August 26, 2016

CCA STAR Tournament – STILL PLENTY OF TIME TO REGISTER!

As we approach the final weeks of the 27th Annual CCA Texas STAR, keep in mind the 2016 CCA Texas STAR Tournament doesn’t end until Labor Day, September 5 at 5p.m., so there’s still plenty of […]

July 15, 2016

July Can Provide Some Easy Pickins’ at San Antonio Bay

Capt. Chris Martin, who fishes the San Antonio Bay area, says fishing can really be good out in the surf in July and August. “Try your luck at throwing top water bait. Start your day out […]

July 8, 2016

CCA Action Alert – Toxic Waste Threat to Galveston Bay

What would you think if there was a toxic waste site leaking harmful dioxin into the bays and estuaries where you fish and crab? The bad news is that there is just such a site already […]

July 1, 2016

Galveston East Bay Fishing: Did you not get the message?

Fishing guide, Bryan Brawner says Galveston East bay is the only place where there is any saltwater. Trinity is blown out, Galveston is blown out, and it’s bad around the jetties. The fishing in East Bay […]

June 29, 2016

Freshwater runoff doesn’t affect the bite that much in Matagorda Bay

Does freshwater runoff affect the Matagorda Bay system? “The west end East Bay salinity almost never changes,” says long time Matagorda fishing guide, Tommy Countz. “First time I ever seen this,” continued Countz, “drift fishing down […]

June 20, 2016

The Underrated Blacktip Shark

My first encounter with a blacktip shark came while soaking a big hunk of cut mullet behind a shrimp boat in the Gulf of Mexico. I will never forget seeing the streamlined fish burst from the […]

June 17, 2016

Take it to the Bank

Gulf Coast Bank Fishing Hotspots Not all anglers have boats. That is something Texas Fish & Game has known for a long time, which is why we include “Bank Bite” locations on most of our coastal […]

June 13, 2016

Slimers and Hardheads

Saltwater Cats are More Popular than Ever It did not take long to figure out what was on the other end of the line. At first I thought it might have been a shark because it […]

June 3, 2016

Saltwater Strangeness

When I was around five years old my late father, Chester Moore, Sr., had his own mysterious aquatic encounter. While fishing with a friend on Conway Bayou on the Louisiana side of the Sabine River, a […]

May 24, 2016

Offshore Oasis (TFG Throwback – 1995)

Offshore grasslines bring out a smorgasbord of surface fishing action by Larry Bozka You’d have thought someone had plugged the fish’s tail into a 220 socket. The bull dorado stopped, angrily puffed its gills and, anticipating […]

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