Every February, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department closes the bays to commercial and recreational crabbing for a 10-day period. This temporary closure enables removal of derelict traps which continue to entrap and kill crabs, fish, and turtles. This year, 900 traps were removed from the three Mid-Coast Bays (Matagorda, San Antonio, and Aransas). Additionally, 543 […]

Floundering the night of January 6 with Mike Zacko, Donnie Haynes saw what looked like a door mat. He stuck it and brought in this 7 pound flounder!

The Saturday after Christmas a dozen volunteers loaded a few hundred sacks of oyster shell onto a barge destined for Bill Day Reef. The sacks of shell were a result of multiple days of volunteer effort filling sacks in Seadrift and transporting them to POC TPWD dock. The project was organized by San Antonio Bay […]

Lưu ý quý vị đánh bắt cua tự do và thương mại Reminder: Pick up your traps before Feb 16! Lưu ý: Xin hãy mang bẫy của quý vị về trước ngày 16 tháng 2! All Texas bays will be closed to crab fishing by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Friday, Feb. 16 through Sunday, […]

Boats and volunteers are needed throughout the crabbing closure period February 16-25 to systematically and comprehensively search the bays and Remove Abandoned Traps. Focused effort on Saturday, Feb 17 with volunteer appreciation party. Details at www.SABayPartnership.org To sign up contact Allan Berger AllanRBerger@outlook.com 713-829-2852 We need your help to keep our bays clean and productive!