Joe Richard

Joe Richard

Texas Tuna in Winter

A number of Texas boat crews watch and wait each winter for precious weather windows, hoping to make that long...

Winter’s Wahoo Smackdown

The Flower Gardens reef off Texas very likely offers the best wahoo action in the country, right off Galveston, and...

Winter Partyboats

I am not exactly a stranger to Gulf partyboats, with a number of memorable voyages over the years, and in...

True Confessions: Ever suffered a beat-down on the water?

We've all had that certain kind of day on the water where the next boat, or wader, even someone in...

October Snapper Season

Offshore anglers were unexpectedly granted a two-week bonus snapper season from Oct. 1-14, and a number of boats will once...

Tarpon Time

September is official Texas tarpon month. For us, anyway, and we narrow it down and pick a "tarpon week" where...

Grouper ID Time

Texas is blessed with a great many grouper species offshore, in sufficient numbers to pursue on a year-round basis. Ideally...

State Water Kingfish

Boat-bashing whitecaps of early summer finally settle down in July, at some point, and that's when you see bay boats...

Salute to the Gar

In my youth I whaled away on many an alligator gar, since they were numerous and pests on the upper...

A Fishing Diet

As fishing summers continue to get hotter, we've been adapting to the increased heat using our own methods, a mix...

Gulf Coast Kitchen

Get all the latest coastal cuisine recipes from guides and authors.

Recipe of the month

Fish Veracruz

I want to thank Kacie Skalak for sharing her version of this wonderful recipe. I made it recently for my...

LJ Guillotte’s Grilled Oysters ala ACME

Shrimp with Sun-Dried Tomato Cream Sauce

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