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• Tournament for 'little man' has big winner's prize: $10,000

  Joe Axton calls it a bass tournament for the “little man” and not the professional angler but there isn’t anything little about the first-place prize he is promising for a Texas Top Teams bass tournament at Lake Fork June 28-29.

• Stripers hitting top-water lures at Texoma

  Hot, windy weather is a turnoff for many anglers but not for Lake Texoma fishing guide Chris Carey.

• West Virginia angler earns first BASS Elite victory

  Jeremy Starks of Charleston, W.Va., edged three-time Bassmaster Angler of the Year Kevin VanDam by 8 ounces to win the Elite Series: Southern Challenge on Sunday at Alabama’s Wheeler Lake.

• Caddo Lake gets help in fight against vegetation infestation

  An airboat outfitted for spraying herbicide is now being used to kill the two invasive aquatic plants on the East Texas lake.

• Turning Point event showcases adapted outdoor activities

  More than 300 participants trying almost 30 outdoor activities are expected Saturday at Dallas’ Bachman Lake Recreation Center for the 18th annual Turning Point Celebration of Choices Extravaganza for physically challenged people.

• Saturday is a free fishing day for Texas anglers

  Texas anglers will celebrate a Free Sportfishing Day on Saturday that will allow them to fish any public waters without a fishing license.

• Texas angler puts out fire

  If there were a Fireman of the Year Award for professional bass anglers, Juanita Robinson of Highlands certainly could claim it.

• Changes to dove seasons proposed

  South Zone dove hunters will be allowed to hunt one week longer in January if a proposal is approved by the Parks and Wildlife Commission.

• Hurst angler and teammate win carp regional event

  Scott Townson and Tim Creque took home the $3,000 first-place prize with their 172-fish catch and pocketed an additional $1,000 for the big fish award with a carp that weighed 39 pounds, 3 ounces

• Georgia angler wins her third Women’s Bassmaster Tour title

  Pam Martin-Wells of Bainbridge, Ga., chalked up her third Women’s Bassmaster Tour victory at Alabama’s Neely Henry Lake last weekend with a three-day catch of 36 pounds, 1-ounce.

• Opinions wanted on antler restrictions

  Texas Parks & Wildlife Department seeking input on possible antler restrictions for 20 North Texas counties.

• Lone Star Land Steward award winners announced

  Jake Dearing of Gordon and Tierra Verde Golf Club in Arlington are honored as ambassadors of conservation.

• Outdoor cook from Plano wins southwest regional recipe contest

  Lisa Williams of Plano had to please the appetites of three judges before being named winner of the Redwood Creek Wines’ Southwest Regional Campfire Classic cookoff May 3 during Mayfest at Trinity Park in Fort Worth.

• TPWD program stocks lake with Florida largemouth bass fingerlings

  Approximately 300,000 Florida largemouth bass fingerlings were stocked Tuesday into Lake Bridgeport by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in an effort to increase the genetic influence of Florida bass in the reservoir.

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• Dallas boat show announces summer schedule

  Two weekends of activities highlight 23rd annual summer event in July.

• Area elk outlook is promising

  A research project is planned to identify elk habitat preferences, movement and demographics in the Glass Mountains.

• West Virginia fisherman lands 27.2-pound catfish to set the state record

  Chad Bright of Henderson, W.Va., caught a 27.2-pound blue catfish May 5 in Krodel Lake near his home to set a West Virginia state record.

• Help is on the way for area lakes

  TPWD receives grants to help control the spread of nuisance aquatic vegetation.

• Bass tournament aids local transplant patient

  Sherry Hagerman of Haslet faces extensive out-of-pocket expenses after a double lung transplant.

• Fort Worth woman second in BASS open event

  A 4-ounce penalty keeps Meta Burrell from becoming the first woman to win such a tournament.

• Record-setting whitetail mount stolen from Iowa hunter

  What began as a story about a young Iowa hunter taking a world-class whitetail deer with outdated archery equipment has evolved into one with a price tag and a plea for help.

• ShareLunker program ends its 2008 season

  Only 13 trophy bass are entered, but the number of spawns is above average.

• Celebrate Mother’s Day with a free Women on Water class Friday

  On-the-water boating classes for women will be held near Lake Lewisville on Friday in celebration of Mother’s Day.

• Texas coastal fisheries director leaving

  A senior official of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is leaving to head a Gulf of Mexico institute.

• Bryan fisherman wins bass league event at Richland Chambers Reservoir

  Mark Beckmann used a white 1-ounce Rat-L-Trap to catch a limit of five bass, averaging more than 4 pounds each to win the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League’s Cowboy Division tournament Sunday at Richland Chambers.

• 17-pound bass caught in Japan

  Hidetada Nakajima lands a big largemouth bass from Nanairo Reservoir near Nara Prefecture, Japan.

• Outdoor Channel adds new show

  The Outdoor Channel will add a new show about elk hunting and conservation this summer.

• Texas sites will benefit from wildlife habitat project

  A project will be implemented soon to improve habitat for wild turkeys and other wildlife on more than 550,000 acres of Texas national forests, grasslands and wildlife management areas.

• Area students win awards in art contest

  Dominic Nedzelskyi of Keller and Cali Stewart of Fort Worth are among the winners in the Wildlife Forever State-Fish Art Contest.

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