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March 17, 2011

Toyota ShareLunker 520 Comes from ... Wait for It ... Falcon!

ATHENS—Six weeks ago it looked like no lake in Texas could catch O.H. Ivie in the Toyota ShareLunker race. By January 30 O.H. Ivie had produced four ShareLunkers, and anglers could follow the smoke to the lake.

Lake Wichita Fishery Survey Results Good News for Anglers

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Inland Fisheries office in Wichita Falls recently completed a gill net survey of hybrid striped bass and channel catfish populations at Lake Wichita, and the results are very encouraging.

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.

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.

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

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.

Feb. 23, 2011

Fly Fish Texas: You’re One Day Away from a Lifetime of Fun

ATHENS—Tie a fly. Cast a fly. Catch a fish.