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TPWD Releases Saltwater Fishing Regulation Proposals for 2019-2020
AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is now accepting public comment on ...
Saltwater Fly Fishing Basics
There is an art to fly fishing, and when you mix it with saltwater prepare for fantastic strikes and unforgettable fights. Saltwater fishing is a varied experience, but you may be wondering why you would want to toss a line onto the top of the water while fishing out in the middle of the deep […]
Garmin GPS Smartwatch
Garmin Reveals GPS Smartwatch Range When it comes to luxury-ware in the tech market, there is clearly a very strong market for companies to produce the most highest specifications of smartwatches available. Apple, for example, has already enjoyed some success in this area. Albeit, and rather unusually, they have never strictly targeted the ‘high-end’ of […]
Fly Fusion Cast Like a Pro Series: Distance Casting
Fly Fusion Field Editor Jeff Wagner and fly-fishing icon Bruce Richards cover various topics in this informative fly-casting series that is packed full of cast-changing tips. In this Episode Jeff Wagner covers the fundamentals of distance fly casting. With these simple techniques you can add distance to your cast for that next Texas saltwater fly […]
West Galveston Bay Texas Saltwater Fishing Report March 4, 2019
Trout are fair to good for drifters working shell on live shrimp. Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs. Redfish are good in the back lakes on shrimp and Gulps. Texas Saltwater Fishing Report Texas saltwater fishing news, the way you want it! You post your news Submit […]
TPWD Releases Saltwater Fishing Regulation Proposals for 2019-2020
AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is now accepting public comment on proposed changes to saltwater fishing regulations for 2019-2020. These changes are intended to streamline regulations for the entire Texas coast for spotted seatrout and modified regulations for certain species to be in line with federal rules to reduce confusion among […]
Yamaha 190 FSH
Yamaha’s 190 FSH was featured on the cover (image attached), and inside, the magazine wrote a four-page story about the 210 FSH. “Yamaha, over the years, has evolved a wide-open spaces concept at the stern to create a comfortable back porch and made it even cushier for folks who like to flip a frog.” “The […]
Garmin Basecamp GPS
Plan a Trip Use BaseCamp to plan your next hiking, biking, motorcycling, driving or off-roading trip. You can view maps, plan routes, and mark waypoints and tracks from your computer and then transfer them to your device. Track Draw feature lets you trace your planned route and view elevation changes, helping you estimate the difficulty […]
West Galveston Bay Texas Saltwater Fishing Report December 2018
Trout are good for waders on the mud and shell on MirrOlures and Corkies. Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs. Texas Saltwater Fishing Report
Port Mansfield Texas Saltwater Fishing Report December 2018
Redfish are fair to good on DOA Shrimp and Gulps under a popping cork around grass holes. Trout are fair to good on mud along the edge of the channel on Corkies and MirrOlures.
Corpus Christi Texas Saltwater Fishing Report December 2018
Trout are fair to good in Oso Bay for waders tossing scented baits and Corkies. Redfish are good in the Humble Channel on crabs and table shrimp. Trout are fair to good on the edge of the flats on live shrimp, Gulps and DOA Shrimp.
It’s time to get outside and connect with nature
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Busy schedules, excessive screen time and lots of other factors keep kids from connecting with nature, even though study after study show that spending time outdoors makes them healthier, happier and smarter. Same goes for adults. So why not head outside together? From August 18 to November 10, Coastal Bend residents […]
Goose Island Reopening for Overnight Visitors Starting March 1
ROCKPORT– After months of recovery efforts from Hurricane Harvey, Goose Island State Park is reopening its gates to overnight guests beginning March 1. “We are excited to welcome campers back to Goose Island State Park just in time for spring break,” said Robbie Merritt, Interim Superintendent of Goose Island State Park. “We hope that visitors […]
A Time To Kneel – Written by Ted Nugent
Take a little trip to Valley Forge in January. Hold a musket ball in your fingers and imagine it piercing your flesh and breaking a bone or two. There won’t be a doctor or trainer to assist you until after the battle, so just wait your turn. Take your cleats and socks off to get […]
Hurricane Damaged Port Aransas Fire Department to receive fire truck on emergency loan from Texas A&M Forest Service
PORT ARANSAS, Texas — Port Aransas Fire Department is set to receive a fire truck on loan from Texas A&M Forest Service on Friday, Sept. 29 to temporarily replace one damaged by Hurricane Harvey. Hurricane Harvey devastated the Port Aransas Fire Department leaving it without a single fire truck and many of the firefighters have […]
Ranger® Boats New 2360 Bay Ranger to Debut at Miami International Boat Show
Fishing functionality meets high-end styling FLIPPIN, ARK (February 16, 2017) Ranger® Boats’ all-new 2360 Bay Ranger will debut at the 2017 Miami International Boat Show, Feb. 16-20, at Miami Marine Stadium Park and Basin on Virginia Key. The new offering is the latest from Ranger’s acclaimed Saltwater Series and provides a serious fishing rig with […]
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Old Freighter Sunk to Give Gulf Marine Life a New Hangout
PORT ARANSAS – The 155-foot Kinta S slipped to her watery grave Wednesday in the Gulf of Mexico off shore from Mustang Island, but the nearly 40-year-old freighter will foster new marine life for years to come. Scuttled in 75 feet of water eight miles out into the Gulf as part of Texas Parks and […]
February 18, 2002 — Back on the Water
February 18, 2002 — Back on the Water Capt. Bruce W. Shuler (Get-A-Way Adventures Lodge) Capt. Steven Devrise took a Businessman’s Holiday and fished 18 Feb. 2002. We caught a few small reds and trout. As its called fishing not catching, we did lose a very large trout which hit a Chartreuse Top Dog fished […]
February 6, 2006 — March Winds?????????????
February 6, 2006 — March Winds????????????? With our warm weather or non existent winter we are getting our March winds early. Fished 5 days last week and seems we had winds from every direction. Two of the days waited until afternoon to even leave the dock to avoid 35 M.P.H. winds. Despite the winds we […]
October 18, 2001 — TROUT, REDFISH, FLOUNDER and BIG JACKS
October 18, 2001 — TROUT, REDFISH, FLOUNDER and BIG JACKS We hosted 15 fishermen from TSM, Inc. this past weekend. Wind gusts to 30 mph. forced us to the East cut for both days fishing. Fish were in the guts along the edges in 3 to 4 foot of water. Best fishing occurred during the […]
April 18, 2006 — Wind…Wind and Cooperative Fish
April 18, 2006 — Wind…Wind and Cooperative Fish It just keeps on HAPPENING!! The past two weeks have been outstanding. We continue to catch excellent trout. Capt. Steven lost what he considered a 30” plus yesterday. Fishing just south of town he had already caught and released a 25” plus when bam she hits, on […]
October 9, 2005 — Fall…Finally
October 9, 2005 — Fall…Finally Man, for a while there it appeared that Mother Nature had reinvented herself into Eddie Murphy's Aunt Bunny that if you recall from Delirious took 15 minutes to fall down a flight of stairs. Well, Mother Nature finally fell ushering in clean clear water, cool temperatures, and finally a decent […]
March 26, 2003 — TROPHY TROUT TIME
March 26, 2003 — TROPHY TROUT TIME Trophy Trout Season officially kicked off last week! Early last week Greg Cortez of Bay City caught a 32 inch trout with a 16 inch girth on one day and followed up with a 30 inch trout that had a 15 inch girth the next day. Both fish […]
February 10, 2006 — North Pole Conditions!!!!
February 10, 2006 — North Pole Conditions!!!! With the approach of our first COLD front in the past few weeks, I was really concerned with getting our mission completed. Bill Olson with Texas Outdoors Journal had been asking us to help with a feature winter time trophy trout story. After juggling schedules and flights early […]
October 2, 2005 — It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
October 2, 2005 — It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year Ah, sounds like the refrains from a Christmas Carol. October is typically the month to usher in cooler waters, lighter winds, and more active fish. But man is it hot, the fish are still following SUMMER patterns, and that witch Mother Nature decides […]
March 15, 2001 — It’s Getting Hot in Here
March 15, 2001 — It’s Getting Hot in Here Capt. Bruce Shuler ( Get-A-Way Adventures Lodge) Capt. Ted Springer ( Get-A-Way Adventures Lodge) Capt. Mel Talasek ( Matagorda) and Capt. Bink Grimes ( Outdoor Writer) took a Businessman’s Holiday and fished 14 March 2001. Fishing is starting to heat up with our water temp. moving […]
February 14th Through 21st 2005 — Belizean Adventures
February 14th Through 21st 2005 — Belizean Adventures What do you get when you add one fly fisherman and five bait casters, divide them into three groups, and stir in three of the best guides in southern Belize? We got skunked. Each year, the guide staff, Captains Bruce and Brandon Shuler, Captain Teddy Springer, Captain […]
Official Word on East Cut Dredging
Re: Official Word on East Cut Dredging 🙂 This is great news and that is not an unrealistic amount of money to raise. We just need some good ideas on rocks to turn over and possibly a couple of fundraisers (tournaments, BBQ’s, and etc). Maybe a bumper sticker program like the cops have with the […]
January 6, 2006 — Happy New Year
January 6, 2006 — Happy New Year Well, life on with the traveling road show is just starting and I am already jonesing for the comforts of my salty habitat. With two thirds of the crew, Teddy, BJ and Frank in Houston, and Dad and I in Arlington and San Antonio we have left the […]
March 28,2004 — WIND/WIND/ and MORE WIND
March 28,2004 — WIND/WIND/ and MORE WIND Constant 20 plus MPH Winds have continually blown the last 15 days. Despite this our Capt’s. continue to catch fish. Last week was trying for everyone but this last Friday the fish decided yes its spring and lets eat. Capt. Charlie and Ted have been able to put […]
April 25, 2006 — Water Goes Up Must Come Down
April 25, 2006 — Water Goes Up Must Come Down Seems like every time the reds get the opportunity to have enough water on the edges to really get podding, the bottom drops out a drives them back to the deeper guts. Tidal conditions like this are enough to drive a fly fisherman mad. On […]
February 1, 2006 — Back in the Saddle
February 1, 2006 — Back in the Saddle With our show / seminar commitments behind us until the Dave Holder Show we are getting back on the water regularly. Yesterday Capt. Ted and I did a little reconnaissance for upcoming trips. Conditions were excellent with light south east winds. The fish responded with us catching […]
October 9, 2003 — FALL REDS
October 9, 2003 — FALL REDS Water temperatures remain in the upper 70s providing a comfortable wade without waders. Red fishing continues to be great. Fishing North provided non-stop action for the past three days. Reds were found from knee to chest deep water. Trout were located in chest to deeper water. The top water […]
February 18, 2006 — North Pole Conditions!!!!
February 18, 2006 — North Pole Conditions!!!! WOW!!!!! How can you describe fishing in a 35 MPH north wind, 40 degrees and drizzle? We hosted our good friend Mitch from Bay City along with his son’s bachelor party this weekend. Friday as I was getting my boat ready for Sat. I watched to the north […]
March 30, 2006 — Consistency Blows!
March 30, 2006 — Consistency Blows! Alright, consistency actually rocks when it is a consistent bite, consistent good fortune, even a consistent good night's sleep, but when consistency consists of a 25+ mph wind, well, with the consistent tinnitus ringing in your ears and permanent look of an eighties wind-blown feathered hair cut consistency can […]
October 18, 2005 — Holy Toledo
October 18, 2005 — Holy Toledo The NLCS and local conditions are apparently a symbiotic relationship: dramatic strikeouts and long long homeruns! Just like the serving of disappointment served up by the diminutive David Eckstein and goliath Fat Albert of the hated St Louis Cardinals, mother nature decided to throw us a mixed bag of […]
November 11, 2003 — Transition!!!!
November 11, 2003 — Transition!!!! That one word sums up our fishing now. With the onset of our second cool front the fish are making the transition to pre-winter time staging areas. Our first cool front two weeks ago started them moving but now with this past weekends cool, wet front the fish are moving. […]
March 27, 2005 — North, South, Hot, Cold, Dirty, Clear, High to LOWWWW!!!
March 27, 2005 — North, South, Hot, Cold, Dirty, Clear, High to LOWWWW!!! Winds from every degree of the compass, temperatures from 50 degrees to 85 degrees, Brown Tide to Semi clear water, Low tides to full spring tides. Faced with these conditions we have been forced to change patterns almost daily. That pretty much […]
March 10,2004 — Spring is Here!!
March 10,2004 — Spring is Here!! Capt. Ted Springer spent the last two days scouting for upcoming charters. He found good reds on the sand in about 1 to 2 feet of water during the middle of the day. Lures of choice were bone and chartreuse She Dogs. Fish moved up after 9:00 A.M. and […]
December 16, 2005 — Twas The Night Before Christmas
December 16, 2005 — Twas The Night Before Christmas First, I want to apologize for the errant and late fishing reports. Between updating the web, building a few more sites and suffering the constant hack attacks we have been suffering, not to mention very slow and cold fishing, I have not been as diligent with […]
December 5, 2003 — Transition!!!!
December 5, 2003 — Transition!!!! When was the last time you played with a Yo-Yo? That little toy from years gone by best sums up the pattern lately. With cool fronts making weekly visits to the Lower Laguna Madre, the fish have become cold-blooded Yo-Yo’s. The fish are acting as confused as some anglers. If […]
March 15, 2006 — Quit Teasing!
March 15, 2006 — Quit Teasing! Finally get to feel the bottom! After the winter doldrums and stinky waders, spent most of the week wet wading the shallow stuff. With temperatures flirting with 100 degrees and a number of days in the mid nineties, the water temperature has hit the mid 70's a couple of […]
April 11, 2006 — Remember the Nineties…Return of the Top-Dog
April 11, 2006 — Remember the Nineties…Return of the Top-Dog The last 6 days seemed like the nineties. Pre-meat haulers!!!! Five of our guests were able to better their lifetime best trout during the last six days! What is amazing is the weight of these fish for some of their lengths. Can you say FAT? […]
October 27, 2005 — Finally a Real Cool Front!!!!
October 27, 2005 — Finally a Real Cool Front!!!! After continued dismal fishing conditions the past two weeks: a BRIGHT SPOT!!!! With the arrival of our first real cool front the fish seem to have responded. Can’t remember going into the last of Oct. with 80 degree water temps but the fish sure didn’t like […]
November 29, 2002 — Fall is Here
November 29, 2002 — Fall is Here Fishing has improved over last week. Redfish are in West Bay, trout can be found along the East Ridges and Flounder are showing up in the East Cut. Bone and Chartruse TTKs worked the best. Slow your retrieve as slow as possible and pay close attention for a […]
March 20-22, 2003 — Businessman’s Holiday
March 20-22, 2003 — Businessman’s Holiday Capts’. B.J.Powell, Ray Rankin, and yours truly recently hosted Mr. Daddy, Texas Trout Killer A.K.A. (Travis Petty and his father, Pappy!) to a day chasing Crappie on Steroids (Snapper) out of Port Mansfield. After departing the dock after 7:30 A.M. it didn’t take Mr. Trout Killer long to give […]
March 8, 2006 — Need Directions?
March 8, 2006 — Need Directions? So, you want to find fish and see how the fishing has been lately? Well, you basically have six choices when you get to the harbor mouth: Hang a right, or Hang a left; Take a port heading or starboard heading; or go north, or go south! The direction […]
March 8,2005 — Port Mansfield Wind & Reds
March 8,2005 — Port Mansfield Wind & Reds Capt. Frank Vasquez had the opportunity to fish David (SCA FAME) and his wonderful daughter Cheryl. They found good reds on the sand in about 1 to 2 feet of water during the middle of the day. Lures of choice were gold spoons fished slowly over the […]
February 26, 2006 — Lady Luck or Humble Pie?
February 26, 2006 — Lady Luck or Humble Pie? We hosted our good friends from the 4 F Fishing Club this past weekend. These nineteen anglers are some of the best Hardcore Fishermen we host during the year. You can only guess how excited myself and our guides were as we were about to go […]
March 22, 2006 — Blow, Blow, Blow the Man Down
March 22, 2006 — Blow, Blow, Blow the Man Down Holy wind tunnel Batman; to say the spring breezes are here will be a huge understatement. The past week has seen Laguna Madre glass followed by all the rippled water you could ever wish for. Last Thursday and Friday offered up a phenomenal topwater bite […]
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