The Houston Fishing Show originally scheduled for March has been rescheduled. We hope you and your family are doing well and surviving in 2020; this has been an unexpected year to say the least. We appreciate your patience through these […]
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will have four short films featured in this year’s virtual Wild Texas Film Tour. The films spotlight experimental paddlefish stocking in Caddo Lake, Black Skimmers along the Texas Coast, research surrounding the Swift Fox in the
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Today, in a move welcomed by millions of Americans, Alaskan communities, and admirers of the most prolific wild salmon fishery in the world, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) denied the application for the key permit for the proposed Pebble mine. The Corps had said the mine would cause significant degradation and significant adverse effects to the
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November marks the beginning of a winter tradition in Texas for anglers of all ages across the state as the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department begins stocking thousands of rainbow trout November 25. The easy to catch rainbow trout are
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Trout Unlimited (TU) lauded the Memorandum of Agreement signed today by the States of California and Oregon, the Yurok and Karuk Tribes, PacifiCorp, and Klamath River Renewal Corporation. With the agreement, the two states and Berkshire Hathaway-owned PacifiCorp agreed to
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A new film released today explores the national scope of the problems caused by invasive Asian carp. The film focuses on the impact Asian carp have on the values and economies they threaten in the Great Lakes and the impacts
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Grab your fishing poles and mark your calendars for December 5-15 to participate in Trout Fest 2020 at Cal Young Park Pond in Abilene. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is teaming up with the City of Abilene to host
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved changes to regulations regarding exotic aquatics such as harmful or potentially harmful fish, shellfish and aquatic plants along with associated fee rules on Tuesday November 10. The changes not only impact permit holders,
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Though many bass pros put down their rods and head to the woods to hunt deer in the fall, Fletcher Shryock has trouble making that switch. As the weather cools down, he knows that if he finds one fall bass, it
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The Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest (TBTF) is heading back to Lake Fork for the second year in a row, bringing world-class bass fishing, shopping, and a variety of outdoor activities to Texas’ most iconic bass fishing lake. The event is
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On Oct. 5, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) debuts a new online permitting system for applications to stock triploid grass carp that eat and control a variety of over-abundant aquatic plants. The permitting system offers streamlined and improved
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Cypress Bass? My first encounters with a grinnel (bowfin, choupique, cypress bass, mudfish, dogfish) came fishing the gully down the street from our family home in West Orange. Fishing dead shrimp on the bottom we would routinely catch grinnel in the 3-6 pound class
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) confirmed the resurgence of giant salvinia on Lake Athens and Lake Gilmer following surveys on each waterbody. “The return of giant salvinia to these lakes is disappointing but not surprising,” said John Findeisen, leader for TPWD’s team
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Licensed Texas anglers have through Sept. 30 to apply for a limited number of permits to harvest trophy-class alligator gar from the Trinity River in eastern Texas as the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Alligator Gar Harvest Authorization drawing application
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In a move welcomed by thousands of American workers, Alaskan communities and the most prolific wild salmon fishery in the world, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) said it found a proposed Pebble mine in Alaska would likely cause
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Texas is renowned for world-class bass fishing and offers some of the best destinations in the country to reel in the catch of a lifetime. However, Texas also provides anglers with excellent opportunities to reel in a sometimes-overlooked species: crappie.
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Taking a step beyond honoring the greats in the sport of bass fishing, the Board of Directors of the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame announces the Hall has awarded four conservation grants this year to contribute to the mission of
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is proposing changes to regulations regarding harmful or potentially harmful fish, shellfish and aquatic plants. The proposed changes significantly reorganize the existing rules to enhance accessibility, meet the changing needs of the regulated community,
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AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will begin the Alligator Gar Harvest Authorization drawing application process on September 1. This year’s opening date is a change from the August 15 date that was in place when the drawing
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The following are a few questions asked to us about fisheries and fishing. Q: Are buffalo (fish) and gaspergou the same fish? I have never caught either but hear about them all the time. A: Buffalo are a type of
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