We Texans love the outdoors, and in times like these -- when hunting and fishing remain "essential" during a global pandemic -- enjoying these pursuits can help provide an escape for many folks.
However, even in the massive reaches of what no doubt is the best locale in the country...
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and its commission joined together to file a lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court in Brownsville, challenging an emergency regulation enacted by the National Marine Fisheries Service that, if left in place, would allow the...
From under my rain suit, I can tell the window has closed.
Mother Nature is in control, no doubt about it.
Eerie crackles spring forth from unseen hiding spots in the ghostly gray followed by a monstrous boom that carries near and far. Puffs of black stitched with creepy green hues...
The Texas saltwater fishing community is entering uncharted territory when it comes to speckled trout fishing: an overall reduced daily bag limit that spans roughly 400 miles of coastline.
The now-statewide five-fish bag limit -- which takes effect beginning Sept. 1, 2019 -- is years in the making, mostly due...
Greenhouses and nurseries are the best places to find bright, lively wintertime flowers, however, there’s another bloom that fisheries biologists and others associated with the fishing industry in Texas would rather not have to lay eyes on. This bloom represents the spread of golden alga, a highly toxic, microscopic...
ROCKPORT, Texas -- You can’t touch it, taste it, smell it or even see it, but it’s there looming just below the shimmering surface -- a rare fishing catch.
You can call it the great unknown.
It’s the masked uncertainty dripping with luminous anticipation that drives anglers of all ages to...
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s rainbow trout stocking program began last month and will continue into March for lakes in the Neighborhood Fishin’ program.
Channel catfish are stocked from April through October, and rainbow trout are stocked in winter months, which brings fishing much closer to the masses.
“The reason for...
The Texas flounder fishery has certainly seen better days.
As a result of a longtime downward trend in population estimates, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is reminding both recreational and commercial anglers that the flounder fishery will be closed for the month of November and through Dec. 14. During...
The amorphous, fibrous dough ball hung on the long-shanked hook like a diabolical Christmas tree ornament. After a quick once-over, it sailed on a looping arc into the cloudy water of the Pecan Bayou in Brownwood and hit with a resonant splash. The thick mass may have looked like...