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January 14, 2022

Volume 18, Issue 10

Still chasing does

After a first-ever closure of red snapper fishing in state waters, anglers got back out after the start of the year. Photo by Lone Star Outdoor News.

South Texas deer hunters are familiar with watching rutting activity after the new year, but it’s uncommon to see a buck with his nose in the air or another one chasing a doe once you move north. Whether it’s a late rut; the result of higher numbers of does failing to get bred in the initial estrus period; or finally a bout of cold weather after a hot month, hunters are witnessing more activity than usual this winter. Additionally, hunters are reporting seeing mature bucks they haven’t seen all season. Unfortunately, those who aren’t on Managed Lands Deer Permit properties will have to wait until next year, as the general season ended in the North Zone Jan. 2. The South Zone general season ends Jan. 16, and MLDP hunting continues until Feb. 28. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

Red snapper after the break By Tony Vindell

For Lone Star Outdoor News After a month-anda-half long hiatus, red snapper fishing is back on track in state waters. The restart went into effect on Jan. 1, but due to a cold front that brought high winds, both recreational and headboat operators didn’t hit the waters of the Gulf of Mexico until Jan.4. It was the first time state waters closed under an agreement between the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the National Marine Fisheries Service. The federal agency concluded that Texas exceeded its annual catch limit in 2019 by about 62,000 pounds therefore calling for a payback.

Texas challenged the ruling in court, but the closure took place from Nov. 15 through Dec. 31 of 2021. Area and out-of-state anglers were disappointed, but that was all put behind with the fishing resumption as the new year began. Anglers from the South Padre Island/Port Isabel and Port Mansfield areas could not wait to go after one of their favorite fights and favorite meals. On Jan. 4, some 20 fishing enthusiasts went on the IslandThunderbird, based belonging to Murphy’s Charter Services, and came back with their limit of four red snapper. Most of the fish caught were in the 15 to 18 inches in length Please turn to page 13

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Praying for ducks By Craig Nyhus

Duck hunters across the state have been waiting for more birds to arrive, wondering if cold fronts will ever bring more birds to their areas. In North Texas, Nic Drayovitch hunted the early morning of Jan. 8 before heading to the Dallas Safari Club Convention

near Lake Texoma’s Denison dam, and came back encouraged. “There was some green in the air,” he said. “We got seven mallards and two buffleheads. A friend in Bowie had a good pintail hunt the next day and they said more birds have shown up around Texoma even since we hunted, and green-winged teal and wood ducks are in the back

sloughs.” Hunters in the Wichita Falls area also have seen an increase in mallard numbers, giving them hope for the last few weeks of the season. Brent Karrington hunted near Sherman on Jan. 9 and reported a three-man limit of wigeon and gadwall in areas where they hadn’t been seeing many of the birds.

Emily Grace and her fiancé, Chad Shultz, attended their first duck hunt in Garwood. Photo from Emily Grace.

Please turn to page 5 Freshwater Fishing Report . Page 10 Game Warden Blotter . . . . Page 12 Saltwater Fishing Report . . Page 13 Heroes . . . . . . . . . . . Page 14 Sun, Moon & Tides . . . . . Page 15 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . Page 18 Datebook . . . . . . . . . Page 18

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HUNTING

FISHING

Too warm (P. 4)

Ivie lunkers (P. 8)

North Zone deer season ends before cold snap.

Several already caught.

Geese moving in (P. 4)

Speck limits may change (P. 8)

Best to the west, north.

Comment open for regulation revisions.

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HUNTING

Mild weather hampers late hunt By Nate Skinner

For Lone Star Outdoor News The end of the general deer season brought frustration to many hunters, especially those hunting in the North Zone. Warm weather plagued much of the state during the last several weeks leading up to the end of the season. While South Zone hunters were finally able to get some colder weather and freezing temperatures that eliminated ample food sources for whitetails before their general season closed, the cold front that passed across the state on New Year’s weekend was too little, too late for many hunters in the North Zone, where the general season ended Jan. 2. Freezing temperatures didn’t occur until the morning after parts of the North Zone general deer season ended, and for many hunters in the central portion of the state, the properties didn’t experience a frost until later. Massive acorn crops and available green grasses and forbs kept concentrations of deer away from feeders, while warm temperatures made for increased nighttime activity. Texas A&M University student Tanner Kotara hunted his family’s property in Karnes County during

Gunner LeBlanc, 10, harvested this buck on the Wild Sendero Ranch with his dad, Ryan. Photo from Ryan LeBlanc.

his time off from school. Kotara was in the blind every day during the last week of the season. “Deer movement was sporadic at best,” he said. “I would see several does and a young buck or two during a hunt, and then not see anything for two or three sits. The weather was uncomfortably warm up until the last day of the season when a cold front blew through. All of the deer that I saw were passing through pastures with green grasses and weeds, or along the edge of a creek bottom eating acorns. I had very few deer coming to feeders, and almost all of the trail camera pictures I had of mature bucks were at night.” Kotara ended up harvesting a management buck on the last evening of the season. “It wasn’t a giant buck by any means, but after having a season without a single shot opportunity, I wanted to be able to get some meat to take back to school with me,” he explained. “This 8-pointer walked out in the last few minutes of legal light, so I decided to to take him.” Jeff Butler hunted properties in both Bee County and Wilson County to close out the season with his nephew, Kayden Butler. “It was definitely a tough season Please turn to page 6

Goose numbers low along coast Better west and north By Nate Skinner

DSC convention ends, more shows to come

For Lone Star Outdoor News For those looking to cash in on a goose hunt during the last part of the season, the northern and western portions of the state are the places to be. Goose numbers along coastal prairies are pretty sparse, at least in terms of what they have been in previous years. Grain fields across the Rolling Plains are holding good numbers of specklebellies and some Canada geese, and the Panhandle and High Plains regions are littered with a good mix of Canadas, specks and snow geese. Stretches of South Texas are holding decent concentrations of specklebellies, especially Jed and Denise Mazour shot two specklebellies each while over harvested corn and hunting over a corn field near Pearsall. Photo from Jed Mazour. peanut fields; and some smaller snow geese feeds and the results were not encouraging have been building in certain places for coastal goose hunters. This year’s along coastal prairies. survey estimated a total of 261,682 The mid-winter Texas Coastal light geese along the state’s coastal reGoose Survey was flown by Texas gion, which is the 12th lowest count Parks and Wildlife Department staff in the 74 years that this survey has around the middle of last month, Please turn to page 17

Evening banquets and auctions saw good crowds willing to bid at DSC’s 40th convention. Photo by Safari Classics.

By Craig Nyhus

Lone Star Outdoor News Dallas Safari Club’s 40th convention concluded Jan. 9, leaving exhibitors and staff pleased with the size of the crowds. Most African outfitters made the trip across the pond — some hurriedly after the travel ban from eight Af-

rican countries was lifted New Year’s Eve. Outfitters reported satisfaction with the number of bookings and the people stopping by their booths. Mike Baird, of B&B Taxidermy in Houston, said his business has been focused on North American animals for the past year.

“That’s all getting ready to change,” he said. “I heard from all kinds of customers that they are planning trips this year and next year.” Attendance numbers weren’t finalized, but most felt total numbers were only down slightly, as people lined the halls, especially on Saturday, Jan. 8. DSC President Please turn to page 6

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Will the ducks come? Continued from page 1

In the coastal prairie, fair numbers of teal were found at Bucksnag Hunting Camp in Garwood for the annual Stewards of the Wild all chapter duck hunt. One group shot 25 ducks, while other groups averaged around 10 birds. Emily Grace and her fiancé, Chad Shultz, were first-time hunters on the trip. They both found success harvesting a few ducks each. While Texas hunters may be hopeful, another cold blast may be required to bring the birds down in time to satisfy hunters, especially in the cen- Groups of hunters found some success while hunting in Garwood for tral part of the state. Accord- the Stewards of the Wild annual chapter duck hunt. Photo from Emily ing to Ducks Unlimited’s Mi- Grace. gration Map, hunters in south central Nebraska are still reporting peak numbers of birds; Kansas and Oklahoma reports are showing increasing numbers; and eastern Colorado reports indicate low but incoming numbers. Drayovitch is still optimistic, though. “It should be a good end of the season if you have the right spot,” he said.

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In-person shows return Continued from page 4

Amy Callender McBee said with a day remaining in the show that raffle sales were up 29 percent; the DSC Store had sold more than $100,000 in merchandise; the silent auctions brought more than $169,000; more than $2 million was raised in the live auctions; and DSC membership grew with 700 new members, 60 being new life members. Butch Whiting, CEO of Kryptek, said when being recognized as a sponsor of the convention, “We are so thankful to DSC and to Texas for allowing the freedom to have this get-together without imposing undue hardships.” Other shows haven’t been so lucky. Wild Sheep Foundation’s Sheep Week began Jan. 12 at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Reno, Nevada. WSF became creative when dealing with Nevada’s mask mandate, designing and providing logoed masks free of charge to exhibitors and guests. “Hate masks?” asked WSF CEO Gray Thornton. “Me too, but Exhibitors moved all types of mounts into the Kay Bailey Hutchisome B.C. sheep guides said they’ll son Convention Center for the DSC convention. Photo by Lili work as well as Speedos for cold Keys, Lone Star Outdoor News. lake dips.” The firearms industry’s trade show, the Shot Show, begins in Las Vegas Jan. 18 at the Venetian Expo. Although several large vendors pulled out due to safety concerns, like Sig Sauer and Beretta Holdings, the show is planning to move forward again — masks required. The National Shooting Sports Foundation, which hosts the show, said attendance is only pacing about 20 percent below previous numbers, and the show has adopted the slogan, “ALL IN,” assuring attendees the show will go on.

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for getting in front of mature deer,” Butler said. “Probably one of the toughest I’ve seen in a long time. Tons of acorns and green forage combined with warm conditions, turned our bigger bucks into ghosts. We had very few game camera pictures of our target bucks throughout the season, and the ones that we were getting were at night.” Butler said movement around feeders was minimal, and that they spent most of the season seeing movement in thick brush where the deer were content to feed on acorns. “We had more acorns than I’ve ever seen in my life, and it made the season pretty frustrating at times,” Butler admitted. During one of the few cold fronts of the season that dropped temperatures for a couple of days, Butler and his nephBucks are still locked up with does in South Texas, and some late ew were able to both get shots rutting activity was seen as the North Zone season ended. Photo at mature bucks. He harvested by Nate Skinner, for Lone Star Outdoor News. his buck in Bee County, and his nephew shot his the next day in fective, and a lot of our mature bucks have Wilson County. “As tough as this season was, we weren’t been locked up with does.” LeBlanc also owns and operates the Shirgoing to let these opportunities pass us by,” Butler said. “Had we not taken the ley Ranch near Johnson City, where the shots we were given, we may not have got- deer are in a post-rut pattern and hammering feed. ten any more opportunities.” “Most of the bucks on the Shirley are Randy Leissner spent the final days of the North Zone season on his lease in trying to recover from the rut,” he said. Dustin Haney has been hunting on his Schleicher County, where he saw a lot of late rut activity in comparison to what he lease in Bee County, as well as on a property up in Wheeler County in the Panhanhas seen there in the past. “The deer were not hanging around dle. “In Bee County, we are seeing a lot of feeders for long, and bucks were definitely more interested in looking for does,” Leiss- rut activity from younger bucks,” Haney said. “The mature bucks seem to be about ner said. Owner and operator of the Wild Send- done with the rut. After a very mild season ero Ranch in South Texas, Ryan LeBlanc, in terms of weather, it will be interesting said deer activity really picked up after the to see what comes to feed now that we’ve finally had a freeze.” freeze that followed New Year’s Day. In Wheeler County, Haney said the deer “It was hot for almost the whole month of December, and this shot of cold weather were hitting winter food plots regularly at got the deer on their feet,” LeBlanc said. the end of the season. “Just about anything that was green was “Our deer have been pretty regular on feed since the front hit, and we are still seeing holding concentrations of deer,” he said. signs of rut activity. Rattling has been ef-

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FISHING Speckled trout reg changes proposed Lone Star Outdoor News Those who want to include their input on proposed spotted seatrout regulation changes need to do so before Jan. 26. The changes will be voted on by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission at its January meeting, held Jan. 26-27. The proposed rules would reduce the spotted seatrout bag limit to three fish and restrict the allowable size to 17-23

inches for two years. These regulation changes would only affect Matagorda Bay, San Antonio Bay, Aransas Bay, Corpus Christi Bay, and the Upper and Lower Laguna Madre systems. According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, the goal of the ruling is to leave more spawning fish in the water for two spawning seasons in order to help the populations recover quickly from the 2021 winter storm. Public hearings were held on Jan.

11 in Corpus Christi and Port Isabel; Jan. 12 in Rockport; and Jan. 13 in Port Lavaca. Additionally, an online webinar was held Jan. 10 to allow for public comments. Official public comments may be submitted on the TPWD public comment page until Jan. 26, or by contacting the Coastal Fisheries division at (512) 389-8575 or cfish@tpwd.texas. gov.

Bag and size limits may change for speckled trout anglers from Matagorda Bay to Corpus Christi Bay. Photo by Lone Star Outdoor News.

Winter patterns slowly emerging on coast By Nate Skinner

For Lone Star Outdoor News Prior to recent cold fronts, winter conditions were nearly nonexistent along the Texas coast. Northerly winds from these weather systems dropped tides back to more normal levels after they had been elevated for several weeks. Even though water temperatures have not dipped extremely low, a winter pattern for speckled trout and redfish is slowly emerging after the game fish have been

scattered for several weeks. Sabine Lake area guide Capt. Randy Foreman said redfish began stacking up across ledges and shelves along the edges of flats in the Neches River as more winter weather finally prevailed. “The reds have been stacked up in big concentrations just prior to when a front hits, and during the passage of a front, over shell near dropoffs along the edges of the river channel,” Foreman said. “They pile up in these locations because the cold fronts Please turn to page 13

There are redfish to be caught along the shallow back lakes of the Aransas Bay Complex, in 6-11 inches of water, for those willing to get out of the boat and wade. Photo by Keaton Milford. Left, Capt. Nathan Beabout caught and released this 7-pound trout while wade-fishing south of Port Mansfield. Photo from Nathan Beabout.

Ivie at it again By Craig Nyhus

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O.H. Ivie is producing large bass once again this year. On Jan. 5, Fisherman Tyler Anderson landed this 14.48-pound largemouth on the lake. Photo from Tyler Anderson.

Lake O.H. Ivie, in Concho, Coleman and Runnels counties, is producing giant largemouths again this year. The bite on the 19,149-acre lake began in December, highlighted by a 15.16-pounder caught by angler Josh Jones, of Kiefer, Oklahoma. Jones became known in Texas last year for several large bass and his strategy of identifying suspended fish through his LiveScope electronics and targeting specific fish with swimbaits and Alabama rigs. The approach caught on, even though it can involve fishing for hours for a single bite from a particular fish, exceeding the patience level of many anglers.

Jones caught his fish on Dec. 27, which was preceded by a 10.84-pounder caught by Jon Chamberlain on Christmas Eve, and a 12.89-pounder caught by Dennis Griffin on Dec. 13. Big fish kept coming in the new year, with a 12.66-pounder caught by Brandon Vaughn on Jan. 8 and a 14.48-pound largemouth landed by Tyler Anderson on Jan. 5. Anderson landed his fish in 28 feet of water on an Alabama rig. Wendell Ramsey, who guides on the lake, was the most recent report of a big fish with a 14.92-pounder caught on Jan. 8. While taking some youngsters fishing, Ramsey located a fish suspended in 14 feet of water and used an umbrella rig with swimbaits to hook the bass.

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Lake Fork levels drawn down

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Anglers at Lake Fork wondered why the lake was dropping so quickly. And according to the Sabine River Authority, repairs are the reason, causing the water level to drop about 3 feet. “Engineers recommend that the Sabine River Authority of Texas, Lake Fork Division, make minor repairs to the soil cement along the Lake Fork Dam, some Photo by Lone Star Outdoor News of which are currently located underwater,” the SRA said. “Recent wave action dislodged numerous small sections of the soil cement along the upstream side of the embankment, which protects the earthen portion of the dam.” SRA said the work should be completed by the end of January 2022, and the lake level will trend back up, but the rate of rise will depend on rainfall and inflow from upstream tributaries. The Fishing Doctor reported on the Texas Fishing Forum that the damage can be seen starting at the flood gate along the length of the dam to Chaney Creek, where a crew of five workers were drilling and placing rebar. “You can see many patches from previous repairs and there appear to be many more patches to complete,” he said. —Staff report

Redfish leagues join forces The Professional Redfish League (PRL), based in Corpus Christi, acquired Redfish World Series (RWS) in an effort to unify the sport of competitive redfishing. “We are super excited to expand and grow our portfolio,” said Ron Henne, Jr., Professional Redfish League. “Acquiring the Redfish World Series created an opportunity for us to convert our National Championship into the Redfish World Series.” Since its inception in 2019, the Redfish World Series has been recognized as the most prestigious redfish competition in the world, bringing together the top redfish anglers in the country. In 2022, anglers who are members of the Professional Redfish League will be eligible to compete as a team towards Divisional Team of the Year and qualify to compete in the Professional Redfish League Redfish World Series. Teams must fish three divisional events or three divisional events plus an additional tournament (depending on commitment) to be invited to compete in the Professional Redfish League Redfish World Series. —PRL

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Mary Jo Peckham Park | Katy 3,160

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Ascarate| El Paso 6,000

Medical Center South | Amarillo 4,424

1/13/2022, 2/2/2022, 3/2/2022

1/21/2022, 2/4/2022, 2/18/2022, 3/4/2022

Beal Park Lake| Midland 2,250

Mesquite City Lake | Mesquite 3,160

2/9/2022, 3/1/2022

Blanco State Park #4| Blanco 3,000 1/28/2022

Burke-Crenshaw Lake | Pasadena 2,400 1/21/2022, 2/4/2022, 2/18/2022, 3/4/2022

Canyon Tailrace | New Braunfels 20,331 12/17/2021, 12/22/2021, 12/30/2021, 1/7/2022, 1/14/2022, 1/21/2022, 1/28/2022, 2/27/2022

Comanche Trails park | Odessa 5,000 2/10/2022, 3/2/2022

Holland Lake Park | Weatherford 2,600

1/21/2022, 2/18/2022

Miller's Pond | San Antonio 3,792 1/21/2022, 2/18/2022

Nora Pond | waco 3,000 2/5/2022

Possum Kingdom Tailrace | Graford 9,000 1/12/2022, 1/26/2022, 2/8/2022, 2/23/2022

Southside Lions Park (Hi-Lions) | San Antonio 4,744 1/21/2022, 2/18/2022

Waterloo Park Pond | Denison 5,136 1/30/2022, 2/20/2022

2/7/2022

LNVA Barrier Pond | Beaumont 3,000 1/20/2022

Lamesa 9th Street Park Lake | Lamesa 3,500

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TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT ALAN HENRY: Water clear; 55-60 degrees; 3.69’ low. Largemouth bass are good on football jigs and spoons off ledges. Crappie are good on jigs tipped with minnows. AMISTAD: Water clear; 58 degrees; 47.80’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on plastic worms and crankbaits. Catfish are good on stink bait and cut bait. ARLINGTON: Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 4.69’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on blue or black spinner baits, football jigs and crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on cut bait and chicken livers. ATHENS: Water clear; 59-61 degrees; 0.37’ high. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are slow to fair on minnows and jigs. AUSTIN: Water clear; 56-60 degrees; 0.81’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on drop-shot soft plastics and vertical jigging spoons. White bass are fair trolling deep-diving crankbaits, schools jigging spoons. Catfish are slow to fair on live cut bait. B.A. STEINHAGEN: Water stained; 62 degrees; 0.41’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait and prepared bait. 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. BELTON: Water lightly stained; 59 degrees; 2.41’ low. Catfish are good drifting with fresh cut bait. White bass are fair to good on slabs. BENBROOK: Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 3.84’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on jerk baits, shaky-head jigs and blue or purple Carolinarigged worms. Crappie are good on minnows. Hybrid striped bass are fair on live bait and swimbaits. Catfish are good on chicken livers and cut bait. BOB SANDLIN: Water clear; 43 degrees; 1.41’ low. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cheese bait. BRAUNIG: Water stained, 68 degrees. Redfish are fair on live tilapia and cut shad. Channel catfish and blue catfish are good around the jetty and rip rap on cheese bait and worms. BROWNWOOD: Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 1.54’ low. Largemouth bass are good on perch crankbaits and brown or green Texas-rigged plastic worms. Crappie are fair 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; 57 degrees; 4.83’ low. Largemouth bass are good on red bug finesse worms, red or orange craw crankbaits and white swim jigs. White bass are good on jigging spoons. Catfish are fair to good on live cut shad, chicken livers and punch bait. CADDO: Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 0.44’ high. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, buzz baits 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 LAKE: Water lightly stained; 56 degrees; 0.36’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on football jigs, red or green Texas-rigged plastic worms, and white-bladed spinner baits. Striped bass are good along the river channel edge with 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; 55-58 degrees; 1.64’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Carolina-rigged worms and black/blue jigs. White bass are good under birds on swimbaits. Catfish are fair on prepared baits. CHOKE CANYON: Water lightly stained; 64 degrees; 18.42’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on red shad flukes. Crappie are good in the hardwoods on minnows. Catfish are good on cheese bait. CONROE: Water slightly stained; 62 degrees; 1.07’ low. Hybrid striped bass are fair on hellbenders and slabs. Crappie are good on hair jigs. Catfish are good on liver, catfish bubblegum and cut bait. COOPER: Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 3.50’ low. Blue catfish are fair on cut gizzard shad. CORPUS CHRISTI: Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 2.92’ low. Crappie are fair on live minnows. White bass are fair on live minnows and small lipless crankbaits. Catfish are good on punch bait and soap bait. FALCON: Water stained; 68 degrees; 42.68’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on spinner baits, crankbaits and finesse worms. Crappie

are good on minnows. Catfish are excellent on cut shad and cheese bait. FORK: Water lightly stained; 56 degrees; 6.05’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on jigs and chatter baits. Crappie are good, fish are suspended and biting on minnows. GRAHAM: Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 2.60’ low. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on jug lines with perch. GRANBURY: Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 0.62’ low. Striped bass are good on deep-diving crankbaits. Catfish are fair on cut shad. GRANGER: Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 1.12’ high. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, raspberry and watermelon Carolinarigged 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; 1.21’ low. White bass are fair on double rigs with a lightweight slab and a scented minnow. Catfish are fair on shad. HUBBARD CREEK: Water stained; 52 degrees; 2.49’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Carolina rigs. White bass are excellent on slabs and small swimbaits. JACKSONVILLE: Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 0.08’ above. Largemouth bass are fair on deep-diving crankbaits, shaky head jigs and Texas-rigged plastic worms. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on punch bait and cut bait. JOE POOL: Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 1.30’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on 6-inch motor oil worms. Crappie are good on small minnows. LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 0.46’ low. Crappie are good at the dam drifting with minnows and in standing timber on jigs. Catfish are good on cheese bait. LAVON: Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 3.88’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, jigs and soft plastics. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on swimbaits and slabs. Blue catfish are good drifting with cut bait. LBJ: Water lightly stained; 50 degrees; 0.76’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crawfish crankbaits, red lipless crankbaits, and crawfish-imitation soft plastics.

White bass and hybrids are fair vertically jigging spoons. Catfish are slow. LEWISVILLE: Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 1.64’ low. White bass are fair on slabs, jigs and live shad. Hybrid stripers are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair to good drifting cut shad or chicken breasts. LIVINGSTON: Slightly stained; 59 degrees; 0.08’ above. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits along rip rap. White bass are good on slabs. Crappie are good on jigs. Small blue catfish are good on cut shad. MARTIN CREEK: 55 degrees. Water lightly stained; 2.35 feet low. No report on largemouth bass. Crappie are fair on jigs with plastics. Catfish are slow. MEDINA: Water lightly stained; 50 degrees; 46.68’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, crankbaits, 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; 48 degrees; 1.71’ low. Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms, topwater frogs and weedless jigs. Crappie are good in the timber on minnows. Catfish are fair on live bait and prepared baits. NACONICHE: Water stained; 55 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair to slow on shad-imitation lures and black/blue jigs. Catfish are slow. NASWORTHY: Water murky; 54 degrees. 0.57’ low. Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms, spinner baits and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs. Catfish are fair on live and prepared baits. NAVARRO MILLS: Water lightly stained; 61 degrees; 1.22’ low. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on prepared baits and cut bait. O.C. FISHER: Water stained; 47 degrees. 42.03’ low. Largemouth bass are good on pumpkinseed jigs and 10-inch power worms. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass are fair on jigs. Catfish are fair on stink bait, live bait and cut bait. O.H. IVIE: Water clear; 58 degrees; 15.94’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on swimbaits, jerkbaits and Texas rigs. Crappie are good on jigs. OAK CREEK: Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 5.74’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Catfish are good on

dough bait and shrimp. PALESTINE: Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 0.21’ low. Crappie are good on jigs. POSSUM KINGDOM: Water lightly stained; 55-60 degrees; 1.15’ low. Striped bass are good on slabs and spoons. White bass are fair to good on silver/chartreuse spoons and slabs. Catfish are good on cut shad. PROCTOR: Water clear; 50 degrees; 1.76’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are fair to slow on minnows. White bass are slow. Catfish are fair drifting cut bait. RAVEN: Water stained; 6264 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair to good on top-water and junebug Texas rigs. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on cut bait and live bluegill. RAY HUBBARD: Water lightly stained; 58-60 degrees; 1.57’ low. White bass are fair on slabs with a jig 12-inches above the slab. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. No report on catfish. RAY ROBERTS: Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 0.73’ low. No report on largemouth bass. White bass are fair on silver and chartreuse slabs. Crappie are good on minnows. RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water clear; 60 degrees; 2.29’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are slow. White bass are very good on slab and jig combinations. Catfish are good on punch bait in timber. SAM RAYBURN: Water stained; 57-58 degrees; 3.49’ low. Largemouth bass are good on chatter baits, spinner baits, flukes and Carolina rigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cheese bait. SOMERVILLE: Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 0.39’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on wacky rigs, shaky-head jigs and crankbaits. White bass and hybrids 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; 2.10’ low. White bass and hybrids are fair to good on slabs with stinger hooks. SULPHUR SPRINGS: Water lightly stained; 55 degrees; 5.22’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on suspending jerkbaits and jigs. TAWAKONI: Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 2.07’ low. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. White bass and hybrid bass are good on

n Saltwater reports Page 13 spoons. Channel and blue catfish are good on cut bait. TEXANA: Water stained; 62 degrees; 0.50’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and jigs. Crappie are fair on jigs under vegetation. Catfish are good on stink bait, cut bait and live bait. TEXOMA: Water lightly stained; 56 degrees; 1.06’ low. Striped bass are good on live gizzard shad, swimbaits and Alabama rigs. Catfish are good on gizzard shad. TOLEDO BEND: Water clear; 58-65 degrees; 3.75’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on big lizards on a Texas rig, spinner baits and flukes. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. TRAVIS: Water slightly stained; 65 degrees; 19.12’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on flutter spoons and imitation crawfish lures. Crappie and catfish are slow. TYLER: Water lightly stained; 62 degrees; 0.24’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits. Crappie are fair on live minnows. Catfish are good on chicken livers and garlic. WACO: Water stained; 57 degrees; 3.22’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on chatter baits, square-billed crankbaits and jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on jigging spoons. WHITNEY: Water lightly stained; 55-60 degrees; 2.21’ low. Striped bass are good on artificials, deep-diving crankbaits and spoons. WORTH: Water normally stained; 57 degrees; 1.67’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics. Crappie are on jigs and minnows. Catfish are fair to good on cut shad and cut bait. WRIGHT PATMAN: Water lightly stained; 56 degrees; 3.58’ high. Largemouth bass are good on drop shots, shad crankbaits and football jigs. White bass are fair on live bait and slabs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on punch bait and live bait. —TPWD

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GAME WARDEN BLOTTER WARDEN HELPS RECOVER STOLEN TRAIL CAMERA Jason Burrier posted about his cell cam being stolen on social media, with photos and videos of the guys who did it. The thieves didn’t turn off the unit, and Burrier obtained GPS coordinates to their house. He reported his information to the game warden, and the warden located the house, talked to the man’s wife and made him come home from hunting to give the camera back. He is being charged with theft of $140. The warden brought the camera back to its rightful owner later the evening. GAME WARDEN MEMORIAL TO MOVE Since 2012, the Game Warden Peace Officers Association has been working to relocate the Texas Game Warden Memorial from the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens to the grounds of the Texas State Capitol. The life-size bronze figure of a Texas game warden stands to honor the wardens that lost their lives in the line of duty and serves as a reminder of the enduring legacy of the Texas game wardens. “The Association saw this as a necessary move since other

MULTI-STATE THEFT RING BUSTED What began as an investigation into a series of boat title discrepancies concluded with multiple felony charges against three individuals suspected of running an interstate theft ring and the recovery of more than $275,000 worth of stolen watercraft and other vehicles. Sgt. Game Warden Jonathan Griffin of the Marine Theft Investigation Unit facilitated a two-year investigation into the organized crime ring leading to a nomination for Investigator of the Year Award by the International Association of Marine Investigators. The case began with a tip from the La Marque TPWD Law Enforcement Office regarding an individual titling numerous jet skis in their name at very low purchase prices. Eventually, a Florida county tax

memorials — specifically peace officer memorials — are housed on the grounds of the Texas State Capitol,” said Game Warden Peace Officer Association President and current Texas Game Warden Major, Quint Balkcom. When association took the reins of this project, they also facilitated the necessary

office provided information that the suspect and a second individual were also titling a number of jet skis in Florida in the same manner. Over the following months, the Marine Theft Investigation Unit worked to trace the jet skis that were bought and sold by the suspects. The investigators uncovered that the jet skis being titled were actually stolen throughout Texas and then sold across multiple Gulf states with false titles and identification numbers. Their work then identified a third suspect who had participated in the activity. After recovering 27 stolen vessels and trailers, charges were filed for theft and engaging in organized crime. The case is currently being handled by the Galveston County District Attorney’s office.

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EAST MATAGORDA BAY: 69 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are fair to good in the bay on artificials and live shrimp under a popping cork. WEST MATAGORDA BAY: 69 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good in the bay on live shrimp under a popping cork and soft plastics. PORT O’CONNOR: 68 degrees. Oversized redfish with a few slots mixed in are biting on dead shrimp and sardines. Speckled trout are slow.

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TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING REPORT SABINE LAKE: 66 degrees. Redfish are good on shrimp under a popping cork. Speckled trout are fair on paddle tails in morning glory/chartreuse. BOLIVAR: 67 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair at the jetty on live shrimp behind a popping cork. Some trout are being found under birds. TRINITY BAY: 67 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair on shrimp under popping corks. EAST GALVESTON BAY: 65 degrees. Bull redfish and slot redfish are fair at the jetties on shrimp. WEST GALVESTON BAY: 65 degrees. Slot redfish and speckled trout are fair on soft plastic lures. TEXAS CITY: 73 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good under the birds in East Bay by San Leon shore on soft plastics.

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ROCKPORT: 70 degrees. Redfish are good in in sand pockets on gold spoons and cut bait. Speckled trout are good on soft plastics and topwaters early. Black drum are good on dead shrimp. PORT ARANSAS: 69 degrees. Redfish are good at the jetties on free-lined live shrimp. Speckled trout are fair on shrimp. Black drum are good on live shrimp.

but a few 20-inchers were landed, plus some strawberry grouper. Before the boat left from the dock, deck hand Cesar Garza told anglers not to expect to catch the monster snapper caught in federal waters. The trip also netted three red snapper tagged for research by the Friends of the Rio Grande Reef. For Iowan Tristin Golden, the fishing trip was an unforgettable experience. “This is my first time fishing down here,” said the 22-yearold Akron resident while hold-

ing four snapper and a grouper. “I enjoyed being here and even caught my limit plus a bonus fish.” Golden said he fishes for catfish back home, but hooking a red snapper is quite different because he could not tell whenever a fish takes the bait. “We fish in streams near home,” he said. “Not in open water like here.” Nevertheless, Golden and the other anglers on the boat were glad to fish and be able to catch their limits of red snapper. Chuck Curl, an employee

with SpaceX, was among them. “I am not very good at fishing,” he said. “So far nothing.” But after the four stops the boat made, including a couple over shrimp boats sunk for the reef, Curl left with his limit. After the trip was over, Capt. Victor Gonzalez said this was one the best trips he has made in state waters as far as the number of fish caught. The red snapper season will remain open while the season in federal waters will open later this year.

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CORPUS CHRISTI: 71 degrees. Speckled trout are fair on free-lined shrimp in the bay. BAFFIN BAY: 72 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good by grass line edges on live shrimp under a popping cork. Redfish are fair on shrimp. PORT MANSFIELD: 65-75 degrees. Redfish are fair slow-rolling soft plastics. SOUTH PADRE: 73 degrees. Redfish are fair on shrimp under a popping cork. Speckled trout are fair on shrimp. PORT ISABEL: 73 degrees. limited. Speckled trout and redfish are fair on live shrimp under a popping cork. —TPWD

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drain the marshes along the river’s watershed, and all of the baitfish in these marshes seek refuge in the deeper water of the river.” Between fronts, the baitfish have been pulling back up on the flats within the marshes off of the Neches River, and the redfish have been following them. “Once the tide starts coming back in, the fish simply follow the rising water back into the marsh, and they will stage there until another cold front pushes them back into the river,” Foreman explained. On the Coastal Bend, Capt. Sutton Schoonover has been chasing redfish in the shallow waters of back lakes within the Aransas Bay complex. “We are finding redfish in super-skinny water right now, and that’s a pretty typical wintertime pattern for this time of year,” Schoonover said. “As far as water depth goes, most of these fish are holding in water as shallow as 6 to 11 inches.” To target these fish, Schoonover is running an airboat and then getting out of the boat and wading the flats inside back lake areas where the redfish are roaming and feeding. “You have to wade to catch these fish, you just simply cannot catch them from the boat efficiently in that shallow of water,” he said. “It’s just so much easier to be stealthy while standing in the water.” Schoonover’s anglers are catching reds of all sizes in the shal-

lows. “There’s plenty of upper slot fish, and even some overs pushing 29 to 30 inches,” he said. “We are catching quite a few smaller fish as well in the lower slot range.” Soft plastics rigged weedless and weightless in clear or dark color patterns have been best for producing strikes from the shallow-water redfish. “A fast, erratic retrieve has worked well,” Schoonover said. “You don’t want them to get too good of a look at the bait because the water is so shallow and clear. You’re basically looking for an aggressive reacMatt Young caught and released this 5.25 pound speck while wade-fishing south of Port Mansfield. tion strike.” On the Lower La- Photo by Capt. Nathan Beabout. guna Madre, Capt. Nathan Beabout has been guiding his wade-fishing clients consistent trout bite has been tak- and we caught some solid specks, too,” Young said. out of Port Mansfield as they are ing place south of Port.” Beabout said his anglers have Young ended up landing a in search of their personal best speckled trout. Beabout said re- been catching and releasing plen- 5.25-pound trout during the trip. “On that morning, there was alcent cold fronts dropped water ty of redfish, as well as trout up to most no wind when we got out of levels along the Lower Laguna 7 pounds. “There’s been a lot of solid the boat,” he explained. “As the to more of the wintertime norm, specks in the 4- to 7-pound range wind began to pick up and put and the fish began pulling up a ripple on the water, the action onto shallow flats anywhere from caught and released,” he said. Matt Young recently fished picked up and the bite started.” knee to thigh deep. Young said all of their fish were “There are a ton of reds along with Beabout for three days out the flats out of Port Mansfield, es- of Port Mansfield with some bud- caught on slow-sinking twitch pecially on the northeast side of dies, and said the catching was baits. the bay,” Beabout said. “Since the phenomenal. “The redfish were everywhere, recent cold fronts hit, the more

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Jaime Quiroga caught this 25-inch redfish on the Lower Laguna Madre.

Madison Bryand, of Floresville, with her Texas Dall ram taken with a S&W AR 223/556 near Rocksprings.

Robin Karalee Quick, 14, took her first deer on Thanksgiving morning with a Browning .270 while hunting with her dad on their family ranch.

Mercer Jenson, 8, of Argyle, tagged out for the season after shooting this 8-point whitetail in Archer City. Matthew Whelan, of Waco, took this doe off the family pasture in Comal County. Krash Bleigh, 10, of Midlothian shot this buck.

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2:22 8:34 3:06 9:18 3:53 10:06 4:42 10:55 5:33 11:45 6:24 12:12 7:16 1:04 8:07 1:56 8:57 2:46 9:47 3:36 10:36 4:24 11:25 5:13 ----- 6:02 12:39 6:54 1:32 7:48

2:46 8:58 07:28 05:55 3:15p 4:54a 3:31 9:44 07:28 05:56 4:02p 5:49a 4:18 10:31 07:28 05:56 4:53p 6:41a 5:07 11:20 07:28 05:57 5:48p 7:30a 5:58 ----- 07:28 05:58 6:45p 8:14a 6:48 12:36 07:27 05:59 7:44p 8:54a 7:39 1:28 07:27 06:00 8:43p 9:29a 8:30 2:18 07:27 06:01 9:41p 10:02a 9:20 3:08 07:27 06:02 10:39p 10:33a 10:09 3:58 07:26 06:02 11:38p 11:04a 10:59 4:48 07:26 06:03 NoMoon 11:35a 11:50 5:38 07:26 06:04 12:40a 12:09p 12:16 6:29 07:25 06:05 1:45a 12:48p 1:08 7:23 07:25 06:06 2:53a 1:33p 2:03 8:19 07:24 06:07 4:03a 2:26p

Amarillo

2022 A.M. P.M. SUN MOON Jan Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets

14 Fri 15 Sat 16 Sun 17 Mon 18 Tue 19 Wed 20 Thu 21 Fri 22 Sat 23 Sun 24 Mon 25 Tue 26 Wed 27 Thu 28 Fri

2:35 8:47 3:19 9:32 4:06 10:19 4:55 11:08 5:46 11:59 6:38 12:26 7:29 1:18 8:21 2:09 9:11 3:00 10:00 3:49 10:49 4:38 11:39 5:26 12:03 6:16 12:53 7:07 1:45 8:01

3:00 3:45 4:32 5:21 6:11 7:02 7:53 8:43 9:33 10:23 11:13 ----12:29 1:22 2:17

9:12 9:57 10:45 11:34 ----12:50 1:41 2:32 3:22 4:12 5:01 5:51 6:43 7:36 8:32

07:55 07:55 07:54 07:54 07:54 07:53 07:53 07:52 07:52 07:52 07:51 07:50 07:50 07:49 07:49

05:55 05:56 05:57 05:58 05:59 06:00 06:01 06:02 06:03 06:04 06:05 06:06 06:07 06:08 06:09

3:13p 5:24a 3:58p 6:20a 4:49p 7:13a 5:45p 8:00a 6:45p 8:43a 7:47p 9:20a 8:49p 9:53a 9:50p 10:22a 10:52p 10:50a 11:55p 11:17a NoMoon 11:45a 1:00a 12:16p 2:09a 12:51p 3:21a 1:33p 4:34a 2:23p

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 Jan 14 Jan 15 Jan 16 Jan 17 Jan 18 Jan 19 Jan 20 Jan 21 Jan 22 Jan 23 Jan 24 Jan 25 Jan 26 Jan 27 Jan 28

Time 7:07 AM 7:43 AM 8:19 AM 12:17 AM 12:56 AM 1:37 AM 2:22 AM 3:19 AM 12:25 AM 1:21 AM 2:16 AM 3:10 AM 4:03 AM 4:57 AM 5:51 AM

High Island Height -0.70L -0.77L -0.81L 1.04H 1.06H 1.05H 1.01H 0.93H 0.61L 0.39L 0.13L -0.17L -0.47L -0.75L -0.98L

Time 3:45 PM 4:17 PM 4:46 PM 8:56 AM 9:33 AM 10:10 AM 10:47 AM 11:26 AM 4:34 AM 6:16 AM 8:26 AM 10:32 AM 12:08 PM 1:19 PM 2:16 PM

Height 1.22H 1.20H 1.18H -0.82L -0.79 -0.73L -0.62L -0.46L 0.82H 0.73H 0.72H 0.86H 1.05H 1.24H 1.36H

Time 9:17 PM 9:08 PM 5:15 PM 5:45 PM 6:15 PM 6:44 PM 7:09 PM 12:06 PM 12:52 PM 1:47 PM 2:58 PM 4:25 PM 5:53 PM 6:57 PM

Height 0.98L 0.98L 1.16H 1.13H 1.11H 1.08H 1.03H -0.23L 0.04L 0.34L 0.62L 0.84L 0.99L 1.06L

Time

Height

11:38 PM

1.00H

9:23 PM 9:55 PM 10:37 PM 11:29 PM

0.96L 0.92L 0.86L 0.76L

7:30 PM 7:46 PM 7:58 PM 8:11 PM 8:30 PM 9:09 PM 10:12 PM

0.98H 0.93H 0.91H 0.93H 0.98H 1.06H 1.14H

Galveston Bay entrance, north jetty Time 7:12 AM 7:47 AM 8:24 AM 9:02 AM 9:39 AM 10:14 AM 12:16 AM 12:33 AM 1:04 AM 1:46 AM 2:28 AM 3:13 AM 4:03 AM 4:59 AM 5:53 AM

Height -0.67L -0.74L -0.78L -0.79L -0.77L -0.72L 0.94L 0.84L 0.69L 0.47L 0.20L -0.11L -0.43L -0.74L -0.99L

Time 4:13 PM 4:44 PM 5:14 PM 5:43 PM 6:13 PM 6:43 PM 2:43 AM 3:39 AM 4:43 AM 6:17 AM 8:35 AM 10:45 AM 12:44 PM 1:57 PM 2:56 PM

Height 1.38H 1.39H 1.36H 1.31H 1.25H 1.19H 0.98H 0.90H 0.79H 0.68H 0.68H 0.82H 1.06H 1.30H 1.47H

Height -0.61L -0.69L -0.75L -0.78L -0.78L -0.73L -0.63L -0.46L 0.59L 0.40L 0.15L -0.13L -0.41L -0.67L -0.89L

Time 4:01 PM 4:34 PM 5:07 PM 5:41 PM 6:15 PM 6:46 PM 7:10 PM 7:19 PM 4:39 AM 6:09 AM 8:07 AM 10:44 AM 12:13 PM 1:27 PM 2:30 PM

Height 1.39H 1.41H 1.40H 1.37H 1.31H 1.24H 1.14H 1.02H 0.65H 0.59H 0.61H 0.81H 1.07H 1.31H 1.48H

Height -0.13L -0.15L -0.16L -0.17L -0.18L 0.85H 0.82H 0.75H 0.07L 0.24L 0.34L 0.17L 0.03L -0.09L -0.18L

Time 9:23 PM 10:13 PM 11:05 PM 11:57 PM

Height 0.87H 0.87H 0.87H 0.87H

12:37 PM 1:04 PM 1:33 PM 11:06 PM 9:48 PM 10:08 AM 7:42 PM 7:21 PM 7:55 PM 8:51 PM

-0.17L -0.13L -0.05L 0.56H 0.50H 0.42H 0.63H 0.75H 0.86H 0.93H

Height -0.59L -0.58L 0.22H 0.21H 0.21H 0.20H 0.18H 0.12H 0.04H -0.01H -0.03H -0.43L -0.54L -0.61L -0.65L

Time 11:51 PM

Height 0.24H

2:14 PM 3:03 PM 3:43 PM 4:15 PM 4:42 PM 5:06 PM 5:28 PM 7:26 AM 7:56 AM 11:03 PM 10:25 PM 10:37 PM 11:29 PM

-0.57L -0.57L -0.58L -0.58L -0.56L -0.50L -0.39L -0.13L -0.28L 0.12H 0.21H 0.28H 0.31H

Time

10:46 AM 11:18 AM 11:53 AM 12:33 PM 1:23 PM 2:33 PM

Height

-0.62L -0.46L -0.24L 0.04L 0.36L 0.69L

Time

7:10 7:32 7:48 8:00 8:12 8:23

Height

PM PM PM PM PM PM

1.13H 1.06H 0.99H 0.93H 0.89H 0.89H

Time

Height

Time 6:28 AM 7:08 AM 7:49 AM 8:28 AM 9:07 AM 9:45 AM 10:22 AM 11:01 AM 2:01 AM 2:07 AM 2:25 AM 2:51 AM 3:29 AM 4:18 AM 5:17 AM

Time

11:43 AM 12:32 PM 1:36 PM 3:31 PM

Height

-0.24L 0.04L 0.35L 0.65L

7:13 7:18 7:31 7:36

PM PM PM PM

0.91H 0.82H 0.75H 0.71H

Port O’Connor Date Jan 14 Jan 15 Jan 16 Jan 17 Jan 18 Jan 19 Jan 20 Jan 21 Jan 22 Jan 23 Jan 24 Jan 25 Jan 26 Jan 27 Jan 28

Time 9:38 AM 10:26 AM 11:07 AM 11:41 AM 12:10 PM 12:44 AM 1:22 AM 1:46 AM 2:03 PM 2:28 PM 4:39 AM 5:20 AM 6:10 AM 7:09 AM 8:14 AM

Time 12:24 PM 1:19 PM 12:52 AM 1:53 AM 2:47 AM 3:29 AM 3:57 AM 4:03 AM 2:45 AM 1:50 AM 12:04 AM 8:37 AM 9:28 AM 10:27 AM 11:30 AM

Date Jan 14 Jan 15 Jan 16 Jan 17 Jan 18 Jan 19 Jan 20 Jan 21 Jan 22 Jan 23 Jan 24 Jan 25 Jan 26 Jan 27 Jan 28

Time 7:17 AM 7:49 AM 8:24 AM 9:03 AM 9:43 AM 10:26 AM 11:08 AM 11:50 AM 2:28 AM 2:49 AM 3:15 AM 3:47 AM 4:27 AM 5:13 AM 6:05 AM

Time 10:07 PM 11:10 PM

Height 1.05H 1.03H

1:22 PM 2:04 PM 2:40 PM 3:14 PM 3:47 PM 6:33 AM 10:39 AM 12:44 PM 11:37 PM 9:01 PM 9:13 PM 9:52 PM

-0.67L -0.67L -0.64L -0.56L -0.42L 0.42L 0.36H 0.37H 0.69H 0.80H 0.93H 1.01H

Height -0.58L -0.62L -0.65L -0.67L -0.67L -0.63L -0.56L -0.44L 0.41L 0.24L 0.02L -0.21L -0.43L -0.63L -0.79L

Time 5:31 PM 5:59 PM 6:27 PM 7:00 PM 7:38 PM 8:13 PM 8:34 PM 8:39 PM 4:39 AM 6:21 AM 9:15 AM 12:33 PM 2:41 PM 3:32 PM 4:14 PM

Height 0.86H 0.84H 0.81H 0.78H 0.74H 0.70H 0.65H 0.58H 0.44H 0.33H 0.31H 0.47H 0.68H 0.84H 0.94H

Height -0.01L -0.01L 0.00L -0.00L -0.01L 0.46H 0.45H 0.42H 0.35L 0.27L 0.17L 0.08L 0.00L -0.05L -0.08L

Time 8:36 PM 9:28 PM 10:20 PM 11:16 PM

Height 0.48H 0.48H 0.47H 0.47H

12:15 PM 12:52 PM 1:28 PM 4:53 AM 8:27 AM 10:59 AM 4:43 PM 5:26 PM 6:35 PM 7:59 PM

-0.01L 0.01L 0.06L 0.36H 0.32H 0.33H 0.40H 0.46H 0.49H 0.51H

Height -0.11L -0.14L -0.15L -0.14L -0.12L -0.08L -0.01L 0.97H 0.89H 0.73L 0.55L 0.35L 0.14L -0.06L -0.23L

Time 5:56 PM 6:56 PM 8:00 PM 8:55 PM 9:39 PM 10:16 PM

Height 1.13H 1.11H 1.10H 1.09H 1.08H 1.04H

11:25 AM 12:02 PM 4:46 AM 7:45 AM 5:43 PM 3:41 PM 4:13 PM 4:56 PM

0.09L 0.24L 0.79H 0.73H 0.87H 1.04H 1.18H 1.25H

Height -0.46L -0.52L -0.56L -0.58L -0.57L -0.53L -0.44L -0.29L -0.08L 0.59L 0.34L 0.05L -0.23L -0.49L -0.70L

Time 5:04 PM 5:48 PM 6:32 PM 7:13 PM 7:48 PM 8:12 PM 8:18 PM 8:03 PM 7:38 PM 5:10 AM 8:03 AM 10:52 AM 1:15 PM 2:51 PM 3:56 PM

Height 1.32H 1.34H 1.33H 1.31H 1.27H 1.20H 1.10H 0.97H 0.85H 0.69H 0.69H 0.85H 1.08H 1.30H 1.45H

Time

Height

8:46 AM 4:53 PM 5:18 PM

0.46H 0.02L 0.28L

Time

Height

12:33 PM 1:15 PM 2:01 PM 5:00 PM

-0.26L -0.03L 0.21L 0.45L

Time

4:20 PM 11:44 PM 11:44 PM

Time

8:28 8:12 8:08 8:06

PM PM PM PM

Height

-0.23L 0.68H 0.68H

Height

0.51H 0.47H 0.47H 0.50H

Date Jan 14 Jan 15 Jan 16 Jan 17 Jan 18 Jan 19 Jan 20 Jan 21 Jan 22 Jan 23 Jan 24 Jan 25 Jan 26 Jan 27 Jan 28

Time 8:47 AM 9:28 AM 10:12 AM 10:55 AM 11:36 AM 12:58 AM 2:28 AM 3:27 AM 2:20 AM 3:45 AM 4:43 AM 5:31 AM 6:18 AM 7:06 AM 7:59 AM

Time

11:12 PM 2:04 PM 2:37 PM 2:14 PM

Height

0.37H 0.13L 0.22L 0.31L

Time

10:08 PM 9:08 PM 8:34 PM

Height

0.33H 0.33H 0.35H

Port Aransas Time

Height

Time

Height

11:52 PM

0.66H

1:36 PM

0.41L

8:30 PM

0.53H

Time

Height

Time

Height

5:42 PM 5:34 PM

-0.25L -0.10L

Nueces Bay Date Jan 14 Jan 15 Jan 16 Jan 17 Jan 18 Jan 19 Jan 20 Jan 21 Jan 22 Jan 23 Jan 24 Jan 25 Jan 26 Jan 27 Jan 28

San Luis Pass

Height -0.68L -0.67L -0.67L 0.99H 0.95H 0.91H 0.84H 0.76H 0.71H 0.16L -0.11L -0.36L -0.56L -0.70L -0.79L

East Matagorda

Freeport Harbor Date Jan 14 Jan 15 Jan 16 Jan 17 Jan 18 Jan 19 Jan 20 Jan 21 Jan 22 Jan 23 Jan 24 Jan 25 Jan 26 Jan 27 Jan 28

Time 10:48 AM 11:37 AM 12:32 PM 12:10 AM 1:09 AM 2:14 AM 2:30 AM 12:54 AM 12:13 AM 6:48 AM 7:12 AM 7:41 AM 8:18 AM 9:03 AM 9:56 AM

Date Jan 14 Jan 15 Jan 16 Jan 17 Jan 18 Jan 19 Jan 20 Jan 21 Jan 22 Jan 23 Jan 24 Jan 25 Jan 26 Jan 27 Jan 28

Time 6:46 AM 7:17 AM 7:51 AM 8:28 AM 9:11 AM 9:56 AM 10:42 AM 2:08 AM 3:15 AM 1:17 AM 1:43 AM 2:37 AM 3:43 AM 4:44 AM 5:39 AM

Time

6:49 PM 12:30 PM 12:47 PM

Height

Time

Height

0.79H 0.42L 0.62L

6:54 PM 7:00 PM

0.78H 0.80H

Height

Time

Height

0.18L 0.48L 0.77L

7:16 PM 6:55 PM 6:09 PM

0.76H 0.74H 0.80H

South Padre Island

10:28 AM 3:07 PM

-0.10H -0.08

Date Jan 14 Jan 15 Jan 16 Jan 17 Jan 18 Jan 19 Jan 20 Jan 21 Jan 22 Jan 23 Jan 24 Jan 25 Jan 26 Jan 27 Jan 28

Time 6:09 AM 6:48 AM 7:30 AM 8:12 AM 8:55 AM 9:37 AM 10:19 AM 11:01 AM 11:46 AM 1:27 AM 1:43 AM 2:17 AM 3:02 AM 3:56 AM 4:56 AM

Time

12:34 PM 1:31 PM 3:07 PM

Texas Coast Tides

Date Jan 14 Jan 15 Jan 16 Jan 17 Jan 18 Jan 19 Jan 20 Jan 21 Jan 22 Jan 23 Jan 24 Jan 25 Jan 26 Jan 27 Jan 28

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Chrzanowski to lead Yamaha Motor

Photonics bought by EOTECH

Yamaha Motor Corp., USA named Mike Chrzanowski as its president and chief executive officer.

EOTECH acquired Intevac Inc’s Photonics business, a California creator of digital sensor systems.

Stearns acquired

Yamaha to buy Siren

Mustang Survival acquired the government and commercial marine business of Stearns.

Yamaha Marine Systems Company announced it would buy Siren Marine.

Another acquisition for GSM

Big Daddy executive

Grand Prairie-based GSM Outdoors acquired SOG Specialty Knives, Inc.

Big Daddy Unlimited hired Jeffrey Hayzlett as vice chairman.

Stiller Precision Firearms sold

Sales manager position at SDS

Kaspar Outdoors/ Ratliff Traditions LLC, the parent company of Horizon Firearms, iota Outdoors, and TX Ammo, announced the acquisition of Stiller’s Precision Firearms assets.

SDS Imports is seeking a sales force leader to manage its sales team in Knoxville, Tennessee.

ACROSS 4) Bass boat brand 8) Brackettville’s county 9) Salmon species 10) A bow type 12) The right side of the boat 15) An African game bird (two words) 16) Mule deer hunter’s org. 17) A partridge in Africa 20) Shotshell brand 23) Georgetown’s county 25) The male elk 26) Shark species 27) A fish fin 28) Rifle brand 33) River flowing through Austin 34) Oryx have them, deer don’t 35) A sea duck 36) The beginning of a river 39) One-legged shooting rest 40) Deer warning sound 41) The running quail 42) Tail type for soft plastic lure 43) An upland game bird

DOWN 1) Check for these in the deer blind 2) Kayak brand 3) Stone that starts fires 5) Sinker type 6) Colony of birds 7) One of the setters 11) Retriever’s need after swimming in pond 13) Good crappie lake 14) Texas A&M-Kingsville’s team name 18) State for hunting shirttails 19) Anchor type 21) A fishing knot 22) Bass boat’s motor 24) Command for dog to be still 29) The white hare 30) Santa Anna’s county 31) One of the geese 32) One of the Big Five 33) Feature of the sheep’s horns 37) Group of badgers 38) An African antelope 39) Moose hunting state

Puzzle by Craig Nyhus, Lone Star Outdoor News

FOR THE TABLE

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

Stuffed venison roast 4 venison roasts, preferably eye of the round 3/4 cup Italian dressing 1/4 cup teriyaki marinade 4 oz. pepper jack cheese 6 to 8 slices of bacon, preferably not thick cut Salt or pepper to taste Insert a fillet knife into one end of the roast to create a tunnel. Continue to work the knife the entire length of the roast, stopping short of the other end. Be careful not to puncture through the other end. Repeat with remaining roasts. Combine

Striped bass ceviche

Italian dressing and teriyaki marinade in a resealable plastic bag. Add venison and stir. Seal and refrigerate 3 to 4 hours. Remove venison from marinade. Lightly salt and pepper. Cut cheese into long sticks and insert into roasts. Place end of bacon over the open end of roast. Wrap around the circumference of the roast until entire roast is wrapped in bacon. Secure with toothpicks. Grill on medium heat until internal temperature reaches 140 degrees. Remove from heat, cover and let rest 5 to 10 minutes. Remove toothpicks and serve. —Ohio DNR

Striped bass fillets, cubed Lime juice, fresh squeezed 1 onion, diced 1 bell pepper, diced 1 hot pepper, diced 1 clove garlic, diced Italian dressing 1 batch cilantro, chopped 1 tomato, diced 1 avocado, diced

Place cubed fillets in deep bowl. Cover fillets completely with freshsqueezed lime juice. Add diced onion, bell pepper, hot pepper, garlic, cilantro, and preferred seasoning. Cover and let stand in refrigerator for several hours. Add diced tomatoes and avocado and cover with Italian dressing. Serve with crackers or tortilla chips. —Oklahoma Wildlife Department

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NATIONAL ARIZONA

LOUISIANA

use a trail camera for the purposes of taking or locating or aiding in the take of wildlife, became effective Jan. 1. The commission unanimously approved the rule at its June 2021 meeting. The new prohibition does not apply to other uses of a trail camera such as research, general photography and security. However, any photograph or data captured by a trail camera after Jan. 1, 2022 and used for the take or aiding in the take of wildlife will be unlawful, even if that was not the initial intended use of the trail camera. —AGFC

A St. Martinville man was cited for selling crabs and redfish caught recreationally. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents cited Jamiah Nelson, 27, who admitted to selling crabs he caught recreationally on the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge. Agents also found social media posts where Nelson advertised the sale of redfish and crabs. Selling fish caught recreationally bring up to a $950 fine, up to 120 days in jail and loss of hunting and fishing licenses for one year. —LDWF

UTAH

Duck hunters harassed, decoys shot

Trail camera ban begins Crabs and redfish for The new Arizona Game and Fish Commissale sion rule, which states that a person shall not

Buck shot, head removed Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers are seeking information after a buck deer was shot and left to waste in northern Utah. The deer was located on Nov. 24 and was reported to conservation officers on Nov. 26. The buck had been dumped along I-80 near Evanston, Wyoming. The deer was found on private property and was partially covered by a sheet of metal. Conservation officers believe the individuals responsible were attempting to conceal the deer. Officers discovered the deer had been shot with a rifle and only the head had been removed — the rest of the meat had been left to waste. —UDNR

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents arrested a Buras man for allegedly harassing hunters on public property. Agents received a complaint from hunters hunting ducks on public land in Venice. The complaint contained a video showing Bendan Nolan, 32, maneuver his vessel into a duck decoy spread belonging to the hunters. Nolan also verbally harassed the hunters then produced a loaded pistol and shot the hunters’ decoys. LDWF agents and a sheriff’s deputy responded to the incident and searched for Nolan in and around Venice. When Nolan was located, he was arrested and booked into the Plaquemines Parish Detention Center. —LDFW

IOWA

MONTANA

Three men were charged with multiple hunting violations in Des Moines County from two separate investigations for illegal activity last fall. An anonymous call in October 2021 began an investigation into the alleged unlawful taking of a mature white-tailed deer, leading to the discovery of additional deer and a turkey illegally taken, as well as violations for hunting over bait and a felon in possession of a firearm. Investigation of a second case led to officers to a machine shed where they discovered three mature white-tailed deer along with several antlerless deer that were allegedly illegally harvested. Officers identified two individuals who were charged with hunting over bait and using firearms and crossbows. —IDNR

A Deer Lodge man pleaded guilty to several charges after illegally killing a bighorn sheep in the Highland Mountains. Harold Horine, 45, shot a bighorn sheep ram on Nov. 22 without a license. He did not report the kill to Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, and he left the meat to waste. A witness who observed the violation contacted FWP after finding the dead sheep abandoned. Game wardens interviewed Horine, who said he mistook the sheep for an elk. Horine was ordered to pay $5,245 in fines and restitution. His hunting, fishing and trapping privileges were suspended for two years, and his ability to apply for special permits was suspended for 12 years. —MFWP

Multiple deer taken illegally

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been conducted. The estimated total of light geese is 51 percent below the longterm average and 20 percent below last year’s estimate. White-fronted geese were estimated at 8,483 birds, a 23-percent decline from the previous year’s total. No Canada geese were detected on the survey for the 5th consecutive year. Garwood guide Keith Blahuta said what he’s seeing during his recent goose hunts and scouting efforts confirm what was found in the survey. “We do have some snow goose feeds building from time to time, especially now that we have finally gotten some cold weather, but the birds don’t stay in one place for very long,” Blahuta said. “They are definitely staying scattered, and these feeds are nothing compared to what we used to see in this part of the world.” Blahuta said there are few specklebellies on the prairie right now. “Occasionally, you’ll see a flight of 2030 specks together, but there aren’t any concentrations of them in the rice fields,” he said. “The specks we are seeing don’t want to play at all, and seem to be extremely decoy and call shy.” Blahuta usually counts on the specks to work his spreads well this time of year. Instead, he and his hunters are shooting mostly young snows and Ross’ geese. Jed Mazour took his wife, Denise, on her first specklebelly goose hunt with Speck Ops. The couple hunted outside of Pearsall over a corn field and harvested their two-bird limits of specks. “The corn stubble was pretty short, so we used ghillie blankets to hide in the spread,” Mazour explained. “The birds came in without a clue of our presence, and the amount of specks that we saw was pretty impressive. After we strapped our limits, Denise made the comment that she could continue to lay there in the field for hours and just enjoy watch-

Canada geese are providing good hunts in the Lubbock area. Photo by Nate Skinner, for Lone Star Outdoor News.

ing the birds work. She had a blast.” In the Panhandle, guide for Crooked Wing Outfitters, Jake Henriksen, said goose concentrations are really starting to build in the Lubbock area with the onset of cooler weather. “We are seeing some great feeds of little Canada geese, as well as snows,” Henriksen said. “There are still some specks around, but a lot of them seem to have pushed farther south after the recent cold fronts.” Prior to the recent cold weather, the birds were only feeding in the mornings, so scouting efforts in the afternoons didn’t help much. “We were having to go off of what we were seeing in the mornings to plan our hunt for the next day,” Henriksen said. “That’s all changed now.” Most of the birds are now hitting peanuts, corn and milo consistently. Outfitter Roger Roewe said the amount of white-fronted geese in the Haskell and Knox County areas is incredible. “Most of our hunts are rendering easy limits of specks with some little Canadas mixed in,” Roewe said. “We had more Canadas earlier on in the season, but they have thinned out some.” Peanut fields, milo, wheat stubble and green wheat fields have been productive, Roewe said.

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