March 16, 2011

New Record Bass for Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center’s Lake Zebco

ATHENS—Spring break 2011 will long be remembered as special by Chris McCaskill, 18, of Lewisville.

March 15, 2011

Free Rainbow Trout Harvest at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center

ATHENS—Visitors to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) are invited to harvest rainbow trout at no charge from now through the end of the season in late April.

March 14, 2011

Texas Fish Records Program Sets Its Own Records

ATHENS—For many people, second only to the thrill of landing a trophy fish is seeing one’s name go into the record book for the catch.

Lake Fork Kicks off March Madness with Toyota ShareLunker 518

ATHENS—While fans of college basketball are glued to television sets watching that manifestation of March madness, bass anglers are enjoying a fishy form of the mayhem.

March 10, 2011

Golden Alga Fish Kill on Lake Granbury Spreads Downriver

ATHENS — A toxic golden alga bloom on Lake Granbury that began the first week of January 2011 appears to be heading down the Brazos River toward Lake Whitney.

Toyota ShareLunker 517: It’s Falcon Again

ATHENS—Falcon International Reservoir continued to solidify its status as one of the prime big-bass lakes in Texas March 9 with a 13.56-pound largemouth that became Toyota ShareLunker 517.

March 7, 2011

Toyota ShareLunker 516: Falcon

ATHENS—Falcon International Reservoir produced its third Toyota ShareLunker of the season, its fourteenth overall and the twelfth entry into the ShareLunker program for the current season March 6.

Feb. 28, 2011

Texas State Parks Welcome Participatory Sports Competitors

AUSTIN – While most people visit Texas state parks to picnic, camp, fish, hike or just relax beneath a shade tree, there is a smaller, more physically-fit contingent that uses some of the state’s most scenic spots for more rigorous recreational pursuits.

Toyota ShareLunkers 514, 515 Come From Lake Austin

ATHENS—Just when you thought this Toyota ShareLunker season was going to be all about O.H. Ivie, along comes Lake Austin.

Feb. 25, 2011

Wanted: Spring Break Trout Anglers in Tyler

ATHENS—The Nature Center in Tyler has about a thousand rainbow trout that need a home on one’s dinner table.