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April 8, 2024

Leaving Wildlife Alone Is The Best Practice

It is the time of year when people are outdoors enjoying warmer weather, beautiful flowers and emerging wildlife. As you spend time outdoors, you may start to notice more wildlife in your backyard, neighborhood or surrounding […]
April 8, 2024

Ocelot Stockings Coming To Texas

During an event on March 19, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and East Foundation officially approved a Programmatic Safe Harbor Agreement to aid in the recovery and reintroduction of the secretive ocelot to south Texas. This landmark agreement […]
April 8, 2024

92-Pound Grass Carp Caught

During standard spring electrofishing sampling on Lake Concordia on March 11, 2024, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) biologists were shocked to find one particular fish in their samples, a 49.5-inch Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) […]
April 3, 2024

Get Connected With Siren

The “Internet of Things,” or IoT as it’s called, now includes everything from doorbells to dishwashers and is forecast to encompass over 20 billion connected devices by 2025. One of those many machines might be your […]
April 3, 2024

The Story of How Whitetails Made Their Comeback

The National Deer Association and the Southeast Deer Partnership announce the premiere of “WildTail: America’s Wildest Conservation Success Story.” Narrated by country music star Dustin Lynch and featuring Steve Rinella from MeatEater, the documentary takes viewers […]
April 3, 2024

When A Huge Great White Shark Chased A Flounder

Researchers put a camera tag on a great white shark. As they watched the shark during a 24-hour period, they were shocked when the huge shark took quite a bit of time chasing a small flounder. […]
April 2, 2024

O.H. Ivie Produces Two More Sharelunkers

Legacy Class ShareLunker 668 from O.H. Ivie was just caught, weighed in at 13.14 pounds, and submitted by angler Keith Hall of Granbury, TX. Since there are 10 ShareLunkers already donated by anglers from O.H. Ivie […]
April 2, 2024

New Info On Texas Tarpon

Recently published research from scientists at Texas A&M, partly funded by Bonefish & Tarpon Trust, provides information important for the management of juvenile tarpon habitats in Texas, and builds on our understanding of adult tarpon migrations. […]
April 1, 2024

Friends For Wishes Brings Fishing For Wishes To Coastal Bend

Friends for Wishes Brings Fishing for Wishes to the Coastal Bend for the 3rd year.  Fishing tournaments can be held for a plethora of reasons. When looking at fundraising tournaments they can be for individuals, families, […]
April 1, 2024

TPWD Approves Trophy Tag For Oversized Trout

During its March 28 meeting, Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPW) Commission approved a tag system for harvesting oversized spotted seatrout. This new tag will allow anglers to harvest one oversized spotted seatrout greater than 28 inches […]