It’s that time again; time for all you abandoned crab trap haters to take your frustrations out on the enemy: abandoned crab traps. The crabbing closure will be February 17th-26th. The Big Party will be Saturday February 18th, weather permitting. In the San Antonio Bay System we are planning for the same sites as last […]

Matagorda Island Advisory February 6, 2012 The comments below are mine based on my understanding of the situation as I know it on 2/2/12. The decoys are tucked safely away, washed and cleaned; guns are lubed and it’s coming up on time to break the fishing gear out and see what shape it’s in. While […]

February is a month when I key in on mud and grass in protected coves, area drains, small bayous, and narrow channels at the point at which they lead out of the back lakes that are situated up and down Matagorda Island adjacent to San Antonio Bay. And it’s in these areas that I’ll continue […]

Landowners will be able to contract directly with nuisance alligator hunters under new rules adopted by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. Over the past 20 years, once imperiled alligator population in Texas have rebounded spectacularly. Increased suburban, exurban, an industrial development in an adjacent to coastal counties, particularly along the mid- and upper coast, […]

Just in time for the annual white bass run, Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine is launching its first-ever online-only extra, “Texas Fishing 2012.” The 40-page digital publication, available at http://www.tpwmagazine.com/fishing2012 features a 2012 fishing forecast by TPWD staffer and long-time outdoor writer Steve Lightfoot as well as a figurative tackle box full of topical articles […]