TP&W Field Notes

The Often Overlooked Florida Pompano

Todd Neahr | Natural Resource Specialist | Upper Laguna Madre Ecosystem | Corpus Christi
Have you ever thought of breaking away from the same old fishing trip? Do you want to target something different...

Maybe It’s Time We Try Something Different for Supper

Mark Lingo | Lower Laguna Madre Ecosystem Leader | Brownsville Field Station | Brownsville
Over the years I have tried foods that most folks would find down right disgusting, including opossum, nutria, lynx, and...

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Kevin Willis | Matagorda Bay Ecosystem | Fish and Wildlife Technician | Palacios
As a young man, I spent a half-decade paddling the backwaters and oxbows of southeast Texas' Neches River. In search...

Know Your Sharks

Tonya Wiley | TPWD Fisheries Outreach Specialist | Dickinson
When you reel in your next shark, make sure you've got a keeper. New regulations took effect in September, so...

The Rocks of Baffin Bay

Amy Larimer | Upper Laguna Madre Ecosystem | Fish and Wildlife Technician | Corpus Christi
Any angler familiar with the Baffin Bay area knows how dangerous and expensive encounters with the area's rocks and reefs...

New Guy on the Block

Nicholas Ahrens | Fish and Wildlife Technician | Rockport Texas
I pushed the alarm button off on the clock. 5:30 am. I had not slept much. Mostly out of anticipation...

Texas’ Marine Fish Stocking Program

Robert Vega | Ph.D. Marine Hatcheries Program Leader
Texas' 2009 marine fish stocking program has successfully started with captive hatchery red drum and spotted seatrout spawning millions of...

Sawfish: Texas’ Lost Species

Tonya Wiley | Outreach Specialist | Dickinson Marine Lab
Their odd appearance and awesome size made them a prized catch for fishermen along the Texas coast. Net fishermen considered...

Where did all these folks come from?

Joshua Harper | Natural Resource Specialist | Palacios Field Station | Palacios
Fishing pressure on the Texas CoastEverybody knows the feeling. You spend all week looking forward to the big weekend fishing...

Seagrasses: A Cornerstone to Bay Productivity

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Seagrass Requirements Seagrasses, or submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), are flowering plants that live in shallow saline waters usually in a...

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