Matt McCallister Wins Fourth Stop of the Panhandle Region 2013 Schedule

May 9, 2013 By

 04/14/13 Possum Kingdom No. 2 Twenty two anglers fished the fourth tournament of the Panhandle Region TBN schedule under clear conditions. Improving weather following a severe cold front brought more fish shallow as a bed fishing pattern emerged. Matt McCallister came out on top with four fish weighing 15.46 pounds. Second went to Mickey Carter [...]

Cecil Carter Wins Third Stop of the Panhandle Region 2013 Schedule

May 9, 2013 By

 04/13/13 Possum Kingdom No. 1  Twenty anglers fished the third stop of the Panhandle Region TBN schedule under clear conditions at Possum Kingdom Lake. PK was about 11 feet low at the time and with a 16 inch minimum, quality fish were hard to find. Those that found concentrations of keeper fish reported that they were [...]

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Final Stop, Lake LBJ for West Region

May 9, 2013 By

West Region anglers will head to Lake LBJ for their final regular season tournament, May 18th. Headquarters will be at Lions Park, in Kingsland [MAP]. It is located at 188 Lions Park rd. Take Euel Moore Drive off of Highway 1431, then turn left on Williams street and follow till the end. Sign up will be Friday, May 17th, from [...]

Back to Back for Turman as the Northeast visits Cedar Creek

May 6, 2013 By

The Forth stop on the 2013 Northeast Regional trail was Lake Cedar Creek. The Crazy Texas weather patterns continued to shake things up when it produced a cold front just days before the tournament and followed up with a cloudy and windy day for fishing. With tempetures  starting in the 40′s  and only rising to [...]

May 1, 2013 Wednesday evening The Texas Environmental Excellence Award from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) was presented to Ron Gunter (SCBC) and Mark Webb (TPWD) during a banquet at the TCEQ convention/expo at the Austin Convention Center.  Other partner recipients in attendance were SCBC President Derek Taylor, Dave Terre, Craig Bonds, Rick Ott, Gary Saul, and Carter Smith with TPWD, [...]

THE ANGLER’S ROLE IN IMPROVING SURVIVAL OF RELEASED BASS Black bass can be “recycled.” They can be caught in tournaments, weighed-in, released, and caught again another day. Occasionally, however, fish die during a tournament. Biologists understand these consequences but studies have shown that tournaments generally have negligible impact on bass populations. However, it is without [...]

FROM TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE “Giant salvinia was discovered today on Lake Wright Patman. It is a Tier 1 situation and we are planning to treat it as soon as possible. We are planning to use a mixture of a glyphosate-based herbicide labeled for aquatic use (such as Aquamaster) and a diquat-based herbicide labeled for [...]

 

The Canyon Bass Club of San Marcos has applied to become the newest Friends of Reserviors Chapter. The CBCSM will be adopting Lake Dunlap and Canyon Lake. Chapter partners, work with controlling authorities and state agencies to enhance habitat and improve fishing on their home lakes. Friends of Reservoirs Friends of Reservoirs (FOR) is established [...]

If you or your club has participated in or organized a conservation related project or activity in the last year, B.A.S.S. would like to know about it. We are compiling our Annual Achievment Report which will include information about all the projects and activities our organization and its chapters have conducted for the benefit of the resource. [...]

Habitat is again under attack on Lake Conroe, and those responsible have little regard for fish, wildlife, or public safety. A group of local anglers have discovered some large areas of standing timber that have been recklessly removed by yet unidentified individuals in Live Branch on the South end of the lake. There are some [...]

TPWD proposes regulation changes for lakes from time to time based on scientific data and public input. If you fish Lake Jacksonville, please take just a couple minutes to fill out this quick survey. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/N5LJ3B8 Here is some background information from TPWD. We have been hearing discontent from some of the anglers in the Jacksonville area [...]