Falcon, Fork Produce Toyota ShareLunkers
ATHENS—Perennial big-bass lakes Falcon and Fork each produced a Toyota ShareLunker over the weekend.
TPWD News Releases
March 19, 2012
ShareLunker Program Coordinator to Retire
ATHENS—David L. Campbell, coordinator of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s ShareLunker program, will retire at the end of March.
March 15, 2012
Continued Lack of Rain Forces Suspension of Operations at Dundee Fish Hatchery
ATHENS—Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) officials have announced that operations at the Dundee State Fish Hatchery near Wichita Falls will be suspended effective immediately due to a lack of sufficient water.
March 13, 2012
Egg-citing Event Coming to Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center May 12
ATHENS—We are blowing smoke: “The Mother of All Eggfests” is being held on Mother’s Day weekend at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC).
March 12, 2012
Lesser Prairie-Chicken Aerial Survey Begins
LUBBOCK – This spring, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will collaborate with state fish and wildlife agencies from New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado, West Ecosystems, Inc., and Texas Tech University to conduct a large-scale aerial survey for lesser prairie-chicken booming grounds across the High Plains region in all five states.
March 8, 2012
Texas Parks & Wildlife offers 10 good reason to get outside this spring
AUSTIN – With the redbuds and bluebonnets blooming, it’s time to get outside and enjoy spring in Texas.
March 5, 2012
Lake Ray Roberts Produces Toyota ShareLunker
ATHENS—Big bass are where you find them, and Stan Lawing of Poetry, Texas, proved that while fishing in a Bass Champs tournament on Lake Ray Roberts March 3.
Feb. 29, 2012
Fishing for New Lake Records at Pat Cleburne Lake
ATHENS—While drought and reports of low lake levels have kept many anglers at home instead of on the water, recent rains have refilled many lakes, and the fishing is fine. Pat Cleburne Lake near the town of the same name is a case in point.
Spring Breaking at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center
ATHENS, Texas—Families looking for a place to have an inexpensive, rewarding family vacation during spring break (and dreading $4 a gallon gas) need look no farther than the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) in Athens.
Feb. 28, 2012
Tyler Audubon, Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center to Sponsor Bird Walk
ATHENS—The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center and Tyler Audubon are teaming up for a special bird walk in Athens on Saturday, March 17.