Steve Hillman

Steve Hillman

2018 in Review

For the January 2018 issue of this magazine I wrote an article I titled Reflections of 2017.  The positive feedback...

Finding New Water

Here we go again – another day with adverse conditions.  It seemed like it would never end with more than...

November – Thanks Given

October has become known to many as the beginning of fall fishing along our Texas bays.  Officially, the first day...

Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

It was a long run across the bay. I had been fishing many days in a row and the pattern...

Looking Back At the Summer of 2018

As summer draws to a close I look back and try to process all of the ups and downs that...

Late Summer Strategy: Fishing Ledges

Years ago my family leased some land near Eastland, Texas for turkey and deer hunting. This region of the state...

It’s Just Fishing

Through my years of fishing I’ve learned that over time there seems to be performance-based ranking of sorts when fishermen...

Fun with Twitchbaits!

I would be willing to bet that the majority of saltwater anglers who exclusively throw artificials rely on soft plastics...

Positive Energy

It’s 2:00 AM and I’m wide awake, even though my alarm is set for 4:00. I frequently hear stories from...

Nomadic Behavior

It was early in April and we had been on a roll of catching very nice trout with relative ease,...

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Isle of Matagorda Baked Flounder

This delightful creation comes from the kitchen of Brent Hart at Hurricane Junction in Port O’Connor. Flounder is regarded as...

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