LUBBOCK, Texas — A largemouth bass landed June 10 on Lake Alan Henry by Kenny Schuette, 11, of Slaton, southwest of Lubbock has been verified as a new junior state record by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Kenny’s bass weighed in at 13 pounds, 25.75 inches....
Texas Bass Fishing Blogs for the Month: November 2004
‘TUF’ Fishing in Texas
ATHENS, Texas — Urban fishing is due to improve during the next few years as Texas Parks and Wildlife Department ramps up its Texas Urban Fishing (TUF) program in small lakes located in urban areas throughout the state. "We have had a community fishing lake program...
TPWD Stocks 4.6 Million Striped Bass Into Texas Lakes
ATHENS, Texas — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has just completed a successful striped bass spawning and stocking season. TPWD Inland Fisheries Division personnel produced and stocked 4.6 million striped bass and hybrid striped bass fingerlings into 42 lakes. An...
Junior Boater Program Teaches Young Kids Water Safety
AUSTIN, Texas — Though it is only three years old, a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department water and boater safety program reaches more than 10,000 children per year. Junior Boater was started for kids younger than age 12 in an effort to reach those who are not old...
Texas Wetlands Project Receives National Award
GALVESTON, Texas — A Texas effort to restore hundreds of acres of ecologically important wetlands in the Delehide Cove area of West Galveston Bay will receive one of two National Wetland Conservation Awards to be bestowed this year at a June 30 ceremony in Washington,...
Recent Legislation Affects Texas Wildlife, Parks
AUSTIN, Texas — New limited-entry management programs for the Texas oyster and Gulf of Mexico shrimp fisheries, changes in game bird stamps hunters are required to buy, creation of an all-terrain vehicle trail program and new or clarified enforcement powers for game...
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Lake Lewisville Gives Up Record Largemouth to Pro Angler
11-pound, 13-ounce fish starts VanDam on road to victory ATHENS, Texas — Professional angler Kevin VanDam of Kalamazoo, Michigan, has a new love: Texas bass fishing. Fishing Lake Lewisville on the first day of the Bassmaster Elite 50 tournament June 1, VanDam hauled...
New Mexico Fly Fishing Report Summer 2005
Friends and Fellow Anglers, Runoff is winding down on most area streams and fishing this summer should be better than the past few drought plagued seasons. The Stonefly Hatch is in progress on the Cimarron and fishing has been excellent on the lower reaches of the...
Dick Davis Named Executive Director of Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation
DALLAS - Dick Davis, a veteran conservation journalist who spent the last five years as Director of the Texas - Oklahoma Region for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, has been named executive director of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation, effective June 1....