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For most bass anglers, reeling in a trophy largemouth is a lifetime achievement. Ross Gomez, a fifty-year-old corrections officer and musician, can lay claim to two catches in that size class: a 13.22 ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Inland Fisheries Division has stocked nearly 27 million fish, comprising 17 ...

TEXAS (KSWO) - The Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame announces Ann Thomasson-Wilson of Jasper, Texas and Rick Clunn of Ava, Missouri to its class of 2025. Thomasson-Wilson owns a tackle shop ...

Bass are thick in the shallows and fun to crank in, with good numbers of largemouths taking advantage of warm waters and ...

The Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame is located at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens. Its mission is to “recognize and honor those who have made a lasting contribution to ...

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalized protections today for seven Texas species of freshwater mussels. The Texas pimpleback, Guadalupe orb, Texas fatmucket, Guadalupe fatmucket, false spike and ...

The first time Gomez caught the fated fish, which was submitted as ShareLunker ... and spawned 33,649 fingerlings on its first trip to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center.

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect six species of Texas freshwater mussels under the Endangered Species Act. The Service also proposed designating 1,944 river miles as ...

Texas rig fishing for bass is both incredibly effective and versatile. A Texas rig gives you a shallow-water, go-to presentation for power fishing around cover, but it’s also a great rig for ...