Right now is a great time to catch big bass here on Lake Fork. While most anglers have put their boats up for the year, there is still a tremendous amount of excellent fishing to experience with little or no fisherman on the water to compete with getting to your...
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Where is British Columbia (BC), anyway?
Before you go fishing in BC, you might want to know where it is. While much of the Canadian population lives in the southeastern areas of Canada in places like Toronto or Ontario, British Columbia holds down the fort on the west coast. Vancouver, BC, where the 2010...
Texas Delaying Oyster Season Opening In Some Areas
AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas oyster season will open Nov. 1, but due to health risks there will be several areas closed to harvest. Recent heavy rains statewide and red tide events on the lower Texas coast prompted the Texas Department of State Health Services to issue...
Lake Fork Trophy Bass Fishing Report 11-2-2009
November is an awesome month here at Lake Fork for catching trophy bass! As the water cools off and the bass begin their annual feeding frenzy there is a huge window of opportunity for many anglers to catch numbers of quality fish, not to mention the bass of a...
Something Fishy in Montgomery, Texas City Council
Montgomery, Texas City Council threatens to run Hispanic community out of town! Read more here…..
Fishing Resort Exposé: Your need-to-knows about the industry
They say ignorance is bliss, but if you want bliss on your next fishing trip, be sure to do your research. Some fishing lodges and fishing resorts have secrets – the kind of secrets that can make or break a customer’s experience. Here’s an inside look at some of...
Salmon Give Canada-Bound Fishermen Run for Their Money
Despite low salmon numbers in many North American fishing areas, Canadian salmon fishing showed surprisingly good numbers and a strong finish to a healthy fishing season. Due to poor spawning returns in 2008, many fishing areas in the northwestern United States...
Lake Fork Trophy Bass Survey Tops 10,000 Entries
ATHENS, Texas — In May, the Lake Fork Trophy Bass Survey continued its run as the most successful program of its kind. Since the survey began in March 2003, anglers have reported catching more than 10,000 trophy largemouth bass from the 27,000 acre reservoir. During...
Potentially Toxic Algal Species Confirmed in South Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — Since January 2009, a microscopic alga most often found in north and west Texas has been confirmed at four south Texas sites: Corpus Christi, Kingsville, McAllen, and Jim Hogg County. All four occurrences caused fish kills in private ponds and...
Texas Parks & Wildlife Expo in Austin Suspended
AUSTIN, Texas – Because of a sponsorship revenue decline related to the economic recession and increased operational costs, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is cancelling the Texas Parks & Wildlife Expo set for Oct. 3-4 in Austin. The agency will suspend the...
2009 New Mexico Fly Fishing Season
Runoff is in full flower on all our area streams and only the Cimarron and Culebra are fishing well right now. The flow on the Culebra has just started to rise as irrigation season begins and the inflow should improve fishing considerably thru May and June. The...
TEXAS STATE PARKS TO HOST NATIONAL TRAILS DAY EVENTS JUNE 6
BASTROP, Texas – Bastrop State Park will join eight other Texas state parks on Saturday, June 6, in suggesting you “go take a hike” to commemorate National Trails Day. Jennifer Bristol, Bastrop State Park’s resource manager, says the park will have a trail work party...
Gulf Shrimp Season to Close May 15
AUSTIN, Texas — The Gulf of Mexico commercial shrimp season for both state and federal waters will close 30 minutes after sunset Friday, May 15, until an unspecified time in July. The closing date is based on samples collected by the Coastal Fisheries Division of the...
New Paddling Trails to Open in Houston, Austin, Elsewhere in Texas
Paddling and nature enthusiasts, government officials and interested Houstonians will celebrate the official opening of the Buffalo Bayou Paddling Trail at Briar Bend Park on Thursday, April 16 when the Bayou Preservation Association teams up with TPWD for a festive...
Beatrice Long, Seabrook Intermediate School teacher, named 2009 National Project Learning Tree Outstanding Educator
Washington, D.C. – Project Learning Tree® (PLT), the environmental education program of the American Forest Foundation, has announced that Beatrice Long, a Houston resident who teaches at Seabrook Intermediate School, was named one of five 2009 National PLT...
This Big Bass Didn’t Get Away
ATHENS, Texas—ShareLunker program manager David Campbell often says anglers who donate big bass to the program are the best conservationists in Texas, and that statement is backed up by what happened at Lake Fork Saturday. Guide James Caldemeyer was fishing with...
Babying Big Bass
ATHENS, Texas—One of the biggest factors that influences the survival of fish entered into the ShareLunker program is how those fish are handled and cared for prior to being picked up by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) employees. ShareLunker handling and...
GALVESTON ISLAND STATE PARK REOPENING BAY SIDE MARCH 21
GALVESTON, Texas – Galveston Island State Park, shut down for the last six months due to extensive damage from Hurricane Ike, will welcome day users to the bay side of the coastal park on Saturday, March 21. The beach side of the park, which sustained significant...
Sea Center Texas Seeks Publics Help to Name 2 Popular Residents
LAKE JACKSON, Texas Sea Center Texas is seeking help in naming two of its popular fish, a Queensland grouper and a green moray eel. Visitors and fish lovers are asked to submit name suggestions through March 25, 2009, by visiting the Sea Center Texas visitor center at...
Amazing Lake Conroe Does It Again
Fourth ShareLunker of the year comes from lake ATHENS, TexasThe water temperature may be only 61 degrees, but Lake Conroe is on fire! Thursday afternoon the lake just north of Houston churned out its fourth ShareLunker of the current season, a 13.8-pound largemouth...