BROOKELAND, Texas – The LSUS Bass Fishing pair of Brayden Nichols and William Tew won the opening college event of the Major League Fishing series Sept. 8 on Sam Rayburn
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced that they will be teaming up with Jasper County to make improvements at Lake Sam Rayburn which will benefit disabled visitors and
The Fort Worth District Office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced a winter maintenance plan for recreational facilities around Lake Sam Rayburn. The federal entity says that
KJAS in Jasper, TX, reports that a man who was fishing in the Major League Fishing Tournament on Lake Sam Rayburn drowned yesterday.
Officers with Texas Parks & Wildlife, said the incident occurred near San Augustine Park, which is located on the east side of the lake.
Officers said the man was standing in the boat and fell in the water while it was sitting still with the engine off. Reportedly, game wardens in a boat used side-scan radar to locate the manâs body at the bottom of the lake.
The name of the deceased has not been released and at last word game wardens were attempting to locate the manâs girlfriend, who lives in the Mansfield area, near Shreveport. The man is reported as having no next-of-kin in Texas.
TPWD IDs fishing tournament angler who fell overboard By Carrie Provinsal | April 30, 2021 at 9:10 AM CDT - Updated April 30 at 9:25 AM
SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - The San Augustine County game warden reports the angler who fell overboard on Sam Rayburn Lake during the MLF Series tournament has been identified.
Thursday at approximately 10:05 a.m., Pete Spencer Lammons Jr., 77, of Houston, fell overboard while fishing in the tournament on Sam Rayburn Reservoir near the San Augustine Park area.
Attempts were made to rescue Lammons by his fishing partner but were unsuccessful, according to warden Travis Fountain.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, (TPWD), reports Fountain, along with wardens Austin Cryer and Doug Williams, found Lammons by using side-scan sonar of Sam Rayburn Lake.