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Weatherford angler goes to an old honeyhole, catches 12.8-pound bass

By Conor Harrison Lone Star outdoor newS

Jack Kernan fishes his home water — Weatherford Lake — about twice a week.

He might know the lake bet-

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Picking up Sabine Lake turning on.

SMALL WATER, BIG BASS: Jack Kernan holds the big bass he caught on his home lake in Weatherford. Photo by Jack Kernan.

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Canyon Lake beauty Angler hooks big bass on Canyon.

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ter than any angler in the state.

When you know a lake as well as Kernan does, some good spots might get overlooked for a time.

That is what happened in mid-August, when Kernan decided to try a spot he hadn’t

been to in several years.

“I hadn’t fished it in years,” he said. “It is in about 5 feet of water with a few rocky humps and a brushpile. I marked the spot about 10 or 11 years ago, but I won’t go there unless nobody is around. It will usually See BASS, Page 15

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Page 14 Page 21 Page 10 Page 21 Page 12 Page 18 Page 28 Page 24 Page 14 Page 21 The unofficial beginning of the Texas hunting season is right around the corner. Families and friends will gather on Sept. 1 in fields and near ponds across much of the state for the opening of dove season. Scouting will be important this season. With lots of food and lots of water in some areas, pressured birds will quickly move to new areas in search of peace and quiet.

Traveling hunters may possess up to 45 birds this season, three times the daily bag limit of 15 birds per day. See dove season dates, page 20. Photo by David J. Sams, LSON.

Greener water equals better redfish Midcoast bite going strong

By Conor Harrison Lone Star outdoor newS

With an influx of greener water in the bays thanks to a better wind, anglers are finally catching good numbers of redfish after some tough sledding the past few weeks.

In Matagorda Bay, Capt.

Tommy Countz said the fishing has been good and is getting better.

“The redfishing has gotten a lot better the past few weeks,” Countz said. “Labor Day is See REDFISH, Page 15

GETTING GOOD: Anglers are taking advantage of better conditions for catching schooling redfish along the midcoast. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

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Court case concerns Texas landowners Illegal immigrants injured on ranches create liability fear

By Craig Nyhus

Lone Star Outdoor News A 2009 accident on a Texas ranch that killed and injured several illegal aliens and the lawsuit that followed has brought landowners and wildlife groups together for a personal property rights battle.

Landowners and hunters along the

Texas/Mexico border are more than familiar with the issues of uninvited people traveling through their ranches.

However, in 2009, according to court documents, a “coyote” transporting illegal aliens entered the Jones Ranch in Brooks County to avoid the border checkpoint.

A mining foreman stopped the

vehicle and ordered the driver to leave the ranch. The vehicle sped off into the ranch and the mining foreman and security pursued.

Later, the coyote’s truck was found overturned and the coyote was gone. Two of the occupants died and a third was severely injured.

The families of the occupants

sued the ranch and the mining operation, although the ranch was later dismissed from the lawsuit.

Initially, the trial court in Brooks County dismissed the entire case under the defense of the “unlawful acts” rule, which excludes claims for damages where “if to establish it the plaintiff requires aid from

an illegal transaction or is under the necessity of showing or in any manner depending upon an illegal act to which he is a party.”

The families appealed, and the decision of the San Antonio Court of Appeals incited fear in border landowners.

See LANDOWNERS, Page 16

About the same

Pronghorn tags similar to last season, new experimental buck season in Panhandle

By Conor Harrison Lone Star Outdoor News

Populations of pronghorn antelope have stabilized across Texas, and hunters can expect similar numbers of tags this season, along with three areas designated as an experimental buck-only season where landowners control the number of bucks harvested on their property.

“Our experimental season in those three units makes the pronghorn season more in-line with the general deer season,” said Shawn Gray, pronghorn leader for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

“Hunters who wish to hunt those units can go get a (free) experimental permit at many of the ranch and feed stores in the See PRONGHORN, Page 16

MORE BUCKS: An experimental season in three herd units in the Panhandle could create new opportunities for pronghorn hunters next month. The season runs from Sept. 28 to Oct. 6. Photo by Yamaha ATV.

Prospects good to fill new, higher bag limit for early teal

By Conor Harrison Lone Star Outdoor News

WHISTLING WINGS: Duck hunters can expect good numbers of teal to arrive within the next few weeks on area ponds and marshes.

The early teal season runs from Sept. 14 to Sept. 29. Photo by Lili Sams, for Lone Star Outdoor News.

Not much beats getting to sit in a duck blind in September.

Especially when quick wingbeats and high-pitched whistling is followed by small blurs dive-bombing into a small decoy spread.

Early teal season is almost here, and hunters can expect a good couple of weeks, along with being able to take two more birds thanks to a limit increase from four to six this year.

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, both bluewinged teal and green-winged teal suffered population declines from last season: down 12 and 16 percent over 2012 numbers. However, both species were well above longterm averages: up 51 and 60 percent. Hunters should not have any issues with bird numbers during the early season.

“The prospects are really good this year,” said Michael Rezsutek, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department waterfowl biologist for the Upper Coast. “On the

upper coast, there are good prospects, and I think those improve as you move inland into the freshwater marshes. If the numbers don’t equal last season, it would be a surprise.”

Rezsutek said there is a fair amount of food along the coast, but recently it has begun to disappear because of a lack of rain.

“Just as soon as we got food, the rain stopped,” he said.

Rezsutek said a couple of places hunters should look during early teal are the Old River Unit of the Lower Neches Wildlife Management Area and Salt Bayou Unit of J.D. Murphree WMA. “The Old River Unit is open for the first time in years,” he said.

“There are some really good teal See TEAL, Page 19

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Park Cities Quail to honor George Strait

DECOY TREES: Dove are attracted to decoys, especially a combination of motion and static decoys early in the season. Photos by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News

Decoy tactics improve the odds Make them visible, according to hunters

By Conor Harrison Lone Star Outdoor News

For years, dove hunters have employed decoys to help draw birds to their area.

Motion decoys, along with static decoys, comprise a deadly combination on dove. And manufacturers are stepping up their game, introducing new products like a motion decoy that flaps realistically instead of spinning.

Although hunters have different strategies when employing dove decoys, including motion decoys, many agree that the decoys need to be highly visible to work effectively. We posed the question to our readers on Facebook, and they responded with some solid tips.

“I use a combination of a dozen

static decoys near a (motion decoy) or two,” said hunter Philip Lamb. “I prefer to place them all on a fence or in a dead tree for great visibility.”

Lamb said birds react differently to the motion decoys.

“I generally start all hunts with the same combination of still decoys that have clothing-pin style clips on them and a couple of motion decoys,” he said. “Early in the season, the dove will consistently fly right across to the decoys. As the season progresses, some birds will occasionally flare. When that happens, I pull the motion decoys and leave the still decoys in place.

“It’s critical to ‘read’ the birds and determine when the (motions) are drawSee DOVE DECOYS, Page 22

Country music legend George Strait will receive the 2014 T. Boone Pickens Award from Park Cities Quail at the annual PCQ Dinner and Auction, March 6, 2014 at the Frontiers of Flight George Strait Museum in Dallas, according to the group.

“We look forward to honoring George Strait, a true national treasure,” said PCQ Chairman Emeritus T. Boone Pickens.

“George shares our passion and commitment to see the region’s wild quail population restored to historic levels and creating recreational opportunities for sportsmen.”

LSON recently attended the check-distribution ceremony, where Park Cities Quail donated $770,000 raised at their 2013 dinner (see story, Page 7).

The banquet is always one of the most anticipated events of the year, with every passing year setting attendance and earning records.

— PCQ

Sellmark Corp. partners with UTARI To create cutting-edge technology, electro-optics and other outdoor lifestyle products that will touch the lives of millions of consumers, Sellmark Corporation has formed a partnership with the University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute, formerly known as the Automation and Robotics Research Institute.

This collaboration allows students and leading faculty researchers to perform Sellmark-funded research to create and improve existing products, as well as commercialize new technologies.

— Sellmark Corp.

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Crossbow shooters stress safety tips Your thumb could depend on it

By Craig Nyhus

Lone Star Outdoor News There are similarities for those transitioning from rifle to crossbow shooting, but one glaring difference grabs the attention of manufacturers, shooters and lawyers.

The thumb.

Although crossbows have been around since 600 B.C. in ancient China and were popular weapons of war in medieval times, reports of thumb injuries or amputations were almost nonexistent.

Several lawsuits filed across the country indicate times have changed, and crossbow sellers are at a loss to explain why.

“We tell them and tell them,” Joe Musacchio of Cinnamon Creek Ranch, the nation’s largest archery range, said of the buyers of crossbows and the need to keep your thumb below the crossbow’s rail where the string propels the bolt, or arrow. “But there’s not much more you can tell them except not to do it.

“It seems like rifle hunters are the most likely to make the mistake; they’re used to pointing their thumb up when shooting.”

Posts on popular bowhunting forums also suggest that sighting in crossbows from a rest poses problems for some shooters.

“Rifle hunters want to put their hand on the barrel, but you can’t do that with the rail of a crossbow,” Musaccio said.

In July, Kathy Smith sued

SAFETY FIRST: Keeping your thumb and fingers beneath a crossbow’s rail is paramount in shooting, as severe injuries can happen if the thumb extends upward. Some crossbows, like this one from TenPoint, use a safety button depressed by the thumb as an additional safety device. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

Barnett Outdoors in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas after losing part of her thumb when attempting to shoot her son’s crossbow, claiming the manufacturer was negli-

gent for failing to provide a finger guard.

The suit claims a guard or safety device should have been in place to prevent the shooter’s thumb from being able to reach above the

level of the crossbow’s rail.

However, another suit suggests that may not be enough.

Many of TenPoint Crossbows include a GripSafety button that must be pressed by the shooter’s

thumb for the crossbow to fire.

But on Nov. 12, 2011, Cyril Korte of Illinois lost his left thumb when firing the crossbow and has since See CROSSBOW, Page 20

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More money for quail

By Conor Harrison Lone Star Outdoor News

Park Cities Quail recently awarded $770,000 to several groups throughout Texas for quail research and habitat conservation.

The money was raised at this year’s PCQ’s 2013 Dinner and Auction, and the amount was a new record for the 7-year-old group.

“We are getting tremendous bang for our buck by partnering with universities and wildlife research organizations in this region that leverage leading wildlife specialists, doctoral students and graduate assistants who provide thousands of hours of research in the field and analysis in the lab,” PCQ said in a statement. “This has resulted in some of the most important quail research to date, directed at one goal — restoring wild quail to their historic, huntable population levels.”

One of the grant recipients, Dr. Steve Pressley at Texas Tech, said he is using the money to fund a study looking into intermediaries as hosts for eyeworms, one of the factors believed to be causing quail

DSC offers tips on booking an adventure Hunting season isn’t even underway, but smart hunters are already thinking ahead. With sporting shows and conventions only a few months away, Dallas Safari Club is offering tips starting now to choose, find and book your next adventure of a lifetime in 2014.

Here are three tips to help you work ahead of the shows to find your perfect hunt.

1. Forward Thinking — Decide now what kind of hunt you’re interested in. Along with your interests, think honestly about your capabilities. If you’re not in good shape, a backpack mountain goat hunt or a spot-and-stalk brown bear hunt in muskeg probably isn’t a good idea.

Start now to learn as much as possible about the type of hunt you’re interested in, so that you’ll know the right questions to ask.

2. Fit Your Personal Ethics — Make sure you understand the fair chase standards for the type of hunt you’re considering. For example, much of the hunting in South Africa is on fenced ranches. Some are very large.

Others are not. Some hunts are for a specific animal on one ranch. Other hunts allow you to look over numerous quality animals on one property. Many operations in New Zealand, Argentina and Saskatchewan are behind a wire as well. Some New Zealand operators use a helicopter to hunt tahr and chamois. Others offer foot hunts for the same species. Be thinking about such specifics of your hunt.

3. Make a Plan to Visit Specific Exhibitors — Check out hunt operators in advance of the shows. DSC lists exhibitors on its website and in its expo literature. Look over the list and spend some time online researching the operators that interest you.

Better yet, contact them in advance.

If there’s enough time, ask them to send you some information. That way you can narrow down your search before the show, and you’ll already be familiar with the operators you visit.

— DSC

declines in the Rolling Plains.

“Mine is an ongoing program to find an intermediary host for the eyeworm in quail,” Pressley said.

“We’ve found there is a difference between quail in the Rolling Plains and quail in the Coastal Plains.

The quail in the Coastal Plains don’t have the eyeworm problems like we do.”

Pressley is looking at grasshoppers and crickets as possible hosts for the eyeworms.

“We’ve found eyeworms in both, so we are going to do a comparative study to see if it is in the grasshoppers down south.”

Pressley said if they do find a correlation between the hosts and the eyeworms, it would be a very complex problem to solve.

“It is so complex because the grasshoppers and crickets are such an important part of the quail’s diet,” he said. “Especially now and when they are rearing chicks. We don’t want to go in and kill all of the grasshoppers. It is just an element in controlling the intermediary and figuring out a strategy to deal with it.”

The 2013 grant awards were distributed to:

n R olling Plains Quail Research Ranch — $298,700 for annual operating budget n The QuailTech Alliance — $110,000 for a supplemental feeding study n N ational Bobwhite Conservation Initiative — $75,000 for national ag coordinator funding n U NT Quail — $72,000 for a North Texas quail corridor n T exas Tech IEHH — $68,000 for a study on regional factors influencing occurrence of eyeworms and another $65,633 for a study to assess toxicology of aflatoxins from deer corn and impact of pesticides on quail n T exas A&M AgriLife Research — $25,670 for study on coccidiosis in wild quail and impact of pen-raised birds and another $10,000 for a study on drug-resistant microbes in wild quail and pen-raised quail n Sul Ross Borderlands Research Institute — $25,000 for desert quail program n Texas Brigades — $20,000 for Bobwhite Brigade funding

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FISHING

QUIET MOMENTS: Fishing has been good on Sabine Lake the past few weeks, with anglers targeting trout and reds on shorelines and islands. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

Sabine Lake

Coming alive Bite is on after change in wind

By Conor Harrison Lone Star Outdoor News

Capt. Steve Davis had been waiting a while for the southwest wind to quit blowing.

Once it did last week, Davis said Sabine came alive.

“The water is beautiful and we finally got rid of that southwest-

ern wind,” Davis said. “Southeast is something we like to see. We’ve been catching nice boxes of fish ever since.”

Davis said the redfish have started schooling, something that is common this time of year.

“We’ve caught some nice schooling reds,” he said. “On the north end of the lake, we’ve caught some bigger trout around the islands and a fair amount of fish are being caught near the jetties.”

Davis said he starts out fishing top-waters early.

“We’ve been running combos on our trips,” he said. “The top-water bite has been really good early, and I do mean early. At daylight, the topwater bite is really good for about

Big bass caught on Canyon On Aug. 13, John and Brenda Joey from Angleton fished on Canyon Lake with guide Barry Dodd of Teach ‘Em to Fish Guide Service. And Brenda caught what could have been a new lake record largemouth bass.

“We will never know because we were more concerned about releasing the bass alive than the record,” Dodd said.

The current Canyon Lake record largemouth bass is 26 inches long and weighed 11.69 pounds.

It was caught on July 10, 2001. Brenda’s bass was 26 3/4 inches long, but was not weighed.

The bass came from the upper part of the water column (suspended) and the surface water temperature

was 87.6 degrees. The thermocline was between 35 and 40 feet, where it drops from 82.3 to 75.3 degrees, according to Dodd.

The bass hit Brenda’s bait at approximately 10:45 a.m. and quickly headed deep. She managed to fight it to the surface and the fish made one large leap. The fish then dove deep, stripping lots of line but Brenda held on tight. She worked the bass back to the boat.

When it saw the boat it headed off again, this time getting tangled around the trolling motor shaft.

“While I franticly pulled the motor up to unwrap the line, the fight continued,” Dodd said.

Once more Brenda got the big hog to the boat but the bass avoided the first net

attempt and sounded once more. Finally, exhausted and stressed from the battle, the big bass rolled over into the net.

“We took the bass to Canyon Lake Marina to see if they had certified scales, but they do not have any scales,” Dodd said. “My measuring board was not long enough so we borrowed a tape measure from the marina and measured the fish so Brenda could have a replica made. After measuring and photos taken, I worked the bass back and forth in the water.

Once the bass was revived, I let it go and took one final photo as it swam away into Canyon Lake’s clear water.

Maybe someday it will bend another angler’s rod.”

— Barry Dodd

an hour, then we start drifting with plastics.”

Capt. Jerry Norris said he’s been out every day for the past week, and said the bite got good over the weekend when the wind changed and died down.

“The lake is loaded with bait,” See SABINE LAKE, Page 11

2013 CCA STAR leaderboard (as of August 18, 2013)

Photo by Barry Dodd

Starkids Scholarship Division (ages 6-10): Flounder: Nicholas Gilstrap; 5 pounds, 7 ounces Sheepshead: Nicholas Jackson; 6 pounds, 7 ounces Gafftop: Kayleigh Ritchey; 6 pounds, 6 ounces Scholarship Trout Division (ages 11-17): Upper Coast trout: Nicholas Josey; 7 pounds, 4 ounces Middle Coast trout: Jamie Sifford; 7 pounds, 6 ounces Lower Coast trout: Cole McGrew; 8 pounds, 8 ounces Scholarship Inshore Division: Flounder: Joseph Drabek; 7 pounds, 13 ounces Sheepshead: Seth Jackson; 7 pounds, 8 ounces Gafftop: Jarren Mahon; 6 pounds Main Divisions: Upper Coast trout: Jeremy Bane; 8 pounds, 13 ounces Middle Coast trout: Joe Rizzo; 9 pounds, 8 ounces Lower Coast trout: Dan Wyatt; 10 pounds, 2 ounces Kingfish: Joesph Messina III; 55 pounds, 14 ounces Dorado: Zachary Swanberg; 51 pounds, 2 ounces Ling: Alan Parker; 71 pounds, 13 ounces Flounder: Paul C. Gaylord; 7 pounds, 10 ounces Sheepshead: Jamie Ybarra; 10 pounds, 4 ounces Gafftop: Jill Yarbrough; 7 pounds, 1 ounce Tagged Redfish: L.D. Whitehead, Caleb Morales, Bret Coggins, Jack Haire, Vicki Preston — CCA STAR

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Bass Pro coming to Round Rock Bass Pro Shops will open one of its outdoors stores in Round Rock in 2015.

“We are thrilled to bring another destination retailer to Round Rock,” Mayor Alan McGraw said. “Bass Pro Shops is an internationally recognized brand that will draw outdoor enthusiasts from across the region and state to shop in our community. The addition of a large sales tax generator like Bass Pro Shops will further diversify our sources of revenue, which is great news for all Round Rock taxpayers.”

The 104,000-square-foot store will be located near Round Rock Premium Outlets and IKEA, two other destination retailers that received incentives from the City of Round Rock.

— Staff report

Bluegill tournament on tap The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center’s annual Bluegill Family Fishing Tournament will take place this year on Sat., Sept. 28.

Numerous prize packages will be awarded, including an Xbox 360 with game, fishing equipment and gift cards from local businesses. More than $2,500 in prizes will be awarded.

The tournament awards prizes for the heaviest string-

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ers of sunfish, but the event is really about adults and children having fun fishing together.

Teams must consist of one adult 18 years of age or older and one child under 18 years of age. Each team can weigh in a maximum of four fish. Multiple teams can fish from the same boat, making it possible for both parents to partner with different children and still fish as a family. Team members are not required to be related.

Teams may choose to fish either on Lake Athens, which is adjacent to TFFC, or in TFFC’s ponds and streams, some of which have been stocked with bluegills.

Preregistration is required.

Mail registration must be received by Wednesday, Sept.

25. To request a registration form, call (903) 670-2222.

— TPWD

feet, but such specimens are rarely pulled in from a beach. Although the species has a tendency to swim near shore and shallow reefs, larger sharks generally stick to deeper waters.

Wimmer and his fellow anglers took a few quick pictures of the shark before releasing it back into the water.

“They are majestic animals and that big, there’s no reason to kill,” Wimmer said.

The anglers also tagged the shark with a tracking device they had received from a researcher during a previous tournament. The device will be able to record the shark’s travels.

— Staff report

Tiger shark caught on Corpus Christi beach

Although it was right next door, only two Texas anglers competed in the FLW Forest Wood Cup on the Red River.

And those two couldn’t crack the top 25.

Christopher Brasher from Hallsville was the top Texan, finishing in 27th place with a total weight of 18 pounds, .01 ounce. Zell Rowland of Montgomery finished in 34th place with 16 pounds, 11 ounces.

Randall Tharp of Port Saint Joe, Fla., won the event and the $500,000 prize with a four-day total of 52 pounds, .02 ounces.

The Forest Wood Cup is the biggest event on the FLW trail.

— Staff report

Angler Wayne Wimmer landed an 11-foot, 4-inchlong tiger shark on a beach in Corpus Christi on Aug 9.

Wimmer battled the shark for more than three hours.

“One guy actually brought me a chair to sit down in at some point in time,” Wimmer told local TV station KRIS. “My legs were shaking, my lower back was killing me. I had no energy left.”

Tiger sharks have been known to grow over 16

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Ladies Kingfish Tournament brings out the anglers Early on the morning of August 10, 270 anglers and 102 boats hit the waterways, returning to the docks before 7 p.m. to weigh in over almost 3,000 pounds of fish at the 32nd Annual South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce Ladies Kingfish Tournament.

The South Padre Island Convention Centre welcomed anglers, captains and their families on Friday night for registration.

This year’s tournament brought 154 bay anglers and 116 offshore.

This year’s bay champion was Sandy Broadway from South Padre Island. Sandy brought in all three speDeDe Arnhold Sandy Broadway cies for a total weight of 14.7 pounds. She was fishing with Craig Woolly on the boat Team Fish On. DeDe Arnhold, from Wichita Falls, walked away with the Offshore Championship when she brought in all four species for a total weight of 43.65 pounds. Arnhold was fishing on the Reel Cowboy with Duncan Arnold.

— Staff report

Results are as follows: n Bay Division, Redfish: Ann L. Wells, 9 pounds n B ay Division, Trout: Rachael Wernecke, 5 pounds n Bay Division, Flounder: Sandy Broadway, 4.25 pounds n Offshore Division, Kingfish: Erika Kinney, 45.85 pounds n Offshore Division, Bonita: Francy Jones, 14.35 pounds n O ffshore Division, Blackfin tuna: Jan Behm, 24.15 pounds n O ffshore Division, Dolphin: Debbie McNair, 4.35 pounds

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TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT Find hydrilla LAKE O’ THE PINES — The lake is a bit off-color. The combination of extensive pads on the upper end and dropping lake levels really limit the available water to fish, according to Longview angler Chuck Goodson. Lots of the hydrilla that was growing is being left high and dry now.

“We landed almost all of our fish on a white buzzbait working the really shallow areas that held hydrilla,” he wrote on a report on the Texas Fishing Forum. “The fish were mostly pretty short as you would expect working really shallow. We worked hydrilla-covered ledges near the creek with white buzzers at daylight. We had lots of bites though so we kept dealing with the short strikes and short fish trying to scratch out a few nice ones.”

Later in the day, Goodson shifted to different baits — flukes, trick worms, wacky worms, spinners and chatters. The size of the fish improved but the bites got much slower. Most of the fish later in the day were found in areas where Goodson could locate hydrilla and lily pads, together with some transition from a few to several feet deep.

Whites, hybrids on RC RICHLAND CHAMBERS RESERVOIR — According to guide Royce Simmons, Richland Chambers Reservoir is still fishing good, especially on the hotter days with a south wind.

ALAN HENRY: Water lightly stained; 87–92 degrees; 12.78’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair to good on Zara Spooks early, later switching to Carolina rigs, drop-shot rigs and Texas rigs. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers and prepared bait.

AMISTAD: Water murky; 83–87 degrees; 49.73’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, soft plastics, jigs and drop shots.

Catfish are good on liver, shrimp and nightcrawlers.

ARROWHEAD: Water off-color; 86–89 degrees; 14.9’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on top-waters early, later switching to weightless Senkos, Texas rigs and medium-running crankbaits. White bass are good on slabs. Catfish are good on prepared bait.

ATHENS: Water clear, 83–89 degrees; 3.70’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Shaky heads. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on cut shad prepared bait.

BASTROP: Water clear; 88–92 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon/white spinner baits, crankbaits and lipless crankbaits.

Crappie are good on minnows.

Channel and blue catfish are good on shrimp, liver, and nightcrawlers.

BELTON: Water stained; 80–84 degrees; 9.94’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on yellow crankbaits and spinner baits around structure.

Crappie are good on minnows and pink tube jigs.

BOB SANDLIN: Water clear; 83–87 degrees; 6.62’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged worms in green pumpkin. Catfish are good on cut shad and shrimp.

BONHAM: Water stained, 84–88 degrees; 1.07’ low. Largemouth bass are fair in flooded vegetation and around cattails. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on trotlines.

BRIDGEPORT: Water clear; 83–87 degrees; 19.25’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on shad-pattern squarebills and top-waters. White bass are good on slabs (late evening schooling occurring). Hybrid striper are good on slabs. Channel catfish are good on trotlines.

BROWNWOOD: Water stained; 84–88 degrees; 8.36’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, Shaky Heads, white spinner baits, and

on green pumpkin, redbug, or watermelon seed soft plastic worms around docks in 2–10 feet, and on flukes and buzzbaits in flooded grass. White bass are good on Li’l Fishies off lighted docks at night in 5–15 feet. Crappie are excellent on minnows and white or shad Li’l Fishies over baited brush piles in 8–15 feet. Channel catfish are excellent on cheesebait and cut shad near the Hwy. 279 Bridge. Blue catfish are excellent on prepared bait near the Hwy. 279 Bridge in 5–8 feet.

COLEMAN: Water clear; 82–86 degrees; 14.14’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on green pumpkin lipless crankbaits and Carolinarigged soft plastics. Crappie are good on minnows and chartreuse tube jigs. Channel catfish are good on stinkbait and shrimp.

BUCHANAN: Water stained; 83–87 degrees; 30.40’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Pop–R’s, shad flukes, and watermelon red soft plastics on jigheads along ledges in 8–15 feet at daylight. Crappie are good on minnows and white tube jigs. Yellow and blue catfish are very good on rod/ reel, juglines and trotlines baited with goldfish and perch upriver.

CONROE: Water lightly stained; 85–89 degrees; 3.25’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on chartreuse and watermelon red Carolina-rigged soft plastics, Senkos and lipless crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and pink tube jigs. Catfish are good on doughbait and shrimp.

CADDO: Water stained; 84–88 degrees; 0.50’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged creature baits around stumps. White and yellow bass are good on minnows.

CALAVERAS: Water clear. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon soft plastic worms, spinner baits and crankbaits over reed beds. Striped bass are good on spoons and striper jigs near the dam and the crappie wall in 15–20 feet. Channel and blue catfish are good on liver, cheesebait, shrimp and shad.

CANYON LAKE: Water clear; 83–87 degrees; 10.57’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters and watermelon red soft plastics along grassy banks early and late. Crappie are good on minnows and blue Curb’s jigs.

CEDAR CREEK: Water clear; 83–87 degrees; 5.49’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on shaky heads around docks. Some fish being caught on Carolina rigs in deeper water. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid striper are good on slabs and top-waters. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on trotlines and prepared bait.

CHOKE CANYON: Water clear; 85– 89 degrees; 21.49’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon spinner baits and Carolina-rigged soft plastic worms early and late.

Channel and blue catfish are good on shrimp and punchbait. Yellow catfish are good on live perch.

COLETO CREEK: Water clear; 2.66’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on pumpkinseed spinner baits and lipless crankbaits. Channel and blue catfish are good on shrimp, liver and live perch.

COOPER: Water clear; 83–87 degrees; 10.56’ low. Largemouth bass are good on nail-weighted flukes.

Crappie are good on jigs. Hybrid striper are good on live shad. Catfish are good on cut bait and trotlines.

FALCON: Water murky; 88–92 degrees; 38.83’ low. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon/chartreuse soft plastic worms and crankbaits.

FAYETTE: Water stained. Largemouth bass are good on shad-colored swim baits, Zara Spooks and Carolina-rigged soft plastics.

FORK: Water clear; 84–88 degrees; 5.36’ low. Largemouth bass are good on drop shots in 20–35’ of water near channel bends and brush piles. The shallow bite has been consistent throughout the day on Texas-rigged soft plastics in black/ blue. Some top-water fish being caught early. Yellow bass and white bass are good on minnows. Crappie are good on minnows near bridges.

Catfish are good on trotlines.

GIBBONS CREEK: Water clear.

Largemouth bass are good on watermelon Carolina-rigged soft plastics, spinner baits and crankbaits.

Crappie are good on minnows and blue tube jigs.

GRANBURY: Water stained; 86–90 degrees; 7.38’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on blue/black lipless crankbaits and watermelon soft plastics. Catfish are good on stinkbait, liver and live bait.

GRANGER: Water clear; 86–90 degrees; 1.10’ low. Largemouth

“The fish are still biting,” he said. “We had very good trips all last week with limits most days until the cool front hit, and then our Saturday trips were very tough. While the mild August temperatures were nice for a change, the fish seem to prefer a south wind and warm temps instead of the north wind and pleasant, 80-degree temps. We’re back to southeast winds and normal 90s on Monday.”

Simmons has been catching loads of white bass and hybrids on top-waters when the fish are schooling. Check out the Highway 309 flats early in the morning for hybrids.

To contact guide Royce Simmons, call (903) 389-4117.

Trolling spoons LAKE LIVINGSTON — Several reports emerged about solid striper action on Lake Livingston.

Reports state that crankbaits have been putting fish in the boat, along with trolling spoons for white bass. Around the islands seems to be the spot for white bass.

Also, smaller lipless crankbaits and Zara Spooks are catching fish. Crappie are good on minnows around brush piles and blue catfish are decent on shad.

— Conor Harrison

bass are fair on red shad soft plastic worms around standing timber. Crappie are good on minnows in 4–12 feet. Blue catfish to 30 pounds are good on juglines baited with shad in 10–20 feet.

GRAPEVINE: Water clear; 84–87 degrees; 7.86’ low. Largemouth bass are good on finesse worms and shaky heads. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs. Catfish are good on cut shad.

HOUSTON COUNTY: Water stained; 86–90 degrees; 1.58’ low. Largemouth bass to 7 pounds are good on spinner baits, crankbaits, and Carolina-rigged soft plastic worms in 15 feet at night. Crappie are good on minnows around stumps. Bream are good on live worms around piers.

HUBBARD CREEK: Water off-color; 87–92 degrees; 20.24’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair to good on DD22s, Texas rigs, shaky heads and split shot-rigged flukes. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs around deep water structure.

JOE POOL: Water clear; 84–88 degrees; 1.68’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on Texas-rigged soft plastics along brush piles in 10–12’. Some fish being caught on weightless soft jerkbaits. Crappie are good on jigs. White bass are good on minnows. Catfish are good on cut shad and prepared bait.

LAVON: Water lightly stained; 84–88 degrees; 9.69’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged soft plastics and jigs along deeper points. White bass are good on slabs and minnows. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on trotlines and cut shad.

LBJ: Water stained; 85–89 degrees; 0.33’ low. Largemouth bass are good on black/blue jigs, blue flake Whacky Sticks and Texas-rigged Big Pigs around docks and lay downs in 5–12 feet early. Striped bass are good on Li’l Fishies at night. White bass are good on Li’l Fishies at night.

Channel catfish are very good on nightcrawlers, shrimp, and stinkbait. Yellow and blue catfish are very good on trotlines baited with goldfish and perch.

LEWISVILLE: Water clear; 83–87 degrees; 6.43’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on finesse presentations and smaller jigs. Crappie are

good on minnows near the marinas. White bass are good on jigs.

Catfish are good on cut shad.

MARTIN CREEK: Water clear; 84–88 degrees; 3.61’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on weightless Senkos. Catfish are good on prepared bait and trotlines.

MONTICELLO: Water fairly clear; 83–88 degrees; 0.21’ high.

Largemouth bass are good on shad-pattern square-bill crankbaits and swimjigs near stumps.

Crappie are good on jigs and minnows.

NAVARRO MILLS: Water lightly stained; 86–90 degrees; 2.38’ low. Largemouth bass are slow.

Channel catfish are good on stinkbait and nightcrawlers.

O.H. IVIE: Water stained; 87–92 degrees; 39.79’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters early, later switching to lipless crankbaits, Texas rigs and shaky heads.

OAK CREEK: Water stained; 86–92 degrees; 20.18’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on jigs, Texas rigs and shaky heads. Crappie are good on jigs and live minnows.

Catfish are good on prepared bait.

POSSUM KINGDOM: Water fairly clear; 86–91 degrees; 11.06’ low. Largemouth bass are good on drop-shot rigs, Texas rigs, jigs and Carolina rigs.

PROCTOR: Water stained; 87–91 degrees; 6.10’ low. Largemouth bass are good on white spinner baits and lipless crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and chartreuse tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on shrimp and shad.

RAY HUBBARD: Water clear; 84–88 degrees; 4.85’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on football jigs and deep-diving crankbaits along points. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass are good on slabs. Catfish are good on cut shad and trotlines.

RAY ROBERTS: Water clear; 83–87 degrees; 5.41’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina-rigged worms near deeper brush piles.

White bass are good on slabs and minnows. Catfish are good on prepared bait and trotlines.

SAM RAYBURN: Water lightly stained; 82–86 degrees; 4.88’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon lipless crankbaits.

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SOMERVILLE: Water murky; 87–91 degrees; 5.88’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass are good on pet spoons and hellbenders.

Perch are excellent on worms.

Channel and blue catfish are good on trotlines and juglines baited with cut shad.

STILLHOUSE: Water stained; 83–87 degrees; 8.52’ low. Largemouth bass are good on black/blue crankbaits, spinner baits and soft plastic worms. White bass are good on pet spoons and slabs.

Channel and blue catfish are good on minnows and nightcrawlers.

TAWAKONI: Water stained; 84–88 degrees; 7.33’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged creature baits rigged with heavier weights around shallow cover. Striped bass and hybrid striper are good on slabs.

Catfish are good on cut bait.

TEXOMA: Water clear; 83–87 degrees; 0.42’ high. Largemouth bass are slow on top-waters and shaky heads. Striped bass are good on slabs. Catfish are good on trotlines.

TOLEDO BEND: Water lightly stained; 82–86 degrees; 3.93’ low. Largemouth bass are good on lipless crankbaits and black/blue craw worms early and late. Bream are good on crickets and nightcrawlers off docks. Channel and blue catfish are good on trotlines baited with live bait, liver, and hearts.

TRAVIS: Water clear; 86–90 degrees; 58.12’ low. Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse crankbaits and watermelon worms in 15–30 feet. Channel and blue catfish are good on nightcrawlers.

WHITNEY: Water stained; 84–88 degrees; 11.15’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon lipless crankbaits. Catfish are good on shrimp and liver.

— TPWD

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Norris said. “It is all over the place. We’ve been working shorelines catching trout and reds. Any angler can just look for the birds; that is an easy indicator.”

Norris said he is also having good success drifting top-waters over shallow reefs early, especially on leeward shorelines with an east wind.

“We are fishing the northern end of the lake,” he said. “The Coffee Ground Cove area and East Pass have been productive. We have also been fishing the surf when the wind dies down.”

Capt. Dickie Colburn wrote on his blog, sabinelake.blogs.com, that the abundant bait in the lake has improved the fishing.

“It has been stupid good when the lake slicks off and you can find the shrimp jumping without any help from the birds,” he wrote. “And it’s not

GBF earns national recognition After an extensive evaluation, Galveston Bay Foundation has been awarded accreditation by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission.

Galveston Bay Foundation is among 230 land trusts from across the country, including seven in Texas, that have been awarded accreditation since the fall of 2008.

Since its establishment in 1987, GBF has conserved more than 3,300 acres of coastal habitat through property acquisitions and conservation easements and is working to substantially increase acreage conserved in the coming year.

“We are very proud of this accomplishment,” said Matt Singer, Conservation Lands manager for GBF. “Accreditation represents an alignment with other respected land conservation organizations throughout the United States. This designation helps GBF portray credibility and stability as a nonprofit organization. We look forward to growing as a land trust and continuing to preserve and enhance important coastal habitats within the Galveston Bay watershed.”

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hard to spot schooling redfish, even in the whitecaps. We weren’t bothered by the ladyfish the past couple of days due to the lack of bait on the surface and we still found plenty of trout and redfish on the north end of the lake.

“The trout were easier to stay with than the reds, but when the reds were up it was crazy until they went back down.”

Trout and redfish are not the only fish that anglers have been hooking.

“We’ve been catching some flounder, too,” Davis said.

Capt. Steve Davis, (409) 460-1220 Capt. Jerry Norris, (409) 718-8782 Capt. Dickie Colburn, (409) 883-0723 WADING FOR DINNER: Top-waters have been good early, followed by wading and drifting later in the day. Photo by LSON.

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GAME WARDEN BLOTTER ERRATIC DRIVER TRIES TO DRIVE AWAY BUT VEHICLE WON’T START While on patrol, Bowie County Game Warden Shawn Hervey observed a vehicle weaving in and out of its lane.

Hervey attempted to stop the vehicle but it sped away. The driver turned into a long driveway and had nowhere to run so he stopped. When Hervey pulled in the driveway he noticed the odor of marijuana. While Hervey was waiting for backup, the driver exited the vehicle and when approached got back in the vehicle and tried to start it up, but it wouldn’t start. The driver attempted to destroy evidence by tearing up a bag of marijuana. When backup arrived, the driver was taken into custody and charged with tampering with physical evidence, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Cases pending.

WARDEN RECOVERS MAN WHO DROWNED UNPLUGGING BEAVER DAM Tyler County Game Warden Brandon Mosley responded to a drowning at a private lake near a community west of Woodville. Mosley and other agencies were able to pull the victim from a drain pipe near the spillway of the lake after the subject became trapped as a result of unplugging a beaver dam.

WRECKED VEHICLE WITH HUMAN REMAINS DISCOVERED AT HUNTING LEASE Tyler County Game Wardens Roy Eddins and Brandon Mosley responded to a call along with county officials to a hunting lease in north Tyler County. Lease members had discovered a wrecked vehicle and human remains. Wardens assisted the Tyler County Sheriff’s Office with handling the scene.

RV TURNED METH LAB FOUND Gregg County Game Warden Todd Long was contacted by Gladewater Police Department regarding a sus-

HELICOPTER PILOT CITED FOR HOG HUNTING WITHOUT PERMISSION Milam County Game Warden Charlie Mayer received a call from a landowner who reported a helicopter flying low over his property and running cows through his fence. He also observed the helicopter land on his neighbor’s property and pick up hogs. Mayer took a statement and collected pictures the landowner had taken. He then contacted the neighbor where the helicopter had landed.

That neighbor said he had not given anyone permission to picious RV that kept reappearing along the Sabine River. Long contacted the landowner and arrived to interview a subject who had recently moved into the abandoned camper.

The subject became increasingly uncooperative as Long advised her of potential fishing, dumping and trespass charges. When Long was denied consent to search, he contacted his local sheriff’s office canine unit to assist. As the canine alerted to the RV, a second subject in hiding quickly exited the camper.

A search revealed a large quantity of meth lab chemicals, components and toxic by-products. The subjects were arrested for criminal trespass and for felony possession/transfer of chemicals with the intent to manufacture a controlled substance.

FISHING VIOLATIONS GALORE ON RIO GRANDE Webb County Game Wardens Calvin Christian and Buck Burchett were patrolling the Rio Grande River and made contact with many people who were fishing. Several were in compliance while others were not. Within a few hours, the game wardens had seized several undersized fish, two 18-foot cast nets and approximately 124 feet of gill net.

Before returning to the boat ramp, the wardens received a call to assist the local medical examiner in recovering a body from the river.

hunt his property and that this had occurred once before on his and another neighbor’s property. Mayer then contacted the third landowner, who said he saw the helicopter land and take off from his neighbor’s property with hogs in a net two different times. Mayer received nine official complaints along with photos and video of the helicopter hunting without landowner consent. The pilot was cited for permit violations and criminal trespass.

BOAT ACCIDENT CAUSED BY IMPAIRED OPERATOR At about 8 p.m., Comal County Game Wardens Michael McCall and Brent Satsky were about to call it a day when they received a call about a possible hit-and-run boating accident with the operator of the fleeing boat possibly being intoxicated. The wardens made contact with the victims, who directed the wardens to the “suspect” boat. Upon making contact with the boat, the wardens found the operator to be disoriented.

The wardens were able to get the boat to a nearby boat ramp. There, McCall conducted field sobriety tests and found the operator to be intoxicated. The wardens believed the man to have been intoxicated or high on a drug or narcotic rather than as a result of alcohol consumption. The suspect initially agreed to provide a voluntary blood sample at a local hospital, but upon arrival, the suspect withdrew his consent.

The wardens then secured a search warrant for the suspect’s blood and a sample was acquired a short time later. The man was subsequently booked in on a charge of boating while intoxicated.

were at Falcon State Park for an overnight observation of the facility. A vehicle near the main entrance on Park Road 46 stopped, and three subjects exited. The subjects returned to their vehicle and shots rang out. A total of 10 rounds were fired from a semi-automatic pistol, but it was not determined then if they were road hunting. The wardens stopped the vehicle after a few traffic violations were committed. The driver was cited for discharge of firearm from public road. No animals were harmed during the incident.

Cases pending.

SHOTS FIRED FROM ROAD, NO ANIMALS HIT Starr County Game Warden Brad Whitworth and Jim Hogg County Game Warden Carlos Maldonado

BELLIGERENT SHOPLIFTING TRUCKER STOPPED BY WARDEN Atascosa County Game Warden Derek Iden was in Jourdanton when he heard the county dispatcher put

MARINE THEFT UNIT RECOVERS MOTOR, MORE Aransas County Game Warden and Marine Theft Team member Derek Reeder had a 30 HP Evinrude outboard motor awarded to TPWD after a property hearing. Since becoming a member of the Marine Theft Team, Reeder has made seizures of equipment, recovered two stolen boats, completed two tax fraud cases resulting in $245.98 paid in taxes, and has six tax fraud cases, six misdemeanor cases, and four felony cases pending.

out a call for any officer to be on the lookout for an 18-wheeler entering Jourdanton from Pleasanton. The driver allegedly shoplifted from a department store and was aggressive and unwilling to be detained by loss prevention. Iden spotted the 18-wheeler among several others in traffic, and he and a Jourdanton police officer stopped the truck. Iden confronted the belligerent driver, who hopped out of the cab and walked briskly toward Iden carrying a department store bag. Pleasanton PD took the driver into custody and charged him with a count of robbery at the department store.

FOLLOWING THE BUBBLES NABS UNDERWATER VIOLATOR While patrolling the Medina River, Bandera County Game Wardens Robert Greenwalt and Mark McQueary apprehended four males running two separate gill nets. One subject tried to avoid detection by holding his breath under water. A simple game of “follow the bubbles” ensued and the wardens soon were victorious. All subjects were located and cited.

ANGRY ACQUAINTANCE SHOOTS THROUGH HIGH FENCE While at Sam Rayburn Reservoir, Nacogdoches County Game Warden Randy Stovall and San Augustine County Game Warden Lee Hall received a report of shots fired on Hwy 95. When contact was made, the subject admitted to firing a .22 into a high fence area but denied that he was hunting. The subject reported the landowner owed him a substantial amount of money and he was just trying to get his attention. During the interview, the subject admitted to seeing two black bucks and firing three shots from the road through the high fence. He was arrested for possession of marijuana and terroristic threat. Cases pending.

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of mullet. Edges of grass beds or points were great places to start. Any depression that held cleaner water adjacent to cloudy water produced the best strikes. Boat anglers had a slow day of fishing for the majority of the guides. Several boats found double-digit numbers of trout or reds.

“With water temps dropping, prospects remain strong for the remainder of this week.”

To contact Capt. Chris Martin, call (866) 677-4868.

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KEMAH — Capt. Lindy Hebert has been on the fish in the Kemah area of the Galveston Bay Complex.

“We started off fast with double shark hookups,” he said, “then we went looking for trout, and we found them. Speckled trout, sand trout, croakers, ladyfish, gafftops — the usual everything feeding on shrimp and shad. Later in the day, the better the water got in Trinity Bay. Birds were scattered, and so was the bait.

We caught fish all day, but there were a lot of small trout and everything else. We finished the day by the Kemah Boardwalk catching some really nice flounder.

“The flounder were from 12 to 22 inches, and were caught on soft plastics (did not seem to matter which one).”

To contact Capt. Lindy Hebert, call (409) 720-8148.

Edges and undulations SAN ANTONIO BAY — Fishing on Monday was solid for anglers willing to get into the water while working lures and live bait, according to Capt. Chris Martin of Bay Flats Lodge. “Sand undulations running parallel to the salt grass shores produced healthy trout/reds, especially before the wind picked up. The best action was focused around grass beds with sand saucers revealing schools

NORTH SABINE: Trout are good while working slicks and shad. Redfish are good under rafts of shad on top-waters. Redfish are fair to good at the mouths of bayous draining from the marsh.

SOUTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good at the jetty on live bait and top-waters. Trout are good while drifting scattered shell on plastics. Trout are good at the rigs on finger mullet and croaker.

BOLIVAR: Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on live shrimp and top-waters. Trout, sand trout, whiting and croakers are fair to good at Rollover Pass on live bait.

TRINITY BAY: Trout are good for drifters working pods of shad and mullet on scented plastics and live shrimp. Trout are fair to good at the wells on plastics and live bait. Redfish are best around mud boils.

EAST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are good for drifters working deep shell on live shrimp and plastics. Trout are good on croakers in the Ship Channel and over reefs.

WEST GALVESTON BAY: Trout and redfish are good at the jetty on shrimp and finger mullet.

Trout and redfish are fair to good at the mouth of bayous on the outgoing tide on live shrimp.

Kingfish, dorado, amberjack and sharks are good offshore.

TEXAS CITY: Trout are fair to good on the reefs and in the channel on live shrimp and croakers. Redfish and sand trout are fair to good in Moses Lake on shrimp.

FREEPORT: Trout are good at San Luis Pass and the jetties on shrimp and soft plastics.

Trout, redfish, sand trout and sheepshead are good on live shrimp on the reefs in Christmas Bay and Chocolate Bay. Trout are fair to good in the surf on live bait and top-waters.

Kingfish, dorado, ling and amberjack are good offshore.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are fair to good for drifters on live shrimp over midbay reefs.

Redfish are good around slicks on scented plastics under a popping cork. Waders have

Good gigging PORT O’ CONNOR — Gigging was tougher with high winds and murkey water, according to Capt. Shawn Harvey on 2coolfishing.com.

Once the winds switched to the east, the flounder gigging picked up.

“The easterly winds helped bring our tides up and pushed some green water into the bay,” he said.

“The average size flounder is holding nice in the 18- to 20-inch range, with an occasional 24-incher or larger one showing up.

“Plenty of bonus fish hanging out on the flats giving us a mixed bag at the end of the night.”

To contact Capt. Shawn Harvey, call (361) 781-2161.

At press time, a low pressure system was heading toward the coast which could bring heavy rain and change conditions.

— Conor Harrison

taken good catches of trout on live bait.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are fair on sand and grass on soft plastics and top-waters around the jetties. Redfish are fair to good in Oyster Lake and around Shell Island on live shrimp.

ROCKPORT: Trout are fair in the guts and channels on free–lined shrimp. Trout are fair over grass while drifting with live shrimp. Redfish are good on mullet in skinny water.

PORT ARANSAS: Trout, redfish and sheepshead are fair to good at the jetty on shrimp and croakers. Offshore is good for kingfish and ling. Trout are fair to good in the surf on live shrimp and croakers.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Trout are fair to good on the edge of the spoils on live shrimp and croakers. Redfish are fair to good on small topwaters and scented plastics while wading guts and drop–offs in Oso Bay. BAFFIN BAY: Trout are fair to good on topwaters and croakers around rocks and grass.

Trout are fair to good while drifting grass around spoil islands on scented plastics and croakers. Trout are fair to good in the Land Cut at night under lights on glow plastics.

PORT MANSFIELD: Trout are fair to good on top-waters on the edge of the channel and around sand and grass. Trout and redfish are fair while wading spoil islands on top-waters and scented plastics.

SOUTH PADRE: Trout are good on shrimp and DOA Shrimp and Gulps while drifting the grass beds. Snook are fair to good in South Bay on live shrimp, scented plastics and piggy perch. Trout, redfish and tarpon have been found at the jetty.

PORT ISABEL: Trout are good on the deeper edges and flats on top-waters and live shrimp.

Redfish are fair to good on scented plastics and live shrimp while making long drifts over sand and grass.

— TPWD

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hold good fish.”

And it did.

Kernan threw a finesse rig with a creature bait in pumpkin color tipped with chartreuse and drug it along the bottom, enticing the big bass to bite.

“It was about 9:45 a.m.,” he said, “and I was using a small hook and a 5-inch bait. On the first cast the fish hit and I thought I had a catfish the way it was pulling. Once I figured out it was a big bass, I actually flipped on my aerator while I was still fighting the fish to get the livewell going.”

Kernan weighed the big fish with his certified scale and it read 12.8 pounds. The current lake record is 12.37 pounds, set in 1999 by Lloyd Hull.

Kernan said he isn’t interested in records, and after a few pictures at the dock, returned the fish to the spot where she was caught, something he does with all of the fish he catches.

“The records aren’t a big deal to me,” he said. “I catch 11s, 10s out there a bunch and try and keep it to myself. In the summer, I know where (the big bass) hang out but they don’t open their mouths very often.

This spring, I had two over 10 pounds caught in the prespawn.”

Kernan, whose son, Mike, is a professional guide, said his two favorite times to fish are the prespawn and late fall when the bass head up into the creeks.

“I go smaller in the summer,” he said. “I go from a 12-inch bait to a 6-inch and I catch a lot of fish with that.”

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generally the date I have circled to begin seeing some good schooling action and better tides. West Matagorda mainly, but we’ve also found them on the North Shore of East Matagorda Bay. “Actually, the fish began schooling about two or three weeks ago.”

Countz said the top-water bite has been good early in the day and when he can find redfish schooling in skinny water.

“Live shrimp under a popping cork has also been working,” he said. “Just scan a shoreline and look for shrimp popping or birds working on calm days. It is definitely getting easier. We’ve had a little touch of southwest wind and we really need that good southeastern wind that allows us to get into some different spots.”

Also in Matagorda Bay, Capt. Charlie Paradoski said the redfish have been a little inconsistent.

“One day we’ll find them in the surf, then it will be tough for a day and then we’ll go drift in East Matagorda Bay and do well,” he said.

“It seems like they want to eat about every other day. I haven’t seen the pods of redfish like I normally see, but when the surf is right, it is easy.”

Paradoski said waders should throw top-waters early and then switch to lighter-colored plastics.

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shrimp is still tough to beat,” he said.

College Station angler Dustin Dean fished Port Mansfield and said the redfish action in skinny water was phenomenal.

“It was a really, really good trip,” he said. “All of the fish were really shallow.

We fished the east shoreline north of Port Mansfield and if you were fishing deeper than 1 1/2 feet, you were too deep. We started in 2 feet and moved shallower.”

Dean said redfish were feeding at times with their entire tail out of the water, but his group had to be sneaky on their approach.

“They were super skittish,” he said. “You had to creep in there and you could get within about 20 yards before they would spook. They were hitting a black and chrome top-water early and then we switched to a sand eel. But the smaller sand eels worked better.

“And lighter baits were better than darker colors.”

Dean said the water was crystal clear, and once he switched to a lighter fluorocarbon leader, he caught more fish.

“We didn’t catch a single fish over 23 inches,” he said.

“They were mostly in the 20to 21-inch range.”

Capt. Tommy Countz, (281) 450-4037 Capt. Charlie Paradoski, (713) 725-2401

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The San Antonio Court of Appeals reversed the trial court’s decision and sent the case back to be tried, citing a question of whether the illegal acts were “inextricably intertwined” with the claim.

This decision is currently before the Texas Supreme Court on appeal.

Texas Wildlife Association, along with the South Texans’ Property Rights Association, the Exotic Wildlife Association and other groups, filed an amicus brief in the proceedings. The legal brief states the Court of Appeals has created a new duty on landowners to protect or prevent injury to third persons who may be injured in the course of smuggling operations on the landowner’s property.

The brief, prepared by Austin attorney James C. Bradbury, states: “The decision of the Fourth Court of Appeals threatens the bedrock of private lands in Texas and in so doing, imperils those that own and operate the ranchlands of South Texas. The implications of the appellate court’s decision, however, extend far beyond South Texas, creating new, previously nonexistent duties for all private property holders in Texas…”

Opponents, including the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund and the Texas Civil Rights Project, assert that excluding lawsuits for these types of injuries could “encourage vigilantism” in landowners without repercussion.

Landowners and wildlife managers say the courts are missing the real issues.

A brief filed by the Texas Department of Agriculture said that Texas’ 32 border counties are home to more than 15,000 farms and ranches and cover nearly 32

million acres, being one-fourth of all the agricultural land in the state and encompassing more than one-third of the state’s farm and ranch income from hunting.

Brooks County is home to much of the smuggling, and people are dying at the hands of the smugglers when they are released into the harsh terrain. Last year, authorities found the corpses of 129 illegal immigrants in the county, and this year’s totals are expected to exceed that number, according to county officials.

“That’s the sad part,” said TWA CEO Gary Joiner. “The people are told Houston is a one-hour walk away. Innocent people are dying.”

Landowners are affected as well.

Warren Bluntzer, a wildlife consultant who spends much of his time in South Texas, said people don’t realize the extent of the problem.

“Land values are down, they can’t sell their ranches,” he said.

“The people are locked in their own homes on their own property.

Hunting leases are down. I’ve seen many landowners that are truly depressed and affected over this.”

To avoid fences being cut, several landowners place ladders allowing the illegals to pass through while minimizing property damage.

“What if the step breaks on the ladder and someone is hurt,” said Charlie Seale, rancher and president of the Exotic Wildlife Association. “Do we get sued for that?”

Trespassing has long been an issue for landowners across the state, but the human trafficking has taken it to another level, and one landowner at the Texas Deer Association Annual Convention phrased his thoughts.

“I should be able to chase a trespasser off of my property,” he said.

LOAD ’EM UP: Hunters are hoping to find many good bucks this season in the Texas Panhandle. The population has stabilized in the Trans-Pecos region, but still lower than the Panhandle. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

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area. It is then up to the individual landowners to determine how many bucks are taken on their property.”

The three experimental units are numbers 8, 17 and 25, located near Dalhart, Dumas and Pampa.

Hunters must obtain landowner permission to access private land and have a permit signed by the landowner or authorized agent to validate permit prior to harvest. No person may use more than one permit per license year because of bag limit restrictions. Hunters are required to complete and attach the permit to the pronghorn immediately upon harvest.

A pronghorn harvested within an experimental area must be brought to a TPWD

check station within 24 hours of harvest.

Gray said the experimental season will be monitored closely

by TPWD officials and if overharvest occurs, the program will be discontinued.

“In those three units, the herds are stable,” he said. “But the three different areas were chosen because they each have a different herd density and habitat makeup. It is mandatory to check the harvest at a station from those three units, but we recommend hunters from other units also check their pronghorn.

“The more data we have, the better we can manage the herds.”

Pronghorn herds have stabilized throughout the state, and Gray said the permits will be

about the same as last season.

“In the Panhandle, estimates are similar to last year,” he said.

“We issued a few less buck permits because of the three experimental areas. And we also added about 100 doe permits around the Dalhart area.”

In the Trans-Pecos region, the population of pronghorn is similar to last year. Herd densities remain below long-term averages due to a prolonged drought.

“That is really a good thing,” Gray said, “because the last three or four years, it has been in a decline.

The fawn crop was estimated at about 30 to 40 percent, which is much higher than previous years.”

For more information, herd maps and check station locations, go to lsonews.com.

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HEROES SAM MOORE JR., 8, from Houston landed this 24-inch trout in Trinity Bay on July 31 celebrating his birthday.

EMMA LOREDO of Rio Hondo caught her first black drum while fishing with her dad in Arroyo City.

CHANDLER KASPER, 14, of Cypress, shot his first axis recently in Kerr County.

SHARE AN ADVENTURE Fifteen-year-old DEVYN FREDERIKSEN shot this ram, his first, with his compound bow at 20 yards during the Christian Outdoor Alliance Summer Camp near College Station.

MICHAEL GARCIA, 8, from Round Rock, caught this 22-inch trout near South Padre Island.

n Want to share hunting and fishing photos with other Lone Star Outdoor News readers?

Email them with contact and caption information to editor@lonestaroutdoornews.com. High-resolution original jpegs only. Mail prints to Heroes, Lone Star Outdoor News, P.O. Box 551695, Dallas, TX 75355.

JOEL HART from New Braunfels took this great axis buck near Harper on July 20.

COLE FINDLEY traveled to British Colombia last year and harvested this giant, 7-foot black bear.

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numbers in there. The Salt Bayou Unit also has good prospects if we can hold on to the water.

“There is some good teal water and good aquatic vegetation in there.”

In East Texas, TPWD biologist Jared Laing said this season should be a “mirror image” of the last two years.

“We need rain,” he said. “There are going to be teal around.

They’re going to come and go.

Kansas and Oklahoma are really wet right now, and that could hold some birds up, but they will come. It’s just a matter of when and for how long.”

Laing said any WMA in East Texas with huntable water should hold teal in September.

“Habitat conditions are decent,” he said. “Finding huntable water will be the key. We need a tropical depression to dump about 10 inches, and that would really help.

“But I don’t foresee that on the horizon right now.”

Teal hunters are also anxiously awaiting the little ducks in North and West Texas, where rain has fallen and huntable water shouldn’t be as hard to find in the early season as in year’s past.

Expect a good season if you can find water with food.

Photo by James Richards, for Lone Star Outdoor News.

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28 new game wardens Twenty-eight new state game wardens soon will be spreading across Texas to begin their law enforcement duties after completing seven months of intensive training at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Game Warden Training Center in Hamilton County.

The new game wardens will be reporting for duty at stations spanning the state from East Texas to El Paso. While the primary duty of state game wardens is to enforce hunting and fishing laws and water safety regulations, they are fully commissioned peace officers who also respond to natural disasters, assist other local and state law enforcement agencies as well as conducting public outreach on a variety of conservation-related topics.

“Their much-needed presence will be felt as they assume duty assignments all across the state,” said Danny Shaw, assistant director of TPWD’s Law Enforcement Division. “Texas game wardens have played a vital role for over 118 years, and these officers are prepared to carry on that rich heritage and tradition.”

— TPWD

TWA looking for hunter participation Texas Wildlife Association recently released an educational program survey in an attempt to get feedback for past, and future, educational programs.

The link directly to the survey is www.surveymonkey.com/s/TWA_Education_Programs or hunters can access it and a brief description on the TWA website at the following address: www.texas-wildlife.org/resources/news/wewant-your-help.

“Educational programs are a valuable part of TWA and our Conservation Legacy goals,” said Clinton Faas, TWA Conservation Program coordinator. “We strive to provide high quality, useful and stimulating information that will be beneficial to wildlife, fisheries and land management. The opinions of our members and other participants are very valuable to us in designing and conducting these programs.”

The survey should take about 10 minutes to complete.

— TWA

Crossbow safety tips: n Always keep ALL of your fingers and thumb below the rail when shooting an arrow. From your very first practice shot, be aware of your shooting form making sure that your fingers are well away from the path of the bow string. n Never carry a cocked crossbow with an arrow in it while you are walking.

Don’t put an arrow in your bow until you are ready to make your shot.

Going into and out of the woods, remove the arrow from your bow and place it safely in the quiver. n If hunting from a treestand, always cock the crossbow on the ground before climbing into the stand. Once you are seated and secured in the treestand, pull up your crossbow with a tow rope and then place an arrow in the bow. When descending use the reverse procedure. n Look for a larger forearm on the crossbow you are purchasing. n Never dry-fire a crossbow. Crossbows have a draw weight of 150-225 pounds. Dry-firing can cause your bow to break into pieces, endangering yourself and those around you. n Never use a cocking device to uncock a crossbow. Simply fire the arrow into the ground or target.

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sued TenPoint and Cabela’s, where he purchased the crossbow.

Somehow, Korte managed to depress the safety button with his palm and extended his thumb above the rail, according to testimony in the case, said Barb Terry of TenPoint.

The suit alleges the crossbow should have included a grip guard.

Sellers and makers of crossbows, along with the National Bowhunter’s Education Foundation, offer

safety tips for the new and experienced users, and all say the buyer’s first obligation is to read and understand the owner’s manual.

The instructions educate the user about the do’s and don’ts that are specific to the crossbow, and all warn of keeping fingers and thumbs below the rail.

Injuries aren’t reserved for just the new or inexperienced shooters, though, as a momentary lapse in judgment can lead to a painful reminder.

“One man shot a cross-

bow for 10 years, but on year 11, forgot and injured his thumb,” Musaccio said.

“You have to constantly remind yourself of the safety precautions.”

The sellers and manufacturers know that when those who fail to follow the instructions injure themselves, they are more and more likely to hear from them in the form of a lawsuit. An Illinois law firm is even soliciting crossbow injury cases at crossbowlawsuits.com.

2013-2014 Dove Season Dates REGULAR SEASON Special White-winged Dove Area 24 Counties Sep. 20 - Oct. 23, 2013 Dec. 20, 2013 - Jan. 20, 2014 NORTH ZONE 105 Counties Sep. 1 - Oct. 23, 2013 Dec. 20, 2013 - Jan. 5, 2014 SOUTH ZONE 34 Counties Sep. 20 - Oct. 27, 2013

CENTRAL ZONE 137 Counties Sep. 1 - Oct. 23, 2013 Dec. 20, 2013 - Jan. 5, 2014 Bag limit: 15 birds and not more than two whitetipped doves.

Sep. 7 - 8, 2013 The daily bag limit in the SWWDA during the first two weekends is 15 doves in the aggregate, to include no more than 4 mourning doves and 2 white-tipped doves. Once the general season opens, the aggregate bag limit will be 15.

SPECIAL SEASON Special White-winged Dove Area 24 Counties Sep. 1 - 2, 2013

See TPWD for more information.

Dec. 20, 2013 - Jan. 20, 2014

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FOR THE TABLE

Easy stuffed flounder

1 whole flounder 1 cup butter, divided 1/2 cup chopped celery 1/2 cup chopped onion 3 cups chicken-flavored dry bread stuffing mix 1 (6-ounce) can lump crab meat 1 can small shrimp 1 tsp. Old Bay seasoning 1 tsp. Cajun seasoning Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Lay the fish down dark side up. Make an incision next to the backbone on both sides, stopping before the head and tail. Slip the knife in between the flesh and backbone and run the knife down the ribs on both sides of the backbone.

Melt 1/2 cup of butter in a skillet over

medium heat. Sauté the onion and celery in the butter until just tender. Place the stuffing mix into a bowl, and stir the onion and celery into it along with the butter in the pan. Mix in the crab and shrimp with their juices, adding a little more liquid, or more stuffing to get a good consistency. Melt the remaining butter, and brush some of it onto a cookie sheet. Stuff the stuffing mixture into the pockets of the flounder, and place the stuffed fish on the cookie sheet. Brush the outside of the fish with melted butter, and season with the Old Bay and if desired, Cajun seasoning.

Bake for about 25 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or just until the flounder flakes easily with a fork.

— allrecipes.com

Venison shepherd’s pie Mashed potatoes, will need about 2 1 lb. ground vension inches to cover top 1 can vegetable beef soup Shredded cheddar cheese 2 cans whole corn, drained 2 cans green beans, drained Cook deer in a skillet seasoned to taste with salt and pepper. Remove and drain. In a large bowl, combine the cooked meat, soup, corn and green beans.

Pour into a casserole dish and cover with the mashed potatoes. Top with shredded cheese. Cook at 400 degrees for 20–25 minutes. Remove and let cool a few minutes.

— backwoodsbound.com *email LSON your favorite recipe to news@lonestaroutdoornews.com.

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SHOOT FAST: Many hunters are hoping for 15-bird limits on opening day as these hunters were last year. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

ing them in or scaring them off.”

Other hunters agreed. “(Motion) doves are good for attracting birds that are feeding in the field that you are hunting,” said Louisiana hunter Al Bacilla.

“We use (motions), the wind driven and motorized, and I have seen both mourning and white wings literally swoop down to

them,” said San Antonio hunter Mark Wengler. “They work, at least where I am hunting.”

Lewisville dove hunter Wade Ringo said statics around a motion decoy is the correct way to go.

“I place mine on the ground around a small body of water and watch them pour in,” he said. “On public land, too. But, just like in duck

hunting, the later in the season you go, the (motions) almost becomes a warning sign to the birds.”

One tip Lamb said to use was place small rods along the shoreline.

“I also place static decoys on an empty shoreline,” he said. “To make them stand up, I insert a 6-inch piece of dowel rod in the ground and attach the clothing

pin to the rod.”

LSON Executive Editor Craig Nyhus has tried it all when it comes to hunting pressured doves.

He said a good trick is to place a motion decoy at the far edge of a person’s shooting ability, and use static decoys closer to the hunter.

“I think hunters often put the motion decoys too close to them

— the shots are tougher. I like to put a motion decoy out about 25 yards,” he said. “That way, I know when a bird flies out of range. I’ll also set up the static decoys on a pond’s edge or along a fence line about 15 yards away. That makes for easier shooting when the birds aren’t right on top of you wanting to land.”

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Errors in the TPWD Outdoor Annual Texas Parks and Wildlife Department noted several errors in this year’s Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Outdoor Annual. Below are the corrections. The most glaring mistake was season dates for Cass County, which does not have a mule deer or pheasant season.

The accurate season information for Cass County is: Whitetail Deer — Archery Season: Sept. 28-Nov. 1; General Season: Nov. 2-Jan. 5 (Nov. 2-17, no antlerless permit required except on LAMPS or MLD property; Nov. 18-Jan. 5, antlerless by LAMPS or MLD permit only — countywide); Muzzleloader Season: Jan. 6-19 (general season buck limits apply, antlerless permit required only on MLD property). Bag limit: 4 (2 bucks and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).

Squirrel — Oct. 1-Feb. 2 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.

Turkey — Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 15-May 14. Bag limit: 1 (gobblers only).

Other errors include: Anderson — The dates printed for the squirrel seasons are off by one day for the fall season and do not include the spring season.

Squirrel — Oct. 1-Feb. 2 and May 1-31.

Bexar — Contains last year’s dates, which are off by one day.

Whitetail Deer/Rio Grande Turkey Archery: Sept. 28-Nov. 1.

Whitetail Deer/Rio Grande Turkey General Season: Nov. 2-Jan. 5.

Whitetail Deer Special Late General Season: Jan. 6-19.

Spring Rio Grande Turkey Season: Mar. 15-Apr. 27.

Carson — Contains last year’s dates, which are off by one day except for mule deer and pheasant (six days).

Whitetail Deer/Mule Deer/Rio Grande Turkey Archery: Sept.

28-Nov. 1.

Whitetail Deer/Rio Grande Turkey General Season: Nov. 2-Jan. 5.

Whitetail Deer Special Late General Season: Jan. 6-19.

Mule Deer General Season: Nov. 23-Dec. 8.

Pheasant: Dec. 7-Jan. 5.

Spring Rio Grande Turkey: Mar. 29-May 11.

Milam — Contains last year’s deer seasons, off by one day.

Whitetail Deer Archery: Sept.

28-Nov. 1.

Whitetail Deer General Season: Nov. 2-Jan. 5.

— TPWD

New DU app for Texas coast Ducks Unlimited announced the availability of its Breakwater Prioritization Report and Web Mapping Application.

DU has developed a decisionsupport tool to prioritize shoreline protection needs along the Texas midcoast portion of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) and encourages conservation partners and coastal landowners to utilize the newly available science to most efficiently direct wetlands restoration and protection efforts along the Gulf Coast.

“There is a need to protect coastal marsh from erosion along most of the GIWW, but we realize that costs associated with protecting the entire length are considerable,” said DU Manager of Conservation Programs Todd Merendino. “That’s why we developed the breakwater prioritization model to identify the areas most critical for protecting wetlands for waterfowl and other coastal wildlife.

This model allows prioritization of conservation efforts and spending.”

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shoreline have been identified through this exercise.

“DU offers this information to its partners and interested parties as a method to evaluate, prioritize and strategically deliver breakwater protection where it is most urgently needed and compatible with navigation and land management,” Merendino said.

— DU

Hunts available for youth The Texas Youth Hunting Program has already posted more than 20 available hunts for the new season on its website, including a special pronghorn hunt in the Texas Panhandle in October.

TYHP Field Operations Coordinator Chris Mitchell encouraged youth between the 9 and 17 years old and their parents/guardians to go to www. tyhp.org to see the list of available hunts.

— Staff report

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PRODUCTS BLACK SHADOW DEER SUPER X PUMP: New to Winchester’s SXP line, this model features a 22-inch rifled barrel and 3-inch chambering with a black synthetic stock. The gun offers a TruGlo Fiber-Optic front sight and an adjustable rear sight plus a receiver-mounted picatinny rail that allows hunters to mount an electronic or optical sight. Other features include a speed plug system that makes it easy to remove the plug without tools and a trigger group that allows for easy cleaning. The rifle has an MSRP of $519.99.

REDHEAD 2600 INTERNAL FRAME PACK: This pack is for one- or two-day-long hunting outings. Built of lightweight, 300D rip-stop polyester with a waterresistant polyurethane coating, the pack has dual back panel support bars for comfort and stability. The contoured padded shoulder straps with adjustable sternum strap and wraparound padded waist belt also help ease the hunter’s burden. The pack features 20 pockets, including two large side zippered pockets for bulky gear. It also has front, side, and bottom compression straps for hauling extra gear. Other features include a weapon-carry system that transports either a bow or gun. The 25-inch by 14-inch by 7-inch pack is hydration compatible (bladder system sold separately). It sells for about $150.

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These boots feature a lower volume heel cup, adjusted arch support, and a more accommodating collar — all details geared toward higher performance and comfort. The 9-inch hunting boots sport a streamlined silhouette and come in Realtree All-Purpose camo with touches of pink on the tongue and sole.

Available in sizes medium 5 through 11, the Ladyhawks sell for about $180.

TALON ANCHOR: Minn Kota’s new shallow water anchor offers freshwater and saltwater anglers to ability to anchor down to 12 feet. Although it offers additional anchoring depth, the height of the new Talon hasn’t increased due to its three-stage sequential deployment that quickly and quietly moves the spike vertically until it is securely anchored. It is designed to be virtually silent, provide more anchoring options and to perform in extreme conditions. The new 12- and 10-foot models are available in red, blue, black and silver. The Talon offers three distinct anchoring modes: a Soft Bottom mode that prevents the spike from being driven too deeply into a sandy or soft-mud bottom by driving the spike with less anchoring force; an Auto-Drive mode that gives three sequential hits using increasing force to ensure that the Talon is solidly anchored; and a Rough Water mode for choppy water conditions. The MSRP for the 10-foot Talon is $1,849.99 and $1,999.99 for the 12-foot Talon.

TIDAL WAVE GUIDE: American Tackle’s innovative guide earned both an ICAST Best of Show Award for “Fishing Accessory” and an EFFTEX “Innovation of the Year” Award this year. The Tidal Wave system is a hybrid of the company’s “Microwave” system, which offers superior line control, resulting in greater distance, increased accuracy, and a remarkably effortless cast. The Tidal Wave guides offer a proprietary coating on the main transition guides coupled with solid titanium running guides. This combination, according to the company, achieves an even greater reduction in weight throughout the guide train without sacrificing strength or durability. A nine-piece set of these guides with Nanolite rings sells for about $60.

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NATIONAL Gray wolf killed in Kentucky Federal officials recently confirmed that an animal taken by a hunter near Munfordville in Hart County, Ky., on March 16 is a gray wolf.

A DNA analysis performed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Wildlife Research Center in Colorado determined the 73-pound animal was a federally endangered gray wolf with a genetic makeup resembling wolves native to the Great Lakes Region.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Forensics Laboratory in Oregon confirmed the finding.

Hart County resident James Troyer took the animal with a shot from 100 yards away while predator hunting on his family’s farm.

Troyer, 31, said he had taken a coyote off the property just two weeks earlier.

But when he approached the downed animal he noticed it was much larger. “I was like, ‘Wow, that thing was big!’” he recalled.

“It looked like a wolf, but who is going to believe I shot a wolf?”

How the wolf found its way to a Munfordville hay ridge at daybreak in March remains a mystery. Wolves have been gone from the state since the mid-1800s.

— Staff report

Oklahoma waterfowl seasons set Many Texans head north during waterfowl season to take advantage of great shooting in Oklahoma.

Season dates and bag limits for Oklahoma duck and goose hunting have been set, and new harvest limits on certain birds means more hunting opportunity for sportsmen.

While most season bag limits remain unchanged from last year, notable changes that were approved this year by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service include a daily limit increase on teal from four to six, on canvasbacks from one to two, on Canada geese from three to eight and on light geese (snow, blue and Ross’) from 20 to 50. These changes are aimed at managing these bird species through protecting their habitats from overuse

while providing more opportunity to hunters.

There also was an adjustment in the daily limit of scaup from six to three.

For more information consult the “201314 Oklahoma Waterfowl Guide,” which will be available in mid-September.

— ODWC

Louisiana fish of the year announced The Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association has announced the winners of their annual Fish of the Year awards.

One of the winners for 2012 is Elliot Sale of New Iberia, La. His 251-pound yellowfin tuna earned him Fish of the Year award in the Rod & Reel Division/Saltwater Species. Sale’s tuna eclipsed the previous record by 9.81 pounds and was caught at West Delta Block 122 in October of 2012. Sale will accept his award at the LOWA annual conference awards banquet, Aug. 10, in Lafayette at the Holiday Inn. The winner in the Fly Rod Division/ Saltwater Species for 2012 is Chip Metz of Morgan City, La. Metz landed a 4.09-pound flounder that is currently ranked in third place. His fish was caught in Four League Bay in August of 2012. Metz will also receive his award at the LOWA annual conference awards banquet.

— LOWA

FBI honors three Oklahoma wardens The FBI recently honored three Oklahoma game wardens for their assistance in a priority law enforcement operation that took place in northwestern Oklahoma two years ago.

“It’s always nice to know that there are wardens out who know the area and are ready to assist, and this was important that night,” said James E. Finch, special agent in charge of the Oklahoma City FBI office.

Finch honored the three wardens during the Aug. 5 meeting of the Oklahoma Wildlife Commission.

He told the Commission that around midnight

May 4, 2011, Game Warden Ben Bickerstaff got a phone call. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol was asking Bickerstaff to assist with a law enforcement operation west of Orienta in Major County.

A short time later, Bickerstaff along with wardens Lt. Mark Walker and Lt. Frank Huebert were at an FBI command site near Gloss Mountain State Park. The FBI was on the trail of Sandlin “Sandy” Smith, a Florida man wanted in connection with the bombing of a Muslim mosque, and the suspect’s cell phone had been traced to that rugged area of northwestern Oklahoma.

Huebert, who has good knowledge of the local terrain and access to the area, was able to help position members of an FBI SWAT team near the suspect’s position.

“We approached the tent of Mr. Sandlin to get him to surrender. He ... came out of the tent armed with an AK-47, pointing it at the agents,” Finch said. “At that time, he was fatally wounded.”

— ODWC

Ruger to create 450 new jobs in N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced yesterday that Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. will establish a new manufacturing facility in Rockingham County.

The company plans to create more than 450 new jobs in North Carolina by the end of 2017 and invest more than $26 million in the new Mayodan location.

“The skilled manufacturing jobs that they’ll create will strengthen the Rockingham County economy and demonstrates the strong talent pool and attractive quality of life that characterizes this region of the state,” said Gov. McCrory.

Sturm, Ruger & Company is one of the nation’s leading manufacturers of high-quality firearms for the commercial sporting market, and a major producer of precision steel investment castings. Ruger produces hundreds of thousands of firearms each year for hunting, target shooting, collecting, self-defense, law enforcement and government agencies. The company currently employs more than 2,000 people at facilities in New Hampshire, Connecticut and Arizona.

— Ruger

Louisiana man busted for taking gators Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents cited a Denham Springs man with 26 alligator violations on Aug. 15.

Agents cited David Caveretta, 51, for four counts of taking alligators without a license, four counts of taking alligators during a closed season, four counts of failing to comply with alligator tagging requirements, 10 counts of illegal possession of alligator skins and parts and four counts of not abiding by the nuisance alligator program rules and regulations. All violations occurred in Ascension and Livingston parishes over the course of the last two years.

— LDWF

U.S. Fishing Team headed to Poland The United States Freshwater Fishing Federation announced that the U.S. Fishing Team will be attending the International Sport Fishing Confederation 60th World Coarse Fishing Championships on the Zeranski Channel, Warsaw, Poland on Sept.

14-15, 2013. The event is an all-species bank-fishing contest. More than 35 nations will be participating in the event, making it the largest international fishing competition in the world.

The fishing in Poland will be focused on four primary species (bream, silver bream, roach and bleak). Bream are a primarily bottom feeding fish similar in shape to a large gizzard shad in America, but with a much larger mouth and feeding habits similar to the common carp. Roach and bleak are midwater feeders similar to American golden shiners.

Anglers typically use 43-foot carbon fiber poles, and precisely and delicately present very small baits to very wary fish. Finesse is crucial, as several hundred anglers compete side-by-side along a two-mile stretch of canal.

— USFFF

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DATEBOOK August 23-25

Texas Trophy Hunters Association San Antonio Hunters Extravaganza Alamodome (210) 523-8500 ttha.com

August 24

The Alzafar Shriners Pulling 4 Kids Charity Clay Shoot National Shooting Sports Complex, San Antonio (210) 348-8008 pulling4kids.org Quail Coalition South Texas Chapter Annual Banquet J.K. Northway Coliseum, Kingsville (214) 534-4122 quailcoalition.org Big Brothers Big Sisters 28th Annual Clay Shoot Alpine Shooting Range, Fort Worth (817) 905-4653 fortworthclayshoot.com

August 31- September 1 Texas Hunting and Outdoor Classic Freeman Coliseum, San Antonio (210) 226-1177 huntersclassic.com

August 31 Uvalde Dove Expo Oasis Outback Sporting Goods (210) 764-1189 texasdovehunters.com

September 1-2 Dallas Safari Club Dove Hunt Hailey Ranch, Abilene (972) 980-9800 biggame.org

Through September 2

Coastal Conservation Association 2013 STAR tournament (713) 626-4222 ccatexas.org

August 28

September 4

Ducks Unlimited Rice Belt Banquet El Campo Civic Center (979) 332-0657 ducks.org

September 7-8

August 29

September 12

Quail Coalition Hill Country Chapter Annual Banquet Rattle Inn, Austin (214) 534-4122 quailcoalition.org

Dallas Safari Club Wild About Wine DSC office (972) 980-9800 biggame.org

Houston Safari Club Monthly Meeting Houston Racquet Club (713) 623-8844 houstonsafariclub.org

Coastal Conservation Association Laguna Madre Chapter Banquet Schlitterbaun Resort Hotel (956) 245-6612 ccatexas.org

September 13 The Gallery of Artists Artistic Perspectives on Nature Irving Arts Center, Irving (469) 484-6777

September 14-15 Premier Gun Shows Mesquite Show, Big Town Event Center (817) 732-1194 premiergunshows.com

September 19 Dallas Safari Club Monthly Meeting Omni Hotel West (972) 980-9800 biggame.org

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Premier Gun Shows Austin Show, Cedar Park Center (817) 732-1194 premiergunshows.com

Dallas Woods and Waters Club Monthly Meeting and Dinner Sheraton Dallas North (214) 570-8700 dwwcc.org

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October 2 Ducks Unlimited Lone Star Chapter Banquet American Legion Hall, Llano (512) 755-9770 ducks.org

October 9 Lone Star Outdoor News Foundation Wild Game Dinner Beretta Gallery, Dallas (214) 361-2276 lsonews.com

October 10 Dallas Woods and Waters Club Monthly Meeting and Dinner Sheraton Dallas North (214) 570-8700 dwwcc.org

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Conservation, entertainment highlight TDA convention

BIG TYPICAL: This buck, 151 Blue, from Berry Whitetails, took home the award for best typical at the TDA Convention. The mature deer scored 203 2/8 inches and comes from 100 percent South Texas genetics. Photo by Fred Trudeau, Berry Whitetails.

Nearly 2,000 Texas Deer Association members, family and friends gathered in San Antonio for the group’s annual convention for fundraising, networking and fun.

Texas Attorney General and 2014 gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott Greg Abbott appeared and spoke briefly at the Aug. 17 luncheon.

“You all are what Texas is all about,” he said. “Keep doing what you’re doing.”

On another spectrum, an early morning crowd, including the youngsters of most members, showed for the appearance of Si Robertson of the top-charting TV show “Duck Dynasty,” and lines extended throughout the hall to get a photo with the reality star.

Dallas Safari Club Executive Director Ben Carter gave the keynote address.

He noted the similarities between the two groups and encouraged TDA to continue to do good things for the industry and they would see their growth continue over time.

Seminars from top experts covered a variety of topics, including a panel of top wildlife management experts, Mickey Hellickson, Macy Ledbetter and Jason Sekula, who helped ranchers with their habitat and deer management questions.

A hall filled with exhibitors, mounts of incredible whitetails and auctions, and entertainment from country music star Kevin Fowler topped off the event, where friends from across Texas and beyond gather annually to share stories and experiences with managing land for wildlife and raising deer.

The fundraising, though, was the biggest success.

PHOTO OPP: Attendees lined the halls for a chance to get a photo with Uncle Si of “Duck Dynasty” fame.

Photo by sunriseimagesphotography.com.

“The total of all of our auctions was more than $3.85 million,” said Executive Director Karl Kinsel. “With the raffles, silent auction, etc., it exceeded $4 million, up more than $1 million from last year — and we signed up 207 new members.”

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