguous Texas
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Ever caught flounder under popping corks? Over the last couple of years, I have developed an effective method for catching flatfish under corks in otherwise hard to fish areas. Check out the video to learn more. Chester Moore
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