http://www.itemonline.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:36:00 +0000 http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_322173731.html http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_322173731.html Tryson Brock of Kenefick got a couple of major surprises when he headed out to his deer stand on the afternoon of Nov. 8. The first one was somewhat alarming. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:21:00 +0000 http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_280202303.html http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_280202303.html Any hunting trip to the western high country with rutting elk on the menu is a monumental treat, one that must be experienced to fully appreciate. Successfully taking a bugling bull with a bow and arrow on public land is the height of modern hunting experiences. Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:10:00 +0000 http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_273211220.html http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_273211220.html The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s hatchery and inland fisheries divisions are dealing with some big league construction woes these days following the discovery of at least two joints of large diameter drainage pipe that have collapsed underground at the new John D. Parker East Texas Fish Hatchery. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:52:00 +0000 http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_266215945.html http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_266215945.html Texas Parks and Wildlife is always looking for ways to make Texas a better place to hunt and fish. Sometimes it pays to step outside the traditional box. Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:29:00 +0000 http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_252213218.html http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_252213218.html COOPER — If Tony Parker were a K-9, I’d call him a cross between a Rottweiler and a bird dog. Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:38:00 +0000 http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_238223900.html http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_238223900.html Here’s two good pieces of advice for all Texas hunters and anglers:• When you buy your new hunting/fishing license, be sure to pick up a copy of the 2009-10 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Outdoor Annual.• Read it. Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:35:00 +0000 http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_231233624.html http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_231233624.html YANTIS — Lonnie Stanley promised he was going to build a better frog hook, and he delivered. When a bass eats a Ribbit Frog matched with the Double Take, it’s game over. Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:19:00 +0000 http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_217232336.html http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_217232336.html The shaky economy has taken its toll on everything from retirement accounts to soda pop sales at corner markets. That said, it seems likely that tough times will take a sizable bite chunk out of some deer hunting budgets this fall, as well. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:57:00 +0000 http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_203195813.html http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_203195813.html The Orange County Convention Center transformed into a global tackle box last week as more than 7,200 representatives from the worldwide sport fishing community converged on Orlando, Fla. to attend the 52nd annual International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades (ICAST) Show. Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:47:00 +0000 http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_189174819.html http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_189174819.html The details behind a giant largemouth bass caught recently in Japan are still sketchy at this point, but if the early reports pan out the fish could challenge freshwater fishing’s most hallowed record of all-time. Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:45:00 +0000 http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_189174639.html http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_189174639.html Giant bass are on the prowl on lakes across Texas, day and night. On June 27, Toledo Bend Reservoir along the Texas/Louisiana border shocked bass anglers across the South when it spit out a whale of a summertime bass that weighed 15.03 pounds, just shy of the lake record 15.32 pounder. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:17:00 +0000 http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_168211753.html http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_168211753.html The ShareLunker program needs a sugar daddy, and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation has launched a progressive search to find one. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:16:00 +0000 http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_161221701.html http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_161221701.html Lendell Martin, Jr. will never forget that sultry June night spent in the boat with Joe T. Rogers. The two anglers had been been dragging big baits across a tiny underwater hump on Lake Pinkston for about four hours and the fish had not been very cooperative. Wed, 20 May 2009 23:17:00 +0000 http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_140231815.html http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_140231815.html LAKE BACCARAC, Mexico — I don’t mean to brag, but this place has been awfully good to me lately. In three days fishing I have reeled in more lunker largemouths than most anglers will hook in a lifetime. It is not a wonder that Lake Baccarac is heralded by many as the best trophy bass lake in the world. Wed, 13 May 2009 21:45:00 +0000 http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_133214658.html http://www.itemonline.com/Outdoors/local_story_133214658.html The National Marine Manufacturers Association is summoning anglers and pleasures boaters across America to the front lines.