Proven Bait There are very few absolute facts when it comes to bass fishing in the spring when it comes to bait and lures. However one absolute fact is that fish WILL bite a lipless crankbait. You will be hard […]
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Gar The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) unveiled a new website April 13 to educate and inform Texans about alligator gar – the largest freshwater fish in Texas and one of the largest freshwater fishes in North America. The
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Swift Foxes Texas outdoors lovers are likely familiar with the red and gray foxes but there is another species. Swift foxes are a small variety indigenous to western Texas and the Panhandle that is facing some serious challenges. According to
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Roger Parks, a dear friend to this magazine and especially to us personally, passed away on April 19 at his home in Seminole, Oklahoma. Roger and Pam, his wife of more than forty years, recently retired from Blue Wave Boats,
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No Extended Deer Season For You Citing concerns that it could have adverse impacts on Texas’ quail hunting heritage in the Rolling Plains region, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission nixed a wildlife staff proposal to extend the state’s general
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Let’s play the dream game of kayak fishing. Close your eyes…that’s a little too tight…there you go. You are standing on the beach, on the bay, sand between your toes, gentle breeze in your face, rod in your hand, and
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The fungus that causes white-nose syndrome (WNS) in bats, detected for the first time in Texas in early 2017 in the Panhandle, has now spread into Central Texas. Though no bat deaths have been attributed to WNS in Texas, the
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Purebred Vs. Rescue Dogs In the day and time in which we live it seems that everyone has an opinion! I guess it has always been this way, but keep in mind that we all are entitled to our own!
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Sharelunker Sam Rayburn Reservoir produced the final Toyota Sharelunker Legacy Class largemouth bass entry with just hours left in the 2018 donation season March 31. Angler Stacy Spriggs of Huntsville caught the 13.06 pound, 27 inch Legacy Class lunker during
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission has approved expansion of the state’s chronic wasting disease (CWD) Panhandle Containment Zone following the discovery of the disease earlier this year in a roadkill white-tailed deer. The Containment Zone 2 now encompasses that
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Javelina Problems The javelina (collared peccary) is a game animal in Texas and it has lost 2/3 of its native range in 70 years. This species is a denizen of the arid regions of Texas. At one time they roamed from the
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Kurth Sharelunker For the first time in the 32 year history of the program, Kurth Reservoir in Lufkin has produced a Toyota ShareLunker entry. Angler Pablo Torres Jr. of Lufkin caught the 13.34 pound, 26 inch Legacy Class lunker in
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NRA On Second Amendment Threats Repealing the Second Amendment has been the goal of many anti-gun advocates all along but with recent mass shootings there has been a massive call for a repeal among certain influential people. The National Rifle
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Deer Season Officials with Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) Commission shot down a proposal to expand deer season dates in 222 Texas counties. The proposal was to standardize the general deer season statewide to open the first Saturday in
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Officials with the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department will be studying a mountain lion (cougar) road killed by a high school student north of Mineral Wells. According to a story at KHOU.Com a Graford High School student was driving home from
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Bowfishing for tilapia on lakes and rivers around Texas is a challenging and fun sport equivalent to coming face to face with a Rio Grande turkey or whitetail deer in to woods. Tilapia are sensitive to movement and can disappear
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The Toyota Sharelunker season is in full swing and that is when state officials accept donations of bass weighing 13 pounds or more. Some 65 public water bodies have produced Sharelunker fish and yes lakes like Fork, Sam Rayburn and Conroe in
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Tonight (Thursday March 29) Minnesota Viking’s player and Texas bass fishing fanatic Brian Robison and his wife are kicking off a very special three days at Lake Sam Rayburn. Robison and his wife Jayme are founders of the “Reel ‘Em
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Since I was a little boy I have been fascinated with longhorn cattle. And on an expedition to YO Headquarters I got to meet a very special one that was massive…and it almost knocked me out. Seriously. Watch the video
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When Brian Robison is not training or playing with the Minnesota Vikings, he can usually be found flipping a Texas-rigged work around a dock or working a crankbait over deep structure. Robison is a bass fishing fan of the highest
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