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AUSTIN, Texas — How does a $14.4 billion Texas-based industry go unnoticed? Easy, when you consider most of its participants go about their business cloaked in camouflage or tucked in some secluded backwater hideaway.
Despite not appearing on the stock market rolls, hunters, anglers and wildlife watchers in Texas collectively are a major economic force, according […]

Read: HOW MUCH? Hunting and Fishing a $14.4 Billion Industry in Texas »

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 […]

Read: Springtime Redfish and Trout Hunters: There Will Be Mud »

I have, for several years, had the privilege of emceeing the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Upper Coast Flat-Out Fishing Seminar in Lake Jackson. This year marks the series’ fifth event, and the fourth at which I have been a presenter and emcee. Based on the continued interest and participation in seminars past, next Saturday, […]

Read: Flat-Out Fishing Returns to Lake Jackson Saturday, February 9 »

Once again this year, Cabela’s Buda retail location is hosting its ever-popular “Captain’s Weekend” this coming Saturday and Sunday, January 24 – February 3. This year’s lineup is a virtual “Who’s-Who” of Texas saltwater specialists, and I can guarantee you that as such it’s well worth your time. Anyone who walks away from this event […]

Read: Cabela’s Buda Location Captain’s Weekend Jan. 26– Jan. 27 »

It doesn’t happen nearly as often as we might prefer, but once in a great while (maybe there was a blue moon up there), even if only a few times during the unpredictable month, Upper Galveston Bay can be a beautiful place in the middle of January.
There is something about viewing the water and shores […]

Read: Atop a Kayak, “Getting Away” Needn’t Entail a Distant Journey »