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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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.
Tompkins: TPWD hatchery plans to release trout
Some of the Houston-area stocking sites, dates of planned release and estimated number of trout to be stocked: Site Location Date Number Bates Allen Park Missouri City Jan.
South Texas Fishing Guidelines: 01.10.10
WADE FISHING : Don't get up early. No need to with this cold weather. I'd target the edges along the Humble Channel, either from the JFK piers or wadefishing along the adjacent crash channels.
Community Calendar
The Denton County Health Department will offer free swine flu vaccines from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Rosemeade Recreation Center, 1330 E. Rosemeade Parkway in Carrollton.
Outdoors calendar
Late dove season in North and Central Zones. THOUGH SUNDAY, JAN. 10 -Dallas Safari Club Convention and Sporting Expo at the Dallas Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Reunion.
Texas Fishing Report
Here is the weekly fishing report as compiled for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for Dec.
Thursday's Agenda: 'Four Seasons'; RV show; Outdoors show
'Four Seasons' in three days There's a joke about Texas that says it only has two seasons - summer and Christmas.
Outdoors calendar
THROUGH SUNDAY, JAN. 24 - Late split of duck season begins in North and South zones.
Two big hunting shows to set up in Dallas area this week
Dallas-area sportsmen should prepare for sensory overload with two big shows vying for their attention Thursday through Sunday.
Texas Fishing, Hunting and Outdoors Show comes to Arlington
Those whose resolution is to do more in nature this year might want to first stop at the Arlington Convention Center for the annual Texas Fishing, Hunting and Outdoors Show beginning Thursday.
