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March 6, 2024

High Level Speck Tactics With A True Master

DOA Lures founder Mark Nichols knows a thing or two about speckled trout. Having created numerous lures that have caught literally millions of trout from Florida to Texas including the DOA Shrimp and DOA Bait Buster, […]
March 6, 2024

Fort Phantom Hill Produces First Sharelunker

Fort Phantom Hill Reservoir, just north of Abilene, joined the list of public reservoirs in Texas that have produced a Legacy Class ShareLunker largemouth bass. Eric Lewis of Haskell reeled in 13.33-pound ShareLunker 660 Sunday as […]
March 3, 2024

130 Pound Bag Wins Fork Bassmaster Event

Trey McKinney made history, with authority, on Championship Sunday at the AFTCO Bassmaster Elite at Lake Fork. The Carbondale, Ill., native, exactly one week removed from his 19th birthday, finished with a four-day total of 20 bass weighing […]
March 3, 2024

Study Shows Pesticides Impacting Ivertebrates Crucial to Streams

A new nationwide study by USGS scientists provides additional scientific evidence that pesticides are likely negatively impacting aquatic invertebrate community health and therefore the health of our stream and river ecosystems. The USGS used multiple research […]
March 3, 2024

Will Hog Toxicant Spell Doom For Javelinas?

A warfarin-based feral hog toxicant has been given the green light to “licensed applicators”. A concern several hunters have voice is that the use of the toxicant might impact javelina populations. We have uncovered information showing […]
March 3, 2024

Toledo Bend, Ivie Produce Sharelunkers

Toledo Bend and O.H. Ivie shared the ShareLunker Legacy Class stage to kick off the final week of February. O.H. Ivie in West Texas continued its unprecedented run of monster largemouth bass and Toledo Bend in […]
March 3, 2024

Great White Shark Verified In South Padre Surf

A great white shark has been verified about 200 yards off the beach at South Padre Island, TX. “LeeBeth,” a 14.1 foot, 2,600-pound female, was fitted with a satellite tag by Capt. Chip Michalove of Outcast Sport […]
March 3, 2024

New Fish-Finding Electronics for 2024

The world of marine electronics evolves at a blinding pace, and for 2024 there’s plenty of new tech that can help you find more fish. Check out these cool new heavy-hitters that were introduced this winter […]
February 28, 2024

Strange Spinning Fish Phenomenon Strikes Florida

Bonefish & Tarpon Trust (BTT) and the Lower Keys Guides Association (LKGA) first received a report of fish in the Florida Keys exhibiting abnormal behavior, colloquially referred to as “the spins,” on November 7, 2023. Fish […]
February 28, 2024

SFA DU Chapter Makes An Impact For Wood Ducks

On Saturday, February 17th, Stephen F. Austin’s student chapter of Ducks Unlimited went out to the Alazan Wildlife Management Area located in Nacogdoches County, Texas. They did maintenance on the wood duck boxes on the property. […]