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A game of tag
Facing the backlash We’ve all seen it before, but how did the line do that? By Steve Schwartz Lone Star outdoor newS
Paul Moore has seen it all when it comes to backlash — bird’s nests that have to be cut out, end a day on the water or even break a reel. Moore is the owner of Southwestern Parts & Service in Dallas, and has been working on fishing reels since he started the company in 1970. Lone Star Outdoor News tracked him down to find out not just why a backlash happens, but how. “The reason we get a backlash (or what Moore and his co-workers jokingly refer to as a “professional overrun”), is because of the law of physics — ‘an object in motion tends to stay in motion,’” Moore said. See BACKLASH, Page 19
FUN AND FIELDWORK: Noah Cortez Escamilla, 12, of Brownville, landed this shark as the junior member of team Fishing Locos participating in the Texas Shark Rodeo. The shark was measured, photographed, tagged and released. Photo by Gilbert Guttierez.
Texas Shark Rodeo provides research information By Craig Nyhus
Lone Star outdoor newS For Mark Cano and his Rio Grande Valley friends that make up the team Fishing Locos in the Texas Shark Rodeo, signing up for the ninemonth-long event was just for fun — until they had a really good day. “We caught 16 blacktips in one day and moved all they way to second place,” he said. “We hap-
pened to be there when a migrating school came in.” The team didn’t enter the tournament for the prizes, though. “We were tagging fish already, so we entered,” Cano said. “Some people are out there almost every day. We had one lucky day, though, and now we’re itching to get back out there.” The Texas Shark Rodeo does more than just See RODEO, Page 19
USFWS makes adjustments that benefit hunters By Mark England
Lone Star outdoor newS On June 26, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service changed its definition of “hunting trophy.” That means life just got a little easier for international hunters. “It’s unfortunate that it’s taken as many years to come into effect, but should hunters be excited about it? Yes,” said Nelson Freeman, dep-
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A TANGLED MESS: The experts’ consensus? A backlash is a combination of several processes, happening at rates faster than many anglers can react. The good news? It happens to just about everybody. Photo by Steve Schwartz, Lone Star Outdoor News.
An exotic alternative
Many hunters turn to exotic hunts during the summer season. Page 4
A bright brigade
Youth conservation program turning students into leaders. Page 4
uty director of government affairs for Safari Club International. “It’s a very beneficial new regulation that will allow a lot more clarity for exporting countries, hunters and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff to ensure there’s not as much confusion at the point of importation.” The old definition restricted the See ADJUSTMENTS, Page 7
FISHING
Quite a fish
Trinity River angler catches large paddlefish below Lake Livingston dam. Page 8
Family on the fly
The Fowler family is a three-generational collective of experienced fly-fishermen. Page 9
BRINGING MORE HOME: After a recent USFWS decision, trophy hunters can now bring home trinkets carved or made from their trophies, such as hide purses and carved tusks. Photo by Marina Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.
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HUNTING Wildlife habitat dollars still there
Summertime means exotics
Programs provide assistance to landowners By Craig Nyhus
Lone Star outdoor newS Programs providing financial assistance to Texas landowners are often among the first to be victims of budget cuts, but there are still plenty of options. “There is quite a bit of money out there to help Texas landowners achieve their wildlife management goals,” said Jon Hayes, Oaks and Prairies Joint Venture conservation delivery specialist. Hayes presented options to landowners at a Texas Wildlife Association Webinar on June 19. “The biggest is still the Farm Bill administered by USDA,” Hayes said. Falling under the auspices of the Farm Bill, the Conservation Reserve Program, designed to remove highly erodible land from production, still covers 3.2 million acres in Texas. “The new Farm Bill passed by Congress reduced the total CRP acreage from 32 to 24 million acres, but 2 million of those acres were converted to the grazing lands program,” Hayes said. CRP payments are up to 75 percent of the grazing value of the land, and average $25 to $35 per acre in Texas. Most require management practices such as prescribed burning, disking, interseeding with native grasses or establishing woody species. See ASSISTANCE, Page 6
GOOD TIME FOR AN AXIS: Axis deer are rutting during the summer across much of Texas, and big bucks like the one taken by Heather Ray near Freer are falling daily. Photo by Mike Ray.
Hunters switch gears in the heat By Conor Harrison Lone Star outdoor newS
When the white-tailed deer hunting is taking a hiatus in Texas, many hunters turn their attention to exotics — usually axis, blackbuck and fallow, but many other rams, African plains game and others can be hunted yearround in Texas. And summer is the time to shoot a big axis buck. Mike and Heather Ray recently took advan-
tage of the summer hunting season to take a trophy axis and blackbuck at the Living the Dream Trophy Ranch near Freer. “The blackbuck were moving well and coming to water holes really well,” Mike said. “The axis were on the move, but didn’t seem to be in full rut yet. They were moving early morning and late evening.” Near Gatesville, Bobby Greiger of Los Robles Exotic Ranch said his season is going great, although he’s telling people to bring
mud boots to the ranch to deal with the water. “We are drowning,” Greiger said with a laugh. “It is either too hot or too wet to hunt some days. But the axis are going crazy right now. I was on the ranch this weekend and it seemed like every time I turned a corner, another axis was standing there.” Greiger said the elk are growing like crazy with the lush grass and he is taking some big blackbuck. See EXOTICS, Page 24
Turning youth into leaders Bobwhite Brigade teaches about quail, life By Craig Nyhus
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CAMP CADETS: Youngsters at the Bobwhite Brigade, a five-day camp near Coleman that teaches students about quail habitat, management and leadership skills, take a break to practice their clay shooting before the final day’s competition. Photo by Craig Nyhus, Lone Star Outdoor News.
The enthusiasm of 30 young Texans masked their weariness during this year’s fiveday Bobwhite Brigade at the Centennial Lodge near Coleman. And the camp is no picnic. “They get about five hours of sleep each night — maybe,” said camp founder Dr. Dale Rollins of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. “The agenda is pretty intense.” A glance at each day’s activities showed that every minute of each day is accounted for, with activities ranging from the classroom, where the cadets learn about quail, quail habitat, predators and management, to the field, where the cadets check dummy quail nests, locate bobwhites with transmitters through the GPS technology, and shoot clay targets.
Volunteers include wildlife biologists, county extension agents, landowners and educators who act as team leaders and instructors. Many cadets, after completion of the camp, return for several years to act as assistant leaders. Begun by Rollins in 1993, the Brigade was established with a mission to educate and empower youths with leadership skills and knowledge in wildlife, fisheries, and land stewardship to become conservation ambassadors for a sustained natural resource legacy. Since that time, the model has been used in five other states, and the Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society models its own summer camp after the Brigade. Other camps, sponsored by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Texas Wildlife Association, Texas See BRIGADE, Page 17
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World’s oldest deer contest enters 50th year By Craig Nyhus
gory winners include country music legend George Strait and other celebrities. The contest is run by Garza’s daughter, The Muy Grande Deer Contest held its Imelda Sharber, and her husband, Kenneth, annual celebration on June 14, and the who in 2007 left his full-time job to work at world’s oldest deer contest is gearing up for Muy Grande. Leonel is still there and still scoring deer, though. its upcoming 50th anniversary. “Ten years ago, we figured he had scored The contest began in 1965 in Freer, when Leonel “Muy” Garza was the manager of the about 18,000,” Imelda said. “There’s no tellCenter Circle Gas Station. Garza, known as ing what the number is now.” And he is still hunt“the deer hunting for big, typical er’s friend” for whitetails. his willingness “This year he shot to help hunters the buck nxamed the and deliver emer‘Duke of Duval’ on Ty gency messages Detmer’s T14 Ranch. to deer leases It scored in the in a time before 170s. cellphones and This year’s event email, began the featured two Hall contest with one of Fame inductees. category, “The “We had about Widest Spread.” 360 people this The first winner was Homer year,” Imelda Garza, who still said of the event, attends the event held at the Freer each year. High School audiLeonel Garza torium. “We didn’t have a inducted Ty prize for Homer Detmer, the 1990 in 1965, so he Heismann Trophy gave him his winner, and Jerry GOLDEN: Leonel Garza, left, who started the Muy Grande wristwatch. Tkac, the longDeer Contest in 1965, visits with his friend, Jerry JohnForty years later, ston, at the contest’s award ceremony. This season will time guide at the Homer was pre- mark Muy Grande’s 50th anniversary. Photo by Karl Garcia. Sombrerito Ranch sented with a in Webb County.” new, engraved The contest watch to make up awarded jackets to for the snafu. about 200 winners Now, Muy Grande has nearly 80 catego- in the 80 categories, and every youth ries and donates scholarships to students hunter with an entry received a trophy. in Duval and Freer counties, and past cate“We really want to encourage them,”
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Imelda said, “and we have a great sponsor in TTT Ranch in Encinal that provides all of the trophies.” In 2008, the Muy Grande opened its brand new building, which is part grocery store, sporting goods store, feed store, gas station and restaurant. Next year, a celebration is planned for the 50th anniversary. “It’s such a secret that we haven’t really figured it out ourselves,” Kenneth Sharber said. “We just know that we’re going to have a big blowout, we’re expecting about 1,500 people and the auditorium won’t be big enough.” Imelda was short on details, but said South Texas hunters should watch and mark their calendars for the event. “There is too much to tell,” she said. “We want to surprise our winners, but we’re going to have some great entertainment and lots of surprises. We have some extra deer scorers lined up. This is the year you’re going to want to win.”
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Coryell County man dies while hog hunting A Central Texas man died after his ATV fell on him while he was hunting feral hogs. The Coryell County Sheriff’s Office identified the accident victim as 73-year-old William King from Oglesby. Sheriff Johnny Burks says King was dead at the scene along a riverbank southeast of Gatesville. Investigators say King was with several other hunters when his ATV approached the banks of the Leon River. Officials say King’s ATV slid down a 20-foot embankment and landed on top of him. — Staff report
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PLENTY OF SUNFLOWERS: Dove hunters are watching a good crop of sunflowers mature across the state as rains help crops take hold. Photo by Lone Star Outdoor News.
Dove crop looks good Moisture helping after recent rains By Conor Harrison Lone Star outdoor newS
By the time most readers will put their eyes on this issue, there will be less than 65 days until the opening of dove season in the north zone. Sixty-five days — A welcome number until the unofficial first hunting holiday in the state every year. And, according to biologists, the state is doing reasonably well when it comes to growing crops dove love, such as sunflowers. “Overall, the last few months have been pretty good,” said Robert Burns of the Texas A&M University AgriLife Extension office. “Sunflowers are a later-planted crop, but they are doing very well now. However, the soil profile is down, still, so we need some rain in July or August to really get them through. “East of Interstate 45 is good, west is not so good, but recent rains are helping.”
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EQIP (Environmental Quality Incentives Program), administered by the local NRCS office, may apply to wildlife work on the property. Primarily targeted at livestock, there is $4 million available in Texas for wildlife. It funds erosion control, water conservation, wildlife and brush management, as well as bottomland hardwood restoration. For a do-it-yourself landowner, NRCS may be the best choice for wildlife habitat work. “NRCS has an estimated cost for types of work in the area, and pays one-half of the estimated cost,” Hayes said. “If you do all of the work yourself, it may pay for it all.” EQIP applies in designated areas, where dedicated funds exist for bobwhite quail and lesser prairie chicken habitat, and pronghorn grassland restoration. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service adminis-
Shaun Oldenburger, migratory game bird specialist from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, said he is hearing good things about the upcoming season. “We have our annual dove surveys done, but we haven’t had a chance to analyze them,” Oldenburger said. “We’ll have those ready the first week of August, but there have been both positives and negatives with the recent storms. On the positive side, the rain in South Texas has been very timely for the sunflowers. “Those rains will help to delay maturation of the seeds, so they should be around in September instead of maturing in August.” Oldenburger said the rains in the Rolling Plains and Panhandle regions helped fill stock tanks, where the majority of dove hunters focus during the season. “Overall, we think numbers are up, both for whitewings and mourning dove,” he See CROP, Page 30
ters Partners for Fish and Wildlife, designed to restore species that fall under their realm, including endangered species, and controlling invasive species is a priority. The local USFWS biologist is the contact for landowners desiring to participate. The program reimburses up to 60 percent of the actual cost of work performed. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department programs include the Landowner Incentive Program that aids landowners interested in providing or improving wildlife habitat, and the Pastures for Upland Birds Program that assists landowners in restoring native grasses. Both are limited to areas of focus within the state, and the local TPWD biologist is the contact to determine eligibility in the cost-sharing program. The OPJV administers a Grassland Restoration Incentive Program in designated areas, with bobwhite habitat as a priority, and maps of eligible areas are available at its website.
HELP AVAILABLE: State and federal programs still provide assistance for wildlife management, including disking fields, planting native vegetation and conducting prescribed burns. Photo by Marina Sams, LSON.
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items a hunter could bring into the United States after an international hunt. Hunters could bring in the raw or tanned parts of an animal (such as the hide, horns and teeth). But items manufactured from an animal were not considered part of the hunting trophy. “There were lots of instances where tusks, for example, had a protective brass band on the bottom and were seized because U.S. Fish and Wildlife staff considered them a ‘worked item,’” Freeman said. “It was a blatant overreach of authority.” The intent was to discourage the commercial trade of items manufactured from animals, particularly endangered species, according to a USFWS release. It states there were “concerns about the possible import of fully manufactured products as part of a hunting trophy that were actually purchased at a store or from a taxidermist, for example, and were not made from the sport-hunted trophy animal.” Laura Noguchi, a biologist who works in the USFWS’ Wildlife Trade and Conservation Branch, said the federal agency’s definition of a hunting trophy was adopted in the absence of one from CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. “That actually began the debate within CITES on what constituted a hunting trophy,” Noguchi said. She said the USFWS did not bar hunters from bringing items manufactured from their trophy animal into the country. However, they had to bring them in as a “personal item.” “It was a bit of a nuance,” Noguchi said. “Sometimes there was different paperwork involved. Sometimes there were different regulations involved, depending on the animal.” CITES, made up of 180 countries, adopted its own definition of a hunting trophy in 2010. USFWS officials participated in working group discussions on the topic
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and “agreed” with CITES’ definition, which allowed the importing of manufactured items made from a trophy animal. However, it took four more years for USFWS to officially adopt a new definition. “It had to go through our regulatory process,” Noguchi said. “We published the proposed rule in 2012, opened it to public comment, got a fair amount of input and now the final definition has just been published.” Freeman said SCI and other hunting organizations lobbied hard for a new definition the entire time. “If you can’t keep your nose to the grindstone, you’re not going to get anything done,” he said. The new USFWS definition of hunting trophy isn’t an exact copy of the one adopted by CITES, however. It contains what Noguchi calls “caveats” intended to tamp down the commercial trade of items made from endangered species. “The manufactured items have to be in the same shipment as the raw or tanned parts of the sport-hunted animal and have to be for the personal use of the hunter,” Noguchi said. “The items have to be in numbers that would reasonably be expected for the number of animals imported. Not in commercial quantities, basically. And the CITES’ document has to specify all the items included in the shipment, including the manufactured ones.” While the new definition makes things more convenient for hunters, it could also serve a larger purpose, according to Freeman. By allowing easier importation of items manufactured from hunting trophies, such as clothing or jewelry, it could encourage the employment of local artisans in host countries and reduce poaching. “Potentially, this definition could result in building more jobs into the local communities involved in the safari business, the people around wildlife management areas,” Freeman said. “The more value financially that communities realize from wildlife, the greater incentive they have to be protective of wildlife in a sustainable manner.”
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A whale of a fish Angler lands a large paddlefish below Lake Livingston dam
A UNIQUE SURPRISE: Houstonite Sam Brown caught this estimated 75-pound paddlefish near the Lake Livingston dam. More than 300,000 paddlefish were stocked in the ’90s, but showed no signs of reproducing. Photo courtesy of Sam Brown.
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Angler Sam Brown was a bit surprised with his catch in early June below Lake Livingston dam, thinking he had a hard-fighting alligator gar on the line. “I was fishing for alligator gar, and I had something on my line,” he said. “When it got closer to the boat, I thought I had a big catfish or something.” In fact, Brown had a large paddlefish on his line. He estimated it weighed around 75 pounds, though he has no exact measurement. He had a chance to take a brief photo with his catch, then released it into the water.
Brown is originally from England, but has been living in the Houston area for a few months working as an engineer. He said he likes to spend time fishing in the rivers north of Houston. He never expected to bring in a behemoth paddlefish, however. “I didn’t even know we had them (paddlefish) around here,” he said, and pointed out that the fish put up quite a fight. While the catch is rare, it’s not unheard of, said Texas Parks and Wildlife Department District Supervisor Mark Webb. “For the most part, it’s pretty uncommon, and it’s especially uncommon for them to go for a hook and line,” Webb said.
Bass, gar on Falcon hit by fish lice By Craig Nyhus
Lone Star outdoor newS There was something different about the bass landed from Falcon Lake in early June. Red spots, mostly on or toward the tail of the fish, were observed with a black spot inside. “We’ve been seeing this all year,” said Falcon guide Stan Gerzenyi. “When you push on the red areas, a little bug like a mite comes out.” Nearly all of the bass landed
over two days had one or more of the spots, and when the group reached the launch after the second day, game wardens were waiting. “Did you see any of the red spots with mites?” they asked. Randy Myers, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department fisheries biologist for the region, was at Falcon at the time collecting alligator gar to see if they were eating bass. See LICE, Page 23
Away from the warmth Flounder populations changing with the weather
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Texas flounder are affected by water temperature more than most other fish. Anglers and biologists on the Gulf Coast have noticed changes in where they find the fish over the past few decades, and things are changing once again. “It’s very much about temperature,” Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Mark Fisher said. “There’s a direct relationship between it (temperature) and the juvenile’s survival.” Fisher is the science director for the Coastal Fisheries Department of TPWD, and they have been noting this relationSee FLOUNDER, Page 23 WHAT IS THAT? Largemouth bass and alligator gar are exhibiting sores with a black bug-like creature inside. Biologists say the sores are caused by fish lice, a small crustacean that feeds of the fish, and are usually not harmful to the fish. Photo by Mike Hughs, Lone Star Outdoor News.
PREFER IT CHILLY: Biologists and anglers have been noting changes in flounder populations when temperature changes. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.
Brown’s fish was caught on shrimp, and was hooked in the mouth. He didn’t know if the fish took the bait or was simply foul-hooked in the mouth. Webb said TPWD stocked around 317,000 paddlefish between 1991 and 1999 in Lake Livingston, and the fish have shown no signs of reproduction. He assumed Brown’s catch was one of the original stocked fish. “We haven’t seen any reproduction, so all of the fish in there are stocked,” Webb said. “Basically we aren’t sure, but some of those fish are between 15 and 24 years old. They’re typically big water, big river fish. Occasionally we will have an angler contact us, and See PADDLEFISH, Page 11
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An angler’s legacy Family shares love of fly-fishing over three generations By Steve Schwartz Lone Star Outdoor News
“If I ever have sons, they are going to do all of the hunting and fishing they want,” Alfred Fowler said. More than 80 years later, three generations of his offspring sat down together to bring Alfred’s promise to fruition. B.C., Benson and Burton Fowler are three generations of sportsmen; together they have been fly-fishing for a collective 160 years. Nestled in the woods of East Texas, their family has amassed a homestead surrounding a small 22-acre lake — they’ve also shared a lifetime of outdoor experiences together. “In a Montgomery Ward catalog, I saw a Heddon Black Beauty rod and a Southbend rod, along with a pair of waders,” B.C. said, sitting at his home just off the lake. “I think I spent $66 on everything.” That’s where it started, selling enough of his chickens and ducks to afford the gear, B.C. (now 80) jump-started what would become a generational tradition. Benson, 58, began fly-fishing in Texas as a young boy, as well, with a 1970 Heddon fiberglass rod. His son, Burton, 22, got an even earlier start. “There’s pictures of me on that dock, 1-year-old, catching crappie — on a fly rod even,” Burton said, sitting across from his father and grandfather. “I had to tell him a hunting or fishing story every night See FOWLERS, Page 29 A TRIO’S TRADITION: B.C., Benson and Burton Fowler (front to back) represent three generations of fly-fishermen. B.C.’s father, Alfred, began fishing in East Texas in the early 1900’s. Photo by Steve Schwartz, Lone Star Outdoor News.
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TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT Live bait the choice LAKE RAY HUBBARD — The hybrid stripers and sand bass fishing have been steady on Lake Ray Hubbard when the wind doesn’t blow anglers off the lake. According to multiple reports on the Texas Fishing Forum, hybrids are being caught over deep lake humps and near the dam with Alabama-rigged soft plastics in white and chartreuse colors. However, the best success is coming with live bait. The morning bite has been more consistent than the afternoon bite. The water temperature is about 82 degrees, with the crappie bite being good on minnows and the largemouth bass bite decent near riprap on crankbaits.
East bank action LAKE WACO — The popular summer catfish lake is producing again, especially in protected coves out of the wind. According to anglers, the blue and channel cat bite has been good in the evenings along the east bank using punchbait and stinkbait. The best bite has been in about 25 feet of water with baits fished near the bottom.
ALAN HENRY: Water stained; 74–82 degrees; 16.54’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on top-waters, flukes, Texas rigs and jigs. AMISTAD: Water stained; 79–83 degrees; 45.69’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, spinner baits, crankbaits and soft plastics. Striped bass are good on Red Fins, crankbaits and top-waters. ATHENS: Water clear; 81–85 degrees; 0.20’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters and swim jigs early. Later in day Texasrigged 7” worms in watermelon red are effective. BASTROP: Water stained; 81–85 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on pumpkinseed crankbaits, spinner baits and soft plastics. BELTON: Water murky; 75–79 degrees; 8.53’ low. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits in coves and on perch-colored lipless crankbaits. Hybrid striper are fair on live shad. White bass are good on blue jigs. BOB SANDLIN: Water clear; 82–85 degrees; 0.84’ low. Largemouth bass are good on poppers and shallow crankbaits in shad patterns. BONHAM: Water clear, 80–84 degrees; 2.14’ low. Largemouth bass are good on swimjigs, soft plastics and crankbaits on boat docks, ridges, creek channels and rocky points up to 15’ deep. BRAUNIG: Water stained. Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits and dark soft plastic worms near the dam. Striped bass are good on liver and perch off points. BRIDGEPORT: Water clear, 78–82 degrees; 22.41’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on white medium crankbaits near riprap and green pumpkin shaky head worms on deeper docks. BROWNWOOD: Water stained; 78–82 degrees; 10.82’ low. Largemouth bass are good on green pumpkin and redbug soft plastic worms in 8–15 feet. White bass are good on minnows and small jigs off lighted docks at night in 10–12 feet. Crappie are good on minnows and white or shad Li’l
Fishies. BUCHANAN: Water murky; 76–80 degrees; 27.33’ low. Largemouth bass are good on weightless wackyrigged green pumpkin soft plastics with chartreuse tails, watermelon top-waters and white/chartreuse spinner baits along lake and creek points in 8–15 feet.
FAYETTE: Water stained. Largemouth bass are good on shad-patterned shallow-running crankbaits and Texas- and Carolina-rigged soft plastic worms.
LAVON: Water lightly stained; 81–85 degrees; 11.52’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on deep-diving crankbaits and football jigs.
CALAVERAS: Water stained. Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon soft plastics. Striped bass are slow. Redfish are fair down rigging silver and gold spoons in 10–20 feet.
FT. PHANTOM HILL: Water clear; 74–82 degrees; 14.26’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on black/ blue jigs, lipless crankbaits and Texas rigs.
CANYON LAKE: Water murky; 77–81 degrees; 8.06’ low. Largemouth bass are good on tomato red grubs, green pumpkin Whacky Sticks on shaky head jigs, and Texas-rigged pumpkinseed finesse worms in 8–16 feet.
GIBBONS CREEK: Water clear. Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon red and chartreuse soft plastics and small crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are very good on stinkbait and frozen shrimp.
CEDAR CREEK: Water clear; 80–83 degrees; 3.08’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged craws and medium crankbaits. White bass are good on slabs.
GRANBURY: Water stained; 78–82 degrees; 11.23’ low. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon red and chartreuse soft plastics, crankbaits and spinner baits.
CHOKE CANYON: Water stained; 78–82 degrees; 24.65’ low. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon crankbaits and large soft plastic lizards and worms.
GRANGER: Water stained; 77–81 degrees; 0.56’ high. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass are fair on lipless crankbaits along the roadbed at mid lake. Crappie are good on white tube jigs in 6–15 feet.
CONROE: Water stained; 77–81 degrees; 0.20’ high. Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse lipless crankbaits and Carolina-rigged soft plastics, crankbaits and spinner baits. COOPER: Water clear; 80–84 degrees; 7.29’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on shallow crankbaits and top-waters.
LAKE HOUSTON — The catfish bite is on at Lake Houston, according to the Lake Houston Catfishing Guide Service. The spawn is ending, but catfish are being caught in all depths down to 20 feet, with some fish on the bottom and others suspended. Water temperatures are rising to 90 degrees in the shallow areas during the afternoon. Limits are being caught before noon on some days, while others it takes up to 8 hours to fill the boat. More blues are being caught than channels. Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits and swimbaits, while crappie and bream are fair on live bait and small spinner baits. To contact Lake Houston Catfishing Guide Service, call (832) 439-7103. — Conor Harrison
high. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged creature baits and worms. Crappie are good on tube jigs and minnows.
FORK: Water clear; 80–84 degrees; 3.18’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on football jigs, deep-diving crankbaits and Carolina-rigged soft plastics along deeper ledges.
COLETO CREEK: Water stained; 84 degrees in main lake, 98 degrees at hot water discharge; 0.91’ low. Largemouth bass to 6 pounds are good on soft plastics and spinner baits in 6–8 feet. White bass are slow.
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FALCON: Water stained; 79–83 degrees; 32.45’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits and shallow-running crankbaits.
CADDO: Water stained; 81–84 degrees; 0.60’ high. Largemouth bass are good on bladed jigs and hollow-body frogs. White and yellow bass are good on top-waters.
COLEMAN: Water clear; 75–79 degrees; 17.20’ low. Largemouth bass are good on lipless crankbaits, spinner baits, and soft plastic worms and lizards.
Along with a good catfish bite, the crappie bite has turned on for anglers using minnows and small jigs. Water temperatures are around 80 degrees.
GRAPEVINE: Water clear; 79–83 degrees; 11.04’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on shakyhead worms near main lake points and floating docks. Crappie are good on tube jigs. HUBBARD CREEK: Water off-color; 75–84 degrees; 25.66’ low. Largemouth bass are good on jigs, Texas rigs and weightless soft plastics. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs.
LBJ: Water stained; 77–81 degrees; 0.39’ low. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon top-waters, watermelon jigs, and weightless watermelon red Texas-rigged Whacky Sticks in 6–10 feet early. LEWISVILLE: Water clear; 79–83 degrees; 8.02’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on shaky heads and flick shake worms. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid striper are good on slabs and minnows.
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LIVINGSTON: Water fairly clear; 76–80 degrees; 0.37’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and soft plastics. Striped bass are fair on white striper jigs. MARTIN CREEK: Water clear; 80–83 degrees; 0.09’ high. Largemouth bass are good on bladed jigs and hollow-belly frogs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on minnows and slabs. Catfish are fair on trotlines and punch bait.
JOE POOL: Water clear; 80–83 degrees; 0.42’ low. Largemouth bass are good on finesse jigs and weightless worms. Crappie are slow on minnows and chartreuse jigs. White bass are good on slabs.
MONTICELLO: Water fairly clear; 80–85 degrees; 0.04’ high. Largemouth bass are good on Texasrigged green pumpkin paddletails and hollow-body frogs near shallow cover. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on trotlines and prepared bait.
LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water lightly stained; 81–84; degrees; 2.31’
NAVARRO MILLS: Water stained; 77–81 degrees; 0.25’ high. Large-
mouth bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair but small on minnows and chartreuse tube jigs. Channel catfish are good on minnows and stinkbait in baited areas.
SOMERVILLE: Water murky; 76–80 degrees; 0.49’ high. Largemouth bass are slow. Hybrid striper are good on live shad off points. White bass are good on live shad off points.
O.H. IVIE: Water stained; 75–81 degrees; 37.45’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas rigs, jigs and weightless flukes. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs shallow.
STILLHOUSE: Water murky; 77–81 degrees; 8.99’ low. Largemouth bass are very good on watermelon spinner baits and lipless crankbaits.
OAK CREEK: Water stained; 73–83 degrees; 22.12’ low. Largemouth bass are fair Texas-rigged lizards or worms, jigs and Senkos. Crappie are fair to good on live minnows. PALESTINE: Water clear; 79–83 degrees; 0.14’ high. Largemouth bass are good on green pumpkin shaky heads and weightless plastics near docks. Crappie are good on white jigs. Hybrid striper are good on slabs. POSSUM KINGDOM: Water fairly clear; 74–81 degrees; 15.36’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on drop-shot rigs, jigs, lipless crankbaits and Texas rigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. PROCTOR: Water murky; 78–82 degrees; 9.63’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits off points. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on live shad and jigging spoons. Crappie are good on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on cut bait. RAY ROBERTS: Water clear; 80–84 degrees; 8.83’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on Texas-rigged green pumpkin soft plastics near shallow timber. Crappie are slow on jigs and minnows. RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water lightly stained; 79–83 degrees; 7.15’ low. Largemouth bass are good on medium crankbaits and Carolinarigged worms. White bass are good on top-waters and minnows. Hybrid striper are good on minnows. SAM RAYBURN: Water murky; 77–81 degrees; 0.09’ high. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass are good on silver spoons and slabs. Crappie are good on minnows over brush piles and baited holes.
SWEETWATER: Water murky; 75–82 degrees; 25.18’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on flukes and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair on live minnows. Catfish are fair to good on prepared bait. TAWAKONI: Water stained; 81–85 degrees; 8.53’ low. Largemouth bass are good on hollow-body frogs and swim jigs near shallow cover. Crappie are fair on minnows. TEXOMA: Water clear; 78–82 degrees; 7.89’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-water walking baits and Texas-rigged plastics. Crappie are fair on minnows and tube jigs. TOLEDO BEND: Water murky; 78–82 degrees; 0.74’ low. Largemouth bass are good on soft plastic worms and crankbaits. Striped bass are fair on bucktail jigs. White bass are good on Li’l Fishies and slabs in the river. TRAVIS: Water murky; 78–82 degrees; 50.55’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on chartreuse lipless crankbaits, watermelon worms and smoke grubs in 8–24 feet. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on white grubs and minnows. WALTER E. LONG: Water lightly stained. Largemouth bass are good on shad. Hybrid striper are fair on shad and spoons. White bass are fair on Charlie slabs and pet spoons. WHITNEY: Water murky; 77–81 degrees; 11.45’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. WRIGHT PATMAN: Water lightly stained; 81–85 degrees; 7.68’ high. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters and hollow-body frogs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. — TPWD
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Fly-fishermen converge in New Braunfels By Shannon Drawe
For Lone Star outdoor newS Most Texans know about the great fly-fishing opportunities in the state. It’s a little-known fact nationally that often gets overshadowed by some of the more traditional states for fly anglers like New Mexico, Colorado and Montana. But savvy anglers made a harmonic convergence of Texas fly-fishing at the Texas Fly Fishing Expo held in New Braunfels. The event, held June 12-14, sponsored by fly-fishing vendors and the International Federation of Fly Fishers, combined vendors, outfitters, fly shops, club representatives, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, lecturers, demonstrations and lessons for a weekend of showing people what fly-fishing in Texas is all about. The area around New Braunfels, and reaching to Austin, is considered by many to be the epicenter of fly-fish-
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MEETING OF THE MINDS: Texas fly-anglers recently gathered at at the Texas Fly Fishing Expo in New Braunfels to discuss flyfishing throughout the state. Photo by Shannon Drawe, for LSON.
ing in Texas fresh waters, with so many rivers and lakes to wet a line year-round. In fact, many fly-fishing guides call it home. Along with the growing guide business, there’s a healthy number of fly shops for anglers to get their hands
on products they may have only seen online. The EXPO included lectures ranging from information about fly-fishing for Guadalupe River trout (the southernmost trout fishery in the USA), to fly-fishing the saltwater at the tip of the
Lower Laguna Madre. Dr. Rey Ramirez, of San Benito, calls the Lower Laguna Madre home. His lecture offered a glimpse into the many places and ways to flyfish the Lower Laguna Madre. See EXPO, Page 23
we do see them in our gill nets.” He said while the fish are surviving in the Trinity River, their lack of reproduction is most likely due to the silt conditions — loose soil covers up the eggs of the fish. “It has to do with their spawning habitats, because obviously they are surviving, but something’s missing,” Webb said. Other TPWD officials have speculated that the fish are reproducing in the Nueces and Sabine Rivers, but there is no conclusive evidence for spawning conditions. After Brown posted the image of his catch to Facebook, East Texas Woods and Waters shared the photo and received some feedback from other anglers in the area. “Just so you know, the Sabine River is full of those things…big ones, small ones, little baby ones. Someone should do a study on them in the Sabine,” commenter Brady Green said on the page. Victor Alfonso Padilla posted a photo of a smaller paddlefish he caught on Feb. 3. “I caught one there in the morning and didn’t know what it was,” he said. “It was a rare catch.” Either way, paddlefish are surviving in Texas, for now. “As far as survival in the stockings, we do have a good population,” Webb said. “But the question is, will we ever have reproduction to sustain a population?” If that’s the case, Brown’s catch is more rare than ever these days. “It was pretty cool, it fought pretty hard, especially since I caught it on light tackle,” he said. The fish is currently listed as “threatened” by TPWD. It is illegal to purposely “catch, kill or harm paddlefish in Texas.”
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GAME WARDEN BLOTTER HAND FISHERMEN CAUGHT USING POLE DURING TOURNAMENT Smith County Game Warden Chris Swift was working Lake Palestine, at night, observing hand fisherman. He noticed a boat parked by some large rocks and went down the hill to investigate. After considerable surveillance, he observed a pole being used to help find catfish in the holes between the rocks. All four subjects were cited for violating hand fishing laws, as well as other citations. The group was also disqualified from the tournament they were fishing. GILL-NETTERS CAUGHT ON BOLIVAR Galveston County Game Warden Jennifer Provaznik received a call about four individuals running a 150-foot gill net off the beach at Bolivar Peninsula. Provaznik and other wardens responded to the call. When they arrived at the location, the violators were identified and multiple citations were issued. CALL TO WARDEN HELPS CATCH ROAD HUNTER Burnet County Game Wardens Braxton Harris and Ronnie Langford responded to a call where a person was seen shooting at deer from the roadway. The Marble Falls Police Department located the vehicle. Charges were filed on the individual for hunting deer in closed season and discharging a firearm from a public roadway. MAN STOPPED WITH 11 SNAKES AND A LIZARD IN VEHICLE Williamson County Game Warden Turk Jones received a midnight phone call informing him that a state trooper had pulled over a vehicle’s driver for potential driving while intoxicated. When the driver exited, he approached the trooper with a live snake in his hand. The trooper drew his weapon, moved to dark-
PRONGHORN POACHER CAUGHT AFTER GIVING BUSINESS CARD TO LANDOWNER A carcass of a buck pronghorn was discovered by a landowner in Carson County, who notified Carson County Game Warden Lance Lindley. The carcass had been left lying in the field with its head gone. The landowner had stopped to help two men in the area who were stopped with the hood of their truck raised, but didn’t discover the pronghorn until three hours later. The men in the vehicle said they were checking their radiator fluid and gave the landowner a business card for welding services. Lindley found evidence at the scene showing these individuals illegally shot the pronghorn and used the business card, with assistance from Hemphill County Game Warden Mark Collins, to locate the subject. Collins obtained a verness, and ordered the man to put the snake down. Once in custody, the driver informed the trooper that his van was full of venomous snakes. Jones arrived at the scene to identify the snakes. The subject had 10 nonvenomous snakes, consisting of milk snakes to boa constrictors and pythons. He had one rattlesnake, which supposedly had the venom sacs removed. He also had one tegu lizard that was over 3-feet long. The man was arrested for DWI and his van was impounded. The snakes and lizard were loaded up in the Williamson County animal control truck and Jones’ truck to be transported to the Williamson County Animal Shelter. HOG HUNTER SHOOTS HIMSELF IN FOOT Lavaca County Warden Kerry Peterson investigated an accident in which a man discharged a rifle into his foot while hog hunting. GATOR SHOT AFTER EATING CATTLE EGRET PLACED ON GATOR LINE A subject pled guilty to two
bal confession from the driver. Lindley later obtained a written confession that implicated the passenger, a convicted felon, as the shooter. An arrest warrant was obtained for the passenger but was unable to be served. A neighbor called when the passenger returned to his trailer, and asked the wardens to hurry because he had been target shooting and the wanted subject shot back at his residence, leaving a hole in the garage door. Lindley, along with two deputies, arrested the subject without incident and a search warrant revealed the rifle and casings, methamphetamines and drug paraphernalia. The subject, who had previous charges for pronghorn poaching, was taken to jail.
charges filed by Chambers County Game Warden David Vannoy. One case stemmed from a complaint of a dead alligator in the front yard of a residence. Vannoy responded to find the alligator there, but no one was home. The alligator had cut marks indicating that someone had tried to skin it out, but had not finished the job. Vannoy spoke with several surrounding neighbors, but none had knowledge of the alligator. A subject contacted TPWD dispatch the next morning to confess to killing the alligator. Vannoy met with the subject later that day and recognized him because he had issued him a citation for fishing without a license just 10 days earlier. The subject said his motivation for killing the alligator was because it was going to eat the ducks on a private pond. When Vannoy asked him how he knew a 4-foot alligator was going to eat the ducks, the subject said he knew it would eat them because the alligator had already eaten the cattle egret that he placed on a gator line. He also told Vannoy that he didn’t finish skinning the alligator because
his cousin cut himself while skinning the alligator and had to go to the ER. BASS USED AS GAR BAIT Zapata County Game Wardens Kyle Allison and Bryan Dulock, along with Jim Hogg County Game Warden Carlos Maldonado, were patrolling Falcon International Reservoir when they stopped a vessel for a water safety inspection. During the inspection, a largemouth bass was discovered in an ice chest with the head removed. When the wardens asked the fishermen what they did with the head, they replied, “We were using it as gar bait.” A citation and a warning were issued. BLOOD ON HANDS DURING TRAFFIC STOP: PASSENGER SAYS FROM DEER, DRIVER SAYS FROM A LAMB Starr County Game Warden Brad Whitworth assisted a state trooper on a traffic stop. The passenger in the vehicle had fresh blood on his hands. When the trooper asked about the blood, the passenger said they had just cleaned a deer. The driver, however, said it was a lamb and that
they were going to buy ice to put the meat in a cooler. After the stop, the trooper and Whitworth followed the vehicle back a their residence. They observed the two men packing meat in an ice chest. After a few questions, they admitted to having just cleaned a whitetail deer. Cases pending. MEN FISHING WITHOUT LICENSE BLAME MAN SLEEPING IN TRUCK FOR CATCHING BASS Travis County Game Warden Jeff Hill was observing bank fishermen on the opposite shore of Lake Austin when two men walked by his patrol vehicle carrying three largemouth bass and fishing rods. Upon contact, the subjects said they did not have a fishing license. When ask whose fish those were, they said, “They’re not mine.” When asked whose they were, they pointed at each other and then pointed to their friend that was sleeping in the pickup truck. Citations were issued to the men in possession of the bass. OWNER GRATEFUL HIS STOLEN PONTOON WAS RETURNED Williamson County Game Warden Turk Jones and the Marine Investigation Unit received a call from Travis County Game Warden Theron Oatman concerning a boat. Oatman responded to a disturbance with police officers, and one of the subjects had a pontoon boat hooked up to his truck. Oatman discovered the pontoon boat and trailer were reported stolen the day before and called Jones. Oatman obtained a statement from the man, took possession of the boat and transported it to the Temple Regional Office. Jones made contact with the owner and was able to get the boat back to him. The boat had been stolen a few weeks earlier from a storage facility but had not been discovered missing for several days.
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TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING REPORT Finding clearer water REDFISH BAY — Even though high winds and muddy water has made fishing tougher than normal, anglers are still reporting a good trout bite in spots around Redfish Bay, especially near the Cali Hole and Hog Island. When anglers can find pockets of clearer water, throwing live shrimp and drifting with cut menhaden or skipjack have caught lots of keeper-sized trout, with the occasional fish over 24 inches. Along with speckled trout, sand trout have been plentiful, along with flounder on some days. Soft and scented plastics, along with some top-water action was reported by multiple anglers on 2coolfishing.com.
along with some squid. Red snapper are also still plentiful on just about any structure the boat pulls up to fish. To contact Dolphin Docks, call (800) 393-3474.
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OFFSHORE ARANSAS PASS — Charter boats have been having good success offshore targeting oil rigs and structure out to 50 miles off of the midcoast. Dolphin Dock Deep Sea Fishing reported a good trip last week in which kingfish were the main species caught. Along with a large number of kingfish, African pompano, blacktip sharks, ling and vermilion snapper were also hauled aboard. Cut bait was the main choice,
EAST SHORELINE SABINE — The east shoreline of Sabine Lake has clearer water and better fishing, according to Capt. Dickie Colburn. However, other areas of the lake are slow. “The extreme north end of the lake as well as the ICW and river was pretty dirty and we could put nothing together while fishing those areas early on a slow outgoing tide,” Colburn said. “Until the water gets a litle clearer (salinity has not been a problem) catching may require joining the crowd chasing gulls or fish south of the Causeway for us to consistently catch fish, and the wind is still a major factor in deciding which option to exercise.” Colburn said bigger trout are being caught on big soft plastics with a longer tail and lighter head. But, a lot of moving, chasing and looking is required to stay on the trout in Sabine. To contact Dickie Colburn, call (409) 883-0723. — Conor Harrison
NORTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good on the Louisiana shoreline on top-waters and Corkies. Flounder are fair on jigs tipped with shrimp around marsh drains.
WEST MATAGORDA BAY: Redfish are fair to good on the edge of Oyster Lake on shrimp and crabs. Trout are fair on sand and grass on soft plastics and croakers.
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SOUTH SABINE: Sheepshead and black drum are good at the jetty on live shrimp. Trout are fair to good around Lighthouse Cove and around the jetty rocks on top-waters. BOLIVAR: Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on soft plastics and plugs. Black drum and redfish are good at Rollover Pass. Croakers are good on dead shrimp in the channel and around the pass. TRINITY BAY: Trout are good for drifters working pods of shad and mullet on soft plastics. Trout are fair to good at the wells on live bait and plastics. Redfish and trout are fair to good at the spillway on shrimp. EAST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are good while working the edges of reefs on soft plastics and top-
waters. Whiting and sand trout are good on the edge of the Intracoastal on fresh shrimp. Trout are good on croakers in the Ship Channel. WEST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are fair to good for drifters working shell on live shrimp. Trout, sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp. Tarpon are showing on the beachfront. Kingfish, ling and dorado are good offshore. TEXAS CITY: Trout are good on the channel on croakers. Trout are good on the reefs and wells on live bait. FREEPORT: Sand trout and sheepshead are good on live shrimp on the reefs. Trout and sand trout are good at the jetties on shrimp and DOA Shrimp. EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are fair to good for drifters on live shrimp over humps and scattered shell. Redfish are fair to good on the edge of the Intracoastal on crabs and mullet.
PORT O’CONNOR: Trout and redfish are good on croakers on the reefs in San Antonio Bay. Trout and redfish are fair at the mouths of bayous on the outgoing tide. Redfish are good at the jetty on shrimp and mullet. ROCKPORT: Trout are fair in Big Bayou on free– lined shrimp. Trout are fair over grass while drifting with live shrimp. Redfish are good on the edge of the ICW on mullet. PORT ARANSAS: Redfish are fair to good at East Flats on shrimp. Redfish and sheepshead are fair to good at the jetty on shrimp. Offshore is good for sharks, ling and kingfish. CORPUS CHRISTI: Trout are fair to good on the edge of the spoils on scented plastics and live shrimp. Trout are good in the sand and grass
holes and humps on croakers and shrimp. BAFFIN BAY: Trout are fair in mud and grass on Corkies and top-waters. Trout are fair to good in the Land Cut on live shrimp. Trout are fair to good while drifting with top-waters at Rocky Slough. PORT MANSFIELD: Trout are good on top-waters around sand and grass and pods of mullet. Redfish are fair to good while drifting potholes and sand flats with scented plastics under a popping cork. SOUTH PADRE: Trout are good around the spoil islands, channel edges and color changes on DOA Shrimp. Tarpon, snook, trout and Spanish mackerel are good at the jetty on live bait. PORT ISABEL: Trout and redfish are fair to good at Gas Well Flats on live shrimp. Trout are fair to good around the channel edges by the causeway on shrimp under a popping cork. — TPWD
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Two straight for Bebber, Wilson The red-hot team of Charles Bebber and Kris Wilson won their second Platinum Team Trail event of the season on Lake Ray Roberts with a winning weight of 35.86 pounds. The pair took home $36,400 in cash for taking the second event of the PTT season. This was their second win in a row
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after winning the Sam Rayburn event back in December. The next tournament will be Aug. 9-10 on Amistad International Reservoir, where the duo will look to make it three straight before heading to the season finale on Lake Texoma in September. The big bass of the tournament was caught by the team of Terry Peacock and Red McPeak and weighed 9.72 pounds. — Staff report
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Missed opportunity Angler catches tagged STAR redfish, takes honest route Sometimes the best lessons in life are the ones that are learned the hard way. Fourteen-year-old John Fuentes, a rising freshman at Veterans Memorial High School in Mission, was recently on a fishing trip with his family near Arroyo City. After his first time on a boat, where he caught a small redfish, the family returned to their house, where they had a fishing pier. The group decided to spend the evening fishing from the dock. “They stayed up all night,” said Fuentes’ mom, Yvonne Gulley. “It was right after midnight, about 12:15 a.m., when he caught another redfish.” Fuentes said he wanted to go to bed after a long day on the boat, but decided if the family was staying up to catch fish, he would also. “It was fun when we started because we were catching a ton of hardhead catfish,” he said. “Within five minutes of baiting a hook, I got another bite. As I was bringing it in, it looked like another hardhead. We put it in the net and saw a tag on the side of a redfish. “Nobody knew what it was
LESSON LEARNED: John Fuentes holds the tagged redfish he caught that would have won him a big scholarship if he had been entered in the STAR Tournament. Photo by STAR Tournament.
— I thought it was injured.” After reading the tag, the group, with nobody registered for the Coastal Conservation Association Texas STAR Tournament, began to realize the rarity of their catch. “It didn’t really hit me until I learned how rare it is to catch one,” Fuentes said. Gulley said the group called CCA to notify them they had caught a tagged redfish, but no thought was ever given to registering the next morning and attempting to collect the prize — a scholarship in lieu
of the truck and boat package because Fuentes is under 16 years old. “I was really bummed, because this fish could have been worth up to $100,000,” Gulley said. “Of course, we were bummed, but we were not going to lie about it.” Fuentes said some jokes were made about trying to collect the prize, but he was always going to do the right thing. “The right thing to do was tell the truth,” he said. “But, we are registered now.” — Staff report
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Trout bite a mixed bag Results, opinions vary on the Gulf Coast By Steve Schwartz Lone Star outdoor newS
Water temperatures were just comfortable enough to go sans waders as Capt. Ted Springer stepped onto a grassy bed in the Lower Laguna Madre near Port Mansfield. Bites were sparse as he twitched his silver MirrOrlure over the shallow area of the underwater island, but the bites that did come counted. A 27-inch trout hit the twitchbait as it sank and he got a solid strike, planted the hook firmly and eventually brought the 8-pound fish to the net. “Alright big mama, there you go,” Springer said, as he released the fish after a quick photo opportunity. This is the common scene on the Gulf Coast as of late. Trout bites are a bit slow, but they are trending bigger, according to Springer. “We haven’t seen fish like this in a long time (in the Lower Laguna Madre),” he said, prior to heading out for a full day of fishing. Throughout the day, fish were hitting on sinking twitchbaits, flukes and swimbaits — oftentimes the deeper the better. Smaller trout grouped up along the Intracoastal Waterway, hitting on top-waters worked quickly along the surface. According to Capt. Mark Talasek, the bite has been sporadic in Matagorda Bay, but there have been some trophy fish hitting their bait. “I’ve been mainly drifting the East Bay with live shrimp,” Talasek said, stipulating that when the winds allow, they take advantage of the calmer weather. “When the winds laid, I had three days in a row of trophy trout over 25 inches.”
SOME BIGGER THAN OTHERS: Capt. Ted Springer, above, has been reporting some slow bites, but when they do hit — they hit big, like this 27-inch trout. Conditions have been windy and rough, but they are taking advantage of fishable conditions when they can. Photo by Steve Schwartz, Lone Star Outdoor News.
He said temperatures are soaring quickly after a cool stretch, and fresh water coming into the estuaries are producing plenty of bait for the trout. “We went from wearing waders in May to 90-degree temperatures in a matter of no time,” he said. “We are reaping the benefits of a wet winter. The freshwater influx into our estuaries has produced a good shrimp crop for our fish to eat.” Outlooks aren’t quite as bright in the Rockport area. Capt. Jay Watkins said the fishing hasn’t been up to par during the past few weeks — high winds and rough conditions are keeping the fish at bay, so to speak. “It’s been tough, extremely tough considering the time of year it is,” Watkins said. “Even the seri-
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Wildlife Association Foundation, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, have been established in Texas, including the Buckskin Brigade, Bass Brigade, Ranch Brigade and Waterfowl Brigade. Tests and presentations fill the remainder of the hours of the 13- to 17-year-olds, with other projects being completed in the wee hours, eliminating any
Harrell, Reavis win high school tournament on Rayburn Dillon Harrell, from Porter, and Brendan Reavis, of Corrigan Camden High School, teamed up to win the 2014 Sam Rayburn Open High School tournament June 22 at Cassells Boykin Park on Sam
ous croaker guys are struggling.” Still, that doesn’t mean they aren’t catching any. Conditions just aren’t up to Aransas Bay standards. He said soft plastics and top-water twitchbaits have been bringing in some small, but slotsized trout, along with some redfish. Water temperatures are warm, 85-88 degrees, coupled with winds gusting to 30 mph. “We’ve just got to weather this little storm,” he said. “I’ve been here 35 years and I’ve seen it great and terrible. Just right now, the tough days far outweigh the good ones.” Captain Mark Talasek, (979) 479-1397 Captain Ted Springer, (832) 724-5463 Captain Jay Watkins, (361) 463-1074
thoughts of free time. Cadets give mock radio and television interviews, learn about journalism in preparing their camp essay to submit to the media, participate in teambuilding exercises and learn public speaking methods to share the message of the Brigade with others. “It’s amazing to see the difference in these kids after five days,” Rollins said. “They come here shy and reserved and leave with confidence.” One cadet shared her favorite moment of the camp. “I felt the soft feathers and the quivering body of a bobwhite in my hand,” she said. “Then I released him.”
Rayburn Reservoir. “We had a good limit by 7 a.m. this morning and were able to cull a few times to get us over the 20-pound mark,” said Harrell, as the two anglers brought an impressive 22-pound, 11-ounce sack to outdistance the 66-boat field at the second annual event. Finishing second was the team of Michael Snook and Josh Perrin, who also had a limit of bass that weighed in at 16 pounds, 14 ounces to claim the runner-up spot.
Hunter Curry and Josh Russell from host Broaddus High School also had a nice limit of Rayburn bass that weighed in at 15 pounds even to finish third. All three of these teams claimed qualifying berths in the Southern Conference Regional Championship, which will be held on the Red River in Shreveport, La. later this fall. Tanner Cox of Buna High School claimed the Lew’s Big Bass award with a 7-pound, 3-ounce kicker. — Staff report
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BETTE CARTER, of Murphy, with this year’s toms taken 10 minutes into the hunt.
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WHITT HORTON of Fort Worth took this 225-pound boar with his .243 while hunting with his dad in Palo Pinto County.
JESSICA CLYMER harvested this javelina on a recent Ladies Wounded Warrior Hero Celebration with Trinity Oaks.
The COHN family — ANNA, JOE and dad, DONALD — recently tried a small fishing rod made by Awesome Rods and were impressed with the results, especially ANNA’S 5-pound bass.
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The process is fairly simple, but involves numerous processes happening in the blink of an eye. “You have to get something heavy enough to make the spool spin, like a lure, but if you don’t stop the spool when the lure hits the water, that spool keeps spinning,” he said. “The line that is no longer moving creates loops, which continue to wrap around the spool.” He said the loops eventually begin to wrap around themselves, creating slipknots on top of the line — and this all happens in a fraction of a second. “The loop is the line that has stopped spinning, if you haven’t feathered the spool with your thumb,” he said. “The knot (created by the loop) is not your conventional square knot that you would tie. It’s throwing that line out and it has no place to go.” James Niggemeyer, a professional angler and guide on Lake Fork since 2001, has seen his fair share of the business end of backlashes, and he said the issues don’t stop at the loop. “You’re generating a lot of spool rotations and the line isn’t leaving fast enough,” Niggemeyer said. “It sends the loops underneath the line when it puffs up. The line is parallel with the line at the top of the spool.” It’s a lot happening very quickly; overlapping loops rotating over themselves and also tucking underneath expanding line off of the reel. And there’s your backlash — the bane of an angler’s existence. It could be worse, Moore pointed out. In fact, it used to be a lot worse, before reel manufacturers incorporated brakes and anti-backlash features using magnets. “Older reels used to have a lot more gears and moving parts,” he said. “They were a lot harder to slow down. We had a lot of backlashes, and they were more prevalent back then.” Niggemeyer said anglers feel like they need to cast heavy lures as hard as they did when reels had more moving parts, and more resistance. It puts exponentially more force on the line when it leaves the reel. Moore has seen line get looped inside the casing of the reel and do some significant damage, but in the least it causes some frustration to the angler. Over the years, some of the worst backlashes have sent some business his way. “That line can get behind the spool and bend the spool shaft, then you have to come see me,” he said. “You can do some pretty good damage if you’re not careful. You just have to find some way of slowing that spool down as fast as possible.” That’s the key — stopping the process, Niggemeyer said. “That’s the issue; creating a bigger problem than you already have,” he said. “I’ll try and get the rod away from a client before they get impatient.” As far as getting the line out, that answer is not quite as clear. “There’s no magic bullet for getting that line out,” Moore said. “I’ve done everything from jerking on the line to cutting the dadgum thing out.” Niggemeyer said all it takes is time and patience, which can perturb some anglers, especially since a backlash squeezes so much chaos into such a short period of time. One thing that both Moore and Niggemeyer pointed out, however, is that backlashes aren’t just for novices. “They can, and will, happen to anybody,” Niggemeyer said.
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catch sharks to win prizes. Through partnership with and tags supplied by the Harte Research Institute, researchers are able to examine seasonal migration, habitat use, and movement patterns of coastal sharks through traditional mark-and-recapture techniques to understand their migration and habitat use. “Overall, we’re looking at shark distribution in the Gulf,” said Greg Stunz, endowed chair for fisheries and ocean health with HRI. “This allows us to have a tagging effort that is unprecedented — it’s great information to have all of these fishermen tagging for you — we couldn’t afford to do without their help.
We’ll exceed 2,000 sharks that are tagged this year.” The Rodeo was held years ago out of Corpus Christi, but became too much work for its founder, Lou McEachern. The event was brought back to life by Sharkathon, the large, annual shark tournament that will take place in September this year. The Rodeo began March 21 and ends Dec. 31. The rules of the event are pretty simple. Anglers must fish from a Texas shore or jetty, as pier fishing and fishing from a boat are not allowed. “Once we catch a fish, we tag it, photograph it with a ruler and release it,” Cano said. “Depending on the quantity and size of the fish, points are awarded.” Fishing Locos, who fish out of South Padre Island, has since slid to fourth place, and team
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Rockstar out of Corpus is currently running away with the lead. “They are blowing us out of the water,” Cano said, “but in August, the tiger sharks should come in. They are catching some really big ones, though.” Fishing Locos use 10- to 12-foot surf rods spooled with 120-pound-test line, using fresh whiting, stingray or jack crevalle as bait. When casting for sharks, they make and attach stainless steel leaders. “We usually kayak the bait out,” Cano said, “but we’ve had trouble with all of the sargassum this year; when there is a long stretch of line in the water it catches the grass. A tower on top of the truck helps — less line is in the water.” The team rarely fishes the jetties, as the jagged rocks make the sharks hard to land.
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“The rocks are tough on the sharks,” he said. “If we catch one, it’s best to walk them toward the beach.” There have been added benefits to the team in joining the Rodeo. “We’ve met a lot of guys through social media,” Cano said. “One guy in Corpus got his leg bit by a shark when he was releasing it. And we’re trying to get the younger kids that are out there fishing into it so they will understand identifying the sharks and catch and release.” Other fishermen seek out the group when they are fishing, too. “People catch a shark and ask us whether they can keep it,” Cano said. “We help them identify it, but we usually tell them if they don’t know for sure what it is, they should throw it back.”
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Besting a friend Young angler catches lake record held by buddy By Conor Harrison Lone Star outdoor newS
Andrew Klein and his dad, Martin, are no strangers to finding hybrid striped bass on their home waters of Lake Palestine. Most summer afternoons, you can find the pair out and about chasing fish. It was there several weeks ago when Andrew, 8, felt a bigger-than-normal tug on his line with a white Sassy Shad on the other end. “I was fishing for hybrids and this one pulled me around the boat,” Andrew said. “I fought the fish for about seven minutes.” Martin said it was probably seven minutes in Andrew time, but more like two or three actual minutes, but “it really did take him all around the boat.” Once the big hybrid got to the boat, it was time to get the fish in the net and see how far it pulled the scale in the boat. “We definitely had to net it,” Martin said. “When we got it into the boat, he was stoked, but not quite as stoked as when he caught a 39-pound yellow catfish last year.” The big hybrid pulled the scales down to the 8-pound range — big enough the anglers had a decision to make. “Dad asked if I wanted to keep fishing or go to the marina to put it on the scales there,” Andrew said. “I told him, ‘Let’s go.’ I was so happy. I knew the fish would break my friend’s record.” At Creekside Sports in Chandler, the hybrid tipped the scales at 7.1 pounds, making it the new junior angler record hybrid for Lake Palestine. “The previous record was 7.03 pounds,”
Martin said, “and one of his best friends had the lake record previously. We’ve been trying to catch the record for a while.” Instead of the usual fish mount or plaque, Andrew’s mom made him a painting to commemorate the new record. Did catching the new record slow Andrew down from fishing this summer? Absolutely not,
according to his dad. “We were out today and caught another 40,” he said. While Andrew might currently hold the record, he knows his friend is out to reclaim the top spot. “Yes, sir, I’ll be out there a lot this summer,” Andrew said.
NEW RECORD: Andrew Klein caught the new Lake Palestine junior lake record for hybrid striped bass at 7.1 pounds. His mom made the fish portrait he is holding. Photo by Martin Klein.
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Sun | Moon | Tides Texas Coast Tides Sabine Pass, north Date Time June 27 5:48 AM June 28 6:19 AM June 29 6:48 AM June 30 7:19 AM July 01 12:12 AM July 02 12:51 AM July 03 1:32 AM July 04 2:20 AM July 05 3:19 AM July 06 12:36 AM July 07 1:38 AM July 08 2:25 AM July 09 3:07 AM July 10 3:47 AM July 11 4:26 AM
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P.M. Minor Major 7:26 13:39 8:15 2:03 9:04 2:53 9:53 3:42 10:41 4:31 11:29 5:18 ----- 6:05 12:40 6:51 1:26 7:37 2:11 8:23 2:57 9:10 3:45 9:59 4:36 10:50 5:29 11:43 6:25 12:09 7:23 1:08 8:24 2:09 9:26 3:11 10:27 4:13 11:27 5:13
9:24 9:24 9:25 9:25 9:25 9:25 9:24 9:24 9:24 9:24 9:24 9:24 9:24 9:24 9:23 9:23 9:23 9:23 9:22 9:22
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9:04 9:05 9:06 9:06 9:07 9:08 9:09 9:09 9:10 9:11 9:12 9:12 9:13 9:14 9:15 9:15 9:16 9:17 9:17 9:18
SUN Rises Sets 7:36 9:36 7:36 9:36 7:36 9:36 7:36 9:36 7:37 9:36 7:37 9:36 7:38 9:36 7:38 9:36 7:38 9:36 7:39 9:36 7:39 9:36 7:40 9:36 7:40 9:35 7:41 9:35 7:41 9:35 7:42 9:35 7:42 9:35 7:43 9:34 7:43 9:34 7:44 9:34
MOON Rises Sets
7:48a 9:39p 8:39a 10:21p 9:31a 10:59p 10:23a 11:36p 11:15a NoMoon 12:06p 12:10a 12:58p 12:43a 1:50p 1:17a 2:44p 1:51a 3:41p 2:28a 4:39p 3:08a 5:40p 3:52a 6:42p 4:42a 7:42p 5:38a 8:40p 6:38a 9:34p 7:44a 10:24p 8:51a 11:10p 9:59a 11:53p 11:06a NoMoon 12:11p
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6:40a 7:46p 7:20a 8:48p 8:02a 9:48p 8:46a 10:46p 9:33a 11:41p 10:22a NoMoon 11:12a 12:31a 12:04p 1:17a 12:56p 1:58a 1:49p 2:36a 2:42p 3:12a 3:36p 3:46a 4:30p 4:18a 5:25p 4:52a 6:23p 5:26a 7:23p 6:03a 8:24p 6:43a 9:27p 7:28a 10:29p 8:17a 11:29p 9:12a
MOON Rises Sets 8:01a 9:51p 8:53a 10:33p 9:45a 11:12p 10:36a 11:48p 11:28a NoMoon 12:19p 12:22a 1:11p 12:56a 2:03p 1:30a 2:57p 2:04a 3:53p 2:41a 4:52p 3:21a 5:52p 4:06a 6:54p 4:56a 7:55p 5:51a 8:53p 6:52a 9:47p 7:57a 10:37p 9:05a 11:23p 10:13a NoMoon 11:19a 12:06a 12:24p
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7:40 8:29 9:18 10:07 10:55 11:42 12:08 12:54 1:39 2:25 3:11 3:59 4:49 5:42 6:38 7:37 8:37 9:39 10:40 11:40
13:52 2:17 3:06 3:55 4:44 5:32 6:19 7:05 7:50 8:36 9:24 10:12 11:03 11:57 12:23 1:22 2:23 3:25 4:27 5:27
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7:34 10:04 7:35 10:04 7:35 10:04 7:35 10:04 7:36 10:04 7:36 10:04 7:37 10:04 7:37 10:04 7:37 10:04 7:38 10:03 7:38 10:03 7:39 10:03 7:39 10:03 7:40 10:02 7:41 10:02 7:41 10:02 7:42 10:01 7:42 10:01 7:43 10:01 7:44 10:00
MOON Rises Sets
8:03a 10:16p 8:56a 10:56p 9:50a 11:33p 10:43a NoMoon 11:37a 12:08a 12:31p 12:40a 1:24p 1:11a 2:19p 1:43a 3:15p 2:15a 4:14p 2:50a 5:14p 3:28a 6:17p 4:10a 7:19p 4:58a 8:20p 5:53a 9:18p 6:54a 10:10p 8:01a 10:57p 9:10a 11:41p 10:21a NoMoon 11:30a 12:21a 12:38p
FOR THE TABLE Venison taco soup 1 lb. ground venison 1 packet taco seasoning 1 package frozen mixed vegetables 1 28 oz. can tomatoes, undrained 1 15 oz. can kidney beans, undrained 1 cube beef bouillon Tortilla chips, regular or flavored shredded cheese
DOWN 1. A male goose 2. Eiders, mallards, teal 3. To prepare for a shot 4. The North American reindeer 5. Used to wash out gundog’s eyes 6. Prevents easy removal of an arrow 7. This has great effect on arrows 11. The wild tusker 15. Act of a fish hitting a hook 17. A line grommet on a fishrod 18. The female deer 19. A hunter’s quarry in Florida 21. The camp pest 22. Deer can do this to escape danger 24. A very good walleye bait 26. A good pheasant gun,
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.
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Brown the meat in a skillet, Dutch oven, or large pot. Drain if necessary. Place meat in a soup pot and add the rest of the ingredients. Stir together. Add a little water if needed. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 10–15 minutes. Dip into bowls and top with cheese. Use the chips for dipping or as spoons. — backwoodsbound.com
Bowtie shrimp pasta and red wine vinaigrette
_____ musket 27. Good item to have in blinds 28. Brings a catch into the boat 29. Name refers to the wild turkey 30. Scow, dinghy 32. Term given to some old
gobblers 35. An action on a repeating gun 37. Term for a type deer drive 40. A good trap bait 41. A female bear 42. To treat a hide 43. A type of fly lure
40-50 shrimp 1 zucchini, chopped 1 14 oz. can of quartered artichoke hearts, well drained 1/4 cup sun dried tomatoes 1 tbsp. capers Juice of one lemon (about 2 tbsps.) 1-1/4 cups uncooked orzo pasta (may substitute rice)
Heat large 12’’ skillet for 1 minute on medium high heat. Add shrimp and zucchini sauté for 8 minutes, stirring periodically. Add artichokes, sun dried tomatoes, capers and lemon juice and stir. Continue sautéing for 3-5 minutes (or until shrimp is fully cooked) stirring periodically. Serve over orzo pasta. — aboutseafood.com
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NATIONAL George H.W. Bush honored for conservation efforts Helping former President George H. W. Bush continue to celebrate his 90th birthday, a group of conservation leaders, headed by Bass Pro Shops founder and CEO Johnny Morris, gathered in Maine to go fishing with Bush to celebrate his 90th birthday and to honor him for his lifetime commitment to conservation. “Most people aren’t fully aware of all that President Bush has done for conservation,” Morris said. “During his presidency, he established 56 new wildlife refuges, more than even President Theodore Roosevelt, conserving more than 3 million acres of nationally significant public land.” Jeff Trandahl, executive director and CEO of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, used the June 17 event to announce a partnership to provide a $1 million dollar gift to the new President George H. W. Bush Conservation Fund. The fund will support conservation projects that are important nationally and that can produce significant benefits for fish, wildlife and their habitats. Another honor bestowed upon Bush at the celebration was the KeepAmericaFishing Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his leadership and lifelong personal commitment to recreational fishing and the conservation of our nation’s fisheries and wetlands. Bush established the first
national policy goal of “no net loss” of wetlands, which replaces any wetland newly affected by draining or developing with another wetland of the same size and function. Another conservation accomplishment was the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, which was passed by the U.S. Congress and signed by Bush in 1989. This legislation provided federal funding to implement the North American Waterfowl Management Plan in the United States, Canada and Mexico. NAWCA has funded more than 2,250 projects on more than 26.9 million acres in all 50 states, Canada and Mexico. —Bass Pro Shops
Potential worldrecord desert bighorn In January 2013, Brian Benyo traveled from his home state of Ohio to Tiburon Island in Sonora, Mexico, to hunt desert bighorn sheep. A successful stalk on the second day of the hunt yielded a 25-yard shot at a giant ram that may possibly eclipse the current Pope & Young world record. The current world record desert bighorn sheep measured 178 6/8 inches from Hidalgo County, New Mexico in 2007 by hunter Jim Hens. Benyo’s sheep has an initial entry score that is 4/8-inch higher than the current world’s record. It is yet subject to panel judging verification, which may change the final accepted score for a variety of reasons, including unusual
shrinkage, initial mis-measurement, etc. “I am always amazed that in each Recording Period we have several animals entered that exceed the present world records,” said Glenn Hisey, director of Records for the Pope & Young Club. — Pope and Young
Salmon return in Wash. best since 1938 According to preliminary forecasts, Washington wildlife officials expect more than 3 million Columbia River Chinook and coho salmon to return to the state, making for one of the best fall forecasts in recent decades. Anglers are already anticipating the highest number of chinook salmon in the Columbia River since 1938 — more than 1.6 million. The ocean abundance for coho is also expected to reach nearly 1 million fish, more than three times that of last year’s. —Staff report
Minn. holds world’s largest youth trap shooting event The Minnesota State High School Clay Target League held its 2014 championship in Alexandria, drawing 3,948 high school athletes shooting over the course of five days. “It’s the fastest-growing high
school sport in Minnesota — more than 6,100 participants,” Gov. Mark Dayton said at the opening ceremonies. “It’s just grown exponentially from when it started.” The Minnesota Legislature recently approved more than $2 million in trap shooting sports facility cost-share grants. The money will go toward developing or rehabilitating public facilities that provide opportunities for trap shooting across the state. The league featured just three teams and 30 participants from 2001 through 2008. Since then, it has grown to 185 teams from 275 schools and about 6,100 competitors for the 2014 season. Gun ranges have benefited from the league’s surge, as the league has reawakened gun clubs across the state. Many of the gun clubs are maxed out and waiting lists are growing. This year, teams turned away 1,800 kids because of limited shooting range time, said Jim Sable, the league’s founder and executive director. — Staff report
Iowa program aims to boost pheasant habitat After a tough winter and spring for pheasants, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources is recruiting landowners for participation in a project that could save up to 50,000 acres for pheasant habitat. The State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) program is reopening enrollment for landowners who want to return
pheasants to their property. As a continuous Conservation Reserve Program, landowners will be reimbursed based on the quality of their land and length of their contract. So far, 4,000 acres have been registered. “There will not be a general CRP signup this year so this is an option that landowners with expiring general CRP should consider,” said Todd Bogenschutz, upland wildlife biologist for the Iowa DNR. The program is designed to restore the native grasslands and wetlands vital to ring-necked pheasants, especially in areas where suitable habitat had been previously eliminated. — IDNR
New Jersey lawmakers pass total ivory ban In a surprising move, the New Jersey Legislature quietly passed an ivory ban bill with no exemptions for existing legal ivory and even bans 10,000-year-old mammoth ivory. The NJ Ivory Ban Bill outlaws all ivory from any animal (elephant, hippo, mammoth, narwhal, walrus, whale, etc.). It makes it illegal to import, sell, offer for sale, purchase, barter or possess with intent to sell any ivory or ivory product with no exceptions for antique or legal ivory imported decades ago, prior to the existing U. S. ban on ivory imports. The ban now awaits a signature from Gov. Chris Christie. — Staff report
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“Wading, drifting, kayaking and skiff methods are used to find, hook, and land redfish, sea trout, flounder, and a variety of other inshore species targeted by fly-rodders,” Dr. Ramirez said. “My favorite part of the Expo was the outdoor casting events for beginning, intermediate and advanced groups.” Artist and fly-fisher Shawn Bischel, of Georgetown, had a booth at the Expo and said meeting other artists from the industry was a huge bonus for him. “My wife and I actually had a few minutes to sit and chat with Dave and Emily Whitlock about the business side of being an artist,” he said. “That opportunity alone made the show worth it for me.” Bischel has graphics featured on the new Temple Forks Outfitters’ “Esox Rod,” and is currently working on T-shirt art for Abel Fly Reels. The president of the Texas Council of International Federation of Fly Fishers, Russell Husted, said, “Everyone had good things to say about the casting lessons, and our auction and awards banquet were highlights for a lot of us.” Vice president of the Council, Jerry Hamon, said next year’s Expo is already on the books for May 29-31, 2015.
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“The spots aren’t just on the bass,” he said. “They were thick on all of the gar we collected.” So what causes the spots? “It is fish lice,” Myers said. “Called Argulus, they are flatlooking, flounder-shaped creatures (actually small crustaceans) with a little eye on them. They occur throughout Texas but are highly abundant at Falcon this year. Some years they are there and not others.” The fish lice generally don’t represent a problem for the bass, Myers said. “They are rarely harmful,” he said. “They do feed on the flesh of the fish, though, and that can open the door for other diseases such as bacterial infections. We haven’t been seeing any large sores on the fish, though.”
ship for decades. They started seeing the first major change in the winter of 1992-93. “Starting in 1992 and 1993, we started seeing a trend of increasingly warmer winters,” he said, when the average low temperatures in the Gulf Coast bays raised several degrees. “They really started declining after that, and that has been the trend since. We didn’t catch a single flounder in ’07.” In an effort to bring the populations back, TPWD banned gigging during November, hoping it would bolster the flatfish’s numbers. Now, scientists are starting the see a change. “Down here in the Lower Laguna Madre, since the no-gigging regulation, there has been a
noted change,” said Mark Lingo, the Lower Laguna Madre fishery manager for TPWD. His team has been seeing more and more flounder in their gillnet surveys since that point, and he believes there is still more change to come, across the entire coast. “It’s been hard to see a pattern down here,” he said. “It’s more of something that we are seeing coastwide.” Following a cold winter, expectations are high for the next year — and some are already seeing the effects. “I’ll tell you one thing, this year has been phenomenal; we are gigging 20 fish a day,” Capt. David Dupnik, owner of Surrender at Sunrise Charters, said of the 2014 season thus far. “That (the cold winter) and the November closure has a lot to do with it, in fact.” It hasn’t always been that way,
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he said. He has been taking gigging trips in the Rockport area for 10 years, and spent 17 years as a commercial fisherman before then. “It was definitely in a decline for sure,” he said. “We are seeing a lot more juvenile fish from the boat.” Fisher said the upper survival range of a juvenile flounder hovers around 70 degrees Fahrenheit, so it was no surprise that there was a decline in the past few years. Inversely, his crews began seeing more snook, permit and bonefish along the Texas Coast, which he believes makes his point — they thrive in warm water. “We’ve started seeing them in more northerly bays, like San Antonio and Galveston,” Fisher said. The temperature does not directly affect where the fish appear, Fisher said, simply how
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many of them survive. They come in from the deeper waters of the Gulf of Mexico, then return to spawn. Whatever the cause for the temperature change, Fisher said they can count on the fact that cooler waters will bring more flounder. New gigging regulations don’t hurt, either. “Last year wasn’t worth a flip — it was horrible,” Dupnik said. “This year has been totally different.” Interestingly enough, Fisher said it isn’t just Texas that is seeing the changes. “We expect the temperature changes to have a positive impact, and it’s not just here,” he said. “Other flat fishes are seeing the same pattern. In France, of all places, they have been reporting the same type of data for their flat fish. “It’s all about that temperature.”
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“I probably lead the industry in big blackbuck this season,” he said. “We’ve taken one straightline 24-inch blackbuck, three 23s and five 22s. We’ve really got some amazing blackbuck.” Greiger said prices for exotics are leveling out after rising the past few years, especially non-super exotics and scimitar-horned oryx and addax. “For a while, it was unreal what prices were doing,” he said. “Thankfully, they’ve started to level out and it is really looking good for the rest of summer.” In the Hill Country near Comfort, Diane Reiner, manager of the Circle NA Ranch, said the 800acre ranch hadn’t been hunted in more than six years, and the exotics were looking very good with the recent rains. “Our axis bucks are in rut,” Reiner said. “And the red deer are all in velvet. We’ve got some really nice axis, along with lots of rams. This ranch hasn’t been hunted in six years, so we are still finding out what we have. We’ve had a lot of kids out this summer taking their first animals.” For hunters who think an exotic hunt is just a walk in the park, think again, according to Greiger, especially with current range conditions. “The rain really makes the hunting harder,” Greiger said. “They just don’t have to come to the feeders and expose themselves. I’ve been telling people, be prepared for a hard spot and stalk hunt or a safaristyle hunt. “These animals are tough to find.” Los Robles Exotic Ranch, (254) 495-0799 Circle NA Ranch, (281) 723-9989
GO AWAY SARGASSUM: Many surf anglers are fighting high winds and lots of floating sargassum on Gulf Coast beaches. Photo by Andy Phillips for LSON.
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Surf anglers have been catching fish along the Texas coast, when they can get their lines out through mats of sargassum and howling winds along the beaches. According to Ron Gentry, director of the Beach Masters Tournament, which was held the weekend of June 14-15, the fishing was good when anglers could find places to get baits
Brennan Moore, 7, harvested his first turkey with family friend Jamil Johnson. According to his dad, James Moore, the bird came within four steps before strutting out to 25 yards, where Brennan made a perfect shot. The bird sported a 9 1/16-inch beard with 1-inch spurs. The hunt was celebrated over Dr. Peppers and DQ Blizzards.
out. “It went great,” he said. “We had 152 entries and they earned everything they caught. The seaweed was rough in places and many got weeded out and had to move to better spots. The surf was about 3-feet with 4-footers mixed in there.” Most of the teams centered around the Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island, but some went as far south as See SURF, Page 29
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Texas Big Game Awards TBGA Sportsmen’s Celebration Banquet Regions 5,6,7 Fireman’s Training Center, Brenham (210) 236-9761 texas-wildlife.org
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Prime Time | June/July OUTDOOR CHANNEL Western Extreme Whitetail Freaks Michael Waddell’s Bone Collector Gregg Ritz’s Hunt Masters Heartland Bowhunter Territories Wild Adventure Bowhunter Ram Outdoorsman The Best of the West Wardens presented by Streamlight Pro Hunt Journal RMEF Team Elk Ram Outdoorsman OUTDOOR CHANNEL Tecomate Whitetail Nation American Birdhunter ScentBlocker’s Most Wanted Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild Mossy Oak’s Hunting the Country Driven with Pat and Nicole Wardens Presented by Streamlight
PURSUIT CHANNEL F&Ts Freedom Outdoors Avian X Sport Fishing TV The Hitmen Turkey Thugs The Outdoor Option Chasing Waters Make Ready TV Midwest Outdoors Northwest Hunter Trophy Time TV TNT Outdoor Explosion Winchester & Drurys Natural Born
Bottom Feeders Tecomate Whitetail Nation Bow Madness RMEF Team Elk PSE’s Wild Outdoors Jim Shockey’s Hunting Adventures Crush with Lee and Tiffany Michael Waddell’s Bone Collector Greg Ritz’s Hunt Masters OUTDOOR CHANNEL Trev Gowdy’s Monster Fish The Hunt for Big Fish Zona’s Awesome Fishing Show Bottom Feeders Arrow Affliction Alaska Outdoors Television Gold Fever
PURSUIT CHANNEL Lonestar Outdoors National Walleye Tour Lake Commandos Bob Redfern Outdoor Magazine Scott Martin Challenge Hank Parker Outdoor Magazine Cabelas Fisherman Handbook Fishing Texas Lake Commandos Bob Redfern Outdoor Magazine Scott Martin Challenge Hank Parker Outdoor Magazine Cabelas Fisherman Handbook PURSUIT CHANNEL Fish PAA Deer & Wildlife Stories Long Range Pursuit Man verses Elk Gamekeepers of Mossy Oak Get in the Game That Dog Can Hunt TomBob Outdoors Flatliners Rollin’ Bones TV The High Road w/Keith Warren The Hitmen Turkey Call PURSUIT CHANNEL The High Road w/Keith Warren Bowhunting Addiction Southern Boyz Outdoors Turkey Call Backland Outdoors Trophy Time TV KT Diaries Where in the World is Colorado Buck Big Boys TNT Outdoor Explosion Gamekeepers of Mossy Oak Carnivore American Trigger Sports PURSUIT CHANNEL National Bird Dog Circuit Make Ready TV Trigger Time American Airgunner American Trigger Sports Freedom Fighters - Blaine Goodloe - 3 Gun Nation
RMEF Team Elk Jim Shockey’s Hunting Adventures Wardens Presented by Streamlight
Ammo & Attitude The Right Stuff Fight Night
Eastman’s Hunting TV Jim Shockey’s Hunting Adventures Primos Truth About Hunting Mossy Oak’s Hunting the Country Driven with Pat and Nicole OUTDOOR CHANNEL NRA Gun Gurus The Best Defense Shooting Gallery Shooting USA American Rifleman TV Shooting USA’s Impossible Shots NRA Gun Gurus Midway USA’s Gun Stories Shooting USA American Rifleman TV OUTDOOR CHANNEL Wardens Presented by Streamlight Jack Link’s Major League Fishing
Bottom Feeders OUTDOOR CHANNEL Fly Rod Chronicles Buccaneers and Bones Outdoors in the Heartland Steve’s Outdoor Adventures Gridiron Outdoors Trophy Quest The Best of the West Choose Your Weapon Western Extreme Jim Shockey’s Hunting Adventures Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild Cabela’s American Archer Western Extreme OUTDOOR CHANNEL Mathews TV with Dave Watson Crush with Lee and Tiffany Jim Shockey’s Hunting Adventures Wildgame Nation Realtree Outdoors Primos Truth About Hunting NRA All Access Michael Waddell’s Bone Collector Bottom Feeders Jim Shockey’s Hunting Adventures Jim Shockey’s Hunting Adventures Realtree Outdoors Wildgame Nation
PURSUIT CHANNEL Trigger Time Turkey Call Spur Chasers Turkey Thugs Crossroad Adventures TV Fishing Texas Hunting with HECS Boondock Boys The Outdoor Shopper Backland Outdoors Turkey Thugs Gamekeepers of Mossy Oak PURSUIT CHANNEL Where in the World is Colorado Buck Make Ready TV Turkey Thugs The High Road w/Keith Warren Inside the Obsession Winchester & Drury’s Natural Born Turkey Call Get in the Game Brush Country Monsters Wallhanger TV Hunting with HECS Wingshooting USA
SPORTSMAN CHANNEL Amazing America with Sarah Palin Guns & Ammo Davidson’s Gallery of Guns Handguns and Defensive Weapons Ruger Inside and Out Beyond the Battlefield Tactical Impact Guns & Ammo Davidson’s Gallery of Guns Handguns and Defensive Weapons Ruger Inside and Out Beyond the Battlefield SPORTSMAN CHANNEL Major League Bowhunter Realtree’s Monster Bucks Major League Bowhunter Elite Archery’s Respect the Game TV Whitetail Properties Dreams to Reality Savage Outdoors Brad Farris’ Game Plan Realtree’s Monster Bucks Major League Bowhunter Elite Archery’s Respect the Game TV Whitetail Properties Savage Outdoors SPORTSMAN CHANNEL Major League Bowhunter North American Whitetail Skull Bound TV Mathews Dominant Bucks Outfittersrating TV Whitetail SLAM DreamPoint’s Extend Your Range TV North American Whitetail Skull Bound TV Mathews Dominant Bucks Outfittersrating TV Whitetail SLAM SPORTSMAN CHANNEL Major League Bowhunter America Unplugged Saving Private K-9 Heli-Hunter The Outfitters Outlanders Yeti’s Ultimate Hunt America Unplugged Saving Private K-9 Heli-Hunter The Outfitters Outlanders SPORTSMAN CHANNEL Major League Bowhunter Bowhunter TV Relentless Pursuit Nock On TV YoungWild Easton Bowhunting Maximum Archery Bowhunter TV Relentless Pursuit Nock On TV YoungWild Easton Bowhunting SPORTSMAN CHANNEL Excalibur’s Huntin’ the Backwoods The Outdoor Option Canada in the Rough Bahama Lobster Pirates Silent Draw Outdoors 100% Real Hunting Phil Phillips Unleashed On The Road Canada in the Rough Bahama Lobster Pirates Silent Draw Outdoors 100% Real Hunting Phil Phillips Unleashed SPORTSMAN CHANNEL Bullets And Broadheads Maximum Outdoors TV Pigman: The Series Heli-Hunter Petersen’s Hunting The Season with Justin Martin Dead Dog Walkin’ Dog Soldier TV Pigman: The Series Heli-Hunter Petersen’s Hunting Off-Grid Hunter Pure Hunting
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WORLD FISHING NETWORK Angler West TV The Scott Martin Challenge Breaking Boundarioes Bass 2 Billfish Skeeter’s Bass Champs Timmy Horton Outdoors Kayak Bassin’ TV Bigg Bass Battle South Bend’s Lunkerville Canadian Sportfishing Breaking Boundaries Bass 2 Billfish WORLD FISHING NETWORK Fin N Skins The New Fly Fisher Guided with Mark Melnyk The Session Kings of the River Destination Spain The Next Bite TV Ultimate Fishing Experience The Legacy Experience Florida Adventure Quest Guided with Mark Melnyk The Session WORLD FISHING NETWORK Reel Animals Lindner’s Ultimate Angler Bill Boyce’s Baja George Poveromo’s Saltwater Fishing Flats Class The Hook and the Cook Canadian Sportfishing Jarrett Edward’s Outdoors Fishing 411 Extreme Angler TV Bill Boyce’s Baja George Poveromo’s Saltwater Fishing WORLD FISHING NETWORK Musky Hunter The Fishi’n’ Crazee Show Guided with Mark Melnyk Musky Hunter Fishing 411 Game Fisher’s Diary Fishing with Bill Miller Big Coast Sportfishing Fish TV Hookin’ Up with Nick and Mariko Silent Invaders The Kayak Fishing Show WORLD FISHING NETWORK Outdoor Passion Jimmy Houston Outdoors Inside Sportfishing Carolina’s Perfect Cast John Gillespie’s Water & Woods Chilly on Carp Fishing the Flats The Bass Doctor FLW Tour Hookin’ Up with Nick and Mariko Inside Sportfishing Carolina’s Perfect Cast WORLD FISHING NETWORK Inside Sportfishing The New Fly Fisher Flats Class Skeeter Bass Champs Guided with Mark Melnyk Silent Invaders Krappie Kings The Hook and the Cook Jarrett Edward’s Outdoors The Fish Finders Flats Class Skeeter Bass Champs WORLD FISHING NETWORK King of the River The Scott Martin Challenge Lindner’s Ultimate Angler World Fishing Journal Breaking Boundaries Bill Boyce’s Baja George Poveromo’s Saltwater Fishing Bass 2 Billfish Lunkerville Classics Canadian Sportfishing Lindner’s Ultimate Angler World Fishing Journal
TRAILING THE HUNTER’S MOON WINS FOUR TELLY AWARDS Trailing the Hunter’s Moon has been awarded two silver and two bronze Telly Awards in the 35th Annual Telly Awards program. There were more than 12,000 entries from 50 states. Only a select few outdoor television shows/ series receive a single Telly Award. Trailing the Hunter’s Moon was awarded four for the series that aired on The Sportsman Channel during 2013. The show’s title sponsor is Dallas Safari Club; it received a Silver Telly for Nature/Wildlife, a Silver Telly for Best Use of Music, a Bronze Telly for Documentary Series and a Bronze Telly for Editing. The Telly Awards were established in 1979. Winners represent the best and finest work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies, television stations and corporate video departments in the world. A prestigious judging panel of over 500 accomplished industry professionals — each a past winner of a Silver Telly and a member of the Silver Telly Council — evaluate the many entries. Rather than competing against each other, entries are judged against extremely high standards of merit. Only a small percentage is awarded the Bronze Telly and even fewer receive a Silver Telly, the highest award. “The Telly Awards has a mission to honor the very best in film and video,” said Linda Day, executive director of Telly Awards. “I could not be prouder of our team, which includes extremely talented cameramen, producer, editor, and all those who participated in our 2013 shows, as well as the best sponsors in the world,” said Larry Weishuhn, the show’s owner and host. — BWB Hunt Productions
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Matagorda to find open water and big fish. “An 8-feet, 4-inch lemon shark won the tournament,” Gentry said. “An 85-inch bull shark and a 78-inch blacktip shark also placed.” Along with the sharks, several big redfish were caught, including two over 44 inches. Many other species were also caught off the beach, including a 72-inch, wingtip-to-wingtip, stingray, several big trout, whiting, sand trout and flounder. South Padre Island angler Javier Martinez spent the June 21 weekend on the beaches on the north end of the island, and reported the sargassum is beginning to thin out, although the breeze was still an issue. “The wind was still pretty bad,” he said. “But we managed to get some baits out — mostly cut bait and squid — and caught a few whiting, along with a redfish and several small sharks. It has been a tough year from the beach. The wind just hasn’t stopped much.” That report has been echoed up and down the coast — lots of wind making fishing tough from the beach. “The closest guts are where you have to concentrate,” Martinez said. “It is really tough to get a bait all the way out to the deeper cuts. You have to deal with the seaweed a lot more further out. It’s been a tough year.” Other catches reported on the Internet and message boards said the weeds have been so bad, many people aren’t even getting lines in the water. However, a few anglers around San Luis Pass used the shoreline as a windbreak and found fish in the leeward side of rocks and jetties and came home with solid catches of trout on croakers.
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before he went to sleep,” Benson chimed in. “Burton loves to fish, and he’s also a good hunter.” The first Fowler home was built on their land in 1921. Alfred Fowler was a sharecropper in the area before he bought the land, located near Daingerfield. Burton, Benson and B.C., spent a recent late-June morning in their boat, casting their fly rods for bass. While they use conventional tackle as well, B.C. started the fly-fishing trend. “It was always more sporting to catch fish on a fly rod,” he said. “But I started fishing before I could talk with my brother.” As time went on, B.C. invested more and more time with the sport. He was one of the first to inspect the construction of Lake Fork, eyeing potential hotspots where he would later pull in large bass. “It was just very exciting to me,” he said. “I’ve never seen or fished anything like Lake Fork.” The trio has traveled the nation and parts of the world in search of fish on a fly rod. Of course, they have spent much of their time in East Texas, but also fish the Lower Mountain Fork River in southeast Oklahoma. They have taken frequent trips to Colorado, fished in Alaska, and Benson and Burton recently returned from a hunting and fishing trip in Africa. B.C. said he has slowed down his fishing in recent years; Benson is retiring from his position with Garland ISD in August and moved to Daingerfield, off of Lone Star Lake. Burton is moving to Denton to study at
THE FAMILY HOMESTEAD: B.C. Fowler and his family are fortunate enough to have a 22-acre lake on his property, which he had put in 25 years ago. His property is located near Daingerfield, where his father was a sharecropper in the early 20th century. Photo by Steve Schwartz, Lone Star Outdoor News.
the University of North Texas. Despite their different paths, the trio can always count on the outdoors to bring them together. “We just enjoy doing things together, fishing together,” Benson said. Burton added that his father and grandfather don’t need much to have a good time. “They’re both fishermen — they just love to throw a lure out there and reel it back in,” he said. “There don’t even have to be fish in the lake — maybe one — and they’d still have fun
trying to catch something.” It’s about being together, B.C. said. They try to make a trip up to Arkansas’ White River once a year. Despite catching doubledigit bass, Atlantic salmon and other types of fish, B.C.’s favorite memories are some of the simplest — particularly of his grandson. “I can tell you this, the most fun I’ve ever had is watching this boy (Burton) fish,” he said, smiling. “That little boy would catch those big ol’ brown trout in that river.” Benson said he’s looking for-
ward to spending more time fishing with his father, now that he lives in the area, just about a mile away. His home has a 180-degree view of the eastern skyline on Lone Star Lake. As for B.C., he still makes good use of his own private lake, though he admitted that he’s enjoying watching the action as much as anything these days. It seems his father got his wish after all. “I’m just enjoying existing,” B.C. said, “watching the legacy continue.”
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said. “For mourning dove, it should be very similar to last year.” The negatives of the storms meant some dove nests were lost to wind or hail, but the rain came early enough for those birds to possibly renest. “We are still hearing a lot of calling around Austin,” he said. “Nesting should continue well into July this year. Overall, we are looking good, just need some more moisture.” Even in a bad season in Texas, hunters will still shoot up to 4.5 million doves, so the season will still be good, even if conditions go downhill from here. “Doves are a lot more consistent than waterfowl,” Oldenburger added. “So even in a down year, it will still be pretty good.”
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Brothers take Bass Champs on Rayburn Brothers Jason and Jared Dean, from Lufkin and Huntington, quickly took the lead position with their 17.39-pound sack on Sam Rayburn Reservoir and cruised to victory in the season’s final east regional event. “We started catching fish at the first place we pulled up to,” Dean said, targeting deep water near 20 feet with jigs. “We caught a lot of good fish. You know it’s a good day when you cull two 4-pounders.” The second place team of Brian Shook, China, and Danny Iles, Hemphill, came in with 15.53 pounds, and climbed to the top of the Angler of the Year standings with the championship still to come.
In third, Doug and Mason McCain from Lake Charles, La., brought three bass weighing 14.93 pounds to the scales. — Staff report
DSC continues elephant fight The Dallas Safari Club continues to pursue an aggressive approach to reversing a U. S. ban on importing ivory from lawfully hunted elephants from Tanzania and Zimbabwe in 2014. Along with its partners, DSC is providing the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service with the data it needs to assuage concerns about regulated elephant hunting in the two African nations. For example, elephants in areas of Zimbabwe are severely overpopulated and destroying their habitat.
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Regulated hunting provides needed management. DSC is hopeful that this and other evidence will help the agency see that broad-brush actions such as nationwide bans have no basis in science or law and are bad public policy. Combating criminal ivory traffickers by regulating legal hunterconservationists, DSC officials say, is an ill-conceived, knee-jerk response by regulators. “Regulating the lawful, in order to change the behavior of the unlawful, always fails,” said Ben Carter. — DSC
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