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April 11, 2023

Nearly One Billion Fingerlings Released Into Texas Bays (Video)

CCA Texas, Texas Parks and Wildlife, and industry leaders have built the largest saltwater redfish, spotted seatrout, and southern flounder hatchery system in the world releasing nearly 1 billion fingerlings into our Texas bays. Adult broodstock […]
April 11, 2023

Bassmaster Classic Breaks Records

From massive fan attendance and viewership to the first Canadian champion, the 53rd edition of the Super Bowl of Bass Fishing has etched its name in the sportfishing record books. The 2023 Academy Sports + Outdoors […]
April 10, 2023

Fishing Guide for Beginners

Source: https://unsplash.com/photos/PTWiAcYnkWw Hectic daily schedules limit people from spending time outdoors and relaxing in nature; an average American spends 90% of their time indoors. However, people want to break free from this lifestyle and adopt outdoor […]
April 6, 2023

High Tech Buoys Reveal Major Storms In Ocean

The National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), part of the National Weather Service, is giving you the SCOOP (Self Contained Ocean Observing Payload) buoy. The SCOOP is an example of recent improvements to oceanic observation capabilities, a requirement for […]
April 5, 2023

Confronting The Habitat Apocalypse

Wildlife habitat is being decimated at alarming rates. From seagrass flats to hardwood bottomlands, wildlife habitat is not only in danger but is in many cases in a state of emergency. At the Hunt-Fish Podcast Summit, […]
March 30, 2023

Economic Impact Of Sportfishing Examine

Last week, the American Sportfishing Association (ASA) released the 2023 Economic Contributions of Recreational Fishing: U.S. Congressional Districts report, an update of previous data in partnership with Southwick Associates. The report highlighted the social and economic […]
March 28, 2023

TPWD Approves New Saltwater Regs

  On March 23, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved all the proposed changes to the saltwater fishing regulations. These changes are focused on matching federal regulations to streamline both enforcement and compliance issues. The […]
March 28, 2023

Ivie Produces 15th Sharelunker-This year!

O.H. Ivie Lake’s historic run of Legacy Class Lunkers charged forward on Saturday with another massive largemouth bass. Kevin Winchester of Ballinger reeled in 13.08-pound ShareLunker 650, giving the lake its 15th Legacy Class fish of […]
March 28, 2023

Galveston Island State Park Celebrate Grand Re-Opening

Galveston Island State Park invites the public to a grand reopening event with two days of festivities March 31 and April 1 as part of the ongoing, yearlong Texas State Parks Centennial. The beach side of the park […]
March 23, 2023

Cobia, Snapper And Shark Changes Possibly Coming To TX

In an effort to match recent federal water regulation changes, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission directed department staff to publish proposed regulation changes that may be of interest to offshore anglers. The first change would […]