The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department  has signed temporary agreements with four Guadalupe River property owners to expand public access to the trout fishery downstream of Canyon Lake.
Public fishing access will be available at Mountain Breeze Campground, Rio Guadalupe Resort (formerly Rio Raft and Resort), and Whitewater Sports beginning...
The Dallas Safari Club said it will go ahead with the auction a black rhino hunting permit on behalf of Namibia, despite death threats against members of the organizations.
The club expects the permit to sell for at least $250,000 and perhaps fetch $1 million, according to a news release....
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s rainbow trout stocking program began last month and will continue into March for lakes in the Neighborhood Fishin’ program.
Channel catfish are stocked from April through October, and rainbow trout are stocked in winter months, which brings fishing much closer to the masses.
“The reason for...
U.S. commercial anglers landed 9.6 billion pounds of fish and shellfish in 2012 valued at $5.1 billion, according to Fisheries of the United States 2012, an annual report released by NOAA.
The value and pounds of fish and shellfish caught remain higher than the average for the previous 10 years...
The Parks and Wildlife Commission recently approved a rule requiring anyone leaving or approaching public waters in 17 North Texas counties to drain their boats to prevent the spread of invasive zebra mussels.
Anglers and boaters leaving or approaching public water will be required to take all reasonable steps to...
Fisheries biologists with the Texas Parks and Wildlife discovered a resurgence of non-native water hyacinth at Lake Quitman in recent weeks.
The plant is a free-floating aquatic plant native to South America. It was introduced into North America in the late 1800s and has been spread around the country through...
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s chronic wasting disease management plan includes protocols and requirements to prevent the spread of the disease, including mandatory check stations for mule deer killed inside a West Texas containment zone.
That zone includes portions of Hudspeth, Culberson and El Paso counties.
The plan was implemented...
From Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports
Sleepy Hollow-like: Two Van Zandt County game wardens received a tip about three individuals who had killed two large white-tailed bucks, still in velvet, at night with a spotlight. After interviewing the subjects, the wardens found out the two bucks were...
A 56-year-old Texas professional bass angler was shot to death at a Mississippi hotel Sunday.
James "Jimmy" Johnson, of Ganado, was competing in the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open tournament on Ross Barnett Reservoir near Jackson.
Jackson Police Department officials said Johnson was shot to death at a Motel 6,...