The fight over red snapper fishing in the Gulf of Mexico has reached a fever pitch, with the federal agency that oversees the snapper quota this month deciding on only a nine-day recreational season, beginning June 1.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Coastal Fisheries Division staff are now asking recreational...
A collaboration decades in the making, including funding from one of the worst oil spills in history, has helped to secure one of the most pristine tracts of land remaining along the Texas coast for public consumption.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation has announced that the Powderhorn Ranch, a...
Anglers in the Gulf of Mexico, including those from Texas, finally have a definitive answer on a supplemental fall red snapper recreational season: There will be one, and it will run Oct. 1-14.
NOAA Fisheries on Friday announced a rule increasing the allowable catch for red snapper from 8.46 million...
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council announced this year's adjusted red snapper season for Texas, Louisiana and other coastal states, and it appears anglers there will see their snapper season cut drastically in federal waters. The adjustment, announced by Roy Crabtree, regional administrator for NOAA Fisheries, is widely...
Redfish may fight harder.
Flounder may taste better.
And black drum may be every man’s fish.
However, for inshore saltwater fishing die-hards and even the average weekend angler, the speckled trout in Texas is hands down the game fish of choice along the coast year-round.
Whether it’s flipping free-lined live shrimp in the...
UPDATE: On March 20, The Texas Parks & Wildlife Commission adopted a suite of changes to this year’s freshwater fishing regulations that includes modifications to the length limits and harvest regulations for largemouth bass, Alabama bass and alligator gar in certain areas. The proposed changes to gar regulations also...
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission has received a briefing from staff on the state’s red snapper fishing as well as recent action by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council that is likely to shorten this year’s recreational fishing season in federal waters.
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management...
Texas fishing pursuits have long been huge revenue generators, but the most recent study into the specific impact shows that anglers continue to be huge boon to the state economy.
A study conducted by Southwick Associates for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department shows that more than 1.6 million adults...
The federal fisheries agency that manages recreational red snapper fishing seasons in the Gulf of Mexico is seeking public input on a proposal to increase both the recreational and commercial quotes, and reopen the Gulf to a fall sport-fishing season.
The proposed rule from NOAA Fisheries published Wednesday in the...
Red snapper fishing in Texas and across the Gulf of Mexico is a hot-button topic, full of firebrand reproaches and approaches for past, present and future management of one of the most popular fisheries in the world. However, in moving forward, technology will play a large part in deciding how...