The View from Matagorda

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...

The View: February 2015

My starched Texas flag normally takes a beating from cold, sustained 20-knot winds this time of year. The same could...

The View: January 2015

Nippy, wet weather is normally the forecast this time of year. Gray skies and low tides provide a dreary backdrop,...

The View: December 2014

The whitetail rut will be in full swing in South Texas, snow geese will hit green fields and pintails will...

The View: November 2014

Is there a better month than November for all things outdoors?Speckled trout, redfish, flounder, pintails, teal, gadwalls, wigeons, snow geese,...

The View: October 2014

I remember chilly earlobes in the morning, calm afternoons and world-class light-tackle fishing in October. In the mid-90s, it was...

The View: September 2014

Summer is set to officially end on the Autumn Equinox this month, sometime around the South Zone dove opener. Though...

The View: August 2014

Meteorologists warn that we have not seen the hottest part of the summer. How can it get any hotter than...

The View: July 2014

It's a summer day, flags are limp at the bait camp, you are already sweating as you launch the boat...

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