B.A. Steinhagen FAIR. Water stained; 85 degrees; 0.27 below pool. Very few anglers on the water. Target bass in shaded areas or submerged vegetation with a slow approach. Conroe GREAT. …

Deer season is less than two months away; let’s reflect on how deer hunting was ‘back in the day’ compared to today.   My first ‘stand’ was actually not a …

B.A.   Steinhagen FAIR. Water stain; 84 degrees; 0.64 feet below pool. Very few anglers on the water. Livingston GOOD. normal stain; 85 degrees; 0.10 feet above pool. Bite has …

Summer is not done yet, but I always consider the opener of dove season as the beginning stages of fall. Oh, the temperature is usually well into the 90s in early September but there is often an …

  Few things are more exciting to hunters than scouting new land they plan to hunt and this is the time of year when many hunters are exploring the land they plan to hunt this fall.   …

My first experience with using downriggers for stripers and hybrid striper occurred 30 years ago. I was fishing with a very experienced guide that specialized in using downriggers, a very effective …

This is the time of year when many hunters are moving from one hunting lease to a new one. There are many reasons for changing hunting leases and most veteran hunters understand that unless they own …

B.A. Steinhagen FAIR. Water stain; 84 degrees; 0.09 feet below pool. Very few anglers on the water.   Nacogdoches GOOD. Water stained; 88 degrees; 0.21 feet above pool. Water …

B.A. Steinhagen FAIR. Water stain; 84 degrees; 0.27 feet below pool. Very few anglers on the water. Bob Sandlin GOOD. Water stained; 83 degrees; 0.55 feet above pool. Water level 6 …

  For decades at Lake Tawakoni, the “trophy” blue catfish season began with the first cooling north winds in October and ended with the spring warm up. Fall and winter was the …

B.A. Steinhagen FAIR. Water stain; 80 degrees; 0.27 feet below pool. Very few anglers on the water. Expect fish to start pushing shallow as the water warms. Bob Sandlin GOOD. Water …

As far back as I can remember, I longed to fish the remote waters of a “fly in “lake in Canada. As a youngster, I thumbed through the pages of outdoor magazine, paying close attention to …

B.A. Steinhagen FAIR. Water stain; 75 degrees; 0.27 feet below pool. Very few anglers on the water. Expect fish to start pushing shallow as the water warms. Bob Sandlin GOOD. Water …

This past week was a good one for your old outdoor scribe. I’ve enjoyed some red hot catfish catching, spent time setting up a corn feeder on my little place in hopes of keeping a sounder of …

B.A. Steinhagen FAIR. Water stain; 75 degrees; 0.27 feet below pool. Very few anglers on the water. Expect fish to start pushing shallow as the water warms. Conroe GREAT. Water …

B.A. Steinhagen FAIR. Water stain; 75 degrees; 0.27 feet below pool. Very few anglers on the water. Expect fish to start pushing shallow as the water warms. Bob Sandlin GOOD. Water …

Lake Ray Hubbard fishing guide Brandon Sargent with Lead Slingers Guide Service eased the throttle back on his big 27 foot custom guide boat and studied our route to a fishing hotspot on his GPS. On …

For the past several months my friends Jeff Rice, Larry Weishuhn and I had looked forward to our annual trip to Lake Texoma to catch topwater stripers with Bill and Chris Carey’s Striper …

B.A. Steinhagen FAIR. Water stain; 75 degrees; 0.44 feet below pool. Very few anglers on the water. Expect fish to start pushing shallow as the water warms. Bob Sandlin GOOD. Water …