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Wednesday, April
Walker County Press-Page 13
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Thursday April 7 , 2022
special exceptions to statewide walleye regs were eliminated. Alligator gar harvest will be prohibited in May 2023. Transfer of invasive carp as bait was also prohibited in the Red River and tributaries. On Sam Rayburn, the upstream boundary was also delineated to separate the river from special catfish regs on the lake. A press release concerned me since it stated that the reg corrected an error in “a suite of lakes,” without identifying them. After doing some checking, the reg deleted an inaccurate, out of date, 12-inch minimum largemouth length limit and established a 16-inch maximum length limit on these lakes: Bellwood, Davy Crockett, Kurth, Mill Creek, Moss, Nacogdoches, Naconiche, Purtis Creek State Park, and Raven. A new lake, Bois d’Arc (Fannin County), also has the maximum length limit of 16-inches and no minimum length limit. Some ardent bass fishermen could be interested in this lake when opened, since the explosive growth rate of bass in a new lake is always enticing. Moving southward, in Coleto Creek and Fairfield lakes, red drum regulations will revert to statewide regulations. The only other reg change was in the definition of striped bass. It deleted reference to white bass and subspecies. TPWD felt this more accurately represents intent of the rules and avoids identification confusion. And I hope THIS column isn’t confusing to readers.
Texas provides plentiful and varied angling from big game fishing for largemouth bass to family fishing for white bass, catfish, or perch. Intense fisheries research leads to wise management regulations that are continuously reviewed and updated by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and its Commission. Photo by John Jefferson.
Still Dead?
A tree by an oasis in Big Bend National Park looked like it had been struck by lightning decades ago. The top of the old tree was gone. However, a single limb, while still attached, had fallen over to the ground, taken root, and was growing again. Dal and I were admiring the tree and he said, “Hmm, it’s dead on one side, but full of life on the other!”
