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Great Texas Birding Classic Returns April 27-May 4

Posted by: Larry Bozka on April 10th, 2008

This just in from Texas Parks & Wildlife Department staffer Tom Harvey … news on an event that over the years has gained tremendous, not to mention, international attention.
With the currently soaring popularity of bird watching, the Great Texas Birding Classic is now among the premier birding-related events on the planet. I recall being on […]

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Springtime Redfish and Trout Hunters: There Will Be Mud

Posted by: Larry Bozka on March 15th, 2008

This won’t come as an epiphany to old salts, but we’re at the time of year when mud matters. Mud bottoms are dark, and as such, they draw heat much more rapidly than light-colored sand and shell. (Think tar paper or asphalt on a sunny day.)
Throughout the winter, the shallows’ quick-to-warm quality plays an essential […]

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The Good, the Bad and the Oyster

Posted by: Larry Bozka on March 10th, 2008

Scene: The old West, somewhere near Galveston
Cast: Festus and Marshal Matt Dillon
 
 Festus: I’m tellin’ ya’, Matthew, that Bozka feller is just plain yeller.
 Matt: Hold on, Festus. Don’t be too hard on the boy. Could be he just ate a bad oyster.
 
 It was not a dream. It was a nightmare.
 This is a hospital, and I’m in […]

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Four Boat Ramp Projects, Two on Texas Coast, Receive Grant Funding

Posted by: Larry Bozka on February 18th, 2008

Every time you buy fishing tackle, every time you fill your boat with fuel, you are contributing to the betterment of the Texas outdoors. Thanks in part to those contributions, the Lone Star State is about to witness the construction of four new boat ramps … two of them on the Texas Coast.
You may never […]

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