Goodness Gracious, Great Balls of Baitfish
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Texas’ coastal fisheries? For many anglers, dreams of...
TP&W Field Notes
Texas’ Commercial Fisheries: Data Collection and Trends
Texas’ bountiful bays, estuaries, and Gulf of Mexico waters have rich and diverse ecosystems that have long supported economically important...
Becoming an Outdoors Woman Returns to the Texas Coast
“The other way! No, the other way! The other, OTHER way!” If you regularly use a boat ramp, you’ve witnessed...
TPWD Coastal Fisheries Stock Enhancement of Spotted Seatrout - Post Freeze
Stock enhancement is a fisheries management tool used around the world to help supplement wild fish populations by introducing hatchery-reared...
From Sea to Stream: Tracking the Elusive American Eel as it Slithers from Texas’ Estuaries into its Rivers
The American Eel (scientific name Anguilla rostrata) is a species of eel that is found throughout the eastern part of...
The rise of tropical fish and fish diversity in Texas
The Texas Slam, which includes the combined catch of a Spotted Seatrout, Redfish, and Southern Flounder in a single day,...
Age and Growth of Coastal Spotted Seatrout in Texas
One of the main hurdles facing fishery biologists is that the subject of their science occurs under water. For this...
The Modern Angler—Understanding the demographics, behaviors, and motivations of the men and women who fish the Texas coast
Fisheries management takes more than understanding the biology and ecology of the fish and invertebrates that live in our waters....
The Trials and Tribulations of Trout Management
Have you ever come back from a fishing trip and been approached by a group of people in khaki uniforms...
Morning Glory
Most coastal anglers in Texas know that the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) stocks millions of fingerlings representing a...
Gulf Coast Kitchen
Get all the latest coastal cuisine recipes from guides and authors.
Recipe of the month
Cucumber & Jicama Shrimp Cocktail
1 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined1 Tbsp Zatarain’s Liquid Shrimp and Crab Boil1/3 cup fresh lime juice2/3 cup ketchup½ tsp...
