Lake Texoma is one of the most diverse fisheries in Texas and Oklahoma, and it’s built around one main driver—bait. Threadfin and gizzard shad are everywhere, and that supports everything from striped bass to catfish. Programs like Yamaha’s Rightwaters campaign
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Summer striper fishing on Texas lakes is mostly about understanding conditions and adjusting to them. The heat changes where fish can live, and if you ignore that, you’ll struggle no matter how good your gear is. Across lakes like Lake
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There’s one name in the saltwater world that just about everybody recognizes. You see it on the back of a truck at the ramp, on a sun-faded T-shirt at a bait stand, or stretched across a mural in an airport,
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A new study shows that interactions between wolves and cougars in Yellowstone National Park are driven by wolves stealing prey killed by cougars and that shifts in cougar diets to smaller prey help them avoid wolf encounters. The study, published
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Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) game wardens are seeking the public’s help in gathering information on a mule deer fawn killed with a blowdart in Roundup. Wardens and the Musselshell County Sheriff’s Office responded to a complaint from the
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The first time I saw a jack crevalle hit a topwater, it was in the Chandeleur Islands, and it left an impression that still sticks with me. The water was slick calm that morning, with nervous schools of mullet flipping
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ATHENS – The 2026 Toyota ShareLunker collection season didn’t disappoint during its 40th Anniversary celebration with an incredible 18 Legacy Class ShareLunkers submitted from 10 different public lakes across the state of Texas. Two waterbodies logged their first Legacy Class
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Proponents of the People for the Elimination of Animal Cruelty Exemptions Act continue to gather the necessary signatures to place the proposal known as Initiative Petition 28 on the November ballot in Oregon according to officials with Delta Waterfowl. This
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The first “pop” echoed across the rip-rap like a cork against a drum, sharp and deliberate, the kind of sound that makes a flounder pay attention. The first time I really figured this pattern out was in Blacks Bayou, north
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is closing TX-1 in Galveston Bay to commercial and recreational oyster harvest beginning 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, April 21st. This closure is based on samples recently collected by TPWD showing a low abundance of
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On a warm spring day, my friend Thad Daly and I headed out to the Sabine River and surrounding marshes in search of flounder and redfish, planning to cover both the brackish Louisiana side bayous and a few stops on
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There’s a moment every bass angler knows. It’s when the pieces start to line up—the depth, the cover, the kind of bank, the way the wind is pushing. Maybe it starts with one good fish, maybe two. Then another comes
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Reporting a tagged fish might feel like a small task in the moment, but it plays a big role in the bigger picture of fisheries conservation. Across the country, research institutions, wildlife agencies, and conservation groups run tagging programs to
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Spring in Texas is prime time for varmint hunters, and if you’re willing to adjust your approach, it can be one of the most productive seasons of the year. As temperatures warm and wildlife activity ramps up, predators like coyotes,
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Palo Pinto Mountains State Park officially marked its grand opening April 10 with a special ribbon cutting event. Governor Greg Abbott, Secretary of State Jane Nelson, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Executive Director David Yoskowitz, Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission
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Grab your rod and reel and saltwater fishing bait and enjoy a day of coastal fishing at the newly renovated Bob Hall Pier in Corpus Christi. Located within Padre Balli Park in Nueces County, Bob Hall Pier is a 1,240-foot
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A viral social media graphic claims two tagged great white sharks—“Kara” and “Alyssa”—are moving toward the Texas coast. It’s spreading fast, and at first glance, it looks believable. There’s a map, named sharks, and specific locations along the Gulf. But
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In Texas, everything’s bigger, practically everybody has a great hat, and a successful hunt is often won or lost before you even chamber a round. This is a region where the geography is as challenging as the game, the primary “bucket hole” for a productive trip is probably going to be where you spend the majority of the time, not the wildlife itself.
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Quicksand is one of those outdoor dangers people tend to dismiss as Hollywood nonsense. It brings to mind old movies and exaggerated survival tales, not something you’d expect to encounter on a normal hike, hunt, or fishing trip. That assumption
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If you’re chasing speckled trout (spotted seatrout), you probably already look for the obvious stuff—bait flipping, birds working, or fish blowing up on the surface. But a lot of times, trout don’t make it that easy. Some of the best
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