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Dec. 2, 2011

Low Lake Level Allows Habitat Improvements at Lake Fork

ATHENS—Members of the Lake Fork Sportsman’s Association (LFSA) partnered with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Inland Fisheries Division staff in making fish habitat improvements at Lake Fork on November 30.

Nov. 29, 2011

Toyota Texas Bass Classic National Broadcast Begins Saturday

Conroe – The opening day of this year’s Toyota Texas Bass Classic (TTBC) will be available in over 75 million homes when the tournament airs this Saturday at 1 p.m. Eastern (Noon Central) on Versus, a member of the NBC Sports Group.

Rainbow Trout Coming to Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center Dec. 2

ATHENS—The season’s first stocking of rainbow trout into the ponds and streams at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) will take place Friday, December 2.

Nov. 28, 2011

Winter Trout Stocking Program Locations Announced

AUSTIN — Throw your rod and reel in the car and take the short drive to your local fishing hole, it’s time once again for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s annual winter rainbow trout stocking.

Nov. 18, 2011

TPWD Sets Public Meetings on Expanded Seagrass Protection and Freeze Events

AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has scheduled five scoping meetings this winter, starting Nov. 30, about two possible regulation changes for 2012. The scoping items include consideration of a new state scientific area to protect seagrass in the Laguna Madre near the John F. Kennedy Memorial Causeway in Nueces County, and a clarification of emergency rules to protect fish during coastal freezes.

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.