Go shopping for a saltwater spinning reel, and you’ll find there are about a million and one options. The price range – and the quality range – is huge, and choosing the one that’s best for your needs can be […]
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The City Nature Challenge is back in full force for the eighth year. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), through the Texas Nature Trackers program, invites all Texans to participate Friday, April 28, through Sunday, May 1, in a friendly competition
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The term “deep dropping” means different things to different people, and while sending a bait down 300 feet for grouper or bluelines seems deep, it’s an entirely different endeavor from dropping 1200 feet down for goldens or barrelfish. Part of
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Quail Forever and partners have announced a new Bobscapes mobile app designed to document northern bobwhite populations on a national scale, connect land managers with voluntary conservation assistance, and direct management resources to the landscapes where bobwhite currently inhabit. The comprehensive effort
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Despite the “anything can happen” banter around Cypress Bend Park, everyone knew Ben Milliken had the St. Croix Bassmaster Open at Toledo Bend well in hand heading into Championship Saturday. In fact, “Will he win?” was less a question than “How big will his margin of
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Body found in Austin’s Lady Bird Lake, fourth since February; police say ‘nothing criminal’ seen That’s the headline from USA Today, regarding four unusual deaths in Austin’s Lady Bird Lake (formerly Town Lake) that has not only Austin but much
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) closed TX-19 and TX-20 in Matagorda Bay to commercial and recreational oyster harvest on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. This closing is based on samples recently collected by TPWD showing low abundance of legal-sized
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Gulf Council Asks Fishermen for Information on Spanish Mackerel 3 The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council would like to gain a better understanding of what’s happening with Spanish mackerel in the Gulf of Mexico. The Council recognizes that as active fishermen, you
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Did you know the speckled trout you catch that make a croaking noise are males? If you catch a bunch of males in an area from now into mid summer, there’s a good chance you have a spawning aggregation where
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Spring has sprung. With extended sunshine and milder days, more people are enjoying the outdoors as native wildlife adds new fawns and hatchlings to their broods. Texans may start to notice more wildlife in their backyard, neighborhood or surrounding areas.
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Fin-Nor, a leading sport fishing technology brand, launches a new low-light lens option to eight of their angler-performance sunglass styles, featuring uncompromising polarization and distortion-free clarity that maximizes vision during dawn, dusk, or overcast days. Outdoor conditions can be unforgiving
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Spring is here and that means catfish angling is back at Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Neighborhood Fishin’ lakes across the state. The program provides an opportunity for friends and families to participate in the Texas traditions of outdoor recreation by
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Community Archery Program is joining forces with Inks Lake State Park on April 22 to help the public “Explore Bowhunting.” The event gives participants an opportunity to learn more about hunting with a bow and
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CCA Texas, Texas Parks and Wildlife, and industry leaders have built the largest saltwater redfish, spotted seatrout, and southern flounder hatchery system in the world releasing nearly 1 billion fingerlings into our Texas bays. Adult broodstock are spawned in tanks,
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From massive fan attendance and viewership to the first Canadian champion, the 53rd edition of the Super Bowl of Bass Fishing has etched its name in the sportfishing record books. The 2023 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by
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Source: https://unsplash.com/photos/PTWiAcYnkWw Hectic daily schedules limit people from spending time outdoors and relaxing in nature; an average American spends 90% of their time indoors. However, people want to break free from this lifestyle and adopt outdoor recreational hobbies like fishing.
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Daisy chains are popular lures for offshore anglers, but few people realize that how you run them will have a huge effect on just how many fish they bring in to the boat. In fact, most people just clip them
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A year-long study by Florida International University (FIU) and Bonefish & Tarpon Trust (BTT) has discovered pharmaceutical contaminants in the blood and other tissues of redfish in Florida waters. This research follows a similar study of bonefish in the Florida Keys, which
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The National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), part of the National Weather Service, is giving you the SCOOP (Self Contained Ocean Observing Payload) buoy. The SCOOP is an example of recent improvements to oceanic observation capabilities, a requirement for modern weather forecasting models.
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Few methods of angling are as exciting as sight fishing, and when cobia are the target, if you don’t have the right gear those fish will make a fool out of you. You’re trying to decide which outfit will serve
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