Nov. 17, 2011

Game Warden Field Notes, Nov. 17, 2011

The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.

Nov. 14, 2011

Where Will Season’s First Toyota ShareLunker Be Caught?

ATHENS—Only the sound of running water fills the Lunker Bunker at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center. The 22 round, 1,500-gallon ShareLunker holding tanks are ready to receive fish.

Nov. 8, 2011

Whooping Cranes arriving in Texas

With whooping cranes now making their way back to Texas for the winter, biologists are hoping this year will see a record number of the endangered birds in the state.

Nov. 1, 2011

Keith Combs Wins Toyota Texas Bass Classic in Dramatic Fashion

CONROE—The Toyota Texas Bass Classic (TTBC), the world championship of professional bass fishing, had to go into overtime to crown a champion. Keith Combs of Huntington, Texas, outlasted Mike Iaconelli of Pittsgrove, New Jersey, in an unprecedented sudden death fish-off.

Oct. 27, 2011

Game Warden Field Notes, Oct. 27, 2011

The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.

Oct. 26, 2011

Opening Day Means Putting Safety in Your Sights

AUSTIN – With hundreds of thousands of Texans getting ready for opening day of the general gun season for white-tailed deer on Nov. 5, it’s important to keep safety in your crosshairs.

Burned Aeration System at Bastrop State Park Replaced Through Vertex Donation

AUSTIN — State Parks and Inland Fisheries staff of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) are applauding donation of a replacement aeration system to improve water quality in Bastrop State Park pond. A previously installed aeration system purchased with TPWD restitution funds was burned by wildfires that scorched most of Bastrop State Park.

Oct. 25, 2011

Largemouth Bass and Prey Surveys Completed on Wichita Falls Area Lakes

ATHENS — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Inland Fisheries office in Wichita Falls recently completed fall electrofishing surveys on area lakes. Electrofishing surveys examine populations of largemouth bass and prey species such as sunfish and shad. Electrofishing surveys occurred at Arrowhead, Graham, Jacksboro, Millers Creek and Palo Pinto reservoirs.

Nominations Sought for Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame

ATHENS, Texas — Individuals or organizations that have made a lasting contribution to freshwater fishing in Texas may be nominated through February 29 for induction into the Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame.

Oct. 19, 2011

Toyota Texas Bass Classic to Show Why “Life’s Better Outside”

ATHENS—The slogan of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is “Life’s Better Outside,” and department staff will show visitors to the Toyota Texas Bass Classic in Conroe October 28—30 why that’s so.