Texas Bass Fishing Reports March 2005
Texas Bass Fishing Blogs for the Texas Fishing Guide
Shakespeare® Catera® Spinning Reels
Shakespeare's top of the line Shakespeare's new Catera® Front and Rear Drag Spinning Reels are sure to be a hit for 2004. Sleek new styling and design make this reel not only functional but attractive as well. Available in four models rated for applications from...
Amateur photo contest offers grand prize hunting or fishing trip
Cross Trail Outfitters today announced its 2005 Youth Hunting and Fishing Photo Contest. The organization is looking for the very best amateur photographs of young people having fun hunting or fishing. The theme of this year's contest is, "Fun in God's Great...
2005 New Mexico Fly Fishing Season Looks Great
Friends and fellow anglers, So far the winter of '04-'05 has been very kind. All watersheds in Northern NM and Southern Colorado are over 100% of the 30 year average and its only the beginning of March. Traditionally our wettest months are March, April and May so the...
Fly Fish Texas Draws Crowd to Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center
ATHENS, Texas—With hundreds of fly-fish enthusiasts filling the air with lines and lures March 5 as they cast for rainbow trout, one had to walk carefully around the grounds of the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center. While fishing occupied many people, hands-on...
Budweiser ShareLunkers Reach Dozen Mark
ATHENS, Texas — Anglers contributed two lunker largemouth bass to the Budweiser ShareLunker program over the weekend, bringing the number of fish entered into the program this season to 12. Mark LeBlanc of Orange caught a 13.59-pound bass from Sam Rayburn Reservoir...
Budweiser ShareLunkers Showing Up Statewide
ATHENS, Texas — Anglers caught four Budweiser ShareLunkers from four widely separated lakes the weekend of March 11-13, bringing the season’s total to 16. The big bass came from lakes Alan Henry, Austin, Choke Canyon and Fork. Mike Modisett of Lubbock caught...
Love Is in the Water at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center
ATHENS, Texas—If you think all it takes to raise a baby bass is a momma bass, a poppa bass and a cozy pond, you’d be wrong. March is the month when catches of big bass peak in Texas, and it’s also the month when Texas Parks and Wildlife Department fish...
Funding Sought To Save State Fish of Texas
ATHENS, Texas—When the Texas Legislature named the Guadalupe bass the state fish of Texas in 1989, it did so because of the fish’s distinctive nature. Found nowhere else in the world outside the San Antonio, Guadalupe, Colorado and Brazos river systems, the...
TPWD PASSES CHANGES TO HUNTING, FISHING REGULATIONS
AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission has adopted a series of changes to state hunting and fishing regulations that offer greater harvest flexibility on lands managed for mule deer and prairie chickens, while simplifying and expanding hunting...
Flat Out Fishing Events Coming Up
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation, Anheuser-Busch, Coastal Conservation Association Texas and the Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce are sponsoring the first of two very special fishing events on April 23 in Port Aransas to help anglers enjoy and...
Katy Coach Uses Grant To Take Students Fishing
HOUSTON — On May 6, more than 100 Golbow Elementary School students will leave the classroom behind, pick up fishing poles, and learn about nature and the outdoors through hands-on experience. It’s an example of how conservation proponents statewide are trying to...
TPWD Schedules Public Meetings About Golden Alga
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is holding six public meetings during May near areas hit hardest by golden alga. Agency officials will provide updates on golden alga research projects and discuss fisheries management strategies, as well as...
Bass Pro Shops’ Johnny Morris Gives $650,000
ATHENS, Texas–Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris presented a check for $650,000 to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center at a banquet in Grapevine April 16. The gift was Morris’ way of expediting the construction of a new education building at TFFC. He pledged...
Budweiser Sharelunker Program Has Biggest Year in a Decade
ATHENS, Texas–The Budweiser ShareLunker 2004-2005 season closed April 30 with 24 fish entered, the highest total since 1996. A large measure of credit for this year’s performance goes to Lake Alan Henry. The 2,880-acre lake southeast of Lubbock produced nine...
Two New State Records Raise Bar for Junior Anglers
AUSTIN, Texas – With classes letting out for the summer, many young Texans will turn their attention to schools of a different sort: fish. Some will make the grade by adding their name to the state angling record books. And, for young anglers hoping to score on two...
Falcon Reservoir Primed To Reclaim Bass Reputation
ZAPATA, Texas —Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists are excited over the prospects for Falcon Reservoir. A decade ago Falcon Reservoir offered some of the best bass fishing in Texas and was a very popular destination for bass tournament anglers. Then came...
State Parks Lure Anglers During Family Fishing Celebration
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 Family Fishing Celebration was launched...
Boaters: Turn Off Engine While Idling To Save Lives
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 threat: carbon monoxide. Memorial Day...
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....