Anheuser-Busch, bought last year by a European company is dropping it’s Texas Parks & Wildlife sponsorships including the popular Share Lunker program. Begun in 1986 as the Lone Star Lunkers the program accepts entries from anglers catching largemouth bass weighing 13 lbs or more. The bass are either donated or loaned to Texas Parks & Wildlife for use in a spawning program. Biologists are hoping for genetically superior large mouth bass. The goal is for big bass fishing in the state of Texas. Maybe a 20 pounder is in the future? In the meantime potential new sponsors may contact Texas Parks & Wildlife regarding the opportunities and exposure for the program which will most probably return to it’s roots of the Lone Star Lunkers.
Posts Tagged ‘record largemouth bass’
New water body record for largemouth bass Lake Conroe, Texas
Saturday, February 7th, 2009On January 30th, 2009 a new water body record for largemouth bass, the largest largemouth bass ever caught in Texas was caught in 2 feet of 54 degree water with a plastic worm at Lake Conroe, Texas. Weighing in at 15.93 pounds, 27 inches long and 22 inches in girth the largemouth bass was entered into the sharelunker program. The continued stocking of lake Conroe with Florida largemouth bass is great for the anglers who may enter their bass into the sharelunker program if it weighs 13 pounds or more. The angler receives a fiberglass replica of his fish and sharelunker clothing.
Record Largemouth Bass, Choke Canyon
Saturday, January 24th, 2009A record 15.45 pound largemouth bass caught at Choke Canyon on January 21st, 2009 is the 7th largemouth bass entered into the Budweiser sharelunker program. Caught in 10 feet of 53 degree water the record breaker measured 22 inches in girth and 26.25 inches long and is now holding the new lake record.
Tyler State Park, Tyler Texas
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
