Harvest Surveys
If you often fish the Texas coastal waters, you have probably ended a fishing trip at a boat ramp to...
TP&W Field Notes
Crab Traps Anyone?
Since 2002 the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission has mandated a closed crab trap season in Texas' coastal waters for...
Sweet Mullet
Cruising through the Texas estuaries, most anglers have heard the splash of a fish jumping out of the water or...
Texas Clipper Ship Artificial Reef Project
The Texas Clipper lived several lives, beginning with its christening as the USS Queens on September 12, 1944, a WWII...
Seafood Consumption Advisories in Texas
Seafood consumption advisories for marine waters are not new to Texas. Beginning in the late 1980's consumption advisories have been...
Texas' Other Seatrouts
Three species of the genus Cynoscion, commonly called seatrout, are native to the Gulf of Mexico: the spotted seatrout, the...
Evaluating Seagrass Protection Initiatives in Redfish Bay – Part II
Part I (June 2008 Issue) of this series gave the basics of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's (TPWD) "No propeller...
Evaluating Seagrass Protection Initiatives in Redfish Bay – Part I
If you’re boating in redfish bay this summer, be sure to watch out for divers! Biologists from the Texas Parks...
The Status of Saltwater Fishing in Texas
Does it seem to you that there are more and more boats on the bays and in front of you...
Coastal Fisheries 2008 Fishing Forecast
Texas saltwater fisheries roller coaster: three years ago we shoveled snow and our upper coast was pounded by hurricane Rita....
Gulf Coast Kitchen
Get all the latest coastal cuisine recipes from guides and authors.
Recipe of the month
Stuffed Flounder
Thank you, Barbara Stumfoll of Bernie’s Boats in Victoria, TX for sharing this wonderful recipe with us! Believe me, this...