General Outdoor

\\ As this year’s comes to a close in east Texas it’s looking like it was good year for quality, but not so much in numbers. A considerable amount of deer hunting country has been under water or inaccessible. A

Did you realize that you can cause significant harm to a bass just by how it gets landed and held before release? Over-extension of the lower jaw can result in damage to the jaw bone and permanent injury to the

Chronic wasting disease (CWD), as it’s known, isn’t caused by a virus, bacteria, or parasite but by an abnormal protein called a prion that can destroy a deer’s brain and spinal cord. Deer contract it by interacting with infected animals

Friends of Lydia Ann Channel, Port Aransas, accuses the Army Corps of Engineers as having fast-tracked approval of a South Texas barge terminal with no regard for its impact on eight endangered species. Port Aransas boasts five bays, estuaries, marshes

Although it’s not fishing or hunting, it is a chance for the whole family to get into the Texas outdoors on Jan. 1. Participate in a First Day Hike at a Texas State Park: “The First Day Hikes initiative has

The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council reminds anglers that the recreational seasons for gray triggerfish, red grouper, and greater amberjack open in federal waters January 1, 2016. All three recreational seasons closed earlier this year because the annual catch

In the past couple of weeks there has been a record crappie caught at Lake Fork, a probable state record channel catfish, a 37.54-pounder also caught at Fork, and a giant largemouth caught by a 13-year-old at Lake Austin. Along

A series of natural and man-influenced events have rocked Galveston Bay oyster harvest, as well as other Texas coastal locations. According to a recent article in the Houston Chronicle, the first blow was Hurricane Ike in September, 2008, which covered

Giant Salvinia, the floating, aquatic fern originally from South America, has been confirmed present in Lake Fork in Chaney Branch, likely introduced by a contaminated boat or boat trailer at the boat ramp. Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) Tyler

Here are some tactics that Capt. Levi Price is beginning to employ that should work through the winter, depending on how much cold the angler can take. The report covers Aransas Pass, Port Aransas, Rockport and Corpus Christi. When a

Over the past two months Texas Parks and Wildlife Department staff have received numerous calls about a white goat seen roaming the side slopes of Trans Mountain Road in the area known as Smugglers Pass. TPWD officials are aware of

Reports of red tide and/or fish kills continue to dissipate in the Gulf of Mexico. Discolored water associated with red tide was reported in Corpus Christi Bay but there were no reports of aerosols or dead fish. No other reports

A former United States president, a noted bass fishing educator, and one of the most innovative designers of soft plastic lures will join the current 59 members when they are formally inducted into the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame next

Beginning in late November and continuing through March, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will stock nearly 300,000 hatchery-reared rainbow trout at more than 140 sites across the state. Many of the fish stockings will be conducted at small

Port Aransas area: The TAMU Image Flow Cytobot at the UTMSI Pier in Port Aransas continues to report very low to low concentrations of red tide. Water samples collected last week by the Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS)

Roy Euper of Lufkin caught the first Toyota ShareLunker of the season from Sam Rayburn Reservoir Monday afternoon. The fish weighed 13.2 pounds, qualifying it to become ShareLunker 564. Any angler who catches a 13-pound largemouth bass can be considered

On October 22, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans held a hearing on the Gulf States Red Snapper Management Authority Act (H.R. 3094) and heard testimony from eight panelists. Introduced in July by Rep. Garret Graves

Rollover pass, a fishing spot visited by thousands each year on Bolivar Peninsula, could be another step to closing. At a recent town hall meeting, Galveston County Precinct 1 Commissioner Ryan Dennard announced to his constituents that the county is

A mega shark that lived 300 million years ago would have made today’s great whites look like small, according to fossils of the beast unearthed in Jacksboro, Texas. Scientists have dubbed the newfound fossils the “Texas supershark,” and the name