March 10, 2011

Toyota ShareLunker 517: It’s Falcon Again

ATHENS—Falcon International Reservoir continued to solidify its status as one of the prime big-bass lakes in Texas March 9 with a 13.56-pound largemouth that became Toyota ShareLunker 517.

March 7, 2011

Toyota ShareLunker 516: Falcon

ATHENS—Falcon International Reservoir produced its third Toyota ShareLunker of the season, its fourteenth overall and the twelfth entry into the ShareLunker program for the current season March 6.

Feb. 28, 2011

Texas State Parks Welcome Participatory Sports Competitors

AUSTIN – While most people visit Texas state parks to picnic, camp, fish, hike or just relax beneath a shade tree, there is a smaller, more physically-fit contingent that uses some of the state’s most scenic spots for more rigorous recreational pursuits.

Toyota ShareLunkers 514, 515 Come From Lake Austin

ATHENS—Just when you thought this Toyota ShareLunker season was going to be all about O.H. Ivie, along comes Lake Austin.

Feb. 25, 2011

Wanted: Spring Break Trout Anglers in Tyler

ATHENS—The Nature Center in Tyler has about a thousand rainbow trout that need a home on one’s dinner table.

Feb. 24, 2011

Panhandle Pronghorns Get New Home on the Range

MARFA — Two hundred Panhandle pronghorns got a new home on the range this week as Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists transported the animals 500 miles for release on the Marfa Plateau both to bolster the diminished Trans-Pecos herd and help researchers determine why the West Texas herd has been in decline in recent years.

Feb. 23, 2011

Fly Fish Texas: You’re One Day Away from a Lifetime of Fun

ATHENS—Tie a fly. Cast a fly. Catch a fish.

First Signs of Spring Arrive at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center

ATHENS—The first signs of spring have arrived at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens, and they are not what you might expect.

Feb. 22, 2011

Falcon, O.H. Ivie Singing Toyota ShareLunker Duet

ATHENS—Toyota ShareLunker program manager David Campbell might well be putting new words to the song “It’s a Long, Long Way to Tipperary” before the current season ends.

Feb. 17, 2011

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Hunter Education Instructors Needed

ATHENS — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will be conducting a free hunter education new instructor training workshop Saturday, March 12, 2011, in Waco. The workshop will be from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at 8451 Gholsen Road in Waco.