Hello my name is Armando Villarreal III and I am a sport-fisherman who comes from an avid hunting and fishing family with over 30 years of personal fishing experience and generations of combined outdoor experience. I however, now only fish and no longer hunt. 

The purpose of this website is to spread the lore of sport-fishing in Texas and throughout.  To share what I have learned in my years of fishing and to learn different techniques from other anglers in order to improve my fishing skills and those of other anglers in the fishing world.

In addtion to fishing this I also make my own fishing baits or slabs as called by many and almost excuslive use my own baits when I fish for sand bass, hybrids, and stripers.

                   
Myself with a stringer of South Texas (tank pond ) Black Bass                              Paul Rich with a nice 35 inch Farifield redfish caught the Winter of 2008

While the bulk of my fishing pertains to sand bass and hybrids.  I enjoy fishing for anything that will take a bait and offer a challenging fight at the end of a rod and reel.  From the humble carp to the mighty red fish, I seldom pass an opportunity to tangle with any fish.  From pond stocked trout to elusive peacock bass in the tributaries of Gatun Lake, they all offer a challenge that is seldom identical in anyway.

In addition to fishing I have met some of the finest people and the best of my friends on the lake and on The Texas Fishing Forum so one can say that in addition to landing big fish I have met some of most interesting and genuine individuals while fishing. You will have a chance to meet some of these people in web-pages to come. Welcome and than you for visiting my website.

Best Regards
-armando

Pictured below is a 16.6 pound 36 inch red fish caught and released at Lake Fairfield, Texas on Ground Hog Day 2008.  Lake Fairfield is one of the best fresh water fisheries the state has to offer and fishing for redfish is optimum in the Fall and Winter months when day tempatures rarely exceed 70 degress. Cold, rainy, windy days have been the most productive for us via size and numbers wise.  

Paul Rich, myself, and Greg Poort with a mess of Ray Roberts sand bass taken Fall 2007 during some of the best top water action of they year.  Sand bass fishing was less than perfect in 2007 due to the excessive rains and limited ramp access on Ray Roberts and other North Texas lakes.  Anglers should expect larger than usual sand bass in 2008.