Archive | November, 2004

ATHENS, Texas — If growing and catching bigger largemouth bass in your private pond or lake are your goals, mark your calendar for March 28 and 29. Texas AgriLife Extension, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, in cooperation with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Henderson County Wildlife Committee, will present a seminar at […]

February is a great month to catch fish in number and size on Toledo Bend. The Bass and Crappie will begin staging and feeding heavy in anticipation of the spawn and the Whites will be migrating into the river proper for their annual “river run”. The bass and Crappie will start migrating into the coves […]

AUSTIN, Texas — Expanded hunting opportunities for mule deer and pheasant in the Panhandle are among the proposed changes to the state’s hunting and fishing regulations. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission’s Regulations Committee, at its Jan. 23 meeting, authorized agency staff to take these proposed regulation changes and others out for public comment and […]

AUSTIN, Texas — Four projects designed to enhance boating access to Texas waters will share more than $1.4 million in matching federal grants through the State Boating Access Program. Boat ramp facility improvement projects at Lake Buchanan, Cameron Park in Waco, Port Aransas and Surfside Beach were approved by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission […]

Since mid 1990s the Texas Brigades have conducted wildlife leadership development camps for young men and women between 13-17 years of age. Each camp is 4.5 days and uses the biology, habitat, food chain, quality of environment, conservation and social-economic issues of a wildlife species as the core curriculum. The mission is to develop Tomorrow’s […]

EDITORS NOTE: In this issue of TPWD News, we forsake our usual format for the most part and provide a summary of the top news stories of 2007. Details about these topics can be found in the department’s online news archive. Please note that TPWD will not be distributing weekly news during the coming holidays. […]

Tail Walker, Better Than Ever In 2008 Press Release September 6th 2007 Harrisonville, MO. — Tail Walker Lures LLC. After a 85% approval rating in a field test with North American Fisherman. We decide to go one step further and see what we could do to make our Top Water Lures even better. After looking […]

Building a Better Brush Pile by Steve Masters, Bringitbaits.com ProStaff If you really want to get serious about setting out brush piles prepare yourself for some hard work, but it can pay off big later. Bass will use brush piles throughout the year but the heat of summer and winter are the prime times to […]

The Other Side of SponsorshipBy: Steve Masters – Bringitbaits.com It seems that most tournament fishermen are willing to stop just short of selling their souls to be sponsored. I was recently on a website that had several tournament fishermen listed and their sponsors. Some of these guys had eight or ten sponsors and have never […]

(I-Newswire) – On a local Minnesota fishing website, many fishermen are expressing their outrage at PETA’s aggressive anti-fishing campaign. In response to recent posts on My Fishing Pals’ message forum ( www.myfishingpals.com ), anglers from across Minnesota are showing a united front against the efforts of PETA. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and […]

ATHENS, Texas—Clayton Bowen of Eagle Lake won the Art of Conservation Award in Wildlife Forever’s 2007 State-Fish Art Contest, it was announced Saturday at the Mall of America in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Bowen’s watercolor on canvas paper of a Guadalupe bass diving into the water will be reproduced as a stamp for sale to collectors; proceeds […]

Lake Fork Trophy Bass ReportJune 23, 2007By Guide James Caldemeyer Things are really heating up here at the lake. With the weather getting hotter, you can expect for the bass fishing at Lake Fork to be HOT as well! Although the fishing this week has been good, these big bass are on the verge of […]

Tim Wike of www.reelinrayroberts.com Pat Wilshire of www.rayrobertsfishing.com Tom Mocny of www.texasbassguide.com Armando Villarreal III of www.mandosfishing.com Randy Routh of www.teamredneck.net Have all donated ½ day guided trips to help raise money in the fight against breast cancer. 7 – ½ day trips have been donated (hope to get more). 2 will be given away […]

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(DALLAS, TEXAS—April 9, 2007)—Adventure Technology introduces the first and only lure with retractable hooks, which solves the problem of catching weeds and debris when casting in mossy, wooded, or heavily covered areas. The slickFISH lure–designed for serious fishermen and professional anglers–is a colorful plastic lure fitted with a trigger mechanism that pops the hooks out […]

Mattern Guide Service on Lake Palestine Hello Everybody, Hebrews 12; Verses 12-13: Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees and make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way, but let it rather be healed. Well Saturday the bite was real good […]

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LINDALE, Texas — Lake Fork is undisputedly the top largemouth bass lake in Texas, maybe in the world. But until this year it has been notably absent from the national bass fishing tournament schedule due to stringent slot limits. April 13-15, the Toyota Texas Bass Classic brings to these waters 160 professional anglers and a […]

The Lake Buchanan Conservation Corporation, in conjunction with Burnet County, Inks Lake Hatchery, Texas Parks and Wildlife, and the LCRA will stock Lake Buchanan with 150,000 Hybrid Striper Bass in 2007. Burnet County is providing $15,000 to raise the fish from fry to fingerlings, Inks Lake Hatchery will raise them and Texas Parks and Wildlife […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Person Scott Rauber, PresidentCompany Name Biz Promo, LLCVoice Phone Number 727-733-8387FAX NumberEmail Address bizpromo@juno.comWebsite URL www.fishforfree.com www.fishforfree2.com # # # Free Fishing Sponsorship Seminar for Bassmaster Classic Attendees Dunedin, FL, Jan. 2, 2007 – Many anglers fish for fun, but a few have discovered how to get paid for it, too! […]

Mattern Guide Service on Lake Fairfield Hello Everybody, Psalm 9; Verses 1-2: I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: I will show forth all thy marvelous works. I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name. O Most High. Well it was good to be on […]

AUSTIN, Texas — Among the possible changes in hunting and fishing regulations next year, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is considering altering restrictions on spotted seatrout in the Lower Laguna Madre and a 16-inch maximum length limit on largemouth bass on a handful of lakes. TPWD staff briefed the Regulations Committee of the Texas […]

Lake Fork Day and Night Guide ServiceFISHING REPORT Licensed Guide Clint Wright Well, hello fellow fishermen and fisherwomen. This report is for Lake Fork, Texas 14OCT06 until today 25OCT06. REPORT: Last night I had the pleasure of doing a seminar at Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits store in Mineola, Texas. We all had a great time. […]

These are difficult times, especially if you live in East Texas. It’s hard to imagine that many of our neighbors are still trying to recover from the effects of Hurricane Rita, or that local politics has become a circus, and that Toledo Bend Lake, the jewel of East Texas, is more than 10-feet low – […]

Lake Fork Fishing Report Posted September 5, 2006by Guide James Caldemeyer Well folks! This is the month that has beengreatly anticipated by many. September is here andwith it brings the cooler temperatures, bigtournaments and some great fishing! We have had a few good showers at the lake latelybut not enough to bring the it up […]

So far the Bass fishing here at Lake Fork this week has been very good, cooler weather and calm conditions has made fishing a blast in the last few days. On Sunday the bite was on we had 19 by lunch and by the end of the day we had 43. The early morning top […]

Press Release 09/01/06 Harrisonville, MO. — Tail Walker Lures LLC announces the first in a new line of SPIT FIRE Jigs that will be available in early spring of 2007. The new SF1 Series, a pro football weedless jig that has all the best components to attract and take on big bass, will be the […]

AUSTIN, Texas — Three coastal and two lake boating access projects will share more than $1.5 million in federal boating access grants. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved the five construction and renovation projects at its Thursday, Aug. 24 public meeting. While the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department administers the grants, funding for the […]

Lake Fork Day and Night Guide Service Licensed Guide Clint Wright Well, hello fellow fishermen and fisherwomen. This report is for Lake Fork, Texas July 23, 2006 until today Aug 01, 2006. Not too much new information for the Lake, other than the drought. The lack of rain is making a few things sort of […]

David Vance’s Lake Fork Report The fishing this week has been good on Deep Diving Crank baits and a Carolina Rig. The Norman DD 22 has worked best for me color chartreuses with a blue back. Water depth 15 to 25 feet. Good places that are producing good fish, are the old road beds, 515 […]

AUSTIN, Texas — In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Sportsstuff, Inc., of Omaha, Nebraska, voluntarily recalled about 19,000 Wego Kite Tubes July 13. more kite tube injury news More than three dozen injury accidents involving the use of kite tubes have been reported nationwide. Those injuries include a broken neck, punctured […]

Lake Fork Fishing ReportJuly 10, 2006Guide James Caldemeyer July is HOT here at Lake Fork! The heat of the summer is here and the fishing heating up as well…If you enjoy catching numbers of fish from deep water structure as much as I do, now is the time to come. I had the pleasure of […]

AUSTIN, Texas — The economic benefits from Texas state parks far exceed the cost to operate them. This key finding was highlighted by a university researcher in a recent briefing to the Texas State Parks Advisory Committee, which meets again in Austin on July 14. John Crompton, Ph.D., a professor with the Texas A&M University […]

Lake Fork Fishing ReportSubmitted July 1, 2006Guide James Caldemeyer As June comes to a close and July begins,summertime fishing on Lake Fork is really heating up!The HOT action in deep water is here, and if you’relike me, there’s nothing more exciting than catching atrophy, from this lake’s numerous deep structure areas. Lake conditions are good, […]

GOLIAD, Texas — On June 16, Goliad State Park and Mission Espíritu Santo State Historic Site will celebrate the completion of more than two years of painstaking work to make much-needed repairs to the 1700s Spanish mission grounds and buildings. The approximately $850,000 Goliad repair project was funded through Proposition 8, a bond package approved […]

As you know with today pressures on the Bass an angler has to come up with patterns and ways to fish baits that will cause a Bass to react to, to get them to bite. A weighted hook can be used to wacky rig worms such as Senko type baits or trick worms around Moss […]

Fishing Report Email This Report to a Fishing Buddy Date of Report: 2006/06/14 Texas Fishing Report Fishing Area: Lake Palestine Mattern Guide Service Hello Everybody, MARK Chapter 5: 5-6 And He could there do no mighty work, save that He laid His hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. And He marvelled because […]

Lake Fork Fishing ReportSubmitted June 11, 2006Guide James Caldemeyer III June is here at Lake Fork and things are reallyheating up! If it’s BIG BASS you’re after, now is thetime to head out to the lake. The fishing has been great this week, with clients catching good numbers of quality fish. I had the pleasure […]

Fishing Report Email This Report to a Fishing Buddy Date of Report: 2006/05/30 Texas Fishing Report Fishing Area: Lake Palestine Mattern Guide Service Hello Everybody, God said to Adam Who told thee that thou was naked.Sin entered in and Man lost his covering of God’s presence. Through Faith In the finished works of Jesus and […]

Fishing Report Email This Report to a Fishing Buddy Date of Report: 2006/05/24 Texas Fishing Report Fishing Area: Lake Palestine Mattern Guide Service Hello Everybody, God is our refuge and strength an ever present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the Earth give way and the Mountains fall into the heart of […]

Fishing Report for Lake Fork, Texas May 8, 2006 by James Caldemeyer May is a great month for fishing Lake Fork. Hard to believe it is here again! Time flies when you’re having fun (or catching lots of big fish). May is one of my favorite months here at Lake Fork, as you can catch […]

FORT WORTH, Texas — In an effort to combat nuisance levels of non-native aquatic vegetation at B. A. Steinhagen Lake in Jasper and Tyler Counties, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, in coordination with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, plans a summer drawdown of the lake. The normal elevation for the lake is […]

Lately there has been some concern by the fishing community about the fish population over at Meadows Lake. We are conducting a survey that allows “YOU” to have some input on the issues of increased fishing pressure to the 59 acre “Super Pond”. Please take some time and give us your input. http://texasfishingmaps.net/survey/ There is […]

ATHENS, Texas — Jason Baird hit the jackpot Feb. 28 when he caught Budweiser ShareLunker No. 400, a 13.1-pound largemouth bass worth $5,240 in cash. Now the huge fish is paying dividends for everyone who fishes Lake Amistad. On April 18 ShareLunker 400 produced 46,678 eggs, the most produced by a ShareLunker in a single […]

AUSTIN, Texas — Managing a fishery and enforcing game laws along an international border are both complicated tasks. Combine the two and you have a nightmare for fisheries biologists and game wardens alike. That’s exactly the situation Texas Parks and Wildlife Department deals with every day on Falcon International Reservoir, an 83,000-acre impoundment on the […]

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SAN MARCOS, Texas — Texas State University and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department are inviting partners and news media to attend an April 26 grand reopening event to mark completion of $3.1 million in renovations to create a major educational and research facility devoted to Texas springs and aquifers and the river watersheds that […]

BURNET, Texas — Several resource agencies, a local conservation group and Burnet County have teamed to ensure Lake Buchanan receives a healthy stocking of striped bass this spring. The fish stocking is good news for many people who enjoy fishing for the popular species in Lake Buchanan, the uppermost of the Highland lakes created by […]

Lake Fork Fishing Report by James Caldemeyer March 13, 2006 “March Madness” is here and the fishing on the lake is incredible. Water temps are into the mid 60’s and the warm conditions have brought the fish in to start spawning. You can find a great number of these bass in the back of the […]

ZAPATA, Texas – Game wardens from across the state are converging on Falcon Lake along the Texas-Mexico border in a concerted effort to clean up illegal commercial fishing activities and prevent water safety violations, as well as to enforce other state laws. “Operation Pescador” will involve game wardens stopping vessels on Falcon Lake to ensure […]