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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 […]
April 12, 2016

How Trout Puke Can Help You Catch More Fish

The regional management plan of the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC) sheds light on an often-misunderstood part of speckled trout behavior: feeding. It shows that one researcher examined stomach volumes and concluded that spotted seatrout […]