Ten of the best years of my life concluded just before Thanksgiving Day when the 52’ wooden boat called Endeavor rolled a hull 180 degrees to an upright position. Now, it looks like a boat, but in December of 2004 it was more of a dream. A nine foot tall stern was cut using several […]

How was your 1st half of duck season? I just finished measuring my trigger finger; it was 15% larger than last year at this time, same dry splitting skin areas, but 5% smaller than the year before last. That’s how I measure my 1st half. I think its natural, but most hunters measure their success […]

The second split of the South Zone duck hunting season is open through Jan. 25, and based on what I’ve seen the past several days we definitely don’t have a shortage of birds on the bays, flats and marsh out of Port O’Connor. In fact, we’ve got redheads swarming like bats out of a cage; […]

Early in 2011, local Captain Tom Hans spearheaded an operation involving a group of local volunteers to catch broodstock of spotted seatrout for Lake Jackson’s Sea Center Texas where Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has engineered a Stock Enhancement Program to replenish bay waters. At that time, Mrs. Jennifer Butler with the TPWD came […]