Texas Game and Fish, Volume 6, Number 6, May 1948 Page: 14
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Fishing in
State Parks
of Texas
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State Park (708 acres, 11 miles southwest
of Burnet on U.S. 281) Texas' largest
underground cavern. Indirect lighting.
Picnicking facilities on the surface. A
charge of $1.00 per adult and 50c per
child, plus Federal Tax, is made for guide
service through the underground cavern.
(Special rates for school classes, groups,
clubs, etc. Children under 13 years of
age free.)
KERRVILLE STATE PARK: 500 Acres
on Guadalupe River, 3 miles southeast of
Lake Kemp
Plans Rodeo
The Lake Kemp Anglers Club was
recently formed for the purpose of pro-
moting fishing in this lake. A member-
ship fee of $1 is charged, which includes
a whole family, and any member of the
family is entitled to compete for the rodeo
prizes that are offered. It is expected that
4,000 or 5,000 members will be enrolled
for the season.
The Lake Kemp Fish ng Rodeo is being
sponsored by the towns of Seymour,
Wichita Falls, Iowa Park, Electra and Ver-
non. In all of these towns substantial
prizes are being offered, and the prize
list is finally expected to run as high as
$30,000. Each of the tagged and num-
bered fish will carry several prizes.
There will be 300 of the tagged fish
turned loose in Lake Kemp and 100 in
Diversion Lake. This will be done shortly
before May 1st, when the contest starts,
and it will continue until Dec. 31st.
This fishing derby was put on last year
by Seymour alone, with only 100 fish,
as the time was too short to enlist the
other towns. Meetings have been held
in Wichita Falls and Vernon, and the final
meeting will be in Seymour April 5th,
to assign prizes to the different fish. J. L.
Meads and O. McDaniel of Seymour have
been elected president and secretary-treas-
urer of the Anglers Club for the ensuing
year.
After paying a modes: amount of neces-
sary expenses, all receipts from member-
ship fees will go toward restocking the
lakes and making them better fishing
places.
Bees have only single barrel stingers
and can pop you only once but wasps and
hornets are both repeaters with no plug
in the magazine either.
Although an old ma'e kangaroo some-
times reaches a height of 6 feet, a baby
kangaroo is only an inci long when born.
14Kerrville on Texas 16. Fishing in Guada-
lupe River. Black Bass; Perch; Catfish.
Other park facilities: picnicking; camping.
LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI STATE
PARK: 14,111 acres on Nueces River, 4
'miles southwest of Mathis on U.S. 59.
Fishing in 11,676 acre Lake Corpus
Christi. Blue, yellow and channel catfish;
perch; bass; crappie. Rowboats avail-
able for rent: 50c per hour; $1.50 per day.
This lake is one of the best in Texas for
catfishing. Other park facilities: Camp-
ing, swimming, picnicking, dance terrace.
Confections available.
MERIDIAN STATE PARK: 469 acres
in the Bosque Valley, 3 miles southwest of
Meridian on Texas 22. Fishing in 73
acre Meridian State Park Lake. Bream,
crappie, bass, and catfish. Fees charged
for fishing: 50c per person per day. Bait
available: minnows, 2c each; worms, 1c
each. Poles and lines available for rent
at 25c per day. Rowboats available for
rent at $1.00 per day. Bream fishing is
excellent and crappie and catfish are good.
Other park facilities: Camping; overnight
accommodations; picnicking; swimming;
dance terrace. Confections available.
MOTHER NEFF STATE PARK: 253
acres on Leon River, 8 miles southwest
of McGregor on County Road. Fishing in
Leon River. Channel catfish and yellow
catfish. Other park facilities: stone pavilion
or auditorium; picnicking, camping. This
is the oldest of Texas State Parks.
PALMETTO STATE PARK: 198 acres
on San Marcos River, 7 miles southeast of
Luling and 12 miles northwest of Gon-
zales on Texas 29. Fishing in San Marcos
River. Catfish, perch, bass. Other park
facilities: Dance terrace, picnicking. Sul-
phur wells. Unusual tropical plants in
Palmetto swamps.
POSSUM KINGDOM STATE PARK:
6970 acres on Possum Kingdom Lake, on
Brazos River. One of the finest fishing
and boating lakes in Texas.
East Side: 25 miles from Graham and
Mineral Wells, off Texas 16 and 254.
Fishing in Possum Kingdom Lake. Bass,
crappie, catfish, perch. Bait available.
Small perch or carp, 5c each; minnows,
3c each; worms, lc each. Poles are issued
free of charge. Various articles of fishing
tackle for sale at regular retail prices.
Motorboats available for rent: $7.00 per
day; $3.50 per half-day. Rowboats avail-
able for rent: $2.00 per day; $1.00 per
half-day. Other park facilities: Cabins,
camping. Groceries and confections avail-
able.
West Side: 25 miles from Breckenridge,
off U.S. 180. Fishing in Possum Kingdom
Lake (350 mile shore line; 710,000 acre
feet of water). Largemouth black bass;
crappie or white perch; channel catfish.
Fees charged for fishing: $1.10 lake li-
cense. Bait available: minnows, 40c &
50c per doz.; crawfish, 30c per doz.;
worms, 15c per doz. Available for rent:
minnow buckets, 25c per day; poles and
lines, 25c per day. General fishing sup-
plies available for sale. Boat motors avail-
able for rent: 50c and $1.00 per hour.
Rowboats available for rent: $1.50 perday; $1.00 per half day. Other park
facilities: Cabins; Barracks rooms; tents;
camping; picnicking. Groceries and con-
fections available.
STEPHEN F. AUSTIN ''ATE PARK:
664 acres on Brazos River, 3 miles east of
Sealy, off U.S. 90. Fishing in Brazos
River, catfish; buffalo; gaspergoo. Other
park facilities: camping and picnicking.
This park is the original location of Ste-
phen F. Austin's colony.
36TH DIVISION STATE PARK AT
LAKE BROWNWOOD: 538 acres, 25
miles northwest of Brownwood on Texas
279. Fish in Lake Brownwood (100 mile
shore line). Crappie; bass, catfish; drum.
Bait available; minnows, 35c doz; perch,
50c doz. Fishing equipment for rent:
poles, 15c; trot lines, 50c; rods and reels,
$3.00. All kinds of fishing equipment for
sale. Fishing licenses available. Motor-
boats for rent: $5.00 per day. Rowboats
for rent: $1.50 for 24 hours. The best
fishing time is from the latter part of
February through May. There are no
restrictions on trot-lines in Lake Brown-
wood. Other park facilities: Cabin area.
Fisherman's lodge; swimming; picnicking;
dance terrace; playground equipment. Cafe
and confections.
TYLER STATE PARK: 992 acres, 10
miles north of Tyler on Texas 14. Fishing
in 65 acre Tyler State Park Lake. Bass;
crappie; white perch; bream; small pike.
Fees charged for fishing: 50c per person.
Poles available for use at no charge. Row-
boats for rent: $1.00 for a full day; 50c
for part of a day. Other park facilities:
Swimming; dance t e r r a ce ; picnicking;
camping; playground equipment. Sand-
wiches and confections.
All rates set out hereinabove are sub-
ject to change without notice.
Let 'Em Live
*Continued from page 5be letting an awful lot of good eating
loose, but don't be worried, because the
"sail" and tarpon aren't edible. They are
sport fish "par excellence" first, last, and
always.
The fishing guides will think more of
you for releasing a fish and so will the real
sportsmen. Above all, those that will
think more of you and thank you, although
they will never see you, are the future
generations of sportsmen. They will be
able to catch these wonderful sport fish
because of the sportsmanship displayed
and practiced by men, women, and even
children that fished the same waters many,
many years before.
There is a mistaken conception that per-
sists even today that gulfs and oceans can't
be fished out. I won't say they can, but
those fish may become so depleted in cer-
tain places that the catching of them will
become a rarity, rather than the accepted
thing. This can be proven by existing
conditions in certain areas on the Texas
Coast. Of course, these conditions have
been caused in the main by pollution and
unwise land usage hundreds of miles
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