Budweiser Sharelunker Program Offers Prizes for Fish Number 400
ATHENS, Texas — Catching a Budweiser ShareLunker — a largemouth bass weighing 13 pounds or more — is its own reward, an accomplishment shared by a relative handful of anglers.
TPWD News Releases
Dec. 19, 2005
Middle-Schooler Sets New State Fly Fishing Record for Snook
AUSTIN, Texas — He broke a six-year-old state record with a 25-yard cast on a rod he built himself. And he’s just 13.
Beloved Blue Catfish Splash Passes
ATHENS, Texas — Splash, former world record blue catfish, died Tuesday at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens at an unknown age.
Nov. 23, 2005
TPWD Unveils Possible Coastal Fishing Rule Changes
AUSTIN, Texas — The success of resource management efforts on a variety of fronts has led Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists to recommend several possible changes to next year’s coastal fishing regulations. Among the topics being considered include elimination of the trophy red drum and tarpon tags.
Nov. 21, 2005
Inland Fisheries Biologists Tag and Stock 20,000 Budweiser Sharelunker Offspring
ATHENS, Texas — Will the potential next world record largemouth bass please raise a fin?
Annual Winter Trout Stocking Begins Dec. 1
AUSTIN, Texas — For an inexpensive, entry-level fishing experience the entire family can enjoy, it doesn’t get much easier than winter rainbow trout fishing in Texas.
TPWD Game Warden Field Notes, Nov. 21, 2005
The following are excerpts from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.
Nov. 7, 2005
TPWD Unveils Possible Hunting and Fishing Rule Changes
AUSTIN, Texas — The success of resource management efforts on a variety of fronts has led Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists to recommend several possible changes to next year’s hunting and fishing regulations. Among the topics being considered include: an expansion of special regulations affecting the harvest of whitetail bucks based on antler characteristics, creation of an upland game bird management permit program and elimination of the trophy red drum and tarpon tagging requirements.
Seagrass Protection Authorized for Redfish Bay
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commissions on Nov. 3 voted to authorize seagrass conservation measures to protect ecologically important seagrass beds in the Redfish Bay State Scientific Area near Rockport. The new rules will take effect May 1, 2006.
Nov. 1, 2005
Copano Bay Fishing Pier Transferred, Fishing License Now Required
FULTON, Texas — The Aransas County Navigation District today assumed control of the former Copano Bay State Fishing Pier, transferring pier management from the state park system to the local district. For the fishing public, this means that a Texas fishing license and saltwater stamp endorsement are now required to fish from the pier since it is no longer a state park.