November 2018 Across Space and Seasons: Patterns in Texas Marine Communities Dr. Tiffany Hopper | Policy & Education Team It’s a beautiful day and you’re out enjoying our wonderful Texas bays and marine waters when you notice Texas Parks... Read More
October 2018 Fishin’ and Grinnin’ Delbert Gatlin | Biologist, CCA Marine Development Center As a state agency, Texas Parks and Wildlife has always emphasized the importance of getting people outdoors and enjoying the... Read More
September 2018 10 Years Later: A Review of the Impact of the 5-fish Bag Limit for Spotted Seatrout in the Lower Laguna Madre Jason Ferguson | Ecosystem Leader, Lower Laguna Madre Lab In 2007, Dr. Larry McKinney, who was the Director of the TPWD Coastal Fisheries Division at the time, wrote a... Read More
August 2018 The Bottom-line on Texas Sharks Ryan Easton | Biologist, Port O’Connor Marine Lab Sharks: if you’ve spent time on the water in Texas bays or the Gulf of Mexico, odds are you have... Read More
July 2018 Assessing the Impacts of Hurricane Harvey on the Fisheries of the Aransas Bay System Evan Pettis | Biologist, Aransas Bay Marine Lab On August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall as a category four storm in the small fishing community of Rockport.... Read More
June 2018 Who’s that Lady? Tom Wagner | Biologist | Rockport Marine Lab Have you ever cast out into the flats or surf, felt a hard tug followed by a thrashing of water,... Read More
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