The View from Matagorda

The View: October 2026 Premium

We never know when October will finally turn into October. It's different every year. Some years warm, some years cool. Cooler...

The View: September 2026 Premium

If you can’t get excited about the outdoors in September… Well, you might need a B12 shot!  Specks, whitewings, redfish,...

The View: August 2026

It’s an August day, flags are limp at the bait camp, you are already sweating as you launch the boat...

The View: July 2026

July is really the first month we expect to get in the surf on a regular basis. And truth be...

The View: June 2026

Summer is finally here; ardent incoming tides bring ocean recruits through the passes, and every piece of water in East...

The View: May 2026

If you like fishing over oyster shell; May is your month. When prime aquatic real estate like oyster reefs become...

The View: April 2026

I don’t know about you, but to me it feels like this spring season has a bit of a different...

The View: March 2026

Though winter does not officially exit the calendar until later this month, green buds on branches and other flora indicate...

The View: February 2026

As I write this in late January, I am wearing short sleeves and shorts. If this continues, Punxsutawney Phil is...

The View: January 2026

Unless we get an arctic clipper barreling down from the north, expect more mild temperatures and solid catches in January....

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