January, 2012
Toledo Bend Fishing Forecast
Greg Crafts, Toledo Bend Guide Service & Lake Cottage www.toledobendguide.com gregcrafts@yahoo.com
936.368.7151

Happy New Year and I hope Santa brought you some new fishing “toys”!

OK, we had some conflict with our brothers at Texas Bass Couples and I have needed to make a change on a couple dates. It is our hopes that many that fish one trail may fish both. This will truly make this schedule finalized.

February 26, 2012 - Falcon - Weigh-In at Beacon Lodge

If you are into bass fishing,then you in a fishing adventure that has a long history that would interest you.If you don't know may i tell you that bass fishing started in late 18th century and it has continues till date.

Combs Outlasts Mike Iaconelli in Sudden Death Fish-Off

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 – A new state law from the recent legislative session will require mandatory boater education for more people in Texas starting Sep. 1, a move supporters say will save lives and make crowded waters safer.

Tournament anglers encouraged to consider oxygen injection in livewells

ATHENS—The hotter the weather, the more difficult it is to keep bass in livewells healthy, especially during tournaments, when heavy limits of fish may be held for several hours until weigh-in.

Bass fishing heats up in summer, but extra effort is required by tournament anglers to maintain the health of their catch this time of year. Dissolved oxygen is the single most important factor for keeping bass alive, and an understanding of factors that affect oxygen levels will better enable anglers to keep their fish alive.

Bow and rod-and-reel anglers will remove excess carp to aid native aquatic vegetation restoration

ATHENS—Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Inland Fisheries staff has partnered with the Texas Bowfishing Association (TBA) and the Texas BASS Federation Nation (TBFN) to conduct a grass carp removal tournament on Lake Conroe Saturday and Sunday July 9 and 10.