I'm assuming Fork and Rayburn generate most of the money

More cowbell!

No clue. I am just a fisherman and not a fisheries biologist. I think they do a damn good job and I trust them 100% over anything I could add or a guy that fishes a bit could add.

I’d suggest banning cast netting during spawning times and restrict it to certain areas. Thinking of how the netters have completely changed Fayette Lake’s vegetation and fish behaviors over the past decade or so.

We have the best bass fishing in America thanks to what TPWD does for our lakes. However, there is ALWAYS going to be conflict because the lakes were built for water sources first and foremost and everything else second. So that means we will always lose battles over vegetation, timber, etc if its deemed to be a problem for the water source.

Don't listen to folks like this when it comes to vegetation! Lake Conroe Association

I agree with all the grass comments, leave it alone and let it grow.

No kidding! Heaven forbid there is a bit of hydrilla south of 1097!

There are several lakes like Texoma, Whitney and Belton that will never be a trophy largemouth fishery, but the smallmouths do well in them. Why aren't we loading them up with SMB stockings?

And it does seem odd that TPWD will intentionally introduce non-native fish into the lakes but then go all out to eradicate non-native plants.

Also I do realize that a lot of the plant eradication isn't initiated by TPWD, but you could/should at least be an advocate for the fishery and present the data that shows how beneficial plant cover can be. You do have that data somewhere, right? If not, shame on you.

I could only narrow it to 2 things, quit spraying grass period and grow stockings to a bigger size before putting them in the lakes. If i had to add one it would be to quit letting money and politics influence policy on lakes

This has been my opinion for a long time! I fish some tournaments and want tournaments to continue. I like freedom and want more of it! But...on a lake like Roberts where I live and have fished for 30 years, and had a front seat view of it's very obvious decline, continuing to hold big tournaments here every spring regardless of the health of the lake is like kicking a guy in the face when he is down. We refuse to police ourselves sometimes which then invites the stupid govt. to do the policing for us through regulation. I am sorry but tournament pressure is out of control on some lakes...

More slot lakes needed or lower limit in South Texas!

Ban ALL wakeboard boats!!

I agree that Ray Roberts has declined and needs a lot of help. I live less than 10 miles away from RR. My brother retired and had to sell his Triton bass boat two years ago. Fishing off the bank at RR is an exercise in futility. I haven't caught 1 bass, crappie, or sand bass in 25 trips to RR during any season of the last two years. We hired a crappie guide a year ago in May and we caught our limit over brush piles but two retired guys on small, fixed incomes can't afford to hire a guide at today's rates. We've been going through fishing withdrawl after 40 years of boat fishing at a time when we need it the most.

TPW wasn’t even able to shock up enough bass last year for their creel survey. The numbers are terrible but big fish potential is still good. My 2 cents would be to ban spraying for grass. If you won’t drink that spray chemical out of a glass don’t spray it in my drinking supply. Next would be to stock smallmouth in Ray Roberts. The fish that have been moved there by fisherman are doing well so stock some more.