May 2018 Scuttlebutt at the Boat Ramp Danielle deVacque | TP&W Intern | Upper Laguna Madre Lab Like many of you, in the summer of 2016, I spent a lot of time enjoying the great outdoors at... Read More
April 2018 The Booming Texas Snook Population: Coming Soon To A Bay Near You? Joel Anderson | Perry R. Bass Marine Fisheries Research Station If you’ve ever caught a snook in Texas, you’re among a select group of anglers. Fishes in the snook family... Read More
March 2018 Spotted Seatrout of Sabine Lake Sabine Lake Marine Lab | Port Arthur Along the Texas coast, spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, are arguably the most highly sought after game fish, and the anglers... Read More
February 2018 Is That a Hatchery Fish? Ashley Fincannon | Hatchery Manager, CCA Marine Development Center While fishing in Texas bays you may hear an angler say about a catch, “That’s a hatchery fish.”Not to spoil... Read More
January 2018 Keeping Your Ear to the Ground: How SONAR is used to Monitor Aquatic Habitat in Texas Bays Zachary Olsen and Emma Clarkson | Habitat Assessment Team The fishfinder has become standard instrumentation on even not-so-modern fishing boats. Colorful displays steadily advance across the LCD consoles of... Read More
December 2017 Texas Abandoned Crab Trap Removal Program Zack Thomas Lost fishing gear including fishing line, nets, and various types of traps represents 10% of marine debris littering the bottoms... Read More
November 2017 Release the Kraken! Jill Thompson-Grim and Chris Ledford The latest Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) artificial reef ship project happened earlier this year.The Kraken was released on... Read More
October 2017 Stow it. Don’t Throw It. Adriana Leiva If you have ever enjoyed a day of fishing along the Texas coast, then you know the thrill you experience... Read More
September 2017 Restoration on Dickinson Bayou Dr. Jan Culbertson | Natural Resources Specialist, Coastal Fisheries Division | Dickinson Marine Lab This story begins in Dickinson Bayou, a water quality impaired watershed, located along the upper Texas coast within the Galveston... Read More
August 2017 Shoal Grass – A Texas Underwater Treasure Nathan Kuhn | Ecosystem Resources Program | Austin Team Leader | Coastal Fisheries Division The next time you’re wading or paddling through your favorite fishing spot along the Texas coast, take a closer look... Read More