75 and Still Fishing
My Aunt (75 years young) caught this Black Drum in Rockport, TX on February 14, 2014 around California Hole area. It measured 39″ long and approximately 35 lbs.
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Howell wins Bassmaster Classic
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Every angler dreams of catching bass after giant bass like Randy Howell did on Sunday. Howell began hauling in Lake Guntersville lunkers minutes into the final round of the GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by Diet Mountain Dew and
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Is Homeland Security buying less ammo?
A watchdog report shows that the Department of Homeland Security has reduced its spending on ammunition by more than 43 percent since 2009, allaying recent concernsthat the agency was increasing its stockpile during a time of government austerity. The Government Accountability Office analysis,
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Photo: White channel catfish caught near Beaumont
Billy Faul caught this highly unusual white channel catfish while fishing in a tributary of the Neches River system called Pine Island Bayou. As reported on the Kingdom Zoo blog, many white catfish are albinos but this one has standard
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Guns: Is open carry the solution?
What’s the best way to minimize the number of guns on California’s streets? That’s the question confronting gun control supporters after this month’s ruling by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals striking down San Diego’s restrictions on carrying handguns
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Video: Black jaguar attacks crocodile!
Check out this vintage video of a young black jaguar attacking a crocodile as its mother watches on. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRVWxEy0dyQ]
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What worse? Rattler bite or $140 K hospital bill? (Video)
A couple tending their garden get a rattlesnake bite on camera and a $140,000 bill for the treatment. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpcDZbXslfw]
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red snapper 39 in long
red snapper 1 inch longer than the current State record fish. Wish i would of weighed it…
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ROGER’S 6 PT
Roger killed this deer in San Saba county as a cull buck. Brow tines not make an inch. It’s 24-1/2 wide , his best
Sharpshooters to take out Illinois deer
Sharpshooters will return to a Will County forest preserve to take out a few more deer in an effort to curb a fatal disease among the herd. Forest preserve officials discovered chronic wasting disease in the Kankakee Sands preservation area
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Saltwater guide catches 12 pound bass on Toledo Bend
Every year, Jared Adams makes his first fishing trip for Toledo Bend bass in February, then transitions to saltwater fishing after early spring. Before he became a licensed charter guide for trophy speckled trout and redfish on Calcasieu Lake, Adams
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Rattlesnakes without rattlers increasing
Rattlesnakes without rattlers? That is what researchers have found in South Dakota where the prairie rattlesnake is the only venomous snake to be found. Over the past couple of years, Terry Phillipp (of Reptile Gardens in Rapid City( has noticed
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Dem. bill would require all new guns to be “personalized”
Sen. Edward Markey has unveiled a gun control bill he says will help reduce firearm violence by requiring all new guns be “personalized” with special features, such as fingerprint-reading technology, so they can only be fired by their owners or
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State seeking info from Tawakoni catfish anglers
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is asking Lake Tawakoni catfish anglers to participate in a brief survey to determine opinions, characteristics and experiences of catfish anglers with emphasis on the blue catfish fishery. Signs and laminated posters promoting the
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Battleship Texas celebrates 100th anniversary
LA PORTE — The Battleship Texas Foundation, working in partnership with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the commissioning of the Battleship TEXAS with two events next month. There will be a private final
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TX Squirrel, mule deer changes examined
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is proposing expansion of mule deer hunting in several counties and extending squirrel season into February across parts of East Texas. TPWD staff presented proposed amendments to the 2014-15 Statewide Hunting Proclamation to the
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TPWD proposes freshwater reg changes
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is proposing freshwater fishing regulation changes that will affect anglers in diverse areas of the state. They are as follows: Guadalupe River below Canyon Reservoir (Comal County): rainbow and brown trout regulations on a section of the
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TPWD proposes 5 trout limit, 2 flounder limit into Dec.
The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department have made official proposals to the 2014-15 Statewide Recreational and Commercial Fishing Proclamation to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. Three of these involve coastal fisheries and two are sure to get the attention of many anglers.
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