A Comparison of Trotline Catches on Two Hook Types in the Laguna Madre (open access)

A Comparison of Trotline Catches on Two Hook Types in the Laguna Madre

Abstract: Circle hooks caught 3.3 times more fish of each species than straight-shank hooks. The proportion of each species caught on circle and straight-shank hooks was similar. Circle hooks caught smaller (younger) red drum and black drum than did straight-shank hooks. Because the circle hooks catch more red drum and back drum, the potential for mortality by hooking fish in locations other than in the lip is as great for circle hooks as it is for straight-shank hooks.
Date: January 1986
Creator: McEachron, Lawrence W.; Green, Albert W.; Matlock, Gary C. & Saul, G. E. (Gary Earl), 1949-
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comparison of Two Sampling Methods for Estimating Zooplankton Densities in Fish Culture Ponds (open access)

Comparison of Two Sampling Methods for Estimating Zooplankton Densities in Fish Culture Ponds

Report discussing results of a study comparing selected zooplankton population densities estimated by pooling samples - from five locations in saltwater fish culture ponds with one sample collected from a single pond location.
Date: January 1986
Creator: Colura, Robert L. & Matlock, Gary C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Red Drum Sex Ratio And Size Of Sexual Maturity (open access)

Red Drum Sex Ratio And Size Of Sexual Maturity

Report issued by Texas Park and Wildlife Department, Coastal Fisheries Branch, examining the sex and maturity stages of Red Drum fish by collecting samples of gonads with gill nets.
Date: January 1986
Creator: Matlock, Gary C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of an Initial Striped Bass Stocking Program in Texas Bays (open access)

Evaluation of an Initial Striped Bass Stocking Program in Texas Bays

This report evaluates success of stocking striped bass in Texas bays using documented catches of striped bass and striped bass hybrids in bays and the adjacent Gulf of Mexico during June 1975- April 1983.
Date: January 1984
Creator: Matlock, Gary C.; Hysmith, Bruce T. & Colura, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Assessment of Bottom Longline Fishing Off the Central Texas Coast (open access)

Assessment of Bottom Longline Fishing Off the Central Texas Coast

This report is about the study conducted by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department from December 1977 through September 1979 to assess and evaluate the commercial potential of bottom longline gear as a harvest method for finfish stocks off the central Texas coast.
Date: January 1981
Creator: Cody, Terry J. & Avent, R. M.
System: The Portal to Texas History