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April 26, 2006

Boaters Urged To ‘Lift, Drift, Pole or Troll’ as New Seagrass Reg Takes Effect

ROCKPORT, Texas — The popular Redfish Bay area receives an extra measure of protection beginning May 1. On that date, a new regulation takes effect, prohibiting the uprooting of seagrass within the Redfish Bay State Scientific Area (RBSSA).

Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame To Welcome Two New Members

ATHENS, Texas — Two men have been selected as the 2006 inductees into the Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame, and their background and achievements make them perfect complements to each other.

April 24, 2006

Urban Areas To Be Fishing Hotspots This Spring and Summer

AUSTIN, Texas — Anglers in eight Texas cities will benefit from a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department program that will stock catchable-size channel catfish in selected Community Fishing Lakes every two weeks during April, May, June, July, September and October.

Fish and Commercial Netters Ignore U.S.-Mexico Border

AUSTIN, Texas —Managing a fishery and enforcing game laws along an international border are both complicated tasks. Combine the two and you have a nightmare for fisheries biologists and game wardens alike.

Amistad Strikes Gold with Budweiser ShareLunker 400

ATHENS, Texas — Jason Baird hit the jackpot Feb. 28 when he caught Budweiser ShareLunker No. 400, a 13.1-pound largemouth bass worth $5,240 in cash.

Participation in State-Fish Art Contest Skyrockets with TFFC Sponsorship

ATHENS, Texas — Last year Lulu Fang of McAllen submitted the winning illustration and composition about the Texas state fish, the Guadalupe bass, in the grades 10-12 category of the State-Fish Art Contest.

April 17, 2006

TPWD Releases First Flounder Fingerlings

ROCKPORT, Texas — When two years of careful work went down the drain April 4, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department coastal fisheries workers quietly cheered.

Texas Rivers Center Progress Hailed in San Marcos

SAN MARCOS, Texas — Texas State University and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department are inviting partners and news media to attend an April 26 grand reopening event to mark completion of $3.1 million in renovations to create a major educational and research facility devoted to Texas springs and aquifers and the river watersheds that feed them, as well as the lakes, bays and estuaries into which they flow.

April 10, 2006

TPWD Adds 40 Counties to Special Buck Harvest Rules

AUSTIN, Texas — Deer hunters in 40 counties in East and Central Texas will be under new special buck harvest regulations this fall as part of changes to this year’s hunting and fishing regulations adopted by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission.

Once-Maligned Carp Coming On as Coveted Catch

AUSTIN, Texas — Pity the lowly carp no more.