Texas Parks & Wildlife Field Notes

As a young man, I spent a half-decade paddling the backwaters and oxbows of southeast Texas' Neches River. In search...

When you reel in your next shark, make sure you've got a keeper. New regulations took effect in September, so...

Any angler familiar with the Baffin Bay area knows how dangerous and expensive encounters with the area's rocks and reefs...

I pushed the alarm button off on the clock. 5:30 am. I had not slept much. Mostly out of anticipation...

Texas' 2009 marine fish stocking program has successfully started with captive hatchery red drum and spotted seatrout spawning millions of...

Their odd appearance and awesome size made them a prized catch for fishermen along the Texas coast. Net fishermen considered...

Fishing pressure on the Texas CoastEverybody knows the feeling. You spend all week looking forward to the big weekend fishing...

Seagrass Requirements Seagrasses, or submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), are flowering plants that live in shallow saline waters usually in a...

If you often fish the Texas coastal waters, you have probably ended a fishing trip at a boat ramp to...

Since 2002 the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission has mandated a closed crab trap season in Texas' coastal waters for...

TP&W Field Notes