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 Texas Fish Hatchery in Athens TX
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05/22/10 10:23 PM
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AndrewWayne
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Made a visit to the Texas Fish Hatchery in Athens TX and this time I took My Camera along. A wall of Catfish.  Skeeters new high performance boat???   Though these were all gone.  Free fishing with paid entry. 
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05/22/10 10:25 PM
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AndrewWayne
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I highly encourage visiting there if you can. It is in Athens Texas and has some great displays as well as natural settings for both fish and native plants and animals.
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Re: Texas Fish Hatchery in Athens TX
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05/22/10 10:28 PM
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Cody Neace
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i wanna fish that catfish tank  btw great pics and did you fish
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Re: Texas Fish Hatchery in Athens TX
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05/22/10 10:36 PM
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AndrewWayne
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Not this time but I have in the past. There was a large group of kids there that had never fished before and I had a good time just walking around the lake watching the kids have a blast catching catfish.
I've been told by the staff there that the tank has some really good size catfish but that tank is also full of hungry little one pounders that keep getting caugh over and over just for the free meal. The kids have a blast there.
Last edited by AndrewWayne; 05/22/10 11:29 PM.
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Re: Texas Fish Hatchery in Athens TX
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05/23/10 02:14 AM
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c-dubz
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what are the hrs. you can visit ??
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Re: Texas Fish Hatchery in Athens TX
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05/23/10 02:23 AM
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AndrewWayne
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Thought someone might ask so I took this pic. 
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Re: Texas Fish Hatchery in Athens TX
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05/23/10 02:33 AM
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highcountry
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Visited this place last year, after moving back to Texas and fell in love. What a tremendous facility! Click for a slideshow... 
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Re: Texas Fish Hatchery in Athens TX
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05/23/10 12:21 PM
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Big Red 12
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Does your yearly TPWD pass get you in to it or does it not work there?
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Re: Texas Fish Hatchery in Athens TX
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05/24/10 01:38 AM
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texmexfishin
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Interesting. Looks like a nice little educational father-son getaway..
Thanks for sharing
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Re: Texas Fish Hatchery in Athens TX
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05/24/10 03:25 AM
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Spiderman
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It was even better when "Splash" was there. I think he weighed 120 pounds and was an eating machine.
None of the other fish in the tank would venture near his head.
The Truth is six of the seven Dwarfs are not Happy!
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05/24/10 02:03 PM
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kodys'papa
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nice shots- great place to visit
Hooking a fish is like playing string with a cat. The exact size, shape, color of string matters less than how you wiggle it- and little cats are easier to fool than big ones. John Gierach
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05/24/10 02:21 PM
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My wife and I enjoyed our visit there last year. Really cool place. Lot of history there as well.
Ephesians 6:10-18..suit up. Jesus saved my life
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Re: Texas Fish Hatchery in Athens TX
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05/24/10 02:40 PM
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AgSellers04
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Cool pictures, I want to check that place out.
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Re: Texas Fish Hatchery in Athens TX
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05/24/10 03:47 PM
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manny_G_77
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Love going there. took my daughter this time last year and we will be back soon.
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