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Alligator Safety in Southeast Texas — What Every Camper Needs to Know

Alligator safety in Southeast Texas is one of those topics that gets either wildly over-dramatized or completely dismissed. The truth is somewhere straightforward in the middle: American alligators are real, they’re present throughout SETX waterways, and they’re genuinely not dangerous to people who understand a few basic things about…
Father and child fishing from a pier on Lake Livingston at golden hour in Southeast Texas

Fishing at Lake Livingston — Species, Spots & Seasons Guide

Fishing at Lake Livingston is built around two things the lake does better than most reservoirs in Southeast Texas: white bass and catfish. The white bass run up the Trinity River tributaries in early spring is one of the most consistent numbers-of-fish events on any SETX lake. The blue…
Surf fisherman fighting a fish in the Gulf of Mexico at Bolivar Peninsula on the Texas Gulf Coast

Fishing at Bolivar Peninsula — Surf, Jetty & Bay Complete Guide

Fishing at Bolivar Peninsula covers three completely different environments within a few miles of each other — 27 miles of Gulf beach for surf fishing, the North Jetty for structure fishing into the Galveston Channel, and the bay side with access to East Galveston Bay’s marshes, flats, and channels.…
Bass fisherman fighting a jumping largemouth bass on Sam Rayburn Reservoir at sunrise in East Texas

Fishing Sam Rayburn Reservoir — Best Spots, Seasons & Gear Guide

Fishing Sam Rayburn Reservoir puts you on 114,500 acres of East Texas Piney Woods water — the largest lake located entirely within Texas and the one that Bassmaster Magazine ranked as America’s best bass lake. The lake hosts over 300 fishing tournaments annually. The lake record largemouth bass is…
Two kayakers paddling around a bend on Village Creek through cypress and Spanish moss in Southeast Texas

Kayaking Village Creek — The Complete Paddling Trail Guide

Kayaking Village Creek is one of the best paddling experiences in Southeast Texas — a free-flowing creek with no dams, dark tannin water under towering bald cypress and river birch, white sand beaches around every other bend, and one of the most biologically diverse corridors in the entire Big…