CCA Texas’ Executive Board closed out 2024 by funding over $1.24 million for conservation efforts on the Texas coast. The ability to fund these important conservation efforts is directly attributed to the strength of our local chapters and their volunteer […]
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The United States population of Mexican wolves has surpassed interim abundance and release targets, as well as predictions for gene diversity and population growth. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 5-Year Evaluation of the Mexican Wolf Recovery Strategy assesses progress on recovery
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Kick off the new year by introducing a kid to the Texas winter tradition of rainbow trout fishing. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) “Trails to Trout” fishing day is scheduled Jan. 4 at the Tyler Nature Center. TPWD
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Alan Cain has been selected as the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Wildlife Division director. Cain began his more than 24-year career with TPWD in 2000 and has progressively held roles of greater complexity and responsibility, including wildlife biologist
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service is accepting applications for the Community Wildfire Defense Grant program to assist at-risk communities, including tribes and Alaska Native Corporations, with planning for and mitigating wildfire risks. Now in its third year, this competitive program
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New Year’s Day represents new beginnings, and for the Toyota ShareLunker Program, it’s the launch of the program’s 39th season. Anglers from across Texas and the nation will visit the world class fisheries across the state and cast their lines
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Launch into 2025 by exploring more with a Day One Tour at a Texas state park. This annual tradition allows people of all ages and skill levels the opportunity to experience Texas’ wild places through ranger-guided or self-guided hikes, bike
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) asks hunters and other outdoor enthusiasts in South Texas to monitor for animals affected by New World Screwworm (NWS) after a recent detection in Mexico. Border Detection This detection, found in a cow at
State Concerned About Screwworm – Deadly To Wildlife Read More »
In many situations throwing a cast net is the very best way to catch your own live bait. It is not, however, easy to throw a net of 10′ or more and smaller nets are far less effective. Stage one
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The Next Mega Bass: Where to Fish for a Double-Digit Lunker • TF&G Saltwater Playbook: Topwaters for Speckled Trout • Poaching in Texas: The Hidden Crisis • Floating Options: Kayaks, Paddle Boards and Inflatables • Doggett & Pike: Fish & Game Icons, Texas Outdoors Legends • High Tech Optics for Hogs … plus Columns, Outdoor News, Saltwater Focus Reports from Coastal Guides, Tide & Solunar Forecasts and more…
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FOR THOSE OF US OLD ENOUGH to have looked ahead to “The Year 2000” as a doorway to futuristic wonders, it’s almost surreal to realize we’re now standing at the quarter-century mark of the 2000s. Yet here we are: Happy 2025! …
INSIDE FISH & GAME by Roy and Ardia Neves Read More »
Thanks, Doug, for the Katy Memories. THANK YOU FOR writing this great article. (Doug Pike’s column, “Pike on the Edge,” November/December 2024 issue) So many great memories I had hunting the Katy/Brookshire rice fields with my dad and brothers…
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A MONTANA MAN has been charged and sentenced to six months in prison for trafficking and conspiracy under federal law for cloning a Marco Polo sheep as well as breeding and selling its offspring and DNA across several states, including…you guessed it…Texas …
EDITOR’S NOTES by Chester Moore Read More »
WHEN I WAS A KID in Houston during the mid-50s good old Santa delivered a classic lineup of young-boy presents: a Lionel electric train set, then a Schwinn bicycle, then a Zebco Model 33 spincast reel and a fiberglass Shakespeare Wonderod. On my eleventh Christmas I hit the jackpot, a Daisy Model 25 BB gun.
DOGGETT AT LARGE by Joe Doggett Read More »
ANGLERS LOOKING TO JOIN the Mega Bass Club this year—recording official catches of eight, ten and thirteen-plus pounders—can look to three Texas lakes as the most promising places to apply their efforts: OH Ivie and JB Thomas in West Texas, and the grandpappy of ShareLunker production, Lake Fork in the east. Here is a profile of each…
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THE TEXAS COAST offers prime opportunities for topwater fishing for speckled trout, especially given the unique geography and diverse estuary systems found along its shores…
The Fish & Game Saltwater Playbook Read More »
