It has been my observation that guides rarely break the rules where as there are 1000's of individuals who do. If you are going to attack someone go after the ones who keep every fish, don't have a license and leave trash wherever they go.

Say what? dude, I am not blaming anyone. Don't bring drama in my thread. Thinking of a way to give back to my lake and other fisherman.

Yessir.

I'm gonna call JV and see if i can get some guidance. He is involved with RHSA pretty heavily.

10-4, I sent ya a PM

Very sorry txfour this was not directed to you in any way. I was responding to StreetWalker post not yours.

I actually had to look back at the posts to figure this out lol.....Thought you may have possibly been on the wrong thread

Ok, gotcha. Sorry.

No problem. What you are trying to do is exactly what all of us should do including me.
TPWD can only do so much. We are many they are few.
JV will be a great source of information as would any of the RHSA members.

We have hundreds of guys keeping every fish. The guides don't have much impact on Hubbard. Almost every guide on Hubbard is in RHSA and we all fish together every weekend. They contribute in many ways. I would like to see the game wardens hire "parking ticket like" fleet of folks to bust every idiot breaking the law. It could turn into a profit center for them and they could pay for more enforcement.

Not included.

Ditto to what Gene and Roy have stated. I live about Harbor Bay Marina. We've used the marina as home base for fundraiser events at my party dock and with the tournaments. We also use my neighborhood clubhouse for auctions after JV's annual sand bass fundraiser tournament. It's some work to raise the money but it's well worth the effort. A lot of us have written checks because we want to. There is no pressure to join us or donate. Everyone is welcome. I get asked at least once a week, "When is the next breakfast?" We have become such great friends through RHSA. We ask people to put their name and Forum handle on their name tags when we get together. It's great to put a name to a face. To have made this many new friends later in life has been a blessing to me. I mentioned in other posts this goes way beyond fishing and fundraising. We have a "safety net" for one another. If anyone needs anything we are all there for them. It's like a fraternity- only better.

Hey guys. I really need to keep a FAQs cuz ive been asked several times from folks at lakes across Texas regarding the hybrid stocking. Lol. First I have to give credit to mr. Joe Read from LTSA of Lake Tawakoni. Joe and his group got the stocking started in 2003 for twok. Joe explained the history and educated me for about an hour on the phone back in 2012. The state stocks our lakes much more but our clubs supplement as much as we can raise.

RHSA was started in summer of 2012. Our goal was/is to make our home lake a better hybrid catching lake because, simply, we all love catching hybrids! The more money raise the more fish we can buy.� The biggest challenges are to summon the anglers, coordinate and raise money by having fundraise events. In less than 4 years RHSA raised over $25k and stocked our lake twice, once in 2013 with 45k and 2015 with 48k of certified healthy fingerlings. Our next target stocking will be June 2017. The price per fingerling varies depending on the volume and freight cost. We commit to a stocking at every $10k raised.

We have an awesome group of men and women and kiddos at Hubbard who are very passionate about the sport and care for our lake's future. We even have several who donated and never been to Hubbard. Truly amazing! I feel so bless to know all of them. We are a blessed group!

To get started first, contact your lake Biologist and tell him/her your intention. Next, form a group and plan and coordinate fundraise events. I will say the fundraise will be the most challenging part, but also most rewarding because of the friendships made from many very gifted and diverse folks from all over who share� a common goal. I want to brag again that the RHSA guys are very talented, super friendly, �and from all spectrum of life. RHSA guys are the best!

LTSA and RHSA purchase from a fish farm in Arkansas.� The owner Mike is a marine Biologist also and is very educated, very respected by the park and wild life communities� and his peers (I found all that from goggle ) Mike is very professional and good to work with, a huge blessing to me

PM me if you have further questions. PS: My weekends are pretty hectic with son, wifes, and church activities. I may be slow in the replies.

Todd - President of RHSA 2014 to present

That's crazy

Lots of work went into RHSA getting off the ground. The research, creating the non profit, the fund raising and the stocking all are parts of what has made RHSA go. The friendships that has grown out of this have been wonderful. Water levels are up and our first babies are growing.

Thanks for all of the responses. Todd, PM coming your way.