BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -

Registration for anglers wishing to compete in the 2012 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens will take place during the month of November.

Austin -

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will hold initial scoping meetings and take online comments this winter about two possible regulations changes for 2012, depending on stakeholder input—a new state scientific area to protect seagrass in the Laguna Madre near the John F. Kennedy Memorial Causeway in Nueces County, and a clarification of emergency rules to protect fish during coastal freezes.

Conroe -

The Toyota Texas Bass Classic (TTBC), the world championship of professional bass fishing, had to go into overtime to crown a champion. Keith Combs of Huntington, Texas, outlasted Mike Iaconelli of Pittsgrove, New Jersey, in an unprecedented sudden death fish-off.

Austin -

The recent discovery of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a captive deer in Missouri underscores the need for vigilance in monitoring whitetails and taking action when questionable deer are discovered in Texas captive breeding facilities.

Texas -

The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.

Conroe -

The Toyota Texas Bass Classic (TTBC), the world championship of professional bass fishing, had to go into overtime to crown a champion. Keith Combs of Huntington, TX outlasted Mike Iaconelli of Pittsgrove, NJ in an unprecedented sudden death fish-off.

Texas -

Rick Fuchs Whiteoak Creek Ranch is a sleeper when it comes to hunting ducks, but this East Texas Ranch has to be one of our favorite places to hunt.

San Antonio -

This week's episode of TROPHY HUNTERS TV®, "Generations of Texas Hunters" features The Director of Texas Parks and Wildlife heads to South Texas for a whitetail hunt that will be long remembered.

Conroe -

Over 75 million homes will be able to able watch this year's Toyota Texas Bass Classic (TTBC) when the world championship of bass fishing airs on Versus, which is part of the NBC Sports Group. The TTBC, an annual three-day bass fishing world championship and outdoor music festival will take place in Conroe Oct. 28-30.

Texas -

Texas Fish & Game (TF&G) congratulates TF&G contributor and fishgame.com blogger Dustin Ellermann for winning Season 3 of History's highly rated shooting competition program "Top Shot".