July 5, 2005

'TUF' Fishing in Texas

ATHENS, Texas — Urban fishing is due to improve during the next few years as Texas Parks and Wildlife Department ramps up its Texas Urban Fishing (TUF) program in small lakes located in urban areas throughout the state.

June 28, 2005

Workshops Set on Gulf Shrimp, Oyster License Changes

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will hold four evening workshops along the coast in July to answer questions and explain details about changes required by new laws that affect Gulf of Mexico shrimp and commercial oyster licenses and fishery management.

June 27, 2005

Texas Wetlands Project Receives National Award

GALVESTON, Texas — A Texas effort to restore hundreds of acres of ecologically important wetlands in the Delehide Cove area of West Galveston Bay will receive one of two National Wetland Conservation Awards to be bestowed this year at a June 30 ceremony in Washington, D.C.

TPWD Stocks 4.6 Million Striped Bass Into Texas Lakes

ATHENS, Texas — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has just completed a successful striped bass spawning and stocking season.

June 9, 2005

Lake Lewisville Gives Up Record Largemouth to Pro Angler

ATHENS, Texas — Professional angler Kevin VanDam of Kalamazoo, Michigan, has a new love: Texas bass fishing.

June 6, 2005

TPWD Game Warden Field Notes, June 6, 2005

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

May 31, 2005

State Parks Lure Anglers During Family Fishing Celebration

AUSTIN, Texas — Lazy summer days and fishing just seem to go hand in hand, so it’s the perfect time to take advantage of the Family Fishing Celebration that allows fishing without a fishing license in Texas state parks.

Falcon Reservoir Primed To Reclaim Bass Reputation

ZAPATA, Texas —Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists are excited over the prospects for Falcon Reservoir. A decade ago Falcon Reservoir offered some of the best bass fishing in Texas and was a very popular destination for bass tournament anglers. Then came a 10-year drought that pulled water levels down and led to a decline in bass fishing.

May 23, 2005

Two New State Records Raise Bar for Junior Anglers

AUSTIN, Texas – With classes letting out for the summer, many young Texans will turn their attention to schools of a different sort: fish. Some will make the grade by adding their name to the state angling record books.

May 16, 2005

TPWD Game Warden Field Notes, May 16, 2005

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