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The private recreational angler snapper season in federal waters opened on June 1 this year, with a bag limit of two fish per person daily, and a size limit of 16 inches minimum. The season is set to ...

The 14th annual Coastal Conservation Association's State of Texas Anglers Rodeo opens at sunrise May 24 and runs through 5 p.m. Sept. 1.The summer-long STAR encompasses the entire Texas coast and ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department highlighted one of the most notable fishing records in its angler recognition program, praising a 6-year-old fisher for becoming the youngest ever to earn an ...

ATHENS, Texas — Six-year-old Ernst Toepfer V has a knack for fishing…such a knack that he’s become the youngest ‘elite angler’ in The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Angler Recognition Program.

TYLER, Texas — We always hear fish tales about the one that got away. But in this week's Hooked On East Texas, we focus on the ones that didn't and now they're earning anglers young and younger some ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has released nearly 1 billion saltwater fish into Texas bays over the last 40 years — an effort to revitalize historic fisheries and recover native fish ...