In an unprecedented heat wave, we check in on the newts, the bears, the mussels, and all those flowers that just woke up for spring.

I reached out to two captains who fish out of Matagorda, as well as one down in Baffin Bay, and here's what they had to say.

Capt. Greg Ball reported that the annual oversized drum run is in full swing. The sheepshead are spawning, and some large ones are being caught throughout the bay system.

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After several years of closures due to low populations, California will reopen limited commercial and recreational salmon fishing this spring as stocks rebound. Local fishers welcome the return but ...