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January 21, 2021

Bassmaster Classic Moved To June

Due to the ongoing public health emergency and associated limits on large gatherings, B.A.S.S. officials announced today that the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk and Bassmaster Classic Outdoors Expo originally scheduled for […]
January 7, 2021

Remembering Ron Linder

On Monday, November 30th, the fishing industry lost a true giant of the sport. Ronald John Linder age 86, of Baxter, Minnesota, passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by his family. Ron was an epic […]
January 5, 2021

Sharelunker Program Enters 35th Season

The turning of the calendar to January signals the beginning of the 35th season of the Toyota Sharelunker program. The year-round Toyota Sharelunker program offers four levels of participation for catching bass over 8 pounds or […]
December 29, 2020

Houston Fishing Show Rescheduled

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 […]
December 17, 2020

Wild Texas Films Available For Viewing

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 […]
December 8, 2020

Trump Admin Stops Mine In Key Fishery

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 […]
December 3, 2020

Rainbow Trout Stockings Begin

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 […]
December 1, 2020

Trout Unlimited Lauds Rivers Agreement

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 […]
November 19, 2020

Film Shows Carp Dangers

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 […]
November 17, 2020

Trout Fest Coming To Abilene

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 […]