Texas Fish & Game

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January 5, 2017

Public Meetings Set for Saltwater Fisheries Regulations

TPWD Considering Potential Modifications for Hammerhead Sharks, Grouper The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Coastal Fisheries Division will host three public scoping meetings Jan. 10-11 in several communities to discuss potential changes to Texas saltwater […]
December 22, 2016

Surf Fishing Santa: A Gulf Coast Christmas

Hitting the Beach with an Honest to Goodness Father Christmas Come to Santa you big, beautiful redfish!” As my camera fired away, it was hard not to laugh as Marcus Heflin dressed in full Santa gear battled a bull […]
November 30, 2016

Red Drum Galveston Channel in a Canoe

Red drum in the Galveston Channel. 8lbs. In a canoe.
November 29, 2016

Texas Hotshots – 41″ Drum

41″ Drum caught off of pier near Nueces Bay in Corpus Christi using dead shrimp
November 25, 2016

Fall into Fishing along the Texas Coast

AUSTIN – Anglers are taking full advantage of the recent unseasonably warm weather this fall that has kept fishing conditions pleasant along the Texas coast, according to coastal fisheries biologists with the Texas Parks and Wildlife […]
November 24, 2016

Hillary from Bridge City TX with BIG red!

I’m a charter boat captain with Big Fish Charters in Galveston TX. Hillary and her parents are customers of mine and we caught this redfish at the Galveston north jetty on cut sand trout in November […]
November 22, 2016

Winter Reds: You Can Always Find Texas Reds

When Other Gamefish Give You the Cold Shoulder, You Can Always Find Texas Reds I remember freezing my butt off while fishing off the side of the road with my dad during the winter, catching one redfish after […]
November 21, 2016

Texas A&M University at Galveston Bull Red Action

This Bull Red fish was caught off the banks of Texas A&m University at Galveston on Pelican Island. The Red fish was 45” in length and weighed 48 lbs. Gig ‘Em!
November 21, 2016

Coastal Cold Front Tactics

Fall is trout season around here, and November is a prime time to run into healthy, hefty speckled trout in San Antonio Bay and the surrounding waters. It’s a time when anglers of all ages and […]
November 17, 2016

The Trout Migrated Out for the Winter-Maybe Not!?

Speckled trout on the Upper Coast of Texas migrate out of the bays for the winter. They leave after the first big cold front so this weekend will pretty much do it for fall trout fishing. […]