Everything is big in Texas, including the options for golf and fishing vacations. With more than 80,000 miles of streams and rivers, Texas ranks second in the volume of inland waters only to Alaska in the U.S. Add lakes and coastal waters, and Texas is an angler's dream. Golfers also have their pick of some of the finest courses in the country, with a wide array of course styles and elevations.
Columbia Lakes Resort Hotel offers some of the finest golf and fishing available for Texas vacationers. Freshwater and saltwater fishing is available at Columbia Lakes, thanks to twin lakes that are stocked with bass as well as the nearby Gulf of Mexico. For golfers, the property includes a 7,000-yard course that winds around lakes and through oak forest areas. Tennis and swimming are among the other amenities for Columbia Lakes visitors.
The Tanglewood Resort and Conference Center, located a short distance north of Dallas, offers some of the finest golf and fishing vacation packages in the state. The property is on Lake Texoma, which is stocked with crappie and black bass that will challenge the most experienced anglers. Tanglewood staff offers catered meals for guide-led fishing excursions. When it's time to pick up the clubs, the Tanglewood course--co-designed by Arnold Palmer--offers a championship layout with Bermuda grass fairways and Zoysia grass greens.
Texas coastal waters provide high-quality saltwater fishing, with a wide variety of options for anglers as well as nearby golf courses. With more than 600 miles of coastline, there is something for everyone. Anglers can fish from the coast or piers, with sand trout, speckled trout, flounder, croaker and sheepshead among the species just waiting to be hooked. Renting a boat or going out on a guided day trip can mean shark or tarpon on the end of your line.
For a variety of golf courses in an area that also provides fishing opportunities, the Austin Golf Trail is a big hit. The trail includes 16 courses as well as accommodations at three resorts and six hotels. The Austin Golf Trail offers vacation packages and exclusive tee times that are not available anywhere else. Daily rates for golf only range from $59 to $152, and hotel/golf packages begin at $389 for two nights of lodging and two rounds of golf.
