Fishing News - Fresh

197-Pound Alligator Gar Arrowed in Texas

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department research biologists have confirmed the new alligator gar bow fishing water body record for the Brazos River is 60-years-old, among the oldest fish aged and documented by the department. Angler […]

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Catfish Fishing

Record Blue Cat By Fly

While fly fishing Lake Bardwell, Texas, USA on the morning of March 21st, angler D. Kirk Brown, MD landed this impressive 16.1 kg (35 lb 8 oz) blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) that could earn him […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Lake Austin habitat improvement project

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is partnering with Texas Tournament Zone (TTZ) and the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department and Watershed Protection to install fish habitat structures assembled out of brush into […]

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Catfish Fishing

How One Angler Tackles Small Stream Catfish

Biologists in state fisheries agencies have stated that underutilized catfish populations exist in smaller creeks and rivers from Virginia to Texas. Catfish can live in any water but cold streams at high elevations. These fish […]

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Big Game Hunting

COLLECTING THE UGANDAN KOB

Hunting buddy, Butch Among, sent an email asking if I am interested in hunting for a Ugandan Kob.  Butch, who manages a deer breeding an exotic game ranch in Texas, has run across one that […]

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Bass Fishing

A New “New Lake Effect”

As your lake fills for the very first time, you must wait patiently for the opportunity to begin stocking fish. Before fish can be stocked you will need to make sure the lake will hold […]

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Hunting News

Texas Right-to-Hunt Bill

Two legislative measures – one federal, one state – are at the center of DSC’s legislative activities in March. The Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act of 2015 – A coalition of 47 sporting and conservation organizations, including […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Be a Part of a Texas Law Enforcement Legend

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is building its next generation of elite state law enforcement officers with application to the 60th Texas Game Warden Cadet class now open through April 30. “We are excited for […]

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Duck/Goose Hunting

DUTV 2014 Fall Schedule

The 2014 edition of the long-running Ducks Unlimited Television (DUTV) series, beginning exclusively on the Pursuit Channel on Monday, June 30, will feature hunts from every major flyway in North America. To include in-show vignettes, […]

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Top Hunting Headlines

Gun Silencer Sales Are Booming

CNN Reports: The civilian market for silencers soared 37% in 2013, when the total number shot up to nearly a half a million, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives registry. That’s […]

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Bass Fishing

Texas B.A.S.S. Nation Earns Conservation Award

The Texas B.A.S.S. Nation has been given the “Partners in Conservation Award” for its outstanding contributions to drafting the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan.  The U.S. Department of the Interior presented the award “in recognition […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Giant Salvinia Grows as Threat to Fisheries

Hydrilla has joined Eurasian milfoil as an invasive exotic plant that threatens northern fisheries. It now has been found in Kansas and Missouri, and the Nature Conservancy is reporting “a number of populations on the […]

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Shooting sports

Texas Time for the Rinehart R100

Rinehart Targets and the Rinehart R100 is putting the final touches on what is sure to be another great weekend of archery competition. The next Rinehart R100 will take place this weekend on April 12th […]

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Shooting sports

A Texas Size Rinehart R100

Rinehart Targets is pleased to announce the upcoming Rinehart R100 archery competition, coming to you from Roanoke, Texas on April 12th and 13th. The event will take place at the ultimate source for archery in […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Anglers Reveal Top Dream Fishing Destination

Hawaii, Florida, Texas, California, Costa Rica, Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Alaska-all offer world-class fishing. And with cold weather slamming much of the country for the past two months and spring still more than a month away, […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Rules to Fight Zebra Mussels

Texas – In the state’s continuing effort to combat the spread of invasive zebra mussels, 30 counties in North and Central Texas will be added effective Sunday, March 23, to the recently-implemented rules requiring that […]

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Top Hunting Headlines

TCEQ Gives Lower Basin Limited Water

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Commissioners decided February 26 to modify the Emergency Order requested by the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), cutting off interruptible water for agriculture but refusing to adopt a higher […]

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Fishing News - Salt

Stranded Dolphin or Whale App

Dolphin and whale rescue is getting smarter. A new smartphone app from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is helping the public better respond to marine mammal strandings and quickly alert local rescue organizations. […]

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Boat News

Fishing generates big bucks for Texas

Texas Update-Other States should take note: Fishing is a popular pastime in Texas that generates some serious bucks for the state’s economy. How much? According to the results a Southwick Associates survey conducted for the […]

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Bass Fishing

Florida Bass Growing in Other States

Great article from “The Online Fisherman”: Can Tennessee biologists turn Lake Chickamauga into another Lake Fork? Probably not. Lake Fork in Texas is the gold standard for trophy bass fisheries, and duplicating the success there […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Texas State-Fish Art Contest

The Texas State-Fish Art Contest, headquartered at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC), reminds Texas teachers and students that the deadline for entries in the 2014 State-Fish Art Contest is March 31, 2014. The contest […]

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Predator Hunting

Crazy Coyote Encounter

KiiiTV Reported – She was confronted by a pack of coyotes during a morning jog on Padre Island, just off of Whitecap, over the weekend. Now, she is speaking out about her close encounter. At […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

TX Fighting Invasive Species

Using new authority granted by the last regular session of the Legislature, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission Thursday approved a rule requiring anyone leaving or approaching public waters in 17 North Texas counties to […]

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Bass Fishing

Rat-L-Trap Shootout

Bass looked for cover on Lake Fork Saturday morning, but many couldn’t keep from being sniped by the anglers firing away at the first ever Rat-L-Trap Shootout. Fishermen from Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Alabama, and other […]

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Fishing News - Fresh

Invasive Species Workshop at TX

You can help prevent the spread of invasive aquatic and other species in East Texas. That’s the message of a free workshop to be presented at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center on July 13 by […]

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Shooting sports

Texas Scholastic Pistol Program

Scholastic Pistol Program (SPP) squads from throughout Texas converged in San Antonio June 14-15 for the first SPP Junior / Senior Division Championships. This match ran concurrently with the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) state […]

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Fishing News - Salt

Seizure: 10K Feet of Gill Net

Texas game wardens have concluded two separate week-long enforcement operations in South Texas that led to the seizure of more than 10,000 feet of illegal gill net, approximately two tons of marijuana, and the filing […]