Month: November 2004

AUSTIN, Texas — Lazy summer days and fishing just seem to go hand in hand, so it’s the perfect time to take advantage of the Family Fishing Celebration that allows fishing without a fishing license in Texas state parks. The...

There are many ways you can run into harms way on the water. Alcohol and boat operation. Not wearing a life jacket. Going out in bad weather. However, game wardens are running into boaters who are overcome by a silent, invisible...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

AUSTIN, Texas — The transfer of boats and motors appears to be getting sloppier, with more and more people not getting titles, some sellers altering sale prices on transfer documents to avoid higher taxes and others who are...

Frequently Asked Questions About Boating Laws UNDATED – Does the “Open Container” law apply when I’m in my boat? No. This law, effective Sept. 1, 2001, prohibits the possession of an open container of an alcoholic...

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This is the real story of what a little support from home means to the troops. I came to Iraq about 15 months ago and things were pretty hot, mortars and rockets were pretty much a nightly thing and you didn’t get much of a...

AUSTIN, Texas — New hunting and fishing licenses for 2005-06 will be available beginning Monday, Aug. 15, and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is reminding customers to be aware of some significant changes. All current...

AUSTIN, Texas — Years of work to control the nuisance exotic plant hydrilla in Lake Austin on the Colorado River have reduced the hydrilla infestation to its lowest level since it was discovered here in 1999, a result that bodes...

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Dead-Sticking BassBy Steve vonBrandt When the weather is nasty, be it in the early spring or late fall, many anglers miss out on some of the best bass fishing of the year. When their boats are in the garage, and their gear is...