ANGLER RECOGNITION: Reeling in recognition for anglers ... 
details ahead on Passport to Texas.
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Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife and the 
Sport Fish Restoration Program

Anglers can get more than a good feeling from reeling in 
a big fish - they can get formal acknowledgment for their 
trophy catch through Texas Parks and Wildlife's Angler 
Recognition Program.

We have a weight category where you can get water body 
records by weight ... . :03

Joedy Gray coordinates the program for the agency.

 ... And we basically follow the guidelines set by IGFA. And we 
also have big fish awards; we have first fish awards for kids that 
catch their first fish, and outstanding angler for those anglers 
that don't fit in any category. And now we've started - a couple 
of years ago - an elite angler award. That's for someone who 
catches five trophy big fish - saltwater or freshwater - and you 
get an elite angler certificate for that. And we have a junior 
program that we just started for kids 16 and under that goes by 
the same criteria as the adult category. And now we just 
recently started the catch release program in January. :37

And we'll learn more about the new catch/release 
program on tomorrow's show.

The problem was people couldn't find certified scales, and 
they'd catch a fish and run around, and round, and round trying 
to find a scale, and that has been a headache with the program 
ever since I've been doing it. :08

That's our show ... .The Sport Fish Restoration Program 
supports our series ... and also helps to fund the Texas 
Freshwater Fisheries Center.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti.