August 28, 2015 - Lone Star Outdoor News - Fishing & Hunting

Largest Hunting and Fishing Newspaper in Texas

August 28, 2015

Volume 12, Issue 1

Bias against breeders?

By Craig Nyhus

Lone Star outdoor newS The mood was upbeat and positive at this month’s annual Texas Deer Association Convention in San Antonio.

Most members had resolved themselves to comply with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Texas Animal Health Commission regulations with respect to testing their deer herd for Chronic Wasting Disease.

The mood quickly changed as members began to see social media posts from two TPWD employees condemning their business. Some breeders already suspected a bias against breeders at the department and

cited the social media postings as proof the agency wants to shut down the breeding industry.

“CWD is in Texas,” wrote TPWD Caddo Lake biologist Vanessa Adams Neace on breeder John Scott Hueske’s Facebook page. “It threatens the health of all free-roaming deer in the state and beyond. I have no sympathy for those that raise deer like cattle and make a ton of money off of them. Don’t be fooled, these deer are just a business venture. They are just money out of (his) pocket.”

TPWD spokesman Steve Lightfoot said he had been made aware of the comments and they went against the agency’s social media policy.

“We are aware of it and the employee is being coun-

A TOUGH DAY: Deer breeder Chris Walker had to put several deer down due to state-mandated CWD testing last week, something that affected breeders across the state. Photo

by Ti Walker.

Please turn to page 16

Making it happen LSON Foundation hosts anglers on Lake Fork FRONTS BRING THEM IN: Teal are appearing in Texas. Photo by Joseph Richards, for LSON.

Already arriving

By Conor Harrison Lone Star outdoor newS

Several minor cool fronts pushed into Texas during midAugust, bringing with them cooler nights, north winds and the first waves of blue-winged teal.

“I’ve seen some teal come down in the past few days,” said Please turn to page 21

CONTENTS Classifieds . . . . . . . .

Crossword . . . . . . . .

Freshwater Fishing Report For the Table . . . . . . .

Game Warden Blotter . . .

Heroes. . . . . . . . . .

Outdoor Datebook . . . .

Saltwater Fishing Report .

Sun, Moon and Tide data .

. . . . . . . . .

Page 28 Page 26 Page 10 Page 26 Page 12 Page 18 Page 30 Page 14 Page 24

PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID PLANO, TX PERMIT 210

LSONews.com LIVING A DREAM: Tom Laakman loves fi shing so much that as a youngster he would walk to lakes and ponds just to wet a line. Through the Lone Star Outdoor News Foundation, he got the chance to fi sh with pro fi sherman and guide Lance Vick on Lake Fork and landed his biggest bass. Now a freshman at the University of Oklahoma, he plans to fi sh on the university’s fi shing team. See story on page 8. Photo by Lance Vick, for Lone Star Outdoor News.

On the dock of the bay

By Conor Harrison

61ST STREET PIER: Texas piers are reporting a mixed bag of fi sh this month, including trout, redfi sh, black drum, croaker and sharks. Photo by Erich Schlegel, for LSON.

INSIDE

Time Sensitive Material • Deliver ASAP

Lone Star outdoor newS

HUNTING

Waterfowl seasons

Finding comfort

Upcoming seasons set for Texas waterfowl hunters.

Page 5

Hunter/artist makes outdoor caskets for loved ones wishing to remember the good times.

Page 4

Texas pier anglers are reporting a good August bite for a variety of inshore species up and down the coast.

“The water is sandy and clear and 86 degrees,” said Pito Baez at the 61st Street Pier in Galveston.

FISHING

Amistad rebounding

“The past two nights, anglers have been catching speckled trout up to 27 inches on live shrimp, whiting, croaker and gafftop on shrimp and squid and small sharks on cut bait.”

Baez said the calm surf has helped anglers.

Please turn to page 14

Personal best

Angler catches big redish using lure he Anglers reporting more grass, baitfish and developed. bigger bass this summer.

Page 8 Page 8

Page 2

August 28, 2015

LoneOStar Outdoor News

LSONews.com

JIM SHOCKEY Professional Hunter, Guide, and TV Host

EVERY

HUNT TIME EVERY

EVERYWHERE

IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT RIFLESCOPE, YOU’VE FOUND IT. The Leupold® VX®-6 features 6:1 zoom, Index Matched lenses, and the ruggedness that has made Leupold famous. If legendary hunter Jim Shockey can count on it for hunts all around the world, you know it’s truly made for any situation.

With a VX-6 on your rifle, you’re ready for anything. © 2015 Leupold & Stevens, Inc.

LEUPOLD.COM

LSONews.com

LoneOStar Outdoor News

August 28, 2015

Page 3

Page 4

August 28, 2015

LoneOStar Outdoor News

LSONews.com

HUNTING

Technology meets wildlife management

By Craig Nyhus

Lone Star outdoor newS After flying more than 130,000 acres per year conducting surveys, Comanche Ranch wildlife manager Don Draeger came to despise data entry. He responded by developing a better approach — one he feels will change the way managers collect data.

Thousands of Texas landowners have aerial surveys conducted to estimate populations of deer, along with predators and quail for some. Most take notes in a notebook and interpret the marks and dashes after they hit the ground, if they can read them or if the pages didn’t blow away or get dropped out of the chopper.

With Draeger’s new program, called WIS Survey, surveyors can throw away the pen and paper. WIS stands for Wildlife Information Systems, the name of the new wildlife mobile application company started

by Draeger, Shawn Vickers and Robert Grabowski. Vickers is one the nation’s leaders in Geographic Information Systems. Grabowski has over 39 years experience in information technology. Together they are a formidable team.

The program, developed for Android devices, makes gathering data easy to do while in the air and provides much more information in a more usable fashion.

“We developed a geolocated wildlife information system,” Draeger said.

When demonstrating the system, Draeger showed attendees at the Texas Wildlife Association annual convention just how easy WIS Survey is to operate and how much information can be gleaned.

“With the system, a person can define the property, and subdivide to identify specific pastures,” he said.

“Then, the animals and plants may be defined, but that is easy since 180 species are preloaded into the software, including deer, exotics, coyotes, bobcats, quail, et cetera.”

Other features include group names, where quail covey sizes could be noted, and the ability to name and date each survey event. If a landowner is considering habitat manipulation, a list of South Texas plants is preloaded as well.

Please turn to page 19

NO PEN OR PAPER REQUIRED: Wildlife surveys are made easy with the use of the Wildlife Information Systems’ WIS Survey. Data entry is done by a click, and the information can be placed over a map of the ranch using Google Earth. Photo by Bubba Garret, above, and Don Draeger, left.

License sales on solid pace

By Mark England

Lone Star outdoor newS

REMEMBERING THE GOOD TIMES: Artist Trey Ganem creates hunting-themed caskets for families who wish to remember their loved ones and what they enjoyed doing most. Photo by Trey Ganem.

Causing a stir Outdoor-themed caskets getting people’s attention

By Conor Harrison Lone Star outdoor newS

Trey Ganem knows what death looks like.

When a close friend passed away several years ago, Ganem went to the funeral and didn’t like what he saw.

“It was death,” he said. “It was really sad.

Nobody wanted to look at the casket.”

Ganem, an artist from Edna, had a thought at the funeral.

“The casket didn’t represent my friend,” Ganem said. “I thought the casket should be for the other people to bring back good memories. That was my vision.”

A year and a half ago, Ganem was driving around with a buddy and told him he was thinking about making custom caskets.

“When I met my wife 18 years ago, she thought it was weird,” Ganem said. “But my buddy said to do it. I took a home economics class in high

school to meet girls, but I also learned how to sew.

When I got out of high school, I was working for a store and I did a little upholstery. I had a friend who did taxidermy. I watched him one day and figured I could do that, also.”

Working as a hunting guide, Ganem began mounting his clients’ animals. He also began building custom cars.

All of that training came together during one tragedy in his hometown.

“Five kids burned in a fire in Edna,” he said.

“I knew the family and it was really tragic. They didn’t have a lot of money, so I made custom caskets for the kids. One was a football theme, one a princess and so on. CNN and FOX did a story about the family and my caskets were shown. It started to take off from there.”

Ganem said he has built 109 custom caskets in the past six months alone — many of them with a hunting or outdoors scene.

Please turn to page 5

Sales of hunting and fishing licenses for the 2015-2016 season started off with a bang, compared to last year, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

The first three days of sales (Aug. 15-17) exceeded last year’s total by almost 11 percent.

Mike Hobson Jr., head of TPWD’s license branch, said 87,850 hunting and fishing licenses were sold compared to 79,250 last year.

“We’re trending pretty good as far as sales,” Hobson said. “We started sales on a Saturday this year. Last year, the 15th was on a Friday, so that probably helped.”

TPWD sold about 44,000 hunting and fishing licenses on Aug. 15, the first day licenses were available for the upcoming seasons, as opposed to about 35,000 last year.

The best is yet to come, though, according to TPWD. “The biggest sales day over the first 30 days (for the last three years) has been August 31,” Hobson said. “I don’t see that changing.”

The start of dove season, September 1, is what prods procrastinating hunters to flock to the more than 1,800 license terminals across Texas. Last year, more than 320,000 hunting and fishing licenses (predominantly hunting) were sold over the Labor Day weekend.

Sales of hunting and fishing licenses are bustling at Linseisen’s Feed and Supply in Bellville. Last

week, manager Amy Renick said the business sold almost 20 of them.

“Sales are good,” she said. “That number is about the same as last year. Sales will pick up even more with the start of dove season.”

Renick said most licenses are sold to “regulars.”

Although TPWD has sold hunting and fishing licenses over the Internet for the last several years, roughly 90 percent of hunters and anglers still trek out to local businesses to put down their money.

A couple of built-in drawbacks could partly explain that phenomenon.

For starters, there’s a $5 service charge applied to online purchases of hunting and fishing licenses. Also, TPWD’s ordering system doesn’t let purchasers print out a license. They get a receipt, which TPWD honors until the appropriate hunting or fishing tag arrives via the mail.

“We are starting to see online sales start to pick up, comparatively,” Hobson said. “We saw a 30-percent increase in ’15 from ’14. Personally, I think for many people it’s a tradition. They go to the same shop every year and buy their license. Plus, a lot of sporting goods places sell licenses. If you need a dove load, for example, you can go down to your favorite store, buy it and get your license at the same time.”

Renick said buying from a vendor beats going online.

“It’s just so much easier,” she said. “The whole thing takes Please turn to page 23

LSONews.com

LoneOStar Outdoor News

Waterfowl seasons set

READY AND WAITING: Texas hunters are marking their calendars for the opening of waterfowl seasons across the state, which were recently released by TPWD. Photo by Lone Star Outdoor News.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission has approved the 2015-16 waterfowl seasons for Texas.

For the first time in several years, Texas should have some higher water level marks to greet record populations of wintering waterfowl.

A staggered opener this season in the North and South Zones along with a concurrent split will allow duck hunters who wish to hunt across zones in essence an additional two weeks of opportunity. The only change to the daily bag limit on ducks this season is an increase to two canvasbacks.

Ducks • High Plains Mallard Management Unit: Youth: Oct. 24-25; Regular: Oct. 31 - Nov. 1 and Nov. 6 - Jan. 31; “Dusky” duck: Nov. 9 - Jan. 31.

• North Zone: Youth: Oct. 31 – Nov. 1; Regular: Nov. 7-29 and Dec. 12 - Jan. 31; “Dusky” duck: Nov. 12-29 and Dec. 12 - Jan. 31.

• South Zone: Youth: Oct. 24-25; Regular: Oct. 31 – Nov. 29 and Dec. 12 - Jan. 24; “Dusky” duck: Nov. 5-29 and Dec. 12 - Jan. 24.

Bag Limit: six/day in the aggregate to include no more than three wood ducks, three scaup, five mallards, of which only two may be hens, two redheads, two pintail, two canvasback, one “dusky duck” (mottled, black or Mexican-like) after the first five days. Mergansers: five/day with no more than two hooded merganser. Coots: 15/day. Possession limit is three times the daily bag limit.

Geese • East Zone: Nov. 7 - Jan. 31; Light Geese Conservation Order: Feb. 1 - Mar. 20.

• Bag Limit: five dark geese, to include no more than two white-fronted geese, 20 light geese (no possession limit).

• West Zone: Oct. 31 - Jan. 31; Light Geese Conservation Order : Feb. 1 - Mar. 20.

Bag Limit: five dark geese, to include no more than two white-fronted geese, 20 light geese (no possession limit).

Sandhill Crane • Zone A: Oct. 31 – Jan. 31. Bag Limit: three.

• Zone B: Nov. 20 - Jan. 31. Bag Limit: three.

• Zone C: Dec. 19 - Jan. 24. Bag Limit: two.

— TPWD

吀刀䤀䄀䰀匀 䄀一䐀 䐀䔀䄀䰀匀 倀刀䤀一䌀䤀倀䄀䰀 伀䘀䘀䤀䌀䔀㨀 䐀䄀䰀䰀䄀匀Ⰰ 吀堀

August 28, 2015

Page 5

Bringing comfort Continued from page 4

“This is what I want to do,” he said. “But it isn’t about me — it’s about the family.”

Ganem says his shop is nothing like a traditional funeral home.

“When you come into my store, I have graffiti, cars — it’s not like a funeral home. Those are depressing,” he said. “People don’t want to be there. We’re here to help people start the grieving process with a good memory.”

Ganem said his first public display came at the Houston Texas Trophy Hunters Extravaganza, and the response was overwhelming.

“Everyone stopped,” he said. “Many people thought it was morbid, but when I explained why I was doing it, they began to understand.”

Ganem’s caskets begin at around $2,900 — on the low end for caskets sold at funeral homes. A custom casket with a deer complete with real antlers goes for $5,900.

“I love three-dimensional art,” he said. “The idea for the antlers was just me and my artistic ability. Everything is handpainted. Each one is personalized.

I have a patent on the casket covers made from animal hides — elk, gator and cowhides. We can take the hide to a rancher’s home and have a brand put on the casket. Depending on the design, I can have it done in two days.

“My main goal is to give comfort to the families.”

Savage Arms issues recall on B.MAG rifle Savage Arms has issued a recall notice on B.MAG rifle bolts (17 WSM) after discovering that the bolt on some B.MAG rifles may inadvertently catch the safety button and slide it forward into the “fire” position. Savage has received no reports of accidents due to this condition and has identified a simple bolt handle and cap retrofit, which is available free of charge.

To avoid possible unintentional discharge or injury, Savage Arms has asked that consumers not use their B.MAG rifle until the bolt has been retrofitted.

The company has established a dedicated website, savagearms.com/recall/ bmagbolt/) and hotline (844) 784-3301, Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. EDT for consumers to identify the affected firearm, file a claim and receive a free retrofit kit. The kit includes simple, step-by-step instructions to replace the bolt handle and cap. Only B.MAG rifles with a serial number below J800928 are included in this recall. No other Savage firearms are affected by this condition.

— Savage

㈀㄀㐀ⴀ㤀㠀㜀ⴀ㄀㜀㐀㔀

匀一䰀䔀䜀䄀䰀⸀䌀伀䴀

Page 6

August 28, 2015

LoneOStar Outdoor News

LSONews.com

Ready for dove season GENERAL DOVE HUNTING REGULATIONS

2015-2016

SHOOTING HOURS: Unless otherwise noted, one-half hour before sunrise to sunset.

DAILY BAG COMPOSITION: Mourning, white-winged, and white-tipped (white-fronted) doves in the aggregate, to include not more than 2 white-tipped doves.

POSSESSION LIMIT: Three times the daily bag limit.

NORTH ZONE

EXCLUSIVE! The Ultimate Timer, 12v Solar

CENTRAL ZONE SEPT. 1 – OCT. 25, 2015 DEC. 18, 2015 – JAN. 1, 2016 Daily Bag Limit: 15

Panel & Wireless Remote Control Unit.

www.mummesinc.com

Doves will leg bands number an number: (8 Please cal report ban www.repo the band a on when a banded. Th

Visit us online!

SOUTH ZONE

Corpus Christi Ship Channel

IH 37

ti hris us C nel Corp Chan Port Ship

o

South Zone Nueces Bay

Mexic

SPECIAL SEASON DATES: Sept. 5, 6, 12, 13, 2015.

SHOOTING HOURS: Noon to sunset.

DAILY BAG LIMIT: 15 white-winged, mourning, and white-tipped (white-fronted) doves in the aggregate, to include not more than 2 mourning doves and 2 white-tipped doves.

REGULAR SEASON DATES: Sept. 18 – Oct. 21, 2015 and Dec. 18, 2015 – Jan. 18, 2016.

SHOOTING HOURS: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset.

DAILY BAG LIMIT: 15 mourning, white-winged, and white-tipped doves in the aggregate, to include not more than 2 white-tipped doves.

Corpus Christi

US 181

SPECIAL WHITE-WINGED DOVE AREA

SEPT. 18 – OCT. 21, 2015 DEC. 18, 2015 – JAN. 22, 2016 Daily Bag Limit: 15

Aransas

Corpus Christi Bay

Gulf of

IH 37

SWWD Area

PWD PR W7000-075A (8/15) In accordance with Texas State Depository Law, this publication is available at the Texas State Publications Clearinghouse and/or Texas Depository Libraries.

TPWD receives funds from the USFWS. TPWD prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, disability, age, and gender, pursuant to state and federal law. To request an accommodation or obtain information in an alternative format, please contact TPWD on a Text Telephone (TDD) at (512) 389-8915 or by Relay Texas at 7-1-1 or (800) 735-2989. If you believe you have been discriminated against by TPWD, please contact TPWD or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office for Diversity and Workforce Management, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041.

CORRECTION: In the Lone Star Outdoor News’ 2015 Hunting Annual Texas, it was erroneously reported the daily bag limit for mourning dove in the Special White-Winged Dove Area was four birds. The correct number is two mourning dove per day. Photo by TPWD.

650# EZ FILL FEEDER 600# STAND & FILL BROADCAST FEEDER

®

Wood County game warden honored EZ612 DIGITAL TIMER THE TIMER

®

For prices and information call 1-800-221-6398 or visit us online at www.mummesinc.com

830.426.3313 830.334.3323 830.931.2215 830.980.4924 Hondo, TX

120 Hwy 173N

Pearsall, TX

1845 Business I-35N

Rio Medina, TX 10195 FM 2676

San Antonio, TX

24250 US Hwy 281N

Wood County Game Warden Kurt Kelley was recognized as the Association of Midwest Fish and Game Law Enforcement Officers’ Texas Officer of the Year at the Aug. 20 Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission meeting. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Executive Director Carter Smith presented the award for Kelley’s outstanding work as a law enforcement officer.

Kelley, who started his game warden career in 1999, has maintained a minimum case load of more than 300 cases per year for the last 14 years.

Additionally, he averages over 400 boat hours every year, routinely leading his district in all wildlife-fisheries cases.

— TPWD

* We ship feeders anywhere in the continental United States. 2,000 and 3,000 LB Feeders Available. Skids Available on 2,000 LB & 3,000 LB Feeders. Feeder Capacity Determined by corn weight.

ALL-NEW GRIZZLY EPS

WOLVERINE R-SPEC

®

™

ALL-NEW KODIAK 700 EPS

VIKING VI

®

™

NATURAL BORN HUNTERS.

WOLVERINE R-SPEC ™

ALL-NEW KODIAK 700 EPS ®

VIKING VI

™

ALL-NEW GRIZZLY EPS ®

The full line of new Yamaha ATVs & SxS vehicles.

Introducing the latest members of the Yamaha off-road family. The all-new Kodiak 700 ATVs, available in three great models starting at just $6,999*, offer the ultimate combination of performance, durability, comfort and value – and are all engineered to tackle the toughest hunts 24/7. The all-new Grizzly 700, available in four class-leading models, delivers more trail-taming performance, power and comfort than ever. And Yamaha Side x Sides, including the Viking, Viking VI and all-new Wolverines, offer unmatched Real World Tough durability and off-road capability for two to six people. So if you’re searching for the ultimate ATV or Side x Side, call off the hunt and get a Yamaha.

For your nearest Pro Yamaha dealer and to learn more about the full line of Yamaha ATVs and Side x Sides, visit YamahaOutdoors.com

Texas and U.S. are b mine the habitat an

Hunter rep taken pro tion on the from one y proportion reporting on hunting Please che bands and are very sm

SEPT. 1 – OCT. 25, 2015 DEC. 18, 2015 – JAN. 1, 2016 Daily Bag Limit: 15

55 GALLON HANGING 12 VOLT DIGITAL FEEDER WITH WINCH

R DOV

™

™

*Subject to change. · ATVs shown are recommended for use only by riders age 16 years and older. Yamaha recommends that all ATV riders take an approved training course. For safety and training information, see your dealer or call the ATV Safety Institute at 1-800-887-2887. ATVs can be hazardous to operate. For your safety: Always avoid paved surfaces. Never ride on public roads. Always wear a helmet, eye protection and protective clothing; never carry passengers; never engage in stunt riding; riding and alcohol/drugs don’t mix; avoid excessive speed; and be particularly careful on difficult terrain. · For SxS: Always protect the environment and wear your seat belt, helmet, eye protection and protective clothing. Read the owner’s manual and product warning labels before operation. · Specifications subject to change without notice. Professional riders depicted on a closed course. Models shown with optional Genuine Yamaha Accessories. ©2015 Yamaha Motor Corporation. U.S.A. All rights reserved.

LSONews.com

LoneOStar Outdoor News

August 28, 2015

Page 7

Find it at

Quick-Shot™ holster keeps your gun in the ready position, reduces fatigue Shoot faster!

With Quick-Shot™, you’ll bag more birds because your gun is always ready.

Reduces weight load by 75%!

ON TARGET: A total of 271 shooters helped raise money for Operation Game Thief at the Clay Stoppers Shootout, held at the Westside Shooting Grounds in Katy. Photo by Craig Nyhus, Lone Star Outdoor News.

Transfers weight from back and arms to legs and hips to reduce fatigue.

Shooting for a cause Houston Clay Stoppers Shootout raises fund for OGT

By Craig Nyhus

Lone Star Outdoor News Twelve years ago, Operation Game Thief was looking for new ways to raise funds to support its programs. A large banquet and auction was well attended, but chairman emeritus Joe McBride of Austin wanted something that would raise more money.

“Joe came up with the idea of doing sporting clay shoots,” said OGT committe member Robert Harper.”

The shoots began in Austin, with shoots being added over the years in San Antonio and Houston.

At the Houston Clay Stoppers Shootout at the Westside Shooting Grounds in Katy, 271 shooters took to three sporting clays courses on August 13.

McBride, as always, was there to greet the shooters.

“This is our third year in Houston,” he said. “We’ve had five shoots in San Antonio and 12 in Austin.”

The High Overall Winner of a lifetime hunting and fishing license was Spencer Ashton.

Please turn to page 21

Enhances safety!

Encourages proper muzzle control by positioning barrel skyward.

Learn more at

quick-shot.com

• Fits all standard guns, right or left handed hunters • Adjusts up to 60"; durable, waterproof, lightweight • No-questions-asked GUARANTEE!

Peregrine Outdoor Products 3481 South Dixie Highway, #270 Franklin, Ohio 45005 800-595-3850

Available at

Page 8

August 28, 2015

LoneOStar Outdoor News

LSONews.com

FISHING

Great day on the water

By Craig Nyhus

Lone Star outdoor newS Tom Laakman has been hooked on fishing for several years.

As a high school student at Bishop Lynch High School in Dallas, he often walked or took his bicycle to White Rock Lake to try to catch a bass.

He found other ponds in the area, and later found some friends to fish with, often on private ponds.

In high school, a fishing team was formed.

“It kind of fizzled out, though,” Laakman said. “We fished a few events but didn’t catch much. My coach has a farm near Van Alstyne, and I caught some pretty good ones there. At White Rock, I never caught anything bigger than a pound. A pond at a golf course was really good, but I’m not sure I was supposed to be there.”

Like many youngsters, he wondered if he could fish a lake known for its big bass with a guide known for catching them, and catch his own big fish.

Through Lone Star Outdoor News Foundation, from a generous gift from members of the Fishing Discussion Group, made up of longtime fishermen from the Dallas area and started by Texas Freshwater Fisheries Hall of Famer Richard M. Hart, the wonder became a reality. Laakman and a friend fished Lake Fork with bass guide and pro fisherman Lance Vick.

“It was amazing,” Laakman said. “Lance told us about guid-

ing at Fork, and taught us stuff we didn’t know, like when to use different colors and where to fish during certain times of the day, and he told us about winning the Toyota Texas Bass Classic.”

Vick also shared stories of what it’s like to try your hand at professional bass fishing.

“He let us know how much money it costs to participate, how much he won, and how it all kind of evened out,” Laakman said. “It’s tough.”

The fishing for the youngster was stellar.

“We got out at 6 a.m. and started fairly shallow for a few hours,” Laakman said. ‘I caught my first one around 8:30, but they weren’t aggressive. I caught a 4.9-pound and a 5.25-pound bass there.

Vick then moved to a deep-water ledge.

“We were through shaky heads with worms from about 19 to 24 feet,” Laakman said. “I landed two out of the four fish that bit; one of them jumped and Lance thought it was a 6-pounder, but it got off. I did catch a 5.5-pounder there.

After lunch, the group “scrolled,” a practice Vick is known for, and they landed bunches of white bass.

“The hit came as soon as the crankbait hit the water,” Laakman said.

Finally, Vick took them back to the ledge, and this time the action was better.

WAITING FOR THE BITE: The anglers focus on being Please turn to page 11

ready when the time comes. Photo by Lance Vick.

From his hands Angler uses own lure design to catch personal best redfish

By Craig Nyhus

Lone Star outdoor newS

BEST EVER: Vic Cook Jr, one of the founders of Live Target Lures, landed this 43-inch redfi sh on, his personal best, on a lure he helped create, the Brown Shrimp. Photo by Craig Nyhus, Lone Star Outdoor News.

Vic Cook Jr. liked tying his own flies and catching fish on them.

After landing a large bonefish on one of his flies on a vacation, the orthodontist from Columbus, Ohio had a replica of the fish made, and the fly was memorialized in a shadow box.

“It was gratifying to be able to catch fish on the fly I had made,” Cook said.

In 2007, along with some partners, Cook took lure making to another level when Live Target Lures was formed.

“We are all such avid fishermen, and we had so many ideas on innovative lures,” Cook said. “The response from fishermen has been incredible.”

Live Target’s Hollow Body Frog won the ICast Best in Show lure in 2010, and the conpany’s lures have won a Best in Show award five out of the last six years. This year, their Hollow Body Sunfish took top honors.

“We make the most anatomical, life-like lures in the market,” said marketing representative Gary Abernethy.

While Live Target now makes more than 270 different lure types, Cook specializes more in the saltwater designs, including the popular mullet top-waters, Glass Minnow Poppers, good for when forage is small, and Rigged Shrimp, a favorite of those chasing redfish.

“One redfish I landed on the popper (on August 21) spit glass minnows out,” Cook said. “The lure looks like a ball of glass minnows.”

It was a fish landed on August 22 while fishing with Cajun Fishing Adventures in Buras, Louisiana, though, that excited Cook the most. The lure he helped design, the Brown Shrimp, was used when he landed a 43-inch red, his biggest ever.

The redfish was released. The lure, though, was retired.

“It will go in a shadow box, too,” he said.

Making a comeback

By John Gill

For Lone Star outdoor newS The Spanish meaning for the word Amistad is friendly, but for the past three years Amistad Reservoir near Del Rio has been everything but nice to anglers.

In fact, recent fishing success has generally been described as lousy.

However, the bleak situation that’s been hanging over Amistad appears to be correcting itself, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife biologist John Dennis, who is assigned to monitor the big border lake. The reversal in conditions has everything to do with water, he contends.

The water situation began to change in October 2014, when generous rains began to fall across West Texas.

Now at over 60 percent of capacity, Amistad shorelines are green with flooded vegetation, which is supporting fresh spawned game fish of all species and some hatchery stockers, Dennis said.

Please turn to page 15

MORE GRASS, MORE BASS: Anglers on Amistad are fi nding more largemouth and smallmouth bass this summer thanks to a regrowth of grass in the lake and more places for baitfi sh to hide. Photo by John Gill.

LSONews.com

LoneOStar Outdoor News

August 28, 2015

Page 9

SUPER SIZZLIN’ SUMMER Presenting Yamaha’s

SA L ES EVENT Offer valid from

July 15, 2015 – August 31, 2015

For a limited time, purchase an eligible new Yamaha 2.5 hp -- 350 hp four-stroke outboard and receive:

5YEARS

up to

$300 in Dealer Credit

of Warranty Protection

on the purchase of select, eligible 60 hp-350 hp four-stroke outboards

on the purchase of select, eligible 2.5 hp-50 hp four-stroke outboards

Three years of Yamaha Limited Warranty Coverage, along with the additional protection of a two-year Yamaha Extended Service (Y.E.S.) plan. That’s a total of five years coverage at no additional cost!*

Up to $300 in dealer credit toward the purchase of additional goods/services from your authorized participating Yamaha Outboard Dealer.*

5 YEARS OF TOTAL WARRANTY PROTECTION

See your authorized participating Yamaha Dealer today for details!

Other restrictions and conditions apply. *PROGRAM TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Consumer benefit for purchasing a new (unused, not previously warranty registered) select eligible Yamaha 60hp to 350hp four-stroke outboard is a 24-month Yamaha Extended Service contract (choice offered in Florida is a 24-month Yamaha Limited Warranty). Consumer benefit for purchasing a new (unused, not previously warranty registered) select eligible Yamaha 2.5hp to 50hp four-stroke outboard is a credit based on MSRP toward the purchase of goods and/or services at the authorized participating dealer that sold the outboard, at no extra cost to consumer. NO BENEFIT SUBSTITUTIONS. To be eligible, outboards must also have been manufactured since January 2008. Promotion is only applicable from authorized participating Yamaha Outboard dealers in the U.S.A. sold to purchasing consumers residing in the U.S.A. Promotion is limited to available stock in dealer inventory that is sold, PDI completed, delivered and warranty registered on YMBS by the dealer in accordance with Yamaha’s promotion and warranty registration requirements during applicable dates. No model substitutions, benefit substitutions, extensions or rain checks will be allowed. Outboards sold or provided for commercial, camp, resort, rental, promotional/ demo, government agency, competition, tournament or sponsorship use are not eligible. This promotion cannot be used in conjunction with any other Yamaha offer. Some exceptions may apply. See authorized participating Yamaha dealer for complete details. Yamaha reserves the right to change or cancel this promotion at any time. Other restrictions and conditions apply.

DEALER CREDIT TOWARD PURCHASE OF GOODS/SERVICES

ELIGIBLE FOUR-STROKE OUTBOARDS

3-YEAR LTD. WARRANTY + 2-YEAR Y.E.S.**

ELIGIBLE FOUR-STROKE OUTBOARDS

DEALER CREDIT

350 HP V8

Free! $2,750 value

30-50 HP

$300 based on MSRP

250-300 HP V6

Free! $2,300 value

20-25 HP

$200 based on MSRP

225 HP V6

Free! $1,800 value

8-15 HP

$150 based on MSRP

200 HP

Free! $1,800 value

2.5-6 HP

$125 based on MSRP

150-175 HP

Free! $1,125 value

115 HP

Free! $800 value

60-90 HP

Free! $725 value

** Y.E.S. value based on MSRP

REMEMBER to always observe all applicable boating laws. Never drink and drive.

Dress properly with a USCG-approved personal floatation device and protective gear. © 2015 Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Follow Yamaha Outboards on Facebook®, Twitter ® and Instagram®

YamahaOutboards.com

YMOB0541-B_SSSPromo_Tab_10.5x15.5.indd 1

7/16/15 10:16 AM

Page 10

August 28, 2015

LoneOStar Outdoor News

LSONews.com

TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT Still tough on Texoma RED RIVER — According to guide John Blasingame of Adventure Texoma Outdoors, the striper bite has picked up on the Red River near Lake Texoma after a tough summer that saw flooding muddy up the waters and make fishing difficult.

“Still catching good fish on the Red River below Lake Texoma,” he wrote on the Texas Fishing Forum. “They have shut the floodgates off and there is much less boat traffic now. Other than a couple slow days, almost everyday has caught a limit and gotten to throw some back. I fished my big boat on the lake last weekend, but it was very slow for me, so I’m going stay on the river for the most part. I’ve seen some good posts from the lake, but it’s still pretty tough fishing. Hopefully, it won’t take much longer for the big pond to get back to normal.”

To contact guide John Blasingame, call (903) 814-5566.

Finicky crappie LAKE JOE POOL — According to Joe Pool Guide Service, the crappie bite is finicky on Lake Joe Pool.

“On the water before sunup and fished until 10 a.m.,” said a post on the TFF. “Crappie were a little finicky today but we put some in the boat — all on various colored jigs. The lake is in great shape and the shad population is way higher than before they closed the lake. The crap-

ALAN HENRY: Water stained; 79–86 degrees; 0.3’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair to good on buzzbaits early, later switching to Texas rigs, Senkos and shad-pattern crankbaits. Crappie are fair to good on jigs and minnows.

AMISTAD: Water murky; 89–93 degrees; 27.85’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on frogs, spooks, Pop–Rs, crankbaits, spinner baits, swimbaits and soft plastic worms.

ATHENS: Water lightly stained; 89–93 degrees; 0.97’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on weightless wacky worms. Crappie are good on minnows.

BASTROP: Water stained; 86–90 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on chartreuse spinner baits and crankbaits.

Channel and blue catfish are good on shrimp and stinkbait.

BELTON: Water stained; 84–88 degrees; 0.08’ high.

Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastic worms. Hybrid striper are fair on live shad.

BOB SANDLIN: Water murky; 87–92 degrees; 1.13’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged creature baits and top-water poppers.

Crappie are good on white jigs.

BONHAM: Water stained, 88–92 degrees; 1.37’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on swimbaits, top-waters and crankbaits near cattails as well as deep water. Catfish are excellent.

BRAUNIG: Water stained.

Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and dark soft plastic worms over grass beds.

BROWNWOOD: Water stained; 85–89 degrees; 0.80’ low. Largemouth bass are good on redbug Grande Bass worms, spinner baits and watermelon red saber tails

over brush piles in 10–15 feet. Crappie are good on minnows and Li’l Fishies in 10–20 feet.

BUCHANAN: Water murky; 84–88 degrees; 11.08’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on Chug Bugs, green spinner baits, and Texas-rigged 5” watermelon Whacky Sticks in 5–10 feet early.

CADDO: Water stained; 88–92 degrees; 0.10’ high.

Largemouth bass are slow on spinner baits and Texas-rigged craws near stumps. White and yellow bass are good on slabs.

CALAVERAS: Water stained.

Largemouth bass are good on dark soft plastic worms, spinner baits, and crankbaits over reed beds. Redfish are good on live perch and tilapia along the shoreline.

CANYON LAKE: Water murky; 83–87 degrees; 0.42’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on green pumpkin flukes, topwaters and blue flake worms along break lines. Striped bass are fair jigging Pirk Minnows early.

CEDAR CREEK: Water stained; 88–92 degrees; 1.16 low. Largemouth bass are fair on square-billed crankbaits and top-waters. White bass are good on minnows.

CHOKE CANYON: Water murky; 87–91 degrees; 21.45’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on shallow-running crankbaits, chartreuse spinner baits, and green pumpkin Whacky Sticks with chartreuse tails along main lake points in 5–10 feet.

COLEMAN: Water murky; 84–88 degrees; 6.32’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on pumpkinseed soft plastic worms and lizards. Hybrid striper are fair on chartreuse striper jigs. Crappie are good

on minnows and pink tube jigs.

COLETO CREEK: Water stained; 88 degrees in main lake, 97 at hot water discharge; 0.71’ low.

Largemouth bass to 5 pounds are fair on spinner baits and crankbaits around grass beds.

CONROE: Water murky; 85–89 degrees; 1.01’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse Carolina-rigged soft plastics and lipless crankbaits.

FALCON: Water murky; 89–93 degrees; 18.54’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on large soft plastics and spinner baits in 5–15 feet. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on frozen shrimp, cut bait and stinkbait.

FAYETTE: Water murky.

Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits and lipless crankbaits early and late.

Channel and blue catfish are fair on stinkbait and shrimp.

FORK: Water lightly stained; 89–94 degrees; 1.01’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on football jigs and heavy shaky heads near deeper creek channels. White and yellow bass are good on minnows.

Crappie are good on minnows and jigs.

FT. PHANTOM HILL: Water clear; 80–88 degrees; 6.96’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on drop-shot rigs, Texas rigs and medium-running crankbaits. Crappie are fair to good on jigs and minnows.

GIBBONS CREEK: Water clear. Largemouth bass are fair on pumpkinseed soft plastic worms with chartreuse tails, and on green crankbaits and spinner baits.

GRANBURY: Water murky; 88–92 degrees; 0.05’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on chartreuse lipless crankbaits.

Catfish are good on stinkbait

pie were full of them. Average crappie today was 11 to 12 inches. We did run up on a bunch of small schools of 3- to 4-pound largemouths that were feeding on top. With Loyd Park ramp being the only ramp open, it was OK during the morning but busy closer to noon with limited parking. Lynn Creek Park is set to open next weekend, so that will alleviate some of the congestion.”

To contact Joe Pool Guide Service, call (817) 819-0465.

On fire LAKE LIVINGSTON — The striper and white bass bite are on fire on Lake Livingston, according to Simon Cosper of Get the Net Guide Service.

“What a day on the water,” Cosper said on Aug. 24.

“One hundred white bass and eight big stripers. We caught fish until we couldn’t take it anymore. It doesn’t get any better than this.”

Cosper has been posting limits almost daily on his Facebook page, and said the best bite is usually early in the morning.

“On a lot of days, we are done with our limits by 8 a.m.,” he said. “A few days ago, we caught a hog of a striper — 12 pounds and 31 inches — along with quick limits of white bass.”

Small spoons and spinner baits have been putting lots of fish in the boat.

To contact guide Simon Csoper, call (936) 355-2889.

— Conor Harrison

and frozen shrimp.

GRANGER: Water clear; 85–89 degrees; 0.13’ high.

Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits and Model A crankbaits upriver near the island. Crappie are very good on jigs tipped with Berkley Crappie Nibbles.

HOUSTON COUNTY: Water stained; 88–92 degrees; 0.89’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Strike King Jokers. Crappie are good on minnows over brush piles.

Bream are good on live worms over grass beds.

HUBBARD CREEK: Water offcolor; 81–89 degrees; 17.99’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on Zara Spooks early, later switching Texas rigs, shallow- to medium-running crankbaits and jigs. Crappie are fair to good on jigs and minnows LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water stained to muddy; 87–92; degrees; 2.02’ high.

Largemouth bass are fair on black and blue jigs. Crappie are good LBJ: Water stained; 86–90 degrees; 0.75’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on perch-colored crankbaits and green pumpkin tubes around docks and laydowns.

MARTIN CREEK: Water clear; 96–102 degrees; 1.62’ low.

Largemouth bass are slow on weightless Senkos.

MONTICELLO: Water clear to stained; 95–101 degrees; 0.12’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on deep-diving crankbaits and drop-shot worms near the intake.

NAVARRO MILLS: Water murky; 84–88 degrees; 0.13’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass are good on Little Georges near the boat ramp in Liberty Hill Park.

O.H. IVIE: Water stained; 79–86 degrees; 41.79’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on Zara Spooks early, later switching to Senkos, Texas rigs and square-billed crankbaits. Crappie are fair.

OAK CREEK: Water stained; 79–87 degrees; 18.03’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair to good on buzzbaits early, later switching to Carolina and Texas rigs.

PALESTINE: Water stained; 88–92 degrees; 1.13’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on square-billed crankbaits and top-waters. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs.

POSSUM KINGDOM: Water fairly clear; 79–87 degrees; 0.1’ high. Largemouth bass are fair to good on Carolina rigs, drop-shot rigs, Texas rigs and DD22s. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs.

PROCTOR: Water murky; 87–91 degrees; 1.08’ high.

Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse crankbaits and lipless crankbaits. White bass are good on live shad.

RAY HUBBARD: Water slightly stained; 88–92 degrees; 0.99’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on football head jigs and medium-running crankbaits.

Crappie are good on minnows.

RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water stained; 88–93 degrees; 0.15’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged worms and weightless worms. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid striper are good on minnows.

Crappie are good on minnows.

SAM RAYBURN: Water stained; 88–92 degrees; 0.22’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on green pumpkin spinner baits and dark soft plastic worms and lizards.

SOMERVILLE: Water murky;

n Saltwater reports: n Saltwater reports: Please turn to

Page 14

85–89 degrees; 4.91’ high.

Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits and spinner baits.

Hybrid striper are fair on white striper jigs.

STILLHOUSE: Water murky; 86–90 degrees; 0.36’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits and minnows.

TOLEDO BEND: Water murky; 87–91 degrees; 1.80’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on redbug and plum soft plastic worms and top-waters early and late. Bream are good on crickets and nightcrawlers off docks. Channel and blue catfish are good on trotlines.

TRAVIS: Water murky; 87–91 degrees; 11.86’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on lipless crankbaits and spinner baits.

WALTER E. LONG: Water murky. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and lipless crankbaits.

WHITNEY: Water murky; 86–90 degrees; 1.09’ low.

Largemouth bass are slow.

Striped bass are fair on silver spoons. White bass are fair on small crankbaits and spinner baits.

WRIGHT PATMAN: Water stained to muddy; 88–93 degrees; 8.20’ high.

Largemouth bass are fair on bladed jigs and flipping jigs.

Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows.

— TPWD

LSONews.com

LoneOStar Outdoor News

Fork fun Continued from page 8

“It must be one of his honey holes,” Laakman said. “I caught two in 10 minutes, and one really slammed it. I caught my biggest bass, a 5 3/4-pounder.

Fishing at Fork with a guide was a dream realized for the 18-yearold.

“It was amazing,” Laakman said.

Now, Laakman is a freshman at University of Oklahoma, and plans to continue fishing.

“I’m going to try to fish on the team at OU,” he said.

The Lone Star Outdoor News Foundation is a nonprofit, 501 (c)3 organization. For information, call Craig Nyhus at (214) 361-2276.

August 28, 2015

Redfish angler dies during tournament

Page 11

Burges, Collins win IFA Redfish Tour event

Well-known redfish tournament angler Manny Perez passed away during the Redfish Series Elite Series event on Galveston Bay August 15.

Fellow competitor Jeff Steckler found Perez’s boat floating adrift on the way back and thought his boat had broken down, as he had electrical problems the day before. He called the tournament director and asked if someone brought Perez to the weigh-in. The tournament director confirmed Perez had not been given a ride.

Perez, the Elite Open Champion in Gulfport earlier this year, was found floating facedown about a mile from his boat, and many speculate he may have had a seizure on the water, although it won’t be confirmed until after the results of the autopsy. Steckler and his cameraman immediately began CPR and called 911 as another competitor, Dwayne Eschete, offered help and got Perez back to the launch ramp. Authorities were unable to resuscitate Perez.

Afterwards some of the anglers checked his livewell and found redfish in there — one of the best catches of tournament in fact. They weighed the fish at 24.07 pounds and asked if they could weigh Manny’s fish in his honor. When they were told they could not weigh Manny’s fish, the other 9 competitors in the top 10 refused to weigh their fish and dumped them all back.

“He was not just a redfish angler; he was one of the absolute best to ever fish,” said Captain “Cajun” Phil Broussard. “Everybody loved Manny and loved being around him. He was such a great angler and person. But I’m telling you he’s one of the best to ever fish.

Sure we got him a time or two, but he’s always the guy you had to worry about in these tournaments. We’ve competed against him for 12 years in various trails, and I’m sure going to miss seeing him at the events.”

Kyle Burges, of Port Aransas, and Cody Collins, of Corpus Christi, weighed a two-redfish limit that totaled 16.30 pounds to win the final regular-season event for the Texas Division of the IFA Redfish Tour presented by Cabela’s on Aug. 15 at Port Aransas. The team won a total of $25,995 in winnings.

The team spent the majority of their day in the Upper Laguna Madre area, approximately 15 miles south of Port Aransas. The anglers exclusively sight-casted scented plastics to large schools of redfish.

“The weather was very calm with little to no wind,” Burges said. “This made it easier to locate the large schools of redfish, but it made it more difficult to catch them or stay on them.”

Gabriel Grande, of Corpus Christi, measured a combined limit of 54.5 inches to win the final regular-season event for the Texas Division of the IFA Kayak Fishing Tour the next day.

— Wired2Fish

— IFA

OFFERS VALID 8/20-9/2

GEARING UP FOR A DOVE HUNT SALE $ 99

•Semi-automatic gas operation •Spacers for adjustable length-of-pull Online #612363

®

Conor Harrison

Associate Editor

Mark England

SAVE $15 $ 99*

29

Operations Manager

Mike Hughs

Accounting

Ginger Hoolan

Website

Bruce Soileau

National Advertising

Mike Nelson

Founder & CEO

David J. Sams

ENT IL S

Silent Spin Seat Breakup

For home delivery subscriptions www.LSONews.com • (214) 361-2276

Online #7042461

14

$

WAS $19.99

Online #411119

P

IN 3 6

$

4

99

1298

$ .99 Compare at 19

Eliminator All-in-One Shooting Bag

.45 Ammunition Can

Online #898763

Online #726645

SALE $ 99

5-Gallon Camo Bucket

14

WAS $19.99

Men’s GS Lightweight Dove Buster Vest Online #863618

$

SALE

2499 WAS $29.99

GMtn. Waterfowl Single Gun Case •Comes with carry strap Online #881509

The most

ADVANCED

Scott Sommerlatte Jillian Mock Ralph Winingham Shannon Drawe

Advertising: Call (214) 361-2276 or email editor@lonestaroutdoornews.com to request a media kit.

Select Burlap

SALE $ 99

Online #737674

Wilbur Lundeen Erich Schlegel David Sikes Brandon Shuler

WAS $14.99

YOUR CHOICE

WAS $12.99

999

Contributors

11

Camo Dove Hunting Bag Online #887588

*After $5 GMtn. mail-in rebate

Dove Decoy 4-Pack Online #421994

SALE $ 99

9

•Magnetically-connected wings •Comes ready-to-hunt Online #613480

Business/Products Editor Mary Helen Aguirre

1499

$

Dove Decoy

Online #421983

SALE $ 99

WAS $44.99

VooDoo Dove

º

Craig Nyhus

Managing Editor

WAS $29.99

S

Executive Editor

19

$

Box of 25 Online #444451

Estate Target Load, 12-Ga. Box of 25 Online #891102

SAVE $10 $ 99 Rapid Flyer

0

Lone Star Outdoor News, ISSN 2162-8300, a publication of Lone Star Outdoor News, LLC, publishes twice a month. A mailed subscription is $30 for 24 issues. Newsstand copies are $2, in certain markets copies are free, one per person. Copyright 2015 with all rights reserved. Reproduction and/or use of any photographic or written material without written permission by the publisher is prohibited.

Subscribers may send address changes to: Lone Star Outdoor News, P.O. Box 551695, Dallas, TX 75355 or email them to news@lonestaroutdoornews.com.

Heavy Dove

WAS $6.49

WAS $699.99

699

SP EC IA L PU RC HASE

®

For home or offi ce delivery, go to LSONews.com, or call (214) 361-2276, or send a check or money order to the address below.

$

5

A300 Outlander 12-Ga. Shotgun

10

$

wearable camera in the world

19999

$

STARTING AT $9.99

NEW! Kudo Realtree Wearable Imaging Eyewear

FREE

•1080p HD Video •POV Hands-Free •Auto-Focus Online #901399 Also available in black

Texas Gander Mtn. Locations

Garmin and Sport Dog E-Collars

$10 GMTN. GIFT CARD

VIA MAIL-IN REBATE WHEN YOU PURCHASE ANY SPORT DOG OR GARMIN E-COLLAR Online #4006761

Amarillo, (806) 354-9095 Arlington, (682) 323-0090 Beaumont, (409) 347-3055 College Station, (979) 693-6412 Corsicana, (903) 874-2500 El Paso, (915-249-4686) Houston, (832) 237-7900

Killeen, (254) 781-3707 Lake Worth, (817) 231-6848 Lewisville, (469) 444-6072 Lubbock, (806) 785-1591 Mesquite, (214) 377-2354 Round Rock, (512) 368-2133 San Antonio, (210) 202-2822

Sherman, (903) 891-8585 Spring, (281) 288-2620 Sugar Land, (281) 239-6720 Texarkana, (903) 832-3607 Tyler, (903) 594-4088 Waco, (254) 230-1001 West Houston, (218) 617-4982

Page 12

August 28, 2015

LoneOStar Outdoor News

LSONews.com

GAME WARDEN BLOTTER STOLEN BOAT FOR SALE Fort Worth Regional Office clerk Marianne Hill received a call from an individual who was trying to purchase a boat from Craigslist.

A quick check of the registration number revealed the boat was stolen. Hill told the caller she would need to check the information and have someone return his call, and passed the information to Tarrant County Game Warden Travis Porter.

After a conversation with the potential buyer, Porter was able to find the boat on Craigslist and, after a few days and several well-crafted text messages, Porter was able to make a deal with the seller and gained an address for the location of the boat. With the help of Denton County Game Warden Daron Blackerby and Dallas County Game Wardens David Solis and Jamie Sanchez, Porter seized the boat in question and was able to gain enough information from the seller for a possible insurance fraud case against the original owner.

FISHING BUCKET HELD A PISTOL Two individuals fishing under a bridge along the Angelina River were checked by Jasper County Game Warden Morgan Inman and Newton County Game Warden William Powell. Inman located a pistol in the bucket one of the individuals was sitting on. After a quick check, it was determined the gun wasn’t stolen. However, both subjects were convicted felons. During questioning, one individual said he had just found the pistol under the bridge, picked it up and kept it.

The subject was arrested and taken to the Jasper County Jail.

MAN WITH SPOTLIGHT TRYING TO DIP NET FISH While patrolling the Sabine River, Newton County Game Warden

WARDEN TOLD TO CHILL BY CANOERS BEFORE THEY CAPSIZE Region VI Game Warden Mallory Mitchell observed a canoe with three occupants paddle to the far side of Buffalo Springs Lake in Lubbock County. The far side of the lake is restricted to powerboats only and has a sign at the crossing stating “No Canoes Beyond this Point.” Mitchell instructed the individuals to return to the no-wake side of the lake.

The subjects simply yelled back, “Chill out, man!” seconds before being hit by a wave that flipped William Powell and Jasper County Game Warden Morgan Inman contacted a man near the boat ramp who was walking along the bank and shining a light into the water.

After working through a few stories, the subject admitted to trying to dip net fish. A search of the subject’s truck produced drugs and drug paraphernalia. A hawk feather hanging from the subject’s mirror was also confiscated. The individual was arrested for drug possession.

DEER DECOY SHOT FROM ROAD Jasper County Game Wardens Sam Smith and Ellis Powell used a deer decoy in Newton and Jasper counties. At 1:45 a.m., a vehicle stopped and took advantage of the situation by firing one shot at the decoy. Contact was made with the male shooter and female driver.

Citations issued.

STOLEN UTV ON HUNTING LEASE LEADS TO THIEF Tyler County Game Warden Brandon Mosley received a call from the local sheriff’s office concerning an abandoned Yamaha Rhino UTV at a hunting lease. The complainant advised that no one in their lease had a UTV of that description and they were concerned that someone

was trespassing. Mosley and a deputy arrived and located the UTV. The return on the VIN confirmed the Rhino was stolen and Mosley seized the vehicle. The complainant also said he had a game camera stolen recently from the lease.

Mosley followed tracks to a house on an adjacent road. Mosley and Tyler County deputies approached the subject’s residence and Mosley was able to obtain a confession for trespassing and taking the game camera. Mosley retrieved the camera from the subject’s house. The subject was arrested on theft and trespass charges.

MORE THAN TILAPIA ON BOARD At Calaveras Lake, Bexar County Game Wardens Jonathan Balderas and Patrick True questioned boat occupants about fishing activity.

The subjects admitted they had been fishing all morning. After checking fishing licenses, Balderas asked the captain if there were any fish onboard. The captain replied there was “only tilapia.” The wardens noticed six different sized cast nets onboard, a broken fishing rod and a dry, un-baited fishing pole.

Balderas saw the tilapia in a boat compartment and noticed three striped bass under the tilapia. He

FA C TO R Y

D IR E C T

Y U B

OVERSIZED

use promo code LON EST

AR to get $5 o ff per blin d!

- 77” HUB TO HUB - 70” HIGH

ZIPPERLESS ENTRY

RHINOBLINDS.COM OUTDOOR PRODUCT INNOVATIONS, INC.1-888-507-2021

them over. Mitchell and Region 6 Game Warden Shannon Chambliss rushed to contact the vessel in despair. The three subjects, who were not wearing life jackets, were struggling in the rough water. The wardens, assisted by several other boaters, pulled the subjects from the water. One of the subjects was already about 6 inches under at the time of rescue.

The three subjects were cited for no life jackets and released. found another compartment with three more striped bass. The subjects admitted to catching all the game fish with an oversized cast net. Cases and restitution pending.

RANCHES DONATE FULL BODY MOUNTS OF MOUNTAIN LION, BLACK BEAR The Hixon Ranch and the Pena Ranch of La Salle County donated a mountain lion and black bear mount to Operation Game Thief.

These mounts will be utilized as educational pieces in the Laredo District Office and the OGT Trailer.

The mountain lion was shot from a public road by a poacher in La Salle County, and the black bear was hit by a car in Webb County.

NEW GAME WARDEN GRADUATES After seven months of training, the 59th Texas game warden cadet class graduated. This year marks the first time game wardens and state park police officers trained and graduated together in the same cadet class.

The 23 newly commissioned peace officers will begin their new careers stationed in counties and state parks throughout the state.

The new wardens and park police are joining the 532 game wardens

and 180 park police officers currently in the field, and will help enforce TPWD regulations and carry the department’s high standards to every corner of the state.

• James L. Adcock • Gerry M. Amundson • Brent M. Biggs • Kevin C. Blackwell • Mark E. Braddock • Joshua T. Bulger • Brent C. Deen • Anthony R. DeLuzio • Benjamin Echelson • Joshua Espinoza • Jordan S. Favreau • James R. Kilty • Angeline M. Miller • Shawna M. Poole • Jeffrey J. Putnam • Joseph S. Quintero • Cameron G. Ramsey • Krystal R. Thompson • Robert J. Zerr State Park Police Officers • Dawson J. Enloe • Chase M. Harper • Grant A. Klein • Mark A. Musumarra GROUP ON PIER KEEPING TOO MANY AND TOO SMALL TROUT Willacy County Game Warden Rocky Corona and Zapata County Game Warden Roy Martinez noticed several individuals fishing off a private pier and made contact. Upon inspection, the wardens discovered an ice chest containing 17 spotted seatrout, of which 10 were undersized. Two citations were issued for the possession of the undersized fish and for being over the daily bag limit. The fish were seized.

REPORT ILLEGAL HUNTING AND FISHING ACTIVITY FOR A REWARD OF UP TO $1,000.

CALL (800) 792-4263

LSONews.com

LoneOStar Outdoor News

August 28, 2015

Page 13

Everything on a hunter’s wish list.

0615_LSON_10_5x16.indd 1

6/19/15 9:17 AM

Page 14

August 28, 2015

LoneOStar Outdoor News

LSONews.com

TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING REPORT Tough on a fl y LIGHTHOUSE LAKES — The LSON crew was fishing along the midcoast last weekend and received reports from multiple anglers.

Marc Danile fished the Lighthouse Lakes and reported a finicky red drum bite on shrimp-patterned flies. He managed a few hookups and landed a 23-inch redfish, along with black drum that were more willing to eat a fly. He reported good numbers of slot-sized redfish overall, just not many willing to take a fly. The high tides made navigation easy throughout the lakes.

In the Fence Lake area, the Williams family — Julie, Chris and John — found the redfish were more agreeable to take a fly and caught seven reds just over the slot limit.

Other fly anglers fishing in the same areas experienced much the same — good numbers of redfish but not many willing to commit.

Morning is best

Most of the trout have been between 13 and 17 inches, with the occasional bigger fish landed.

A few bigger black drum have also been caught in potholes around midbay reefs.

Good conditions SAN LUIS PASS — The conditions have been excellent on the bay side of San Luis Pass, but the fishing has not lived up to the conditions.

Wade anglers have been struggling with soft bites and few hookups besides croaker and piggy perch, according to multiple angler reports.

Baitfish are plentiful in the area, but live and artificial anglers are having difficulty finding a good trout or redfish bite.

COPANO BAY — The fishing in Copano Bay has been good this past week, with anglers reporting a good early trout bite in 4 feet of water over shell and mud on free-lined piggy perch and croaker. By far the best bite has been before 10 a.m.

NORTH SABINE: Trout are good under slicks and birds on soft plastics. Redfish are good under rafts of shad on top-waters. Redfish are good in the marsh on small top-waters.

SOUTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good under birds and pods of shad. Trout are good at the jetty on live bait and top-waters. Trout are good at the rigs on live mullet.

BOLIVAR: Trout are good on the outgoing tide at Rollover Pass on soft plastics and mullet. Redfish are good in the marsh with higher tides.

TRINITY BAY: Trout are fair to good for drifters working pods of shad and mullet on plastics and live bait. Redfish and flounder are fair on the north shoreline on live shad.

EAST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are good on the south shoreline on top-waters and soft plastics. Trout are fair to good on the shell adjacent to the channel on live bait. Trout are good on live bait over deep shell. Trout are good in the surf.

WEST GALVESTON BAY: Trout, sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs. Offshore is good for kingfish, ling and dolphin. Tarpon have been cruising the beachfront.

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 and Dickinson Bayou on shrimp.

FREEPORT: Trout are good in the surf on croakers and top-waters. Trout are good at San Luis Pass on shrimp, top-waters and soft plastics. Trout, redfish, sand trout and sheepshead are good on live shrimp on the reefs in Christmas Bay. EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are good for drifters on live shrimp over midbay reefs and shell on live shrimp and soft and scented plastics. Redfish are good on the north shoreline on shrimp.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are fair over

SEE CLEARLY FROM THE LAKE TO THE LEASE Just like Keith Warren

After my procedure “ at Kleiman|Evangelista Eye Center, my eyes are actually better now than they were when I was a teenager. Seriously!

— Conor Harrison

sand and grass humps on soft plastics and top-waters. Redfish and black drum are fair to good at Shell Island on live shrimp.

PORT O’CONNOR: Trout and redfish are good at the jetty on live bait. Trout and redfish are fair to good on top-waters and live bait over sand and in San Antonio Bay. Trout are good in the surf on croakers.

ROCKPORT: Trout are fair over grass while drifting with live shrimp and scented plastics.

Redfish are good on piggy perch and shrimp around Mud Island and Estes Flats.

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

CORPUS CHRISTI: Trout are fair to good on the edge of the spoils on piggy perch, scented plastics and live shrimp. Redfish are good in the potholes on shrimp and piggies.

Trout are good in the surf on croakers and top-waters.

BAFFIN BAY: Trout are good on top-waters and soft plastics around deep rocks and grass. Trout are fair to good on soft plastics under a popping cork on the grass in the Land Cut. PORT MANSFIELD: Trout are good on topwaters on the edge of the channel and around sand and grass on top-waters and soft plastics. Redfish are good on the sand on small top-waters and scented plastics.

SOUTH PADRE: Redfish are good on the flats in South Bay on live bait and plastics. Snook are good in the Ship Channel on DOA Lures and live shrimp. Kingfish, trout and tarpon have shown at the jetty.

PORT ISABEL: Trout are good in the deep sand holes on scented plastics, DOA Shrimp and top-waters. Redfish are good on the Gas Well Flats on shrimp under a cork and small top-waters.

— TPWD

Pier action good for drum, whiting Continued from page 1

Also in Galveston, the Galveston Fishing Pier reported calm, clear water and a good bite this week.

“Speckled trout, redfish, black drum, croaker, whiting and sand trout have all been caught on shrimp and cut bait,” according to the report.

The best bite has come on an incoming or outgoing tide, and anglers have been having more success in the cooler portions of the day and at night.

According to angler Julian Velasquez, the night bite on the Copano Fishing Pier leading into Copano Bay has been good the past week for oversized black drum and sharks.

“My dad and I have been killing it,” Velasquez said. “We caught three black drum that were 40-plus inches and a 4-foot shark the other night.”

Crabs, shrimp and cut bait have all gotten bites on the pier. A few redfish and speckled trout have also been reported.

Farther south at Pirate’s Landing Fishing Pier, the weather has been hot and the bite has been slower, according to Dave Fletcher.

“They caught a 37-inch black drum last night,” Fletcher said, “along with lots of whiting, some sand trout and a few pompano. Other than that, it has been pretty slow.”

Live shrimp was the best bait, according to Fletcher, and the water has been very calm — a double-edged sword for anglers battling the heat with little wind.

“The water is very clear,” Fletcher added.

At the Indianola Fishing Marina pier, anglers reported on Facebook a good bite for redfish and croaker.

”

Keith Warren, TV Host LifeStyle Lens Patient

Whether you’re baiting your hook or loading your bow, you want nothing getting in the way — especially poor vision.

We have you covered with a range of treatment options to keep your eyes on the target.

- Blade-Free HD IntraLASIK - Corneal Inlay Procedure - LifeStyle Lens Procedure Results my vary; consult your physician

Schedule your free consultation now in Arlington or Plano -orlearn more with live chat at LASIKsurgery.com 800.714.2020

Call now to save up to $1500 on Blade-Free HD IntraLASIK

Photo by Jon Springs Facebook

Angler catches waterbody fly record catfish Jon Springs caught this 6.67-pound channel catfish while fly-fishing on the Guadalupe River. It is the pending fly-fishing waterbody record. The fish fell for a crystal bugger.

According to the Inland Fisheries San Marcos/Austin district, this is the pending flyfishing record for the entire river. The rod and reel record is 21 3/4 pounds.

— Staff report

LSONews.com

Amistad on the mend; bass coming back Continued from page 8

“The whole problem at Amistad began with low water,” he said. “The fish that have spawned over the past three years had nowhere to hide and reach maturity. They were consumed by the larger fish and never had a chance of blending into existing populations.”

There are some who feel that bass tournament pressure was the cause of Amistad’s recent demise, but Dennis places the blame mostly on the drought.

Joe Henderson, who lives in San Angelo and has a house at Box Canyon on Amistad, is already seeing the difference in fishing success.

“I’m seeing lots of bass cruising on the surface in the canyons from Marker 22 up the river,” Henderson said. “Currently, it’s not difficult to catch 15 to 20 bass an outing. A couple of them might reach 5 pounds; most are smaller. The lake is absolutely chocked full with brush and grass that grew while the lake was so low. The vegetation is now teeming with game and forage fish. From experience, I’d say that fishing at Amistad is definitely on the mend.”

Bill Ramsey, also a Box Canyon resident, expects it will take 2 1/2 years for Amistad to completely bounce back to its big bass days, when 13-pounders were commonly caught.

TPWD’s Regional Leader, Bryan Van Zee, said nearly 500,000 Florida-strained bass were released into Amistad this spring.

“Flooded vegetation ensures that fish released recently and those that have spawned naturally will survive and have the opportunity to reach lunker class,” he said.

Amistad anglers are currently reporting good catches of smallmouth bass, as well. Success is coming from all areas of the border lake.

“Amistad has always maintained a good population of smallies, even though the lake was stocked only once with hatchery-raised fish,” Van Zee said.

Henderson and Ramsey are finding good success when casting spinner baits, and largemouth bass are going for topwater plugs in the afternoon.

Crawfish colorations are best, they contend.

Small mouth bass are best on small crawfish-colored plastic grubs.

All boat ramps at Amistad are currently open for use.

LoneOStar Outdoor News

August 28, 2015

Fukae honored for sportsmanship

CCA STAR Tournament standings

2014 Main Division

Starkids Scholarship Division

Speckled Trout (upper coast): James Pallan, 9 lbs., 13 ozs.

Speckled Trout (middle coast): Harvey Kramer Jr., 9 lbs., 14 ozs.

Speckled Trout (lower coast): Lee Roy Navarro, 9 lbs., 2 ozs.

Kingfish: Chris Jacobs, 57 lbs., 13 ozs.

Dorado: Robert Norman, 44 lbs., 5 ozs.

Ling: Nathan Crowe, 85 lbs., 9 ozs.

Flounder: Erik Thomas, 8 lbs., 3 ozs.

Sheepshead: Robert Ibarra, 10 lbs., 5 ozs.

Gafftop: James Capps, 7 lbs., 11 ozs.

Flounder: Adair Bates (10), 3 lbs., 15 ozs.

Sheepshead: Rylan Basci (6), 7 lbs., 10 ozs.

Gafftop: Laken Bellanger (9), 6 lbs., 6 ozs.

Starteens Trout Scholarship Division Upper Coast: Austin Calhoun, (14), 6 lbs., 3 ozs.

Middle Coast: Tyler Gulley (15), 9 lbs., 10 ozs.

Lower Coast: Collin Dziuk (15), 7 lbs., 12 ozs.

Scholarship Inshore Division Flounder: Freddie Velez (14) 5 lbs., 3 ozs.

Sheepshead: David Hill (12), 8 lbs., 8 ozs.

Gafftop: Colton Carner (14), 6 lbs., 6 ozs.

Page 15

During the honorary Forrest Wood Cup pretournament dinner for the qualifiers, Shinichi Fukae, of Palestine, was awarded the Forrest L. Wood Sportsmanship and Community Leadership Award from the namesake of the trophy, Forrest L. Wood.

The award recognizes the individual who displayed overall commitment of sportsmanship and community leadership.

Fukae exemplified that, particularly the selflessness, to the max on the third day of the Walmart FLW Tour Potomac River event earlier this year.

Leader Clark Wendlandt suffered a mechanical failure with his rig and figured he’d have to fish with his trolling motor until he could be towed back to the ramp early. That’s where Fukae came in. In 16th place and fishless at the time, Fukae insisted Wendlandt trade boats so the leader could continue with his day unhindered. Fukae stayed in Wendlandt’s boat and was towed back to takeoff, never getting an opportunity to continue fishing. Meanwhile, Wendlandt went on to win the event.

— FLW

Tagged Redfish Division 1st: Scott Hajovsky 2nd: Michael Gibbs 3rd: Cuong Nguyen 4th: Ryan Cantu (Results as of Aug. 24) The contest runs until Sept. 7. Go to startournament.org for more information.

— Staff report

The Ultimate Inshore Fishing Package

The Completely New

Standard Features

$39,995* With Yamaha F15OXB

*Nationally advertised price; actual sales price determined by dealer.

Pro Series Power-Pole® (White) Yamaha Command Center Console Seastar® Hydraulic Steering Torque Transfer System 8” Setback Plate Tuff Coat Aluminum Tandem Axle Trailer Swing Away Tongue Fulton® Jack Stand

www.SkeeterBoats.com © 2015. Skeeter Products, Inc. Never drink and drive. Dress properly with a USCG approved flotation device and protective gear.

High Performance TOURNAMENT READY

SERIES

$49,995* $53,495* Yamaha VF225

Yamaha VF25O

UP TO STANDARD FEATURES

INSTANT REBATE LIMITED TIME OFFER. VALID AUGUST 1, THROUGH OCTOBER 21, 2015.

ZX225 $49,995 – Standard Boat Package with Yamaha VF225 engine. ZX250 $53,495 – Standard Boat Package with Yamaha VF250 engine. *Price does not include freight, dealer prep, and T.T.L. (Prices include Factory “Fall in to Savings” Rebate offered August 1st through October 21, 2015 only).

Terms and Conditions: Consumer benefit for purchasing a new (unused, not previously warranty registered) a MY 2016 and prior Skeeter boat from 8/1/15-10/21/15 is an instant rebate applied at time of final sale by dealer, at no extra cost to consumer. NO BENEFIT SUBSTITUTIONS. Promotion is only applicable from authorized participating Skeeter dealers in the U.S.A. and Canada sold to purchasing consumers residing in the U.S.A. and Canada. Promotion is limited to available stock in dealer inventory that is sold, PDI completed, delivered and warranty registered in accordance with Skeeter’s promotion and warranty registration requirements during applicable dates. No model substitutions, benefit substitutions, extensions or rain checks will be allowed. Not redeemable for cash. Boats sold or provided for commercial, camp, resort, rental, promotional/ demo, government agency, competition, tournament or sponsorship use are not eligible. This promotion cannot be used in conjunction with any other Skeeter offer or discounts. Some exceptions may apply. See authorized, participating Skeeter dealer for complete details. Skeeter reserves the right to change or cancel this promotion at any time. Other restrictions and conditions apply.

Lowrance® HDS Gen3 Electronics Minn Kota® Fortrex® Trolling Motor Pro Series II Power-Pole® Fulton® Jack Stand Center Tackle Storage Tuff Coat Channel Trailer with Tandem Axles

www.SkeeterBoats.com

Page 16

August 28, 2015

LoneOStar Outdoor News

LSONews.com

Breeders rip TPWD employee opinions Continued from page 1

seled,” Lightfoot said.

A website with a petition to ban all movement of breeder deer was removed last week after TPWD was notified one of its employees, Richard Heilburn, the Conservation Outreach Program leader in San Antonio, was the site administrator.

When contacted by LSON, Heilbrun said he was not the author of the petition. When asked if he was the site administrator, Heilbrun said the site had been taken down. When pressed if he had been the site administrator before it was removed, Heilburn said, “I can’t comment on anything to do with CWD. Any questions must go through the communications department.”

Already having a rough August dealing with state-mandated killings of deer after CWD was found in a Medina County facility, some breeders turned to social media to post images that were tough to look at and forwarded images to Gov. Greg Abbott and Department of Agriculture Chairman Sid Miller.

Piles of dead white-tailed deer with their heads chopped off were shown.

No live testing has been approved by TPWD or the TAHC, so breeders were forced to kill the deer so their heads could be sent to a lab for testing.

Many of the deer tested had no connection to the infected facility, which made it tougher to comprehend for their owners. So far, no other deer have tested positive other than four in the same pen at the Texas Mountain Ranch in Medina County.

Emergency rules were signed August 18 by Carter Smith, executive director of TPWD, allowing for the movement of deer if facilities meet the “movement qualification” standards set by TPWD and TAHC. “After effectively being shut down for 54 days, our industry will once again be able to conduct business,” said Patrick Tarlton, executive director of the Texas Deer Association.

The rules were supported by Texas groups, including the Texas Wildlife Association and the Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society.

Other groups, including TDA, Deer Breeders Corporation and the Exotic Wildlife Association advocated for increased use of live testing, consisting of regular testing of both rectal and tonsil tissue samples. Texas Animal Health Commission officials said the live testing, although determined to be effective at the time the tests are taken, have yet to be approved by the United States Department of Agriculture.

Even though breeders knew of the possible requirement to kill deer, it didn’t make it any easier.

“That facility shipped or received more than 900 deer in the past five years, more than any other facility,” said TDA Treasurer Mike Wood. “I had deer from that facility. I followed the plan — killed the deer. (TPWD) came back to me and told me I was shut down for five years.

I’m not going to take this lying down. I’m fighting for other people in the industry. They may only have 20 or 30 deer and they get a letter telling them they need to kill their deer.

“Every breeder has to kill 4 1/2 percent of their herd. By my math, that is 2,619 deer that have nothing to do with the index herd that have to be killed.”

Others remained unsympathetic to the breeders’ concerns. Greg Simons, the past president of Texas Wildlife Association, posted the following on the controversial Facebook page Texans for Saving our Hunting Heritage: “I find it insulting and offensive to see all the photos of decapitated deer and orphaned fawns being posted this week on FB by people who are having to comply with CWD testing,” he wrote as ALL TESTED NEGATIVE: A truckload of dead deer with their heads cut off occurred as a result of CWD testing requirepart of a long post. ments. The heads were sent off for testing. So far, no other deer in the state have tested positive, other than four at the Breeders have responded by starting a petition of their own at change.org titled “Support Live original faciility. Photo by Chris Walker.

Testing for Chronic Wasting Disease,” created by hunter and television show host Alan Warren.

BULLS-EYE SPOT BEAM FOR LONG DISTANCE

ULTRA VIEW FLOOD FOR UP CLOSE

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

WHY CHOOSE? COAST GIVES YOU BOTH. NOW AVAILABLE AT

NOT JUST BRIGHTER… BETTER /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

SEE ALL OF OUR BEAM OPTIONS AT COASTPORTLAND.COM/TECHNOLOGY

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

LSONews.com

LoneOStar Outdoor News

August 28, 2015

HHHHH 5- star rating THE NEW XC SERIES ARE VERSATILE OUTDOOR BINOCULARS, PERFECT FOR HIKING, BIRDING OR WATCHING A GAME: • SUPERIOR OPTICAL DESIGN • EXTRA-LARGE FIELD OF VIEW • N2 PRESSURIZED WATERPROOF CONSTRUCTION

X C & P R E D AT O R B I N O C U L A R S C O U P O N VA L I D F O R

$

50 O F F

X C A N D P R E D AT O R BINOCULARS

XC

predator

8x32 (2021) 10x32 (2025) 8x42 (2023) 10x42 (2024)

8x42 (2443) 10x42 (2444)

Redemption Period: August 1 -31, 2015 *No Reproductions *No Cash Value

STEINER-OPTICS.COM

®

• CLICLOC HARNESS SYSTEM

R E D E E M T H I S C O U P O N AT PA R T I C I PAT I N G D E A L E R S Beretta Gallery 41 Highland Park Village Dallas, TX 75205 (214) 559-9800

Glick Twins 419 W US Highway 83 Pharr, TX 78577 (956) 787-4291

Ray’s Hardware & Sporting Goods 730 Singleton Blvd Dallas, TX 75212 (214) 747-7916

Kirkpatrick Guns & Ammo 313 W Village Blvd Laredo, TX 78041 (956) 723-6338

SWFA Outdoors 5840 E. US Hwy 287 Midlothian, TX 76065 (972) 726-7348

Weakley Watson Sporting Goods 515 Early Blvd.

Early, TX 76802 (325) 646-2200

Elk Castle Shooting Sports 8240 West Fwy Fort Worth, TX 76108 (817) 246-4622

Page 17

Page 18

August 28, 2015

LoneOStar Outdoor News

LSONews.com

HEROES

Cole, 13, and Cade, 11, Hendrickson took this Fisher County boar in April.

Ashley Madden, 16, from Frisco caught her first redfish near Port Aransas.

SHARE AN ADVENTURE

Five-year-old Mason Lazono’s first buck came on his family’s Nordheim ranch.

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.

Philip Adams and David Oakes took axis deer within minutes of each other in Gillespie County over Memorial Day weekend.

Randy Garrison caught this 38-inch redfish on his first cast.

Steven Fischer took this Karnes County free-range buck when he was 13 years old.

SQUARE 1 CONTAINERS, LLC 20Ft/40Ft Used Containers Modifications Available Hunting Camps Construction Offices

20ft Used Containers - $1600 + Delivery 40ft Used Containers - $2100 + Delivery

NEW Building, Same Location

Great for storage of: Small Equipment Four Wheelers Feed Anything you want to keep secure and dry Ernie Williamson ernie1@square1containers.com

Fran Linnell fran@square1containers.com

877-470-1662

www.square1containers.com

Sept. 12-13 KERRVILLE - Hill Country Youth Event Center October 17- 18 ABILENE Abilene Civic Center

November 21-22 KERRVILLE Hill Country Youth Event Center

October 31 - November 1 FREDERICKSBURG Gillespie County Fairgrounds

December 12-13 AMARILLO Amarillo Civic Center

LSONews.com

LoneOStar Outdoor News

August 28, 2015

Page 19

Surveys made easier with app Continued from page 4

While in the air, the system manages the ranch’s animal and plant list, all with the tapping of buttons.

“The tablet comes with a GPS satellite receiver,” Draeger said. “It’s super fast. If you’re counting deer, you just tap a button for each deer seen. You also can categorize the deer as young or old, and even estimate the score. You don’t have to worry about making a mistake.

It’s all done with plus or minus buttons and you just tap to correct.”

But that isn’t the best part about WIS Survey. It supplies geospacial data for all data entered.

“Every time you take a count you get a GPS reading,” Draeger said.

All of the information is generated into a report that can be emailed to yourself, landowners or biologists, or kept on the tablet.

And it gets better, since the information from the survey can be placed on top of a map of the property, showing the landowner and manager where each animal was seen.

“You can put the information on top of a .kml file from Google Earth and pull up a map of everything you’ve seen,” Draeger said. “The animals can be color-coded, and you can break it down from there — you can compare items, such as coyotes and deer fawns or bobcats and quail.”

The technology in the software standardizes all of the data, Draeger said.

“It is the first marriage between geolocated point data and wildlife-related applications,” he said.

And it’s all done without a pen and paper.

The program is available on Android tablets. The cost is $500, not including the tablet.

The WIS team also created two other useful wildlife-related mobile software applications, WIS Map and WIS Harvest. WIS Map can be used in conjunction with WIS Survey to pro-

New artificial reefs off Texas coast One project to create a new artificial reef and another to enhance an existing reef site are both moving closer to reality.

Using funding from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Natural Resource Damage Assessment, both sites will deploy concrete pyramids to create artificial reefs in nearshore waters 10 miles or less from the Texas coast.

Early this month, the Texas Artificial Reef Program managed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department awarded the contract to construct the two reefs to Callan Marine, a civil and marine contractor based in Galveston, following the standard, extensive state bidding and purchasing process. The project will deploy three-sided concrete pyramids, 8-feet tall with 10-foot bases, at both reef sites.

“This will be the largest deployment of reef material in nearshore waters off Texas in the history of the Texas Artificial Reef Program,” said Director Dale Shively. “The project calls for 2,400 concrete pyramids to be reefed, which will provide much-needed habitat for all types of marine life as well as provide increased recreational fishing opportunities.”

The Matagorda Artificial Reef Project will create a new artificial reef site (BA-439) within Texas state waters in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 10 miles (8.7 nautical miles) offshore of Matagorda County. The project will create 160 acres of artificial reef through deployment of concrete pyramids onto sandy substrate at a water depth of 60 feet.

The Freeport Artificial Reef Project will increase the amount of reef materials in a currently permitted artificial reef site (BA 336), the George Vancouver (Liberty Ship) Artificial Reef, located about six miles offshore from Freeport. The current site is permitted for 160 acres, but only has materials in 40 acres. The project will place predesigned concrete pyramids in the remainder of the 160-acre permitted area onto sandy substrate at a water depth of 55 feet. This is a legacy reef originally created in 1976 with the sinking of the George Vancouver Liberty Ship.

— TPWD

vide immediate mapping output for your survey data. Designed for use during helicopter surveying but precise enough to be used on foot, it records travel information and map survey data. It allows you to rapidly plot survey data from WIS Survey onto a Google map display to instantly view on the tablet. It also records the survey tracks to account for total track length and total time. WIS Map is available for $300.

WIS Harvest creates an electronic harvest data sheet and instantaneous searchable database for your skinning shed or deer camp. WIS Harvest allows the user to access and manipulate deer harvest data instantly on the tablet. With WIS Harvest, the hunter can input and store all pertinent harvest data about the hunter, location, hunt type, date, health of deer and much more. WIS Harvest also has a score sheet that allows the hunter to input all antler data and then quickly and accurately obtain a gross and net for both typical and nontypical bucks. But the coolest feature for WIS Harvest is that it can filter and send reports via email. At anytime the user can filter data as needed (by date, hunt, hunter, sex, etc.) and send himself or anyone else an email with an attachment that can be opened up in Excel. This feature eliminates the need to type in all the harvest data into your computer at the end of the season. Now the manager can receive and email with the attachment, open in Excel, copy and paste into the desired spreadsheet. If you have a Managed Lands Deer Permit (MLDP) WIS Harvest TWIMS Edition has you covered. This version has all the above features of WIS Harvest as well as the ability to upload and input all your harvest data to the TPWD approved spreadsheet. No more painstaking data entry into the TWIMS system — WIS Harvest TWIMS Edition does it for you. WIS Harvest costs $100 and WIS Harvest TWIMS Edition costs $200.

The WIS team will also write custom software.

Wildlife Information Systems LLC can be found at wildlifeinformationsystems.com.

PERFORMANCE Runss I Run In n

THE FAMILY. Up to

370 FPS 113 FP KE 185 LB DRAW WT. 6.8 LB BOW WT.

™

330 FPS 96.7 FP KE 165 LB DRAW WT. 6.6 LB BOW WT.

™

370 FPS 122 FP KE 165 LB DRAW WT. 7.7 LB BOW WT.

TENPOINTCROSSBOWS.COM

WICKEDRIDGECROSSBOWS.COM

HORTONCROSSBOWS.COM

Page 20

August 28, 2015

LoneOStar Outdoor News

LSONews.com

NATIONAL

Florida lionfish tournament breaks record

At the break of dawn on August 9, 29 ardent lionfish hunters set out to compete in the Third Annual Northeast Florida Lionfish Derby.

Vying for more than $5,000 in prizes, 15 two-person teams shattered all expectations bringing in an amazing 2,583 invasive lionfish during the single-day event — the most ever recorded for a lionfish removal event.

Team Pteroist Hunters took first place for most lionfish with 815 lionfish — also a single-day event record. Team Reef Rangers finished second with 583 lionfish and Hang On placed third with 173

fish.

DALLAS HUNTER AUDREY PETERSON, 41, TOOK THIS GEMSBOK AT 220 YARDS WITH A 7MM ON A SOUTH AFRICAN SAFARI WITH HER FAMILY.

— Reef.org

Tenn. angler wins Forrest Wood Cup Professional angler Brad Knight of Lancing, Tennessee, crossed the stage with a five-bass limit weighing 11 pounds, 7 ounces Sunday to claim the title of Forrest Wood Cup Champion at the Forrest Wood Cup at Lake Ouachita presented by Walmart. Knight, with a four-day total of 20 bass for 51-12, won by a 3-pound, 15-ounce margin over Ramie Colson Jr., of Cadiz, Kentucky, and claimed the $500,000 top award in professional bass fishing’s world championship that featured 50 of the best professional anglers in the world casting for the sport’s largest prize.

— FLW

INTERNATIONAL

Pa. raises record amount with elk tag

Guide mauled by lion in Hwange NP

Chalk it up as another win for wildlife conservation.

With crowds estimated in the tens of thousands, this weekend’s Pennsylvania Great Outdoors Elk Expo again demonstrated the extraordinary interest in and support for the state’s elk.

Among highlights at the Elk Expo was the drawing for elk licenses for the upcoming elk season to begin Nov. 2.

Officials conducted a random drawing for the 116 elk licenses.

The next day another winner was drawn for a special bull elk hunting license awarded by a raffle that benefits the Keystone Elk Country Alliance.

That raffle raised for KECA $157,150, all of which will stay in Pennsylvania to benefit Pennsylvania’s elk.

A safari guide was mauled to death by a lion in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe, the same area where an American hunter killed a collared lion just outside the park’s boundaries last month.

Quinn Swales was taking a group of tourists on a walking safari on August 24 when a lion suddenly charged.

“Quinn did everything he could to successfully protect his guests and ensure their safety,” the company, Camp Hwange, said on its Facebook page, adding that no other members of the group were hurt.

Swales, 40, died the morning of the attack from the injuries he suffered, it said.

Popular professional hunter Ivan Carter worked with Swales in his early years as a guide and mourned the loss.

— Staff report

— PGC

Nikon will send your 10x42 ProStaff 7 binoculars. You can check out the entire line at the nearest dealer: Graham, Texas See a full selection of Nikon products at:

13 STOCKER/BREEDER BUCKS AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY

Ray’s Sporting Goods

730 Singleton Blvd.

Dallas, TX, 75212 (214) 747-7916 rayssportinggoods.com

180 INCHES TO 260 INCHES • 5 YEAR STATUS WITH TAHC • TRANSFER CATEGORY 1

NO TESTING REQUIRED FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT

RICH CLONTS | (214) 802-5952 PETE CAMPBELL | (940) 362-4219

LSONews.com

LoneOStar Outdoor News

Teal season runs Sept. 12-27 Continued from page 1

GET READY TO THROW SOME DECOYS: Early teal season is shaping up to be a good one if hunters can pattern birds with so much water and food available this year. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

Larry Robinson, owner of Coastal Wings Guide Service and Lodge in Bay City. “Everything is really looking good for the opener. We’ve got our first crop of rice coming up now.”

Robinson said he doesn’t want to see too many cold fronts before the season opens.

“We want them to trickle down until September,” he said. “It doesn’t need to be too cold until then. I usually look at that first full moon in September, which falls on September 13 this year. That usually pushed the main group of birds down, and it lines up well with the September 12 opener.”

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s East Texas duck biologist Jared Laing said conditions are outstanding for a good teal season.

“There are already teal down here,” Laing said, “and the reservoirs are already charged. The teal had a great hatch and we are expecting lots of birds.”

Laing said hunters will have to scout this season to find birds with so much water around.

“Teal love newer, shallow water, so it will be a matter of scouting for hunters to find places they like,” he said.

The outlook is also very promising in West Texas, although too much water may make hunting tough.

“Obviously, we will have plenty of birds and we’ve got habitat conditions we haven’t seen for years,” said TPWD’s waterfowl leader Kevin Kraai. “It all depends on the timing of the migration. The last few years, a later migration has hurt us.”

Kraai said the Panhandle saw temperatures dipping into the 50s in early August, one of the earliest cold fronts in years, and that should push birds down earlier than years past.

“It’s very, very wet in the High Plains,” he said. “We already have some teal here. The playas got water early, but it was so wet, they didn’t grow a lot of food. There is lots of open water.”

With all the open water, hunters will have a hard time patterning teal.

“There are so many options, hunters who are most successful will split up and set up on multiple playas,” Kraai added. “Hunters will need to keep birds moving. It could be a very frustrating season for some. These birds are moving daily.

“Hunters just need to look for the right habitat and just go. They might hit it right one morning and the next there could be nothing.”

OGT shoot raises funds Continued from page 7

TEAM SHOOT: The Houston Clay Stoppers Shootout brought shooters both young and old, as families, competitive teams and companies participated. Photo by Craig Nyhus, Lone Star Outdoor News.

Team titles went to Dallas Safari Club for the first-place team, the Lady Clay Shooters for the women’s team, and Clay Shock was the High Overall Game Warden shooter.

Collegiate teams from Texas A&M University and Tarleton State University were present, with Texas A&M #1 team taking the collegiate title.

Over the years, OGT is happy with the amounts raised and plans to expand the shoots to West Texas and the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

The shoots support Operation Game Thief , including its successful program that encourages Texans to report poaching by calling (800) 792-GAME. The next Clay Stoppers Shootout will be held Friday, October 9 at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio. To register, call (512) 389-4281 or visit ogttx.com.

August 28, 2015

Page 21

Page 22

August 28, 2015

LoneOStar Outdoor News

LSONews.com

LSONews.com

License sales taking off with new system Continued from page 4

about five minutes. It takes longer than that to turn on your computer and then go through everything you have to go through to get to where you can buy the license. Plus, with us, they get the license right away.”

Even with good sales and the excitement of a new hunting season, TPWD officials are concerned at the long-term prospects for the sale of licenses.

Last year, more than 2.7 million hunting and fishing licenses were sold, raising more than $100 million to help fund the agency’s fisheries and wildlife divisions. However, sales over the past decade or more have not kept pace with the state’s population growth. At one point, it was estimated that 5 percent of Texans hunted or fished, based on license sales, according to Billy Higginbotham, a wildlife specialist for Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. Now that percentage is 1 percent.

“You would think the same percentage involved in the population growth would be participating in these sports (compared to residents), but, apparently, that’s not the case,” Higginbotham said.

He noted that Hispanics, the largest segment of the population growth, have not been “highly represented” in the hunting population.

Plus, 80 percent of Texans now live within eight urban centers, he said.

“Everyone recognizes the problem,” Higginbotham said.

“The challenge is to find the right recipe to attract new hunters and anglers. The state and private organizations are offering a lot of programs to try and do that. The repercussions of not doing so are enormous.”

LoneOStar Outdoor News

August 28, 2015

Page 23

Duck stamp cost on the rise

By Mark England

Lone Star outdoor newS The cost of a federal duck stamp this year may leave some hunters digging for change under the driver’s seat.

It will jump to $26.50 or $28.50, depending on where you buy it.

Congress increased the base price from $15 to $25 with passage of the Duck Stamp Act of 2014, which President Barack Obama signed into law late last year. Federal and state administrative fees are tagged onto that. Organizations such as Ducks Unlimited supported the bill, with the extra $10 going to conserve waterfowl habitat.

It marked the first time since 1991 that there’s been a price hike in the duck stamp — officially known as the federal Migratory Game Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp — even though the cost of the government acquiring land tripled in the interim.

“I know some people are upset about the increase,” said Mike Hobson Jr., who heads the license branch of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. “But the cost hasn’t increased in 20 years, 24 years to be exact. Believe me, I’d love to pay gas prices from 24 years ago. And it’s not like they’re just taking the money and doing nothing with it.”

Hunters will now be able to buy the stamp online, thanks to the Duck Stamp Act. The actual stamp will be mailed out. However, hunters can use the online proof of purchase as a substitute for the stamp for up to 45 days after the transaction.

The hike has some hunters postponing buying the stamp, according

to the manager of Linseisen’s Feed and Supply in Bellville.

“We ask our customers, ‘Do you need a duck stamp?’” Amy Renick said. “We let them know that they’ve gone up. They’re no longer $17.

And some will go, ‘Well, maybe not this year,’ or ‘Maybe I’ll just come and get it if I need it.’ They put off buying it.”

The hike in the cost of a duck stamp has hardly sparked a rebellion, however.

When the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission sought public comment this summer on increasing the state’s administrative fee for the duck stamp from $1 to $2, a grand total of five people responded, according to Josh Havens, TPWD’s director of communications.

For the record, three people supported the hike and two people opposed it.

A duck stamp bought from state-certified vendors will now cost $28.50. Buying it from the post office will run $26.50. Not all post offices sell the stamp, however.

Whatever the cost, DU’s Todd Merendino thinks most people will shrug off the price hike.

“I hunt at the Mad Island WMA,” said Merendino, manager of DU conservation programs. “It’s about 35 miles from my house. I spend $40 on gas alone, and I’m going to do that every Saturday during the hunting season. So, to me, raising the price of the duck stamp is like, ‘Whatever.’ It’s kind of nominal compared to the overall cost of hunting.”

Outback is Out FrOnt with innOvative new Designs R

U.S. PATENTS 8201520, 7370605, 6920841, D575908, D599503, D602649, D603104, D603105, D604017, D603566, D624706, D624708, D622453, D624707, D636942, D629572, D629976, D629975, D624709, D630802, D630653, D647253, D642750, D681883 • OTHER PATENTS PENDING • U.S. TRADEMARKS 3629190 & 3625066

CP REGULATOR has “The Timer” inside the gravity flow system to control feed amount while maintaining dispensed feed inside the feeder housing and tubes.

Program to dispense feed up to 6 times/day at rate of 2 lbs./second & 360 lbs./day max.

Outback Feeders has paired up with ADD-Vantage Delivery System to bring you “The Doc” a dual purpose 1000# protein feeder that not only allows you to use it as a normal gravity flow feeder but “The Doc” also allows you to apply a liquid continuously and uniformly to a feed with a new state-of-the-art method at the rate of 20 ml. of liquid per 2 1/2 lb. of feed on demand. The liquids can be feed supplements, antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, flavorants, medications, etc...

Outback OFFers Quantity anD Delivery DiscOunts

“Road Doc” Dual Purpose 200 lb. Road Feeder

“The Doc”

Keeping your herd healthy is key to growing trophy animals.

“Road Doc” is a specialized new design that allows you to maintain the health of your deer, exotics and even quail by treating their feed or grain.

“Road Doc” not only allows you to use it as a road feeder but also allows you to apply a liquid continuously and uniformly to your feed or grain.

So whether you are in the treatment or preventative stage or wanting to attract more animals - “The Docs” have you covered.

CF CORN FEEDER with Solar Powered Timer • 600, 1000, 2000 & 3000 lb. cap.

• Optional Fold-up Cage • Optional 4-Tube Adapter on TM Tube

OUTBACK

FLIPPER WATER TROUGH • SAVE TIME emptying & cleaning • Easily dumps in seconds to clean epoxy coated interior • 25 gallon capacity

feATUres THe TIMer 12-VOlT COnTrOl UnIT wITH 5 yeAr wArrAnTy

36” height 400# cap.

42” height 600# cap.

• Applies approximately 6.5 ml of liquid additive/lb. of corn or 4 ml. of liquid additive/lb. of milo on demand by a hand-held wired remote • Liquid additives can be: prebiotics, probiotics, trace minerals, vitamins, medications, etc.

Baby-Back 300 Quail Feeder

• Compact feeder features a 300 lb. hopper • Large feed tray with rain shields to keep feed dry • Feed area is completely caged from top to bottom to insure your quail will have feed when they want it!

42” height 1000# cap.

Shown with Pistolero 42” height 600# cap.

“BABY-BACK” Series QUAIL FEEDER • 600 & 1000 lb. capacity

TURKEY-QUAIL COMBO FEEDER • 600 & 1000 lb. capacity

QUAIL CENTRAL FEEDER & WATER STATION collects rainfall & condensation • 600 & 1000 lb. cap. • 8 gal. water reservoir

360o corn distribution or up to 50 feet in one direction via Outback’s “Pistolero” directional unit • Very low profile

See our many other hunting & ranching products at

.outbackfeeders.com

www

office 903.734.4210 • 800.396.6313 • shop 903.734.6774 • cell 903.790.1071 • e-mail: rickmeritt@yahoo.com • 5197 FM 2685 • Gilmer, TX 75645

KICKIn ’ B ACK

Offers A HUge seleCTIOn Of dUrABle pOwder - COAT fInIsHes .

SEAT & TABLE COMBOS • Octagonal Pub 40” ht. plus 2 Barstools (above) or choose from Octagonal 31” ht., or 8 Seat Picnic Table • Table seats are tractor seats that swivel

Choose from many seat-back designs available in our gallery. Or customize the seat-back with your logo, brand or art. Available doublesided or single-sided.

GREAT BALL OF FIRE WILDLIFE SCENE EMBELLISHED FIRE PIT No two alike, each one a work of art!

• 1400 degree hightemperature powder-coat finish • Fire poker & ash pan inc.

FIRE PITS • Features swivel grill, Dutch oven support, fire poker & ash pan • 3 sizes: 38” Texas, 30” Junior or 24” Tailgater

.kickinbackkreations.com

www

Page 24

August 28, 2015

LoneOStar Outdoor News

LSONews.com

TEXAS SUN, MOON AND TIDES Moon Phases Houston

Full

P.M. Minor Major

SUN Rises Sets

28Fri 29Sat 30Sun 31Mon 01Tue 02Wed 03Thu 04Fri 05Sat 06Sun 07Mon 08Tue 09Wed 10Thu 11Fri 12Sat 13Sun 14Mon 15Tue 16Wed

4:53 5:47 6:43 7:42 8:44 9:46 10:47 11:46 12:14 1:06 1:54 2:39 3:21 4:02 4:43 5:24 6:06 6:50 7:36 8:24

6:55 6:56 6:56 6:57 6:58 6:58 6:58 6:59 6:59 7:00 7:00 7:01 7:01 7:02 7:02 7:03 7:03 7:04 7:04 7:05

10:38 11:32 12:01 1:01 2:02 3:04 4:06 5:05 6:01 6:53 7:41 8:26 9:09 9:51 10:32 11:13 11:55 12:18 1:04 1:51

11:07 ---12:29 1:29 2:30 3:32 4:33 5:32 6:27 7:19 8:06 8:51 9:33 10:13 10:54 11:34 12:17 12:39 1:25 2:13

First

Sept. 13

Sept. 5

Sept. 21

Solunar Sun times Moon times

2015 A.M. Aug.-Sept. Minor Major

4:24 5:18 6:15 7:15 8:16 9:18 10:19 11:18 ---12:39 1:28 2:14 2:57 3:39 4:20 5:02 5:45 6:29 7:14 8:02

New

Last

Aug. 29

7:49 7:48 7:46 7:45 7:43 7:43 7:42 7:41 7:39 7:38 7:37 7:36 7:35 7:33 7:32 7:31 7:30 7:29 7:27 7:26

Dallas

2015 A.M. Aug.-Sept. Minor Major

MOON Rises Sets

6:59p 7:46p 8:30p 9:15p 9:59p 10:45p 11:32p NoMoon 12:22a 1:12a 2:05a 2:58a 3:51a 4:44a 5:37a 6:29a 7:21a 8:12a 9:04a 9:55a

5:35a 6:42a 7:49a 8:57a 10:03a 11:09a 12:14p 1:15p 2:13p 3:07p 3:57p 4:42p 5:23p 6:01p 6:38p 7:12p 7:46p 8:20p 8:54p 9:30p

28Fri 29Sat 30Sun 31Mon 01Tue 02Wed 03Thu 04Fri 05Sat 06Sun 07Mon 08Tue 09Wed 10Thu 11Fri 12Sat 13Sun 14Mon 15Tue 16Wed

4:30 5:24 6:21 7:20 8:22 9:24 10:25 11:24 ---12:45 1:34 2:20 3:03 3:45 4:26 5:08 5:50 6:34 7:20 8:08

P.M. SUN Minor Major Rises Sets

10:44 11:38 12:07 1:06 2:08 3:10 4:11 5:10 6:06 6:58 7:47 8:32 9:15 9:56 10:37 11:18 ---12:24 1:09 1:57

4:58 5:52 6:49 7:48 8:49 9:51 10:53 11:51 12:20 1:11 1:59 2:44 3:27 4:08 4:48 5:29 6:12 6:55 7:41 8:29

11:13 ---12:35 1:34 2:36 3:38 4:39 5:38 6:33 7:24 8:12 8:56 9:38 10:19 10:59 11:40 12:22 12:45 1:31 2:19

6:58 6:59 6:59 7:00 7:00 7:01 7:02 7:02 7:03 7:04 7:04 7:05 7:05 7:06 7:07 7:07 7:08 7:09 7:09 7:10

7:57 7:56 7:55 7:53 7:52 7:51 7:50 7:48 7:47 7:46 7:44 7:43 7:42 7:40 7:39 7:38 7:36 7:35 7:34 7:32

MOON Rises Sets

7:08p 7:53p 8:37p 9:20p 10:03p 10:48p 11:34p NoMoon 12:22a 1:13a 2:05a 2:58a 3:52a 4:46a 5:40a 6:33a 7:26a 8:19a 9:11a 10:04a

5:37a 6:45a 7:54a 9:03a 10:11a 11:18a 12:24p 1:26p 2:25p 3:19p 4:08p 4:52p 5:33p 6:10p 6:46p 7:19p 7:52p 8:25p 8:58p 9:33p

San Antonio 2015 Aug.-Sept.

28Fri 29Sat 30Sun 31Mon 01Tue 02Wed 03Thu 04Fri 05Sat 06Sun 07Mon 08Tue 09Wed 10Thu 11Fri 12Sat 13Sun 14Mon 15Tue 16Wed

A.M. Minor Major 4:37 10:51 5:31 11:45 6:28 12:14 7:27 1:13 8:29 2:15 9:31 3:17 10:32 4:18 11:31 5:17 12:03 6:13 12:52 7:05 1:41 7:54 2:27 8:39 2:54 9:09 3:45 9:59 4:37 10:51 5:31 11:45 6:28 12:14 7:27 1:13 8:29 2:15 9:31 3:17

P.M. Minor 5:05 5:59 6:56 7:55 8:56 9:59 11:00 11:58 12:27 1:18 2:06 2:51 3:23 4:13 5:05 5:59 6:56 7:55 8:56 9:59

SUN Major Rises 11:20 7:08 ---7:09 12:42 7:09 1:41 7:10 2:43 7:10 3:45 7:11 4:46 7:11 5:45 7:12 6:40 7:12 7:32 7:13 8:19 7:13 9:03 7:14 9:37 7:14 10:28 7:15 11:20 7:15 ---7:16 12:42 7:16 1:41 7:17 2:43 7:17 3:45 7:18

Sets 8:01 8:00 7:59 7:58 7:57 7:55 7:54 7:53 7:52 7:51 7:49 7:48 7:47 7:46 7:45 7:43 7:42 7:41 7:40 7:39

MOON Rises Sets 7:12p 5:49a 7:58p 6:55a 8:43p 8:03a 9:28p 9:10a 10:13p 10:16a 10:59p 11:22a 11:46p 12:26p NoMoon 1:28p 12:35a 2:26p 1:26a 3:20p 2:18a 4:09p 3:11a 4:54p 4:05a 5:36p 4:58a 6:14p 5:51a 6:50p 6:43a 7:25p 7:34a 7:59p 8:25a 8:33p 9:17a 9:08p 10:08a 9:43p

Amarillo 2015 Aug.-Sept.

28Fri 29Sat 30Sun 31Mon 01Tue 02Wed 03Thu 04Fri 05Sat 06Sun 07Mon 08Tue 09Wed 10Thu 11Fri 12Sat 13Sun 14Mon 15Tue 16Wed

A.M. P.M. Minor Major Minor 4:50 11:04 5:19 5:44 11:58 6:13 6:41 12:27 7:09 7:41 1:27 8:08 8:42 2:28 9:10 9:44 3:30 10:12 10:45 4:32 11:13 11:44 5:31 ---12:16 6:26 12:40 1:05 7:19 1:32 1:54 8:07 2:20 2:40 8:52 3:04 3:08 9:22 3:36 3:58 10:12 4:27 4:50 11:04 5:19 5:44 11:58 6:13 6:41 12:27 7:09 7:41 1:27 8:08 8:42 2:28 9:10 9:44 3:30 10:12

Major 11:33 ---12:55 1:54 2:56 3:58 4:59 5:58 6:53 7:45 8:32 9:17 9:50 10:41 11:33 ---12:55 1:54 2:56 3:58

SUN Rises 7:16 7:16 7:17 7:18 7:19 7:19 7:20 7:21 7:21 7:22 7:23 7:24 7:24 7:25 7:26 7:26 7:27 7:28 7:29 7:29

Sets 8:20 8:19 8:17 8:16 8:15 8:13 8:12 8:10 8:09 8:08 8:06 8:05 8:03 8:02 8:01 7:59 7:58 7:56 7:55 7:53

MOON Rises Sets 7:32p 5:55a 8:16p 7:04a 8:58p 8:14a 9:40p 9:24a 10:22p 10:34a 11:05p 11:42a 11:51p 12:49p NoMoon 1:52p 12:38a 2:51p 1:29a 3:45p 2:21a 4:34p 3:15a 5:18p 5:58p 3:44a 6:46p 4:48a 7:32p 5:55a 8:16p 7:04a 8:58p 8:14a 9:40p 9:24a 10:22p 10:34a 11:05p 11:42a

Legend: Major=2 hours. Minor=1 hour. Times centered on the major-minor window. For other locations, subtract 1 minute per 12 miles east of a location, and add 1 minute per 12 miles west of a location.

Sabine Pass, north Date

Aug 28 Aug 29 Aug 30 Aug 31 Sep 01 Sep 02 Sep 03 Sep 04 Sep 05 Sep 06 Sep 07 Sep 08 Sep 09 Sep 10 Sep 11

Time

3:49 AM 4:19 AM 4:50 AM 5:21 AM 5:54 AM 12:32 AM 1:28 AM 4:12 AM 12:46 AM 6:36 AM 1:51 AM 2:39 AM 3:14 AM 3:42 AM 4:03 AM

Height 1.8H 1.8H 1.8H 1.8H 1.7H 0.8L 1.1L 1.5L 1.8H 1.5L 1.8H 1.8H 1.8H 1.8H 1.7H

Time

9:01 AM 9:44 AM 10:30 AM 11:19 AM 12:11 PM 6:28 AM 7:04 AM 8:37 AM 9:55 AM 6:36 AM 7:58 AM 8:38 AM 7:44 AM 8:21 AM 9:01 AM

Galveston Bay entrance, north jetty

Time

1.1L 0.9L 0.7L 0.5L 0.4L 1.7H 1.7H 1.6H 1.5H 1.5H 1.4L 1.4L 1.4L 1.3L 1.1L

2:20 PM 3:23 PM 4:27 PM 5:35 PM 6:47 PM 1:07 PM 2:06 PM 4:15 PM 4:13 PM 9:55 AM 11:20 AM 12:32 PM 12:03 PM 1:15 PM 2:20 PM

Height

Time

Height

1.7H 1.8H 1.8H 1.8H 1.8H 0.2L 0.1L 0.1L 0.3L 1.5H 1.5H 1.6H 1.6H 1.7H 1.7H

9:17 PM -0.1L 10:05 PM 0.1L 10:53 PM 0.3L 11:41 PM 0.5 L 8:08 PM 9:40 PM

1.7H 1.7H

12:46 AM 1.8H 5:20 PM 0.1L 6:22 PM 0.2L 7:16 PM 0.2L 7:40 PM -0.1L 8:29 PM -0.1L 9:17 PM -0.1L

Height 1.8H 1.8H 1.8H 1.7H 0.6L 0.9L 1.1L 1.3L 1.2L 1.5H 1.6H 1.6H 1.7H 1.8H 1.8H

Time 9:15 AM 10:10 AM 10:56 AM 11:40 AM 5:59 AM 6:20 AM 6:51 AM 7:37 AM 8:14 AM 3:03 AM 6:20 AM 7:03 AM 7:38 AM 8:20 AM 9:15 AM

Height 1.2L 1.0L 0.8L 0.5L 1.7H 1.7H 1.7H 1.4H 1.4H 1.4L 1.4L 1.4L 1.4L 1.3L 1.2L

Time 2:19 PM 3:53 PM 4:57 PM 5:57 PM 12:28 PM 1:24 PM 2:27 PM 3:06 PM 3:52 PM 8:48 AM 9:24 AM 10:14 AM 11:45 AM 1:02 PM 2:19 PM

Height 1.7H 1.8H 1.8H 1.8H 0.4L 0.2L 0.5L 0.4L 0.4L 1.5H 1.5H 1.6H 1.6H 1.6H 1.7H

Time 9:35 PM 10:30 PM 11:18 PM

Height 0.1L 0.2L 0.4L

7:23 PM 8:44 PM 9:52 PM 11:03 PM

1.8H 1.8H 1.3H 1.4H

5:04 PM 6:14 PM 7:02 PM 7:47 PM 8:37 PM 9:35 PM

0.3L 0.1L 0.0L 0.0L 0.0L 0.1L

Height 1.1H 1.1H 1.1H 1.1H 1.1H 0.8L 0.9L 1.3L 1.4L 1.8H 1.8H 1.8H 1.8H 1.8H 1.8H

Time 10:27 AM 10:44 AM 10:41 AM 11:20 AM 12:27 PM 6:53 AM 7:40 AM 7:43 AM 8:36 AM 6:40 AM 7:23 AM 7:44 AM 8:02 AM 7:30 AM 9:53 AM

Height 1.1L 1.0L 0.9L 0.9L 0.8L 1.1H 1.1H 1.6H 1.6H 1.5L 1.4L 1.2L 1.3L 1.2L 1.2L

Time 2:39 PM 3:31 PM 4:21 PM 5:11 PM 6:17 PM 2:09 PM 3:07 PM 3:12 PM 4:12 PM 9:20 AM 10:10 AM 10:08 AM 11:24 AM 12:31 PM 3:38 PM

Height 1.3H 1.2H 1.2H 1.2H 1.1H 0.7L 0.7L 0.2L 0.2L 1.6H 1.6H 1.3H 1.3H 1.4H 1.7H

Time 10:31 PM 11:02 PM 11:22 PM 11:39 PM

Height 0.3L 0.4L 0.6L 0.7L

8:07 PM 9:58 PM 10:58 PM

1.1H 1.1H 1.8H

Date Time Height Aug 28 3:57 AM 1.9H Aug 29 4:24 AM 1.8H Aug 30 4:50 AM 1.7H Aug 31 5:16 AM 1.6H Sep 01 5:41 AM 1.5H Sep 02 1:01 AM 0.9L Sep 03 2:28 AM 1.2L Sep 04 4:04 AM 1.3L Sep 05 3:51 PM 0.1L Sep 06 12:50 AM 1.9H Sep 07 1:47 AM 2.0H Sep 08 2:34 AM 1.9H Sep 09 3:15 AM 1.9H Sep 10 3:47 AM 1.8H Sep 11 4:11 AM 1.8H

Time 10:19 AM 10:29 AM 10:38 AM 11:04 AM 11:45 AM 6:04 AM 6:23 AM 6:39 AM

Height 1.3L 1.2L 1.0L 0.8L 0.5L 1.5H 1.4H 1.3H

Time 1:40 PM 2:55 PM 4:05 PM 5:14 PM 6:29 PM 12:35 PM 1:33 PM 2:53 PM

Height 1.5H 1.6H 1.6H 1.7H 1.7H 0.4L 0.2L 0.4L

Time 8:59 PM 9:53 PM 10:49 PM 11:50 PM

Height 0.0L 0.1L 0.3L 0.6L

7:59 PM 9:57 PM 11:39 PM

1.7H 1.8H 1.9H

5:08 PM 6:20 PM 9:13 AM 3:15 AM 9:55 AM 10:21 AM

0.1L 0.2L 1.3L 1.9H 1.3L 1.1L

11:37 AM 12:48 PM 1:50 PM 2:40 PM

1.4H 1.4H 1.4H 1.5H

Time 8:42 AM 8:44 AM 8:48 AM 9:32 AM 9:43 AM 9:17 AM 6:32 AM 6:34 PM 7:53 PM 9:11 PM 10:20 PM 11:20 PM

Height 1.2H 1.2H 1.1H 1.1H 1.1H 1.1H 1.0L 0.1L 0.1L 0.1L 0.1L 0.2L

Time 2:09 PM 2:33 PM 2:55 PM 4:51 PM 5:12 PM 4:35 PM 9:28 AM

Height 1.0L 0.8L 0.7L 0.6L 0.5L 0.4L 1.1H

8:13 AM 8:18 AM

1.3H 1.2H

1:41 PM 2:08 PM

San Luis Pass

Date Time Aug 28 5:22 AM Aug 29 5:23 AM Aug 30 5:30 AM Aug 31 5:50 AM Sep 01 6:17 AM Sep 02 12:07 AM Sep 03 12:53 AM Sep 04 2:48 AM Sep 05 3:42 AM Sep 06 12:18 AM Sep 07 1:20 AM Sep 08 2:15 AM Sep 09 3:09 AM Sep 10 3:47 AM Sep 11 4:16 AM

Freeport Harbor

Rollover Pass Date Aug 28 Aug 29 Aug 30 Aug 31 Sep 01 Sep 02 Sep 03 Sep 04 Sep 05 Sep 06 Sep 07 Sep 08 Sep 09 Sep 10 Sep 11

Time 12:56 AM 1:42 AM 2:28 AM 3:14 AM 4:03 AM 5:05 AM 12:10 AM 2:37 AM 4:56 AM 6:06 AM 6:52 AM 7:27 AM 7:55 AM 12:12 AM 12:56 AM

Height 0.0L 0.1L 0.3L 0.4L 0.6L 0.8L 1.2H 1.3H 1.4H 1.4H 1.5H 1.4H 1.4H 0.3L 0.4L

1.1L 1.0

5:39 PM 6:46 PM 7:02 PM 7:40 PM 8:25 PM 9:52 PML

0.3L 0.3L 0.2 L 0.2L 0.2L

7:21 PM 0.3L 8:12 PM 0.4L 9:55 PM -0.1L 9:33 PM 0.0L

Time 5:45 PM 6:58 PM 8:09 PM 9:19 PM 10:38 PM 5:27 PM

4:53 PM 6:05 PM

Height 1.2H 1.2H 1.2H 0.9H 1.2H 0.2L

1.1H 1.2H

Port O’Connor Date Aug 28 Aug 29 Aug 30 Aug 31 Sep 01 Sep 02 Sep 03 Sep 04 Sep 05 Sep 06 Sep 07 Sep 08 Sep 09 Sep 10 Sep 11

Time 12:37 PM 12:24 AM 1:01 AM 1:25 AM 1:18 AM 7:19 AM 7:37 AM 8:14 AM 9:02 AM 9:58 AM 8:09 AM 9:02 AM 8:28 AM 8:17 AM 8:12 AM

Rockport

Date Time Aug 28 12:41 AM Aug 29 1:15 AM Aug 30 1:44 AM Aug 31 2:06 AM Sep 01 2:19 AM Sep 02 2:17 AM Sep 03 9:13 AM Sep 04 9:29 AM Sep 05 9:02 AM Sep 06 9:58 AM Sep 07 10:58 AM Sep 08 11:59 AM Sep 09 1:02 PM Sep 10 2:05 PM Sep 11 3:14 PM

Port Aransas

Date Time Aug 28 4:33 AM Aug 29 4:18 AM Aug 30 4:24 AM Aug 31 4:44 AM Sep 01 5:08 AM Sep 02 12:16 AM Sep 03 1:17 AM Sep 04 3:00 AM Sep 05 1:56 AM Sep 06 2:57 AM Sep 07 3:45 AM Sep 08 4:26 AM Sep 09 4:53 AM Sep 10 4:35 AM Sep 11 4:25 AM

Height 0.4H 0.1L 0.2L 0.2L 0.3L 0.4H 0.4H 0.5H 0.5H 0.5H 1.1H 1.0H 1.0H 1.0H 0.9H

3:59 PM 5:50 PM 8:01 AM 7:25 AM 4:23 PM 5:23 PM 6:19 PM 6:19 PM 8:09 PM 8:34 PM 9:32 PM 10:19 PM 11:14 PM 11:46 PM

0.4H 0.3H 0.3H 0.3H 0.2L 0.2L 0.2L 0.2L 0.2L 0.3L 0.3L 0.4L 0.5L 0.5L

Height 0.0L 0.0L 0.1L 0.1L 0.1L 0.2L 0.3H 0.3H 0.3H 0.5H 0.4H 0.5H 0.4H 0.5H 0.5H

Time 3:56 PM 4:59 PM 6:15 PM 9:17 AM 9:03 AM 9:04 AM 5:49 PM 6:38 PM 7:27 PM 8:17 PM 9:08 PM 10:00 PM 10:51 PM 11:14 PM 11:46 PM

Height 0.3H 0.2H 0.2H 0.2H 0.2H 0.2H 0.1L 0.1L 0.1L 0.1L 0.1L 0.1L 0.1L 0.1L 0.3L

Height 0.9H 0.9H 0.9H 0.9H 1.0H 0.7L 0.8L 1.0L 1.1H 1.2H 1.2H 1.2H 1.1H 1.1H 1.0H

Time 7:49 AM 8:42 AM 9:36 AM 10:30 AM 11:27 AM 12:16 AM 5:59 AM 6:23 AM 4:07 PM 5:21 PM 6:27 PM 7:25 PM 8:31 AM 8:52 AM 9:14 AM

Height 0.9L 0.8L 0.6L 0.5L 0.4L 0.7L 1.0H 1.1H 0.1L 0.2L 0.2L 0.2L 1.0L 1.0L 0.9L

Height 1.2H 1.1H 1.1H 1.0H 1.0H 0.8L 1.0L 0.0L 1.4H 1.4H 1.5H 1.4H 1.3H 1.3H 1.2H

Time 9:20 AM 9:39 AM 10:13 AM 12:13 PM 11:45 AM 5:35 AM 5:33 AM

Height 0.4H 0.3H 0.3H 0.3H 0.2L 0.3L 0.3L 0.4H 0.4H 0.4H 0.4H 0.4H 0.4H 0.4H 0.3H

South Padre Island Date Time Aug 28 4:59 AM Aug 29 5:03 AM Aug 30 5:10 AM Aug 31 5:20 AM Sep 01 5:29 AM Sep 02 12:56 AM Sep 03 2:07 AM Sep 04 2:44 PM Sep 05 12:37 AM Sep 06 2:11 AM Sep 07 3:11 AM Sep 08 3:57 AM Sep 09 4:30 AM Sep 10 4:48 AM Sep 11 4:47 AM

East Matagorda

Date Time Aug 28 7:17 AM Aug 29 7:51 AM Aug 30 8:15 AM Aug 31 5:37 AM Sep 01 1:48 AM Sep 02 2:20 AM Sep 03 2:24 AM Sep 04 12:30 AM Sep 05 7:33 AM Sep 06 2:03 AM Sep 07 3:19 AM Sep 08 4:00 AM Sep 09 4:33 AM Sep 10 5:09 AM Sep 11 6:06 AM

Time

Height

Time

Height

Time

Height

1:09 PM 3:15 PM

0.5L 0.2L

7:19 PM

0.7H

Time

Height

Time

Height

2:24 PM 3:52 PM 4:55 PM

0.2L 0.1L 0.1L

7:56 PM 10:09 PM

0.2H 0.2H

Time 1:15 PM 2:26 PM 3:36 PM 4:48 PM 6:05 PM 12:28 PM 1:35 PM 2:50 PM

Height 1.1H 1.1H 0.8H 1.1H 1.1H 0.3L 0.2L 0.1L

Time 9:08 PM 9:53 PM 10:39 PM 11:26 PM

Height 0.1L 0.2L 0.3L 0.5L

11:21 AM 12:31 PM 1:34 PM

Height 1.1L 1.0L 0.8L 0.7L 0.4L 1.0H 0.9H

3:53 PM 5:03 PM 6:09 PM 7:09 PM 8:01 PM 9:20 AM 9:30 AM

0.0H 0.0L 0.0L 0.1L 0.2L 1.1L 1.1L

Time 9:37 AM 09:52 AM 10:19 AM 10:52 AM 4:28 AM 4:54 AM 5:34 AM 2:37 AM 5:31 PM 6:11 AM 6:34 AM 6:24 AM 6:45 AM 9:54 AM 9:37 AM

Height 0.3L 0.3L 0.2L 0.2L 0.3H 0.4H 0.4H 0.3L 0.0L 0.4L 0.4L 0.3L 0.3L 0.4L 0.3L

7:34 PM 9:58 PM

1.1H 1.1H

1.1H 1.1H 1.1H

8:14 PM 8:55 PM 9:29 PM

0.3L 0.4L 0.5 L

Time 12:49 PM 2:23 PM 3:50 PM 5:02 PM 6:42 PM 12:40 PM 1:39 PM

Height 1.2H 1.2H 1.2H 0.9H 1.3H 0.5L 0.4L

Time 9:17 PM 10:09 PM 11:02 PM 11:56 PM

Height 0.0L 0.1 L 0.3L 0.4L

8:20 PM 10:20 PM

0.9H 0.9H

12:12 PM 1:39 PM

1.2H 1.2H

8:46 PM 9:25 PM

0.3 L 0.0L

Time 12:55 PM 1:51 PM 3:33 PM 4:23 PM 1:48 PM 2:08 PM 2:35 PM 6:41 AM

Height 0.4H 0.4H 0.4H 0.4H 0.2L 0.1L 0.1L 0.4H

Time 9:54 PM 10:18 PM 10:46 PM

Height 0.0L 0.1L 0.1L

7:38 PM 11:57 PM

0.3H 0.4H

3:15 PM

0.0L

8:12 AM 11:44 AM 12:13 PM 12:10 PM 12:19 PM 12:55 PM

0.4H 0.4H 0.4H 0.4H 0.4H 0.4H

6:11 PM 6:45 PM 7:44 PM 9:09 PM 9:35 PM 10:09 PM

0.0L 0.0L 0.0L 0.1L 0.0L 0.1L

Texas Coast Tides

Date Time Aug 28 4:21 AM Aug 29 4:50 AM Aug 30 5:17 AM Aug 31 5:39 AM Sep 01 12:05 AM Sep 02 12:58 AM Sep 03 1:55 AM Sep 04 2:48 AM Sep 05 2:53 AM Sep 06 12:21 AM Sep 07 1:19 AM Sep 08 2:12 AM Sep 09 3:05 AM Sep 10 3:48 AM Sep 11 4:21 AM

Height

LSONews.com

15SCI7085_2015_ConventionAds_FF_LoneStarOutdoorNews_11x17.indd 2

LoneOStar Outdoor News

August 28, 2015

Page 25

8/14/15 5:13 PM

Page 26

August 28, 2015

LoneOStar Outdoor News

LSONews.com

OUTDOOR PUZZLER ACROSS

1. A group of newborns 3. A game cover 9. A scope cover 10. To take game illegally 11. Parts on a bow 12. Cousins to the rabbits 13. The fish basket 14. The tip of a bullet 19. A group of fish in one spot 21. Name for a certain lure 23. The largest bass 24. A game trailway 25. Fly pattern for bass 28. Good wood for arrows 31. A flyrod grommet 32. A gun association 33. Name for Northern whitetail 34. Gun part that expels spent shell

FOR THE TABLE

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

36. Code for a type bullet 38. Fish seen but not hooked 40. To change hunting routes 41. A bushytail food source 42. The antlers 43. Parts of an antler 44. A very large group of animals DOWN

1. His family is called a pride 2. Game trails 3. A cousin to the weasel 4. A gun part 5. Classified as a rodent 6. Campfire residue 7. These have been shot off turkeys 8. Good for arrow shafts 13. Used for bait at times 15. A group of quail

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. 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

16. A part of a gun’s action 17. The trapper’s interest 18. The Arizona whitetail 20. Trapped for their pelt 22. A small game predator 23. Letter code for a shotgun 26. The yellow is one species 27. A gun’s kick 29. A bowman’s protector, arm _____ 30. The long-armed tree dweller 32. A deer food source 35. A game bird 36. An appendage on a wild turkey 37. Name for the Hawaiian goose 38. Name for arrowhead used in streams 39. A fired gun’s recoil 40. The camp pest

Basted grilled dove

Easy stuffed fl ounder 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 crabmeat 1 (4-ounce) can small shrimp, liquid reserved 1 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning

By Wilbur “Wib” Lundeen Solution on Page 30

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

— allrecipes.com

6-8 doves, split down the back and flattened 1/4 cup olive oil 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 tsp. dried rosemary Salt and pepper Mix the olive oil, garlic and rosemary together. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Brush the oil mixture over both sides of the doves. Grill over medium heat. Baste often with the oil mixture. Grill bone side for 10 minutes. Turn over and cook for another 8-10 minutes.

— backwoodsbound.com

LSONews.com

LoneOStar Outdoor News

August 28, 2015

Page 27

Page 28

August 28, 2015

LoneOStar Outdoor News

LSONews.com

CLASSIFIEDS HUNTING LONGHORN RIVER RANCH High-fenced hunting packages, All lodging and guides included.

Hunts start at $495.

Whitetail, axis, fallow, blackbuck, elk, oryx, addax, aoudad, rams, red sheep, hogs and more.

Between Austin and San Antonio 9 blinds, yearround feeding, lodges from 4-20 people.

Free catch and release fishing Now booking August, Sept., Oct., Nov. and Dec. Special: Your choice axis hunt, 2 days, 1 night with a guide, only $1,995.

Call Jesse, (210) 722-8936 WHITEWING HUNTING on the Rio Grande Special whitewing Sept. 5-6 and 12-13 $300 per weekend includes BBQ Regular Whitewing season $80 per day texasdovehunt.com (956) 542-2223 FINE GUNS Patrick Willoughby-Mccabe has opened his new store in Albany, Texas Stop by and see what it has to offer 140-144 S. Main Street Albany.

Call for an appointment (469) 759-6146

NAMIBIA HUNTING

Chapungu-Kambako Hunting Safaris PH Herman Coetzee will guide you to your next plains game or dangerous game trophy.

Herman@chapungukambako.com chapungu-kambako.com

TDHA - JOIN TODAY TEXAS DOVE HUNTERS ASSOC. TexasDoveHunters.com (210) 764-1189

25,000 PRIME HUNTING ACRES 7 miles north of Dryden Tx on SH349 Whitetails, Mule Deer, Level 3 MLD, 40 Blinds with feeders.

Great corporate lease, Public airport 2 miles away, Midland Airport 140 miles away 2 houses plus Main Lodge with a 20-person combined sleeping capability Ranch will put out feed Contact: Lloyd W. (432) 836.4419

RESERVATIONS Being Taken for World Class Red Stag Hunts.

1.5 hours from Dallas.

(214) 616-6822

DOVE HUNTING Over Sunflower and Sesame Seed Fields in Uvalde County. Contact Mark Roberts. www.MarkRoberts DoveHunting.com (830) 261-9467

SPANISH IBEX CAPE Full body Southeastern Spanish ibex cape for sale.

Replace your old mount with a rare, hard to find, perfect condition cape.

Call Gary at Rhodes Brothers Taxidermy (830) 896-6996 DALLAS SAFARI CLUB MEMBERS Are you 21 to 40 years old?

Join the new Conservation Society (a young professional group) We are a fun group and want you to learn about us.

Contact Crystal at (972) 989-9800 or Crystal@biggame.org dscconservationsociety.org

TROPHY WHITETAIL BUCK HUNTS Intensive Management Program. Lodging included.

(940) 362-4219

TEXAS DEER FOR SALE True texas genetics — grey deer!!!

Stockerbucks for sale — 3-year-olds available for immediate delivery Trophy typicals score 170 to 200 b&c Bred does and open does to stock your ranch Quantity pricing — pics avail Come see before you buy Tour our facility near Marble Falls, Texas Call Jay (505) 681-5210

HOLDS UP TO 8 RODS! Sturdy, Lightweight & Convenient.

Transports Rods & Reels Safely.

Practical, Compact & Durable.

Stores Rods & Reels Upright.

Easy to Assemble. only $34.95.

Available at major retailers or direct from MDOUTDOORSPECIALITIES.COM

SOUTH PADRE FISHING Reds, Trout, Flounder, Snook. Everything supplied but food and licenses.

Multiple trip discounts. Call Capt. Thomas for details or CDCT12005@aol.com.

CustomSportsAnglers.com (956) 551-1965 SABINE LAKE FISHING Trout, flounder, reds.

Captain Randy’s Guide Service running multiple boats.

Check for specials at www.fishsabine.com (409) 719-6067

COLORADO RIVER FISHING Located in east Austin on the north bank of the Colorado River, Latitude: 30.256179 Longitude: -97.634178 1-acre leased-access fishing, boating, and camping area. It offers 225 feet of bank access and serves as a boat launch, and overnight campground.

Call for rates (512) 289-0750.

1.23.15TPWD

MASON COUNTY High Fenced Package Hunts: 3 days fully guided with accommodations and meals included. Trophy, management, and doe hunts available. Father and Son packages encouraged. Spring turkey semi-guided with lodging Call Ranch Branch Ranch (830) 981-4225 1.23.15 JCOC

RANCH PROPERTIES Looking for a ranch or want to sell one?

Contact Chris Susilovich, Agent, Hortenstine Ranch Company Chris@HRCRanch.com (903) 503-5961

ANGLER’S TOTE

HUNTING LAND Wish to buy or sell property? Let us serve you!

Contact Brandon Azuelo, Land Specialist/Agent, No Fences Land Company brandona@nofencesland. com (972) 800-7773

BASS FISHING TOURNAMENTS Century Bass Club, Since 1976… Accepting new members anytime.

Boater and Non-Boater draw format.

Monthly tournaments: East Texas Lakes.

B.A.S.S. Nation Affiliate.

CenturyBassClub.com 214-507-7435

BASS FISHING on 6,000-acre ranch, 5 lakes, R+B boats, trolling motors, tackle Call Bill Whitfield (210) 494-6421

MISC. FISHING TROPHY STRIPERS Lake Texoma Guided fishign trips and cabins available.

Complete packages also available.

Visit CFAFISHING.COM

FOR SALE Ranch equipment 16’ King hitter pole driver for sale Works good, good condition Attaches to skid steer New cables Marble falls texas $7,000 Call jay (505) 681-5210 DECOYS WANTED WOODEN Duck and Goose. Top prices paid. Ask for David.

(214) 361-2276

ARROWHEADS AND ARTIFACTS I buy and sell authentic Texas artifacts. Please call Nick.

(210) 557-9478 AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS & MAPPING RANCH & HUNTING, AGRICULTURE, ENVIRONMENTAL, 2014 IMAGERY AVAILABLE BalboaMapCompany.com

BOATS 2012 SKEETER FX 20

Dual 8’ Power Poles.

Two Lowrance HDS 8 Gen 2.

Motorguide 36V Trolling Motor.

Yamaha 250 SHO. Call/Text Dustin For More Info (316) 655-8788

VEHICLES ‘95 JEEP WRANGLER 4wd, camo with raisable 12’ camo hunting tower with 2 swivel seats.

Remove tower from roof rack for rooftop storage.

Good condition.

Great hunting and beach rig. $8,950 Email for pics pwatkins113@netscape.net (210) 225-6666 XT. 117 FOR PHIL

LOOKING FOR A FORD F-150 OR F-250 SUPER DUTY? I’m a lifelong hunter and can help you hunt for your next truck.

Call Bobby at Rockwall Ford, (214) 632 7963.

I have a great selection of preowned trucks, as well.

1948 JEEP CJ2 4X4, runs good new battery rebuilt engine new clutch and throw out bearing new bi-directional tires new exhaust rebuilt steering box gas tank cleaned epoxied rebuilt carborater new u-joints and seals 12 volt conversion tow bar 1500# wench needs brake job some rust receiver hitch on rear have title $4,500 (210) 386-1448 1966 M151 MUTT 4X4 runs good (army’s newer version of jeep) This has 4 wheel independent suspension new bi-directional tires new fuel pump carborater rebuilt special coating on float to accommodate ethanol gas 24 volt system 95 amp alternator some rust ball trailer hitch on rear tow bar, no title $4,000 (210) 386-1448 1952 JEEP CJ2 4X4 runs good new fuel pump new battery new bi-directional tires including spare gas tank cleaned out filter added 12 volt conversion some rust receiver hitch on front for feeder ball trailer hitch on rear, have title $4,000 (210) 386-1448

LSONews.com

LoneOStar Outdoor News

August 28, 2015

PRODUCTS

>>

rioproducts.com

basspro.com

A-SERIES QUICKTOP TACKLE BAGS: Plano’s newest offering places a durable molded ABS lid atop a features-packed soft tackle bag. Operable with one hand, the two smoked, see-through lid covers unlatch on either side for access to the items anglers most often use.

When closed, these items — such as smart phones — remain visible and fully protected within.

Sandwiched between its ABS lid and its waterproof base lies the soft tackle bag, whose main interior compartment houses four utility boxes. External pockets offer extra storage for gear and sheaths suitable for pliers or multi-tools are integrated on the outside of each side pocket. The 2016 bag sells for about $70 to $80, depending on model.

>>

>>

REDHEAD TEC-LITE PANT: Bass Pro Shops’ high-tech Bass Pro Shops’ duo, fashioned from ultralightweight polyester with a touch of Spandex, offers moisture-wicking and fastdrying capabilities to provide all-day comfort to hunters.

The shirt has two buttondown chest pockets and a seven-button front plus a vented back. The pants have a zip fl y with button closure, two-button side cargo pockets, zip rear pockets and two upper hand pockets plus a hidden adjustable waist.

Available in Mossy Oak Break-Up Country, each piece sells for about $50 to $60, depending on size.

LIGHTLINE: RIO Products’ line has been designed to load slower, more traditional action bamboo and fi berglass fl y rods as well as fl exing graphite rods without overloading them. The weight distribution and short front taper ensures the line loads at close range, making it ideal for fi shing on smaller creeks and streams, while the softer, supple coating ensures the line remains relaxed and easy to handle in the majority of conditions. Available in both double taper and weight forward, the brown or ivory LightLine comes in two-weight through sixweight. It costs about $75.

planomolding.com

Texas Big Game Awards turns 25 In 1990, the Texas Big Game Awards began and received 200 or so entries. Last season, 1,202 entries were submitted in both the scored and youth/ first harvest categories. At three banquets, each combining three of the eight geographical regions in Texas, 1,010 people attended.

“We’re the official hunting program of Texas and the only one of its kind,” said Director David Brimager. “The Big Game Awards are a free and certificate-based program for hunters, landowners, youth and first-time hunters — it’s a great way to recognize hunters and landowners.”

Scorers are easy to find, as TBGA has 1,100 volunteer scorers located across the state.

TBGA also awards college scholarships and the Landowner of the Year award.

“We launched our new trophy search database at texasbiggameawards.org,” Brimager said.

“You can go in and look through the entries for the past 25 years by county, name or type of animal. It will sort and give you a list out of all of the animals that have been entered. It’s a neat research tool.”

The TBGA is designed to promote big game hunting in Texas and to promote and encourage sound habitat and wildlife management. The program recognizes: 1) The quality of big game animals in Texas; 2) The hunters who harvest these animals; 3) The land managers who produce these animals; 4) The importance of our hunting heritage; and 5) The achievements of young and new hunters.

• 4,000 lb. Winch • Steel Rollbar Basket • Front Floor Double Gun Holder • HD Tire Tractor Seal • Steel Roof, Insulated, Powder Coated • Roof Oversize Steel Basket • Rear Utility Seat • Double Gun Holder • Double Adjustable Gun Rests

-$2,142

— Staff report

NEW!!!

TDA convention sets attendance record Undeterred by recent events, the Texas Deer Association annual convention held August 13-16 set records in both attendance and the organization’s Grand Auction.

The Grand Auction, TDA’s annual fundraiser made up of donations by members, broke last year’s total by nearly $10,000, raising just under $300,000.

The Select Sale and Superior Genetics Deer Auction were just below last year’s record-setting totals.

— TDA

!!

!

K O

$15,499 NGERS A R E Z I S L L LL 570 FU UGUST 2015!!

A F F O 0 0 ,0 $1 D OF A N E E H T H THROUG

LO

Page 29

Page 30

August 28, 2015

LoneOStar Outdoor News

LSONews.com

DATEBOOK AUGUST 27-29

Deer Breeders Corp.

8th Annual Convention Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort, San Antonio (972) 289-3100 dbcdeer.com

SEPT. 1

Dallas Woods and Waters Club Opening Day Dove Hunt Eastland, Texas (214) 570-8700 dwwcc.org

SEPT. 3

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Southeast Texas Big Game Banquet Beaumont (409) 673-2771 rmef.org

Delta Waterfowl Brazoria County Chapter Banquet Lake Jackson Civic Center (979) 299-5962 deltawaterfowl.org

Cabela’s Kids Explorer Summer Program, Fort Worth Camouflaged Critters (817) 337-2458 cabelas.com Whitetails Unlimited East Texas/Marshall Chapter Banquet Marshall Civic Center whitetailsunlimited.com

SEPT. 4-5

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

SEPT. 12-13

Texas Gun and Knife Shows Hill Country Youth Event Center, Kerrville (830) 285-0575 texasgunandknifeshows.com

SEPT. 5

Uvalde Dove Expo Oasis Outback (830) 278-4115 visituvalde.com

SEPT. 16-18

SEPT. 12

Dallas Woods and Waters Club 2nd Annual Youth Outdoor Safety Event Poetry Shooting Club, Terrell (214) 570-8700

Statewide Quail Symposium Trail Ranch, Albany statewidequailsymposium.com

MANUFACTURER OF:

Catquivers Shaggies Duck Blinds Field Blankets Packs Custom Orders VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO VIEW MORE ITEMS

USA MADE

(760) 789-2094 • jerry@ranchosafari.com Puzzle solution from Page 26

SEPT. 18-19

Karnes County Rotary Club 23rd Annual Lonesome Dove Fest Karnes County Youth Show Barn (830) 583-6330 lonesomedovefest.com

SEPT. 25

Dallas Woods and Waters Club Lake Fork Catfishing Trip (214) 570-8700 dwwcc.org

SEPT. 25-26

Uvalde Area Chamber of Commerce Doves and Clubs, Golf Club of Texas, Concan (830) 278-3361 uvalde.org

OCTOBER 7

LSON Foundation Wild Game Supper Beretta Gallery, Dallas lsonews.com (214) 361-2276

LSONews.com

LoneOStar Outdoor News

August 28, 2015

Page 31

Page 32

August 28, 2015

LoneOStar Outdoor News

LSONews.com

8/13/15 thru 9/20/15

MONARCH 5 BINOCULARS • ED (Extra-low Dispersion) Glass Lenses • Quick Focusing • Dielectric High Reflective Multilayer Prism Coating • Phase-Correction Coated Prisms • No-Fault Policy/Limited Lifetime Warranty◊

MONARCH 3 RIFLESCOPES • Patented BDC Reticle • 4-16x Zoom • Fully Multicoated Optical System • Spot On Ballistic Match Technology Optimized • No-Fault Policy/Limited Lifetime Warranty◊

10x42 Regular Price Instant Savings

4-16x42 SF MATTE BDC $326.95 -$ 5000 * †

Price After Instant Savings

$276.95

Regular Price Instant Savings

$456.95 -$ 7000 * †

Price After Instant Savings

$386.95

†

†

For a complete line of Nikon products, go to Webyshops.com or call (800) 851-9329 ◊Nikon No-Fault Repair/Replacement Policy and Limited Lifetime Warranty for Binoculars, Riflescopes and Fieldscopes. For full details of

visit NikonSportOptics.com

the Nikon No-Fault Repair/Replacement Policy and Limited Lifetime Warranty,

*Participating Nikon authorized dealers and resellers only. Instant Savings amount deducted from dealer or reseller’s selling price. Offer valid for new eligible products only that are sold between August 13, 2015 and September 20, 2015 to retail customers by a Nikon authorized dealer or reseller within the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands. Void where prohibited by law. All products are subject to availability. For eligible products and further details, please visit www.nikonpromo.com. †Actual selling price determined by dealer or reseller at time of sale.

All Nikon trademarks are the property of Nikon Corporation.