Texas Fish & Game
Emergency Strategy Session To Address Dall Sheep
The Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF) announced an emergency strategy session to address recent declines in some of Alaska’s Dall’s sheep populations. The meeting will be held on Thursday, January 12th, during the Foundation’s annual Sheep Show® […]
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Education Needs To Follow TX Bear Return
Black bear populations are growing in Texas. Black bears are generally shy, reclusive creatures but there comes a point when populations grow when that can change. There is no hunting pressure in Texas and Mexico so […]
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TPWD Opens Oyster Harvest In Matagorda Bay
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is opening TX-20 in Matagorda Bay to commercial and recreational oyster harvest beginning at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20. Based on samples recently collected by TPWD, the area meets […]
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A Look At Catching A 14-Pound Bass
Multiple catches of double-digit bass don’t happen by accident. Putting in the hours casting where giants live is the first step, but having the right equipment also helps. Just ask 41-year-old Alex Niapas of Boulder Creek, […]
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TPWD Closes Oyster Harvest in Galveston, Matagorda Bay
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is closing TX-12 in Matagorda Bay and TX-5 in Galveston Bay to commercial and recreational oyster harvest beginning at 12:01 a.m. Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. This closing is based […]
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TPWD Sets Public Hearing On Nighttime Flounder Study
The Coastal Fisheries Division of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is holding a public meeting in person and online to discuss a new nighttime flounder harvest study. This meeting will answer questions related to […]
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Public Access Opens For Guadalupe Trout Fishing
Texas anglers have access to a prime location for rainbow trout fishing during the cold weather stocking season through a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) “no fee” public access lease on the Guadalupe River. Camp […]
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Feds Announce Red Snapper Frameworks
NOAA Fisheries announces a final rule that will implement two framework actions under the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico; Modifications to Data Calibrations (Data Calibrations Framework) and Annual […]
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Is there Bubble-Gum Pink in your Tackle Box?
Some anglers carry a million different colors and patterns, and some others have three or four stand-bys they stick to. No matter which category you fall into, peek at your tacklebox right now and see if […]
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CWD Found In Kaufman County TX
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) was detected on a high fence release site in Kaufman County. This is the first positive detection of CWD in the county. The white-tailed buck, harvested at a high-fence release site located […]
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Prairie Chicken Listed As Endangered Species
Following a rigorous review of the best available scientific and commercial information regarding the past, present and future threats, as well as ongoing conservation efforts, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is listing two Distinct Population […]
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Flounder That Is Brown On Both Sides
Ever caught a flounder that is brown on BOTH sides? The typical flounder is brown on the top and white on the bottom but this one caught by Lake Calasieu guide Capt. Kevin Broussard a few […]
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Super Rare Black Tiger Captured On Film
In a rare sighting, a majestic black tiger was spotted in Odisha’s Similipal National Park according to India Times. The tiger was seen marking its territory, leaving scratch marks on a tree in the 15-second clip posted on […]
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Learn The Redfish “Cone Of Vision”
The late outdoor writerEd Holder caught more redfish on topwaters than most have caught in total. In fact, he only used topwaters to catch them. He refused spoons, plastics, etc and he caught reds all the […]
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Perry Sets New Flathead Record-With A Speargun!
Britt Perry has been certified as a world record holder. On July 31, the Louisiana resident killed a 36.2-pound flathead catfish with a speargun in the Sabine River. Spearfishing catfish is legal in Louisiana. The record […]
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Feds Reviewing Pine Snake Habitat
Based on the best available science, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to designate critical habitat for the Louisiana pinesnake, an egg-laying, non-venomous constrictor of western and central Louisiana and eastern Texas that is […]
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New Study Shows Importance of Forests To Drinking Water
Access to high-quality water will be a defining feature of the 21st century. Record heat waves and drought are not only leading to more frequent and intense wildfires but are also putting one of life’s most […]
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Tarpon Guide Adapts Approach With Sonar, Charts
In years past, Tarpon guides located fish simply by using visual cues. If they couldn’t see Tarpon rolling on the surface or spot them cruising the flats, they would move on knowing they were leaving tarpon […]
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TPWD Warns Against “Bird Flu”
Recently, the National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a backyard poultry flock in Dallas County. As expected by disease experts, HPAI is again circulating amongst wild birds […]
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Louisiana Proposes Historic Speckled Trout Changes
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission (LWFC) adopted a Notice of Intent (NOI) to increase the minimum size limit of spotted seatrout to 13.5 inches total length from the current 12 inches minimum total length and […]
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