The View from Matagorda

February is my least favorite month of the year for obvious reasons. The last football game has been played, the...

"Nobody fishes in January, much less catches anything, right? That's why they schedule the boat shows because fishing is so...

Cold water, north winds, gray clouds and low tides are pictures of past Texas Decembers. Notice I said past winters....

By the time you read this, hopefully, the first real cold front of the fall has arrived, bringing with it...

Getting a hold on a fall pattern of consistent fishing can be tough, since the next change in weather could...

Summer 2013 will officially end with the arrival of the autumnal equinox on September 22. The long days of summer...

A slight switch in the wind direction means everything to coastal Texans. Southeast winds normally bring a lower barometer; and,...

I am not going to talk about the July heat - let everyone else bellyache about it. What I will...

If late-April and early-May can be seen as any indication of the state of Matagorda Bay, we look forward to...

Some say the magic number is 70 I say 72. Whichever, both opinions suffice. Catches consistently improve when water temperatures...