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February Features

Mike McBrideMike McBride
Spots and Flops

Mike McBride"Well how'd you guys do," I asked, already knowing full well where they went and also knowing an honest answer would probably include a big suck factor. "Oh there were a few scattered fish in there," came the first anemic reply....

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Kevin CochranKevin Cochran
Adjusting To Extremes

Kevin CochranMany people prefer to go fishing in pretty weather, with light winds, moderate temperatures and relatively clear skies. Especially on a boat, the choice to make outings in stable weather is often consciously done in the interests of greater safety and better perceived opportunity...

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Billy SandiferBilly Sandifer
The Painting

Billy SandiferThe faces on the canvas haunt me every time I look at it and they have done so these many years. It hangs on the wall five feet from me just to the right of my desk. I love to tease everyone about telling the same ol' fish story over and over instead of just catching it once and then getting...

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Martin StrarupMartin Strarup
From the Old Salts

Martin StrarupI listened in on a conversation of some rather senior gentlemen anglers the other day, men who have spent their life along the Texas coast. Hearing their opinions on the state of our fishery and their suggested solutions to perceived problems was educational to say the least.

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Chuck UzzleChuck Uzzle
Keeping pace without losing track

Chuck UzzleIt would be incredibly easy to throw down a few trite and overworked phrases every month as I see some outdoor scribes doing in other publications but that's not my style. Fishing means so much more to me. For as long as I have been writing for TSFMag I...

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February 2012 Issue!

February 2012


EDITORIAL
Seagrass Conservation and LIFA

EJ I have written before on the topic of user conflict on Texas bays. More specifically, a certain faction of shallow water anglers seeking to limit boater access in and around the Redfish Bay State Scientific Area.

For background, seagrass can be damaged by boat propellers during shallow water take-off and sometimes when the boat is running on plane in shallow water. Seagrass is important in the grand scheme of estuarine ecology. Biologists call it the foundation of the food chain and it deserves our best conservation efforts.

Also by way of background - Due to the amount of boat traffic and prop scarring on the flats between Aransas Pass, Port Aransas and Port Ingleside, the Redfish Bay State Scientific Area was established in 2001 with voluntary guidelines to protect seagrass. After five years of modest improvement, stricter measures in the form of "no uprooting" regulations were enacted. Boaters damaging seagrass could be fined. Boater compliance increased and scarring of the grassbeds diminished. The comparison of aerial photos before and after the 2006 regs went into effect shows marked recovery of the resource.  

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Dickie Colburn

Dickie has 35 years experience guiding on Sabine and Calcasieu Lakes out of Orange,TX.
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Mickey Eastman

Mickey fishes out of the Galveston area bays and is the founder of Gulf Coast Troutmasters.
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Bill Pustejovsky

Bill is a guide from the Matagorda Bays He fishes year 'round for trophy trout and redfish.
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Shellie Gray

Shellie Gray fishes year 'round for trout and redfish with artificial lures in the Port O'Connor/ Seadrift area
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David Rowsey


David Rowsey has 20 years experience in the Laguna/ Baffin region; trophy trout with artificial lures is his specialty.
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Capt. Tricia


Capt. Tricia operates out of Port Mansfield, specializing in both wade and drift fishing with artificial lures
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Ernest Cisneros

Ernest fishes the Lower Laguna Madre to Port Isabel. Ernest specializes in wading and poled skiff for snook, trout and redfish.
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