Clean, wash and dry




What with all the news regarding the flooding in Texas lakes, don’t forget the fight we all continue against invasive species in our waterways.

Zebra mussels and giant salvinia could be hiding in your boat or fishing gear. If you don’t take action, you risk spreading these destructive invaders to lakes and rivers across Texas, and these are just two of invasive species. If you want to know all of the different invasive Texas species, check out the following website.

(See http://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/species/exotic/prohibited_aquatic.phtml)

It’s also illegal to transport invasive species, and a statewide law requires draining water from boats and on-board receptacles before leaving or approaching fresh water bodies.

Clean off any vegetation, mud or foreign objects on your boat, trailers and gear before you leave the lake.

Drain all water, including the bilge, livewells, motor and bait buckets

Dry your boat and trailer for a week or more before entering another water body. If unable to dry the boat completely, wash it with high-pressure, hot, soapy water.

Invasive species can hide in any gear that holds water, including bait buckets. Clean, drain, dry all you’re gear whether fishing from a boat, shore, or pier.

Don’t get caught with transporting the culprits. Transporting Zebra mussels and/or giant salvinia are Class C misdemeanors. For the first offense, the violation is punishable by a fine of up to $500.

 




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Mostly Clear

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Lake Texoma

Fishing Report from TPWD (Mar. 27)

GOOD. Water normal stain; 57 degrees; 1.86 feet below pool. Striped bass are good using live shad and cut bait anchored in 45-65 feet of water thumping the boat and running a splasher to get the fish under the boat. Recent rains will have a lot of big female fish up river but look for them on flats and structure with swim baits in 12-25 feet of water. Crappie are good on jigs using electronics to fish brush in the little mineral arm 15-22 feet of water. Also seeing fish in the creeks 2-4 feet of water on brush. Smallmouth or largemouth bass are slow fishing docks and structure with crankbaits and spinnerbaits. Look for SM on gravel beds along the bluffs in 6-12 feet of water. Catfish are slow on cut gizzard shad anchored near the rivers in 5-10 feet of water but starting to see eater size fish coming on ledges and flats in 40-55 feet of water. Report by Jacob Orr, Guaranteed Guide Service Lake Texoma. Striped bass continue to be caught with Alabama rigs or sassy shad targeting ledges and structures in 5-40 feet of water. Some sporadic schooling activity and bird action. Some fish are moving into creeks. The shad spawn should begin as the water near 68 degrees. This runs around six weeks, bringing predator fish shallow and kicks off topwater season. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

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