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Florida Largemouth Bass Changed Texas Fishing

ATHENS, Texas — If shooting fish in a barrel is easy, showing why Texas bass are bigger than ever is even easier. While not even the editors of the American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms can come up with an explanation of where or how the expression "shooting fish in a barrel" originated, even this humble writer can ascertain why bigger bass are found in Texas today than 40 years ago. Three words: Florida. Largemouth. Bass. But you don’t have to take my word for it. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) inland fisheries geneticist Dijar Lutz-Carrillo has been using the latest technology to analyze DNA from 147 bass weighing 13 pounds or...
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Florida Pompano Fish Species Information

Scientific Fish Name: Trachinotus carolinus
Other Fish Species Names: pompano
Regions Fished: Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA through the Gulf of Mexico and scattered localities in the West Indies to Brazil.
World Record:
Common Tackle:
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Occurs in coastal waters, commonly entering bays and estuaries. Juveniles found in sandy beaches exposed to wave action.

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