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Volume 18, Issue 8

Travel ban wallops African hunting industry

By Craig Nyhus

and the thousands of rural people they serve and employ.

Dries Van Caller, a safari outfitter and executive committee member and past president of the Professional Hunter’s Association of South Africa, said things were finally looking

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Travel has been banned from southern African countries just before outfitters head to the U.S. for safari conventions. Photo by Lili Keys, Lone Star Outdoor News.

The Biden Administration’s ban of travel to and from several southern African countries will have a devastating impact, according to African hunting outfitters, also damaging the wildlife they conserve

up until the gut-punching announcement of the ban.

“It has been a major knee-jerk reaction,” he told Lone Star Outdoor News.

“The U.S. Embassy only recently started processing visas, and we were all looking forward to coming across and getting our lives

back together again. Our industry has been the most severely impacted by the hard lock down. I do not know for how much longer we can survive. We were thankful for those die-hard hunters that came out this year and supported us.”

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Joining the deer hunting fraternity

By Craig Nyhus

Lone Star Outdoor News Channing Boone loves her family but disliked that hunting was always a boys’ affair.

“I was one of two girls in an extended family with 20 cousins,” Boone said. “We took care of the horses while the boys filled the feeders and hunted. I got to go on some rabbit and coon hunts but the deer hunting was left to the boys.”

Boone and her fiancé, Michael, began seeking opportunities to learn more about the sport and a trip with the Lone Star Outdoors News Foundation was eventually set.

On Dec. 3, the couple headed to Stonewall County to pursue deer, and Boone, a Mississippi native who lives in Dallas, got

redemption with a better buck than her brother and cousins have taken.

Hunting with her female

guides, Lili Keys and Mimi Sams, the group saw plenty of deer and got to witness rutting activity.

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Channing Boone, a Mississippi native, harvested her first deer while hunting with the Lone Star Outdoor News Foundation. Photos by Lili Keys, Lone Star Outdoor News.

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Speckled trout numbers encouraging Anglers seeing fish of all sizes

By Nate Skinner

Sandra Garza lands a chunky speckled trout while wade-fishing along the Lower Laguna Madre. More trout are starting to show up in stretches of water along the Lower Laguna.

Photo by Capt. Wayne Davis.

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Laguna Vista-based guide, Capt. Mike Mahl, said the trout and redfish bite along the Lower Laguna Madre and in South Bay has been excellent.

“The top-water action has been especially great recently,” he said. “For whatever reason, the fish have preferred a slow, stop-and-go style of retrieve with lots of pauses, instead of a fast,

steady retrieve. The top-water bite has been lasting from sunrise until late into the morning.”

Mahl said floating grass is something anglers have to contend with if they are chunking surface-walking plugs.

“The water temperature has been in the high 60s and the weather has just been phenomenal,” Mahl said. “You really couldn’t ask for better late fall conditions.”

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HUNTING

FISHING

Exotic surprises (P. 4)

Falcon bass (P. 8)

Kudu, aoudad appear.

Crankbaits, lizards working.

Rusty shells (P. 5)

Black drum on fly (P. 8)

Steel shot risks.

Smaller flies best.

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HUNTING

Youngster bags a buck

By Nate Skinner

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After hunting for four days, Lincoln Vaughan, 8, harvested his first deer on his family’s property in Karnes County. Photo from Bronson Vaughan.

Plenty of time in the deer stand paid off for 8-year-old Lincoln Vaughan when he finally harvested his first deer.

The Karnes County youngster made morning and evening sits in the blind for four straight days during the Thanksgiving holidays while he was off from school. During his final hunt, his patience and persistence

was rewarded. He shot a 9-point buck, reaching his goal of harvesting his first deer on his family’s property where he lives.

“We spent a lot of time in the blind, starting on the morning of Thanksgiving Day,” Vaughan said. “I traded off sitting with both my dad and my grandpa, and there were many hours of boredom when we just weren’t seeing anything.”

Vaughan was determined not to give up, and made hunts in changing

weather that included rain, wind and the passage of cold fronts.

“Sunday evening I was sitting with my grandpa and my cousin, when a buck came walking out from behind the blind where we were sitting toward the feeder in front of us,” the youngster explained. “We had only been sitting there about 15 minutes.”

Vaughan patiently watched the buck as he made his way towards the feeder.

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Exotic trophies roam ranches Hunters bag aoudad, kudu

By Nate Skinner

Lone Star Outdoor News You never know what might walk out of the brush when you’re hunting in the Lone Star State. Jason Chancellor recently harvested a greater kudu on his low fence property near LaRue. The bull didn’t have any tags, markings or branding indicating where its journey began.

Chancellor’s Henderson County property is surrounded by several high fence ranches, so when the kudu showed up on his game camera, he began asking around to find out if someone was missing an exotic animal. He manages a nearby ranch which doesn’t have any kudu, and neither did his contacts at surrounding properties.

“As a manager of a high fence ranch, I understand that losing some animals happens,” Chancellor said. “I know all of the neighbors around the ranch I manage, and they notify me if they have an exotic get out. I always tell them that there’s no guarantee that we’ll be able to recapture the animal, and that they are free game. After exhausting all efforts I knew of to try to find the owner of the animal, I decided to pursue it.”

Chancellor got his first game camera photo of the kudu on his property the day before Thanksgiving. After a cat-andmouse game for a few days, and between Thanksgiving festivities with his family, Black Friday shopping and ranch duties, he was finally able to track the animal down and get a shot opportunity.

“It was an exciting adventure that I am blessed to have experienced on my own place here in Texas,” he said. “I still can’t believe I was actually able to harvest the kudu. There were several instances when I was sure he was gone.”

Chancellor still tried to find out where the animal came from after harvesting it, and thought he had a lead from a local game warden.

After spotting it on game camera images, Jason Chancellor took this kudu bull on his property in Henderson County. Photo by Logan Tidwell.

“It turns out that the warden thought he knew who the kudu belonged to, but the ranch that he had in mind that was missing one ended up having theirs accounted for,” Chancellor said. “The warden suggested I post a picture of the kudu and my story about the hunt to see if we could get some closure on where it came from.”

Other local residents began commenting that they also had game camera photos of

the kudu.

“I didn’t think much of it at the time, but I realized that I had been seeing a lot more vehicle traffic on the properties surrounding mine while I was hunting for the kudu,” Chancellor said. “It turns out most of the folks that hunt on the neighboring properties were out trying to get a shot at the animal.”

The communications revealed there was

a trail of game camera photos of the animal that led back to a location about 13 miles north of his property.

“We are almost certain the kudu came from a ranch that is about 13 miles due north of my place, and that it went missing about a week before it showed up on my game camera,” Chancellor said. “He followed a low-lying draw all the way down to my property, and he had to walk around Please turn to page 22

Fallow hunt with an old friend

By Craig Nyhus

Lone Star Outdoor News Dan Rhodes, of Dallas, won the Lone Star Outdoor News Foundation fallow deer hunt raffle at the foundation’s October event at the Beretta Gallery. It turned out to be a hunt with a previous hunting leasemate.

Rhodes and Lone Star Outdoor News’ CEO David J. Sams had shared a duck hunting lease near Italy back in the 1990s, and the hunt was at a ranch, where Sams is one of the owners.

“Sams called me and said he thought he had the buck patterned and it might be a good time to come,” Rhodes said.

Sams had seen the buck use an area of the ranch the afternoon before, and another deer hunter saw it at about the

same time the afternoon before that.

“I decided to head out there,” Rhodes said.

After he arrived, Rhodes and Sams remenised about previous hunts. Then it was time to see if the fallow buck would keep his pattern.

It turned out the buck was ahead of schedule.

“He had been coming to a feeder around 4:30,” Rhodes said. “We got in the blind a little before 4, and 10 or 12 minutes later, here he came walking out and then stood broadside. I’ve been hunting long enough not to wait — some whitetails, a coyote or anything could have messed it up.”

Rhodes took the 150-yard shot with his Tikka 7mm-08.

“It’s really a beautiful animal, I had

never seen a fallow up close before,” he said.

The next morning, time was spent in a deer blind, where Rhodes said a nice, 9-pointer put on an hour-long show.

“He was bird-dogging a doe,” he said.

“Other bucks were coming in, and he was chasing them off, one by one. He ran all the younger bucks off, and the doe just kept feeding.”

Rhodes is a father of four daughters, two who hunt, one who takes photos and the youngest is showing a lot of interest.

He enjoyed catching up with his old hunting friend.

“It was fun catching up with someone I had a history with,” he said.

Dan Rhodes took this fallow buck after winning the hunt at the Lone Star Outdoor News Foundation’s Wild Game Supper in October.

Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

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First crossbow deer at 91

By Lili Keys

Lone Star Outdoor News Gwendolyn Wunneburger loves the outdoors and loves to hunt. She began hunting with her father when she was 6 years old. During her lifetime, Wunneburger has hunted all over North America and Africa. The now 91-yearold hunter still continues to pursue new adventures.

On Nov. 19, Wunneburger and her friend, Sam Cox, were hunting Wunneburger’s property in Blanco County when a nice 8-point buck appeared.

She patiently waited until the buck presented itself at a proper angle, then took a deep breath to steady herself, and fired, using an Excalibur Equinox crossbow, resulting in a clean hit for her first crossbow kill.

As they waited for the buck to expire, another buck appeared, eventually providing Coxwith a shot and giving the friends of 50 years a double harvest.

“I know she is not afraid of dying, but she’s afraid she may not be allowed to hunt in heaven,” Cox said. “She is definitely a huntress extraordinaire.”

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Check your old steel shotshells Rust on the outside means rust on the inside

By Craig Nyhus

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Gwendolyn Wunneburger took her first deer with a crossbow at the age of 91. Photo from Gwendolyn Wunneburger.

Man dies after being butted by aoudad On Dec. 2, Bryan Keeling, ranch manager at Growing Rocks Ranch, in Vanderpool, was critically injured in an incident after darting an aoudad.

On Dec. 5, the Exotic Wildlife Association said Keeling’s team of doctors performed an internal ultrasound of his heart while he had been under external life support, finding a tear in a valve. High-risk surgery was being contemplated, but it was determined the survival rate would be less than 0.01 percent.

Keeling died later that day at the age of 56.

According to a post from dharris on texasbowhunter.com, Keeling was about to grab a darted aoudad when it woke up and butted him in the chest on the ground and rammed him until the dart finally put the animal down. Keeling and another employee still loaded up the animal in a trailer and drove to Vanderpool. From there they drove Keeling to the hospital.

—Staff report

Second-split duck hunts are coming up, and your trip is scheduled.

Shotshells aren’t easy to find, but you have plenty left over from last season in your blind bag, along with your calls and gloves.

You might want to examine the old shells, though.

Hunters may notice a slight amount of rust on the brass on some of the old shells, but not enough to keep a shotgun from throwing them.

According to Hunter Colbert, marketing specialist at Kent Cartridge, this is a sign to throw the shells out.

“We’ve had a number of reports this year from people talking about blowing up their gun barrels or choke tubes,” Colbert said.

Colbert said Kent’s ballistic lab has spent much time studying the effects of water on shot, especially steel shot since it is typically used near water, and rust on the outside of the shell is a sign of rust within.

“It doesn’t take much to mess a shell up,” he said. “Just a few drops of water. Also, the effects of freezing and thawing can be an issue, often brought about by leaving the shells in the truck.”

Catastrophic failures can include a wad getting stuck in the barrel, causing a problem when the next shot is taken. But rust in the shot also impacts shot performance, causing the shotshell to be less accurate and

Ballistics testing shows that rusty steel shotshells should be discarded to avoid the risk of damage to shoguns. Photo by Craig Nyhus, Lone Star Outdoor News.

efficient.

“Water turns steel shot into a slug real quick,” Colbert said. “It almost welds together.”

Colbert said Kent’s current steel loads use nickel and zinc coatings which help with resistance, and pointed out bismuth and lead also can cause issues, although lead is rarely used over water. He recommends hunters rethink how they store their waterfowl ammo.

“Take the blind bag out of the truck when you come inside, especially in colder months,” he said.

“Everyone uses old shells, but what can happen is limitless. The chances of a disaster are slim, but a little rust here and there can be a big problem.

I would rather not risk a thousand dollar shotgun on some old steel shells.”

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Jay Bruce buys Sure-Shot Game Calls Sure-Shot Game Calls, based in Groves in southeast Texas, has been sold to former professional baseball player Jay Bruce.

Charlie Holder, who purchased Sure-Shot from James “Cowboy” Fernandez 10 years ago, said he’s enjoyed the last decade of owning the company that provided top duck calls and other products for more than 60 years.

“The last three years, we’ve done real well,” Holder said. “I could see the opportunity to grow would include bringing in new partners or ownership. Jay Bruce came to us through a mutual friend, and we came to a deal at the end of September, and it’s ready to announce now.”

Holder didn’t disclose the purchase price, but said it was “enough for me to walk away.”

Bruce, a three-time Major League All Star and passionate waterfowl hunter, said in a news release that the company is already developing new calls to be released in 2022.

“Sure-Shot has been part of the fabric of the hunting community of southeast Texas for more than 60 years, and I’m really excited to become part of the brand’s legacy,” Bruce said. “My main focus is to maintain the elite craftsmanship of our products while introducing the brand to the next generation of hunters.”

Holder said the actual closing date of Sept. 30 was significant for him.

“It’s the same day I bought the company from Cowboy 10 years ago,” he said. “With Jay, it’s in good hands.”

—Staff report

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Opportunity pays off Continued from page 1

During the evening hunt, a buck with a doe and two fawns were out before the feeder went off, but things went silent and Boone started to fall asleep. Then two bucks and several does marched out to perk her up. A few minutes later, a mature buck walked out.

After watching the buck, Keys asked her, “Do you like that deer?”

“Would you like to shoot it?”

Boone looked at the women for answers, and both were nodding their heads.

“OK, then,” Boone said.

Getting the rifle out of the blind’s window, Boone took a deep breath and got on the deer. The buck, though, wouldn’t be still, moving behind and next to the other deer in the area. For nearly 30 minutes, Boone remained patient.

Finally, the buck crossed behind some brush into an open space. Keys helped Boone reposition in the blind.

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tion and the buck jumped.

It was clear the shot was good, and after a short wait, the three women headed out of the blind to seek the buck, as the sun was setting.

“Wow, I felt so at peace,” Boone said.

“That was so exciting.”

Heading to the spot of the shot, the women looked for blood. After a few minutes, Sams found a small amount in the grass.

“Let’s check this way,” Sams said, and within minutes Boone spotted the buck and was overjoyed.

Holding the buck for the first time, Boone said, “He’s beautiful. Look at his neck rolls.

His name is turtleneck.”

The men were called for reinforcement, congratulations and a photo shoot. Back at camp, Keys helped Boone gut the deer.

Later, photos were sent to her brothers.

“This is seriously the best day of my life,” she said. “Besides, of course, getting engaged to Michael.”

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FISHING Resilient red

While sight-casting for red fish near Port O’Connor, Capt. Owen Gayler noticed what he believed was a dead redfish, floating belly up. Sim Whatley, who was fishing with Gayler, took a practice cast at the fish. “As the fly striped past her, she came to life engulfing the fly and the fight was on. In short, I believe this fish was laying on its side and using its good eye to feed and or keep watch while she rested,” Gayler recalled. The fish was released back into the water. It was a bite that the anglers will not forget. Photo by Captain Owen Gayler.

Black drum on small flies, garlic shrimp

By Madison Scarborough For Lone Star Outdoor News

On Dec. 1, anglers Rebecca Milne and Doron Lovett hooked into a handful of black drum on fly rods near Port O’ Connor. With no significant tide fluctuation, Milne poled her skiff in about a foot of water in some backcountry ponds.

Lovett casted a strong-arm Merkin fly into a group of redfish and black drum. As he worked his fly across the fish, a drum aggressively ate, and the fight was on. As Milne observed from the poling platform, she was expecting a redfish to pick the strong arm because lately, most drum have been “spooked at big flies,” she said.

“Not only have the drum been wary of larger flies, but they have also been mostly disinterested in eating the flies altogether,” Milne said.

The crew hooked into more than one drum despite the spookiness. With a bright sun out in the sky, Milne and Doron had luck fishing close to grassy and muddy ponds.

The next day, Chris Fowler grabbed his 8-weight fly rod and walked along a quaint fishing pier in Rockport. This pier happens to be directly in front of the fly shop he owns, the Fly Trap Company. After casting to a “couple little skittish redfish,” he spotted a drum cruising nearby.

Fowler seized the moment to entice that drum to eat the Krabby Patty he had tied, a smaller brown fly that realistically resembles a crab. Before the fly sank, Fowler felt a tug.

While fighting the drum for 20 minutes, a Rockport local, Chris Hilbreth, who was on his way to work, stopped to help Fowler land the fish. Hilbreth held the fly rod as Fowler kicked his shoes off to “wade in after the toad.” Finally, the drum was landed and released back into the bay.

This was the second giant black drum Fowler has caught near the Fly Trap.

“I usually see smaller drum in the 18- to 22-inch range cruising around silky, sandy mud, shell, and oyster reefs,” he said.

Rudy Romero, a guide in South Padre, took out two

Doron Lovett landed this big black drum on a Merkin fly near Port O’Connor. Photo from Rebecca Milne.

groups of clients on Dec. 2.

“The morning started slowly with no wind and a slow tide,” Romero said.

Ideal conditions for drum match up when the bay gets stirred up because bait becomes readily available, Romero said. As mid-morning rolled around, a breeze picked up, the tide began moving, and the drum started biting.

Because the current was going out along the channel, Romero had his clients fishing with a heavier weight and 17-inch leader. They caught a handful of drum using fresh shrimp with the heads on, marinated in garlic powder.

“This time of year, the drum group up and hunt by smell, so I always have a bag of garlic powder with me,” Romero said.

The afternoon group of clients found more drum while fishing deeper in the channel. Romero threw some fish bites and shrimp onto their rigs. As the tide kept ripping, they consistently caught more drum.

Crankbaits, senkos and lizards are bringing in late fall bass at Falcon Lake.

Photo from Phil Brannan. Photo by Lone Star Outdoor News.

Falcon bass feeding

By Robert Sloan

For Lone Star Outdoor News Falcon International Reservoir is off the beaten path and is shared by the U.S. and Mexico, but the bass fishing is good, and anglers fishing the coves with open water stick-ups are catching solid largemouth bass.

Tom Bendele and his brother run Falcon Lake Tackle in Zapata. Bendele said some of the most consistent catches of bass are around rocks and along drop-offs.

“Cranks are very popular year-round,” he said. “Senkos, magnum trick worms and lizards are also good. Some of the top colors are green/pumpkin, watermelon/red and purple. Plastics are best fished about 10 feet deep. The cranks can be fished shallow and deep.”

Falcon is located on the Rio Grande River in the south Texas counties of Zapata and Starr. One thing you’ll notice is all the water there is to fish, and not that much boat traffic. Falcon is one of the largest lakes in Texas, covering just over 83,000 acres.

Phil Brannan has been fishing Falcon for years, and said it’s tough to beat a crankbait.

“There are coves with lots of brush and that’s where you can catch some huge bass on cranks from now through January,” Brannan said. “One of my best days on Falcon was in the winter and I was fishing with John Hope. We kind of got sidetracked and went up the wrong cove. As John was idling through the brush towards the mouth of the cove I was fishing a DD-22 crank bait along the stickups. On my second cast I hooked up with a bass that looked to weigh an estimated 13 pounds. We ended up losing her at the boat. To make a long story short we decided to fish that cove and lost a 9-pounder at the boat, then caught one around 8 pounds. We caught several more weighing 5 to 6 pounds. All were on red and black cranks fished 7 to 8 feet deep along the stick-ups just off the bank.”

Falcon is just over 40 feet low, and the water is a little off color and 70 degrees. Some of the best fishing is over rocks at the dam in 10 to 15 feet of water.

“One of the best areas to fish right about now is at the dam,” Brannan said. “That’s where you have rocks and they are perfect for fishing cranks. What you want to do is position the boat in deep water and cast up to the rocks and work a crank bait down in about 7 feet of water. You might be surprised at the size of the bass that are feeding over the rocks.”

With the water temperature in the low 70s, you can use an assortment of lures in the coves and at the dam over the rocks.

“When I’m fishing on Falcon my lure of choice is a crank,” Brannan said. “You can cover lots of water, and since the bass are feeding on bream and shad, a crankbait is one way to match the hatch. Other lures you might want to try are spinner baits and top-waters. That’s especially true when you fish them over and around stickups in the coves. Once you find a cove that’s holding bass, you can fish it about the same time each year and expect it to produce bass.”

The water is currently stained, kind of like tea, Brannan said.

But the low water allows anglers to find plenty of structure like rocks and brush to fish.

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A new experience for winter Texan

Jerry Griffith, a winter Texan from Minnesota, brought in this 27-inch redfish, his first, off the tip of the South Padre Island jetty. Photo by Tony Vindell, for Lone Star Outdoor News.

By Tony Vindell

For Lone Star Outdoor News Word sifted through RV parks in the Rio Grande Valley that the redfish and black drum were biting. Headboats had been returning with dozens of reds from each trip.

On a Dec. 3 trip aboard a Port Isabel-based head boat, toting 30 plus anglers, Minnesota resident Jerry Griffith was declared the sole winner of the 4-hour trip as he caught the only red drum.

The 73-year-old, who lived in Alaska for 30 years, said he fishes back home for crappie, walleye and northern pike.

Before moving to the Midwest, he caught his share of halibut, salmon and rainbow trout in the 49th state.

But the redfish he caught off the South Padre Island north jetty was one to remember.

“What is it?” he asked after the fish was brought on board with the help of a net. “It’s a nice-looking fish.”

When told it was a redfish, or red drum, Griffith said it was the first such fish, not to mention the biggest, he has caught in Texas.

“It’s a beautiful fish!” he said. “It hit like a brick.”

Besides his prized redfish, Griffith also caught a pompano, one of a half-dozen brought in on the trip.

Griffith wasn’t the only lucky one in the fishing excursion.

His wife, Paola, caught a red snapper, a fish generally caught offshore and in deeper waters.

Her consolation prize was returned back to the water as the red snapper season is closed until further notice.

“It was a beauty,” she said as the boat captain paraded the bright red fish around. “We will be back.”

Texoma stripers going strong Big fish mixed in

By Robert Sloan

For Lone Star Outdoor News Lake Texoma stripers, especially larger fish, are being caught on river ledges on live bait. And when the fish are active, the bite is good on lures all day long.

Guide Aaron Sharp is a striper fishing expert on Texoma and said they are catching both big and small fish. But the best striper fishing on any given day is when the weather is about as bad as it gets.

“If it’s blustery, cold and cloudy, the heavier stripers will be feeding big time,” Sharp said. “When I say big, I’m talking about stripers that are up to about 36 inches long. They are skinny right now. But will put on weight throughout the winter and spring.”

When cold fronts move through, Sharp said that’s when he likes to be on the water. Unlike largemouth bass, stripers get perked up with fronts and typically feed during and after a front moves through.

On most winter days, Sharp’s fishermen will box numbers of 14- to 19-inch stripers, and maybe four to six in the 14- to 15-pound class.

“We’re using mostly live shad,” he said.

“They are rigged on a 3-foot fluorocarbon leader and a 2/0 kale hook. Above the leader is a 1 1/2- to 2-ounce egg weight. I like to use threadfin or gizzard shad. When we are on smaller stripers, I’ll rig up with 3to 4-inch shad. But if we’re on the heavier fish, it’s usually best to fish with 6- to 8-inch baits.”

Although the stripers main winter forage base is shad, they also hit lures. Two of Sharp’s best are a fluke or a Sassy Shad swimbait that’s 5 inches long. The best color is glow in the dark. With a swimbait, he’ll make a cast and bring it in on a slow retrieve. With the fluke he’ll be using a dead sticking technique.

When he’s fishing with lures or live bait, he’ll set up for a drift along the river channel. If the wind is up, he’ll anchor. But the main thing is to keep the boat positioned on the river channel ledges.

“Most of the time the stripers will be suspended on the river ledges,” Sharp said.

“That’s where the shad are, and they attract the stripers.”

The guide said winter trips make good family outings.

“They catch a lot of fish and take home plenty to eat,” he said. “And on any given cast you can hook up with a double-digit striper.”

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TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT ALAN HENRY: Water clear; 54 degrees; 3.10’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, swim jigs, spoons and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs tipped with small minnows.

AMISTAD: Water clear; 62 degrees; 47.43’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on shad-imitating lures. Catfish are good on stink bait and cut bait.

ARLINGTON: Water lightly stained; 47 degrees; 3.51’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on blue or black spinner baits, football jigs and drop shots. Crappie are good near boat docks and brush on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on cut bait and chicken livers.

AUSTIN: Water clear; 52 degrees; 0.66’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on crawfish-imitation plastics and shad swimbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows.

White bass are good trolling crankbaits and minnows in the green lights at night.

Blue catfish are good on cut live shad.

B.A. STEINHAGEN: Water stained; 58 degrees; 0.25’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on cut and prepared baits.

BASTROP: Water clear; 74 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on football jigs, crankbaits and purple or black Carolina-rigged plastic worms. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on nightcrawlers and punch bait.

BENBROOK: Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 6.53’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on jerkbaits, shaky-head jigs and blue or purple Carolinarigged worms. Crappie are good on minnows near brush piles. Hybrid striped bass are fair on live bait and swimbaits. White bass are good on slabs and live bait. Catfish are good on cut bait.

BOB SANDLIN: Water clear; 55 degrees; 1.72’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, shaky-head jigs and red, blue, or black Texasrigged plastic worms. Catfish are good on chicken livers, punch bait and cut bait.

BRAUNIG: Water stained; 68 degrees. Channel catfish and blue catfish are good around the jetty and rip rap, on cheese bait and worms.

Redfish are fair on live tilapia and cut shad around the dam area and discharges.

BROWNWOOD: Water lightly stained; 48 degrees; 1.17’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, brown or green Texas-rigged plastic worms and shaky-head jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass and hybrids are good on slabs, swimbaits and live bait. Catfish are good on chicken livers and

live bait.

BUCHANAN: Water lightly stained; 61 degrees; 4.77’ low. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits, chatterbaits, top-waters and soft plastics on rocky banks.

Striper, hybrid and white bass are fair on top-waters and drifting live shad. Channel, blue and yellow catfish are fair on chicken livers and cut live shad.

CADDO: Water lightly stained; 56 degrees; 0.34’ high. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, jigs and wacky rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on live bait, nightcrawlers and punch bait.

CALAVERAS: Water slightly stained; 68 degrees. Red drum are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on cheese bait and cut shad.

CANYON: Water lightly stained; 58 degrees; 0.04’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on football jigs and red or green Texasrigged plastic worms.

Striped bass are good along the river channel edge on live bait. White bass are good on live bait, chartreuse jigging spoons and silver slabs. Catfish are good on punch bait and live bait.

CEDAR CREEK: Water lightly stained; 61 degrees; 1.52’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas rigs and a 4-ounce shaky head. White bass and hybrids are good on main lake humps and points on silver slabs. Crappie are slow.

CHOKE CANYON: Water lightly stained; 64 degrees; 17.98’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on swimming/vibrating jigs and flukes in deeper water. Crappie are excellent on blue glimmer jigs and minnows.

CONROE: Slightly stained; 67 degrees; 1.18’ low.

Largemouth bass bite are fair on jigs, lipless crankbaits and Texas rigs. Hybrid striped bass are fair on spoons and slabs. Catfish are good on liver, shrimp and catfish bubblegum. Crappie are good on minnows and hair jigs.

COOPER: Water lightly stained; 56 degrees.

Largemouth bass are good on deep-diving crankbaits, black or red plastic worms and football jigs. White bass and hybrids are good over humps and flats on silver or white slabs and chartreuse swimbaits. Catfish are fair on punch bait and chicken livers.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Water lightly stained; 62 degrees; 2.45’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, spinner baits and worms. White

bass are good on swimbaits by the dam. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows.

Catfish are good on shad.

EAGLE MOUNTAIN: Water normally stained; 59 degrees; 1.54’ low. White bass are fair on chartreuse/white slabs and silver/chrome slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Blue catfish are good on cut bait.

Channel catfish are scattered and are good on punch bait suspended off the bottom.

FALCON: Water stained; 70 degrees; 42.21’ low. Largemouth bass are fair near rock structures on soft plastics and crankbaits. Crappie are good in brush piles on small jigs. Catfish are good on live bait.

FAYETTE: Water lightly stained; 75 degrees.

Largemouth bass are fair on shaky-head jigs, squarebilled crankbaits and purple or black drop shots. Catfish are good on earthworms, punch bait and cut bait.

FORK: Water lightly stained; 62-64 degrees; 2.86’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on jigs, Carolina rigs and crankbaits.

GRANBURY: Water lightly stained; 62 degrees; 0.43’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters and soft plastics. Striped bass and white bass are fair to good under the birds on slabs and swimbaits. Crappie are excellent on small minnows and small jigs. Catfish are good on cut shad.

GRANGER: Water lightly stained; 62 degrees; 0.90’ high. Largemouth bass are good on ing crankbaits, watermelon Carolina-rigged plastic worms and pearl or chartreuse swimbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on jigging spoons and slabs.

Catfish are good on nightcrawlers and cut bait.

GRAPEVINE: Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 1.02’ low. White bass are good on vertical jigs. Catfish are good on live bait and cut bait.

HOUSTON COUNTY: Water stained; 57 degrees; 0.08’ below. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass fair on silver slab spoons.

HUBBARD CREEK: Water clear; 61 degrees; 1.99’ low.

White bass are fair on slabs and vertical jigs.

JOE POOL: Water lightly stained; 62 degrees; 0.89’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on 6-inch motor oil worms. Crappie are good in the brush piles around boat houses biting on small minnows.

LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 0.31’ low. Crappie are fair on rosy red minnows and

jigs. Catfish are good on stink bait.

LAVON: Water lightly stained; 59 degrees; 3.58’ low. Largemouth bass are good on creature baits and jerkbaits. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on swimbaits.

Blue catfish are good on cut bait.

LBJ: Water lightly stained; 50 degrees; 0.68’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair to good on top-water frogs and soft plastics. Crappie are good on live minnows.

Catfish are fair on fresh cut shad and punch bait.

LEWISVILLE: Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 1.44’ low. White bass are good on swimbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and shad jigs.

LIVINGSTON: Slightly stained; 67 degrees; 0.06’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits. White bass are good on slabs. Crappie are good on jigs. Small blue catfish are good on cut shad.

MARTIN CREEK: 63 degrees. Water lightly stained; 2.22 feet low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and plastics worms. Crappie are good on jigs.

MEDINA: Water lightly stained; 54 degrees; 45.64’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, plastic worms and jigs. White bass are fair on spoons. Catfish are fair on live bait, chicken livers and blood bait.

MILLERS CREEK: Water stained; 55 degrees; 1.44’ low. Largemouth bass are good on points and in pondweed on worms, topwater frogs and weedless jigs. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair in coves on live and prepared baits.

NACONICHE: Water stained; 58 degrees. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are slow.

NASWORTHY: Water murky; 41 degrees. 1.11’ low. Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms and crankbaits. Crappie are good on jigs. Catfish are fair on live and prepared baits.

NAVARRO MILLS: Water lightly stained; 62 degrees; 1.02’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs.

O.C. FISHER: Water stained; 45 degrees. 41.66’ low.

Largemouth bass and white bass are good on pumpkinseed jigs and 10-inch power worms. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair on stink bait, live bait and cut bait.

O.H. IVIE: Water clear; 50 degrees; 15.59’ low.

Largemouth bass are good

on swimbaits, jerkbaits and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair on jigs.

PALESTINE: Water lightly stained; 58 degrees; 0.66’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters and jigs.

Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait, chicken livers and stink bait.

POSSUM KINGDOM: Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 0.92’ low. Striped bass are fair on top-waters and swimbaits. Catfish are good on cut bait.

PROCTOR: Water clear; 56 degrees; 1.42’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are fair drifting with live bait.

White bass and hybrid stripers are slow.

RAVEN: Water stained; 75 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters. Crappie are good on chartreuse jigs and minnows. Catfish are fair on cut bait and prepared baits.

RAY HUBBARD: Water lightly stained; 57-58 degrees; 1.11’ low. White bass are suspended and fair on jigs 12-inches above a slab.

Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows.

RAY ROBERTS: Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 0.58’ low. White bass are fair on silver and chartreuse slabs.

Crappie are good on minnows.

RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water clear; 62 degrees; 2.06’ low. Blue and channel catfish are good in timber on punch bait. White bass are fair to good on slabs with a jig teaser.

SAM RAYBURN: Water stained; 62 degrees; 3.30’ low. Largemouth bass are are fair to good on jigging spoons and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on white-head jigs and minnows.

SOMERVILLE: Water lightly stained; 61 degrees; 0.20’ low. Largemouth bass are good on wacky rigs and crankbaits. White and hybrid bass are good on white/chartreuse jigging spoons, slabs and live bait. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows.

Catfish are good on punch bait, chicken livers and cut bait.

STILLHOUSE HOLLOW: Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 1.24’ low. White bass are fair to good on slabs with silver blades and white or chartreuse tails. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs.

Blue catfish are good on cut bait and live bait.

TAWAKONI: Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 1.73’ low. White bass are good on the humps and flats mid lake on slabs and jigging spoons.

Crappie are fair on minnows

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TEXANA: Water stained; 64 degrees; 0.10’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, jigs and spinner baits. Crappie are fair on jigs under vegetation. Catfish are good on stink bait, cut bait and live bait.

TEXOMA: Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 1.41’ low. Striped bass are good, with bird action leading the way, on slabs and swimbaits.

TOLEDO BEND: Water clear; 66-71 degrees; 4.38’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair to good square-billed crankbaits, white spinner baits, Carolina rigs and Texasrigged worms and lizards; and offshore on chrome jigging spoons and deep-diving crankbaits. Crappie are fair on small minnows and smaller jigs. Catfish bite are good on liver and perch.

TRAVIS: Water slightly stained; 65 degrees; 18.33’ low. Largemouth bass are good in the grass lines on soft jerkbaits, weighted wacky rigs and imitation crawfish.

TYLER: Water lightly stained; 63 degrees; 0.66’ low. Largemouth bass are good on trick worms and spinner baits. Crappie are good on minnows and chartreuse jigs. Blue and channel catfish are fair on garlic bait.

WACO: Water lightly stained; 63 degrees; 2.13’ low. White bass and hybrids are fair on live bait and swimbaits. Catfish are good drifting main lake flats and channel ledges on fresh cut bait.

WHITNEY: Water lightly stained; 72 degrees; 2.06’ low. Striped bass are good on live bait and down-rigged jigs.

WORTH: Water normally stained; 59 degrees; 1.03 feet low. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are good around boat docks on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on cut shad and cut bait.

WRIGHT PATMAN: Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 3.66’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on drop shots, shad crankbaits and football jigs.

Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on punch bait and live bait.

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GAME WARDEN BLOTTER MAN RUN OVER BY ATV An Amarillo district game warden was patrolling in Potter County after dark when he was notified about an injured individual who had been run over by an all-terrain vehicle. The warden responded and found one adult male hit by an ATV, suffering injuries to his legs. The victim and other eyewitnesses at the scene identified another adult male as the driver of the ATV. Upon speaking with the driver of the ATV, the warden noticed that he had slurred speech patterns, glassy/bloodshot eyes and the odor of alcohol. The victim of the collision was transported to an Amarillo hospital. The driver of the ATV admitted hitting the victim with the ATV and was arrested for driving while intoxicated and deadly conduct.

MULE DEER BUCK POACHED On Monday, Nov. 29, a Lubbock district game warden received information about a suspected illegally killed deer in a dumpster in south Lubbock. Upon arrival at the dumpster, the warden discovered a mule deer buck with its head cut off. Mule deer season ended Nov. 28 in the southwestern Panhandle

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94-YEAR-OLD FISHERMAN MISSING The Coast Guard searched for a 94-year-old man who was reported missing during a fishing trip 90 miles offshore southeast of Galveston. Missing is Frank Marinic, last seen on his 34-foot white fishing vessel, Mar Boa. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a notification from a friend of the fisherman that he had gone out and did not return when expected.

Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and

counties. Anyone with information is asked to call the Operation Game Thief hotline.

FOUR BOATERS RESCUED The Coast Guard rescued four boaters from a capsized craft near the Port Isabel Causeway. Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi command center watchstanders received a call at 2:32 p.m. from the owner of a 16-foot craft that capsized with four people aboard. The launch of a Coast Guard Station

launched a Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH65 Dolphin aircrew, and a Coast Guard Sector/ Air Station Corpus Christi HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew to assist. The Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin aircrew located the fishing vessel near the Claypile Bank 90 miles offshore Galveston and lowered down a rescue swimmer who verified that there was no one on the vessel. After searching 3,087 square miles, the Coast Guard suspended the search.

South Padre Island 33-foot Special Purpose Craft-Law Enforcement boat crew was ordered. Once on scene, the boat crew embarked all four boaters, who were transferred to awaiting emergency medical services personnel. No injuries were reported.

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Since the first recorded lancha interdiction in the late 1980s, the Coast Guard has seen a significant uptick in the detection of the vessels, recording close to 300 lancha interdictions in the past three fiscal years combined.

ILLEGAL OFFSHORE FISHING TOTALS Coast Guard law enforcement crews interdicted 78 lanchas, seized 15,484 pounds of catch, and detained 208 fishermen during fiscal

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Students have responded so positively to the meat-care portions of his presentation that Long hopes to bring a confiscated or recently roadkilled deer into a more open setting like an agricultural class workshop and show students how to field dress, skin and quarter it.

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James Bass, 9, with a doe that he shot with his .243 at the family deer lease in Tyler County.

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11:27 5:16 ----- 6:02 12:33 6:43 1:10 7:21 1:47 7:57 2:23 8:34 3:02 9:13 3:44 9:56 4:29 10:42 5:18 11:31 6:10 ----7:04 12:52 7:59 1:47 8:53 2:41 9:45 3:33

11:51 12:13 12:54 1:31 2:07 2:45 3:24 4:07 4:54 5:44 6:36 7:30 8:23 9:16 10:08

5:39 6:24 7:04 7:41 8:18 8:56 9:36 10:19 11:06 11:56 12:23 1:17 2:11 3:05 3:56

07:44 07:45 07:46 07:47 07:47 07:48 07:49 07:49 07:50 07:50 07:51 07:51 07:52 07:52 07:53

05:34 05:34 05:34 05:34 05:35 05:35 05:35 05:36 05:36 05:36 05:37 05:37 05:38 05:38 05:39

1:13p NoMoon 1:41p 12:43a 2:07p 1:43a 2:32p 2:41a 2:58p 3:38a 3:26p 4:36a 3:58p 5:34a 4:34p 6:33a 5:16p 7:30a 6:03p 8:25a 6:55p 9:16a 7:52p 10:02a 8:52p 10:42a 9:53p 11:18a 10:55p 11:49a

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

Sabine Pass, north Date Dec 10 Dec 11 Dec 12 Dec 13 Dec 14 Dec 15 Dec 16 Dec 17 Dec 18 Dec 19 Dec 20 Dec 21 Dec 22 Dec 23 Dec 24

Time 2:32 PM 5:24 AM 5:51 AM 6:17 AM 6:43 AM 12:15 AM 12:25 AM 12:27 AM 12:24 AM 12:30 AM 12:48 AM 1:12 AM 1:37 AM 12:01 AM 12:31 PM

High Island Height -0.02L 0.67L 0.39L 0.13L -0.10L 1.13H 1.11H 1.12H 1.14H 1.17H 1.19H 1.19H 1.17H 1.09L -0.28L

Time 10:38 PM 9:59 AM 11:47 AM 1:07 PM 2:09 PM 7:09 AM 7:37 AM 8:06 AM 8:38 AM 9:12 AM 9:48 AM 10:26 AM 11:05 AM 2:01 AM 9:02 PM

Height 1.35H 0.90H 0.98H 1.12H 1.25H -0.29L -0.44L -0.55L -0.62L -0.64L -0.64L -0.60L -0.53L 1.11H 1.18H

Time 3:44 PM 5:01 PM 6:15 PM 7:20 PM 2:59 PM 3:41 PM 4:16 PM 4:50 PM 5:24 PM 6:03 PM 6:47 PM 7:36 PM 11:46 AM

Height 0.26L 0.49L 0.69L 0.83L 1.34H 1.39H 1.40H 1.38H 1.35H 1.32H 1.28H 1.25H -0.43L

Time

Height

11:11 PM 11:38 PM 11:59 PM

1.28H 1.22H 1.17H

8:13 PM 8:52 PM 9:16 PM 9:32 PM 9:51 PM 10:18 PM 10:58 PM

0.95L 1.03L 1.08L 1.11L 1.12L 1.13L 1.12L

8:23 PM

1.22H

Time

Height

Galveston Bay entrance, north jetty Time 2:33 PM 5:33 AM 6:00 AM 6:26 AM 6:52 AM 7:17 AM 7:44 AM 8:13 AM 8:45 AM 9:19 AM 9:53 AM 10:27 AM 11:01 AM 11:36 AM 12:14 PM

Height 0.18L 0.90L 0.62L 0.35L 0.12L -0.09L -0.25L -0.37L -0.46L -0.51L -0.52L -0.50L -0.44L -0.34L -0.19L

Time 10:38 PM 9:31 AM 11:38 AM 1:11 PM 2:23 PM 3:21 PM 4:07 PM 4:45 PM 5:21 PM 5:59 PM 6:44 PM 7:34 PM 8:18 PM 8:51 PM 9:15 PM

Height 1.49H 1.08H 1.13H 1.27H 1.42H 1.55H 1.64H 1.69H 1.69H 1.66H 1.61H 1.56H 1.50H 1.45H 1.38H

Height 0.21L 0.88L 0.62L 0.36L 0.12L -0.06L -0.20L -0.28L -0.34L -0.37L -0.38L -0.37L -0.33L -0.26L -0.13L

Time 10:13 PM 8:57 AM 11:13 AM 12:58 PM 2:11 PM 3:05 PM 3:49 PM 4:28 PM 5:06 PM 5:43 PM 6:22 PM 6:59 PM 7:35 PM 8:08 PM 8:36 PM

Height 1.52H 1.04H 1.14H 1.33H 1.52H 1.66H 1.75H 1.79H 1.81H 1.80H 1.77H 1.74H 1.69H 1.63H 1.54H

Height 0.77H 0.66H 0.56H 0.53H 0.06L -0.05L -0.12L -0.16L -0.17L -0.17L 0.88H 0.88H 0.87H 0.86H 0.82H

Time 4:34 PM 5:19 PM 12:22 PM 8:30 AM 9:42 PM 9:01 PM 9:33 PM 10:17 PM 11:10 PM

Height 0.02L 0.18L 0.35L 0.20L 0.68H 0.78H 0.84H 0.87H 0.88H

12:20 PM 12:52 PM 1:23 PM 1:56 PM 2:30 PM

-0.17L -0.17L -0.17L -0.14L -0.08L

Height 0.30H 0.20H 0.14H 0.12H 0.15H -0.36L -0.42L 0.38H 0.40H 0.39H 0.36H 0.34H 0.33H 0.30H 0.26H

Time 8:32 PM 9:17 PM 9:56 AM 10:34 AM 11:12 AM 11:15 PM

Height -0.24L -0.14L 0.04L -0.11 -0.25L 0.33H

1:14 2:02 2:56 3:52 4:41 5:22 5:56 6:25

-0.45L -0.45L -0.43L -0.42L -0.43L -0.44L -0.45L -0.43L

Time 3:58 5:35 6:45 7:47 9:06

Height

PM PM PM PM PM

0.47L 0.71L 0.89L 1.05L 1.16L

Time

Height

11:10 11:36 11:53 11:59 11:52

PM PM PM PM PM

1.38H 1.29H 1.23H 1.20H 1.21H

Time 2:17 PM 5:15 AM 5:31 AM 5:54 AM 6:21 AM 6:49 AM 7:17 AM 7:45 AM 8:15 AM 8:45 AM 9:16 AM 9:48 AM 10:22 AM 10:59 AM 11:39 AM

3:43 5:19 6:54 8:27

PM PM PM PM

0.52L 0.77L 0.96L 1.07L

Time 10:29 10:40 10:48 10:50

PM PM PM PM

Height 1.35H 1.23H 1.16H 1.12H

Port O’Connor Date Dec 10 Dec 11 Dec 12 Dec 13 Dec 14 Dec 15 Dec 16 Dec 17 Dec 18 Dec 19 Dec 20 Dec 21 Dec 22 Dec 23 Dec 24

Time 3:09 AM 2:47 AM 2:08 AM 12:10 AM 8:52 AM 9:23 AM 9:59 AM 10:36 AM 11:13 AM 11:48 AM 12:09 AM 1:00 AM 1:37 AM 2:00 AM 2:06 AM

Time 6:36 AM 6:17 AM 4:00 AM 3:21 AM 2:08 AM 11:51 AM 12:31 PM 12:09 AM 12:59 AM 1:48 AM 2:35 AM 3:19 AM 3:58 AM 4:28 AM 4:39 AM

Date Dec 10 Dec 11 Dec 12 Dec 13 Dec 14 Dec 15 Dec 16 Dec 17 Dec 18 Dec 19 Dec 20 Dec 21 Dec 22 Dec 23 Dec 24

Time 3:00 PM 5:56 AM 6:22 AM 6:51 AM 7:16 AM 7:38 AM 7:57 AM 8:17 AM 8:42 AM 9:12 AM 9:48 AM 10:29 AM 11:14 AM 12:01 PM 12:50 PM

Time 6:54 PM 9:54 AM 10:05 AM 10:25 AM 10:46 AM 3:00 AM 10:05 PM 11:09 PM

Height -0.10L 0.64L 0.39L 0.13L -0.11L 0.84H 1.25H 1.28H

1:07 1:49 2:32 3:21 4:17 5:07

-0.51L -0.47L -0.43L -0.40L -0.35L -0.27L

Height 0.08L 0.59L 0.39L 0.18L -0.00L -0.15L -0.26L -0.34L -0.40L -0.43L -0.43L -0.42 -0.38L -0.32L -0.22L

Time 11:10 PM 9:23 AM 11:53 AM 1:57 PM 3:40 PM 4:42 PM 5:24 PM 5:56 PM 6:27 PM 7:05 PM 7:58 PM 9:07 PM 9:59 PM 10:27 PM 10:40 PM

Height 0.96H 0.67H 0.70H 0.80H 0.93H 1.03H 1.08H 1.10H 1.08H 1.06H 1.02H 0.99H 0.97H 0.92H 0.86H

Height 0.39H 0.35H 0.17L 0.10L 0.03L -0.02L -0.05L -0.06L -0.05L -0.04L -0.04L 0.45H 0.44H 0.43H 0.41H

Time 4:52 PM 7:52 AM 3:03 PM 4:51 PM 6:28 PM 7:55 PM 8:55 PM 9:45 PM 10:35 PM 11:32 PM

Height 0.08L 0.25L 0.27H 0.33H 0.38H 0.43H 0.46H 0.47H 0.46H 0.45H

12:29 PM 1:12 PM 1:56 PM 2:44 PM

-0.03L -0.02L 0.00L 0.04L

Height 0.19L 0.70L 0.51L 0.32L 0.16L 0.04L -0.05L -0.11L -0.14L -0.15L -0.15L -0.13L -0.09L -0.03L 0.07L

Time 10:26 PM 8:29 AM 11:14 AM 1:11 PM 3:57 PM 4:58 PM 6:02 PM 7:11 PM 8:14 PM 9:05 PM 9:48 PM 10:29 PM 11:10 PM 11:53 PM 10:55 PM

Height 0.88H 0.74H 0.76H 0.84H 0.95H 1.03H 1.07H 1.09H 1.11H 1.12H 1.12H 1.12H 1.09H 1.05H 0.96H

Height 0.18L 0.83L 0.58L 0.33L 0.12L -0.05L -0.19L -0.28L -0.35L -0.40L -0.42L -0.41L -0.38L -0.30L -0.18L

Time 10:30 PM 8:15 AM 11:20 AM 1:38 PM 3:10 PM 4:10 PM 4:58 PM 5:44 PM 6:31 PM 7:22 PM 8:13 PM 8:58 PM 9:34 PM 9:56 PM 10:00 PM

Height 1.27H 0.85H 0.91H 1.07H 1.24H 1.37H 1.45H 1.49H 1.51H 1.50H 1.49H 1.47H 1.43H 1.35H 1.23H

PM PM PM PM PM PM

Time 12:32 PM 3:13 PM 4:43 PM 6:24 PM 11:07 AM

Time 4:29 6:03 7:26 8:44

Height 0.70H 0.73H 0.85H 0.99H -0.31L

Height

PM PM PM PM

0.28L 0.47L 0.62L 0.74L

Time

Height

Time

Height

7:50 PM 9:08 PM 10:47 PM

0.13L 0.39L 0.64L

8:55 PM

1.15H

Time

Height

11:19 11:25 11:26 11:22

PM PM PM PM

0.87H 0.81H 0.79H 0.79H

Date Dec 10 Dec 11 Dec 12 Dec 13 Dec 14 Dec 15 Dec 16 Dec 17 Dec 18 Dec 19 Dec 20 Dec 21 Dec 22 Dec 23 Dec 24

Time 2:20 AM 1:48 AM 7:43 AM 7:59 AM 8:22 AM 8:49 AM 9:19 AM 9:52 AM 10:28 AM 11:07 AM 11:48 AM 12:52 AM 1:59 AM 2:36 AM 2:41 AM

9:55 6:55 7:56 9:31

AM PM PM PM

0.25H 0.22L 0.30L 0.37L

Time

Height

Time 5:57 PM 11:48 PM 11:47 PM 11:32 PM

Height 0.15L 0.34H 0.35H 0.38H

Port Aransas Time 3:32 PM 10:57 PM

Height

Time

Height

0.37H 0.59H

5:51 PM

0.35L

Height

Time

Height

Nueces Bay Date Dec 10 Dec 11 Dec 12 Dec 13 Dec 14 Dec 15 Dec 16 Dec 17 Dec 18 Dec 19 Dec 20 Dec 21 Dec 22 Dec 23 Dec 24

San Luis Pass

Height 1.20H 1.11H 1.03H 0.95H 0.88H 0.81L -0.44L -0.51L -0.53L 1.26H 1.21H 1.17H 1.13H 1.07H 1.01H

East Matagorda

Freeport Harbor Date Dec 10 Dec 11 Dec 12 Dec 13 Dec 14 Dec 15 Dec 16 Dec 17 Dec 18 Dec 19 Dec 20 Dec 21 Dec 22 Dec 23 Dec 24

Time 3:17 AM 3:04 AM 3:08 AM 3:14 AM 3:15 AM 12:59 AM 11:30 AM 11:57 AM 12:29 PM 12:07 AM 1:13 AM 2:33 AM 3:20 AM 3:28 AM 2:53 AM

Date Dec 10 Dec 11 Dec 12 Dec 13 Dec 14 Dec 15 Dec 16 Dec 17 Dec 18 Dec 19 Dec 20 Dec 21 Dec 22 Dec 23 Dec 24

Time 2:20 PM 5:49 AM 5:58 AM 6:18 AM 6:39 AM 7:01 AM 7:24 AM 7:48 AM 8:14 AM 8:44 AM 9:21 AM 10:05 AM 10:51 AM 11:37 AM 12:20 PM

3:45 5:25 6:43 7:44 8:44

PM PM PM PM PM

0.40L 0.57L 0.71L 0.83L 0.93L

Time

Height

3:00 PM 4:32 PM 6:21 PM

0.48L 0.74L 0.95L

Time 10:30 10:21 10:26 10:41 10:56

PM PM PM PM PM

Height 0.84H 0.84H 0.87H 0.91H 0.96H

South Padre Island

PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM

Time 2:58 PM 8:27 PM 10:10 PM

0.12H 0.13H 0.24H

10:02 PM 10:54 PM

-0.02L 0.11L

Date Dec 10 Dec 11 Dec 12 Dec 13 Dec 14 Dec 15 Dec 16 Dec 17 Dec 18 Dec 19 Dec 20 Dec 21 Dec 22 Dec 23 Dec 24

Time 1:51 PM 5:52 AM 5:32 AM 5:44 AM 6:02 AM 6:23 AM 6:46 AM 7:13 AM 7:45 AM 8:21 AM 9:01 AM 9:42 AM 10:26 AM 11:11 AM 11:57 AM

Time 10:22 PM 10:15 PM 10:06 PM

Height 1.15H 1.08H 1.06H

Texas Coast Tides

Date Dec 10 Dec 11 Dec 12 Dec 13 Dec 14 Dec 15 Dec 16 Dec 17 Dec 18 Dec 19 Dec 20 Dec 21 Dec 22 Dec 23 Dec 24

Date Dec 10 Dec 11 Dec 12 Dec 13 Dec 14 Dec 15 Dec 16 Dec 17 Dec 18 Dec 19 Dec 20 Dec 21 Dec 22 Dec 23 Dec 24

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PRESENTS

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INDUSTRY GM enters electric outboard industry

Agency for Smith’s Consumer Products

General Motors acquired a 25 percent ownership stake in Pure Watercraft, the Seattle-based manufacturer of batteryelectric outboard motors.

King Eider Communications was retained

by Smith’s Consumer Products as the company’s public and media relations agency.

GRTU appointee

Marketing VP at MarineMax

Chris Johnson was elected the Texas State Council Chair for Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited.

MarineMax named Abbey Heimensen vice president of marketing.

Expansion at Humminbird Humminbird announced an expansion of its Eufaula, Alabama plant, creating about 77 new jobs this fall.

Little joins DU Ducks Unlimited named Matt Little its western region director of public policy.

SAR USA seeks rep group Firearm manufacturer SAR USA is seeking a manufacturing sales representation group for the Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma territory.

Agency for Redfin Polarized Source Outdoor Group was named the public relations agency of record for Redfin Polarized.

Scapegoats for Omicron Continued from page 1

ACROSS 1) A fish just after hatching 2) Soft plastic lure with legs 4) A tail type on a plastic lure 8) Stone used for starting fires 9) The white hare 10) A rifle brand 12) Gun part that rests on shoulder 13) An African antelope 14) Texas’ deer capital 15) The male elk 17) A pair of shot birds 18) One of the shorebirds 20) A sinker type 24) A deer sound 25) Bass boat brand 27) Command for dog to walk alongside 28) Holding the bowstring at full draw 29) Gathering of quail 31) The palomar is one 36) A shark species 37) Nice to have in the deer blind 40) Centerpoint of the target 41) Charlotte’s team name 42) Paris’ county 43) One of the geese 44) Type of shooting rest

DOWN 1) Group of ducks 3) Australia’s wild dogs 4) Shotshell brand 5) Sighting tool in a scope 6) Jourdanton’s county 7) A saltwater cat 11) Where the rifle’s ammo is stored 12) An exotic game species in Texas 16) A primitive bow 18) Fixing the female dog 19) Combination of metals 20) The calmer river section 21) The larger shad 22) A sighting aid on a barrel 23) A Labrador color 26) An upland game bird 30) Hico’s county 32) Snacks at deer camp 33) A tuna species 34) A dabbling duck 35) One of the fins 38) Bait for black drum 39) The folded part of the shotshell

Puzzle by Craig Nyhus, Lone Star Outdoor News

Minister, Joe Phaahla, was more direct.

“Unjustified”, “draconian” and “counterproductive,” Phaahla called the decision by countries that decided to restrict travel in an attempt to contain the spread of the new Omnicron coronavirus variant.

The decision bans travel to and from South Africa, Bostwana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi.

Phaahla accused the U.S. and European countries of “finding scapegoats to deal with what is a worldwide problem.”

Although not supported by the World Health Organization, the Administration sided with European countries to completely suspend flights to and from the region until there was a “clear understanding about the danger” posed by the new variant.

Phaahla compared the daily infection rates in South Africa, although spiking up to more than 10,000, to U.S. daily infections of more than 50,000.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called for the bans to be lifted immediately, and Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera described the travel bans as “Afrophobia.”

Tulio de Oliveira, the South African virologist who announced the discovery of the variant, slammed the decision to suspend flights out of the region.

“The prohibition of travel is not informed by science. Nor will it be effective in preventing the spread of this variant,” he said. “The only thing the prohibition on travel will do is to further damage the economies of the affected countries and undermine their ability to respond to and also to recover from the pandemic.”

Dallas Safari Club, with its convention

to begin Jan. 6, issued a notice Dec. 3 that the organization “is working with our exhibitor partners who have been affected by these restrictions to help ensure they have representation at the Convention.”

According to Executive Director Corey Mason, of the 900 plus exhibitors, more than 100 could be affected.

Mason returned early from attending the professional hunting groups’ meetings, taking a roundabout way home before travel became even more difficult.

“People were really excited and positive about the next year,” he said. “This decision created hardships for the rest of the world. It sucked the life out of everybody.”

Mason said the organization is working on alternatives with all of the affected businesses.

“A lot of the southern Africa businesses have people in other countries,” he said.

“Many others either have a way to get here or have a U.S. representative or agent. I think many will find a way — they are a resilient group of people.”

African safari outfitters just completed their annual meetings, including the Custodians of Professional Hunting & Conservation, PHASA and the Namibian Professional Hunters Association (NAPHA), all with a positive eye on the future — until the ban.

“Many outfitters and PHs will not survive this latest travel ban if it continues,” Van Coller said. “The repercussions and unintended consequences are going to be dire and adversely affect the whole wildlife value chain. Rural economies are on the verge of collapse — this may just be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.”

Boy’s buck Continued from page 4

and waited for a shot opportunity,” Vaughan said. “When he turned broadside, I aimed right behind his shoulder, and asked my grandpa if it was OK to shoot. He said yes, and I pulled the trigger.”

The youngster said he didn’t see what happened after he took the shot, but his cousin and grandpa assured him that the deer had gone down.

“My cousin swore to me that she saw him fall down, and I just couldn’t believe it,” Vaughan elaborated. “We took our time gathering our gear in the blind, and then got out to go take a look at the buck.”

Vaughan’s shot was about 100 yards, using his 6.5 Creedmoor.

“I was speechless when I walked up to the buck and finally got to check him out,” he said. “I was so excited that I had finally got it done.”

Vaughan said the most rewarding part of the hunt was knowing he was able to make a great shot after spending plenty of time practicing shooting and gun safety with his dad.

“It was so cool to load up a deer that I shot onto the ATV and then go clean him with my family,” he said.

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TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING REPORT ROCKPORT: 70 degrees. Redfish are fair on mullet and pin perch. Black drum are fair on shrimp along the bottom around Aransas Pass.

PORT ARANSAS: 72 degrees. Bull reds are fair at the jetties on cut menhaden, cut mullet and cut sand trout. Black drum are fair on free-lined shrimp.

SABINE LAKE: 66 degrees. Black drum are fair on live shrimp under a popping cork on the bottom. On a calm day, black drum and bull reds are biting at the jetties. Redfish are fair on live shrimp under a popping cork.

BOLIVAR: 70 degrees. Redfish are fair on live finger mullet, fresh cut bait and squid.

TRINITY BAY: 70 degrees. Speckled trout are fair but small on live shrimp and soft plastics. Black drum are fair on live shrimp, fished on the bottom. Redfish are fair on live shrimp and soft plastics.

EAST GALVESTON BAY: 68 degrees. Bull redfish are fair at the jetties on fresh dead shad and cut mullet. Black drum are slow to fair on live shrimp.

WEST GALVESTON BAY: 68 degrees.

Speckled trout and redfish are fair on live shrimp and artificial lures.

CORPUS CHRISTI: 73 degrees. Speckled trout are good on free-lined shrimp.

BAFFIN BAY: 72 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are fair on live shrimp under a popping cork.

PORT MANSFIELD: 65-75 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are fair in the potholes on willow tails.

SOUTH PADRE: 76 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are fair to good during warm fronts on soft plastics, then fair when water temperatures drop in the Intracoastal canal.

PORT ISABEL: 76 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are fair to good during warm fronts on soft plastics, then fair when water temperatures drop in the Intracoastal canal.

—TPWD

FREEPORT: 71 degrees. Redfish are fair on live shrimp under a popping cork.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY: 73 degrees.

Speckled trout and redfish are fair on live and soft plastics in bays and in the Colorado River.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY: 73 degrees.

Redfish and speckled trout are fair on soft plastics and shrimp.

PORT O’CONNOR: 71 degrees. Speckled trout are good in the mornings on plastics and live shrimp. Large black drum and redfish are fair on sardines. Slot redfish are are fair on dead shrimp.

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Logan Parks, 23, and Tucker Smith, 20, fishing buddies and Auburn University students from Shoal Creek, Alabama, claimed the $1 million first-place prize at the Johnny Morris Bass Pro Shops U.S. Open National Bass Fishing Amateur Team Championships on Table Rock Lake.

Logan and Tucker bested a field of 350 teams in the three-day event, hauling in five fish for a Sunday-best 16.41 pounds. In addition to the $1 million, both Logan and Tucker were awarded a new truck and bass boat.

—Bass Pro Shops

The Wildlife Department’s Fisheries Division proposed a rule change that would allow anglers to keep smaller, more abundant largemouth and smallmouth bass. The proposal aims to remove the 14-inch minimum length limit from lakes and reservoirs, and would allow anglers to keep only one bass greater than 16 inches daily. If approved, biologists anticipate a positive impact on the overall quality of Oklahoma’s black bass populations.

—ODWF

Deer harvest numbers up slightly

Deer rifle harvest dips

College students take Proposals allow $1 million fishing prize keeping smaller bass

WISCONSIN

Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation showed that deer hunters in Missouri harvested 187,967 deer during the November portion of firearms deer season, Nov. 13-23. Of the 187,967 deer harvested, 101,501 were antlered bucks, 16,435 were button bucks, and 70,031 were does.

Last year hunters checked 177,769 deer during the November portion of firearms deer season.

—MDC

Hunters registered 175,667 deer during the state’s 9-day deer gun hunt, including 84,952 antlered and 90,715 antlerless deer. Since archery seasons opened Sept.

18, hunters have registered 270,046 deer statewide.

Compared to 2020, the total firearm deer harvest was down 7.9 percent statewide, with buck harvest down 1.3 percent and antlerless harvest down 13.2 percent.

Sales for gun, bow, crossbow, sports and patron licenses reached 808,224, down 1.5 percent from last year.

—WDNR

WASHINGTON, D.C.

WYOMING

Wind projects and coastal fishing The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, in consultation with the National Marine Fisheries Service and affected coastal states, is developing guidance to mitigate potential impacts from offshore wind projects on commercial and recreational fisheries.

BOEM has issued a Request for Information in order to collect knowledge from people and organizations who know and use the areas that could be affected.

As part of this process, BOEM is hosting a series of two-hour virtual fisheries mitigation scoping dialogues in December. The Gulf of Mexico Workshop is being held on Dec. 15 from 10 a.m. to noon CST. The workshops are intended primarily for commercial and recreational fishermen, but are also open to the public.

—BOEM

Eagle Claw to build Cheyenne plant Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon announced Wright & McGill Company, the owner of Eagle Claw Fishing Tackle, has purchased 60 acres in Cheyenne to build a new manufacturing plant.

“Growing up fishing here in Wyoming, some of my first fishing tackle was Eagle Claw,” Gordon said. “Having them locate in Wyoming is like a boyhood dream coming true.”

The company, based in Denver, Colorado, plans to add to its manufacturing capabilities by building the facility.

—Gov. Mark Gordon

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Grass beds with sand pockets in about 2 feet of water have been producing well for Mahl, who said the amount of bait in the estuary is incredible.

“The Gas Well Flats area and Long Bar have been holding plenty of fish,” he said.

“When the top-water bite dies, soft plastics rigged under a popping cork have been doing the trick. The fish are staging along slight drop-offs waiting to ambush baitfish as the tide moves, and that’s where you want to focus your efforts. And anywhere there are seagulls rafted up and sitting on the water is also likely to be concentrating both trout and redfish.”

In Port Mansfield, Capt. Joseph Prado said he’s seeing speckled trout of all sizes in a lot of areas along the Lower Laguna Madre.

“We’ve been catching our fair share of solid specks, but I’m also seeing a bunch of small undersized trout, some as little as 8 to 10 inches,” Prado said. “Seeing these small fish is encouraging, as far as the future is concerned.”

Prado has been catching and releasing plenty of trout from 4 to 7 pounds while wade-fishing in thigh- to waist-deep water.

“A lot of what’s been going on lately has to do with the weather,” he said “We’ve had some really great stretches of mild weather, and it seems like the bigger trout tend to be feeding more on the cooler days right now.”

According to Prado, the redfish have been thick in most areas right alongside the trout.

“There’s a ton of redfish to be caught,”

he said. “They’re seemingly everywhere.”

Top-water lures and subsurface mullet imitation twitch baits have produced the most success.

“Just a few months ago, you could fish in the same areas that we are catching trout in right now and not catch a single one,” Prado said.

The staff at Getaway Lodge in Port Mansfield are reporting consistent action for both trout and redfish. They have been seeing a lot of specks from 18-24 inches being caught on soft plastics, as well as plenty of slot-sized redfish on top-waters over grass flats with potholes.

Baffin Bay guide Capt. Dom Lopez said when he’s been drift-fishing from his boat, he’s been focusing on areas near rocks in 2-3 feet of water for trout, and deeper, muddy potholes for reds. Live shrimp rigged under a popping cork has been his go-to bait presentation.

“The trout bite has really been on fire recently,” Lopez said. “We’ve had a few days where three or four guys can catch anywhere from 50-100 specks in a day when they’re feeding good. Most of these fish have been in the 16- to 22-inch range, with an occasional 24 incher mixed in.”

While wade-fishing, Lopez said both soft plastics and slow-sinking mullet imitation plugs have been producing a lot of strikes over stretches with mud and grass beds.

“The key has been targeting the stretches of water that have the most baitfish,” he said. “If you’re on the bait, there’s going to be predatory fish nearby.”

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Caleb Sumrall, hunting on his grandparents’ property near Camp Wood, spotted an unusual sight one evening over the Thanksgiving weekend. A huge aoudad stepped out and Sumrall took the shot, dropping the animal.

“This was my first time to hunt the property, and I really had no intentions of shooting anything other than maybe a hog,” Sumrall said. “I was basically just going out to take inventory and to see what kind of deer were moving around on the place.”

Sumrall hadn’t seen anything and was getting ready to call it an evening when he heard something moving through the brush.

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