The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department fisheries office in Wichita Falls recently completed crappie surveys on lakes Arrowhead, Bryson, Buffalo Creek, Cooper, Iowa Park, Millers Creek and Palo Pinto. The drought negatively affected crappie populations at most of these lakes,

\\ As this year’s comes to a close in east Texas it’s looking like it was good year for quality, but not so much in numbers. A considerable amount of deer hunting country has been under water or inaccessible. A

Did you realize that you can cause significant harm to a bass just by how it gets landed and held before release? Over-extension of the lower jaw can result in damage to the jaw bone and permanent injury to the

Chronic wasting disease (CWD), as it’s known, isn’t caused by a virus, bacteria, or parasite but by an abnormal protein called a prion that can destroy a deer’s brain and spinal cord. Deer contract it by interacting with infected animals

Friends of Lydia Ann Channel, Port Aransas, accuses the Army Corps of Engineers as having fast-tracked approval of a South Texas barge terminal with no regard for its impact on eight endangered species. Port Aransas boasts five bays, estuaries, marshes

Although it’s not fishing or hunting, it is a chance for the whole family to get into the Texas outdoors on Jan. 1. Participate in a First Day Hike at a Texas State Park: “The First Day Hikes initiative has

The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council reminds anglers that the recreational seasons for gray triggerfish, red grouper, and greater amberjack open in federal waters January 1, 2016. All three recreational seasons closed earlier this year because the annual catch

In the past couple of weeks there has been a record crappie caught at Lake Fork, a probable state record channel catfish, a 37.54-pounder also caught at Fork, and a giant largemouth caught by a 13-year-old at Lake Austin. Along