Sasser: Reservations about lunker program
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Toyota ShareLunker program begins its 27th season Wednesday. This is the program where anglers loan and/or give largemouth bass 13 pounds or heavier to the...
View ArticleOutdoors Notes: Kilgore Bass Club seeks members, more
KILGORE BASS ANGLERS: The Kilgore Bass Club fishes one tournament each month (January through October), and anglers have the option of fishing on either Saturday or Sunday. Tournaments are a team...
View ArticleOutdoors notebook: FLW continue to succeed at Bassmaster events
If you ever doubted that FLW Tour bass pros could compete with Bassmaster Elite Series pros, that question has been put to rest this season. Jacob Wheeler, 23, of Indianapolis is the latest FLW Tour...
View ArticleOutdoors Notes: Tutt to compete in Florida, more
TUTT TO COMPETE IN FLORIDA: The first tournament of the 20th anniversary season of the Walmart FLW Tour, kicks off today and runs through Sunday at Lake Toho. The tournament will feature 154 of the...
View ArticleSasser: Falcon Lake study will examine gar’s impact
The Bassmaster Elite Series put Falcon Lake on international radar in 2008. That’s the year veteran angler Paul Elias won a four-day Elite Series tournament on Falcon with a record 1321/2 pounds for a...
View ArticleOutdoor notebook: Free hatchery tours available Friday
The H.B. Parsons Fish Hatchery in Oklahoma City will hold an open house Friday from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Guests can tour the hatchery where more than 500,000 walleye, striped bass hybrids and channel...
View ArticleOutdoors notebook: Survey’s gone, not Lake Fork’s big bass
Because of declining reports, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department pulled the plug on its Lake Fork Trophy Bass Survey in May 2013. The voluntary survey asked anglers to report the catch of Lake...
View ArticleOutdoors notebook: Money earmarked for quail restoration
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has awarded $4 million for Texas quail restoration in focus areas, including Navarro and Ellis counties along the Interstate 35E corridor and counties south and...
View ArticleSasser: It's been 38 years ... good to see a woman besides Queen Elizabeth...
The May Field & Stream magazine features just the second woman to appear solo on the 119-year-old periodical’s cover. If the Pope can make the cover of Rolling Stone, it’s about time another woman...
View ArticleOutdoors notebook: After unprecedented postponement, angler wins first...
After an unprecedented three days of fishing were postponed due to unsafe boating conditions, Greg Hackney finally won his first Bassmaster Elite Series Angler of the Year (AOY) title on Sept. 22. High...
View ArticleOutdoors notebook: Anglers seek stronger rules on Gulf fishing
Sport fishermen are calling for tougher laws and penalties for illegal fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. The Texas problem is mostly attributed to Mexican nationals fishing from small boats called...
View ArticleOutdoors notebook: Black crappie could be a record size
A black crappie caught March 13 at Lake Texoma is a pending record in three categories. Johnny Summers Jr. of Pottsboro caught the fish on a Rat-L-Trap in the Highport Marina Cove. It weighed 2.93...
View ArticleSasser: Rowlett angler’s bass sets Lake Palestine mark
Casey Laughlin was casting a Zoom Speed Craw on Saturday at Lake Palestine when he got a bite. The Rowlett angler set the hook and thought that he’d snagged a tree. He’d hooked a bass, and the fish...
View ArticleOutdoor notebook: Excellent quail hunting continues in western Oklahoma
Quail hunting continues to be phenomenal in western Oklahoma as the bobwhites survived the recent ice storms. Wade Free, assistant director of operations for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife...
View ArticleOutdoors notebook: DWWC to hold 35th dinner on March 1
The Dallas Woods and Waters Foundation hosts its 35th annual dinner and benefit auction March 1 at Plano Centre, 2000 East Spring Creek Parkway, Plano. This is the primary fundraiser for the Dallas...
View ArticleSasser: First step in abating zebra mussels is awareness
This just in from the “about time department,” sometimes known as the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The state agency is asking for public comment on a proposal to require draining water from...
View ArticleNew Thunder coach Monty Williams gets hooked on Oklahoma bass fishing
New Oklahoma City Thunder assistant coach Monty Williams likes to fish, and on Wednesday he caught the biggest bass of his life while fishing with Oklahoma's most celebrated angler, Jimmy Houston. New...
View ArticleSasser: Lake Fork hosts unique event
The Toyota Texas Bass Classic is at Lake Fork Friday through Sunday. Fifty of professional fishing’s top anglers will compete for the $100,000 top prize in a unique format that allows anglers to bring...
View ArticleJune 7 is Free Fishing Day in Texas; Event aimed at helping parents steer...
June 7 is Free Fishing Day in Texas. Each year, on the first Saturday of June, all fishing license requirements are waived. It’s a good day to take kids fishing. In Texas, children 16 and younger are...
View ArticleOutdoors notebook: Observed quail having success in nesting
Michelle Downey has been following wild-trapped bobwhite quail that were moved from one ranch to another in March 2013. Downey is a Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute graduate student...
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