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Lake Fork Toyota ShareLunker 489 Makes Big Bass Top 50 List

March 23, 2010

(Mar 22, 2010 TPWD News Release) James Quisenberry moved to the Lake Fork area in hopes of catching the bass of a lifetime. That dream came true March 22 when he caught a 15.61 pound largemouth from Lake Fork, but when he weighed the fish at Lake Fork Marina, an official ShareLunker weigh [...]

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Two Lake Record Toyota ShareLunkers Caught March 20

March 22, 2010

(Mar 22, 2010 TPWD News Release) A snowy blast chilled Spring’s debut in North Texas, but northeast Texas lakes were smokin’. Both Caddo Lake and Lake O’ the Pines produced new lake records.
Keith Burns of Jefferson caught Toyota ShareLunker 487 from Caddo Lake, a 16.17 pound brute that ranks 16 on the list of [...]

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Jacksonville Angler Lands Toyota ShareLunker 485

March 12, 2010

(Mar 10, 2010 TPWD News Release) Michael Banks of Jacksonville had a day off and decided to go fishing on Purtis Creek March 9. “I was just looking for a day out,” he said. “It would have been a great day if I had not caught a fish.”
Fishing from his kayak, he only [...]

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2010 Wed Night Season is Here!

March 10, 2010

It’s that time of year again to kick off the TTZ Lake Austin Wed Night Tournaments; with a ShareLunker already turned in and the spawn about to bust loose we expect the beginning of this season to be a slug fest! Our first tournament will be March 17, 2010 and we hope to see [...]

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Kisselburg and Glass Win Big on Travis

March 9, 2010

Bass Champs Central held its second event of the 2010 season on a nearly full Lake Travis! The lake had been been ravaged over the last few years by historic drought conditions; reaching a low of 634 feet above sea level toward the end of 2009, it had only been lower [...]

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Toyota ShareLunker 484 Comes from Lake Lyndon B. Johnson

March 8, 2010

(Mar 8, 2010 TPWD News Release) With the exception of Lake Austin and Lake Travis, Colorado River lakes in the Texas Hill Country have never produced bass weighing 13 pounds.
That changed Sunday, when Lloyd Ward of Horseshoe Bay saw a huge bass cruising near the bank in three feet of water. “I pitched my [...]

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TTZ March Raffle – 10 Packs of Yamamoto Senkos!

March 5, 2010

This month’s prize will be 10 packages of 5″ Yamamoto Senkos in the color of your choice! No purchase necessary and it only takes a few minutes to enter.
To enter the raffle, click here…good luck!
The 5″ Senko is one of the most productive bass lures ever invented, and the top [...]

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Full Moon Brings Flood of Toyota ShareLunkers

March 1, 2010

(Mar 1, 2010 TPWD News Release) Three lakes, Austin, Amistad and O.H. Ivie, spit out Toyota ShareLunkers February 27, the day before the full moon.
Carl Adkins of San Marcos led off the action with Toyota ShareLunker 481, a 13.1 pounder from Lake Austin. Adkins was fishing near the Loop 360 bridge in seven to [...]

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“Bass Life” with Casey Ashley

February 26, 2010

In the second season of Bass Life, professional Bassmaster Elite 50 angler Casey Ashley goes on the adventure of his life fishing for huge peacock bass deep in the Amazon jungles of Brazil. The docu-reality style film takes viewers along on Casey’s trip as he experiences his personal “dream come true” on the Amazon [...]

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Toyota ShareLunkers: 479 from Amistad; 480 from Livingston

February 22, 2010

(Feb 22, 2010 TPWD News Release) Fish lightning struck twice Sunday, 10 minutes and 500 miles apart.
Fishing on Lake Amistad, Robert Robles of Del Rio caught Toyota ShareLunker 479, a 13.5 pound bass. At almost the same time, Robert Laird Sr. of Livingston set the hook on a 13.19 pound fish that is now [...]

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Choke Canyon Sends 15 Pounder to Toyota ShareLunker Program

February 8, 2010

(Feb 8, 2010 TPWD News Release) Another South Texas reservoir that has benefited from rains several years ago is kicking out big bass. On February 6 Richard Flores of Seguin pulled a 15.09-pound largemouth from Choke Canyon Reservoir while flipping a 10-inch plastic worm in 12 feet of 57-degree water. That fish is [...]

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2010 Lone Star Series Launches on Belton

February 1, 2010

The 2010 Lone Star Series will host its first event on Belton Lake February 13 and features team bass fishing tournaments in both North and Central Texas. This series is open for amateur anglers only; there will be four spring events in each division leading up to a series Championship in October.
2010 Division Schedules

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Refill at Falcon

January 27, 2010

As tournament anglers we all take fishing seriously; and sometimes we are so intense that it feels more like work…especially during a rough run. Brian Booker and Robby Crabb were in that rut of tough Central Texas fishing and needed a little therapy; insert Falcon Lake.

Brian and Robby arrived Thursday and stopped [...]

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O.H. Ivie Does It Again

January 22, 2010

(Jan 22, 2010 TPWD News Release) O.H. Ivie Reservoir sent another Toyota ShareLunker to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) January 21, just five days after sending its first entry since 2002.
Angler Wesley Pullig of Eden caught a 13.09-pound largemouth in 25 to 30 feet of 48 degree water using an X-Lock jig with an [...]

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Falcon Soars with Toyota ShareLunker 476

January 20, 2010

(Jan 20, 2010 TPWD News Release) Another West Texas reservoir rebounding from the drought of the late 1990s is starting to pump out monster largemouth bass. On January 19 Falcon International Reservoir produced a 14.4-pound Toyota ShareLunker for Bryan Aubin of Zapata.
Aubin was fishing in six feet of water with a watermelon red lizard. [...]

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O.H. Ivie Back in Toyota ShareLunker Fold

January 19, 2010

(Jan 19, 2010 TPWD News Release) O.H. Ivie Reservoir and other West Texas lakes suffered from drought from the late 1990s until 2004, when rains came again. The drought took two forms: low water and few big bass caught.
The fish drought ended January 16, when Ben Blaine of Merkel landed a 14.02-pound largemouth bass [...]

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Toyota ShareLunker 474 Comes From Falcon Reservoir

December 22, 2009

(Dec 21, 2009 TPWD News Release) Ever since rains refilled Falcon International Reservoir, TPWD Inland Fisheries biologist Randy Myers has been holding his breath, waiting for the Rio Grande reservoir to start turning out big bass. Myers is now breathing again.
On Sunday, December 20, 2009 — a date that will live in Randy Myers’ [...]

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Toyota ShareLunker 473 Comes from Henderson County

November 19, 2009

(Nov 18, 2009 TPWD News Release) The latest Toyota ShareLunker had a short ride to its new quarters at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center: It was caught from a private lake in Henderson County only a few miles away.
Paul Detwiler of Tyler was fishing in five feet of water on November 16 when the big [...]

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