Dry Texas duck season tests waterfowlers and coats their luck
Waterfowlers face a dry season across Texas with sloughs and marshes parched since August. Guides note boots, pumps, and truck access to blinds while the coast benefits from water and migrating blue winged teal. Mallards linger on the coast as north Texas habitats dry up, but recent rains recharged habitats for the season’s final week and the upcoming Light Goose Conservation Order.
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Gulf Coast Outdoors Report Highlights Bay Area Light to Fair
North Sabine to Matagorda report shows trout from fair to good across bays drifting shell and using glow Sand Eels, Sand Eels, and Trout Killers. Redfish and black drum bite on shrimp, spoons, and mullet. whiting and croaker in various spots. Overnights at causeways and jetties show live shrimp, DOA baits, and cork rigs producing.
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Galveston Bay
Mid-Bay
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Texas City
Freeport
San Luis Pass
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Christmas Bay
East Matagorda
Matagorda
Colorado
North and South Zone waterfowl season notes for North Texas
The North Zone faces its driest waterfowl season as sloughs go dry and hunters switch to lakes while weekend rains offer some relief for the final week. In the South Zone bluewing teal proffer a late-season boost with drakes in spring plumage, mallards remaining key on prairie spreads, and Pintails strong in Rockport and Port O Connor. The Light Goose Conservation Order starts January 30 as juveniles swell flocks boosting liberal season prospects.
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North Texas
Rockport
Port O’connor
Anahuac
High Island
Baytown Police Arrest Suspects in Multiple Incidents
Baytown officers booked a 19 year old Lee High student for displaying gang paraphernalia and resisting arrest after a confrontation at school. A Houston man was stopped on Interstate 10 with 28 grams of cocaine and charged with possession with intent to deliver with a $20000 bond. A Highlands man faces felony theft and is held without bond after a tools theft at Bays Inn. Police logged 179 calls for service from Friday 6 am to Saturday 6 am including 10 alarms and several disturbances and felonies.
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