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The Lore & Legend of Texas Saltwater Fishing

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Upper-Laguna “Padre” Rojo

Cory Johnson
For the last fifteen of my thirty-one years on Mother Earth I have been consumed with chasing large trout in...

Epic Father’s Day Came Early

Billy Gerke
With summer hitting full swing and the kids ready to have fun, my family and I decided to break away...

Doubling Up on Coastal Fun

Everett Johnson
In this high-information age I would be willing to bet that most coastal fishing enthusiasts have either experienced firsthand or...

Why I Quit Tournaments

This is one of those articles that kind of rolls around in your head for a couple months while you...

Wishes & Fishes

Port Mansfield has always held a special place in my heart. Everett and I spent our honeymoon in Port Mansfield...

Matagorda Snook?

Frank H. Knebel
The surf sucked. Huge rafts of sargassum, seemingly thick enough to walk on, drifted with the current and each cast...

Things the Fish Taught Me

Everett Johnson
My best guess would be that good fisherman are not born–they have been educated. True enough, some are born with...

Jackie’s Stories — “They’re going to quit sending me rods.”

Jack Campbell
One morning about eight years or so ago in the month of September, I woke to slick-calm conditions. I did...

Big Fun at the Big Jetty

Story by Everett Johnson, Photos by Everett and Pam Johnson)
Have you ever had your reel nearly emptied by a huge redfish, fought it to the boat and released it–and...

Fishing Memories

Summer is finally here. After a long and unusually cold winter and spring that wonderfully warm muggy air greeted me...

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