Readers often ask me about my favorite ever flounder catch or moment. It occurred May 16, 2009 when the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department stocked flounder for the first time and I had the privilege and honor of releasing the first fish. Here’s the blog I wrote at FlounderRevolution.com that day. Enjoy. In what...
Want to know how old gar can get? How about recent data on their range and conservation status? Then download or listen to podcast of Alligator Gar: Mysteries Revealed. My partner Terri Werner and I interview TPWD biologist Craig Bonds and learn about new gar research highlights and conservation efforts on Extreme Wildlife Radio....
Last week an interesting press release was sent out by the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD). It dealt with a dove hunting survey being conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and at first seems pretty routine until you see the word “lead” in one of the quotes.. Here’s the excerpt....
The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) commission is proposing to establish the, “JFK Causeway State Scientific Area”. According to TPWD, this site was chosen “..as it contains more than 14,000 acres of extensive shallow seagrass flats that would benefit from protection, and receives heavy use from boaters and anglers. The discussion at this...
The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) is cutting around 25 percent of its budget to a tune of around $162 million according to an article in the Texas tribune. That begs the following questions. Why are they adding 520 acres to Big Bend Ranch State Park? According to TPWD, the Commission agreed to...
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will not recommend any changes to speckled trout regulations this year. They cite, “no biological urgency and split reactions to potential length or bag alternatives during public scoping meetings and in online angler surveys.” Recent declines in relative abundance of spotted seatrout in some of the mid-coast...
In the Feb. 2010 edition I predicted we would within the next five years see a five fish per person bag limit for speckled trout all along the Texas coast. It looks that might just be happening. I just got pretty authoritative word that in February the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) will...
Found some fascinating information about the Pineywoods of East Texas. Looking at the Pineywoods as a whole, TPWD officials note that in most areas, the virgin forest has been harvested several times over the last century. A TPWD survey indicated that 22 percent of all timberland was classified as pine plantation. Most (72 percent)...
I’ve been closely following the number of Lone Star Sharelunkers (bass weighing 13 pounds or more) that have been donated to the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) program. There have been lots of entries this year from unusual places. Check this out from TPWD. The latest entry into the program, No. 490, came...
Coastal fisheries history was made twice this week. The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) staff at Sea Center Texas gave flounder anglers a huge jolt of enthusiasm and our bays a big boost of baby flatfish. On Tuesday the first-ever flounder stocking occurred in the Galveston Bay Complex off of Bob Smith Road...