It’s been an eventful year for Texas hook and bullet crowds. Among other things, we saw the opening of the first new major public reservoir in more than three decades, the introduction the first medicated feed to combat parasites in quail and an IGFA rule change that just about guarantees the much hallowed largemouth bass world record of 22 pounds, 4 ounces will never be broken.
Here is a review of some of the top outdoors stories of 2024: Bois d’ Arc Opens Texas’ newest recreational reservoir -- Bois d’ Arc Lake — officially opened to boat traffic on April 17. Located northeast of Bonham, the 16,600-acre Fannin County reservoir was built primarily for water supply by the North Texas Municipal Water District. It’s the first major impoundment built in Texas since 19,000-acre Lake O.H Ivie opened in 1990.
The NTMWD broke ground on construction of the reservoir in May 2018. The dam began capturing inflow from Bois d’Arc Creek and other tributaries in April 2021, but drought conditions resulted in the lake filling up slower than originally hoped.
