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Late season highs and lows Waterfowl hunters wind down season with varying success

By Nate Skinner

For Lone Star Outdoor News Ducks and geese wintering across the state have now experienced several months of hunting pressure since their migration down the flyway began in the early fall.

Waterfowl hunters pulled out all of their tricks to fool the educated birds at the tail end of the season. Some folks scored colorful straps of fully plumed ducks and fat geese, while others experienced barren skies and slow shoots.

In northeast Texas, duck hunter Chris Smith’s late season duck hunts in both Lamar and Red River counties were far from barn burners.

“As always, taking in the sunrise over the decoys with some good buddies made each hunt worth being out there, but as far as the birds were concerned, we didn’t have very many,” he said.

Smith focused his efforts on cattle tanks, and sloughs and holes with flooded timber.

“There was just no consistency to their flight patterns,” he explained. “We would see a good amount of ducks on one day, and make plans to go hunt them the next, only to have just a handful show back up. If we harvested five or six ducks, that was a pretty good morning in terms of how this season went for the crew I hunt with.”

East Galveston Bay has been producing good catches of speckled trout, redfish and flounder on live shrimp behind a popping cork or mullet-imitating lures. Photo

by Robert Sloan.

Popping corks shine on East Galveston Bay

By Robert Sloan

For Lone Star Outdoor News

Laird Hamilton, SCI’s CEO, said the acquisition is part of SCI’s strategic plan to help protect the freedom to hunt worldwide.

Founded in 1975, TTHA will celebrate its 45th anniversary this year. TTHA will continue to operate independently as Texas Trophy Hunters Association with its members and corporate partners maintaining their full benefits.

SCI plans to expand its hunting show operations through the extravaganzas. In its press release announcing the acquisition, SCI said other elements of TTHA would be integrated into the SCI structure.

“Both TTHA and SCI members and

East Galveston Bay is among the most popular fishing spots on the Texas Gulf Coast.

It’s one of those unique bays that is good for both wade and boat fishing. After suffering through a flood of water coming down the Trinity River a few months ago, the bay is back, and the fishing is good for trout, reds and even flounder.

Guide Ronnie Scheck said his best fishing is in the protected water of the bayous and cuts along the south shoreline. That’s where he’s fishing soft plastics under popping corks on just about any given day.

“I mainly run a family-friendly guide service,” he said. “I keep it easy by fishing the protected backwater areas with popping corks. That’s a good way to catch fish yearround for both kids and adults.”

Scheck has been fishing the bayous along the south shoreline, using scented plastics.

“I’ll normally fish live baits like shrimp and croaker,” he said. “But there is no live bait available on the Bolivar Peninsula. But there is live bait in Galveston, if you don’t mind making that run.”

Scheck has been rigging up with a popping cork and a 2 1/2-foot braided leader. He’ll usually be fishing a 4-inch curl tail Gulp, with the best color being new penny. His favorite float is a 4-inch Midcoast, because it has just the right pop for fishing the backwater areas.

“A lot of people think the new penny color is best for reds,” he said. “But it’s catching a lot of trout, too. Right now we’re not catching a lot of big trout, with most of them being 16 to 18 inches.”

Winter flounder fishing has been exceptional on the bay. The cold water really hasn’t affected them.

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A South Texas pond produced good numbers of ducks and some geese for Luke Bledsoe. Photo by Colin Conley.

Boerne resident Jed Mazour had a completely different type of waterfowling experience in South Texas while hunting ducks and geese with outfitter Luke Bledsoe.

“We hunted a couple of

ponds near Carrizo Springs over a two-day stretch and harvested a wide variety of birds,” Mazour said. “Wigeon, pintail, teal, mottled ducks and specklebellies were all willing to decoy over the holes

we targeted.”

Mazour said a front blew through the area during his first morning hunt.

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TTHA acquired by SCI Safari Club International entered into an agreement to purchase Texas Trophy Hunters Association. The acquisition is expected to close at the SCI Convention in Reno, Nevada in February.

Dave Keith, TTHA’s president and chief executive officer, told Lone Star Outdoor News the organization had been looking for a buyer, and he was pleased with SCI’s interest.

“They plan to leave the extravaganzas intact, and TTHA will operate independently,” he said. “We look forward to their input and their expertise in the outdoor market.”

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HUNTING

FISHING

Game Warden Blotter . . . . Page 12

Art on brass (P. 4)

Rainbows, stripers on the Guad (P. 8)

Pistol cartridges as canvas.

Fly-fishermen fighting the crowds.

Old mule deer (P. 6)

Fishing vessel, tanker collide (P. 8)

Ear-tagged doe hits 16.

One dead, two missing.

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DSC convention hits the mark

Matt Tumlinson creates outdoor scenes on brass cartridges and other backgrounds. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

Texas artist uses brass cartridges as canvas DSC life member James Jeanes books a hunt with Trevis Booker of Wicked River Outfitters at the DSC convention. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

By Nate Skinner

For Lone Star Outdoor News An artist’s canvas is his office — his workspace where he pours his energy, emotion and creativity. Nothing screams Texan vibes louder than a canvas composed of ammunition casings. That’s why Matt Tumlinson chooses to put his work on brass. His pistol cartridge canvases are a product of his small town Texas roots, and they keep him firmly grounded in the culture on which many of his illustrations are based.

Tumlinson grew up in the rural Brown County town of Early. He spent his summers fishing for crappie and running trotlines on Lake Brownwood. His schools days were spent playing football and running track between academic classes.

Tumlinson said the outdoors have always been a mainstay in his life.

“When you grow up in a small town, there’s not much to do as a kid with your free time other than play outside,” he explained. “With that being said, I didn’t really take on an interest in hunting and shooting sports until later in life.”

Art always held a constant presence throughout Tumlinson’s life, but he didn’t realize how much weight it carried during his early years.

“Growing up, I always had a natural ability to draw,” he said. “It wasn’t a skill that I initially thought I would turn into a career, but more of a party trick. In social settings people would find out that I could compose good-looking illustrations and they were impressed by it. At that time, art was just something I pursued as a hobby.”

It wasn’t until his college years when Tumlinson realized his artistic abilities could be used for more than just a pastime.

“I went off to school at Texas Tech University to pursue a degree in education,” he said. “My original goal was to become a history teacher. Both of my parents were teachers and I just felt like that’s what I supposed to do with my life.”

While studying education at Tech, Tumlinson began composing cartoons for the university’s newspaper, and he also picked up some paying artist side jobs.

“That’s when I really felt compelled to consider attempting a career as an artist,” he said.

At the end of his tenure at Texas Tech, Tumlinson moved to San Antonio to complete the student teaching requirements necessary to obtain his teaching certification.

“I also worked at a gun range during this time, and found an interest in shooting sports,” Tumlinson explained. “I also became infatuated with the outdoor opportunities in proximity to the San Antonio area. From freshwater fishing, to hunting, hiking, and kayaking, my growing love for the outdoors in Texas helped me discover who I was as an artist.”

While in San Antonio, Tumlinson decided he wanted to seriously pursue an art career. Rather than becoming a teacher, he took on odd jobs while simultaneously working as an artist. In 2014, he took a leap of faith and began pursuing an art career full time, and he hasn’t looked back since.

At 31, he still lives in San Antonio with his wife, Allison.

The couple has a 2-year-old son, and another little boy on the way.

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Lone Star Outdoor News With more than 30,000 people attending, the 40th Dallas Safari Club convention, held Jan. 9-12, was described as an overwhelming success.

“We always do well at Dallas,” said African outfitter Peter Thormälen.

“But this year was even better.”

More than 960 exhibitors occupied 1,835 booths with more than 800,000 square feet at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, and the Omni Dallas was filled with people from around the world attending the show.

“We booked several moose, bear and mountain goat hunts,” said Trevis Booker (known as Booker) of

Wicked River Outfitters. “It was a great show for us.”

Lex Webernick builds custom rifles at his Pleasanton-based Rifles, Inc. “I’m going to be building a lot of new rifles when I get home,” he said on the last day of the show.

Craig Boddington represents outfitters from around the world, and said the outfitters in attendance all reported “super success.”

Highlights at the convention included nightly auctions, awards, including the Outstanding Hunting Achievement Award, given to Dr. Mark Wayne, the Colin Caruthers Young Hunter Award, given to Kaylee Ann Stacy, the Outfitter of the

Year award, given to Danielle Wilson of NewZealndHunting.com, and The Peter Hathaway Capstick Hunting Heritage Award, given to Robin and Pauline Hurt.

Seminars educated attendees on topics important to the hunting community, and the Trijicon Stage brought celebrities, game wardens and biologists to the hall for question-and-answer sessions.

“We don’t have the final numbers yet, but we know we again exceeded 30,000 attendees,” said DSC Executive Director Corey Mason. “It was a very strong attendance with high exhibitor satisfaction. A very successful convention.”

Last day buck

By Tony Vindell

For Lone Star Outdoor News The 2019-20 white-tailed deer season has come to its end, and for South Texas hunters it was one of mixed results, even though the early forecast called for an above average season.

Hunters from Webb to Cameron County reported seeing a bumper crop of spikes and bucks with small racks while others bagged good trophy bucks.

At some of the federal wildlife refuges and at the state wildlife management areas, the results were all on the mixed side.

Perhaps one exception was the Chaparral Wildlife Management Area in Cotulla, where the December rifle hunts yielded a 60-percent success rate and some of the biggest bucks in the WMA’s Donna Hoot took her buck on the last day of the regular season, after not seeing history. During the December rifle hunt, 30 hunt- animals in November and December. Photo from Dennis Hoot. ers took 19 bucks, and 17 qualified as trophies, while hunting on a western Willacy County ranch. “I scoring 140 or better. It was the second year since the Chaparral increased the buck inside spread require- shot at the buck and it took off like lightning.”

Hoot called her husband, Dennis, to come to check ment from 14 to 16 inches.

In spite of the mixed season, it was the best for Donna out the sendero where the deer was last seen, about 125 Hoot, as the Willacy County woman bagged a 10-point yards west of the blind.

Although Dennis initially thought it may have been a buck on the morning of Jan. 19, the last day of the regumissed shot, he began looking around. lar deer season.

“I looked and looked and there wasn’t a speck of blood “I was sitting in the blind when, all of a sudden, I saw a buck, a doe and a fawn,” said the 68-year-old woman on the road,” he said. “I then looked where the deer took Please turn to page 6

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CWD in deer semen No policy changes anticipated

By Craig Nyhus

Lone Star Outdoor News A new study was the first to find in vitro evidence of chronic wasting disease in samples of deer semen. The study was published in PLOS One. Tracy Nichols, Ph.D., an author of the study and a cervid health specialist staff officer with the United States Department of Agriculture, said the findings will not provoke a change in policy at this time. Instead they offer a necessary starting point in investigations concerning the transmission route of CWD. “We need to know what the risk actually is, and if sexual transmission can occur,” Nichols said.

The study, published Dec. 30, 2019, was conducted jointly by researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, the Prion Research Center at Colorado State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

“The data indicates that the presence of CWD prions in male sexual organs and fluids is prevalent in late stage, preclinical, CWD-infected WTD,” the study reported. “Our findings reveal the presence of CWD prions in semen and sexual tissues of prion infected WTD bucks.”

In about half of the nine positive specimens, the prions were in early stages, said Rodrigo Morales, Ph.D., of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Morales is a coauthor of the study. This means if CWD is transmitted sexually, it could be done before an animal shows outward symptoms of the disease.

Mark Zabel, Ph.D., the associate director of the Prion Research Center Colorado State University, said he was not surprised by the findings, and, though intriguing, said it was too premature to draw conclusions from the study.

“We know almost nothing about sexual transmission and prion diseases,” said Zabel.

Scrapie, a prion disease that affects sheep, was also found to exist in sheep semen, Zabel said, but it was never determined if the prions were passed during sexual intercourse.

A 2008 study concluded that artificial insemination and natural mating have a very low or negligible potential for the transmission of scrapie in sheep flocks.

For deer breeders, who can pay thousands of dollars for a single straw of deer semen to use in breeding, Zabel said the study should not cause panic.

“It’s a wait-and-see approach,” Zabel said. “We don’t want people to worry about testing and throwing straws away.”

Patrick Tarlton, Texas Deer Association’s executive director, said the organization didn’t expect any regulatory changes at the federal level in response to the study’s findings.

“It is important to note that this research was done in an infected facility with known positive animals,” he said. “Additionally, the presence of affected prions does not necessarily suggest CWD can spread through semen or other reproductive tissues.”

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Hybrid duck makes a special trophy

By Nate Skinner

bluewings.

“There were two drake bluewings, two hens, and then a teal that looked to have darker feathers, which I was almost certain was a cinnamon,” Cryer said. “When the shot was called on the group of decoying birds, I immediately put the bead of my shotgun on the bird I thought was a cinnamon teal and pulled the trigger.”

The duck folded and hit the water, but Cryer wasn’t sure at first if he was actually the one who shot it.

“The hunter next to me admitted he was also aiming at that bird, but he felt like he missed,” Cryer said.

Cryer’s 8-year-old yellow lab retrieved the duck. When the dog got within about 15 yards of the blind, Cryer realized that he had harvested

For Lone Star Outdoor News When Devin Cryer woke up before the sun on January 13, his morning began just like any other that he’d experienced prior to a duck hunt in southeast Texas. The Winnie native gathered his gear, loaded up his decoys and his lab, and headed to a secluded freshwater marsh just like he’d done many times before. Several hours later, what started as a routine outing turned into a morning shoot that he’ll never forget.

While overlooking a decoy spread alongside four other hunters on the Sabine Ranch in Jefferson County, Cryer spotted what he thought was a cinnamon teal flying straight toward the blind with four other

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Devin Cryer shot this hybrid duck on Jan. 13, and believes it to be a cross between a blue-winged teal and a cinnamon teal. Photo from Devin Cryer.

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corporate partners can look forward to greater benefits from their association with the newly combined organization,” the release said.

LSON confirmed with an SCI official that there are no plans to move the SCI headquarters to Texas.

One SCI employee based in Washington, D.C., though, said he “would love to” move to Texas, citing the expense of living in the nation’s capital.

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off, walked into the brush and saw something on the ground about 35 yards from the road. It was the deer.”

The 10-pointer had a spread of 16 1/2 inches.

Although it wasn’t a monster buck, it was a prized trophy for Donna.

“This is my second buck ever,” she said, remembering the many years she has been deer hunting.

“I shot my first deer around 1980 while hunting at El Canelo.”

The buck Donna shot at 7:20 a.m. on the last day of the 201920 regular deer season “was the very first buck I saw all season long,” she said, noting they had been hunting regularly since the season began.

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Matt Tumlinson used the bases of cartridges to create this Texas flag.

Photo from Matt Tumlinson.

enjoys all facets of the outdoors.

He likes traveling, seeing new places, and the adventure that goes hand-in-hand with outdoor sports.

“I love the whole experience and culture of the outdoors in Texas, and I try to convey that in my art,” Tumlinson added.

Tumlinson’s outdoor experiences often become inspirations for his art. From learning about the history in the soil of longtime, family-owned ranches to incredible scenery, moments in the outdoors have helped mold him as an artist.

“I recharge my batteries by getting outside, and that’s usually where I get inspired,” he said.

Tumlinson is making a name for himself by using brass shell casings as his canvas, and is represented by several galleries, including The Copper Shade Tree Gallery in Round Top.

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This mule deer doe was captured in Motley County west of Matador in December 2008 as part of a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department research project looking at estimating mule deer numbers using a helicopter survey method. At the time of capture, biologists aged her at 5.5 years old.

This photo of the doe was taken in December, 2019, making her 16.5 years old.

“One of the most interesting aspects of research involving deer, is catching wild deer, marking them with ear tags for identification and then releasing them back to the wild,” said the Pandhandle District of TPWD on its Facebook page. “We can get some idea of movement and longevity.”

As for this doe, the biologists said, “We think she looks pretty good for her age.”

Photo by Terry Fincher, TPWD.

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Kelli Prescott landed this 28-inch, 13-pound striper on the fly while fishing with guide John Shank on the Guadalupe River. Photo by John Shank.

Success despite the crowds on the Guad

By Nate Skinner

For Lone Star Outdoor News It’s trout season on the Guadalupe River, and that’s no secret to the angling population. Crowds of fly-fishermen are flocking to the stream to try their hand at catching rainbows on the fly. Weekdays are less

crowded than the weekends; however, the immense fishing pressure has educated the fish. Those able to make their hand-tied offerings drift through the water naturally are experiencing the most hookups.

Another obstacle anglers are having to overcome is the low rate of flow. The average flow of the river is typically anywhere

from 100-300 cfs. The Guadalupe is currently flowing at about 80 cfs. With the water low and moving slowly, the fish are concentrating in tighter areas.

Nymph fly patterns have been the ticket for coaxing strikes from trout, and anglers using two different types of strategies have been the most successful. These techniques

include indictor nymphing and using a nymph without a strike indicator.

San Antonio resident Odom Wu prefers not to use a strike indicator while fly-fishing the Guad. Instead, he uses homemade flies he has tied himself, weighted with tungsten beads.

“I like to fly-fish for rainbows on the Please turn to page 11

Toledo Bend bass bite improving

Boat accident claims one, two others missing

By Robert Sloan

On Jan. 14, the 600-foot chemical tanker Bow Fortune collided with the 80-foot fishing vessel Pappy’s Pride near the Galveston jetties on the outskirts of Galveston. The collision caused the fishing vessel to capsize, leaving two fishermen missing, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

According to his daughter’s Facebook page, boat operator Anthony “Taco” Herrera and a yet unidentified deckhand are the two persons missing.

After being notified of the collision, the USCG launched two Station Galveston response boat crews to the scene. Two of the fishing vessel’s crewmembers were pulled from the water by the crew of a Good Samari-

For Lone Star Outdoor News Winter largemouth fishing has improved on Toledo Bend Reservoir over the last year, with spoons and crankbaits leading the way to the fish.

Bass fishing guide Joe Joslin has been fishing Toledo Bend for 40 years, and as a professional angler he’s been putting fishermen on bass for over 20 years.

“When this lake was chosen as the best in the nation two years going we had a major influx of fishermen from all over the place,” Joslin said. “I’ve still got customers coming in from Kan-

sas, and even Minnesota.

The number of boats on the lake are beginning to thin out a little. But the fishing is very good.”

Bassmaster Magazine named the 186,000-acre Toledo Bend Lake number one in the nation, not once but twice and for good reason — it’s loaded with largemouth bass. The lake has been around since 1949, and like a fine wine, seems to just keep getting better with age.

About the only thing slowing the action on bass are cold fronts. Joslin said the surface water temperature is right around 55 degrees. But during a hardhitting cold front it can drop Please turn to page 13

Jigs also are producing bites on Toledo Bend, according to anglers and guides. Photo by Robert Sloan.

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tan vessel and a response boat crew. One of the two persons rescued died at the hospital and one survived, according to the Galveston Beach Patrol.

The USCG conducted searches for the two missing crewmen, but suspended the search on Jan. 16, according to Cmdr.

Jordan Baldueza. The cause of the collision is under investigation.

The Bow Fortune is a Norwegian-flagged chemical tanker built in 1999. In a statement, operator Odfjell extended its condolences to the family of the victim.

“At the time of the incident, Bow Fortune was inbound and under pilotage as first vessel in a convoy. At the time of the incident, there was heavy fog in the area,” Odfjell said.

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Wilson named to Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame Shane Wilson, retired public educator and founder of Fishing’s Future, will be inducted into the Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame in 2020.

Wilson, of South Padre Island, is a retired public educator of 35 years and founder of the nonprofit organization devoted to strengthening family bonds through fishing.

Wilson started Fishing’s Future in Texas in 2007, which has since expanded to 70 chapters in 21 states and the United Kingdom.

Fishing’s Future’s family fishing events have taken hundreds of thousands of Texans fishing and more than a million people fishing across their chapters’ reach.

According to the writer of his nomination letter, “Shane Wilson has always been an individual who truly lives to serve. Shane is one of those people who is always anxious to lift a hand and help others wherever and whenever help is needed, all while continuing to host family fishing camps and acting as a pillar in his community.”

“We are proud to honor him not only for what he’s done – but for what he continues to do to promote fishing opportunities and protect our natural resources for present and future generations of anglers,” said Dan Kessler, TFF Hall of Fame Committee chair.

Wilson is a past president of Friends of La-

guna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, a past president of the Laguna Madre Fly Fishing Association, and has been the chairman of the board of Sea Turtle, Inc. for the last 17 years. He was inducted Shane Wilson into the Rio Grande Valley Walk of Fame in 2013, honored by the Texas Senate in 2009 with Senate Resolution 864, and was a recipient of the “Council of the Sagamore of the Wabash,” an honor bestowed by the governor of the state of Indiana.

Wilson will be formally inducted into the Hall of Fame at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens and recognized at the 2020 Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest June 5-9 at Lake Fork.

—TPWD

Bass Champs season off and running

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The team of Jake Salvagno, of Beeville, and Rodney Marbach, of Spring Branch, won Bass Champs’ first South Region tournament on Lake Falcon with 26.20 pounds. The team took home $20,000, plus a Skeeter bonus of $2,500.

A total of 142 teams competed, with 37 teams bringing in a five-fish limit.

Byron Biondi and Jason Greenfeld, both of Kennedale, finished second with 25.18 pounds, winning $2,500, and Kenneth Fairly, of Lockhart, and Tommy Law, of Tye, followed in third with 24.91 pounds, winning $1,750.

The event’s big bass, at 10.2 pounds, was brought in by the team of Beau and Michael Schott, both of Hondo.

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TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT ALAN HENRY: Water clear 49-50 degrees; 2.45’ low. Largemouth bass are good on rigged worms, spinner baits, and crankbaits working timber and steep shoreline drops. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on live bait and stink bait.

AMISTAD: Water lightly stained; 57-59 degrees; 30.59’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, spinner baits and plastic worms. Catfish are fair on stink bait and cut bait.

ARLINGTON: Water stained; 58-59 degrees; 1.14’ low. Largemouth bass are good near boat docks and submerged timber on worms, spinner baits, jigs and lipless crankbaits. Crappie are fair under boat docks. Catfish are fair on live bait and stink bait.

ARROWHEAD: Water stained; 56-58 degrees; 2.09’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on boat docks, bridges and vegetation on Texas rigs, spinner baits and jigs.

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

ATHENS: Water lightly stained; 51-53 degrees; 0.07’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on Carolina-rigged worms, jigs, crankbaits and spinner baits.

Crappie are slow. Catfish are fair on stink bait and dough balls.

B.A. STEINHAGEN: Water stained; 53 degrees; 0.33’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits and crankbaits.

Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on cut and prepped bait.

BASTROP: Slightly stained; 5355 degrees; Largemouth bass are fair in shallow water vegetation and points on Carolina-rigged plastic worms and crankbaits.

Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on stink bait and cut bait.

BELTON: Lightly stained; 54-55 degrees; 3.04’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on jigs, plastic worms, smaller spinner baits and smaller crankbait. Crappie are slow. Catfish are fair on shad, shrimp, blood bait and stink bait.

BENBROOK: Water stained; 50-52 degrees; 6.44’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on Carolina-rigged worms, and crankbaits fishing creek beds and around boat dock structures.

Crappie are fair on minnows in deeper submerged structure.

White bass are fair on slabs and spoons. Catfish are fair on chicken liver, stink bait and live bait.

BOB SANDLIN: Water stained; 51-52 degrees; 0.08’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, jigs and jerkbaits.

Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. White bass are fair on jigs under deeper piers and boat docks. Catfish are good on worms and stink bait.

BRAUNIG: Water lightly stained; 58-60 degrees; Largemouth bass are fair on Carolina-rigged plastic worms and crankbaits along the dam and rocky points. Red drum are slow. Striped bass are fair on jigs and live shad. Catfish are good on live bait and cheese bait.

BRIDGEPORT: Water fairly clear; 54 degrees: 4.85’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on jigs

and grubs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Hybrid striped bass are very good on slabs and crankbaits.

BROWNWOOD: Lightly stained; 51-53 degrees; 3.65’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, jigs, top-waters and plastic worms. White bass are fair on deeper points. Catfish are good on prepared bait at night.

BUCHANAN: Water stained; 54-55 degrees; 3.70’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair at docks and points on jigs, spinner baits, crankbaits and plastic worms. Striped bass are fair on midlake humps on live shad and swimbaits. White bass are good on minnows. Crappie are slow.

Channel catfish are good on stink bait, live and cut bait.

CADDO: Water stained; 51-52 degrees; 0.60 high. Largemouth bass are good on rigged plastic worms and spinner baits. Crappie are good on smaller minnows and jigs among cypress trunks and gaps in vegetation. Catfish are fair on stink bait and live bait.

CALAVERAS: Water stained; 58 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on jigs, plastic worms and spinner baits. Red drum are slow. Hybrid striped bass are fair on spoons and lipless crankbaits. Channel catfish are good on stink bait, liver and cut shad.

CEDAR CREEK: Water stained; 54-55 degrees, 2.37’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on Carolina-rigged creature baits, crankbaits and spinner baits on the flats, backs of coves, and boat houses on main lake points.

Hybrid stripers and white bass are fair. Crappie are fair on minnows and shooting large docks with jigs. Catfish are good on cut shad, dough bait and stink bait.

CHOKE CANYON: Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 17.79’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, plastic worms and crankbaits on points and vegetation. White bass are fair on minnows. Catfish are very good on larger live bait and cut bait.

CONROE: Water stained; 59 degrees; 1.97’ low. Largemouth bass are good on jigs, spinner baits, live shad and buzzbaits at submerged ridges. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Hybrid striped bass are good on jigs and shad. Catfish are good on stink bait and cut bait.

COOPER: Water clear; 52-54 degrees; 1.32’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on Carolina-rigged worms, crankbaits and spinner baits in flooded timber and midlake points. White bass are good on slabs and live bait. Catfish are excellent on live and cut bait.

CORPUS CHRISTI LAKE: Water lightly stained; 61 degrees; 3.48’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits working surface cover and drops. White bass are good on lipless crankbaits and minnows. Crappie are fair on live minnows along the pier.

Catfish are fair to good on cut

bait and cheese bait.

FALCON: Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 36.46’ low. Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms, spinner baits and topwaters on points and in flooded vegetation. Crappie are fair to slow on live bait. Catfish are good on live bait and stink bait.

FAYETTE: Water lightly stained.

54 degrees; Largemouth bass are good on worms and crankbaits in standing timber, vegetation and drop-offs.

Sunfish are fair on worms and crickets. Catfish are good on stink bait, live bait and cut bait.

FORK: Water stained; 50-54 degrees; 2.03’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits in 2-8 feet. White and yellow bass are fair on Alabama rigs around timber. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows around structure.

Catfish are fair on prepared bait and cut bait.

GIBBONS CREEK: Water stained; 65 degrees; Largemouth bass are good in the warm water discharge on worms, crankbaits and spinner baits. Crappie are good on jigs. Catfish are good on live bait and liver-flavored prepared bait.

GRANBURY: Water lightly stained. 54-55 degrees. 0.32’ low. Largemouth bass are fair around boat docks and timber.

Crappie are fair around brush piles and boat docks on minnows and jigs. Striped bass are slow. Catfish are fair on punch bait or cut bait near deeper water.

GRAPEVINE: Water stained; 53-54 degrees; 2.44’ high.

Largemouth bass are fair on Carolina-rigged plastic worms, spinner baits and crankbaits around vegetation. White bass are fair on live shad. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs around brush piles. Catfish are excellent on live and prepped bait.

HOUSTON COUNTY: Water stained; 60 degrees; 0.23’ high.

Largemouth bass are good on worms and crankbaits in standing timber and the man-made fish attractors. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on live minnows. Catfish are good on live and cut shad and stink bait.

HUBBARD CREEK: Water stained; 56-58 degrees; 2.74’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on jigs and spinner baits in vegetation and standing timber.

Crappie are good on live minnows in creeks.

White bass are good in creeks.

Catfish are fair on live and cut shad.

JOE POOL: Water stained; 54-56 degrees; 2.61’ low.

Largemouth bass are good over submerged vegetative on jigs, worms and crankbaits. Crappie are good beneath bridges and man-made structures on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait by the spillway and near creeks.

LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water stained; 54-55 degrees; 0.59’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, worms and crank-

baits along vegetation edges.

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

LAVON: Water stained; 54 degrees: 3.12’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, worms, lizards and jigs in flooded vegetation. Crappie are good on jigs. White bass are slow. Catfish are excellent on stink bait.

LBJ: Water stained; 55-56 degrees; 4.87’ low. Largemouth bass are good in coves and shallow water vegetation on jigs, spinner baits and crankbait.

Crappie are good on jigs under docks. Catfish are good on stink bait and cut bait.

LEWISVILLE: Water stained; 53-54 degrees; 0.37’ low.

Largemouth bass are good along the dam, rocky steep dropping shorelines, coves, and flooded timber on Texas-rigged plastic baits, crankbaits, jigs and spinner baits. White bass are fair on slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs among brush and vegetation.

Catfish are fair on prepared bait and cut bait.

LIVINGSTON: Water lightly stained; 58-60 degrees; 0.09’ high. Largemouth bass are good at points going into coves on Carolina-rigged worms, spinner baits and jigs. Striped bass are good on spoons and shad. Crappie are very good on minnows and jigs in the creeks. Catfish are fair on live bait and prepped dough balls.

MILLERS CREEK: Water stained; 54 degrees; 1.93’ low.

Largemouth bass are good in flooded timber and submerged trees on jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs among timber and brush piles. Catfish are good on live bait and blood bait.

NAVARRO MILLS: Water stained; 53-54 degrees. 2.54’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits, crankbaits and jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows around the marina and timber.

Catfish are good on live bait throughout the lake.

O.H. IVIE: Water clear; 55 degrees; 9.96’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina-rigged worms, minnows and jigs around timber and points working downriver. Crappie are fair on live minnows and jigs in the timber.

Catfish are good on stink bait, live and cut bait.

PALESTINE: Water lightly stained; 53 degrees; 1.35’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on Carolina-rigged worms and lipless crankbaits in creeks moving towards the northern end of the reservoir. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Hybrid striper are good on minnows. White bass are good on slabs. Catfish are excellent on shad and chicken livers.

POSSUM KINGDOM: Water clear; 48-49 degrees; 0.91’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, plastic worms and spinner baits. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White

bass are fair on jigs, slabs and spoons. Striped bass are fair on live shad and jigs over mid-lake humps. Catfish are good on cut bait, live sunfish and stink bait.

PROCTOR: Water lightly stained. 53-55 degrees. 3.53’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on plastic worms, spinner baits and jigs. Crappie are fair on jigs on points. Catfish are good on stink bait and cut bait.

RAY HUBBARD: Water stained; 53 degrees; 2.76” low.

Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits and spinner baits.

White bass are fair on drop shots and spinner tail shads. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on live shad towards the center of the lake.

RAY ROBERTS: Water stained: 54 degrees; 2.46’ high.

Largemouth bass are good on Carolina-rigged lizards and jigs working points. White bass are excellent in 35 feet of water at night on minnows. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on live bait and stink bait.

RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 3.62’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, plastic worms and jigging spoons. White bass and hybrids are good on jigging spoons. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs around structure.

Catfish are good on live bait and cut bait.

SAM RAYBURN: Water stained; 53 degrees; 1.82’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, spinner baits and plastic worms. White bass are good on minnows and small cranks on humps. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs among deeper brush piles.

Catfish are good on live and stink bait.

SOMERVILLE: Water stained; 55 degrees; 0.28’ low. Largemouth bass are very good on plastic worms, crankbaits and jigs near vegetation and the western creeks. White bass and hybrids are good on minnows and lipless crankbaits. Crappie are good on smaller minnows.

Catfish are good on cut shad and stink bait.

SQUAW CREEK: Water clear; 54 degrees; 1.19’ low. Largemouth bass are good along rocky shorelines and in coves on soft plastic worms and crankbaits.

Catfish are excellent around the timber on live bait, chicken livers and prepped bait.

STILLHOUSE HOLLOW: Water lightly stained; 54-55 degrees; 3.37’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, jigs and Carolina-rigged plastic worms.

White bass are slow. Catfish are fair on live and cut bait.

TAWAKONI: Water stained; 53 degrees; 1.50’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits, plastic worms and crankbaits along the shoreline. White bass and hybrid stripers are good on slabs and spoons. Crappie are fair on minnows around structure. Catfish are excellent on live, cut shad and stink bait.

n Saltwater reports Page 13 TEXANA: Water stained; 58-59 degrees; 5.13’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on jigs, Texas– rigged soft plastics and spinner baits near creek mouths and steep drops. Crappie are fair on jigs. Catfish are fair to good on stink bait, cut bait and live bait.

TEXOMA: Water stained; 48-50 degrees; 1.86’ high. Largemouth bass are good drifting live bait and lures in shallow water.

Striped bass are good on slabs, swimbaits and live bait. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs by boathouses, submerged vegetation and timber. Catfish are fair on live shrimp, cut bait, and minnows.

TOLEDO BEND: Water slightly stained; 53-56 degrees; 6.36’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits and spinner baits in shallow water on creek structure and vegetative cover.

Crappie are very good in brush piles on jigs and minnows. Channel and blue catfish are fair on chicken livers and dough bait.

TRAVIS: Water clear; 54 degrees; 10.01’ low. Largemouth bass are good on finesse baits.

White bass are fair midlake on crankbaits, and jigs. Catfish are fair on cut bait and stink bait.

TYLER: Water lightly stained; 52 degrees; 1.89’ low. Largemouth bass are very good on Carolina-rigged creature baits in the vegetation cover. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows.

Catfish are fair on stink bait and live bait.

WACO: Water lightly stained.

54 degrees; 5.19’ low. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits and weighted plastic worms in creek structure and surrounding points. Crappie are good on minnows and weighted lightcolored jigs. Channel and blue catfish are fair on cut shad, live bait and blood flavored-prepped bait.

WHITNEY: Water stained 55 degrees; 6.27’ low. Largemouth bass are excellent on deep-diving crankbaits, plastic worms and spinner baits at deep-water structure and ledges. White bass are fair on Alabama rigs and minnows. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on cut shad.

WRIGHT PATMAN: Water stained; 51 degrees; 4.27’ high.

Largemouth bass are good on slow-moving jigs, crankbaits and plastic worms. White bass are good on slabs and spoons.

Crappie are fair on jigs. Catfish are fair on cut bait, live bait and stink bait.

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Fly-fishermen in numbers Continued from page 8

Recreational fly angler Odom Wu shows a rainbow trout he landed on a homemade fly. Wu uses weighted flies and multi-colored line to better see when the trout strike. Photo from Odom Wu.

Guadalupe using a Euro-nymphing approach,” he explained. “Instead of fishing with an indicator floating on the surface to show me when a fish strikes my fly as it is drifting with the current, I use weighted flies and a highly visible multi-colored line.”

Wu said this approach allows him to better control the depth at which his fly is being swept through the water column.

“I use my rod and the variations of color on my line to manage the depth of my fly,” he said. “This helps me to stay in constant contact with my fly and catch more fish. I also feel like the fly has a much more natural appearance without the drag of an indicator as it is drifting through the current.”

Wu has landed several 18-20 inch trout using this technique, and said the fish seem to be more aggressive in areas with faster moving water.

Fly-fishing guide Davin Topel said the best fishing for trout is occurring from the Maricopa Riverside Lodge down to the fourth crossing.

“Just about anywhere that there is current and moving water on this stretch of the river is holding plenty of fish,” Topel said. “The key is keeping the fly along the bottom — your fly has to be bumping the bottom in order to get bit. If you are using an indicator, it should be bouncing along the surface, due to your fly sweeping across the river bottom.”

Topel’s customers have been catching rainbows anywhere from 10-21 inches around deeper drop-offs and shelfs.

“High sticking and tight line nymphing

has been producing some excellent fish and more bites it seems,” said guide Nate Wilson.

Wilson recently had a client land a 22inch rainbow and said he’s seen a lot of fish in the 18-20 inch range being caught by seasoned fly anglers.

“The more natural of a presentation that you can give your fly, the more likely you are to catch bigger fish,” he said. “Older, larger fish are harder to fool due to the amount of pressure the river gets, but if you can make your fly look real, they are going to eat it.”

Guide John Shank has been targeting limestone channels and ledges to catch plenty of trout.

“Smaller fly patterns fished under an indicator have been producing the best results for my clients,” he said. “The best approach is to use flies that mimic the most recent hatch on the river.”

On a good day, Shank said anglers are landing about 30 percent of the fish that strike.

“These rainbows can be finicky, and the evidence of strong fishing pressure is definitely noticeable,” he said.

In addition to rainbows, Shank said good-sized striped bass are also lurking in the Guad.

“These fish are not easy to catch, and a lot of the larger ones eat small trout,” he said. “I target them by using large, 8- to 10-inch streamers that mimic a small rainbow.”

Shank recently had a customer land a 28-inch, 13-pound striper on the Guadalupe during a day of trout fishing.

East Galveston Bay bite Continued from page 1

Guide John Chesser says East Galveston Bay is one of the best for catching flounder, even well into winter. His favorite tactic is to rig a 3-inch white Gulp shrimp on a 1/4-ounce Norton screw lock jighead.

“The numbers of flounder in this bay are the best I’ve seen in 20 years,” Chesser said.

John Blackwell said his go-to tactic for catching flounder on East Bay is to anchor his boat at the mouth of a bayou where it enters the bay. He’ll rig up with a 1/4-ounce barrel weight above a barrel swivel. The monofilament leader is about 2 feet long with a 4/0 circle hook. He prefers to use live shrimp. But if that’s not available, he’ll go with scented plastic in

white or chartreuse.

Guide Jim West prefers to wade the reefs that are scattered all over the bay. He said this has been a mild winter, and the fishing around the deep ends of the shell has been good for numbers of solid trout.

“The key is to move from one reef to the other until you find fish,” he said. “Also, the best bite will be on an incoming tide most of the time. You definitely want to fish the reefs that are holding mullet.

Two of my go-to lures during the winter months are a Fat Boy or a MirrOlure SoftDine that’s 3 1/4 inches long. Some of the better colors are black/silver/orange or pearl/chartreuse.”

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GAME WARDEN BLOTTER DUCK IDENTIFICATION COURSE NEEDED A Refugio County game warden received a call from a hunter requesting help identifying some ducks he had killed at the Guadalupe Delta Wildlife Management Area. The warden was nearby and met the man at his vehicle. The birds killed were four protected pied-billed grebes and two mottled ducks. Citations were issued for being over the bag limit on mottled ducks and killing protected birds.

BIG DEER, NO LICENSE At a deer camp in Frio County, two individuals were contacted by a game warden. They had killed a 180-plus-inch white-tailed buck and a ram. Neither individual possessed a valid hunting license.

Citations were issued and the whitetail deer and ram was seized.

OPERATION NETS VIOLATORS In December, 20 game wardens were called in to take part in Operation Lights Out, which focuses on illegal activity in Red River, Bowie and Lamar counties. Their efforts over a weekend resulted in a total of 37 charges filed, three arrests, one felony arrest and one impounded vehicle. The violations consisted of hunting from a public roadway, possession of an open container, hunting duck over a baited area,

SPONSORED BY view, one of the hunters admitted to duck hunting and was proud to say it was his “best morning ever.” The hunters were new to duck hunting and were unaware of the split.

WITH FRIENDS LIKE THIS An individual told a Henderson County game warden he saw a Snapchat video of a young man shooting off the highway, multiple times, at night.

After reviewing the video, the warden was able to obtain the shooter’s name and location. The indi-

possession of drug paraphernalia and discharge of a firearm from a public roadway.

SOME STRONG STUFF Two Henderson County game wardens received a call in the evening from a local landowner who said he and members of his church were conducting a Bible study when an unknown vehicle sped through his front gate and crashed in the pasture behind his property. As the wardens arrived on scene, the driver of the vehicle fled on foot and couldn’t be found. However, the driver left behind his wallet and identification card in the car along with other personal items. Early the next day, the landowner called the wardens saying he had gone deer hunting and as he was leaving the deer stand the driver appeared out of nowhere, smoking a cigarette.

vidual was interviewed and said he was shooting at some pigs crossing the road and didn’t know that the passenger was recording him with her phone. He was unaware it was going to be posted to social media.

The driver asked him, “Where am I? How did I get here?” The wardens responded to the call and found the landowner and driver sitting down by a fire having coffee. The driver told the wardens he decided to smoke some Kush cannabis after leaving his parole officer’s office.

The driver spent the night outside in freezing temperatures and had no clue how he got to this ranch or where his car was.

BOATING AND SHOOTING A Bell County game warden received a call from a fisherman on Lake Stillhouse about a boat driving around and shooting at ducks.

Wardens stopped the individuals as they were pulling out of the boat ramp. Upon further inspection, the individuals had more than 20 violations and had killed two buzzards along with three coots.

TOSSING THE GUNS In Goliad County, a game warden observed two subjects shine a light and shoot a white-tailed buck off the road. During the pursuit of the vehicle, a .17 HMR and a .22 mag were tossed out the window by the suspects. Both weapons were recovered after the pursuit ended, and both subjects were arrested without incident.

CRANES IN THE DUMPSTER Several illegally dumped sandhill cranes were dumped in a community dumpster. The birds were not breasted out. A Lubbock district warden responded to collect evidence and to begin interviewing possible suspects and neighbors.

The dumpster was next to a Texas Tech fraternity and a large apartment complex. After interviewing multiple individuals, the suspect was discovered. The suspect admitted he and his friend left the birds in the back of his truck the day prior and thought that the temperature was too warm to keep the meat. Waste of game charges were filed against both individuals.

SPLIT IN SEASON CAME AT BAD TIME A Henderson County game warden was contacted by a local landowner about some duck hunters who had been hunting during the closed season split. The landowner provided the license plates of the suspects’ vehicles. The wardens were unable to find the suspected duck hunters.

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EAST GALVESTON BAY: 58 degrees. Speckled trout are good near Oyster Bayou. Flounder are good on live shrimp. Redfish and black drum are good in the channels and drop-offs on live bait.

WEST GALVESTON BAY: 58-62 degrees. Speckled trout are excellent on shrimp under a popping cork or Corkys in deeper water. Redfish and black drum are excellent near the south shoreline coves. Flounder are good on live shrimp.

TEXAS CITY: 60-63 degrees. Speckled trout are good on slow-sinking mullet imitating plugs.

Redfish are very good on soft plastics or live mullet. Flounder are fair on live shrimp and minnows.

Black drum are good on whole shad.

FREEPORT: Water clear; 59-61 degrees. Speckled trout are very good on mullet or pinfish. Black drum are excellent. Redfish are good in shallow mudflats on soft plastics or natural baits. Sheepshead are good around the jetties on shrimp.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY: 64 degrees. Speckled trout are good on live shrimp under popping corks and soft plastics around the north shore reefs.

Redfish are very good near the south shoreline on live mullet, soft plastics and top-waters. Flounder are good on shrimp.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY: 64 degrees. Speckled trout are good on live shrimp under popping corks and soft plastics along the flats around mullet.

Redfish are good in the marsh on live mullet, soft plastics and top-waters. Black drum are fair on blue crab or soft plastics.

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TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING REPORT SABINE LAKE: Water clear to stained; 63-64 degrees. Speckled trout are good near mud or mixed mud shell bottoms on slow-moving lures.

Redfish are fair over shell or mud bottoms on lures and shrimp. Flounder are fair on jigs and scented plastics.

TRINITY BAY: 61 degrees. Speckled trout are good on live shrimp and soft plastics around the causeway. Redfish are good in the marsh on live mullet, soft plastics and shrimp along the shoreline. Sheepshead are very good on live shrimp.

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PORT O’CONNOR: 61 degrees. Speckled trout are good on live or fresh shrimp or crab in the shallow sand bars. Redfish are excellent on live shrimp.

Flounder are good at the end of the jetties on minnows. Black drum are excellent on blue crab, shrimp or soft plastics. Sheepshead are excellent near the jetty on live shrimp.

ROCKPORT: 61-62 degrees. Speckled trout are fair drifting and wading over hard sand on live bait. Redfish are fair in the shallow, warmer water. Flounder are fair on live finger mullet.

PORT ARANSAS: 63 degrees. Speckled trout are fair to good on shrimp and top-waters in the shallow water. Flounder are fair on live mullet along the marsh. Redfish are good on shrimp and paddle tails. Black drum are fair on shrimp or soft plastics.

CORPUS CHRISTI: 63 degrees. Speckled trout are good on Texas Rattler jigs near Ward Island.

Redfish are good on cut mullet and shrimp around Bob Hall Pier. Flounder are good on minnows or squid and jigs. Black Drum are fair on shrimp or crab.

BAFFIN BAY: 64 degrees. Speckled trout are good on shrimp and slow-sinking artificials in shallow water near sand. Redfish are good in the sand flats on soft plastics. Flounder are good on jigs and minnows.

PORT MANSFIELD: 66 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good on the flats and over mud on scented plastics and live shrimp. Offshore is good for snapper when weather permits.

SOUTH PADRE: 66-67 degrees. Speckled trout are good on the flats on cut mullet. Redfish are good around mud boils on live shrimp. Black drum are good on shrimp or crab.

PORT ISABEL: 64 degrees. Speckled trout are good in the shallow grass flats. Redfish are good on shrimp in the sand flats. Black drum are good on dead shrimp on a jig head. Snook are fair to good near the port. Sheepshead are good on crab.

­—TPWD

a few degrees. When that happens, Joslin says the best bite will be deep and mostly on 3/4-ounce hammered jigging spoons in 28 to 32 feet of water. That’s when he’ll be catching lots of largemouth and spotted bass. He’ll also be using both gold and silver spoons.

“After a front moves through the fishing will slow down for a couple of days,” he said. “But once the sun warms things up, the bite will pick up pretty fast. One of my best tactics on this lake is wacky, or dropshot fishing.”

Joslin uses 10-pound test line, rigging a Bottom Dropper Jr. on a 2/0 Berkley Aberdeen wacky hook. He said the best colors are morning/dawn, pumpkin party and green/pumpkin.

“I’ll be fishing about 5 to 10 feet deep in the timber,” he said.

Another good pattern is to fish crankbaits in 5 to 6 feet of water. Joslin said the

shallow bite will be good after a few days of sunny weather. His favorite tactic is to rig up with a Berkley SquareBull shad-colored crankbait.

“The key is to make a long cast, crank the bait down to about 5 feet, then just kind of pull it on a slow stop and go retrieve,” he said. “Almost every hit will come when the lure is dead still. That’s a pattern that’s been putting us on bass up to around 5 pounds.”

Another good pattern is to fish the creeks with cranks, spinner baits and jigs. Joslin said some of the better creeks right now are Mill Creek, Indian Creek and Buck Creek.

He’ll also spend a good bit of time around Texas Island.

He reports that the aquatic vegetation on the lake is not nearly what it used to be. But even at that, the mild winter set up some better bass fishing than what they have had the past couple of winters.

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TEXAS SUN, MOON AND TIDES Moon Phases

New

First

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Last

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Solunar Sun times Moon times

Houston

Dallas

2020 A.M. P.M. SUN MOON Jan/Feb Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets

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24 Fri 25 Sat 26 Sun 27 Mon 28 Tue 29 Wed 30 Thu

4:33 10:46 5:25 11:08 6:16 12:04 7:06 12:55 7:54 1:44 8:41 2:31 9:26 3:16 10:11 4:00 10:54 4:43 11:38 5:27 ----- 6:11 12:43 6:56 1:31 7:44 2:21 8:35 3:14 9:29

4:59 11:12 5:50 ----6:39 12:28 7:28 1:17 8:16 2:05 9:02 2:51 9:47 3:37 10:31 4:21 11:15 5:05 ----- 5:49 12:23 6:35 1:09 7:22 1:58 8:12 2:50 9:05 3:44 9:59

07:15 07:14 07:14 07:13 07:13 07:12 07:12 07:11 07:11 07:10 07:10 07:09 07:08 07:08 07:07

05:50 05:50 05:51 05:52 05:53 05:54 05:55 05:56 05:57 05:58 05:58 05:59 06:00 06:01 06:02

7:13a 5:48p 7:57a 6:45p 8:37a 7:41p 9:12a 8:36p 9:44a 9:29p 10:14a 10:21p 10:43a 11:12p 11:12a NoMoon 11:43a 12:05a 12:16p 12:59a 12:54p 1:55a 1:38p 2:54a 2:28p 3:54a 3:25p 4:54a 4:29p 5:52a

4:39 5:31 6:22 7:12 8:00 8:47 9:32

10:52 11:14 12:10 1:01 1:50 2:37 3:22

5:05 5:55 6:45 7:34 8:21 9:07 9:52

11:18 ----12:33 1:23 2:11 2:57 3:42 4:27

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10:16 4:06

10:37

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11:00 11:44 12:04 12:49 1:36 2:27 3:20

11:21 5:10 ----- 5:55 12:29 6:41 1:15 7:28 2:04 8:18 2:56 9:11 3:50 10:05

4:49 5:32 6:16 7:02 7:50 8:41 9:35

07:26 07:26 07:25 07:25 07:24 07:23 07:23

05:50 05:51 05:52 05:53 05:54 05:55 05:55

7:26a 8:09a 8:48a 9:22a 9:52a 10:21a 10:49a

5:47p 6:45p 7:43p 8:39p 9:33p 10:26p 11:19p

07:22 05:56 11:16a NoMoon 07:22 07:21 07:20 07:20 07:19 07:18 07:17

05:57 05:58 05:59 06:00 06:01 06:02 06:03

11:46a 12:18p 12:55p 1:37p 2:27p 3:24p 4:28p

12:13a 1:09a 2:06a 3:06a 4:07a 5:07a 6:05a

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Amarillo

2020 A.M. P.M. SUN MOON Jan/Feb Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets

2020 A.M. P.M. SUN MOON Jan/Feb Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets

24 Fri 25 Sat 26 Sun 27 Mon 28 Tue 29 Wed 30 Thu 31 Fri 01 Sat 02 Sun 03 Mon 04 Tue 05 Wed 06 Thu 07 Fri

24 Fri 25 Sat 26 Sun 27 Mon 28 Tue 29 Wed 30 Thu 31 Fri 01 Sat 02 Sun 03 Mon 04 Tue 05 Wed 06 Thu 07 Fri

4:46 10:59 5:37 11:21 6:28 12:17 7:18 1:07 8:07 1:56 8:54 2:44 9:39 3:29 10:23 4:13 11:07 4:56 11:50 5:39 12:11 6:23 12:56 7:09 1:43 7:57 2:33 8:48 3:27 9:42

5:12 11:25 6:02 ----6:52 12:40 7:41 1:29 8:28 2:17 9:14 3:04 9:59 3:49 10:43 4:33 11:28 5:17 ----- 6:02 12:35 6:47 1:22 7:35 2:11 8:25 3:03 9:17 3:57 10:12

07:26 07:26 07:25 07:25 07:24 07:24 07:24 07:23 07:22 07:22 07:21 07:21 07:20 07:19 07:19

06:03 06:04 06:05 06:06 06:06 06:07 06:08 06:09 06:10 06:11 06:12 06:13 06:13 06:14 06:15

7:25a 6:02p 8:09a 6:59p 8:49a 7:55p 9:24a 8:49p 9:56a 9:42p 10:26a 10:34p 10:56a 11:25p 11:25a NoMoon 11:56a 12:17a 12:30p 1:11a 1:08p 2:08a 1:52p 3:06a 2:42p 4:06a 3:39p 5:06a 4:43p 6:04a

4:59 11:12 5:51 11:34 6:42 12:30 7:32 1:21 8:20 2:10 9:07 2:57 9:52 3:42 10:36 4:26 11:20 5:09 ----- 5:53 12:24 6:37 1:09 7:22 1:56 8:10 2:47 9:01 3:40 9:55

5:25 6:16 7:05 7:54 8:41 9:28 10:13 10:57 11:41 12:04 12:49 1:35 2:24 3:16 4:10

11:38 12:03 12:54 1:43 2:31 3:17 4:02 4:47 5:31 6:15 7:01 7:48 8:38 9:31 10:25

07:51 07:51 07:50 07:50 07:49 07:48 07:48 07:47 07:46 07:45 07:45 07:44 07:43 07:42 07:41

06:05 06:06 06:07 06:08 06:09 06:10 06:11 06:12 06:13 06:14 06:15 06:16 06:17 06:18 06:19

7:53a 6:02p 8:36a 7:01p 9:13a 8:00p 9:46a 8:57p 10:15a 9:52p 10:42a 10:47p 11:09a 11:41p 11:36a NoMoon 12:04p 12:36a 12:35p 1:33a 1:11p 2:32a 1:52p 3:33a 2:41p 4:34a 3:38p 5:35a 4:43p 6:33a

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 24 Jan 25 Jan 26 Jan 27 Jan 28 Jan 29 Jan 30 Jan 31 Feb 1 Feb2 Feb3 Feb4 Feb5 Feb6 Feb7

Time 1:08 AM 1:42 AM 2:18 AM 2:57 AM 3:44 AM 12:22 AM 1:20 AM 2:16 AM 3:09 AM 3:58 AM 4:45 AM 5:31 AM 6:16 AM 7:02 AM 7:48 AM

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Height 1.19H 1.13H 1.07H 1.01H 0.96H -0.08L 0.15L 0.38L 0.59L 0.76L 0.87L 0.94L 0.98L 1.00L 0.97L

Time 11:10 PM 5:27 PM 5:55 PM 10:23 AM 11:01 AM 11:43 AM 12:32 PM 1:32 PM 2:52 PM

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0.91H 0.87H 0.84H 0.82H 0.84H 0.89H 0.96H 1.04H 1.14H

Galveston Bay entrance, north jetty Date Jan 24 Jan 25 Jan 26 Jan 27 Jan 28 Jan 29 Jan 30 Jan 31 Feb 01 Feb 2 Feb 3 Feb 4 Feb 5 Feb 6 Feb 7

Time 8:37 AM 1:19 AM 2:15 AM 12:07 AM 12:43 AM 1:22 AM 1:58 AM 2:27 AM 2:56 AM 3:27 AM 4:05 AM 4:47 AM 5:35 AM 6:26 AM 7:16 AM

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Time 4:55 PM 9:13 AM 9:48 AM 3:12 AM 4:12 AM 5:20 AM 6:50 AM 9:00 AM 11:05 AM 12:17 PM 1:09 PM 1:54 PM 2:35 PM 3:13 PM 3:49 PM

Height 1.81H -0.75L -0.61L 1.04H 0.97H 0.87H 0.80H 0.83H 1.01H 1.23H 1.43H 1.60H 1.75H 1.85H 1.91H

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Time 5:19 PM 5:47 PM 6:10 PM 6:30 PM 3:47 AM 5:06 AM 6:38 AM 8:23 AM 10:23 AM 12:15 PM 1:21 PM 2:07 PM 2:48 PM 3:28 PM 4:06 PM

Height 1.49H 1.39H 1.30H 1.20H 0.78H 0.71H 0.68H 0.71H 0.83H 1.02H 1.23H 1.40H 1.54H 1.63H 1.66H

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Height

11:37 PM

1.01L

6:21 6:46 7:08 7:27 7:38 7:44

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1.46H 1.35H 1.24H 1.15H 1.07H 1.03H

Time

Height

Time 8:46 AM 9:24 AM 9:59 AM 10:31 AM 1:21 AM 1:38 AM 1:57 AM 2:20 AM 2:50 AM 3:27 AM 4:09 AM 4:55 AM 5:44 AM 6:33 AM 7:22 AM

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11:01 AM 11:32 AM 12:05 PM 12:46 PM 2:18 PM

Height

-0.12L 0.09L 0.31L 0.55L 0.78L

6:48 7:05 7:20 7:30 7:23

PM PM PM PM PM

1.11H 1.03H 0.94H 0.87H 0.83H

Port O’Connor Date Jan 24 Jan 25 Jan 26 Jan 27 Jan 28 Jan 29 Jan 30 Jan 31 Feb 1 Feb 2 Feb 3 Feb 4 Feb 5 Feb 6 Feb 7

Time 11:39 AM 12:07 AM 1:10 AM 1:33 AM 1:41 PM 1:43 PM 1:15 PM 6:18 AM 6:11 AM 6:28 AM 6:59 AM 7:43 AM 8:37 AM 9:35 AM 10:30 AM

Time 2:15 AM 3:41 AM 5:22 AM 6:47 AM 7:56 AM 1:34 AM 1:19 AM 12:56 AM 8:42 AM 9:13 AM 9:48 AM 10:33 AM 11:27 AM 12:26 PM 1:18 AM

San Luis Pass Date Jan 24 Jan 25 Jan 26 Jan 27 Jan 28 Jan 29 Jan 30 Jan 31 Feb 1 Feb 2 Feb 3 Feb 4 Feb 5 Feb 6 Feb 7

Time 9:18 AM 9:58 AM 10:35 AM 11:08 AM 1:41 AM 2:10 AM 2:36 AM 3:03 AM 3:34 AM 4:11 AM 4:53 AM 5:39 AM 6:28 AM 7:18 AM 8:08 AM

Height -0.80L -0.72L 0.83H 0.75H 0.66H -0.21L 0.20L 0.06L -0.09L -0.24L 0.62H 0.65H -0.65L -0.75L -0.81L

Time 11:30 PM

Height 0.91H

2:24 PM 2:48 PM 2:58 PM 11:07 PM 9:19 AM 11:08 AM 11:44 PM

-0.60L -0.48L -0.34L 0.61H 0.24H 0.20H 0.62H

8:58 AM 9:43 AM 9:07 PM 9:55 PM 10:44 PM

-0.39L -0.53L 0.82H 0.87H 0.88H

Height -0.67L -0.58L -0.48L -0.36L 0.46L 0.37L 0.25L 0.12L -0.02L -0.17L -0.31L -0.44L -0.55L -0.64L -0.70L

Time 6:29 PM 6:52 PM 7:10 PM 7:28 PM 3:51 AM 4:43 AM 5:57 AM 9:31 AM 8:13 PM 3:44 PM 3:32 PM 4:00 PM 4:35 PM 5:10 PM 5:42 PM

Height 0.80H 0.72H 0.64H 0.59H 0.48H 0.40H 0.31H 0.27H 0.51H 0.56H 0.69H 0.80H 0.88H 0.90H 0.89H

Height -0.07L -0.03L 0.42H 0.39H 0.34H 0.18L 0.22L 0.17L 0.13L 0.09L 0.05L 0.02L -0.01L -0.03L -0.05L

Time 10:53 PM

Height 0.46H

12:34 PM 1:04 PM 1:19 PM 8:48 PM 9:19 AM 8:57 PM 8:29 PM 6:40 PM 6:53 PM 7:40 PM 8:41 PM 9:46 PM

0.02L 0.07L 0.13L 0.34H 0.23H 0.36H 0.36H 0.38H 0.41H 0.42H 0.44H 0.45H

Height -0.18L -0.09L 0.01L 0.95H 0.89H 0.76L 0.64L 0.52L 0.39L 0.26L 0.12L -0.01L -0.11L -0.19L -0.23L

Time 8:09 PM 9:10 PM

Height 1.10H 1.04H

10:56 AM 11:30 AM 3:28 AM 4:42 AM 7:17 AM 7:38 PM 3:36 PM 3:55 PM 4:30 PM 5:18 PM 6:21 PM 7:37 PM

0.12L 0.23L 0.82H 0.73H 0.67H 0.83H 0.90H 1.01H 1.09H 1.13H 1.14H 1.13H

Height -0.60L -0.51L -0.41L -0.27L -0.12L 0.67L 0.51L 0.34L 0.15L -0.02L -0.19L -0.34L -0.48L -0.60L -0.68L

Time 6:35 PM 7:05 PM 7:18 PM 7:14 PM 7:08 PM 3:26 AM 5:07 AM 7:46 AM 6:34 PM 2:39 PM 3:04 PM 3:46 PM 4:31 PM 5:17 PM 6:01 PM

Height 1.26H 1.18H 1.08H 0.98H 0.90H 0.69H 0.61H 0.59H 0.77H 0.88H 1.05H 1.19H 1.29H 1.35H 1.36H

Time

Height

11:25 PM

0.62H

3:14 PM 3:28 PM

-0.07L 0.08L

8:30 PM

0.73H

Time

Height

11:38 AM 12:07 PM 12:36 PM 1:02 PM

-0.23L -0.09L 0.06L 0.22L

Time

11:09 PM 11:24 PM

Time

7:44 7:57 8:05 8:09

PM PM PM PM

Height

0.61H 0.62H

Height

0.56H 0.53H 0.52H 0.51H

Date Jan 24 Jan 25 Jan 26 Jan 27 Jan 28 Jan 29 Jan 30 Jan 31 Feb 1 Feb 2 Feb 3 Feb 4 Feb 5 Feb 6 Feb 7

Time 11:07 AM 11:54 AM 1:59 AM 2:54 AM 3:23 AM 1:05 PM 6:27 AM 5:40 AM 5:51 AM 6:14 AM 6:45 AM 7:22 AM 8:08 AM 9:00 AM 9:57 AM

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Height

Time

Height

8:52 PM

0.32H

12:05 PM

0.22L

8:56 PM

0.35H

Height

Time

Height

0.81H 0.34L 0.47L 0.60L

6:31 PM 6:50 PM 7:15 PM

0.79H 0.80H 0.82H

Height

Time

Height

0.07L 0.27L 0.48L

7:07 PM 7:07 PM 7:02 PM

0.83H 0.78H 0.76H

Port Aransas Height -0.20L 0.85H 0.80H 0.73H 0.09L 0.19L 0.29L 0.32L 0.24L 0.16L 0.08L 0.00L -0.08L -0.16L -0.23L

Time

Height

12:20 PM 12:55 PM 1:23 PM 11:00 PM 10:14 PM 9:34 PM 8:55 PM 8:16 PM 7:51 PM 7:52 PM 8:16 PM 8:57 PM 9:50 PM 11:02 PM

-0.17L -0.11L -0.02L 0.59H 0.56H 0.55H 0.56H 0.60H 0.66H 0.72H 0.79H 0.85H 0.90H 0.92H

Time 2:56 PM 3:50 PM 4:38 PM 5:18 PM 5:51 PM 6:36 AM 7:28 AM 8:09 AM 10:35 PM 10:09 PM 10:21 PM 10:57 PM 11:54 PM

Height -0.58L -0.57L -0.54L -0.47L -0.38L -0.07L -0.17L -0.26L 0.09H 0.16H 0.22H 0.26H 0.29H

1:25 PM

-0.62L

Time

11:49 PM

Height

Time

Height

0.65H

Nueces Bay Date Jan 24 Jan 25 Jan 26 Jan 27 Jan 28 Jan 29 Jan 30 Jan 31 Feb 1 Feb 2 Feb 3 Feb 4 Feb 5 Feb 6 Feb 7

Time 01:06 PM 1:49 PM 12:12 AM 12:34 AM 12:07 AM 3:03 PM 6:57 AM 7:19 AM 7:46 AM 8:18 AM 12:08 AM 12:33 AM 10:33 AM 11:23 AM 12:12 PM

East Matagorda

Freeport Harbor Date Jan 24 Jan 25 Jan 26 Jan 27 Jan 28 Jan 29 Jan 30 Jan 31 Feb 1 Feb 2 Feb 3 Feb 4 Feb 5 Feb 6 Feb 7

Date Jan 24 Jan 25 Jan 26 Jan 27 Jan 28 Jan 29 Jan 30 Jan 31 Feb 1 Feb 2 Feb 3 Feb 4 Feb 5 Feb 6 Feb 7

Date Jan 24 Jan 25 Jan 26 Jan 27 Jan 28 Jan 29 Jan 30 Jan 31 Feb 1 Feb 2 Feb 3 Feb 4 Feb 5 Feb 6 Feb 7

Time 8:50 AM 9:35 AM 10:18 AM 1:27 AM 2:32 AM 12:15 AM 12:45 AM 1:28 AM 2:23 AM 3:27 AM 4:27 AM 5:20 AM 6:07 AM 6:52 AM 7:38 AM

Time

7:54 PM 11:54 AM 12:10 PM 12:26 PM

South Padre Island Height 0.20H 0.18H 0.15H 0.10H 0.03H -0.02H -0.02H -0.02H -0.34L -0.40L -0.45L -0.50L -0.55L -0.59L 0.32H

Time

9:09 AM 1:24 PM 11:03 PM

Height

-0.05H -0.11H 0.02H

Time

Height

6:12 PM 5:29 PM

-0.27L -0.16L

Date Jan 24 Jan 25 Jan 26 Jan 27 Jan 28 Jan 29 Jan 30 Jan 31 Feb 1 Feb 2 Feb 3 Feb 4 Feb 5 Feb 6 Feb 7

Time 8:20 AM 9:02 AM 9:41 AM 10:18 AM 10:55 AM 1:02 AM 1:06 AM 1:31 AM 2:07 AM 2:49 AM 3:37 AM 4:29 AM 5:23 AM 6:17 AM 7:11 AM

Time

11:31 AM 12:07 PM 12:44 PM

Texas Coast Tides

Height -0.87L -0.78L -0.65L -0.48L -0.29L 0.76H 0.67H 0.63H 0.71H 0.86H 1.02H 1.15H 1.25H 1.31H 1.33H

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Executive Officer Dave Hansen moved to the role of chairman.

Leupold & Stevens’ new VX-3i CDS-ZL riflescope won the Best New Product for the optics category at the 2020 Big Rock Sports New Product Showcase.

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Adventure gear brand Kammok chose Non-Typical Outdoor Sales as its Midwest sales agency.

SIG selects importer Legacy Sports International will be the exclusive importer of SIG SAUER German-made firearms into the USA.

More Gander stores closing Camping World announced the closure of 27 additional former Gander Mountain retail stores.

Executive shifts at Swanson Russell Brent Schott was named president of Swanson Russell and Chief ACROSS

Christen Everly was named president of Media Lodge.

Mark P. Smith and Brian D. Murphy were named copresidents of American Outdoor Brands. James Debney was removed as president and CEO for “conduct inconsistent with a non-financial company policy.”

New CEO at Taurus Bret Vorhees was named chief executive officer of Taurus Holdings, Inc., which encompasses Taurus USA, Rossi and Heritage Manufacturing product lines.

New VP at Mossberg O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc. appointed Patricia Donahue as vice president of operations.

DOWN

1. Only the roosters of this bird are hunted

1. The ignition component of a cartridge

4. A coastal fishing town

2. A shooting sport (two words)

6. Used by fish finders to locate structure

3. A South Texas river

8. Popular big game species in Alaska

5. Reduces the sound of a gun’s discharge

11. A group of young quail

6. A fishing line brand

13. Top-water lure with large blades

7. Uses compressed air to propel the projectile

17. A type of arrow fletching

9. A kayak brand

18. Fish-eating waterfowl, common or hooded

10. A partridge species

19. A gar species

12. A fishing knot (two words)

20. A shotgun brand

13. A good crappie lake in Ellis County

22. A binocular brand

14. A safari destination

23. A shad species

15. An offshore target

24. A trout species

16. A method of fishing while moving

27. Reservoir near Abilene (three words) 28. Don’t drop this while wade-fishing

17. Using archery equipment to catch carp (two words)

29. A unit of adjustment on a riflescope

21. A salmon species

30. The mud bug

25. The 500-round container of .22 ammo 26. One of Leopold’s tools

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FOR THE TABLE *email LSON your favorite recipe to news@lonestaroutdoornews.com.

Venison curry soup Ground venison, browned and seasoned Half a white onion, chopped Two cloves garlic, minced 1 tbsp. red curry paste 2 cups chicken stock One can coconut milk Olive oil Chili paste Fish sauce Lime wedges and cilantro for serving

Brown and season venison in a cast iron pot. Remove the venison and set aside. In the same pot, add olive oil and chopped onion. Sauté for 3-4 minutes on medium high heat until onions are translucent. Add garlic and stir continuously, as not to burn. Add curry paste and fry gently, mixing for a couple of minutes.

Return venison to the pot and stir. Add chicken stock and bring to a simmer but not boil. Combine coconut milk and more chili paste if you like it a little spicy.

If you need more liquid add more chicken stock. Add fish sauce to taste. Garnish with cilantro and lime.

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Fee increase for big game applicants Colorado Parks & Wildlife changed its licensing requirements in 2019, and the agency increased its revenue by nearly $16 million, a 20 percent increase. According to The Denver Post, the total license sales for 2018-19 were $96,269,926 — up from the previous total of $80,499,026.

The change applied to those who applied for big game licenses. Each applicant first had to purchase qualifying licenses, which could be small game hunting licenses, spring turkey licenses, resident combo licenses for small game hunting and fishing or a veteran’s lifetime combo license for residents. There were 978,668 big game license applications.

—Staff report

Lawsuit over knife patents Outdoor Edge Cutlery Corp. filed a patent infringement complaint in a Colorado federal court against American Outdoor Brands Corporation for a replaceable razor blade knife that Outdoor Edge President David Bloch designed and first brought to market in 2013.

The complaint asserts that one of the new knives American Outdoor Brands displayed for sale at the Archery Trade Association Show in Indianapolis, January 9-11, 2020, under the “Old Timer” brand, infringes several Outdoor Edge patents.

—Staff report

OREGON

EHD outbreak kills 2,000 whitetails Tests conducted by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife veterinarians confirmed that epizootic hemorrhagic disease was responsible for the die-off of an estimated 2,000 white-tailed deer in eastern Oregon.

The EHD outbreak impacted white-tailed deer on the western face of the Blue Mountains. Mule deer in the area were not thought to be affected by the outbreak.

—ODFW

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Fishing legislation clears Senate The U.S. Senate passed by unanimous consent America’s Conservation Enhancement (ACE) Act. The ACE Act supports a wide range of fish and wildlife conservation policies, including several top priorities for the recreational fishing industry: • Lead fishing tackle protections: Lead fishing tackle would be exempted from unwarranted federal regulations and bans.

• National Fish Habitat Partnership program authorization: This is a

•

•

state- and locally-driven conservation initiative that funds on-the-ground fish habitat restoration projects.

Chesapeake Bay restoration and conservation: Conservation and restoration programs to help clean up the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries are included in the bipartisan ACE Act. Great Lakes research and assessment: The Great Lakes-focused provision in the legislation will help support fisheries data collection in the Great Lakes.

—American Sportfishing Association

New CSF board members The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation Board of Directors added four conservation leaders in 2020: Pete Angle of Marolina Outdoors, James Cummins, executive director of Mississippi Wildlife, Harlan Kent, CEO of Pure Fishing, and Bob Ziehmer, conservation director for Bass Pro Shops.

—CSF

MISSOURI

Deer harvest totals Missouri’s 2019-2020 deer-hunting season ended Jan. 15 with the Missouri Department of Conservation reporting a preliminary total deer harvest of 285,483. Of the deer harvested, 133,914 were antlered bucks, 27,931 were button bucks, and 123,638 were does.

During the 2018-2019 season, hunters harvested 290,224 deer, with 136,851 being antlered bucks, 30,113 being button bucks, and 123,260 being does.

—MDC

WEST VIRGINIA

Two record catches The state length records for grass carp and blue catfish were broken earlier in January by two West Virginia anglers.

Zachary Adkins, of Cabins, caught a 53.1inch, 59-pound grass carp at Warden Lake in Hardy County on Jan. 3. Adkins used a large swimbait to catch the fish, which broke the previous length record of 50.75 inches.

Justin Conner, of Culloden, caught a 49.84-inch, 58.38-pound blue catfish on the Ohio River in Mason County on Jan. 11. Conner used cut shad to catch the fish, which broke the previous length record of 47.75 inches.

—WVDNR

NEVADA

Conklin Award moving The Conklin Award, given since 2002, will be moving to the Wild Sheep Foundation’s Sheep Show beginning in 2021, and continuing for the next 10 years. Gray Thornton, CEO of the Wild Sheep Foundation, made the announcement at the Sheep Show in Reno.

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Ducks, geese challenging hunters Continued from page 1

wind continued to get stronger, they quit moving,” he said. “The second morning was a post-front scenario with a light breeze just strong enough to put a ripple on the water. Swarms of ducks and a few geese poured in on top of us all morning long.”

Bledsoe said the key to his success and keeping hunters on birds in the south Texas region during the end of the season boiled down to finding water.

“Dry conditions severely limited hunting opportunities down south this year,” he said. “Ponds that we would normally hunt were bone dry. Wherever there happened to be water, however, there were generally hoards of ducks with a few geese mixed in.”

El Campo farmer and guide Chris Slemp said geese began hitting green crop fields, such as wheat, earlier than normal over the last few weeks because they had wiped out most of the rice in the area.

“Allowing a feed to build for several days before hunting it paid off at the end of the season,” he said. “We harvested mostly white geese, and they were hungry. Groups with 15-30 birds were more than willing to come gliding into the decoys with their feet down.”

Guide Abel Gorman said the areas he hunts near Chesterville and East Bernard are located along the edges of heavily pressured portions of rice prairie.

“This made our hunting better at the end of the season because the hunting pressure is well managed on our properties,” Gorman said. “The amount of pintail willing to decoy during the last few weeks was incredible. It was like window shopping for bull sprigs for seasoned hunters. We also had good numbers of teal, gadwall, shovelers and various div-

Josh Mazour harvested this white-fronted goose while hunting a pond in South Texas with his brother, Jed. Photo by Jed Mazour.

ers to end the season.”

Even with plenty of birds, Gorman still had to put in extra effort to coax the wary ducks into his spread on just about every hunt.

“Every morning I would touch up the cover around the blind we were hunting in,” he said. “In certain situations we would ditch the blind and use layouts or hide in natural cover along the bank of a pond in order to fool the ducks.”

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—Staff report

Hybrid teal Continued from page 5

a unique specimen.

“I could tell right away that the bird was a hybrid duck,” he said. “It appeared to be a cross between a cinnamon and a bluewinged teal. I was stoked!”

Cryer’s harvest took place on a property that is part of a project managed by The Conservation Fund. The 12,356-acre Sabine Ranch is almost entirely within the boundary of the McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge, which is part of the largest coastal freshwater wetlands in Texas. The area’s wetlands, coastal prairies and marshlands serve as a buffer for storm surges, as well as provide highly productive breeding, migration and wintering habitat for the area’s abundant wildlife.

In 2016, The Conservation Fund acquired the entire property, and it is working with both public and private partners to transfer the land to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as an addition to the refuge. If the Fund had not pre-acquired the property, it could have

been sold for nonconservation purposes and subdivided, fragmenting the wetlands and impairing the watersheds that support the refuge.

According to Ducks Unlimited’s Jennifer Kross, waterfowl crossbreed more than any other family of birds.

“Over the years scientists have recorded over 400 hybrid combinations among waterfowl species; however, most waterfowl hybrid offspring are infertile,” Kross said. “In general, hybridization is rare because each waterfowl species has unique characteristics that serve as barriers to interspecies mating. These characteristics include distinct physical attributes, behaviors, life-history requirements, and the unique ecological niche that each species occupies. This being said, on the breeding grounds the territories of many waterfowl species overlap, and barriers occasionally break down. This presents opportunities for interspecies mating.”

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QDMA Evening to Remember with Two Legends in Deer Management Dinner Petroleum Club, Houston qdma.com

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Houston Safari Club Foundation Monthly Meeting Houston Racquet Club hscfdn.org

FEBRUARY 13

Dallas Safari Club Monthly Meeting DoubleTree Galleria (972) 980-9800 biggame.org

FEBRUARY 14-15

Texas Deer Association Antler Fest Embassy Suites, San Marcos texasdeerassociation.com

FEBRUARY 22

R2BA Auctions Gun Auction r2baauctions.com Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Hill Country Chapter Banquet Georgetown Community Center (512) 771-6190 rmef.org Mule Deer Foundation Parker County Chapter Banquet Sheriff’s Posse Event Center (818) 776-2356 muledeer.org Texas Team Trail Fishing Tournament Lake Sam Rayburn (210) 281-1752 texasteamtrail.com

FEBRUARY 27

Outdoor Tomorrow Foundation Benefit Dinner and Concert Gilley’s Dallas gootf.com

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