The View from Matagorda

The View: December 2015

North winds, gray clouds and low tides used to be the normal picture of a Texas December. That was a...

The View: November 2015

It's a tough choice for guys like me – fish or hunt ducks. That's a serious dilemma this time of...

The View: October 2015

If October is half of what Matagorda captains expect it to be, we could enjoy the "good ole' days" once...

The View: September 2015

Grab a rod, grab a shotgun... grab both! That's what I will be doing most of September.I look forward to...

The View: August 2015

Lots of talk begins to circulate in August about which football team will win it all. Sweat, two-a-days, preseason games–always...

The View: July 2015

It's getting hot out there. We like it hot. We just get on the water a little earlier and get...

The View: June 2015

It’s a good feeling as a charter captain to look at the long range forecast for the week and see...

The View: May 2015

Find a piece of shell, any piece of reef in Matagorda, and chances are there are fish lingering nearby. Bloated...

The View: April 2015

In the "good ol' days" fishers wanted to catch a big trout and didn't mind wading for hours for the...

The View: March 2015

Water is a powerful thing. Just ask anglers who have had to fight lack of water for most of the...

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