Texas Fish & Game

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November 10, 2015

Duck hunters: Don’t forget to drain, clean and dry

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is reminding waterfowl hunters to Clean, Drain and Dry before and after each trip to help avoid spreading invasive species like giant salvinia and zebra mussels. Unknowingly, waders, boats, trailers, […]
November 6, 2015

First ShareLunker of the season

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 […]
November 6, 2015

State management of Gulf Red Snapper sees action

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 […]
October 30, 2015

Popular fishing spot, Rollover Pass, closer to being shut down

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 […]
October 29, 2015

Super shark

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 […]
October 29, 2015

2016 Ford Explorer Platinum, a mighty magic carpet, is SUV of Texas

The Ford Explorer defined the SUV category more than two decades ago, and has led the pack ever since, but there has never been a top-of-the-line entry before. Enter the 2016 Explorer Platinum, awarded SUV of […]
October 29, 2015

Don’t forget to vote

Proposition 6 on the ballot: The Texas Right to Hunt, Fish and Harvest, is on the ballot, November 3, 2015 as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. Voting yes to the amendment would add text to the […]
October 27, 2015

$1,500: The Super-Cheap (But Still Super) Skiff

We get so carried away these days with our high-powered center consoles and fancy fishing machines, that we often forget just how much fun—and good fishing—you can have in a small, simple skiff. We also forget […]
October 13, 2015

Archery deer season …

Archery only deer hunting season in all Texas counties is now open and continues to Nov. 6. General deer season is Nov. 7, 2015 – Jan. 3, 2016 in the North Zone. In the South Zone […]
October 12, 2015

New app for smartphone

Just when you thought there couldn’t be anything more you could do with your smartphone, Raymarine Dragonfly sonars have a built in Wi-Fi that allow anglers to stream Drangonfly data to a smartphone or tablet with […]