March 29, 2012

Falcon ShareLunker Produces Large Spawn

ATHENS—Toyota ShareLunker 531, caught from Falcon International Reservoir March 16, spawned more than 44,000 eggs March 29.

March 26, 2012

Lake Austin ShareLunker Streak Continues; O.H. Ivie Joins In

ATHENS—Lake Austin has produced two more Toyota ShareLunkers, bringing its season total to five. The last two were caught on the same day, March 21.

Texas Hunting Accidents Drop to Record Low

AUSTIN – The number of Texas hunting accidents in 2011 declined to the lowest since statistical records began in 1966, according to a new report by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The number of people injured in hunting accidents in Texas fell from 25 in 2010 to 23 in 2011, and fatalities also declined from four to two during the same period.

March 19, 2012

Outdoor Fools Day Offers Food, Fun and Outdoor Activities

ATHENS—Life’s better outside, especially during springtime in Texas. And nowhere will it be better on April 7 than at Outdoor Fools Day at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC).

Falcon, Fork Produce Toyota ShareLunkers

ATHENS—Perennial big-bass lakes Falcon and Fork each produced a Toyota ShareLunker over the weekend.

March 8, 2012

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Hunter Education Instructors Needed

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will be conducting a free Hunter Education New Instructor Training Workshop March 24, 2012 in Waco, Texas. Workshop will begin at 8:00am – 5:00pm at the Bledsoe-Miller Community Center located at 300 MLK Blvd.

March 5, 2012

Lake Ray Roberts Produces Toyota ShareLunker

ATHENS—Big bass are where you find them, and Stan Lawing of Poetry, Texas, proved that while fishing in a Bass Champs tournament on Lake Ray Roberts March 3.

Feb. 28, 2012

Toledo Bend Toyota ShareLunker Biggest of Season to Date

ATHENS—Toledo Bend, the sprawling reservoir on the border between Texas and Louisiana, produced the sixth Toyota ShareLunker of the current season Saturday, a 14.20-pound largemouth bass that is the largest entered so far this season.

Feb. 24, 2012

Trophy Bass Management Symposium March 24 at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center

ATHENS – Private bass pond managers will get a behind-the scenes look at how Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) inland fisheries biologists monitor fish populations and care for trophy bass at a statewide symposium set for March 23—24, 2012, at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) in Athens.

Feb. 15, 2012

Sizzling Lake Austin Turns in Third Toyota ShareLunker of the Season

ATHENS—So far five fish have been entered into the Toyota ShareLunker program for the 2011-2012 season, and Lake Austin has produced three of them.