Month: January 2002

With the number of fishermen becoming interested in saltwater growing, access to the bay by foot is becoming more important. Development and private ownership of adjacent land has cut into this access, but there are still areas where fishermen without a boat can...

On any given weekend or summer night, the rocks of the Texas City Dike are covered with anglers trying to fill coolers with speckled trout, redfish, drum, and various panfish. All this and more are caught from these rocks during almost evvery season of the year. But,...

Wadefishermen are a special breed of folks. We buy nice boats, just like everyone else, but for a different reason. For most anglers, their boat is their home away from home on the water. For the wadefisherman, a boat is just a method of transportation. It is used to...

This year's Eighth Annual Coastal Conservation Association's S.T.A.R. tournament is once again ready to kick off. And like the last two years has paved the way for some lucky anglers to get a college education. For the three biggest Flounder, Gafftop, and Sheepshead,...

SABINE - The flounder are continuing to move through the pass and fishermen armed with live shrimp are taking plenty of flatfish home for the table. Limits of trout and redfish are also falling to the whiskered bait. Work the reefs with a popping cork and live shrimp...

GALVESTON -- Warm water and good salinity levels have brought normally offshore species close enough for pier fishermen to bring a few ling, bonito, and kingfish to the boards. Plenty of sharks should be available this time of year and with them the speckled trout...

SABINE - The flounder are continuing to move through the pass and fishermen armed with live shrimp are taking plenty of flatfish home for the table. Limits of trout and redfish are also falling to the whiskered bait. Work the reefs with a popping cork and live shrimp...

GALVESTON -- Being the largest bay system on the Texas coast gives this area a very diverse winter fishery. Wading West Bay's south shoreline with large topwater plugs is the best way to hunt for trophy speckled trout during the cold winter months of January through...

GALVESTON -- Speckled trout action in West Bay should be outstanding for anglers keying in on slicks in the Green's Cut area. Other areas Galveston fishermen should watch are Jones and Green's lakes. These spots should give up some excellent speckled trout for...

GALVESTON - Captain Jim Leavelle of Tarpon Adventures of Texas, says that we can look forward to some excellent trophy trout fishing in Galveston's Bays during April. "Most of the bigger fish will be caught by hardcore waders in the coves along West Bay's south...