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By Craig Nyhus
Lone Star Outdoor News Record flooding caused devastating damage along the Llano and Colorado rivers in midOctober, and area lake levels increased dramatically. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a state disaster declaration for 18 Hill Country counties. Lake Travis hit its fifth highest crest on record on Oct. 19, at 704.2 feet. The Llano River peaked at 18 feet above major flood stage, according to the United States Geological Survey. The river increased from a flow of 2,580 cubic feet per second to 277,000 in 24 hours. Videos of the river and the damage caused flooded the internet, including videos of the FM 2900 bridge in Kingsland breaking away and flowing downstream. The Lower Colorado River Authority closed each of the Hill Country reservoirs it owns. Central Texas rivers and reservoirs also were impacted, with Belton, Stillhouse Hollow, Whitney and Waco all showing major increases in lake levels. Lake Belton was 13,67 feet high, Stillhouse Hollow 10.02 feet, Whitney 10 feet and Waco nearly 20 feet on Oct. 20. North Texas lakes rose significantly from the rains, with Lake Texoma now 12 feet high, and only one high-water boat ramp open at Grapevine Lake. The long-term news for area lakes, though, for fishermen and for those concerned with water supplies, is good.
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Big red drum are being landed from piers and near jetties along the Texas coast. Photo by Lone Star Outdoor News.
Fishermen at Galveston’s 61st Street Fishing Pier have been reaping the rewards of the bull redfish run. On Oct. 22, seven fishermen posed for photographs with their bull red, causing
the Pier to post on social media that the reds were coming in “left and right.” The top redfish leading the pier’s Redfish Rodeo that runs the month of October is 44 3/4 inches. The Galveston Fishing Pier also reported the reds
are running. At the pier’s redfish tournament on Oct. 21, the winning fish measured 42 7/8 inches, and one angler landed the most fish with 26 redfish. Near the Port O’Connor jetties, Capt. Nathan Beabout has been taking many Please turn to page 11
A whole new ballgame
Bucks displaced by floods are forced to fight for territory, as they have moved into areas dominated by other bucks. Photo by Joe Richards.
Healthy range conditions, flooding affect deer, upcoming rut
By Craig Nyhus
Lone Star Outdoor News Normally, deer hunters are checking game cameras, blinds and scouting for the opening of
the general season Nov. 3. In many parts of Texas, heavy rains changed the game plan, with the focus turning to fixing fencing and water gaps. Also, leaseholders are preparing for
lots of walking to hunting areas, as rutting up ranch roads can be a sure way to spend your last season on a lease. Flooding has displaced a lot of deer, especially in the Hill Country Please turn to page 13
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Conditions could set stage for improvement
A severe summer had quail enthusiasts in the Rolling Plains region of Texas discouraged. A glimmer of hope sur-
group of quail hunters at the State of the Quail meeting, held Oct. 17 in Dallas, that the likelihood of chicks surviving the combination of cold and wet conditions was not very good. “I’m very nervous about that,” Rollins said. “For those birds that are less than 3 or 4 weeks old, it was probably a death knell for them due to Please turn to page 13
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faced with the September rains, as some late nesting occurred and ranchers were seeing some new chicks on the ground. The October rains, mixed with cold temperatures, though, likely will stifle that hope. Dr. Dale Rollins, executive director of the Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch, told a
It was a tough spring and summer for bobwhites in the Rolling Plains. Conditions have improved, as has the outlook for next season. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.
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Duck call maker (P. 4)
High tides remain (P. 8)
Dream as kid realized.
Conditions offshore to blame.
Wet bow hunt (P. 4)
River guides hampered (P. 8)
Splashing gives nilgai away.
Flooding cuts into business.
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Using abundance of water as an advantage Bowhunter takes nilgai in South Texas By Tony Vindell
For Lone Star Outdoor News The rains that pounded South Texas since June have caused widespread flooding in the ranchland where whitetailed deer, wild hogs, nilgai antelope and other wildlife critters inhabit. That has left many hunters scratching their heads as they have been trying to check out their hunting spots. A father and son from Brownsville, though, made the best of it and were rewarded earlier this month.
Alfonso “Poncho” Garay and his son, AJ, both avid bowhunters, went to their lease in Hidalgo County, carrying a pop-up blind. As they drove around the ranch, they could hear animals running through formerly dry areas they now call small lakes. “We knew they were nilgai because of the loud splashes we keep hearing,” Alfonso said. “We set up a tent not so far from a new pond and went back to camp.” The next day, AJ headed to the pop-up blind. At about 7:10 a.m. AJ had a nilgai bull 30 yards in front of him, and let his arrow fly. The nilgai ran into and
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AJ Garay heard nilgai splashing in newly created waters in Hidalgo County, and set up to take this nilgai bull the next day. Photo from Alfonso Garay.
across the water, and disappeared. Later, AJ and his father went to look for the animal. “We were worried we were not going to find it,” the elder Garay said. “But when we looked for tracks on the other side of the pond we found a blood trail.” The animal was down about 80 to 100 yards from the edge of the new pond.
“Even though the arrow went through the lungs, he managed to run that far,” AJ said. The Garays have been on their lease for five years, and said they have never seen so much water. In past years, they would fill a portable 100-gallon tank for the deer. “This time, it’s different,” Alfonso said. “We have little lakes everywhere.”
Tobin Copeland uses his vintage lathe to work on a duck call in his shop behind his home. Photos by Adrian Copeland.
Waterfowl arriving By Nate Skinner
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Hunters are anxious for the duck opener, hopeful that waves of birds arrive. Some ducks and white-fronted geese have been spotted. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.
Lone Star Outdoor News According to hunters who post on the Ducks Unlimited Migration Map, some ducks and geese are being spotted across the state. Hunters are watching the reports, getting reports from states to the north, and prepping their gear. Reporters saw gadwall, teal and wigeon on the upper end of Lake Leon near Eastland, specklebellies near Seymour, mallards and gadwall near Abilene and
sandhills flying over Albany along with gadwall and mallards on the larger tanks. In East Texas, mallards, pintail and geese were reported near Bagwell and, to the southeast, gadwall and teal near Beaumont. The only report from the Corpus Christi area showed white-fronted geese are arriving, but few ducks were seen. The outlook for a good season remains strong, based on waterfowl survey numbers, which are down slightly from last
year but still well above the long-term averages for most species. Youth season opened in the High Plains Mallard Management Unit Oct. 20-21, and the general season opens Oct. 27-28 and again on Nov. 2. In the North Zone, youth season is Nov. 3-4, and the general season opens Nov. 10. In the South Zone, youth season is Oct. 27-28, and the general season opens Nov. 3.
West Columbia resident Tobin Copeland is a waterfowl hunter to the core. So much so, that he handcrafts his own duck calls out of a small shop behind his home in Southeast Texas. Duck hunting has always been a way of life for Copeland. He grew up in the Waco area chasing ducks with his dad along the inland lakes, creeks, and sloughs of Central Texas. “Waterfowl hunting was what we did,” Copeland said. “I’ve never deer hunted and never even owned a deer rifle. Duck hunting was our game.” Copeland dreamed of making calls since he was a young hunter, and began tuning and creating his own duck calls in 2008. “It was something I had always wanted to do,” he said. “When I was a kid, you could only find a minimal selection of calls at sporting goods stores. These were mass produced calls from just a few manufacturers. We didn’t have anything close to what was available from manufacturers and major waterfowl hunting suppliers in Arkansas. Once I discovered the variety of quality, high end calls produced by manufacturers like RNT and Echo, I decided that I wanted to bring this type of legacy to Texas waterfowl hunters.” Copeland knew his dream was attainable, and his woodworking skills made his goal of creating exceptional hand made calls a very feasible one. “I built my first call over a decade ago and haven’t looked back since,” he said. The Copeland Duck Calls lineup includes pintail whistles, Copeland’s original duck call, a backwater call and a teal call. Copeland indicated his original call is an open water call, while the backwater call produces sounds better suited for hunting in the timber. These calls come in both single and double reed models. Copeland also produces quality acrylic calls, but his passion is handcrafting wooden calls. He cuts most of the wood himself, using black walnut, bois d’arc, cocobolo, Please turn to page 13
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Mule deer antler restrictions in Panhandle counties For mule deer, a new experimental antlerrestriction regulation in Briscoe, Childress, Cottle, Floyd, Hall and Motley counties restricts buck harvest to bucks with an outside spread between the main beams of 20 inches or more. The regulation states a legal buck deer is defined as a buck with an outside spread 20 inches or greater and any buck with at least one unbranched antler (e.g., spike) is not legal to harvest, unless the outside spread of the main beams is at least 20 inches in width. According to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, the average ear-tip-to-ear-tip spread of mule deer bucks standing in the alert position is 21 inches. The regulation change is designed to protect younger bucks in the counties. Archery season began in the Texas Panhandle Sept. 29. The general season opens Nov. 17.
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Conditions in the Gulf explain why the tides haven’t dropped, despite cool fronts and northerly winds. Photo by Lone Star Outdoor News.
High tides remain along midcoast, expected to begin drop soon By Craig Nyhus
Lone Star Outdoor News Anglers along the Texas midcoast have been experiencing high tides for weeks, and the continued levels since the arrival of several cold fronts have them scratching their heads. While the redfish have still been active and biting, knowing cold fronts and a northerly wind generally move the tides out, they can’t understand why the tides remain high. Dale Nelson, the lead meteorologist at KRIS TV in Corpus Christi, said the fronts haven’t been all they appeared to be. “We’ve had four cold fronts, but the last one (during the week of Oct. 15) was the only significant one,” Nelson said. “Then, it also stalled out in the Gulf of Mexico, where the prevailing winds out in the Gulf were still easterly. Basically, the winds all the way from Florida to 50 miles offshore are from the east, even though our winds are from the north.” Nelson said the swells coming from the east came over the top of any water moving out. “To get the tides to drop, what you really want is a northwest wind,” he said. “We expect to get that this weekend (Oct. 26-27). That should help.” Nelson has lived in the area for 37 years, and said the water levels seem higher in general. “My in-laws had property on Corpus Christi Beach and we never had high water there,” he said. “Now it happens all the time. I think people are going to have to get used to the higher than normal tides.” The current tidal conditions are a combination of events, Nelson said. “To a lesser extent, we’ve had a lot of rain and it can result in higher than normal tides, but I’m not sure what percentage impact that has,” he said. “We’ve had nearly a year’s worth of rainfall over a two-month period.”
Capt. Kurt Pless prefers wade-fishing with a Skitter Walk in West Galveston Bay. Photo by Nate Skinner, for Lone Star Outdoor News.
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For Lone Star Outdoor News Captain Kurt Pless holds a few things in life close to his heart, primarily his faith, his family, helping others and the salty waters of Galveston Bay. After fishing Texas’ largest estuary for over 25 years, he decided to get his captain’s license and became a fishing guide. Pless has been a lifelong resident of Santa Fe, where he lives with
his wife, his 15-year-old daughter and his 13-year-old son. He is a member of Day Spring Church, a local place of worship that played a major role in him becoming a charter captain. The 44-year-old said he got started teaching others about angling strategies and how to fish Galveston Bay by getting involved with individuals within his church and helping out with church events. “I discovered I had a passion for sharing God’s awesome creations
and creatures within our estuary by taking folks from my church out fishing with me,” Pless said. “I took my pastor and we caught a lot of trout, which was something he had never done before. Soon, I began taking fathers and their sons along with me.” Before too long, Pless was helping organize church retreats, in which the attendees would stay in a bay house on Galveston Island and learn how to fish its surrounding waters.
“The joy I experienced from these adventures is why I decided to become a licensed guide back in February,” he said. “It’s been a blast so far, and I look forward to every single trip.” Pless decided to keep a Christian theme when creating his charter business, which is called Casting Out Fear Guide Service. Pless said some of the most monumental memories he has of fishing Galveston Bay come from his teenaged years. Please turn to page 15
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Fly-fishing guide Chris Jackson floated the Guadalupe River with his wife on a scouting trip to examine the floodwaters on Oct. 22. Photo from Chris Jackson.
A number of fly-fishing guides make all or part of their living taking customers down the several Hill Country rivers in search of bass, including Guadalupe bass, bluegill and rainbow trout. The recent flooding has impacted the guides’ livelihood, albeit temporarily. “From a guide’s standpoint,
the bass fishing is probably shot for a few weeks to a month,” said Jud Cole with Hell ‘N Back Outfitters. “The Colorado and Llano are out of commission for a while, but the San Marcos wasn’t affected as much.” Cole said the rainbow trout season should be on track. “It kicks off around Thanksgiving,” he said. “The river below Canyon Reservoir should
be OK — the trout will bounce back from the flood, even the new stockings.” River fishing bounces back surprisingly quickly, Cole said. “Even though it’s devastating at times, the floods are a natural occurrence,” he said. Chris Jackson of Action Angler in New Braunfels spent a part of Oct. 22 floating the Guadalupe River and scouting, and Please turn to page 11
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Big bull shark tops at Sharkathon Lone Star Outdoor News Jonathan Johnson, of Port Aransas, has been fishing the Sharkathon since he was 10 years old. This year, at 25, he took home the big prize, topping the 894 participants. “I caught a 7-foot, 5 1/4-inch bull shark,” he said. “We were fishing about 40 miles down PINS (the Padre Island National Seashore), using jack fish for bait.” Johnson loves all kinds of fishing, but the surf is his favorite. “Shark fishing is definitely where it’s at,” he said. Johnson, who only fished one day before becoming sick, won $20,000 and a host of other prizes, including a kayak. “I’m going to pay a bunch of bills and I’m going to go to Florida and help out people who had damage from the hurricane,” he said. “So many people from all over came and helped us out after Harvey.” Other winners: Most Inches: Jerred Hislop 340.88 Redfish: JP Cantu 46.75 inches Trout: Stephen Smith 22 inches Women: Miranda Whipkey 79.1-inch blacktip Kids: Marek Vicha 72-inch blacktip
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Pruitt, Mason are Bass Champs champions At the two-day Bass Champs Championship held for the first time at Lake Texoma, rainy conditions and rising water presented challenges to the teams, but stringer approaching 20 pounds were brought in each day. Bud Pruitt, of Houston, and Kevin Mason, of Coldspring, topped the 275-team field by a 2-pound margin. “The first day we had some boat pressure where we were fishing, but managed an initial limit in 45 minutes,” Pruitt said. At the end of the first day, the team had 17.94 pounds, putting them in a top five position. On the second day, they found the bass were keyed in on clean spots between weeds, roadbeds and trails. They used bladed jigs, swim jigs and spinner baits to bring in 18.8 pounds, for a two-day total of 36.74 pounds to win a Skeeter FX20 and Yamaha SHO outboard. Adam Dunn, of Houston, and Joshua Ware, of New Caney, finished second with 34.73 pounds, winning a Skeeter ZX225 and Yamaha outboard. The team fished top-water lures where shad were busting and finding the better bass mixed with the stripers. Chad Bailey, of Comanche, Oklahoma, and Lee Livesay, of Gladewater, fished frogs to finish third with 32.74 pounds, winning $6,000. —Bass Champs
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Team wins crappie championship with nearly 2-pound average Anglers battled heavy rains but brought in record stringers at the 11th Texas State Crappie Championship tournament on Lake Fork Oct 12-13. In Division 1, David Gibby, of Valley View, and Cody Standerfer, of Prosper, won with 14 fish totaling 27.64 pounds. Their average fish of 1.97 pounds and total broke the record for the largest two-day stringer caught at the championship. Clay Gann, of Hideaway, and Todd Froebe, of Lindale, fished with junior angler Landon Froebe and finished second with 26.66 pounds; followed by Kelly Satterwhite, of Teague, and Eric Walker, of Lewisville, with 26.43 pounds. Brandon Miles, of Bullard, and Steve Gonclaves, of Midlothian, won the Division 2 title with a two-day total of 14 fish weighing 24.30 pounds. They edged out Bob McAffrey, of Killeen, and Greg Young, of Weatherford, who weighed 13 fish totaling 24.02 pounds. The team of Clay Gann and Todd Froebe won the Anglers of the Year honor in Division 1, and the team of Miles and Goncalves won the award in Division 2. —CAT
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TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT ALAN HENRY: Water clear main lake, stained up the river; 72 degrees main lake, 77 up the creeks; 4.26’ low. Black bass are fair on spoons, Texas rigs and Z–Man TRDs. Crappie are slow. Catfish are slow. AMISTAD: Water murky; 8488 degrees; 31.22’ low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow. ARROWHEAD: Water fairly clear; 71-77 degrees; 0.82’ low. Black bass are fair to good on jerkbaits, Texas rigs and spinner baits. Crappie are fair on live minnows. Catfish are fair to good on cut bait and nightcrawlers. ATHENS: Water clear to lightly stained; 68-72 degrees; 0.94’ low. Black bass are good on hollow-body frogs, black buzzbaits and spinner baits. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair on trotlines and cut shad. AUSTIN: Water lightly stained; 72-78 degrees; 0.09’ low. Black bass are fair to good on chrome lipless crankbaits, Texas rigs and jigs. Sunfish are fair on cut nightcrawlers and corn. Catfish are fair to good nightcrawlers. BASTROP: Water stained; 87-91 degrees. Black bass are good on watermelon deepdiving crankbaits and soft plastics. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are very good on shrimp, minnows and stink bait. BELTON: Water stained; 8589 degrees; 14.46’ high. All species are slow. BENBROOK: Water stained to muddy; 69-72 degrees; 9.41’ high. Black bass are slow. Crappie are slow White bass are fair on slabs. Catfish are fair on trotlines. BOB SANDLIN: Water lightly stained; 69-73 degrees; 0.2’ low. Black bass are fair on Texas-rigged creature baits, square-billed crankbaits and white buzzbaits. Crappie are slow. White bass are fair on minnows. Catfish are fair on trotlines. BONHAM: Water stained to muddy; 68-72 degrees; 1.28’ high. Black bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Catfish are fair on trotlines. BRAUNIG: Water murky. Black bass are fair on watermelon crankbaits and spinner baits. Striped bass are fair down-rigging silver and gold spoons near the jetty and dam. Redfish are fair down-rigging spoons near the jetty and dam. Channel catfish are fair on live bait near the dam and the discharge. Blue catfish are good on cut bait. BRIDGEPORT: Water clear to lightly stained; 67-70 degrees: 1.97’ high. Black bass are fair on Texas craws, buzzbaits and shallow crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. White bass are fair on slabs and topwaters. Hybrid striper are good on slabs. Catfish are fair on trotlines. BROWNWOOD: Water stained; 85-89 degrees; 0.70’ low. Black bass are good on water-
melon spinner baits, lipless crankbaits and soft plastics over brush piles. Hybrid striper are good trolling hellbenders. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows over brush piles. Channel catfish are fair on cut bait and nightcrawlers over baited holes in 12-20 feet. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines baited with perch in 12-20 feet. BUCHANAN: Water stained; 85-89 degrees; 0.86’ high. All species are slow. CADDO: Water lightly stained; 72-74 degrees; 0.45’ high. Black bass are good on Texas-rigged creature baits, hollow-body frogs and bladed jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on trotlines and prepared bait. CALAVERAS: Water murky. Black bass are good on chartreuse lipless crankbaits and crankbaits. Striped bass are fair on chicken livers and shad along the shoreline. Redfish are good down-rigging spoons with green grubs between the crappie wall and the dam in 15-20 feet. Channel and blue catfish are good on liver, shrimp, cheese bait and shad. CEDAR CREEK: Water lightly stained; 69-73 degrees, 0.23’ high. Black bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair on trotlines. White bass are fair on slabs and top-waters. Hybrid striper are good on slabs. CHOKE CANYON: Water stained; 83-87 degrees; 18.93’ low. All species are slow. COLEMAN: Water stained; 86–90 degrees; 2.82’ low. All species are slow. COLETO CREEK: Water clear; 105 degrees at the hot water discharge, 84-88 degrees in main lake; 0.29’ high. Black bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are slow. COLORADO CITY: Water fairly clear; 71-76 degrees; 14.49’ low. Black bass are fair on Texas rigs and suspending jerkbaits. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers. CONROE: Water stained; 87-91 degrees; 0.19’ high. Black bass are good on watermelon/red and tequila sunrise Carolina-rigged soft plastics and stick worms, and on chartreuse lipless crankbaits. Striped bass are fair on spoons. Crappie are fair on minnows and white tube jigs. Catfish are fair on stink bait, liver and shrimp. COOPER: Water stained to muddy; 77-85 degrees; 3.26’ high. Black bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows. Hybrid striper and white bass are fair on slabs. CORPUS CHRISTI LAKE: Water off-color; 78-83 degrees; 0.87’ low. Black bass are fair to good on shad-pattern
crankbaits, Texas rigs and jigs. White bass are fair to good on slabs. Crappie are fair on live minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers and live shad. EAGLE MOUNTAIN: Water lightly stained; 67-70 degrees; 0.39’ high. Black bass are fair on shallow crankbaits, top-waters and bladed jigs. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on trotlines. FAIRFIELD: Water lightly stained. Black bass are fair on Texas-rigged craws, bladed jigs and top-waters. FALCON: Water murky; 8690 degrees; 26.26’ low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are slow. FAYETTE: Water murky. Black bass are good on perch-colored lipless crankbaits and spinner baits. Channel and blue catfish are good on cut shad, liver and shrimp under trees. FORK: Water lightly stained; 67-71 degrees; 0.89’ low. Black bass are fair on squarebilled crankbaits, spinner baits and top-waters. White and yellow bass are fair on slabs. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on trotlines and prepared bait. FT. PHANTOM HILL: Water off-color; 68-75 degrees; 0.83’ low. Black bass are fair to good on Texas rigs, shaky heads and jigs. Crappie are fair to good on live minnows around deeper structure. Catfish are good on live and cut bait. GIBBONS CREEK: Water stained. Black bass are fair on pumpkinseed Carolina-rigged soft plastics, white spinner baits and lipless crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on stink bait, nightcrawlers and frozen shrimp. GRANBURY: Water murky; 86-90 degrees; 1.63’ low. Black bass are good on black/ chartreuse spinner baits and soft plastics. Striped bass are good on green striper jigs. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and blue tube jigs. Catfish are good on stink bait, shrimp and liver. GRANGER: Water stained; 85-89 degrees; 7.27’ high. All species are slow. GRAPEVINE: Water lightly stained to muddy; 69-72 degrees; 10.19’ high. Black bass are slow. White bass and hybrid bass are slow on minnows and top-waters. Crappie are slow. Catfish are fair on trotlines. GREENBELT: Water off-color; 67-73 degrees; 36.32’ low. Black bass are fair on Texas rigs and shaky heads. Crappie are fair on live minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers. HOUSTON COUNTY: Water stained; 82-86 degrees; 1.37’
high. All species are slow. HUBBARD CREEK: Water stained; 73-78 degrees; 4.32’ low. Black bass are fair to good on Texas rigs, mediumrunning crankbaits and jigs. Crappie are fair to good on live minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair to good on live and cut bait. JOE POOL: Water stained to muddy; 69-73 degrees; 10.03’ high. Black bass are slow. White bass are fair on slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are slow. LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water lightly stained; 72-74 degrees: 1.19’ low. Black bass are good on top-waters, hollowbody frogs and buzzbaits. White bass are good on slabs. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair on trotlines and cut shad. LAVON: Water stained to muddy; 70-73 degrees: 8.37’ high. Black bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are fair on trotlines. LBJ: Water stained; 87-91 degrees; 2.22’ low. All species are slow. LEWISVILLE: Water stained to muddy; 69-72 degrees; 4.96’ high. Black bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Catfish are fair on trotlines and prepared bait. LIVINGSTON: Water stained; 87-91 degrees; 2.23’ high. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Blue catfish are slow. MACKENZIE: Water stained; 65-73 degrees; 77.65’ low. Black bass are fair to good on chrome lipless crankbaits, Texas rigs and jigs. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs around structure. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers. MARTIN CREEK: Water lightly stained; 82-88 degrees; 2.08’ low. Black bass are fair on top-waters, spinner baits and hollow-body frogs. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass are fair on slabs. Catfish are fair on trotlines. MEREDITH: Water fairly clear; 69-75 degrees; 49.72’ low. No reports on black bass. Bream and channel catfish are being caught in limited numbers. MONTICELLO: Water stained; 70-74 degrees; 2.82’ low. Black bass are good on shallow crankbaits, Texas-rigged worms and top-waters. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on trotlines. NASWORTHY: 72-77 degrees; 1.05’ low. Black bass are fair on finesse jigs, Texas rigs and shaky heads. No reports on crappie. Catfish are fair to good on live bait and nightcrawlers. NAVARRO MILLS: Water stained; 87-91 degrees; 7.93’ high. All species are slow.
O.H. IVIE: Water stained; 7377 degrees; 25.77’ low. Black bass are fair to good on Texas rigs, stick worms and Rapala DT10 crankbaits. Crappie are fair to good on live minnows. Catfish are good on cut and live bait. OAK CREEK: Water stained; 71-76 degrees; 1.31’ high. Black bass are fair to good on Texas rigs, square-billed crankbaits and jigs. Crappie are fair to good on live minnows. Catfish are fair to good on live and cut bait. PALESTINE: Water lightly stained; 68-71 degrees; 1.23’ low. Black bass are good on Texas-rigged craws, top-waters and spinner baits. Crappie are fair on minnows. Hybrid striper are good on slabs. White bass are good on slabs. Catfish are fair on trotlines. POSSUM KINGDOM: Water fairly clear; 72-78 degrees; 0.57’ low. Black bass are fair to good on spoons, shaky heads and jigs. Crappie are fair on live minnows and jigs around structure. White bass are fair to good on slabs. Striped bass are fair on live shad. Catfish are good on live and cut bait. PROCTOR: Water murky; 87-91 degrees; 4.90’ high. All species are slow. RAY HUBBARD: Water lightly stained; 69-73 degrees; 0.51’ high. Black bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid striper are good on slabs. Catfish are fair on trotlines. RAY ROBERTS: Water stained to muddy: 67-70 degrees; 4.09’ high. Black bass are slow. White bass are fair on minnows and top-waters. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are fair on trotlines. RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water lightly stained; 67-69 degrees; 0.8’ high. Black bass are good on top-waters, shallow crankbaits and buzz frogs. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid striper are good on slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are fair on trotlines. SAM RAYBURN: Water stained; 86-90 degrees; 3.33’ low. Black bass are fair on dark soft plastic worms and crankbaits. White bass are fair on silver spoons off points. Crappie are fair on live minnows. Bream are fair on nightcrawlers. Catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live bait and shrimp. SOMERVILLE: Water murky; 88-92 degrees; 0.42’ high. All species are slow. STAMFORD: Water stained to muddy; 72-77 degrees; 4.37’ high. Black bass are fair on Texas rigs, drop-shot rigs and chatterbaits. Crappie are fair to good on jigs and live minnows around structure. White bass are fair to good on slabs. Blue catfish are fair to good on cut and live bait.
n Saltwater reports Page 11 STILLHOUSE: Water murky; 86-90 degrees; 11.31’ high. All species are slow. TAWAKONI: Water stained to muddy; 70-73 degrees; 2.71’ high. Black bass are slow. White bass are slow on slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are fair on trotlines. TEXANA: Water stained; 7784 degrees; 1.05’ low. Black bass are fair to good on dropshot rigs, Texas rigs, jigs and weightless flukes. Crappie are fair on live minnows. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers and cut bait. TEXOMA: Water stained to muddy; 66-70 degrees; 11.63’ high. Black bass are slow on white buzzbaits, top-water poppers and white spinner baits. Crappie are slow. Striped bass are fair on slabs and top-waters. Catfish are fair on trotlines. TOLEDO BEND: Water stained; 85-89 degrees; 3.72’ low. Black bass are good on black/ blue soft plastic worms and deep-diving crankbaits. Striped bass are slow. White bass are good on slabs and spoons. Crappie are fair on live minnows. Bream are fair on crickets and nightcrawlers. Catfish are slow. WALTER E. LONG: Water murky. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are fair on silver spoons. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and white/chartreuse tube jigs near the dam. Channel and blue catfish are slow. WEATHERFORD: Water stained; 68-70 degrees; 1.27’ low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Catfish are fair on trotlines. WHITE RIVER: Water stained; 72-78 degrees; 23.27’ low. Black bass are fair on chrome/ black lipless crankbaits, Texas rigs and square-billed crankbaits. No reports on crappie. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers. WHITNEY: Water stained; 85-89 degrees; 11.22’ high. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Catfish are slow. WRIGHT PATMAN: Water stained to muddy; 72-74 degrees; 4.03’ high. Black bass are good on Texas-rigged craws, bladed jigs and hollowbody frogs. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on trotlines. Note: Lake levels are fluctuating greatly and many boat ramps are closed. Anglers are advised to check whether boat ramps are open.
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TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING REPORT Sponsored by NORTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good under the birds when the wind allows. Redfish are good in the marsh on plastics tipped with shrimp.
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GAME WARDEN BLOTTER SHOOTING DEER FROM THE PORCH In September, a Camp County game warden received a call about a dead deer found at a residence in a gated housing community. The doe was found to have a small hole behind its shoulder that appeared as though it could have been made with a .22 caliber. After speaking with the caller and questioning other residents of the community, the warden learned there had been some gunshots from a house about a half-mile from where the deer was found. The warden went to that residence and made contact with a 62-year-old man who appeared to be intoxicated. The subject admitted to shooting two does from his porch with his crossbow using field points and said he didn’t know why he’d shot them. The shots heard were made by the subject’s wife dispatching the second doe lying in a deep ditch 100 yards from the residence. Cases including taking of white-tailed deer during closed season, no hunting license, use of illegal archery equipment and civil restitution are pending. The second doe was donated to a needy family. DOVE TRAPPER CAUGHT A Texas game warden received a phone call from a citizen advising one of his neighbors was trapping white-winged doves and had them in a cage in his backyard. The warden responded to the residence and located eight white-winged doves in a cage. He then made contact with the homeowner and determined he was in possession of the whitewinged doves illegally. The warden
NABBED TRYING TO SNEAK OUT BULL REDS A Matagorda County game warden was notified by a fisherman there were four individuals at the Matagorda jetties catching bull redfish and transporting them in trash bags to their vehicle. The warden made contact with the occupants of the vehicle as they were pulling off the beach. In the vehicle was a cooler with seven oversized red
released the birds and seized an illegal trap. Cases are pending. ILLEGAL GILLNET CONTAINS MORE THAN 500 FISH In response to heavy boat traffic and illegal fishing, game wardens teamed up with U.S. Coast Guard personel and removed and seized 3,511 feet of gill net set by netters out of Mexico. The net contained 139 sharks, 67 Spanish mackerel, 358 menhaden, one spotted seatrout and one crab. CORN IN THE DOVE DECOYS In Red River County on opening weekend, game wardens followed shots to the back of a hay field. While approaching a group of hunters, one of the wardens discovered a mix of corn, milo and sunflowers spread on the ground near several dove decoys. All hunters were cited for hunting migratory game birds over bait, placing bait to attract migratory birds and multiple hunting license violations. Cases are pending.
drum, with the smallest measuring 35 inches and the longest measuring 44 inches. None of the fish were tagged. All four individuals admitted to fishing and catching the red drum. Only three individuals had fishing licenses. Citations for possession of oversized untagged red drum and no fishing license were issued, and civil restitution was filed.
DOG-COMPETITION MALLARDS A Texarkana man told game wardens the mallard ducks they discovered hanging in his warehouse came from a retrieving dog field trials competition in Arkansas. The wardens verified there had been such a contest that uses farmraised ducks, and the mallards showed no evidence of having been shot. The wardens explained to the man that a wildlife resource document is still required in order to possess the birds. They issued the appropriate citations and warnings, and the cases are pending. RESCUED, THEN ARRESTED Game wardens responded to a rescue call on the Richland Creek Wildlife Management Area after a caller informed them he had been out scouting for ducks when his truck became stuck in rising water, which was now entering the cab of his vehicle. Using cellphone technology, the victim “dropped a pin” that helped game wardens quickly reach his location and rescue him.
Once the wrecker service got the man’s vehicle to high ground, the wardens requested to see the man’s Annual Public Hunting Lands permit, which is required in order to enter the WMA. He was not able to produce a permit, nor did he register at the gate upon entering the property. An odor of marijuana was also detected coming from his vehicle during the contact. A small amount of marijuana was located along with 108 grams of Xanax. The violator was arrested and placed in the Freestone County Jail. THE LAUGHTER FINALLY STOPPED After two women posted video clips of themselves skinning a whitetailed doe they had harvested in Angelina County out of season and at night, game wardens arrived at the residence of the women. The women readily admitted to riding around and shooting a doe and a fawn the previous night, and the doe carcass was found in the front yard with only the backstraps removed. The shooter claimed she
didn’t know how to finish field dressing the deer so she didn’t mess with it, even though the video showed her removing the backstraps. During questioning about the incident, the shooter laughed as she told the wardens she had almost missed the shot. Cases are pending. IF YOU CAN’T CATCH THEM, BUY THEM A Montgomery County game warden was checking bank fisherman along the San Jacinto River when he discovered two men fishing without valid fishing licenses. One of the violators claimed to have a fishing license in his car, so the warden followed him to his vehicle where he observed a cooler in the rear compartment. Insider the cooler was a skinned-out catfish that the man claimed to have purchased from two guys upriver. The warden had the man take him to the spot where he had made the purchase, and issued citations to two individuals who admitted to selling the fish. The two individuals who sold the catfish also had outstanding misdemeanor warrants. They were arrested and booked into the Montgomery County Jail.
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Fewer quail
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and South Texas, and biologists are seeing more dead deer than usual. “The younger deer are pretty vulnerable,” said Mike Miller, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s wildlife district leader, who covers the Hill Country. “They were faced with a sudden change in diet, and they may be eating things they can’t adequately digest and that upsets the bacteria in the rumen. The conditions also are prime for diseases like EHD and bluetongue.” Miller and TPWD state veterinarian Bob Dittmar collected and conducted necropsies on eight deer that died near an RV park in Kerrville. The flooding displaced the deer and they had moved up into town. “We have a lot of deer in the Hill Country,” Miller said. “I’m not going to be the one that wishes for the rain to stop. But it’s crazy to think things could be so different from how they were at the beginning of September.” Macy Ledbetter, a biologist who consults with and conducts surveys on ranches across the state, said the deer behavior, and the upcoming rut, will change this season. “We’re starting to see buck fights,” Ledbetter said. “The buck that got flooded out is going into another buck’s home range.” Mother Nature is bringing bucks back together at a time when they should be spreading out, Ledbetter said. “They just came out of velvet and started to spread out,” he said. “Now, they are back together. We’ve seen broken tines and some dead deer. Some bowhunters reported seeing the best buck fights they’ve ever seen.” When it comes to the rut, the second rut may be better than the first this season,
Ledbetter said. “I think the flooding and all of the rain will have a negative effect on the rut,” he said. “Now, the bucks are fighting for territory — they may spend more of their time defending territory than breeding. The does will be ready to breed, but they might be standing around watching two bucks go at it.” Ledbetter believes the rut will be prolonged as a result. “It’s the timing of it all,” he said. “The flooding showed up at the perfectly wrong time for the deer. By the second rut, things should be closer to back to normal.” The deer will return home as soon as they can, he said. “As soon as the creeks go back down and the ground gets hard enough, they’ll go back to their home,” Ledbetter said. “But it will take a while in some areas — along the Nueces in the heavy clay soil, the mud sticks to the deers’ feet just like it does to our boots — they don’t like to walk or run in it.” Apart from the disruptions, the deer are in prime condition across most of the state, Ledbetter said. “We caught does the other day in McMullen County,” he said. “They usually weigh 100 pounds or so. Now, you can’t pick them up. And the bucks we are seeing doing helicopter surveys are so fat they have rolls.” October is the prime time to conduct helicopter surveys, but the ones that didn’t cancel are proving difficult. “You can’t see the deer,” Ledbetter said. “They don’t flush, but ranchers’ feed consumption is up, so the deer are there. It’s like the spring we didn’t have this year — it’s like a deck of cards that got reshuffled.”
hypothermia.” Rollins said there won’t be any hunting at the research ranch this season, as the bird population has dropped too low. “I think the quail hunters will be going to South Texas to hunt quail this season,” he said. The birds down south, even the latehatched chicks, should survive the heavy rains, Rollins said. “They got a quail-maker rain in June, then again recently,” he said. “When you have a good early hatch, often they won’t have much of a late hatch.”
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Rollins said he saw more birds than he has all summer at a South Texas ranch near Hebronnville. “It was the kind of numbers we would all like to see,” he said. “Also, near Crane we saw fair numbers of blue quail — nothing like a few years ago but not bad.” Hopefully, the current conditions will set the stage for improvement next year. “It’s kind of like eating chili,” Rollins said. “When it’s good, it’s really good, and when it’s bad, it’s still pretty good. Hopefully we will have a ‘chili’ quail forecast next year.”
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African blackwood and other varieties. The primary tools Copeland uses to make his calls are a lathe and a jig. The lathe sculpts the body or barrel of the call, while the jig cuts and shapes the soundboard for the insert. “The barrel is where a hunter’s mouth goes to blow the call,” Copeland said. “The insert is where the magic happens. This is what produces the tone of the call. The slightest changes and details on the insert make a huge difference in the sound the call makes.” Copeland acquired most of the tools of his trade over many years. “The majority of my tools are vintage models from the 1940s,” he said. “I like these old- Tobin Copeland’s calls are made from a school machines because I feel like a little bit variety of different woods, including bois of history gets put into each and every call I d’arc and cocobolo. Photo by Adrian make.” Copeland. During hunting season. when he’s not in his shop working on duck calls, Copeland can typically be found in a duck blind. He guides hunts along the Garwood Prairie the Red Bluff Prairie Hunting Club, where he and other professional waterfowl hunters put his calls to the test, day in and day out.
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Jim Entler, from Oklahoma, shot this pronghorn in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas while hunting with Alamito Hunting. Klint Sajdak, of Cypress, made a 205-yard shot with his .30-06 to take this elk while hunting in Driggs, Idaho. The elk weighed more than 1,000 pounds.
Carter and Case Lewis each landed a good largemouth at the same time in their grandfather, Lee Lewis’ private pond.
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Jase Nelson went on his very first hunt and first time to shoot a shotgun with his PaPa on their ranch in Orange Grove.
Matthew May, of Houston, shot this fallow buck on the Double Oak Ranch in Sonora.
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“My friends and I would load up a 12-foot aluminum boat and 25 horsepower, tiller-drive outboard motor into the back of one of our pickup trucks,” he said. “We would head down to Chocolate Bayou or another local boat ramp, attach the motor to the transom of the boat, and run all over west Galveston Bay on a 5-gallon gas tank. The motor was an old kicker motor that came off of one of my dad’s offshore boats, and we caught a ton of fish out of that little rig.” Pless now guides his fishing trips out of a 24foot Haynie bay boat. He specializes in fishing the waters of west Galveston Bay, the San Luis Pass, Chocolate Bay, Bastrop Bay and Christmas Bay for redfish, speckled trout and flounder. Pless’ favorite method for targeting fish in these areas is wading while chunking top-water plugs. He especially prefers to cast an orange RaPhoto by Nate Skinner pala Skitter Walk. When he’s not fishing, Pless is thinking about when he can get on the water next. “I find myself always looking at Google Earth and trying to find new areas to check out,” he said. “I just can’t get enough of the sport.”
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7:29 1:16 8:28 2:15 9:32 3:17 10:36 4:21 11:40 5:25 12:11 6:25 1:07 7:21 1:59 8:12 2:46 8:59 3:30 9:42 3:13 9:25 3:58 10:10 4:45 10:57 5:35 ----6:28 12:15
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Height 0.06L -0.03L 1.73H 1.72H 1.68H
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8:30 PM 9:47 PM 11:04 PM
1.94H 1.91H 1.89H
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Time 6:53 PM 11:50 AM 12:33 PM
Height 2.10H 0.12L 0.05L
Galveston Bay entrance, north jetty Date Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Nov 1 Nov 2 Nov 3 Nov 4 Nov 5 Nov 6 Nov 7 Nov 8 Nov 9
Time 4:11 AM 12:28 AM 1:59 AM 1:22 PM 2:21 PM 3:29 PM 12:22 AM 1:08 AM 1:43 AM 1:12 AM 1:39 AM 2:02 AM 2:22 AM 2:38 AM 2:53 AM
Height 1.79H 1.62L 1.76L 0.05L 0.12L 0.24L 2.10H 2.02H 1.93H 1.84H 1.77H 1.73H 1.71H 1.69H 1.69H
Time 11:13 AM 4:28 AM 4:40 AM 10:21 PM 11:23 PM
Height 0.25L 1.79H 1.80H 2.18H 2.15H
4:44 PM 7:42 AM 7:59 AM 7:22 AM 7:51 AM 8:24 AM 9:00 AM 9:37 AM 10:13 AM
0.39L 1.42L 1.20L 0.95L 0.69L 0.46L 0.27L 0.13L 0.06L
Height 1.47L 0.22L 0.14L 0.13L 0.18L 0.29L 2.20H 2.09H 1.95H 1.80H 1.67H 1.58H 1.52H 1.49H 0.16L
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Height 1.60H 2.23H 2.26H 2.28H 2.26H
4:18 PM 7:57 AM 8:07 AM 7:22 AM 7:40 AM 8:01 AM 8:26 AM 8:57 AM 5:54 PM
0.44L 1.32L 1.15L 0.94L 0.72L 0.51L 0.34L 0.22L 2.16H
Height -0.06L -0.12L 0.80H 0.85H 0.87H 0.84H 0.79H 0.70H 0.60H 0.52H 0.48H 0.53H -0.02L -0.10L -0.14L
Time 11:44 PM
Height 0.74H
2:39 PM 3:40 PM 4:52 PM 6:05 PM 7:10 PM 8:08 PM 9:04 PM 9:39 AM 9:57 AM 10:28 AM 9:12 PM 10:15 PM 11:31 PM
-0.15L -0.15L -0.12L -0.07L 0.01L 0.11L 0.23L 0.37L 0.23L 0.09L 0.71H 0.77H 0.80H
Height 0.68H 0.74H 0.77H 0.78H 0.75H 0.71H 0.66H 0.59H 0.18L 0.26L 0.35L 0.44L 0.12L 0.60H 0.64H
Time 3:23 PM 4:44 PM 6:17 PM 7:41 PM 9:00 PM 10:12 PM 11:15 PM 11:47 AM 9:29 AM 7:17 AM 4:22 AM 3:42 AM
Height 0.14L 0.11L 0.09L 0.09L 0.09L 0.10L 0.13L 0.56L 0.51H 0.43H 0.41H 0.46H
2:00 PM 2:59 PM
0.06L 0.03L
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8:01 PM 9:16 PM
2.14H 2.17H
10:58 AM 1:02 PM 1:27 PM 2:37 PM 3:39 PM 4:32 PM 5:22 PM 6:15 PM
1.57H 1.65H 1.79H 1.93H 2.04H 2.11H 2.13H 2.11H
6:11 PM 7:25 PM 7:26 PM 8:30 PM 9:38 PM 10:35 PM 11:25 PM
0.56L 0.73L 0.92L 1.11L 1.28L 1.41L 1.52L
Time 10:29 AM
Height 0.34L
Time 6:34 PM
Height 2.18H
Time 12:31 AM 11:11 AM 11:57 AM 12:48 PM 1:47 PM 3:00 PM 12:07 AM 12:51 AM 1:24 AM 1:49 AM 1:08 AM 1:24 AM 1:38 AM 1:49 AM 9:33 AM
10:45 AM 12:34 PM 1:01 PM 2:09 PM 3:12 PM 4:11 PM 5:04 PM
1.44H 1.56H 1.73H 1.90H 2.04H 2.13H 2.17H
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“In our reservoirs, the increase in water results in an increase of habitat and a higher degree of productivity with all of the nutrients being released when the flooded organic matter breaks down,” said Spencer Dumont, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department inland fisheries director. “What follows is an explosion of fish, and the fish grow really fast.” Dumont compared this fall’s flooding phenomenon to a boombust phase. “Some of the lakes have been so low for so long, they will get a big boom and then things will come back to normal in a few years,” he said. “Whether you’ll be able to get to the fish is a different question.” Rivers, though, are a whole different situation, Dumont said. “The species in the rivers are used to these types of events,” he said. “Fish will either head upstream as far as they can go or spread out to get out of the current, so we don’t see large-scale changes. Probably by March, many people won’t be able to tell that anything ever happened on the rivers.” Reservoirs in the San Angelo area may see a boom in both fishing and water supply from the continuing rains. Twin Buttes Reservoir has risen more than 33 vertical feet since the beginning of September, making boat ramps usable. O.H. Ivie Reservoir has gone from 14.7 percent full to 27.9 percent full, and continues to rise, gaining more than 100,000 acre-feet of water; and significant increases of water have reached lakes O.C. Fisher and E.V. Spence.
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Dave Bulthuis, vice president of industry relations and government affairs for Costa Sunglasses, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Sportfishing Association.
Blue Heron, Outdoor Solutions combine forces Blue Heron Communications became the agency of record for Outdoor Solutions, a booking agent for the world’s finest hunting and fishing destinations and long-range shooting schools.
Mike Lindahl joined Velocity Outdoor as national account manager.
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The Outdoor Industry Association named Patricia Rojas-Ungar as its vice president of government affairs.
Boss Buck acquired GSM Outdoors acquired Boss Buck Inc., adding to its line of game feeders and tower-style hunting blinds.
Pro Ear selects marketing firm Pro Ears retained Source Outdoor Group of Gainesville, Georgia, as its marketing firm of record.
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Olive oil poached black drum 4 black drum fillets, skin on & scales off 2 cups olive oil 1 lemon 10 black peppercorns, whole 1 bay leaf Salt and pepper to taste
2 tsps. tarragon, chopped 1 clove garlic, minced 1 shallot, finely diced 1/2 cup white balsamic vinegar 1 cup heavy cream 1/2 lb. butter, diced Salt and pepper to taste
Place olive oil in a heavy sauté pan. Cut lemon in half and place in oil, with the peppercorns and bay leaf. Heat the oil mixture on low heat for 3-5 minutes, then season fish with salt and pepper. Place fish in warm oil and cook for 6-7 minutes, or until the flesh of the fish begins to flake apart. Remove fish from oil and drain on a paper towel to remove excess oil.
Combine vinegar, garlic, shallots, tarragon and chervil in a heavy saucepot. Cook over medium heat for 2 minutes or until vinegar is reduced by 1/4, then add cream. Slowly whisk in the butter until it is completely emulsified into a cream mixture. Season with salt and pepper, and serve over olive oil poached drum. —Louisiana Seafood Marketing Board
Chervil and tarragon butter sauce 2 tsps. chervil, chopped
Venison soup 1 lb. ground venison 4 carrots, chopped 1 can (28 oz.) tomatoes 2 beef bouillon cubes 10 peppercorns 1 onion, chopped 4 stalks celery, sliced 1 can (28 oz.) water 1 1/2 tsps. thyme 1/2 cup barley Parsley Salt to taste
Brown the ground venison and onions. Add the remaining ingredients and cover. Simmer for two hours. —North America Deer Farmers Association
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Quail continue upward trend
Ohio hunters and anglers now have the option to purchase multiyear hunting/fishing licenses, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Residents of Ohio can buy 3-year, 5-year, 10-year and lifetime hunting or fishing licenses. —ODNR
For the third year in a row, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Small Game project’s bobwhite whistle count showed an increase in the average number of bobwhites calling per route. “Although quail populations in South Carolina are still down 69 percent from their historical highs, the recent increases on the whistle counts combined with good brood surveys and positive fall covey count surveys indicate that the bobwhites are holding steady if not doing better that they were just a few years ago,” said SCDNR Small Game Program Leader Michael Hook. —SCDNR
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NASGW Leadership Awards The National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers, the association representing shooting sports wholesalers, manufacturers, and their trade partners, announced the winners of their annual Leadership and Caliber Awards. Firearm Manufacturer of the Year: Ruger Optics Manufacturer of the Year: Leupold Ammunition Manufacturer of the Year: Hornady Accessory Manufacturer of the Year: Birchwood Casey Importer of the Year: Aguila Innovator of the Year: SIG SAUER and Ruger —NASGW
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Duck hunter dies A man died after his duck-hunting boat capsized in high winds on the Fox River. Authorities said the man was duck hunting with a man and a dog when high winds overturned the boat and threw the men into the water. The other man and dog made it to shore. The body of the 52-year-old man was found in the water Oct. 20. —Staff report
NEW YORK
Estate of Lefty Kreh auction Hundreds of reels and rods, thousands of flies and collections, assorted gear, fishing art prints and signed fishing books are part of an online auction Oct. 27-28 from the estate of Lefty Kreh, who passed away in March. The collection includes both contemporary and antique gear, some of it used by Kreh in his thousands of teaching appearances and demonstrations, much of it new in the boxes. Suggested starting prices range from a low of $20 on some items to around $400 for the rarer pieces. —Lang’s Auctions
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Wildlife trafficking combating efforts increased The illegal trade in wildlife fuels an organized, international network of criminals who also deal in arms, people and drug trafficking; and threatens the very future of treasured animals such as lions, elephants and rhinos. The Department of the Interior and its U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is adding five attachés to its ranks of experienced criminal investigators already working with nations throughout the globe to combat wildlife trafficking. The new attachés will be deployed to U.S. embassies in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Africa and South America. Currently there are seven Service attachés at American embassies in Bangkok, Thailand; Beijing, China; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Gaborone, Botswana; Libreville, Gabon; Lima, Peru; and Mexico City, Mexico. —USFWS
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Popular knife maker dies A.G. Russell III, the owner of A.G. Russell Knives, died Oct. 12 after a routine angiogram. Russell had been designing knives and working in the store until his death. He was 85. —Staff report
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New national parks in Tanzania The president of Tanzania, John Magufuli, approved a proposal to upgrade five game reserves into national parks, with the aim of increasing tourism to the country and to increase public/private partnerships to benefit local communities. —Staff report
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DATEBOOK OCTOBER 26
Rob Harper Memorial Shoot Texas Shootout Elm Fork Gun Range, Dallas friendsofrob.org
OCTOBER 26-27
Taxidermy King Wild Game & Western Auction Will Rogers Memorial Center, Fort Worth (512) 451-7633 taxidermyking.com
OCTOBER 27
Hamilton Chamber of Commerce Hamilton County Dove Festival Hamilton County Courthouse (254) 386-3216 hamiltontexaschamberofcommerce.com
OCTOBER 27-28
Texas Gun & Knife Show Fredericksburg Fairgrounds (830) 285-0575 texasgunandknifeshows.com
NOVEMBER 1
Circle Ten Council Sporting Clays Invitational Dallas Gun Club Circleten.org
Ducks Unlimited Fort Bend County Banquet Fort Bend County Fairgrounds (623) 249-9783 ducks.org/Texas
NOVEMBER 3
NOVEMBER 13
Delta Waterfowl Park Cities Chapter Banquet Frontiers of Flight Museum (214) 543-8505 deltawaterfowl.org
Jack-N-Jill Crappie Classic Lake O’ the Pines jacknjillclassic.com
NOVEMBER 6
Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation Bass, Bucks & Boots Banquet River Oaks Country Club, Houston (202) 543-6850 congressionalsportsmen.org Ducks Unlimited Tyler Banquet Harvey Hall Convention Center (903) 570-5124 ducks.org/Texas
NOVEMBER 7
Coastal Conservation Association Brush Country Fish Fry JK Northway Exposition Center, Kingsville (713) 626-4222 ccatexas.org
NOVEMBER 8
Mule Deer Foundation Beers for Deers Alpine (817) 565-7121 muledeer.org
Delta Waterfowl Heart of Texas Banquet Georgetown Community Center (512) 423-2842 deltawaterfowl.org
Quail Coalition Hill Country Dinner Brazos Hall, Austin quailcoalition.org
Dallas Safari Club Trophy Room Tour (972) 980-9800 biggame.org
Coastal Conservation Association Oysters, Brews and Blues Goode Company, Houston (713) 626-4222 ccatexas.org
Ducks Unlimited Victoria Banquet Victoria Community Center (361) 571-0717 ducks.org/Texas
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