Galveston Fishing Report 2/5/19

Galveston Fishing Report 2/5/19

Galveston (East): Trout are good on the south shoreline on Soft–Dines, MirrOlures and soft plastics. Whiting and sand trout are good on the edge of the Intracoastal on fresh shrimp. Galveston (West): Trout are fair to good for drifters working shell on soft plastics....
Galveston Fishing Report 1/24/19

Galveston Fishing Report 1/24/19

East Galveston: Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on Soft–Dines, MirrOlures and topwaters. Whiting and sand trout are good on the edge of the Intracoastal on fresh shrimp. West Galveston:Trout are fair to good for drifters working shell on live shrimp....

World Birding Center Sites Known For More Than Birds!

Some exciting news for entomologists: a new species of tree cricket has been found in the United States. On May 16, 2009, Nancy Collins from Wisconsin and Laurel Symes, a PhD candidate at Dartmouth University, heard a tree cricket sing at Resaca de la Palma State Park and World Birding Center in Brownsville. On a return trip in June they found another cricket at Bentsen Rio Grande State Park, another World Birding Center in Mission. Further analysis by Dr. Thomas J. Walker, Professor Emeritus, University of Florida-Gainesville, revealed that it was an unnamed species of Oecanthus.  Collins says that it will be called Alexander’s tree cricket, in respect of R. D. Alexander who first discovered them in Mexico in the 1960s.

Red Tide Causing Minor Fish Kills Along South Texas Coast

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials believe isolated fish kills observed this week along the lower Texas coast can be attributed to red tide. “Our conclusion is that there is not a large red tide bloom along the South Texas coast,” says Dave Buzan, a scientist with TPWD Coastal Fisheries who heads the agency’s marine Kills and Spills Team. “Red tide is likely present but only in small patches and only causing intermittent relatively small fish kills. There is no evidence at this time that there will be a major bloom impacting Texas beaches. W