July 2016 VOL 26 NO 3
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Trophy-Class South Texas Snook! Perhaps as rare as an eleven-plus speckled trout, Jeremy Rhodes was very pleased to accomplish multiple snook landings recently fishing the Lower Laguna Madre with Capt. Ernest Cisneros. This beauty stretched the tape to 32-inches and weighed 9.25 pounds.
FEATURES
DEPARTMENTS
10 Bring on the Heat…for Summer Specks & Reds 16 Phases, Fights, and Pearly Lights 22 Finally… 26 Plans, Premonitions, and Paying Dues 30 Kingfish Insurance 36 Pick-Up Sticks
44 Let’s Ask The Pro 48 Shallow Water Fishing 52 TPWD Field Notes 54 Fly Fishing 58 Kayak Fishing Chronicles 62 TSFMag Conservation News 66 Fishy Facts 70 Inshore | Nearshore | Jetties | Passes 74 Extreme Kayak Fishing & Sharks... 104 Boat Maintenance Tips 1106 Science & the Sea
Steve Hillman Kevin Cochran Martin Strarup Chuck Uzzle Joe Richard Joe Doggett
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WHAT OUR GUIDES
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Dickie Colburn’s Sabine Scene The Buzz on Galveston Bay The View from Matagorda Mid-Coast Bays with the Grays Hooked up with Rowsey Capt. Tricia’s Port Mansfield Report South Padre Fishing Scene
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Dickie Colburn Caleb Harp Bink Grimes Shellie Gray David Rowsey Capt. Tricia Ernest Cisneros
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REGULARS 08 Editorial 76 New Tackle & Gear 92 Fishing Reports and Forecasts 100 Catch of the Month 102 Gulf Coast Kitchen
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Jay Watkins Scott Null Adam Reimer Scott Sommerlatte Dave Roberts CCA Texas Stephanie Boyd Curtiss Cash Eric Ozolins Chris Mapp UT Marine Science Institute