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It's Always Striper Time on Lake Buchanan

One phone call to Jerry Moore, Lake Buchanan’s top striped bass fishing guide snared us a mid July trip on this beautiful Hill Country lake. July is not Moore’s favorite time to fish for stripers, but he said, “We’ll still catch some.”

By Kenny Redin

Dallas Safari Club's Outdoor Education Program

As the Outdoor Adventures instructor at Argyle High School, it is a great day when you hear your students say, “your class is the greatest class I have ever taken,” or “every student should take your class”. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing over 100 students catch their first fish of their life while teaching Outdoor Adventures the past 8 years.

By Ben Carter

The Port Mansfield Grand Slam

Captain Pete Martinez eased his boat away from Bruce Shuler's Get-A-Way Adventures dock. As he slipped his Honda outboard into forward, he said, "You guys want to catch some flounder today?" David West and myself looked at each other as if Martinez was pulling some kind of fast one on us. West said, "I haven't caught or seen a flounder in 100 years." Well, just about the same thing I was thinking.

By TSJ Staff

The Great Cover-Up

I am invisible, nestled on the ground with my back against a perfectly shaped live oak trunk that resembles perfectly the oak trunk pattern on my ghillie suit. In stark contrast to my invisible clothing, the dead gobbler by my side shines iridescent in the morning sun. A few minutes earlier, he struts so close I think about grabbing him by the neck and probably could.

By TSJ Staff

Love Affair With A River

It was early January and the sun that sets so late that time of year was just beginning to ignite the western sky in a display of reds and golds so intense that the endless, arid grasslands of the Estancia Bella Vista were themselves bathed in a deep honey-colored swathe, at once mystical and otherworldly.

By Doug Larsen