Good Place to Catch Rio Grande Perch! And bass. The 34th Texas Paddling Trail and second one in Seguin opened on Wednesday, Dec. 7, along a scenic stretch of the Guadalupe River.

The 2012 season has begun! Big sacks, huge kickers and humungous paybacks as Bass Champs kicked off with the South Region January 14th on Lake Falcon. Nine double digit bass, four sacks over 40 pounds, and more than $58,000 paid back to participants. Jaime Buitron and Terry Oldham won over $20,000 with their 1st place win.

Talk to any wildlife biologist in the southern United States about wild pigs, and you’re likely to hear something akin to at least one of the following, “They’re the four-legged equivalent of fire ants;” “If the average litter is six, typically eight survive;” “Only a fence that will hold water will hold feral hogs.”

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has concluded that five Central Texas mussel species warrant inclusion under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, but at this time their listing is precluded by higher priority actions. 

Tazz Ferrell of McKinney, Texas, caught a two-day total of nine bass weighing 17 pounds, 8 ounces Oct. 1-2 to win $2,302 in the Co-angler Division. Ferrell caught his bass by fishing jetties with a wacky rigged Senko.