Texas Fish & Game

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January 5, 2021

Sharelunker Program Enters 35th Season

The turning of the calendar to January signals the beginning of the 35th season of the Toyota Sharelunker program. The year-round Toyota Sharelunker program offers four levels of participation for catching bass over 8 pounds or […]
August 4, 2020

Thousands of Sharelunker Fingerlings Stocked

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Toyota ShareLunker Program is having another outstanding year in its goal to create, bigger, better bass in Texas. After obtaining two successful spawns from one of the four 13 pound […]
June 15, 2019

Fishing Can Renew Hurting Children-Inspire Lifetime Of Angling

Fishing For Renewal The Nueces River flows out of some of Texas’s most beautiful landscapes in Real County. From 2,400 feet elevations of limestone encrusted mountains to open valleys, the area is a treat for the eyes. […]
May 30, 2019

App Aids Texas Bass Fishery

The Toyota Sharelunker program has been upgraded with a special app. Since 1986 its has received largemouth bass weighing 13 pounds or more for spawning and research purposes but now it is broadening its reach. The […]
April 25, 2019

Using Spinnerbaits In Windy Weather

Just about everyone I know loves to fish in the spring. The problem in our area is that this often means extremely high winds.  Many of the soft plastic baits that I love to fish are […]
March 14, 2019

Catching Your Personal Best Largemouth

Winter is coming to a close and spring is peaking its’ head right around the corner. Most largemouth bass fisherman are getting their gear out from months of dormancy in anticipation of catching their new personal best […]
March 12, 2019

Catching Pre-Spawn Bass

It has been a long and unseasonably wet winter here in Texas.  We saw temps in the teens, all the way into high 70’s on Christmas day!  Now that winter is on its’ way out and […]
January 16, 2019

Sharelunker Program Has Interesting Year

At the beginning of 2018, the Toyota ShareLunker program debuted a new year-long season for anglers to enter their 8 pound and larger bass for prizes, recognition, and to help the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department […]
August 21, 2018

Summer Time Froggin’ Pt. 2

Summer is slowly drawing to a close and the heat will hopefully be letting up soon.  The frog bite however will still be in full swing.  The lily pads, hydrilla, duck weed and coontail have all […]
May 8, 2018

Topwater Tips for Post Spawn

I have yet to meet a bass angler that doesn’t love the sight and sound of a largemouth bass engulfing a topwater lure.  It is like watching a great white shark crush a seal during shark […]