Fishing Texas

by Barry St. Clair

Overview

Texas is a big place and it’s filled with a whole lot of spots to wet a line. But you’ve got to know where to go. In Fishing Texas, Barry St.Clair provides an insider’s guide to the best places to fish throughout the state—with all the directions and particulars and background that give each place its own unique
character and reputation—to give you a leg up. Many fishing sites in Texas are similar in nature and vary based on their particular kinds of fish and climate zones. This guide is based on the author’s in-depth and wide ranging fishing experience in Texas as well as from interviews with friends, guides who fish their lakes nearly every day, and fisheries biologists from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Combining all this experience and expertise creates one indispensible reference for fishing Texas. Look inside to find:A listing of the game fish at each location
Tips on lures, flies, bait, tackler, and techniques for each location
Directions and information on camping facilities
Words to the wise on weather and dangeros critters
Maps and photos

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762787036
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	06/19/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Barry St. Clair is an avid outdoorsman and has been a farmer, rancher, fishery technician, outdoor outreach specialist, freelance outdoor writer and columnist for Texas Fish and Game magazine, and outdoor columnist for the Athens Daily Review, Corsicana Daily Sun, and Palestine Herald Press in Texas. He credits his addiction to fishing to his parents, who took him on many outdoor family adventures all over the western United States.

Barry grew up on a farm in central California and graduated from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo with a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural Resource Management. He and his wife, Gail, moved to Texas in 1980, and Barry has hunted and fished across the state for the past four decades.

In 1992, Barry caught the Texas state record largemouth bass, which weighed 18.18 pounds, from Lake Fork. That record still stands. Barry and Gail reside in the countryside near Athens, Texas. Barry received a Master of Science degree in biological sciences from Texas A&M University, Commerce in May 2012.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents:

ContentsAcknowledgementsForewordIntroductionHistoryMajor Fishing ProgramsCatch and ReleaseAngler RecognitionState RecordsWater Body RecordsBig Fish AwardCatch and Release AwardElite Angler AwardOutstanding Angler AwardMajor Species            Largemouth Bass            Smallmouth Bass            Spotted Bass            Guadalupe Bass            White Bass            Striped Bass            Hybrid Striped Bass            Channel Catfish            Blue Catfish            Flathead Catfish            Black Crappie            White Crappie             Red Drum             Rainbow Trout            WalleyeStockingLimiting FactorsWeatherRegulationsAccessFishery ManagementLocating Hot SpotsHow to Use This GuidePrairies and Lake Region

1. Lake Athens
2. Cedar Creek Lake
3. Purtis Creek Lake
4. Mill Creek Lake
5. Richland Chambers Reservoir
6. Lake Fairfield
7. Lake Palestine
8. Lake Tawakoni
9. Lake Ray Hubbard
10. Lake Lewisville
11. Lake Ray Roberts
12. Lake Grapevine
13. Eagle Mountain Lake
14. Lake Bridgeport
15. Lake Texoma
16. Coffee Mill Lake
17. Pat Mayse Lake
18. Gibbons Creek Reservoir
19. Lake Whitney
20. Lake Aquilla
21. Lake Somerville
22. Lake Limestone
23. Lake Benbrook
24. Tradinghouse Creek Reservoir
25. Lake Belton

Piney Woods Region

1. Lake Bob Sandlin
2. Caddo Lake
3. Lake Wright Patman
4. Lake O’ the Pines
5. Lake Monticello
6. Lake Fork
7. Lake Murval
8. Lake Toledo Bend
9. Lake Sam Rayburn
10. Lake Livingston
11. Lake Conroe
12. Lake Nacogdoches
13. Lake Pinkston

Hill Country Region

1. Lake Austin
2. Lake Travis
3. Lake LBJ
4. Inks Lake
5. Lake Buchanan
6. Canyon Lake
7. Lake Granger
8. Walter E. Long Reservoir
9. Brady Creek Reservoir

Gulf Coast Region

1. Coleto Creek Lake
2. Lake Corpus Christi
3. Lake Houston
4. Lake Texana

South Texas Plains Region

1. Lake Braunig
2. Lake Calaveras
3. Lake Casa Blanca
4. Choke Canyon Reservoir
5. Falcon International Reservoir

Big Bend Region

1. Lake Amistad

Panhandle Plains Region

1. Lake Alan Henry
2. Champion Creek Reservoir
3. Lake Nasworthy
4. Lake O. H. Ivie
5. Lake Brownwood
6. Lake Coleman
7. Hubbard Creek Reservoir
8. Possum Kingdom Reservoir
9. Millers Creek Reservoir
10. Lake Arrowhead
11. Lake Mackenzie
12. Greenbelt Reservoir
13. Lake Meredith
14. Lake Palo Duro