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Volume 16, Issue 5
Sharing the family values
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Crappie on brush, pilings By Robert Sloan
For Lone Star Outdoor News With cool fronts moving across Texas, water temperatures are beginning to fall and fish, like crappie, are on a good bite. So far, crappie are still holding tight to brush piles, but with our first hard cold front they will begin to move to deeper water on most lakes. For example, on Sam Rayburn, once the crappie leave the brush piles they can be found in big numbers in the Angelina River channel, according to Lonnie Stanley. On Lake Conroe, guide Phillip James said the best way to catch crappie there is to use live minnows. “The crappie fishing on Lake Conroe is some of the best in East Texas,” he said. “Some of my best trips involve fishing live minnows
Kase Bransom gleems with excitement to his proud mom, Leigh-Adella, after harvesting his first white-tailed deer. Kase, 6, took this 8-point with his Raven crossbow while hunting with his dad, Dylan, on their family ranch in Cherokee. “Being able to celebrate the great outdoors and milestones with our boys as a family is truly the best part of the hunt,” Bransom said. “He was so proud of every aspect from the hunt, to the field-dressing and quartering, to filling out his tag. He had the antlers in his lap on the ride home.” See more photos from Kase’s first deer on page 7. Photo by Lili Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.
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Woman has dream job as game warden By Robert Sloan
Going to work is not always an easy thing to do at the Bailey house. When she’s walking out the door, Chelsea Bailey is wearing a bulletproof vest, a gun belt with a Glock pistol, a knife, extra bullet magazines, pepper spray and a flashlight. She says goodbye to her three children and husband. Once she’s out the door and in her truck, she’s on the job as a Texas game warden. She and her husband, Ben, are both game
wardens, and both love their jobs. “I’ve always wanted to work in law enforcement,” Bailey said. “Members of my family have been in law enforcement. I knew that when I graduated with a degree in Criminal Justice from Texas State University that I wanted to be a Texas game warden.” Chelsea and Ben met at the game warden academy. She’s been a warden for nine years. She’s 32 years old and absolutely loves her job. “Being a game warden is nothing like working at a regular job,” she said. “Every day is a new day, and it’s always something different.”
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Freshwater Fishing Report . Page 10
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Saltwater Fishing Report . . . Page 11
Making wild game fashionable (P. 4) Guide focuses on rivers (P. 8)
Game Warden Blotter . . . . Page 12 Heroes . . . . . . . . . . . Page 14 Products . . . . . . . . . . Page 15 Sun, Moon & Tides . . . . . Page 16 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . Page 19
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Hunter’s Moon (P. 5)
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How did the Hunter’s Moon get its name?
Well-known sporting goods store closes its doors.
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HUNTING Hunter creates upscale shawls using wild game
All they needed was an opportunity
Designer of Hawkhurst South, Britt Longoria models a mallard fringed shawl from her collection. Photo from Hawkhurst South.
By Julia Bunch
For Lone Star Outdoor News Britt Longoria loves wild animals and wild places, and she likes working with her hands. So it was only a matter of time before she combined two of her passions. After shawls that Longoria created for herself using pheasant feathers and cashmere were admired by others, she decided to open a shawl line called Hawkhurst South in late 2018. “I’ve always admired the Gilded Age where ladies used feathers as fashion elements,” Longoria said. “If there’s a way I can combine the use of feathers in a sustainable manner and bring back that old world elegance and lady-like beauty, I’d love to do that.” She currently offers several feather styles — such as pheasant, mallard and guinea fowl — in earth-tone colors on her website, hawkhurstsouth.com. Her luxury designs run around $750 each. A few select retail locations, such as Joshua Creek Ranch in Boerne and various pro shops, also sell the shawls. Nearly half of Longoria’s business is custom work. She creates one-of-a-kind designs for weddings or other special events. “Instead of zipping around on social media or something like that, I like doing something with my hands,” she said. “I enjoy wearing these and I think a lot of other women can appreciate the natural beauty in the birds they’re harvesting.” Longoria’s typical clientele ranges from outdoor women who are hunters themselves to men buying special presents for their wives after a bird-hunting trip. Please turn to page 6
Women harvest their first deer By Lili Sams
Lone Star Outdoor News Five women gathered in Cherokee for women-led deer hunts put on by the Dallas chapter of the Stewards of the Wild. Everyone was there for a different reason. One wanted to fill her freezer with meat that she harvested, one sought the opportunity after being passed over for trips with her male friends, another to better understand her husband’s passion. No matter the reason that brought them there, everyone shared a common interest: contributing to the ranch’s management program by hunting does. Leigh-Adella Bransom and her husband, Dylan, lead the management program at the low-fenced ranch nestled in the rolling hills near San Saba. “There’s so much more to it than just the harvest,” Bransom said. “Traveling
the world with our boys and showing them the importance and balance of what conservation is about is truly our passion.” The guides wanted the women to feel confident and create a low-pressure first hunt. On the range, everyone sighted-in the rifles they would be using for the hunt. For some, it was the first time shooting a rifle. The guides were assured of the women’s shots due to their willingness to make adjustments for the most ethical shot placement. “Growing up, I always wanted to go hunting after hearing stories or seeing pictures of friends on their hunting trips, but found it was difficult to get invited because I was an inexperienced hunter or it was a guys only/family trip,” Camille Mendoza said. The MLD Program was explained to the group in detail, as well as what to expect during the weekend. A hot pot of chili simmered on the stove and the smell of fresh corn bread filled the air as the
Hendrika Diehl snaps a photo of Clair Achey and her husband, Will, with her first deer. Photos by Lili Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.
excitement for the first hunt grew. The next morning, there was a buzz in the kitchen as the women gathered and broke into groups. They grabbed a cup of coffee and set out in the truck before first light. Hendrika Diehl guided Katie Clower to harvest her first big game animal. When the truck arrived to pick them up, Clower had a huge smile
across her face. “As a new hunter, this was an amazing way to learn from women who are truly stewards of the land,” Clower said. While Diehl and Clower were successful, the other groups reported good numbers of bucks but few shootable doe. “It’s always happens that when you are hunting does, only bucks show up to the Please turn to page 19
Historical Floresville cafe a gathering place for outdoorsmen By Nate Skinner
For Lone Star Outdoor News Nothing will initiate an insatiable hunger quite like a day spent hunting or fishing. Imagine being able to stop in at a local eatery and knowing that basket of mouthwatering wings or a juicy burger paired with an ice-cold beverage and a quality, family-centered atmosphere was awaiting your arrival. A place that matches this description does indeed exist, and it’s known as Fluff’s White House Cafe in Floresville.
Located at 1307 3rd Street, Fluff’s White House Cafe provides homecooked meals out of a building that has roots that run deep into the community’s soil. Co-owners Chris Trevino Sr. and Chris Trevino II said the location was built in 1902. “There were some renovations done to the building in the 1920s, and much of what was done at that time remains today,” Trevino II said. “Many of the tables and chairs in the restaurant are the originals, and so is the bar and the backdrop behind the bar.”
The cafe is named after Trevino II’s lifelong nickname, Fluff. “I’ve always had fluffy hair, ever since I was a kid, so the nickname just sort of stuck,” he said. “Owning and operating my own kitchen and restaurant has been a dream of mine for many years. When my dad and I were able to make this happen, it just seemed fitting to incorporate my nickname in the name of our restaurant.” Trevino Sr. said music also has been a big part of the cafe’s history. “One of the former owners was a band director throughout the Please turn to page 18
Chris Trevino Sr., left, and Chris “Fluff” Trevino II, right, the co-owners of Fluff’s White House Cafe in Floresville. The father and son duo are standing at the restaurant’s original bar, which dates back to the early 1900s. Photo by Nate Skinner for Lone Star Outdoor News.
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The special Hunter’s Moon Lone Star Outdoor News While all full moons have been given names, the Hunter’s Moon is tied to a season, along with the Harvest Moon. The Harvest Moon is the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox. The Hunter’s Moon is the full moon after the Harvest Moon. This year in the Northern Hemisphere, the Harvest Moon came on Sept. 13, and the latest full moon, Oct. 13, was the Hunter’s Moon. How did the Hunter’s Moon get its name? According to Universe Today, in the days before tractor lights, the lamp of the Harvest Moon helped farmers to gather their crops, despite the diminishing daylight hours. A month later, the full Hunter’s Moon was said to illuminate the prey of hunters at the time of year when deer and other game were be-
NWTF partners awarded for work in northeast Texas The National Wild Turkey Federation and its partners in the Northeast Texas Conservation Delivery Network’s Shortleaf Pine Working Group were recognized for their outstanding conservation efforts in northeast Texas. The group was presented The Shortleaf Pine Conservation Award during the Shortleaf Pine Conference in Van Buren, Missouri, Oct. 1. The group was recognized for its “distinguished contributions to the restoration and management of shortleaf pine forests, woodlands and ecosystems.” Shortleaf pine habitat supports a number of animals including an important community of birds that depend on this threatened ecosystem. The specific focus for restoration efforts in northeast Texas are brown-headed nuthatches, northern bobwhite quail, Bachman’s sparrows, prairie warblers, American kestrels, red-headed woodpeckers and eastern wild turkeys. To date, the working group has completed or planned restoration work on more than 12,000 acres in the region. “Open pine ecosystems are critical to wild turkeys in East Texas,” said Annie Farrell, NWTF district biologist for East Texas. “Unmanaged forests can be taken over by invasive species like yaupon and privet, so active forest management through treatments like prescribed fire, chemical brush control and native grass restoration is crucial to create the type of habitat turkeys need to survive. In doing so, we are benefiting a multitude of other wildlife.” —NWTF
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ing hunted and processed. The Hunter’s Moon, though, seems to last longer and appear brighter to many. Astrologists explain the phenomenon, saying the full moon close to the autumnal equinox, whether a Harvest Moon or a Hunter’s Moon, the moon rises only about 30 minutes later daily for several days, rather than the usual 50 minutes. Consequently, the full moon rises around sunset and people see the rising moon ascending in the eastern sky in twilight. The Hunter’s Moon isn’t brighter or more colorful, though. But because it is visible shortly after sunset, it’s nearer the horizon, causing it to look big and yellow or orange. The Hunter’s Moon typically appears in October, except once every four years when it doesn’t appear until November.
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It’s not like a 9 to 5 job, though. “When we graduated from the academy, we agreed to work 24/7 our entire career,” Bailey said. “We are scheduled certain days off. But if something comes up, we are out the door any time, day or night.” A good example was Tropical Storm Imelda. “We are obligated to provide public safety and emergency management functions, including working in response to natural disasters and in homeland security operations,” Bailey said. “Imelda left five dead and we had historic rainfall. Game wardens spent a lot of time rescuing folks that got stranded in high water.” Sometimes working as a game warden is not all that much fun. One of her worst days on the job had to do with a man with a gun that was in a standoff with law enforcement. “I was on my way home from another situation when I got diverted to a man with a gun causing problems,” she said. Bailey is also a trained negotiator and both she and her husband ended up at the site. “The man had a gun and was barricaded in a house,” Bailey said. “It ended tragically when he came out of the house with the gun and fired at law enforcement. One of those officers was my husband. The barricaded man eventually died at the hospital.” Working in Calhoun County is a busy job as a warden. “We have a lot going on here in Calhoun County,” Bailey said. “We have both fresh and saltwater fishing. Also, duck and dove hunting, deer hunting, a commercial oyster, shrimp, crab, and fishing season. We stay really busy.” Bailey grew up in the small town of Flatonia (near Shiner) and had less than 40 students in her high school graduating class. To become a game warden, a four-year college degree was required. After graduating college, she moved on to the Texas Game Warden Academy for 30 weeks of training. “It’s a good job,” Bailey said. “I can’t imagine not being a game warden. If you enjoy the outdoors, it’s a job that’s tough to beat. We do a lot of work with kids programs. That’s very rewarding. And, obviously we work with hunters and fishermen.” Most of the citations written are what
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hunters might expect. “Many have to do with unplugged shotguns and hunter education,” Bailey said. “During duck season it’s unplugged guns and shooting over the limit on redheads. You’re allowed two per person. When they go over the limit, that’s when we find birds buried in the mud.” Bailey is one of a growing number of female game wardens in the state. “There are around 37 women game wardens in Texas,” she adds. “And there’s just a handful of wardens who are married to each other.” So, what do game wardens do for fun on their days off? “With three kids, we try to get them outdoors,” Bailey said. “We take them fishing in the boat, and on local piers. Our oldest is 6 years old and is into both hunting and fishing. If it’s just the two of us, Ben and I like to do dinner and a movie.” Chelsea and Ben have been featured in about seven episodes of Lone Star Law, the television series about Texas game wardens.
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As convention season ramps up again, so too does Hawkhurst South. Longoria will soon come out with a different design than her typical shawls and at a lower price point of around $500. “This will be a transition piece,” she said. “It will be a wool-cashmere blend poncho with feathers on the back and neck.” Longoria comes by her admiration for animals naturally. She grew up in Maine hunting and living close to nature. After first visiting South Africa at 15 years old, Longoria went on to live in the country for many years, attending university and working at a safari operation. Eventually, she came to settle in Texas’ Hill Country and grow a consulting business called Rock Environmental focused on helping nonprofits. She’s also the executive director of Trinity Oaks, a charity that offers hunting and fishing programs for veterans, youth and families. She and her husband, Ricardo Longoria, hunt about 120 days per year all over the world. In 2018 after taking a leopard in Namibia, photos of her hunt were leaked without her permission all over the internet, getting picked up by online bullies, Hollywood actors and news media. The outrage rallied around a “Name her and shame her” motto. But Longoria didn’t shy away. Through Instagram and her blog, she has flipped the anti-hunting narrative on its head. Her blog, which she calls Honor the Hunt, attempts to educate nonhunters — not with facts and figures proving how hunting promotes conservation and economic development — but by proving that hunting is a very emotional experience.
A tan cashmere shawl, fringed with brown pheasant wing and tail feathers from the Hawkhurst South collection. Photo from Hawkhurst South.
“When I decided to answer these people who were so angry and emotional, I found that if I responded in an intellectual way with my heart on my sleeve, they respected me more than if I came back with science or economic numbers,” Longoria said. “I didn’t have anything to be ashamed of and overall I’ve gotten really good feedback.”
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Kase Bransom, 6, of Burleson, harvested his first white-tailed deer while hunting with his dad, Dylan, on their family ranch in Cherokee. “I like setting up and waiting in the blind with my dad,” Kase said. At first sight, the rustling of Kase’s jacket, as he tried to crank back his crossbow, spooked the 8-pointer. He made a loop, out of sight, through the brush. Dylan had confirmed he was a shooter. A noise to his left, made Dylan turn his head to see if the buck had come back. “Dad, that’s him,” Kase said, facing forward, ready this time. Kase slowly pulled the trigger and before Dylan could turn his head forward, the buck was down. “He went straight down and I saw his belly,” Kase said. He helped his dad drag the deer back to the truck. Dylan stepped his son through the steps of how to field dress his harvest. “Reach in there and feel his heart.” “Am I doing this right, dad?” “Oh gosh, that stinks.” Special moments shared with father and son that will be passed down from generation to generation. That’s what hunting is all about. “It was the best day of my life,” Kase said.
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Fly-fishing guide shares his passion By Nate Skinner
For Lone Star Outdoor News Ryan Schaper isn’t your run-ofthe-mill fishing guide. The San Marcos resident strives to take fellow anglers to off-the-grid locations along Texas rivers where the scenery and wildlife are as noteworthy as the fishing opportunities. Growing up near Lake Conroe, Schaper’s earliest memories of fishing took place with his dad and grandfather. Once he was old enough to ride a bike, Schaper spent many days riding to the neighborhood pond with a fishing rod and a can of earthworms in hopes of catching whatever was willing to bite. During his teens, Schaper spent most of his free time bass fishing. “My buddies and I would use jonboats and kayaks to chase bass along the north end of Lake Conroe any chance that we could get,” he said. “I also spent plenty of time fishing for bass along riverfront property that my uncle owned in the Hill Country.” Ryan Schaper guides fly-fishing trips on many different Texas rivers. He caught this catfish on a surface fly while along the San Marcos River. Photo by Danielle Kislin.
Eliminating anchors with technology
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Saying goodbye to a classic By Mark England
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For Lone Star Outdoor News The days of tossing out a heavy anchor and then having to pull it back in are just about over for most guides and anglers along the Texas jetties and bays. Now, they put the trolling motor in the water, click on the remote to hold the boat in place and are good to go, taking the guesswork out of lowering an anchor and hoping it grabs and holds. “If you don’t have one, you are definitely not catching as many fish as anglers with a Rip Tide i-Pilot,” said South Texas guide Steve Reed with Laguna Rod and Gun Guide Service. “It’s absolutely the best thing that you can have on your boat. I was one of the first guides along the Texas coast to install one on my boat. That was back in about 2014.” Reed guides in Port O’Connor and down to Port Aransas. “I have many fishing options,” he said. “Two of the best are fishing the jetties and short offshore trips for red snapper. At first I was using the i-Pilot to hold over wrecks and rocks offshore. Then I moved in to fish the jetties. That’s where I need to hold over specific rocks in water that’s 15 to 40 feet deep.” Guide Dodd Coffey spends a lot of time fishing the POC jetties, and shell pads on West Matagorda Bay. “I used to hire a deck hand to keep me from having to deal with the anchor,” Coffey said. “I’m several years
While attending Texas State University, Schaper worked at a few kayak shops. In between shifts, he could typically be found fishing from a kayak along the Guadalupe, San Marcos, and Colorado rivers. “I jokingly tell everyone that asks that I majored in kayak fishing at Texas State,” he said. It was during his college years that Schaper made the transition from conventional bass fishing to fly-fishing. “I quickly realized that fly presentations gave me a better opportunity of catching more fish and a wider range of species on our rivers,” he said. “Fly-fishing allowed me to better match the hatch when it was necessary, not to mention it seemed to be a more effective approach, as river fish tend to eat smaller meals more often and throughout the day, compared to fish that inhabit inland lakes.” Upon graduating from Texas State, Schaper became a retail manager for several kayak shops and began guiding part-time. “I fell in love with the idea of
past 70 and jacking with an anchor several times a day just isn’t any fun. The best day of my fishing career is when I got my Rip Tide i-Pilot installed. Now I can go straight to a particular spot along the jetties, punch the i-Pilot and I’m ready to fish. It’s simple, quick and allows my customers to spend more time fishing and catching. Coffey also fishes the well pads in West Matagorda Bay. “Most of those wells are gone, but the shell pads are still there,” he said. Please turn to page 13
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“Marburger’s,” the sign said. A truck toted it out of Seabrook, telling those who hadn’t heard that the longtime hunting and fishing store had closed. “It breaks your heart, but it was time,” said Mary Hoepfner. She was one of the owners, along with her husband, Todd, and other members of the Hoepfner and Evans A truck drives away with the sign from Marburger’s families. They bought after the store closing. Photo from Cathy Harry. the store from David Marburger in 1973 and kept the name. Gun sales had suffered in the “That’s what everyone knew it last few years due to cut-rate as,” Hoepfner said. competitors. Not to mention, That same practicality led guns bought from private and the owners to close Marburger’s unlicensed sellers don’t require Sporting Goods last month. The a background check in Texas. Texas Department of TransporMarburger’s customers took tation began a five-year major the closing personally. Many expansion of State Highway 146 flooded the store’s Facebook in March. The highway serves as page to say goodbye. the area’s main corridor for hur“Well done everyone!” wrote ricane evacuations. Mary Milby. “You have made “80 businesses (were) impact- Seabrook proud. We will miss ed,” according to an email from our favorite hunting and fishing a TxDOT spokeswoman. “That store. Love y’all.” could mean they either closed Phillip White noted that more or were relocated.” than equipment was being lost. The Internet also played a “Hate that the expansion is role in the decision to close causing the loss of a great local Marburger’s. treasure! Will miss y’all and the Please turn to page 17
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For Lone Star Outdoor News October and November are generally the months when the redfish run takes place. But for a Harlingen angler who calls this month “Red October,” the run takes place any time of the year. “For me, the reds run all the time,” said Jaime Garcia during a trip to the Laguna Madre. Anglers and boaters may have noticed the man standing well offshore with a large barrel, several bait buckets and several rods in holders while he waited for a bite. Garcia’s technique is simple. He catches live mullet, wades about 300 to 400 feet from shore and starts fishing. But there is more than meet the eye. Before he starts fishing, the 40-year-old Garcia has to get ready. He uses half of a 55-gallon plastic barrel, three bait buckets and a casting net. The avid fisherman spends anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour or more catching mullet with the casting net and usually stops after he catches about 100 of the fingersized fish. He then puts close to an equal number of mullet into each bucket and walks back to shore to grab a metal holder where he sets his fishJaime Garcia caught three redfish while wade-fishing in the Laguna ing rods. He then ties the three buckets to Madre. Photo from Jaime Garcia. the barrel, ties the barrel around his waist and heads out to his spot overlooking Port Isabel to the west and South Padre Island to the east. Once set up, Garcia waits. All of a sudden, the end of the fishing rod barely starts to move up and down. He picks it up and gives it a jerk. “Fish on,” he said. “Thank you, Lord!” He repeats the same thing until he catches his limit of three keepers. Garcia said he has been fishing like that for years, and will probably keep doing it for years to come. Although redfish are his favorite, Garcia also catches flounder and black drum.
Gutsy call wins tourney for Sloan and Hawkins By Robert Sloan
For Lone Star Outdoor News Terry Hawkins and Drew Sloan, who have been fishing Bass Champs tournaments since 2013, teamed up to weigh in 10 bass weighing 35.09 pounds in Bass Champs Team Championship held Oct. 12 and 13 on Lake Texoma. It was a tight finish with second place weighing in 33.31, third place had 32.83, fourth place had 31.07 and fifth weighed in 30.70. But in the end, Hawkins and Sloan won a boat, motor and trailer worth about $80,000. To finish in first place required a tough decision by the winning team. “On the final day, with about three hours left to fish, we were getting more and more boats on a lane of water that had been producing a lot of solid bass,” Sloan said. “It was really slowing us down. We made the decision to move to new water that we had not fished. We got to where we wanted to fish and immediately caught a big smallmouth and a big largemouth. It was exactly what we needed to win the tournament.” It all started with one lure the two anglers did not have a name for. “During practice I was using a jointed swimbait that was about 6 inches long and weighed 2 ounces,” Sloan said. “It was a slow-sinking bait in a sexy shad pattern. On Wednesday on my second cast with the swim bait I caught a 5-pounder. We were catching lots of stripers, too. The problem was we only had one of those lures, and we didn’t want to lose it. We got in that after-
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In July of 2018, the Port of Corpus Christi announced it was seeking a permit for a desalinization plant proposed for construction on Harbor Island in Port Aransas that would allow an average daily output flow of up to 95,600,000 gallons per day. The proposal immediately stirred up controversy among saltwater anglers, due to seawater intakes and the output of brine from a desalinization plant that have the potential to impact larval fish and invertebrates. The circulation of the estuaries, ocean and ship channel would play a role in the magnitude of the impact. FlatsWorthy hosted a public meeting on Sept. 25 about the proposed desalination plants at Harbor Island and Ingleside. Greg Stunz, director of the Center for Sportfish Science and Conservation and professor of marine biology at Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, and Brad Erisman, assistant professor of Fisheries Ecology at the Marine Science Institute, University of Texas at Austin, discussed the potential effects on the health of the bays and the impact to fishing due to the proposed desalinization plants. Stunz and Erisman both believe desalination is an inevitability. They noted Texas simply doesn’t have the water necessary for the industry coming to our area or to accommodate the growth of the Coastal Bend. They provided the crowd with the science behind the tidal flats and spawning and migration. There were representatives from many community organizations and government organizations in attendance, along with many concerned citizens. —FlatsWorthy
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TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT ALAN HENRY: Water clear 79-83 degrees; 4.02’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, spoons and crank baits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs among the steep shores. Catfish are fair on live bait and stink bait. AMISTAD: Water stained; 81-85 degrees; 32.29’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, buzzbaits, spinner baits, plastics and crankbaits near rocky edges or vegetation. White bass are slow. Catfish are good on stink bait and cut bait. ARROWHEAD: Water stained; 79-82 degrees; 1.82’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas rigs, top-waters and buzzbaits in shallow water. Crappie are excellent on live minnows and jigs amid brush piles and cover. Catfish are fair at night under lights on shad, cut bait, shrimp and nightcrawlers. ATHENS: Water clear to stained; 78-82 degrees; 1.12’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, Texas rigs, crankbaits and spinner baits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs with structure. All catfish are good on cutbait and stink bait. Sunfish are good on earthworms around shallow vegetation. AUSTIN: Water clear; 77 degrees; 0.82’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, Carolina rigs and white spinner baits in grass beds along the shoreline. Bluegill are good on weighted jigs, cut worms and corn. Flatheads and blue catfish are fair on prepared bait in 5-10 feet. BASTROP: Clear to slightly stained; 78-82 degrees; 0.65’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina-rigged plastic worms and lizards. Crappie are fair on jigs and live bait around timber. Channel and blue catfish are fair on stink bait or cut bait. Flathead catfish are fair on live bait. BELTON: Water lightly stained; 78-81 degrees; 1.75’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on stick worms, buzzbaits, crankbaits and plastic worms. Hybrid striper are fair on jigs and crankbaits. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on jigs or live shiners. Channel and blue catfish are fair on shad, shrimp, blood bait and stink bait. BENBROOK: Water stained; 77-81 degrees; 11.04’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Carolina-rigged worms and light-colored spinner baits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs expanding a bit around structures. Hybrid striped bass are good on the surface with spinners or spoons. White bass are good on slabs. Catfish are good on stink bait and live bait. BOB SANDLIN: Water lightly stained; 78-82 degrees; 1.09’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters and spinner baits. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows around underwater structures. White bass are fair on jigs. Catfish are good on worms and stink bait.
BRAUNIG: Water lightly stained; 79-81 degrees; Largemouth bass are fair on Carolina-rigged worms and spinner baits. Red drum are good schooling around submerged points on lipless crankbaits. Striped bass are fair on jigs and live shad following baitfish and birds. Catfish are fair on live bait and cheese bait. BRIDGEPORT: Water clear; 78-80 degrees: 4.64’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged worms and crankbaits. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on slabs and live minnows. Hybrid stripers are fair on slabs. Catfish are fair on shrimp and cut bait. BROWNWOOD: Water lightly stained; 77-81 degrees; 2.91’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, jigs, spinner baits and top-waters. White bass are good on slabs. Catfish are good on prepared bait and shad-baited trotlines. BUCHANAN: Water stained; 78-80 degrees; 1.86’ low. Largemouth bass are good along the bank on top-waters and spinner baits. Striped bass are fair on plastic swimbaits and lipless crankbaits. White bass are good on minnows and twisted tail jigs. Crappie are fair on jigs and live minnows. Channel catfish are good on stink bait. CADDO: Water stained; 76-80 degrees; 0.26’ high. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, plastic worms and spinner baits. Crappie have been small but fair on minnows and jigs trolling brush. Catfish are fair on stink bait and live bait. CALAVERAS: Water stained; 79-83 degrees. 1.82’ low. Catfish are good on stink bait, liver and live shad. Red drum are good on crawfish and lipless crankbaits. Largemouth bass are fair on plastic worms, crankbaits and spinner baits. CANYON LAKE: Water lightly stained; 79-83 degrees; 2.33’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, plastic worms and crankbaits. Crappie are slow. Hybrid and striped bass are very good on top-waters, grubs and jigging spoons. Catfish are fair on live bait and prepared bait. CEDAR CREEK: Water lightly stained; 76-78 degrees, 1.94’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits, Carolina-rigged creature baits, plastic worms and buzzbaits. Hybrid striper are good on blue lipless crankbaits. Crappie are fair on pink and white jigs under large docks. Catfish are good on cut shad and live bait. CONROE: Water stained; 76-83 degrees; 2.26’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-water poppers, buzzbaits and plastic worms. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs around brush piles. Catfish are
good over baited areas on stink bait and cut bait. EAGLE MOUNTAIN: Water lightly stained; 76-82 degrees; 2.31’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on plastic worms, light-colored spinner baits and jigs around vegetation edges and private docks. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good at night on cut bait and prepared bait. FALCON: Water lightly stained; 83-87 degrees; 35.23’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastic worms, spinner baits, crankbaits and top-waters. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on shrimp, shad and stink bait. FAYETTE: Slightly stained; 79-84 degrees; Largemouth bass are good on buzzbaits, spinner baits and weedless worm rigs. Sunfish are fair on worms and crickets. Catfish are fair on stink bait, live bait and cut bait. FORK: Water stained; 77-82 degrees; 1.85’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on plastic worms, spinner baits, and top-waters. White and yellow bass are good on Alabama rigs. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on prepared bait and cut bait, especially in the evenings. GRANBURY: Water slightly stained; 75-80 degrees. 0.95’ low. Largemouth bass are very good around boat docks with worms, crankbaits and jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair fishing over baited holes in 5-15 feet. GRANGER: Water clear; 78 degrees; 0.83’ low. Largemouth bass are good upriver on crankbaits. Crappie are very good in 3 to 10 feet of water on jigs and minnows. White bass are fair on slab spoons. Blue catfish are fair on cut bait fished on jug lines. GRAPEVINE: Water stained; 76-81 degrees; 2.54’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas- and Carolina-rigged worms, spinner baits and buzzbaits. White bass are good on live shad, especially around the dam. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. HOUSTON COUNTY: Water stained; 78-82 degrees; 0.27’ low. Largemouth bass are good on soft plastics, buzzbaits and spinner baits. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows. Sunfish are good on live cut worms. Catfish are good on shad and stink bait. HUBBARD CREEK: Water stained; 76-80 degrees; 2.10’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas rigs and top-waters. Crappie are fair on live minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair at night in shallower water on live and cut shad. JOE POOL: Water stained; 74-80 degrees;. 2.87’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on soft plastic worms,
top-waters and spinner baits. Crappie are good under bridges. LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water slightly stained; 80-82 degrees; 0.69’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, swimbaits and chatter baits. Crappie are slow. Sand bass are good when schooling. Catfish are fair on live, cut and prepped baits. LAVON: Water stained; 78-80 degrees: 4.47’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on white spinners, Carolina-rigged lizards and Texas-rigged worms. White bass are fair in deeper water near the dam on small jigs and minnows. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on live bait, cut bait and blood bait. LBJ: Water clear to stained; 78-81 degrees; 0.66’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on worms and jigs around private docks and cover. Crappie are fair on jigs around docks. White bass are fair on jigs, smaller crankbaits and minnows. Catfish are good on stink bait and cut bait. LEWISVILLE: Water stained; 74-78 degrees; 1.96’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, Texas-rigged plastics and spinner baits. White bass are good on slabs and have been schooling. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs around structure. Catfish are fair on prepared bait and cut bait. LIVINGSTON: Water stained; 78-80 degrees; 1.24’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on plastic worms, spinner baits, top-waters and jigs. Striped bass are good on spoons and lipless crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on spoons. Catfish are fair on live bait and flavored baits. NASWORTHY: Water stained to murky; 65 degrees 0.88’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on plastic worms in the reeds. Crappie are fair to good under the bridge and on reed points on jigs and crappie minnows. O.H. IVIE: Water stained; 75-81 degrees; 9.62’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Carolina- and Texas-rigged worms and minnows. Crappie are fair on live minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on stink bait, live bait and cut bait. PALESTINE: Water lightly stained; 78-81 degrees; 1.62’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina-rigged worms and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Hybrid stripers are good on minnows. White bass are good on slabs near the dam. Catfish are excellent on shad and chicken liver at night. POSSUM KINGDOM: Water clear; 77-81 degrees; 1.54’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Carolina rigs, Texas rigs, top-waters and spinner baits. Crappie are good on jigs and
minnows. White bass are good on jigs, slabs and spoons. Striped bass are fair on live shad and jigs in the main channels of the lake. Catfish are good on cut bait, live sunfish and stink bait. PROCTOR: Water stained. 80-82 degrees. 3.02’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on jigs and plastic worms. Crappie are good near the spillway on jigs. Catfish are good on stink bait and cut bait. RAY HUBBARD: Water stained; 80 degrees; 3.37” low. Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits and top-water poppers. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass and hybrid stripers are fair on slabs in the lower lake. Catfish are good on stink bait, liver and cut bait. RAY ROBERTS: Water stained: 78-82 degrees; 0.83’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on light Carolina-rigged worms and lizards, spinners baits and crankbaits. White bass are fair on spoons and Alabama rigs. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on live bait and stink bait. RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water stained; 80-81 degrees; 2.59’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits and jigging spoons around timber. White bass and hybrids are good on slabs and jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs on heavier brush piles. Catfish are fair on live bait and cut bait. SAM RAYBURN: Water stained; 79-81 degrees; 2.93’ low. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits, top-waters and Carolina-rigged soft plastic worms. White bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on live bait and cut bait. SOMERVILLE: Water stained; 78-81 degrees; 0.30’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on plastic worms, spinner baits and top-waters. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on stink bait, live bait and cut bait. SPENCE: Water clear to stained. 66-72 degrees; 35.71’ low. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits and Texas-rigged worms and craws. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs in creeks and along the dam. STILLHOUSE: Water clear; 78-81 degrees; 1.66’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters and soft plastics. White bass are fair on downriggers fished in open water with small spoons. TAWAKONI: Water stained; 77-80 degrees; 1.49’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits, plastic worms and jigs. White bass and hybrid stripers are good on slabs, spoons and Alabama rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows under deeper bridges and structure. Catfish are fair on
n Saltwater reports Page 11 stink bait, worms and chicken liver. TEXANA: Water stained; 77-81 degrees; 4.75’ low. Largemouth bass are good on jigs and Texas-rigged soft plastics. Crappie are fair on jigs. Catfish are fair to good on stink bait, cut bait and live bait. TEXOMA: Water stained; 79-82 degrees; 0.43’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, Texas-rigged worms and spinner baits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Striped bass are good on live shad. Catfish are fair on live sunfish, cut bait and minnows. TOLEDO BEND: Water stained; 78-81 degrees; 7.16’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, spinner baits and jigs. White bass are fair on spoons and small crankbaits. Sunfish are good on pellets, crickets and jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on live bait and stink bait. TYLER: Water slightly stained; 79-82 degrees. 2.16’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits, Carolinarigged creature baits and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs under docks. Catfish are good on stink bait and live baits below a cork. WALTER E. LONG: Water stained. 80-83 degrees; Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms, jigs and top-waters. Hybrid stripers are slow. Crappie are slow. Catfish are fair on prepared baits, cut bait and live bait. WEATHERFORD: Water lightly stained; 80-82 degrees; 2.87’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits and plastic worms around creek beds. White bass are good on smaller crankbaits or Alabama rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs in marina areas and around cover. Catfish are good on crawfish, liver, blood bait and cut bait. WHITNEY: Water stained; 78-82 degrees; 6.18’ low. Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms and crankbaits. White bass are fair on spinner baits and minnows. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on live shad, stink bait and cut bait. WRIGHT PATMAN: Water lightly stained; 80-82 degrees; 3.62 high. Largemouth bass are good on jigs, spinner baits, crankbaits and plastic worms. White bass are fair on slabs and spoons. Crappie are fair on jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait, live bait and stink bait.
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TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING REPORT TRINITY BAY: Speckled trout are fair under birds on soft plastics and live shrimp under a popping cork. Redfish are good on live mullet in marshes.
EAST GALVESTON BAY: Speckled trout are fair on live shrimp and plum/chartreuse plastics. Bull redfish are good at the jetties on fresh shad and mullet. Spanish mackerel are good along the south jetty. WEST GALVESTON BAY: Speckled trout are fair on shallow mud bottoms and on popping corks with live shrimp or D.O.A. shrimp. Redfish and flounder are good in the back lakes on live shrimp and plastics. TEXAS CITY: Bull redfish are fair along the dike on fresh mullet or cracked crab.
Flounder activity along the dike is increasing. Speckled trout are fair along the levee on soft plastics or live shrimp under a popping cork. FREEPORT: Redfish are fair over oyster reefs and drains along the ICW on live shrimp and live mullet. Speckled trout are fair over oyster reefs. Flounder are good in Christmas and Bastrop bays along drains and cuts on live mullet or soft plastics.
EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Redfish are good on live shrimp, live mullet and soft plastics. Speckled trout are good on plastics and shrimp. WEST MATAGORDA BAY: Speckled trout are
STAR winners share unusual stories Despite Mother Nature handing out small craft advisory warnings for much of the first half of the tournament, a major barge accident and bay closure, the CCA Texas STAR tournament and its anglers held on strong throughout the tournament. The tournament ended Sept. 2 and held its award ceremony Oct. 9. During the 30th anniversary of the tournament, Texas anglers set yet another record for the number of participants in STAR with more than 51,000 entrants. There were stories of heartbreak, redemption, persistence and just plain good luck. Tagged redfish winner Luis DeLeon, of Corpus Christi, caught a tagged redfish last year while not entered in the tournament. He returned this year to the same spot for sweet redemption, catching another one and winning this time around. Another one of the winners picked up a copy of Lone Star Outdoor News while visiting friends. The out-of-stater read about the second confirmed winner of the tagged redfish and thought if he was fishing in Texas, he should probably enter himself in
the tournament. He ended up catching one of those coveted tagged reds. If it wasn’t for that article, he would not have won a truck and boat. As the ending deadline approached, many anglers thought their opportunity had passed. On Aug. 28, father-daughter duo, Derrick and Mia Jones, were still grinding away trying to get on the leaderboard. They found themselves a school of giant gafftop that would end up yielding Derrick a nice boat upgrade and 6-year-old Mia a $50,000 scholarship that she intends to use to attend the University of Texas. Mia and Derrick were not the only family duo to take home top honors this year. Lawrence and Hudson Richard, of Anahuac, received some great advice from longtime STAR competitor and winner, Robert Ibarra, on catching a winning sheepshead. The information paid off as Lawrence took home a 19-foot Shoalwater Cat, Mercury motor, and McClain trailer package, while Hudson won a $25,000 scholarship that he plans to use at Texas A&M University.
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GAFFTOP 8 pounds, 5 ounces Derrick Jones of Richmond
TEXAS FORD DEALERS REDFISH DIVISION Dominik Lopez of Corpus Christi Tag# Ta1117 Caught 6/8/19 Luis Deleon of Corpus Christi Tag #Ta1123 Caught 6/29/19 Fernando Gutierrez of Chula Vista, Calif. Tag #Ta1107 Caught 07/13/19 Jerry Smith of Port Aransas Tag #Ta1118 Caught 7/27/19 James Johnston of Texas City Tag #Ta1068 Caught 8/10/19 SPECKLED TROUT UPPER COAST 8 pounds, 3 ounces James Malone of Clute SPECKLED TROUT MIDDLE COAST 8 pounds, 15 ounces Michael Roghair of Wadsworth SPECKLED TROUT LOWER COAST 9 pounds Jesse Cantu of Brownsville KINGFISH 66 pounds, 8 ounces John Bullock of Surf City, Nc DORADO 50 pounds, 11 ounces Wayne Brock of Corpus Christi LING 73 pounds, 12 ounces Braden Sherron of Corpus Christi FLOUNDER 7 pounds, 4 ounces Mark Gonzales, Sr. of Shoreacres SHEEPSHEAD 11 pounds, 14 ounces Lawrence Richard of Anahuac
STAR KIDS SCHOLARSHIPS STARKIDS SCHOLARSHIP DIVISION (ages 6 – 10 only) - $50,000 scholarship FLOUNDER 5 pounds, 11 ounces Cain Todd, 10, of Needville SHEEPSHEAD 8 pounds, 3 ounces Jace Ponder, 9, of Mont Belvieu GAFFTOP 8 pounds, 2 ounces Mia Jones, 6, of Richmond ACADEMY SPORTS & OUTDOORS STARTEENS SCHOLARSHIP TROUT DIVISION (ages 11 – 17 only) 6 lb. min. – $25,000 scholarship SPECKLED TROUT UPPER COAST 7 pounds Buck Warren, 12, of Galveston SPECKLED TROUT MIDDLE COAST 8 pounds, 5 ounces Max Garner, 17, of Pearland SPECKLED TROUT LOWER COAST 7 pounds, 15 ounces Alyssa Allen, 12, of Port Isabel STARTEENS SCHOLARSHIP INSHORE DIVISION (ages 11 – 17 only) – $25,000 scholarship FLOUNDER 6 pounds 9 ounces Tanner White, 12, of Sweeney SHEEPSHEAD 10 pounds, 11 ounces Hudson Richard, 14, of Anahuac GAFFTOP 6 pounds, 11 ounces Jake Carlin, 14, of Orange —CCA STAR
fair on soft plastics. Redfish are good on live shrimp. Cobia are good offshore on eel or pinfish. PORT O’CONNOR: Speckled trout are fair on top-waters. Redfish are good on live shrimp, cut mullet, live mullet at the jetties. Spanish mackrel are very good on sardines or cut bait. PORT ARANSAS: Redfish are good on shrimp, paddle tails and top-waters on the flats and bull reds are running at the jetties. Speckled trout are good in grass on shrimp, plastics and top-waters. CORPUS CHRISTI: Redfish are good on mullet and shrimp. Speckled trout are good on lures and shrimp under popping corks. BAFFIN BAY: Speckled trout are good on popping corks with shrimp and scented plastics. Redfish are good on the flats on topwaters and shrimp. PORT MANSFIELD: Redfish are good on shrimp, paddle tails and top-waters in back bays and flats. Speckled trout are good over grass on D.O.A. shrimp with popping corks,
ball tail plastics and top-waters. Flounder are fair around drains and in the East Cut. SOUTH PADRE: Speckled trout are good on lures with or without popping corks. Redfish are good in the shallows on lures and cut mullet and running on the jetties.
PORT ISABEL: Redfish and speckled trout are good on paddle tail plastics. Wade fishing for redfish is good near bait schools moving through shallow grass beds. —TPWD
Bahia Grande Unit of LANWR to open for hunting, fishing By Tony Vindell
For Lone Star Outdoor News Thousands of acres of native brush land and wetlands with very little access to the public are scheduled to open for hunting and fishing in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. That is at the Bahia Grande Unit, which is part of the 120,000-acre Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. The stretch of land is in eastern Cameron County. The refuge includes land in Willacy County. The 21,700-acre unit was acquired by the U.S Fish & Wildlife Service in 2000. The Bahia Grande was formed by a natural tidal flow but it was cut off because of construction projects such as State Highway 48 between Brownsville and Port Isabel decades ago. However, USFWS has been working on a restoration project that has resulted in what officials are calling today a great success. The unit is home to nilgae antelope, white-tailed deer, feral hogs and its bodies of water have plenty of red and black drum, speckled trout and snook. The Bahia Grande has been pretty much off-limits to the public, except for some educational events such as fishing clinics for youngsters. But due to the project restoration’s success and the limitations people have for public hunting and fishing areas in this
part of the state, USFWS has been under pressure from Washington and on down to provide access to LANWR and the Bahia Grande. So now, the two areas are involved in a three-phase project to make them more accessible to the public. Phase 1 is being implemented with the construction of a new Bahia Grande parking area set to be ready by next April on the southbound lane of State Highway 48. A 7-mile hiking and biking trail is part of this phase. Under Phase 2, three internal wetlands — Bahia Grande, Laguna Large and Little Laguna Madre — would open to fishing. Public bathrooms, a temporary visitor contact station and two fishing piers are included in Phase 2. Boyd Blihovde, the refuge manager, said the wetlands have good sizable populations of trophy fish, and they spotted schools of snook feeding on mullet. Phase 3 calls for opening several thousand acres of the unit for big game hunting, something which could happen as early as 2021. Hunting will be held under the same lottery system conducted at the federal and state levels. LANWR officials have been holding hearings to hear comments from the public and a period to submit any comments ends this Oct. 31. For more information, please call 956748-3607.
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GAME WARDEN BLOTTER GUN MALFUNCTION ALMOST TAKES THUMB A 30-year experienced hunter had a malfunction and nearly lost her right thumb. Her over-and-under 20-gauge shotgun blew out the top barrel, nearly taking off her finger. A Medina County game warden investigated. Only the meaty part of the woman’s thumb sustained injury, fracturing the bone with a pellet. After surgery to remove the pellet, she is expected to make a full recovery. YES, HERE’S THE BAG OF CORN A Live Oak County game warden was conducting a dove-hunting check on two individuals when she discovered corn scattered in the field being hunted. One individual admitted to scattering the corn in order to attract more dove and showed the warden the bag of corn they had brought with them. Both individuals were issued citations for hunting over bait and one individual was issued a second citation for exceeding the daily bag limit on mourning dove. A total of 13 dove were seized and donated. SHOOTING DOVE FROM THE UTV In Throckmorton County, a game warden observed a UTV driving through the center of a wheat field. Two individuals were on the UTV
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DOING THE MATH Game wardens observed a dove hunter looking for a downed bird in a large sunflower field in Throckmorton County. When the wardens made contact, they determined the hunter possessed an unplugged shotgun. The man also would not give a straight answer on how many dove he had killed that day. Inspection of a nearby ATV revealed 42
and one was sitting on a cooler on the front of the UTV holding a shotgun. The warden observed the two driving through the field and shooting at birds that were flushed up by the UTV. Citations were issued for hunting from a motor vehicle. SUBSTANDARD FOOD PLOT PLANTING A group of 10 adults and two youths hunting dove over a large sunflower field in Throckmorton County were contacted by game wardens. The wardens had noted an inordinate number of shots coming from this field in comparison to the surrounding areas. Upon arrival, one of the wardens immediately encountered a hunter with an unplugged shotgun. While checking
dove in three distinct piles. The wardens located three other hunters belonging to the hunting party, along with an additional 16 birds. One of the hunters admitted to killing 19 birds. The birds were seized and cases for exceeding the daily bag limit and an unplugged shotgun were filed.
hunters, one of the wardens observed wheat seed heavily scattered on the soil’s surface where sunflowers had been cut down in wide rows. Both wardens questioned the hunters and the landowner, who also was hunting. The landowner admitted he had spread 300 pounds of wheat seed in the area a couple of weeks prior, as part of a food plot he was preparing for the coming deer season. He said the seed had simply been cast upon the surface of the ground, and not worked into the soil. The wardens stopped all shooting and informed the group that they were all hunting over a baited field. The landowner claimed he had been misinformed about hunting over seed cast for
food plot preparation, as he thought they could hunt over the seed once two weeks had passed from the time he had dispersed it. The wardens explained his current method of planting was an unacceptable agricultural practice in preparation for migratory game bird hunting. Citations were issued to each of the 10 adults for hunting dove over bait and one citation was issued to an individual for hunting with an unplugged shotgun. WATER AND BAIT IN ONE PLACE On opening day, Llano County game wardens were checking afternoon hunters when they came upon a group of three hunting over two separate water tanks. One warden
looked around the water tanks and found that the landowner had baited them with milo. The landowner admitted to placing the bait and all three individuals received citations and had their birds seized. SHOOTER PEPPERS HOUSE, WARDEN A complaint of a dove hunter shooting across property lines and peppering a house was received in Williamson County. When the first game warden arrived, he was peppered with pellets from the shooter. The wardens found approximately 30 hunters, some missing a plug, some with no hunter education, some with no hunting license, one shooting across property lines and hunting over a baited field. The landowner admitted he placed bait to attract the birds. Cases pending. MILO SPREAD IN THE PRIME SPOT A Falls County game warden was checking a group of hunters when he noticed a large amount of milo seed in a swath about 50-feet wide. The landowner admitted to spreading the bait. Civil restitution and cases pending.
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Crappie bite hot over brush Continued from page 1
over brush piles. I’ll rig up with a 1/0 gold Aberdeen hook with a split shot placed about 10 inches above the hook.” Hooking the minnow is important, James said. “It can often determine how many crappie you catch,” he said. “One way I’ll hook them is through the lips, or the eyes. But there are times when hooking them just behind the dorsal fin is good. It’s always best to use a thin wire hook. That way the hooked minnows will live longer. Plus, if you get snagged on the brush you can add a little tension to the line and the hook will bend and pop free.” For the next couple of months, James will be fishing brush in
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“Once I use GPS numbers to find a well pad I can mark it on my iPilot and return to that spot and hold within casting distance of the shell and feeding fish.” Basically, this is a GPS wireless system that will not only hold your boat in position, but will take you back to where you last caught fish two or three years later. The Minn Kota i-Pilot delivers speed, steering, Spot-Lock, and the ability to record and retrace paths on the water, all at your fingertips. The newest models have been redesigned with a larger LCD screen that dials in your boat position. “The button that you want to push has an anchor on it, that’s Spot-Lock, the GPS anchor,” Reed said. “Just push it, and Spot-Lock uses GPS to lock your boat onto your fishing spot more accurately than anything else on the water. It’s that simple.” The cost of one of the GPS anchors can cross your eyes. The 36-volt, Minn Kota Riptide Terrova 112 trolling motor with iPilot and Bluetooth and a 72-inch shaft is about $2,300. That’s not installed. “Two things to watch out for are the batteries and the self-deployment,” Reed said. “I use lithium-ion batteries. They are expensive but they hold a charge longer and charge faster than your basic trolling motor batteries. You also want to go with the manual deployment troll motors. The auto deploy has a lot of moving parts that will corrode and eventually cause some major problems.”
about 12 to 25 feet of water. “It’s no secret that crappie can be finicky from one day to the next,” he said. “Sometimes I can see them on my fish finder. But other days we’ll just fish various depths until we get bites.” James makes the switch to jigs when minnows aren’t working. “Sometimes I’ll opt to fish jigs in and around the brush,” he said. “One of my most productive tactics is to use a tube jig rigged on a 1/8-ounce head. A very good color combination on this lake is black and chartreuse. I fish both the minnows and jigs on ultralight spinning tackle, with 8-pound test line.” Another crappie fishing option from now until spring is fishing
the pilings at the FM 1097 bridge, James said. Crappie have been red hot on Lake Waco. Bass up to 9 pounds are being caught by tournament anglers. And fish in the 2-pound class are being caught on jigs fished close to brush piles, according to Chuck Simmons. “The best crappie bite here is over brush in about 16 to 18 feet of water,” Simmons said. “But there are lots of small crappie on the brush and you can go through a lot of live minnows before getting a limit. I prefer to fish the brush piles with jigs, in about 10 to 12 feet of water — that’s where I’ve been catching them up to about 2 pounds.” Simmons only fishes with jigs.
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On Oct. 10, Major League Fishing reached an agreement to acquire Fishing League Worldwide. The Letter of Intent (LOI) sets in motion the most significant brand merger in competitive bass fishing history, linking a tour and original, award-winning programming featuring the top professional anglers in the world to an extensive grassroots organization that serves tens of thousands of competitive anglers from high school and college to weekenders and tour pros. “Our business plan always included reaching all levels of grassroots fishing,” said Boyd Duckett, MLF cofounder. “FLW does it best with the tour and grassroots tournaments.” Established in 2011, MLF began as a television product and launched the Bass Pro Tour in January of 2019. MLF is a partnership between the PBTAA and Outdoor Sportsman Group, a division of Kroenke Sports & Entertainment. According to MLF, all remaining 2019 events on the FLW tournament schedule will be contested as previously organized, with no changes to competition days/times, venues, payouts, etc. FLW High School Fishing, YETI College Fishing, T-H Marine BFL and Costa Series circuits will continue in 2020 and beyond. The new FLW Pro Circuit will operate on a six-day competition schedule that features FLW’s traditional five-fish-limit format on Days 1 through 3, transitioning to the MLF catch, weigh, immediate-release/ every scoreable bass counts format on Days 4 through 6. The most successful anglers in the FLW Pro Circuit will qualify to compete in the MLF Bass Pro Tour. —Staff report
Lainey Jones was named the winner of the International Game Fish Association Great Marlin Race for a tagged marlin that traveled 4,166 nautical miles. The conservation award acknowledges the tagged billfish that traveled the farthest during the IGFA’s fiscal year and is presented to the angler who placed the tag. Recreational anglers, armed with cuttingedge satellite tag technology, deploy tags on the billfish they catch during tournaments. The tags transmit data to researchers who learn more about billfish biology and how the fish interact with their habitat. On August 8th, a satellite tag was deployed on an estimated 300-pound blue marlin while fishing on the Mama Who during the Bermuda Triple Crown. After 242 days, the tag surfaced and began reporting data off Africa’s west coast. Jones’ blue marlin traveled 4,166 nautical miles and had a total estimated track of 6,847 nautical miles.
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RMEF Tops $1 Million in 2019 Elk Research The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation allocated more than one million dollars in funding to further elk-related scientific research in 2019. Those funds leveraged an additional $6.3 million in funding from other partners. “Our mission to ensure the future of elk, other wildlife, their habitat and our hunting heritage would ring rather hollow without the constant infusion of up-to-date scientific research,” said Blake Henning, RMEF chief conservation officer. So far in 2019, RMEF provided funding for 33 different research projects in California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, North Carolina, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming. There are also three projects of national benefit. —RMEF
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was an All Terrain Swim Head with a creature bait attached. “The bass we were catching were feeding on shad,” Hawkins said. “The creature bait we did best on was silver, like a shad. It was fished on a 5/0 wide gap hook. The key was to make a long cast and crawl it on bottom. It’s a reaction type bait that covers a lot of water. When the bass would hit it, we either felt a thump or a tug. In the deeper water, we would slow the lure down.” On Saturday, the first day of the tournament, it was 37 degrees and sunny with no wind. “On Sunday it was in the mid-40s, and windy. We knew we had them then,” Hawkins said. And they did. “We were covering 6 to 8 miles a day along rocky banks,” Sloan said. “On Sunday, the wind pushed us down the bank, along with the trolling motor. That’s ex-
actly what we needed to cover lots of water, and catch a winning sack of bass.” In the tournament there were 266 teams looking to catch a part of the total payback of $228,850. Total number of bass brought to the scales was 1,300, with an average weight of 2.40. There were 20 two-day limits with 50 teams weighing in zero bass. During the 14th Annual Berkley Big Bass on Lake Fork October 19, Richard Morgenthaler of Geneva, Ill., beat out over 1200 anglers with a 8.82-pound bass to win the event. Morgenthaler took home a boat and motor package. Stephen Crumpler came in second place with a bass weighing 2.98 pounds and also won a Skeeter boat with Yamaha motor. The first place junior division was won by Noah Goodson of Driftwood with a 2.13-pound bass and Legend Woodard of Paris won second with a 2.02-pound bass.
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INDUSTRY Texas Water Development Board approves $45.5 million to the Upper Trinity Regional Water District for a land acquisition project The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) approved financial assistance in the amount of $45.5 million from the State Water Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas (SWIFT) program to the Upper Trinity Regional Water District, which includes Fannin, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Grayson, and Wise counties. The district will use the assistance to finance land acquisition for the proposed Lake Ralph Hall reservoir. Lake Ralph Hall is one of the primary water management strategies identified in the Region C Regional Water Plan to meet the growing water demand in the district’s service area. In 2015, the TWDB approved $44.7 million in funding for permitting, preliminary design, and land acquisition for this project. With this funding, the district will complete the land acquisition for the reservoir and raw water pipeline. —TWDB
Beretta debuts new over-and-under Beretta announced the North American debut of the Beretta 694, a brand-new over-and-under competition shotgun.
New single-action pistols Pietta will be unveiling four new single-action pistols at the 2019 NASGW Expo. Pietta USA/EMF manufactures the finest historical and modern firearms.
Director position open
Store closed
The Mule Deer Foundation is actively seeking applications for its regional director position in the state of South Dakota.
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TUF-Line hires Brothers & Company
knowledge base that is leaving.” Many customers recalled their experiences at Marburger’s, which stressed customer relations. “Bought my first shotgun at Marburger’s, right after I turned 18, many moons ago, to go dove hunting with,” Tom Larson wrote. “Always a great store (with) friendly people working there.” Shari Rushing Sandlin wrote that the store was a favorite of the men in her life. “My husband always shopped there and I think my son’s, Robert ‘Chops’ Sandlin, first toy was from there, at the worm bar!” Marburger’s last day open was Sept. 28. “It was sad, yet I had a smile on my face,” Hoepfner said. “Customers came in with presents and told us how much they loved us. I know at least 12 grown men had tears in their eyes. I had a man come through with a boy. He told me, ‘I’m buying his first gun here because my dad bought my first gun here.’ That put a smile on my face, let me tell you.”
The Quality Deer Management Association is seeking a director of business and field operations to lead its day-to-day internal and field operations.
Hodgdon powder recall IMR Powers announces a product safety warning and recall notice for IMR 4007SSC smokeless powder. All lots of powder are included in the recall, issued because the powder could become unstable due to possible rapid deterioration.
Gorin promoted to VP, Sales
Brothers & Company was named creative agency of record by TUF-Line, owned by Mustad and manufactured by Western Filament.
XS Sights announced the promotion of Tanya Gorin to vice president of Sales. Tanya has been with XS Sights for seven years, serving most recently as commercial sales manager.
Pure Fishing adds fly-fishing director
Hornady launches reloading app
Pure Fishing named Jim Murphy its director of fly-fishing. The Hoepfner and Evans families decided to close the store they’ve owned since 1973. Photo by Nate Skinner.
QDMA seeking director for internal, field operations
Belinda joins MDF The Mule Deer Foundation hired Steve Belinda as its new director of conservation programs.
The Hornady Handbook of Cartridge Reloading, the most comprehensive and trusted reloading reference for decades, is now available in app form on Apple and Android.
Teaching others the art of fly-fishing Continued from page 8
sharing my knowledge and passion of fly-fishing with other anglers, I just wasn’t ready to take a chance on pursuing a career as a fishing guide fulltime,” he admitted. Then Schaper was unexpectedly laid off from his day job in the retail business. The unfortunate event quickly became a blessing in disguise, as he was given an opportunity to chase his dream and make his primary focus teaching others how to become better fly-anglers. “Right around that time, a friend of mine that had been operating Go Outside Expedition Co. asked me if I was interested in taking over his business,” Schaper said. “I had already been filling in as a guide for him regularly and the timing was perfect. I bought a raft and a trailer, and haven’t looked back since.” Schaper has been guiding full-time for more than a year and a half, and the raft he uses on his trips is basically a whitewater raft with an aluminum fishing frame strapped to the top. “There are seats positioned in the front and back of the craft, along with standing platforms,” he said. “I can sit in the middle of the raft with two oars and maneuver it into the best position for two anglers to effectively fish an area within a river.”
Schaper prides himself in making sure that the anglers he’s guiding thoroughly enjoy their time on the water. “A lot of folks are intimidated by the sport of flyfishing and the level of difficulty that is associated with it,” he said. “This type of concern is unnecessary. With the right teacher, anyone can learn to catch fish on the fly.” One unique aspect that Schaper feels river fishing has to offer is the extras that go hand-in-hand with floating down a remote, small body of water. “I get people on the raft all the time that are amazed at the scenery and wildlife that they take in while fly-fishing along our state’s rivers,” Schaper said. “It’s always a good day when someone finds the same appreciation that I do for these minimally pressured and untapped fishing holes. Catching fish just becomes a bonus.” In addition to fly-fishing trips on his raft, Schaper guides both kayak fishing and wade-fishing trips. The rivers he frequents the most include the San Marcos, Colorado, Medina, Rio Grande, Pecos, Blanco, Frio, Guadalupe, Llano, Nueces and Brazos. As the weather continues to cool off and transition into fall and winter, his primary focus will become fly-fishing for trout.
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Ducks Unlimited Corpus Christi Banquet American Bank Center (361) 816-7338 ducks.org
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National Wild Turkey Federation Texas State Turkey Calling Championship Premier Best Western, Bryan (281) 639-9185 nwtf.org
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Outdoor education program grows to 500 schools The Outdoors Tomorrow Foundation began in 1981 with its outdoor curriculum in Texas schools. This month, OTF celebrated a milestone of 500 partnering middle and high schools in 34 states which use its curriculum. With an average of 100 students enrolled in each school, OTF has reached more than 250,000 participants since its inception through its Outdoor Adventures curriculum. The organization’s goal is “to teach outdoor education and to promote conservation of wildlife worldwide.” Students who participate in the course are introduced to activities such as angler education, archery, hunter education, boater education, orienteering, survival skills, camping, outdoor cooking, challenge course, backpacking, mountain bike camping, paddle sports, rock climbing, shooting sports, CPR/first aid and fauna, flora and wilderness medicine. According to Scot McClure, education coordinator, more than 90 percent of the participating schools are found in urban areas with population centers of 20,000 or more. — Outdoors Tomorrow Foundation
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Delicious food in Floresville Continued from page 4
’30s, ’40s and ’50s, and his band students would practice and receive lessons in the upstairs portion of the building,” he elaborated. “Meanwhile downstairs, the restaurant’s patrons would enjoy the live music.” Trevino II is a connoisseur of music, and they have kept the tradition of live music at the cafe going since he and his father became owners five years ago. “We have live music at the restaurant just about every Thursday evening, and sometimes on Fridays as well,” he said. “We prefer an intimate setting and most of our musicians and small groups play acoustic instruments. It makes for a really pleasant and entertaining experience.” As far as the menu is concerned, pretty much everything at Fluff’s is made from scratch. “I grew up being taught that the best meals were homemade,” Trevino II said.
“We are proud to have a wide variety of appetizers and entrees on our menu that are our creations. When people enjoy a meal at our restaurant they are actually enjoying our home cooking, not anyone else’s.” From burgers and sandwiches to handbattered chicken wings and cold beer, Fluff’s offers plenty of options to stifle anyone’s hunger. “Our burgers are made out of freshly ground brisket, and all of our wing sauces are homemade,” Trevino II added. “We also make our own mayonnaise and gravy from scratch. During the winter months, we are going to offer some homemade soups as well.” Other classic options on Fluff’s menu include chicken fried steak, fried chicken tenders, ribeye steak and grilled pork chops. A variety of salad options are available for those with a lighter appetite.
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Success in the field Continued from page 4
feeder. When you want the bucks, only does come around,” someone exclaimed on the ride back to the house. After a few photos to commemorate the moment, the doe was taken to the skinning shed where the women learned how to skin, dress and quarter the deer. Following a big BBQ lunch, it was time for the evening hunt. The women had an opportunity to switch it up and sit with a different guide. “Observing the deer that close in nature was incredible,” Clair Achey noted. “Leigh-Adella guided me with patience, quietly building my confidence and allowed me to succeed in a nopressure environment.” All five women harvested a deer that evening. It was a bonding moment like no other. Everyone was eager to hear each other’s stories. The skinning shed Kelsey Boes, of Dallas, harvested her first deer with a clean and was lively with joy and reverence controlled shot from 60 yards. Photo by Lili Sams, Lone Star for the animals taken that day. Outdoor News. “I had never hunted before, so The next morning, not one person slept when I shot the two deer I was genuinely in as there was still too much excitement in proud of myself,” Erin O’Connor said. “It the air. The new hunters sat in the blinds was also so fun getting to call my dad and with a greater appreciation for hunting, tell him what I did and relate to him in this ranch management and conservation. new way!” “Getting the opportunity to go on my It was time for work. In under two hours, first deer hunt with the Stewards of the the five deer were capped, quartered and Wild group was an experience I’ll never placed in coolers on ice. forget,” Kelsey Boes said. “One of the reaWhile it was a women-led trip, husbands sons I wanted to go hunting was to be able joined to observe and support their wives. to enjoy the meat the animal would pro“I was thankful to share my first hunt vide. I’m looking forward to picking it up with my husband, Will,” Achey said. “I from the processor and cooking it for my now have a more intimate understanding family and friends.” why my husband loves this sport.”
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