Tidbits for Late-Summer Success
We rolled out of the marina around 5:45 on a recent muggy-hot summer morning. That dreaded southwest wind was pumping...
Steve Hillman
Steve Hillman is a full-time fishing guide on his home waters of Galveston Bay. Steve fishes the entire Galveston Bay Complex, wading and drifting for trout, redfish, and flounder using artificial lures.
My Current Assessment of the Galveston Bay Fishery
Around 1920 my Great Grandpa T (Theodore) and Grandma Anita moved from Goose Creek to a house located on the...
Sights and Smells of Speckled Trout
I think the year was 1978. I got off of the school bus, walked into our little house on Dickinson...
Spring Training
Every year I look forward to baseball season, not only because I love baseball, but because it tends to coincide...
A Happy Meal
I have a couple of close friends who used to race cars and I remember them occasionally using the term...
A Perfectly Good Boat
Here on the Upper Texas Coast we probably do more drift fishing over a twelve month period than most of...
Standing There When It Happens
My hands used to get weathered and cracked from the cold, dry air. The open and bleeding cuts at the...
2024 Recap – New Era…New Approach
My three clients and I idled away from the marina just before dawn. It was a crisp late November morning,...
Have a plan; but be willing to change it!
As a professional fishing guide I don’t have the luxury of going fishing when all of the stars align. If...
Focus Areas & Tips for Fall Fishing
As big as the Galveston Bay Complex is it tends to fish somewhat small at times. All summer I seem...
