Texas Fish & Game

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November 29, 2023

Taking Back Bass

The bream never saw it coming. Guarding its bed, the hand-sized fish swam in circles until a flash of green, black and white burst onto the shallows. Engulfing the bream with one strike and pushing a […]
April 25, 2023

18 Mega Bass Entered In Sharelunker Program

The 2023 Toyota ShareLunker program delivered an exciting collection season for the third year in a row. Anglers contributed 18 Legacy Class ShareLunkers from four different lakes across the state, but the spotlight shined brightest on O.H. Ivie […]
January 10, 2023

User Friendly Bass Baits (Video)

TF&G Freshwwater Editor Matt Williams gives three examples of “user friendly” bass baits.
December 21, 2022

A Look At Catching A 14-Pound Bass

Multiple catches of double-digit bass don’t happen by accident. Putting in the hours casting where giants live is the first step, but having the right equipment also helps. Just ask 41-year-old Alex Niapas of Boulder Creek, […]
June 15, 2022

Retired Largemouth Broodstock Headed To Community Lakes

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Inland Fisheries Division will stock several retired Florida largemouth bass broodfish into three Rio Grande Valley community fishing lakes in June. Dean Porter Park Resaca in Brownsville, Town Lake […]
March 14, 2022

Slam-A-Mander: A Lure For Catching Giant Bass

Texas is having its best season in many years for truly gigantic bass. O.H. Ivie has not only cranked out a new lake record 17 plus pounder but also numerous fish weighing more than 13 pounds. […]
March 8, 2022

February’s Run Of Sharelunkers Is Historic

Anglers landed five Lunkers in five days, in the process recording two new lake records and two Top-30 fish – including the seventh largest in Texas history – to close out an active February in the […]
February 1, 2022

More Mega Bass Entered In Sharelunker

The 2022 Toyota ShareLunker season had a hot start in week one thanks to a pair of Legacy Lunkers from reigning fishery champion O.H. Ivie. In week two, Lake Daniel made history by producing its first […]
January 6, 2022

Have Scientists Found Bass Gene That Dictates Vulnerability To Catch?

In an experiment spanning over 20 years, researchers at the University of Illinois have found that vulnerability to being caught by anglers is a heritable trait in largemouth bass. The study began in 1975 with the […]
November 16, 2021

Fall Flippin’ For Big Bass

During that transition from summer to fall, the fish can be super stingy and hard to figure out, but one pattern I have found to be pretty consistent is punching grass. What to look for: When […]