HOUSTON — It’s going to be a beautiful weekend around the Houston area and if fishing is your thing, Texas Parks and Wildlife has you covered. On Friday, TWPD planned to resume stocking thousands of ...

LAKE CONROE, Texas -- A 10-year-old boy has quite a fish story after he recently beat Lake Conroe's junior record for the biggest catfish. Hudson Simmons spent 30 minutes pulling in his prized catch, ...

Jaxon's catfish "smashed" the previous junior record at the Twin Buttes Reservoir, which was an 8.95-pound blue catfish caught back in 2021, officials said. However, his catch narrowly missed the ...

Thousands of catfish will be restocked biweekly in 18 Texas lakes, including four in the Houston area, to encourage fishing in urban and suburban places, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife ...

It’s “Gone Fishin’” season. Last week, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department began restocking Neighborhood Fishin’ lakes across the state with thousands of catfish. Texas catfish anglers will get ...

William Oliver loves the big bite. Oliver is a 39-year-old multi-species fishing guide from Chandler. He catches plenty of slab-sized crappie, white bass and black bass, but what makes his guide ...

An angler caught a record-breaking blue catfish on a Texas lake on January 15, according to a Facebook post from Fish Texas - Texas Parks and Wildlife. Officials stated the behemoth weighed 62 pounds ...

On April 11, 2025, TPWD will resume stocking thousands of catfish at 18 Neighborhood Fishin’ lakes, including five in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, four in the Houston area, two each in Austin and San ...

Every Texas lake needs a catfish cafe. We don’t have many. But we do have the Tavern on the Lake in Parker County. Oddly, nearby Eagle Mountain Lake has burger, barbecue and Tex-Mex restaurants. But ...

There are plenty of ways to fool a fat cat. Some anglers like to go after them the conventional way using a stout rod, big line and heavy duty hook tipped with a slab of diced shad or a live perch.

Walter Pratt faced a problem any angler would be happy to have. Standing at the edge of the water on an island in Lake Houston earlier this week, the 50-year-old Splendora resident was smiling as he ...