The King Eider's Lair By Matt Williams

February 2, 2018 - Bering Sea duck hunt sheds new light on big water waterfowling

Tim Boatman (right) and Andrew Boatman (center) recently traveled to the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska to hunt King Eider, arguably the most sought after sea duck in the world. (Courtesy Photo)

Outdoors Briefs

January 26, 2018 - Allen/Loetscner grab win in TTT opener

More than 250 teams anted up for the 2018 Texas Team Trail season opener held Jan. 13 on Toledo Bend. Several found the big ones biting.

Harold Allen and Matt Loetscner topped the field with a five-fish sack weighing 28.74. The win earned them a fully rigged boat and bonus money valued at $34,045.
Allen said their bites came on jigs fished slowly along offshore drops in 10-20 feet with brush nearby.

Singing The Blues

January 26, 2018 - Catfish guides offer up big fish tips for heating up the bite in cold weather

Cold Water Safety Tips

January 18, 2018 - Water doesn't have to be extremely cold to cause hypothermia. Any water that's colder than normal body temperature causes heat loss. The following tips may increase your survival time in cold water if you accidentally fall in:

Big O Tragedy

January 18, 2018 - Accident brings focus to the potential dangers of wintertime angling, boating

Bass Cash: Catching Tagged Bass Reels in Big Prizes

January 12, 2018 - The 2018 BassCashBash season blew in right along with the nastiest cold front we've seen around here in a very long time, bringing with it more ways to win big than ever before.

BassCashBash is a series of a multi-month bass tournaments that anyone can enter on three different lakes -- Sam Rayburn, Lake Fork and Toledo Bend.

Prep Work: Brushing Up for Another Big Bass Season Means Line Checks and More

January 12, 2018 - There is no such thing as a bad time to hook up with a big Texas bass, but there is plenty of evidence to show when the odds of getting the big bite are best. More than three decades worth of data collected by the Toyota ShareLunker program indicates that the four-period spanning January through April is prime time to catch a big bass with a weight problem.

ShareLunker is an angler recognition program run by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department since Nov. 1986. Up until this year, the threshold for entry to program has been 13 pounds.

Tales from Texas Game Wardens from TPWD Reports

January 5, 2018 - Texas game wardens often find themselves in situations that at times can be just as peculiar as they are humorous. Here are a couple of samples recently filed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's law enforcement division:

Caught Gaming the System

Mr. Big: Review of East Texas' Top Bucks as the 2017-18 Season Winds Down

January 5, 2018 - The 2017-18 deer season rolls to a close on Jan. 7 in most of Texas. Like every deer season, this one has been pretty uneventful for most East Texas hunters where lifetime bucks are concerned. But it turned out to be a really memorable one for a handful of others.

ShareLunker Levels of Achievement

December 29, 2017 - The all-new Toyota ShareLunker program will feature four levels achievement. Here's a synopsis of the program categories:

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By Matt Williams (Outdoors Writer)