TEXAS FISHING REPORTS
No matter how you fish—with live bait under a bobber, ripping crankbaits along the edge of boat docks, teasing Texas-rigged plastic lizards through submerged brush, or walking topwater baits over grass beds—few things are more relaxing than a day on the water.
According to a survey conducted by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in 2001, some 1.68 million Texans age 16 and older fish in Texas lakes and streams. Most of those, 1.52 million, fish in ponds and reservoirs. Those anglers generate $690 million in wages and salaries annually and pay $79 million in sales tax.
Texas is particularly rich in inland waters. The drought of the 1950s brought home to Texans the fact that a growing state had to grow its supply of fresh water, and a burst of dam-building followed. Today a state whose popular image smacks more of deserts and plains than of lakes and streams enjoys more surface acres of water than any other state except Minnesota.
The proliferation of lakes built mainly for water supply and flood control sparked a revolution in outdoor recreation. Fishing became the outdoor activity of choice (anglers in Texas outnumber hunters two to one), and bass fishing took off as Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) stocked new lakes with both native largemouth bass and bigger-growing Florida largemouths, as well as a variety of other species. But appropriately for a state known for its lack of shyness when touting its assets, largemouth bass are king.
Texas Fishing News
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Outdoors: White bass approaching height of run
Spring breakers looking for a little outdoor entertainment will likely find an abundance of white bass in the rivers over the next couple of weeks.
3/2 The East Texas Fishing Report
Athens - ATHENS - Lake Athens is about five inches high and stained. Water temp is in the upper 40s, warming to low 50s by the end of the week.
DemConWatch:: Weather
I was going to do a different post this morning, mainly around the dysfunctional Senate and the Health Care Summit, but I added some comments on that in Jessica's post, so today I will comment on a different topic that I have had fun with this week.
Texas fishing calendar spotlights first-half hot spots for 2010
A striper and a white bass look similar, but one thing is certain: If you're looking for either, Lake Texoma in North Texas is your best best during the summer.
2/18 The East Texas Fishing Report
Athens - The East Texas Fishing Report for the week of February 15: ATHENS - Lake Athens is five inches high and stained.
Outdoors: Closed ramps shouldn't slow fishing
The great thing about getting a snow in Central Texas is that usually within a day or two, you can be back outdoors with a fishing pole or golf club in your hands.
South Texas Fishing Guidelines: 02.14.10
Wade Fishing : For redfish and drum, Ia d try wading the backside of Mustang Island near the power lines and the church.
Comanche Pond Stocked with Trout 2/10/10
Lindsay Martin CBS 7 News February 10, 2010 Odessa- Get ready anglers! Today, the City of Odessa Parks and Recreation stocked Comanche Park Pond full of rainbow trout.
2/8 The East Texas Fishing Report
Athens - CEDAR CREEK - The lake is three inches high and muddy. Water temp is in the mid-40s. Fishing guide Jason Barber said bass fishing has been very tough lately.
2/5 The East Texas Fishing Report
Athens - ATHENS - Lake Athens is five-inches high and stained. Water temp is in the low 40s.
A novice finds his way on the San Antonio Bay
Would you like to go fishing Friday at the coast on an airboat? That was the question posed to me last week by a friend, Jon Fischer.
South Texas Fishing Guidelines: 01.31.10
Wade Fishing : With water temperatures in the 50s, I'd target trout in deeper water along the downtown harbor and Bayfront breakwater jetties.
A novice finds his way on the San Antonio Bay
Would you like to go fishing Friday at the coast on an airboat? That was the question posed to me last week by a friend, Jon Fischer.
1/25 The East Texas Fishing Report
Lake Athens is about normal level and clear. Water temp is in the mid-50s. Jerry Hanson at Lake Athens Marina said bass fishing has been fair for numbers, slow for quality.
Falcon, O.H. Ivie grab lead in ShareLunker race
An abnormally cold winter has kept water temperatures on most Texas lakes well below normal this year, but it hasn't stopped the big ones from biting at lake's Falcon and O.H. Ivie.
1/19 The East Texas Fishing Report
Lake Athens is about an inch high and fairly clear. Water temp is in the low 40s, warming to the mid-40s. Jerry Hanson at Lake Athens Marina said bass are slow.
Mark the calendar for second-half Texas fishing hot spots
The last half of 2010 again should hold spectacular saltwater fishing up and down the coast.
South Texas Fishing Guidelines: 01.17.10
Wade Fishing : I would start by working the Packery Channel starting at the boat ramp.
Mike Leggett
Phil Durocher led the Inland Fisheries at Texas Parks and Wildlife for about 18 years, through lots of changes to bass regulations.
Texas fishing calendar spotlights first-half hot spots for 2010
Our state waters are the most diverse and amazing in the nation, featuring superb habitat for a variety of gamefish in freshwater and saltwater.
