New Angler Awards To Recognize Fishing Elite
AUSTIN, Texas — Catching a big fish can be just as much a matter of luck as skill. But it takes more than luck to catch several different big fish.
TPWD News Releases
April 19, 2004
TPWD Game Warden Field Notes, April 19, 2004
The following are excerpts from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.
April 12, 2004
Commission Adopts Fishing License Changes
AUSTIN, Texas — Beginning this fall, Texas anglers will have to pick the fishing license that matches their fishing preference: freshwater, saltwater or both.
March 22, 2004
Golden Alga Hits Lake Texoma, Remains Active Elsewhere
AUSTIN, Texas — Fish kills along the southern shoreline of Lake Texoma are being attributed to golden alga, which is naturally occurring and secretes a fish killing toxin. This dashes the hopes of environmental scientists and fisheries biologists in Oklahoma and Texas that any extensive damage from the lingering presence of the alga on this border lake might be avoided.
Record Catfish Still Drawing Crowds to Fisheries Center
ATHENS, Texas-The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center has a big fish story. ’Splash,’ the new record blue catfish now swimming in the dive tank at the center, has sent visitation through the roof. Attendance the first weekend in March was 979, an increase of 30 percent from last year. Visitation for the year to date is up 6,000 compared with the same period last year.
Texas Gulf Coast Roundup Enters 7th Year
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is looking to coastal anglers to help gather specimens for use in hatchery production, research projects and for educational purposes during upcoming Gulf Coast Roundup events.
TPWD Game Warden Field Notes, March 22, 2004
The following are excerpts from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.
March 15, 2004
TPWD Seeks Public Input on Variety of Resource Issues
AUSTIN, Texas — Gauging stakeholder attitudes and opinions about a variety of proposed changes in hunting and fishing regulations, and related resource issues, is the focus behind a series of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department public hearings continuing across the state during March.
TPWD Game Warden Field Notes, March 15, 2004
The following are excerpts from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.
March 8, 2004
3rd Annual Crab Trap Cleanup Clears More Than 3,000 Traps
AUSTIN, Texas — With the close of the third annual crab trap cleanup, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and hundreds of volunteers have removed at least 3,571 abandoned or lost traps from the Texas coast, with a few results still coming in. The number is a slight dip from last year’s total of 3,838.