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FEATURE ARTICLE: The Basics of Night Fishing
…from the Fish & Game Saltwater Playbook Feature Article by TF&G Staff THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT the Texas coast after dark that feels like a different world. But for seasoned anglers, nightfall doesn’t signal the end of a fishing trip but the beginning. Night fishing on the Texas coast can be as productive as it is
FEATURE ARTICLE: Stocking Up
Texas Wildlife Stocking Efforts Include Everything from Peacock Bass and Turkeys to Walleye and Rhinos Feature Article by CHESTER MOORE WHEN IT COMES TO STOCKING animals, Texas doesn’t just think big. It thinks bold, wild, and sometimes just a little bit weird. From restoring Eastern wild turkeys in the Pineywoods to attempting to raise Nile
FORECAST CENTER: Saltwater Hotspots – Upper Coast -July/August 2025
HotSPOTLight: Upper Sabine Lake • • • LOCATION: Christmas/Bastrop BayHOTSPOT: Cox LakeGPS: N 29 4.488, W 95 13.952(29.0748, -95.2325) Christmas/Bastrop Bay: Cox Lake SPECIES: RedfishBEST BAITS: Spoons, topwaters, live baitTIPS: Fish topwaters, gold spoons, crabs, or mullet. . . . LOCATION: Galveston BayHOTSPOT: Pasadena Reef 1GPS: N 29 28.114, W 94 49.192(29.4686 -94.8199) Galveston Bay:
FORECAST CENTER: Saltwater Hotspots – Middle Coast -July/August 2025
HotSPOTlight: LBJ CAUSEWAY LOCATION: Ayers BayHOTSPOT: Ayers ReefGPS: N 28 10.434, W 96 50.3659(28.1739 -96.8394) > Ayers Bay: Ayers Reef SPECIES: Speckled Trout, Redfish and FlounderBEST BAITS: Live CroakerTIPS: Look for shell piles and work the edges from a boat. Trout, redfish, and an occasional flounder can be caught. The trout are the easiest to
Religious Groups File Lawsuit against TEA over Texas’ Ten Commandments in Classrooms Law
Islamic and Christian activists and ministers have launched a lawsuit against the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and multiple Dallas-area ISDs, arguing the unconstitutionality of a new state law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every classroom, two days after Gov. Greg Abbott signed it into law. After barely scraping by through its contentious
New Texas Law Expands Victims’ Rights, Access to Criminal Parole Information
Laws signed by Gov. Greg Abbott last week include several expanding victims’ rights and one mandating that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) provide certain details about a parolee’s conditions of release when requested by victims or their advocates. Introduced by Sens. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa (D-McAllen) and Joan Huffman (R-Houston), Senate Bill (SB) 1120
Abbott Signs ‘Make Texas Health Again’ Food Labeling Bill into Law
Gov. Greg Abbott signed more than 1,100 bills into law before the Sunday midnight deadline, with one of those being legislation aiming to “Make Texas Healthy Again.” Senate Bill (SB) 25, one of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s legislative priorities, was authored by Sen. Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham) to make fundamental changes to how food products in
Abbott Signs ‘Make Texas Healthy Again’ Food Labeling Bill into Law
Gov. Greg Abbott signed more than 1,100 bills into law before the Sunday midnight deadline, with one of those being legislation aiming to “Make Texas Healthy Again.” Senate Bill (SB) 25, one of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s legislative priorities, was authored by Sen. Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham) to make fundamental changes to how food products in
Sen. Robert Nichols Announces Retirement from Texas Legislature After 20 Years
State Sen. Robert Nichols (R-Jacksonville) announced his retirement on Tuesday afternoon after two decades in the Texas Legislature. Nichols stated in a press release, “Today, I am announcing that I will not be running again for the Texas Senate. I do intend to continue serving the people and communities of Senate District 3 until
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Directs University Presidents to Identify ‘Non-Resident’ Students
Ahead of the fall 2025 semester at universities across the state, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) has issued a letter to college presidents requesting the identification of students “who are not lawfully present” after a federal judge struck down the Texas Dream Act. In the letter to the university presidents, Commissioner of Higher
ACLU of Texas Seeks Legal Challenge to Texas’ ‘Parental Bill of Rights’
With Gov. Greg Abbott’s bill signing deadline passed, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas is planning to launch a lawsuit challenging the recently approved “Parental Bill of Rights.” Senate Bill (SB) 12 was authored by Sen. Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe), who explained the legislation during a Senate K-16 committee hearing in February as “reaffirming
BlackRock Launches ETF Focused on Texas-Headquartered Corporations
Texans will now be able to invest in an exchange-traded fund (ETF) focused solely on companies headquartered in the state via a new offering from BlackRock, the world’s largest asset management firm. Texas Equity ETF — listed as “TEXN” on the Nasdaq — launches on Tuesday and will allow investment in nearly 200 companies whose
