General Outdoor

Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS) monitors fish for presence of environmental contaminants, has consumption alerts for several coastal areas. Dioxins and Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been found in the waters north of the Fred Hartman Bridge, State Highway

One of the biggest bass landed this spring was a 12.90 lb beauty caught by Keith Commeaux of Lake Charles. He and his son fished Housen in the morning, caught a few fish, but it was tough going. In the

Cody Garefalos and James Rozelle of Porter Texas were fishing the Texas Team Trail bass tournament when they caught their big bass. “We started by fishing in shallow water from 3 to 8 feet near hay grass,” Garefalos said. He

The white bass run is on in Texas. They are moving out of Texas lakes on their annual spawning run, migrating into the rivers and streams that feed the lakes. Typically the winter white bass run kicks off in the

Check out angler facebook pages and you will see some great pictures of great catches of speckled trout and redfish. But this is the time of the year to get in on some great sheepshead fishing also. Locate where they

The Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP) is beginning another round of enhancements at the 160-acre site near the Nueces Bay Causeway between Corpus Christi and Portland. This latest effort, funded by NOAA and the Texas General Land Office’s

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Toyota ShareLunker season is off to a slow start. The program began in October and there’s just one entry so far, a Sam Rayburn Lake 13.2-pounder caught Nov. 2 by Ray Euper of Lufkin.

Toledo Bend continues to produce big bass. The biggest bass in the Toledo Bend Lake Association Lunker Bass Tournament so far since Jan. 1 is Louis Slaughter’s 13.15 lb trophy caught 02.02.16. In second place is John Dickerson’s 12.39 lb

The Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program’s Nueces Bay Marsh Restoration Project is moving along to completion. When completed it will return this area to a productive natural habitat with enhancements for recreation. Planning for this $5.3 million project began

Largemouth bass: Anglers who fish in the near-coastal fisheries of four counties in the southeast corner of the state, or the Sabine River downstream from Toledo Bend Reservoir will see a new definition of “legal” largemouth bass if a proposed

Travis McKee and Leroy Navarro, were winners of the Baffin Classic, with a reported weight of 21.87 lbs. Second place winners had 21.03 pounds. Round two of the Classic is this weekend. McKee said he and Navarro have been fishing

Texas hunters may see more liberal regulations and increased opportunities if state wildlife officials adopt changes to hunting regulations that have been proposed. DOVE: Under recently approved federal framework governing hunting of migratory game birds during the 2016-17 hunting seasons,

Areas TX-19, 20 and 21 of Lavaca Bay is closed to all oyster harvest effective January 23, 2016 due to low abundance of oysters in these areas. Chapter 76, Parks and Wildlife Code, and the Oyster Management Proclamation, Section 58.21(c)(1),

Capt. Tommy Countz reports catching trout and redfish while drifting in West Bay. “We found a few birds and caught fish under them,” referring to trout. “It’s not real consistent but you can find enough to put a decent box

An 18-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has been arrested for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales. Trey Joseph Frederick was arrested pursuant to a criminal complaint issued by the U.S. District Court charging

The people of Button Township, a rural area just outside Paxton, Ill., are sick and tired of hitting deer with their cars. As a novel way to get drivers’ attention, the town is installing new “suicidal deer” signs to curb

National Weather Service Meteorologist Brandi Hughes said Lake Fork was releasing 1,900 cubic feet per second from its dam at the end of last week. “Tawakoni is still running over the spillway,” she said, reporting 2,500 cubic feet per second

A mountain lion with a rare physical abnormality has wildlife officials in Southeast Idaho stumped. The yearling cougar, which was harvested near Weston last week by an unidentified hunter, had a separate set of teeth growing out the side of

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,