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Join Texas Fish & Game Magazine as we recap all the exciting action from the 2016 American Sportfishing Association’s ICAST show from sunny Orlando, Florida. ICAST, the world’s largest sportfishing trade show, is the premier showcase for the latest innovations in fishing gear, accessories and apparel. ICAST is the cornerstone of the sportfishing industry, helping […]

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Join Texas Fish & Game Magazine as we recap all the exciting action from the 2016 American Sportfishing Association’s ICAST show from sunny Orlando, Florida. ICAST, the world’s largest sportfishing trade show, is the premier showcase for the latest innovations in fishing gear, accessories and apparel. ICAST is the cornerstone of the sportfishing industry, helping […]

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Join Texas Fish & Game Magazine as we recap all the exciting action from the 2016 American Sportfishing Association’s ICAST show from sunny Orlando, Florida. ICAST, the world’s largest sportfishing trade show, is the premier showcase for the latest innovations in fishing gear, accessories and apparel. ICAST is the cornerstone of the sportfishing industry, helping […]

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South Louisiana anglers are watching as the tidal waters are becoming off-limits to common folk, thanks to complicated Louisiana laws that allow landowners to claim tidal waters as private. For decades, Louisiana anglers have been watching their access rights to tidal waters evaporate even faster than the subsiding marshlands that surround them. This affects Texas […]

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Join Texas Fish & Game Magazine as we recap all the exciting action from the 2016 American Sportfishing Association’s ICAST show from sunny Orlando, Florida. ICAST, the world’s largest sportfishing trade show, is the premier showcase for the latest innovations in fishing gear, accessories and apparel. ICAST is the cornerstone of the sportfishing industry, helping […]

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Captain Kirk Elliott and the crew of the Reel Bounty reeled in two blue marlin to open the first day of the offshore division of the POCO BUENO fishing tournament. “We were at the right place at the right time,” said Elliott, a Galveston native. “We have a lucky spot now, I guess, and hopefully […]

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The big sow trout of the Lower Laguna Madre has pretty much run the course, but Capt. Joel Ramos says there are still some big trout hanging around. Most of the trout have already dropped their eggs and water temperatures are already moving up, around 76 degrees. Freshwater runoff, what everyone wants to know about […]

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Third Court of Appeals in Austin says Chambers County Commissioners have overstepped its authority In 2014 a couple of politically connected oyster fishermen in Chambers County cut a deal with the Chambers Liberty County Navigation District (CLCND) County Commissioners to control 23,000 acres of Galveston Bay for their interests only. A company called Sustainable Texas […]

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First Application Deadline Aug. 3 AUSTIN – Hunters can start making plans for the upcoming seasons now by applying for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Drawn Hunts. The online system is currently accepting applications and the first hunt category deadline is less than a month away. This year there are more opportunities available than […]

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Power catamaran fishing boats hold a small but dedicated sliver of the market. Most folks — by far — opt for monohulls, yet those who own cats tend to love them and buy cats in the future when they upgrade. If you’ve been looking at new boats lately, you may have noticed that power catamaran boats: Tend […]

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Alexis Guion 8 years old Her dad Jerry Guion had to hold the fish cause it was too heavy for her CPR on 6/19/2016 in Rockport, TX on Copano Bay

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The search for zebra mussels is now part of the boating culture not only in Texas, but in freshwater water bodies across the United States. In Texas, the latest lakes are classified as infested with zebra mussels: Texoma, Ray Roberts, Lewisville, Bridgeport, Dean Gilbert (a 45-acre Community Fishing Lake in Sherman) and Belton. Lakes Waco and […]

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Copperhead are without a doubt the masters of camouflage. While all wildlife has a measure of disappearing ability it seems as if the southern copperhead blends in better than the others and is a contributing factor to numerous bites, especially in the eastern third of the state. TFG Editor-In-Chief takes a close look at a […]

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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 early, be along the beach ahead of the morning sun. “Anchor your boat atop the second sand bar, if […]

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The angler nosed his boat into the thick canes, stripped out a few yards of line and held the excess in one hand. Then, swinging the bait toward the reeds almost like using a long cane pole, he released the line, dropping a succulent morsel into a pocket of open water between two grass clumps. […]

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In what is being described as a “one in a billion” shot, a Jefferson County off-duty sheriff’s deputy sent a bullet down the barrel a thugs gun when shots were exchanged after a robbery altercation in a parking lot. From the photo released from 9News you can see an OD Springfield XD with the slide […]

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The first annual Waco Outdoor Expo, featuring an On The Water Boat Show, will be held July 9th-10th at McLane Stadium in Waco along the Brazos River. Sponsors of the event and featured vendors will include Marine Outlet, Fun Town RV, Yamaha Outboard, G3 Boats, and SunCatcher. There will be numerous events during this show […]

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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 is good. “We just need the west wind to quit blowing. The wind direction is a  killer for East […]

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Texoma Leads a pack of World Class Lone Star Striper Fisheries Chris Carey has one of those contagious personalities that breeds confidence and bleeds with positive energy. I don’t know how he is off the water, but standing elbow-to-elbow with the guy in his 23-foot Falcon you can’t help but get the feeling that you’re […]

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I grew up along the banks of the Sabine River in deep East Texas.  I had the privilege  of knowing numerous colorful characters that taught me of the outdoors and sometimes just enriched my childhood by being in it. One such individual was Mr. Jake Alford.  Mr. Jake was already an old man in my […]

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