The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has detected invasive zebra mussels at Medina Lake and Lake Placid will be re-classified as “fully infested.” Infested status signifies that there is now evidence of an established, reproducing population of zebra mussels
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Everyone knows about the Big Chill that beset Texas in mid-February. But not everybody understands the severity of fish loss on the coast. Most bay fish cannot survive the frigid temperatures Texas endured. And dead fish can’t talk. Numbers compiled
Coastal Freeze: More Catch-And-Release? Read More »
Cue the “Jaws” theme. A great white shark has been confirmed by officials with Ocearch, the satellite-tagging-based research group, to be swimming off the Texas Coast. Acadia, a 10 foot, 9-inch, 1,600-pound female, quietly pinged near Nansen, one of the big
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Tuna was on the minds of the anglers on Galveston Party Boat’s The New Buccaneer and Capt. Matt Smith as they traversed the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico on a 30-hour offshore trip. But that changed quickly as
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Texas State Parks have begun a strategic and thoughtful process of expanding capacity statewide, tracking Gov. Greg Abbott’s latest reopening order, and allowing more Texans the opportunity to visit their favorite parks. Masks are strongly encouraged for park visitors, especially when
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When angler Wyatt Frankens of of Wyatt Frankens Guide Service hit the waters on lake O.H. Ivie March 1, he was hoping to get in on some of the incredible monster bass action that has taken place there this year.
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Kevin Collier caught this strikingly beautiful albino rainbow trout while fishing below the dam at Canyon Lake on the Guadalupe River Jan. 1 Albinos of any species are rare but some rainbow trout fisheries like the one in Broken Bow,
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Winter weather the week of Feb. 14, 2021 led to fish kill events on the entire Texas coast. If fish do not make it to a refuge in deeper, more temperature stable water during cold weather, they may die when water temperatures
Freeze Kills 3.8 Million Fish-Trout Hit Hard Read More »
Much of the Rio Grande wild turkey range in Texas experienced two great years of turkey production and recruitment in 2019 and 2020, and this means that hunters this spring turkey season can expect to see many jakes and two-year-old
State Predicts Strong Turkey Season Read More »
With spring around the corner, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) biologists are asking residents with bird feeders to routinely clean them, and the areas surrounding them, in order to help slow the spread of potentially deadly diseases among bird
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and other wildlife agencies around the country are urging stores who sell aquarium products to remove a “moss ball” aquarium plant product from their shelves and for customers to dispose of the contaminated
Aquarium Product Could Spread Mussels? Read More »
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed two major gun control bills. H.R. 1446: This bill revises background check requirements applicable to proposed firearm transfers from a federal firearms licensee (e.g., a licensed gun dealer) to an unlicensed person.
House Passes Two Major Gun Control Bills Read More »
As spring hits many anglers along the coast are going to have cobia fishing on their minds. Few fish are as exciting to catch and as tasty to eat. And, few baits are as likely to tempt them as live
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The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on two gun control bills as early as next week according to officials with the NRA-ILA. One deals with private gun transfers. The first bill, so-called “universal” background check legislation, would criminalize
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) voted today establish a four-month no fishing closure at Western Dry Rocks, the most important permit spawning site in the Lower Keys. Conservation organizations celebrated the vote, which capped a year-long effort to
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The red snapper fishery and the regulations that regulate it have gone through more iterations in the past decade than the iPhone. It seems like each and every season, there are new regs, new gear you have to carry, and
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Another Texas horse has been killed under very mysterious circumstances. This time the horse was owned by Port of Port Arthur Commissioner Randy Martin and killed at his feed store, The Commissioner’s Corral Feed Store on West Port Arthur Road.
Horse Stabbing Similar To 2020 Crimes Read More »
Delta Waterfowl and the North American Falconers Association have reached agreement to work in partnership to advance the common goals of the organizations. The groups will seek opportunities to collaborate, communicate and advance conservation initiatives important to both duck hunters
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It has been three weeks since the massive coastal freeze hit Texas, causing massive fish kills on the Texas coast as well as death of livestock, exotic and native wildlife. Biologist Macey Ledbetter of Spring Creek Outdoors has been on
Freeze Kill: In-Depth Report on Nilgai Read More »
Anglers and paddlers have some new options for their next fishing and paddling trips. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is pleased to announce two new opportunities to hit the water on the Brazos and San Marcos rivers while reopening
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