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Getting out despite coronavirus Enjoying pursuits while maintaining distance

By Craig Nyhus

Lone Star Outdoor News Texans are fishing, while not with crowds, to escape from being confined to their homes. Photo by Lone Star Outdoor News.

A few weeks ago, Shimano surprised the fishing

industry when the company decided to pull their people from the Houston Fishing Show and other major shows across the country due to COVID-19.

It turned out, they may have been on to something.

While many things

came to a screeching halt, despite all of the disruptions, Texas anglers and hunters are taking advantage of the springtime activities, while hopefully keeping their social distancing intact.

For surf anglers, Padre Island National Seashore

is still open, and the restrooms are open, although the visitor center is closed.

“Remember, the great outdoors are still open, just our interior spaces are closed,” PINS said on social media.

Texas state parks also are open, according to Direc-

tor Rodney Franklin.

“Outdoor spaces are well suited to increased social distance, but we still must remain diligent in taking steps to make your visit as safe and enjoyable as possible,” he said.

Hunters in South Texas have been sitting against a Please turn to page 6

First feathers, fins and fur

Trent Moy shot his first turkey, Nolan Strobel caught his first trout on fly and Isaiah Saldivar harvested his first feral hog while on a break from school. Photos by Nate Skinner, Rob Strobel and Joe Link.

Youngsters head out during spring break

By Nate Skinner

For Lone Star Outdoor News Several youngsters took advantage of their spring break by

spending time hunting wild turkey and hogs, while others went fishing. Some were fortunate enough to accomplish individual feats while in the field or on the water.

Trent Moy, 13, went on his first turkey hunt with his stepdad,

Anthony Flores, and the experience did not disappoint. While on spring break from Poth Junior High, the 7th-grader took in both the frustrations and the rewards of pursuing spring gobblers during the South Zone youth-only weekend in Wilson County.

“Our first hunt took place early in the morning and we got set up at the edge of a field before daylight in hopes that the birds would show up after sunrise,” Moy said.

“It was really cloudy and sort of drizzling rain. We didn’t hear any gobbles and didn’t see a single

turkey.”

After a break for lunch, they returned to the woods in the early afternoon and set up near a creek bottom, hoping to intercept the birds on the way back to their roost later that evening.

“We were settled into our setup Please turn to page 6

By Robert Sloan

Jane Gallenbach has been working as a white bass guide on the Sabine River since 2002, and said she has never seen a run quite like this one.

“This year’s run got a late start,” she said. “The river was low, and then we had a 5-foot rise. Once the run starts, I’m usually on the water every day. But so far this season we had 17 days straight that were

tough. Instead of catching limits, we were struggling to catch 10 to 15 per boat. But things are better now. I’m on the water just about every day and we’re back to catching limits.”

At one point Gallenbach said the white bass were everywhere when they first started up the river on their annual spawning run. But then they got 5 inches of rain. That reversed the run, as far as she can The white bass are hitting upstream from Toledo Bend Reservoir on a later-thantell. usual run. Photo by Robert Sloan, for Lone Star Outdoor News.

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South Zone turkeys (P. 4)

Big black drum (P. 8)

Cool start to season.

Anglers finding in channels, at jetties.

International quandary (P. 4)

Record ribbonfish (P. 9)

Outfitters affected by COVID-19.

Woman lands 4.75-pounder.

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Wet, cool and quiet turkey opener

By Nate Skinner

For Lone Star Outdoor News The beginning of the South Zone turkey season resembled winter rather than spring when the season commenced on March 21. Cooler temperatures and rain showers were welcomed by the dry South Texas soil; however, they made getting a shot opportunity at a boss bird somewhat difficult.

Some of the hunters who braved the elements and found themselves in the right place at the right time were rewarded on opening day. Others commented that despite the lack of shot opportunities, it felt good to get out in the field to forget about the current chaos that has captivated the minds and emotions of the world.

As conditions stabilized and temperatures warmed after the opener, more folks were able to achieve success. Vocalizations from toms increased, and so did harvests.

Brad Skloss hunted his family’s farm near Kosciusko in the afternoon on opening day after morning thunderstorms finally cleared off.

“The nasty weather prevented us from getting an early start, but we eventually made it out into the field by late afternoon,” he said. “Eight hens came into our setup that evening and began fighting our hen decoys. When they walked off, two mature toms came running out of the brush, chasing the hens in hot pursuit, but we couldn’t pull them Please turn to page 14

Ryan Welch harvested this tom with his bow while hunting in Wilson County. Photo by Nate Skinner, for Lone Star Outdoor News.

Outfitters abroad urge patience

How much do bucks move?

Hunters who planned a trip overseas are faced with changing plans for their adventure. Photo by Lone Star Outdoor News.

Ask hunters to postpone, not cancel

By Craig Nyhus

Lone Star Outdoor News International hunting operations need hunters’ help.

While the cancellation of a safari or hunt may be disappointing and inconvenient for the hunter, it can be devastating for the international outfitter.

Concessions, or leases, along with quotas for animals obtained by many of the outfitters have already been paid, in whole or in

part.

Peter Thormahlen with Thormahlen and Cochran Safaris said their first concession payment to local communities was made in early February.

“The local communities are dependent on our money — it is part of our conservation effort to uplift and develop the conservancies with funds derived from your safaris.”

Thormahlen urged hunters not to cancel safaris but to cooperate and communicate with the outfitters and postpone to a date later in the season.

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While a buck equipped with a satellite collar moved greatly during the breeding season, he returned to a relatively small home range thereafter. Photos from Kerr WMA.

Research suggests outside of the rut, not that much

By Craig Nyhus

Lone Star Outdoor News Watching the behavior of a single buck may help

shed light on how much of the ranch bucks cover during the hunting season.

As part of an in-depth study on deer movement in response to hunting pressure at the Kerr Wildlife Management Area in Kerr County in the Ed-

wards Plateau region of Texas, researchers examined deer movement within a home range, especially that of one particular buck.

Electronic collars placed on bucks tracked movement every four hours, allowing researchers to

examine the deer’s home range over time.

The movement was tracked during public hunts at the WMA. The area is high fenced, but it’s still interesting to see how movement becomes super localized after the rut dies down.

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Groups contributing technology to game wardens

Emergency meat available

“Texas game wardens play an important role in the lives of all Texans,” said Dan Flournoy, chair of the Gear Up for Game Wardens Leadership Council.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation’s Gear Up for Game Wardens program provides specialty equipment to Texas game wardens.

Gear Up for Game Wardens hit a $1 million fundraising milestone two years after the program launched. Groups caught on to this initiative and wanted to help support local game wardens in their area.

Texas game wardens working in coastal waters near Rockport now have access to a custommade shallow water skiff that will allow them to better patrol hard-to-reach marshes and bays.

The boat was funded through a partnership with FlatsWorthy, a nonprofit that promotes boating courtesy in Texas’ shallow bays.

Veteran fly-fishing guide Chuck Naiser led the effort to create FlatsWorthy.

Through the partnership, more than $60,000 was raised to fund the new skiff.

“We are thrilled at the success of the fundraising partnership that will provide this tool for our game wardens,” said Naiser. “It’s a sign that the public is ready to move forward in a positive way to change the culture on the water, and it’s a sign that users and regulators can come together in agreement and accomplish something that will benefit us all.”

The shallow water skiff maneuvers in areas that conventional boats cannot reach. It is designed to have minimal environmental impact on the shallow waters it will traverse.

TPWF’s young professionals group, Stewards of the Wild, also jumped at the opportunity to support local game wardens.

The Dallas chapter raised more than $27,000 during the annual “State of Conservation” fundraiser event in January.

More than 200 people attended the event where WFAA meteorologist and avid outdoorsman Pete Delkus moderated a panel discussion with several North Texas game wardens, who captivated the crowd with stories about their adventures in conservation law enforcement.

The live auction items offered unique opportunities to have game wardens guide buyers in their backyard, such as a guided fishing trip on Lake Fork with Kurt Kelley, an East Texas duck hunt guided by Derek Spitzer or a varmint hunt with Randolph McGee. “The Gear Up for Game Wardens program is particularly important since the funds go to buy gear that helps protect our game wardens, our wildlife and those of us out in the field or on the water,” the Dallas Stewards’ Chris Landers said.

The money raised from the event will be spent in the North Texas region to purchase night vision equipment and a handheld thermal unit. Remaining funding will be used to purchase new binoculars and drone accessories.

—Staff Report/TPWF

By Lili Sams

Hog hunters donating to locals during crisis Lone Star Outdoor News A few weeks ago, Robb Furlow went to the grocery store in Jefferson and noticed the meat counter was near empty.

Furlow, a game warden in Marion County, recognized that and took his passion for hunting and put it to good use.

He realized that instead of discarding the feral hogs he was harvesting in order to manage ranch lands, he could give the meat to people in need in his community.

“We’ve given away 35 hogs so far,” he said.

“That’s about 2,000 pounds of feral hog meat.”

About 40 people have called in to the Marion County Emergency Management department after its announcement of the program asking for meat. Furlow said they have been able to serve about half of them so far.

“We are doing this as hunters, not as game wardens,” he said.

Furlow and his hunting partner have access to many acres in the county, and depending on the property, most of the meat is usually wasted. He said they bag hundreds of feral hogs per year.

Depending on the recipient, Furlow is giving away whole hogs or ones that are skinned and quartered.

Harrison County processor Alton Fugler heard about this initiative and donated A game warden and his friend are donating feral hog meat to local residents in 300 pounds of ground and Marion County. Photo by Lone Star Outdoor News. frozen hog meat.

Locals in need of meat can contact the Mar“To help, I’d like to get other hunters inion County Emergency Management departvolved,” Furlow said. “It helps the hungry and ment for more information. it helps the landowners.”

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tree in full camouflage, trying to coax a wild turkey to an unsafe distance for the tom, while wade-fishermen and drifters have been reporting great success in coastal bays.

Trout anglers are on the rivers with their kayaks.

And those out working their dogs needn’t worry, according to the Texas Animal Health Commission.

“To date, the CDC has not received any reports of pets or other animals becoming sick with COVID-19,” the agency said in a release. “There is no evidence pets can spread COVID-19 and with the knowledge we have received from the CDC, there is no reason to think that any animals in the U.S. might be a source of infection with this new coronavirus.”

When it comes to events, though, virtually all functions in the hunting and fishing world have been postponed or canceled.

The Tarrant Regional Water District’s Flyfest, set for March 14, was canceled. But the trout had already been stocked in the Clear Fork of the Trinity River with a view of the Fort Worth skyline.

The district announced the public was welcome to fish for personal recreation, although the festival area was catch-and-release through the weekend, fly-fishing only.

Bass-fishing tournaments also scrambled to set new dates for events.

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The Texas Team Trail rescheduled its Toledo Bend event Sam Rayburn Reservoir to June 5, the day before the TXTT Championship event.

The Bassmaster Open at Lewisville Lake, set for April, also canceled, and FLW canceled all of its events through April 5.

Springtime is the time when many fundraisers, events and festivals hosted by conservation groups are held. The biggest this spring may have been the Ducks Unlimited Expo set for mid-May at the Texas Motor Speedway. However, the expo has been reset to an undetermined date in the spring of 2021, and DU canceled all other fundraising events through May 10.

The Quail Coalition Dinner and Auction scheduled for April 29 in Houston was called off for the time being, and Delta Waterfowl announced it is rescheduling events until “when it again becomes safe to gather,” and other organizations took a similar approach. The Outdoors Tomorrow Foundation clay shoot, the Outdoor Adventures Cup, moved to the fall, and the National Archery for the Schools state tournament is currently set for May 19.

Perhaps Riot Baits said it best in a mass email, pointing out that avoiding social interaction can be an opportunity.

“We are asking our customers to join with us to help fight the spread of COVID-19, by isolating yourselves on a boat or on the bank of your favorite fishing hole,” the company said.

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by about 4 p.m. and began calling,” Moy said. “A loud gobble erupted from the creek bottom behind us in response to our very first call. Then we never heard another sound.”

A few minutes later, a huge gobbler came running in to challenge the jake decoy placed about 15 yards in front of them.

“As soon as the tom stepped out from behind the decoy, I was able to make a good shot with my 20-gauge shotgun, and harvested my first longbeard,” an excited Moy explained.

Nolan Strobel, of Wimberley, took the opportunity during his time off to celebrate his birthday by chasing rainbow trout with fly gear on the Guadalupe River with his father, Rob, and fly-fishing guide, Dylan Mendoza. The 9-year-old said Mendoza was a great teacher, and made learning how to cast and handle the fly rod an easy task.

“I had never fly-fished before and really liked learning how to cast,” Strobel said. “It was so much different than fishing with regular tackle, and the challenge made it more fun.”

Strobel not only landed his first fish on the fly during the trip, he also landed two others and hooked several more, giving him three solid rainbow trout for the day. Strobel said that the scenery and the abundance of wildlife that surrounded them made the adventure even better.

“The rock walls and canyons around the river looked really cool,” he said. “We also saw white-tailed deer, a strutting gobbler chasing a hen, some wood ducks and an osprey. It was a day I’ll never forget, and I can’t wait to go fly-fishing again.”

Twelve-year-old Isaiah Saldivar spent his spring break at his family’s property in East Texas near Jefferson, where he harvested his first hog while hunting with his uncle, Joe Link. The pig also happened to be the League City youngster’s first animal taken with a rifle.

“Before we went out to the blind in the evening, my uncle had me shoot at an old washing machine out behind camp that we used as a target,” Saldivar explained. “He told me to aim right for the dead center of it, and when I took a shot, I hit it right where I was supposed to. He immediately told me I was ready, and we headed out to the blind.”

Saldivar said two hogs came out right before sunset, and that he began to get excited as he steadied his rifle to take a shot.

“I waited until the pig turned broadside, and then made a perfect shot,” he said.

The sow ran about 15 yards and piled up at the edge of some brush.

“I was pumped,” said the young hunter.

“It gave me a lot of confidence about hunting this coming fall for my first deer. I can’t wait to get back in the blind.”

Bucks and movement Continued from page 4

“Ultimately, we found that deer did not appear to alter their movements significantly in response to our normal hunting activity,” the WMA said in a social media post.

One example, a 4.5-year-old buck, #1416, showed the difference in movement between the breeding season and the months that followed.

The buck greatly expanded its home range, likely in pursuit of does. In November and December, the buck’s range covered 505 and 602 acres of the 6,493-acre high-fenced research ranch, respectively.

In January, though, the range tightened up to just 91 acres; and in February, reduced further to 61 acres, likely due to recovery from the rut, where bucks can lose more than 20 percent of their preseason body weight.

The hunts at the WMA didn’t seem to play a major role in the buck’s movements. The data from this and other bucks suggest the bucks you see on game cameras at the beginning of the season, but disappear thereafter, may have been in your area during the time of heavy movement and went back “home,” or are still out there in the same home range, just out of view of the areas he was previously spotted.

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FISHING

Big uglies on the move

Jojo Russo (left) and Matt Meyer experienced multiple double hookups on oversized drum while fishing with cracked crab on the bottom around the Bolivar gas wells. Photo from Jojo Russo.

By Nate Skinner

For Lone Star Outdoor News The highly anticipated black drum run has kicked off up and down the Texas coast, seemingly right on schedule. Channels, jetties, deep holes, drop-offs and passes are full of oversized big drum, as they are schooled up to spawn and feed. Slot-sized puppy drum have also been in the mix, especially for those using smaller baits and fishing shallower waters.

Texas City angler Jojo Russo and his buddy, Matt Meyer, of Santa Fe, have been catching plenty of large black drum around the Bolivar gas wells, north of the Texas City Dike.

“Fresh cut crab quarters fished along the bottom in 15- to 17feet of water has produced the most hookups for us,” said Russo.

“We’ve had a few days lately, particularly when the winds have been light, where we’ve landed up to 30 black drum during a

single trip. They’ve been biting in spurts, and we’ve been getting multiple runs on our rods at the same time.”

The largest drum Russo has landed so far this season weighed about 42 pounds.

Kenny May and Darrell Knight have also been fishing along the Bolivar gas wells and confirm the action has been nonstop. Also using blue crabs, they landed 25 in one day.

“We could have probably

caught more, but we only fished with four baited rods out at a time, because that was all we could handle,” Knight said. “The bite was on fire while the tide was moving.”

Galveston County angler Mark Cohen and his son, Harrison, have enjoyed battling oversized drum from shore along areas of Seawolf Park and the Texas City Dike.

“The drum have been a little more consistent around Seawolf

recently,” Cohen said. “I think this probably has to do with the area’s proximity to deeper water.”

Cohen’s bait of choice has been live crab, and said the most bites have occurred right as the current has been slowing down to switch directions, in between tides.

At Port O’Connor, Capt. Marty Medford said live, cracked crab fished out in deep holes, away from the jetties in depths of 20 feet or more has been the ticket for oversized drum.

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Jacks from the jetty

A new approach Lake Fork group, students help fishery in all stages

By Craig Nyhus

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It was quite a day at the Port Aransas jetty, when Jose Zavala landed these jack crevalle. “A feeding frenzy was going off that day,” he said. “Anything thrown in the water was getting picked up by the jacks.” Other reports of catches from the jetty also popped up on social media. Photo from Jose Zavala.

For years, the Lake Fork Sportsman’s Association has been trying to improve the fishery on the reservoir, usually with the help of local high school students.

This year, a new program developed by project chairman Ed Swenson is trying to improve conditions throughout the spectrum to support fish through their entire life cycle.

The Life Cycle Support Strategy utilizes “a series of components that we configure in a pattern,” Swenson said.

Those components include artificial spawning beds, habitat protective fences, minnow factories and artificial habitat creations, or fish attractors, called T-Habs.

The strategy places the artificial spawning beds, minnow factories and habitat protective fences in shallow water. Beyond that, the T-Habs are placed in a pattern positioned outward from the shore into varying depths of water creating a system supporting the fish through each stage of life.

The minnow factories, consisting of a series of tubes in a mesh cage, are created by the agriculture departments at Emory and Yantis high schools, and the students will also help place Please turn to page 11

A high school student helps place an artificial fish habitat structure in Lake Fork. Photo from Lake Fork Sportsman’s Association.

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Corpus woman lands state-record ribbonfish

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Public comment period extended Lone Star Outdoor News Anglers interested in the proposed changes to regulations on southern flounder and other fishing and hunting-related issues have more time to make their voices heard.

The March meeting of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission, previously scheduled for March 25-26, was canceled.

“While this delay may create some uncertainty surrounding the upcoming license year, moving consideration of many of these items to the May commission meeting should not pose significant disruption to the overall regulatory process,” said TPWD Executive Director Carter Smith.

Public comment periods for action items such as the statewide hunting, freshwater and saltwater fishing recommendations have been extended until the May commission meeting set for May 20-21.

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C.A.L. 4” Shad Tail C.A.L. 4” Jerk Bait C.A.L. 5.5” Jerk Bait C.A.L. Curl Tail C.A.L. Paddle Tail Sandra Perez achieved a state record with this 4.75-pound Atlantic cutlassfish, aka ribbonfish, while fishing near her Corpus Christi home. Photo from Sandra Perez.

By Craig Nyhus

Lone Star Outdoor News Sandra Perez and her husband, Tommy Gunnz, met while fishing, and their first date was spent wade-fishing on Packery Lake off of the Packery Channel near their Corpus Christi home.

Now married nearly three years, the couple spent the night of March 8-9 fishing on a deck behind one of their friend’s condos, looking for trout.

“We were using a live mullet — letting it swim with a 5-foot leader under a cork,” Tommy said. “There’s some big trout in there at night.”

What Sandra hooked not long after midnight wasn’t a trout, but it was memorable.

“I ended up hooking this monster,” she said. “It was very aggressive and feisty — they had to get the net and it took three tries to get it onto the deck.”

Tommy manned the net, and said the fish had plenty of energy.

“That thing was pissed,” he said.

The couple said they had caught and seen other ribbonfish landed, but nothing like this.

“People catch them at the piers, Red Dot and Causeway,” Tommy said. “Those are up to about 24 inches. But nothing like this — this was a donkey.”

Tommy said he knew right away the fish could challenge the state record.

“We checked with the game wardens at the lab in Rockport where a biologist measured and weighed it,” he said. “They had never seen one that big. They are usually really skinny, but this one had a 9 3/4-inch girth.”

Sandra said the fish was scary while thrashing on the deck, showing its teeth.

“There were some people that thought it was a barracuda,” she said.

“It was a baitfish that turned into one,” Tommy said. “It’s at the taxidermist now.”

The couple received word the fish, at 4.75 pounds, set the record.

The previous state record Atlantic cutlassfish, aka ribbonfish, was 4.7 pounds, set by Travis Colley. That fish was caught in Corpus Christi Bay in 2009.

“It was quite exciting,” Sandra said. “I’ve caught jacks, trout, drum and shark. Fishing is what I do on my downtime.”

Bass Pro Tour comes to Fork, Athens Ott DeFoe charged from behind to win $100,000 at the Bass Pro Tour General Tire event held on Lake Fork, with the final round held at Lake Athens.

After leading for much of the week on Fork, and the first two periods of the championship round on Lake Athens, Mark Daniels Jr. fell to third with 39 pounds, 2 ounces.

Texan Alton Jones Jr. changed his game midway through the second period to finish in second place with 41 pounds, 9 ounces.

DeFoe began the final period 19 pounds, 8 ounces behind the leader before coming upon a school and launching to the top.

DeFoe caught nine bass in the last 30 minutes alone, including the big bass of the day weighing 9 pounds, 6 ounces. The win, featuring a one-day total of 69 pounds, 12 ounces, brought him to eight major wins in his career and more than $2.2 million in winnings.

Daniels dominated much of the tournament by catching 111 pounds, 15 ounces on Lake Fork earning the automatic berth into the championship round.

Jones Jr., of Waco, overtook Daniels for second place with a 3-pound, 14-ounce bass three minutes before the buzzer.

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TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT ALAN HENRY: Water clear; 53-55 degrees; 1.56’ low.

Largemouth bass are very good on top-waters, plastic worms and spinner baits. Crappie are fair on minnows off the pier.

Catfish are fair on live bait and stink bait.

AMISTAD: Water lightly stained; 60-61 degrees; 37.46’ low. Largemouth bass are very good in the Devil’s River arm on top-waters, spinner baits and crankbaits. White bass are fair on minnows near the cove edges. Catfish are fair on stink bait and cut bait.

ARROWHEAD: Water stained; 55-56 degrees; 1.57’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits and top-waters late.

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

ATHENS: Water lightly stained; 54 degrees; 0.51’ high.

Largemouth bass are fair on Carolina-rigged worms, squarebilled crankbaits and bladed spinner baits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on cut bait.

AUSTIN: Water stained; 61-63 degrees; 1.05’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits and spinner baits in shallow areas.

Catfish are good on prepared baits and cut bait.

BELTON: Water lightly stained; 61 degrees. 0.82 low. Largemouth bass are fair in creek mouths on bladed spinner baits and shallow-running crankbaits.

Hybrid stripers are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs.

Catfish are fair on prepared baits.

BENBROOK: Water muddy; 56 degrees; 4.61’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits and crankbaits in creek beds and coves. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs.

White bass are excellent on small spoons in creeks. Catfish are good on cut bait.

BOB SANDLIN: Water clear; 56 degrees; 0.21’ high. Largemouth bass are good on lipless crankbaits, plastic worms and lizards. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows in creeks. Catfish are good on cut bait and blood bait.

BRAUNIG: Water lightly stained; 66-67 degrees; Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, plastic worms and jigs. Red drum are fair during midafternoons. Catfish are good on live bait and cheese bait.

BRIDGEPORT: Water lightly stained. 54–57 degrees. 2.44’ low. Largemouth bass are good on shallow-running crankbaits, jigs and Texas-rigged creature baits. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows in creeks.

White bass are good on jigs and swimbaits in shallow water.

Catfish are good on cut bait and live bait.

BROWNWOOD: Water stained; 58 degrees; 2.45’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and plastic worms.

White bass are fair on minnows in creeks. Catfish are fair on prepared bait.

BUCHANAN: Water clear; 64

degrees; 4.01’ low. Largemouth bass are good on jigs and crankbaits. White bass are good on minnows in creeks. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows in creeks. Channel catfish are good on prepared bait.

CADDO: Water lightly stained; 53-56 degrees;1.41’ high.

Largemouth bass are good on swimbaits and crankbaits.

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

CALAVERAS: Water stained; 65-66 degrees. Largemouth are good on top-waters, jigs and spinner baits. Red drum are good on crawfish and tilapia.

Catfish are good on stink bait, liver and cut shad.

CEDAR CREEK: Water clear; 58-61 degrees, 0.03’ high.

Largemouth bass are fair on jigs, creature baits and chatterbaits. White bass and hybrids are good in the creeks on grubs, spoons and swimbaits.

Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on fresh cut shad.

CHOKE CANYON: Water lightly stained; 66-67 degrees; 18.32’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on jigs, plastic worms and topwaters. White bass are good in the Frio River. Crappie are fair on jigs.

CONROE: Water stained; 63-65 degrees; 1.41’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, soft plastics and jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Hybrid striped bass are fair on shad. Catfish are good on stink bait and cut bait.

COOPER: Water muddy; 58 degrees; 4.27’ high.

Largemouth bass are fair on Carolina-rigged worms in natural colors, lipless crankbaits and spinner baits. Catfish are good on live and cut bait.

CORPUS CHRISTI LAKE: Water lightly stained; 71-72 degrees; 4.23’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits and artificial minnows. White bass are good in the mouth of the Nueces River. Crappie are fair on live minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait and cheese bait.

EAGLE MOUNTAIN: Water lightly stained; 53 degrees; 0.79’ high. Black bass are fair on spinner baits, jigs and plastic worms. White bass are fair. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs.

Catfish are good on cut bait and punch bait.

FALCON: Water lightly stained; 70 degrees; 35.74’ low. Largemouth bass are good in coves, timber and vegetation on crankbaits, spinner baits and plastic worms. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on live and prepared baits.

FAYETTE: Water stained; 59 degrees; Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms and

creature baits. Sunfish are good on worms and crickets around bank ledges and structure.

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

FORK: Water lightly stained; 58-62 degrees; 0.19’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on soft plastic creatures, lipless crankbaits and chatterbaits.

Crappie are good on jigs and minnows in creeks. Catfish are fair on prepared bait and cut bait in deeper water.

GRANBURY: Water clear; 56-58 degrees; 0.13’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits and flipping jigs in creeks and shallow water. Crappie are fair on minnows and chartreuse jigs. White bass are very good in creeks and rivers.

GRANGER: Water lightly stained; 58 degrees; 0.26’ high. Largemouth bass are good on light-colored jigs and soft plastic worms. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good upriver on jigs and small spoons. Blue catfish are good on cut shad.

GRAPEVINE: Water muddy; 56-59 degrees; 6.15’ high.

Largemouth bass are fair on plastic creatures, buzzbaits and square-billed crankbaits.

White bass are good in creeks.

Crappie are good on minnows and jigs in marinas and creek areas. Catfish are fair on live and prepared bait.

HOUSTON COUNTY: Water clear to lightly stained; 64-65 degrees; 0.18’ high. Largemouth bass are very good on medium-diving crankbaits and artificial lizards and worms.

Crappie are excellent on live minnows around piers and points. Catfish are good on shad.

HUBBARD CREEK: Water stained; 56-58 degrees; 2.20’ low. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits, worms and jigs. Crappie are good on live minnows. Catfish are fair on live and cut shad.

JOE POOL: Water stained; 56-58 degrees; 0.71’ high.

Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged creature baits and shallow-running crankbaits. Crappie are fair beneath bridges and in creeks on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait and prepared baits.

LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water stained; 5658 degrees; 4.52’ high. Largemouth bass are good on medium crankbaits and Texas-rigged creature baits.

Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs in the creek mouths and drains. Catfish are fair on cut bait and blood bait.

LAVON: Water stained; 58 degrees; 3.44’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, lizards and jigs. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are good in the creeks on rooster tails, jigs and spoons.

Catfish are good on prepared

baits and live bait.

LBJ: Water lightly stained; 61-64 degrees; 0.67’ low.

Largemouth bass are very good on jigs, plastic creature baits and shallow-diving crankbaits.

Crappie are good on jigs around brush, marinas and docks.

Catfish are good on stink bait and cut bait.

LEWISVILLE: Water muddy; 58 degrees; 3.06’ high Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, spinner baits and Texas-rigged creature baits.

White bass are good on jigs in creeks. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs in creeks.

Catfish are good on cut bait.

LIVINGSTON: Water lightly stained; 64-66 degrees; 0.16’ high. Largemouth bass are very good on plastic worms, spinner baits and jigs. Striped bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs in creeks with bigger structure. White bass are good on spoons. Catfish are fair on live bait.

MARTIN CREEK: Water stained; 62 degrees; 0.06’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on jigs and crankbaits in shallow coves and creeks. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait.

NACONICHE: Water slightly stained; 64-66 degrees; Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits and creature baits. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows under bridges and in creek mouths. Catfish are good on dough balls, cut and live bait.

NAVARRO MILLS: Water stained; 61 degrees; 0.13.’ high. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits and buzzbaits.

Crappie are good on minnows around the marina and in the creeks. Catfish are good on live bait and punch bait.

O.H. IVIE: Water clear; 57 degrees; 9.25’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on top-waters, plastic worms and spinner baits. Crappie are fair on live minnows and jigs.

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

PALESTINE: Water clear; 54 degrees; 0.67’ high.

Largemouth bass are good on soft plastics and flipping jigs. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Hybrid stripers are fair on slabs. White bass are good on swimbaits in the creeks. Catfish are fair on shad and chicken livers.

POSSUM KINGDOM: Water clear; 56-57 degrees; 0.00’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics, spinner baits and crankbaits off rocky drops.

White bass are good on cut shad. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on cut shad.

PROCTOR: Water lightly stained; 62 degrees; 0.09’ high. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina-rigged creatures and jigs. Crappie are fair on jigs

and minnows. Catfish are good on stink bait and cut bait.

RAVEN: Water stained; 63-66 degrees; Largemouth bass are good on soft plastics, spinner baits and top-waters.

RAY HUBBARD: Water clear; 55-59 degrees; 0.36’ high.

Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, soft plastics and spinner baits. White bass are excellent in creeks on white rooster tails and swimbaits.

Catfish are fair on live and cut bait.

RAY ROBERTS: Water stained; 58 degrees; 1.81’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on plastic creature baits and swimbaits.

White bass are good in creeks on jigs. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on live bait and cut bait.

RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water lightly stained; 59 degrees; 0.04’ high. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, plastic worms and bladed jigs. White bass and hybrids are good on jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs.

Catfish are good on live bait and cut bait.

SAM RAYBURN: Water stained; 63-66 degrees; 0.42’ high. Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms, jigs and spinner baits. White bass are fair on minnows in creeks. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs.

Catfish are good on live bait and stink bait.

SOMERVILLE: Water clear; 61 degrees; 0.09’ high. Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms, crankbaits and jigs.

Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut shad and stink bait.

SQUAW CREEK: Water lightly stained; 64 degrees; 0.97’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on plastic worms and crankbaits.

Catfish are fair on punch bait and cut bait.

STILLHOUSE: Water clear; 60 degrees; 2.93’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, spinner baits and Carolinarigged soft plastic worms.

Crappie are fair on minnows and light-colored jigs. White bass are good on small crankbaits and jigs. Catfish are good on live and cut bait.

TAWAKONI: Water stained; 59 degrees; 1.51’ high.

Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits, plastic worms and square-billed crankbaits.

White bass and hybrid stripers are good on swimbaits in creeks. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on live bait and cut bait.

TEXANA: Water stained; 65-67 degrees; 6.08’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms, jigs and lightcolored spinner baits. Crappie are fair on jigs. Catfish are good on stink bait, cut bait and live bait.

TEXOMA: Water stained; 56-59 degrees; 1.31’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on

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Striped bass are good on slabs, shad imitations and live shad.

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

TOLEDO BEND: Water slightly stained; 63-66 degrees; 0.41’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, spinner baits and jigs. White bass remain slow.

Crappie are fair on minnows.

Channel and blue catfish are fair on stink bait.

TRAVIS: Water clear; 59-63 degrees; 11.01’ low. Largemouth bass are good on creature baits. White bass are good in creeks working rooster tails and small crankbaits.

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

TYLER: Water clear; 57 degrees; 0.20’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on Carolina-rigged creature baits and worms.

Crappie are good on jigs and minnows near submerged structure. Catfish are good on stink bait and live bait.

WACO: Water stained; 59 degrees; 0.11’ low. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits, creature baits and chatterbaits in the coves and creeks. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on cut shad and live bait.

WEATHERFORD: Water lightly stained; 57 degrees; 0.67’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits, lipless crankbaits and plastic worms.

Crappie are good on minnows and jigs around docks and marinas. Catfish are good on crawfish and cut bait.

WHITNEY: Water stained; 59-62 degrees; 2.89’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits and creature baits.

White bass are good in creeks on jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on cut shad and prepared baits.

WRIGHT PATMAN: Water stained; 56 degrees; 8.35’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on slow-moving plastic worms and jigs. White bass are fair on spoons and jigs. Crappie are fair on jigs in creeks. Catfish are good on cut bait, live bait and stink bait.

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TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING REPORT SABINE LAKE: Water stained; 73-74 degrees.

Speckled trout are very good drifting with shrimp. Redfish are good in the mud shell on shrimp and artificials. Flounder are fair on mud minnows and scented plastics.

TRINITY BAY: 66 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are good wade-fishing or drifting over shell reefs on shrimp and shrimp-imitating artificials.

EAST GALVESTON BAY: 70-71 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are good on shrimp.

Flounder are good on live shrimp and mud minnows.

WEST GALVESTON BAY: 70-71 degrees. Red-

fish and speckled trout are fair to good on live shrimp. Black drum are good on blue crabs.

Flounder are good on live shrimp or mud minnows.

TEXAS CITY: 70-71 degrees. Redfish are very good over the flats on live shrimp. Flounder are good on live shrimp or mud minnows around the jetties. Speckled trout are good along the shoreline on shrimp. Black drum are excellent on blue crab.

FREEPORT: 70-71 degrees. Water clear.

Redfish are good on shrimp along the flats.

Speckled trout are good on shrimp. Black drum are fair to good on gold spoons.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY: 66 degrees. Speckled trout are good in shallow water over mud on shrimp or soft plastics. Black drum are good on blue crab. Redfish are good on soft plastics around the reefs and shorelines.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY: 66 degrees. Speckled trout are excellent along the shoreline on shrimp. Redfish are good on live shrimp or soft plastics. Black drum are good on blue crab and shrimp.

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PORT O’CONNOR: 66 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good on shrimp in back lakes.

Black drum are good on blue crab and shrimp.

ROCKPORT: 66-68 degrees; Mostly clear.

Redfish are very good on small white shrimp or finger mullet around the flats and edges.

Speckled trout are excellent on mullet or shrimp along the shoreline. Black drum are

excellent around grass beds on blue crab or mullet.

PORT ARANSAS: 71-72 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are good along the south jetty on shrimp. Black drum are good on blue crab.

Flounder are good on live mullet along the marsh.

CORPUS CHRISTI: 66-67 degrees. Redfish are good on live mullet around Mustang Island.

Speckled trout are good around the mid-bay reefs on artificial baits or shrimp. Flounder are good on mullet or shrimp around the rocks.

BAFFIN BAY: 66-68 degrees. Speckled trout are fair to good on live or artificial shrimp behind popping corks. Redfish are good on soft plastics. Black drum are good on peeled shrimp.

PORT MANSFIELD: 69-70 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good on top-waters, paddle tails and shrimp. Flounder are fair in the East Cut on soft plastics and shrimp.

SOUTH PADRE: 72-73 degrees. Speckled trout are good on D.O.A. shrimp and topwaters. Redfish are good on mullet and shrimp artificials.

PORT ISABEL: 70 degrees. Speckled trout are good on shrimp. Redfish are excellent in shallow water on D.O.A. PT-7 and live shrimp.

Flounder are good on fresh shrimp or mullet. Black drum are good on blue crabs and shrimp. ­­—TPWD

Catching black drum Continued from page 8

“Keeper-sized drum have been holding tight to the rocks of the jetties in 10 to 20 feet of water,” Medford said. “The best way to catch these fish is to cast a free-lined live shrimp as close to the rocks as possible.”

Rockport guide Capt. Jay Nichols said the bite from both oversized and slot-sized black drum has been fairly steady.

“Various channels and deep holes with up to 40 feet of water are holding most of the bigger fish,” he explained. “Flats containing sand and shell in about 2 feet of water, adjacent to drop-offs, have been attracting schools of puppy drum.”

Nichols said the big drum in deep water have been hitting large, fresh dead shrimp, while smaller live shrimp on a Carolina rig has been producing the best results for keeper-sized drum along the flats.

“I’ve been seeing at least one or two oversized drum each day floating along the surface near deep channels and holes, because they weren’t properly vented before being released,” Nichols said.

Guide Randy Foreman said the marshes surrounding Sabine Lake have been concentrating plenty of keeper-sized black drum.

Live shrimp rigged under a popping cork and fished near mud and shell flats has been the key to success.

Mehagan Meyer landed this black drum while fishing north of the Texas City Dike in about 15 feet of water.

Photo from Jojo Russo.

T-Habs placed in Lake Fork consist of a plastic barrel with rubber tubing sticking out. The structures were built by students at Yantis High School. Photo from Lake Fork Sportsman’s Association.

them in the lake. Emory High School’s Landon Garrett leads the current phase of minnow factory construction.

“The drought before 2015, killed the shoreline habitat critical for small fish and it’s been hard to get that habitat reestablished.” Swenson said. “The habitat protective fences are designed primarily to protect the habitat from turtles that use it as a food source but also feed and protect the small fish as well.”

The design of the T-Habs was created by Travis Tidwell, a technician with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in Tyler.

“It consists of plastic barrels with rubber tubing sticking out,” Swenson said. “You can lay them down in shallow water and stand them up or stack them in deeper water.”

Before the last school year, Swenson had one in his truck when he stopped by the agricultural shop at Yantis High School.

The instructor Mike Moore, who grew up on Lake Fork be-

fore it was a lake, saw it and told Swenson, “We could make those. How many do you need?”

Swenson told him they needed 120. The students built 152 that were placed in the lake last year. The next project on the lake has been delayed by coronavirus, but Swenson said he hopes the students will be back in the shop before the end of the school year to help install the things they have made.

LFSA, which also supports the Yantis ag group by helping to build a greenhouse, providing the pots, dirt and aquatic plants for students to grow and later plant in the lake, was inducted into the Texas Freshwater Hall of Fame in 2019 for the many things it has done at the lake and in the area.

The group’s newest approach is more comprehensive.

“The whole purpose is to set up a structure that supports the bass and the food for bass while engaging local high schools in the process.” Swenson said.

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and went back to Toledo Bend,” she said. “Then they moved back up the river by about 20 miles. We found them and started catching limits around the Logansport area.”

Guide Bill Fondren said at one point they couldn’t even launch a boat at the ramps because of low water during February.

“That’s usually the time when we are catching them pretty good,” he said. “We finally got a bunch of rain, but that brought the river up too high. But things are good right now. Everything is behind this spring by about two weeks. But that’s OK, we’re still catching plenty of white bass, and lots of them are the big females.”

There has been another glitch to the spring run of whites. Gallenbach said that shad, millions of them, will move in, then disappear. But when they move in among the spawning whites it totally shuts down the bite on lures.

“When the shad move in the white bass will gorge on them,” she said. “I mean the shad will be jumping out of the water and onto the bank. I don’t know how the shad thing works, but when they leave, after a couple of days, we start catching white bass like crazy.”

Large female white bass have been coming out of the Sabine River. Photo by Robert Sloan.

Both Gallenbach and Fondren said the best lure is a 1/4-ounce Road Runner, with chartreuse being the best color. As the run begins to slow down they will be using crawfish for bait. Fondren prefers live crawfish, about 2 inches long. Gallenbach is using boiling size crawfish.

“I’ll pinch off the tail of a live crawfish, split it with scissors and then place it on the hook of the Road Runner,” she said. “That’s a deadly combination.”

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GAME WARDEN BLOTTER KEEPING SMALL DRUM FOR FRIENDS In Calhoun County, one subject was found to be in possession of 11 undersized black drum and two undersized red drum. When asked why he was keeping the undersized fish, the man said his friends wanted them. Appropriate charges were filed.

STUCK AT HUNTING CLUB IN JEEP STOLEN FROM ANOTHER HUNTING CLUB An Angelina County game warden responded to a trespassing complaint regarding two individuals who were found in a Jeep after it got stuck inside a hunting club.

The driver was arrested for criminal trespassing and for a warrant issued by the Lufkin Police Department. It was discovered the Jeep had been stolen from a hunting club in Trinity County and used in the commission of a robbery. Additional charges were filed for theft.

MULE DEER POACHERS CAUGHT A Gaines/Andrews County game warden received an anonymous tip that there might have been an illegal deer shot in the past year on a property southeast of Seminole.

Upon interviewing four individuals, it was determined there were four mule deer bucks shot on the same property without the consent of the

DEAD FISH DON’T SINK FAST ENOUGH A Burleson County game warden observed an angler at Yegua Creek putting fish into a bucket near him. The man was later observed handing a fish to a nearby fishermen who started cutting it up with a knife. After the warden made contact with the small group, the man picked up the bucket and started to dump the fish out. The warden told him to stop several times. Several fish floated to the

landowner. Two of the three subjects were convicted felons. Three rifles, four sets of small mule deer antlers, and deer meat were seized.

SERIAL POACHERS A Bowie County game warden received information about possible illegal hunting activity on a farm.

The warden located two whitetailed doe and one feral hog near a residence on the farm. A short time later, a vehicle drove up and the warden detained two male subjects after discovering two more whitetailed doe in the bed of the pickup.

The warden located two ice chests containing what appeared to be deer meat. In addition to harvesting the four does, the two subjects also admitted to harvesting the deer in

top of the water as they were already dead. The man was detained while the warden used a cast net to get the dead fish out of the water. A total of 16 undersized fish (crappie, white bass and largemouth bass) were collected. Multiple citations were issued to the man. The other members of the group received citations for no fishing license and using game fish as bait.

the ice chests a few nights before.

Both individuals were taken into custody and booked into the Bowie County Jail. Since then, game wardens have located additional deer carcasses. Cases are pending.

THE CAMERA DOESN’T LIE At Luminate Mining property, in Titus County, game cameras were set to identify trespassers. Since its recent closure, trespassing has increased. A game warden found a vehicle parked at one of the gates in a remote area where a game camera was placed. Approximately an hour after sunset, the warden caught two men coming out of the property carrying fishing gear, one with a small container of marijuana in his pocket. The men both said

they knew they were trespassing but they only practiced catch and release and never kept fish. Citations and warnings were issued for fishing without owner’s consent, criminal trespass, and possession of marijuana paraphernalia. After the subjects left the property, the warden checked the game camera.

Photos showed one of the men pulling a large stringer of fish on the ground as he was leaving the property just the day before.

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MOWING WAY TO JAIL A subject mowed 200-yard lanes into a neighboring landowner’s property in Newton County and was caught hunting the lanes. The subject was arrested and taken to the Newton County Jail.

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Dallas Safari Club encouraged its members to be patient.

“For the short-term, some travel decisions have in fact, been made for, not by, the international adventurer,” DSC said in a release. “But we all believe that the travel restrictions and quarantines will be lifted and that a return to normalcy will occur.”

DSC recommended continually checking for travel advisories from the U.S. State Department; checking the Centers for Disease Control and Johns Hopkins coronavirus global update sites; staying in touch with your travel agent; and considering buying travel insurance.

Phillip Bronkhorst, with Bronkhorst Safaris, also pleaded for customers to postpone rather than cancel.

“We have many people depending on us as an outfitter and employer for their income, meat and livelihood,” he said. “But our clients and friends are also highly valued and we would always want to treat you fairly and give you an unforgettable trip.”

Booking later this year should avoid losses of travel costs.

“Most airlines are willing to move the traveling dates, once, at no cost,” he said.

“Let’s be realistic and move the dates so it

gives us breathing space for this situation to be sorted.”

Argentina’s hunting season is winding down, and the country has banned travel from the U.S. until at least April 10.

Ramsey Russell of Get Ducks also operates in New Zealand, and American Airlines has canceled 75 percent of it international flights until May 6, he said.

“We encourage everyone to check in with relevant authorities regarding rapidly changing travel restrictions, border closings, and business closures,” Russell said.

“In addition, we encourage all hunters to communicate problems concerning scheduled hunts with all relevant stakeholders as soon as possible so that contingency planning can be done as smoothly as possible.”

Thormahlen said health and safety should be the top priority.

“We stand in solidarity with our friends across the world to support coordinated global efforts in the battle to contain the spread of this serious infection,” he said.

Russell said outfitters will be ready to resume as soon as travel issues dissipate.

“This too will pass,” he said. “And when it does, your hunt awaits.”

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Artist takes kids on first saltwater adventure

By Robert Sloan

For Lone Star Outdoor News A local artist in Port O’Connor, Dale Bunting, took his friend’s two teenage boys out for a morning of drum fishing. It didn’t take long for them to lock into some tight lines.

“We started fishing at about 9 a.m. and quit at noon, after catching 12 drum in the 40- to 55-pound class,” Bunting said. “The two boys I took out fishing are from College Station, and it was their first trip out in saltwater. They went from catching bass and perch to big black drum.

They loved it.”

Bunting doesn’t do a lot of fishing. But during the drum run in March and April, he spends a lot of time fishing for them.

“If you get set up in the right place the bites are frequent and the action is nonstop,” he said.

“Here in Port O’Connor, my favorite spot is at Mitchell’s Cut. It’s not a secret spot, lots of people fish there. It’s all good fun. And it’s a perfect way to get kids here on spring break into fishing.

“The depth of the water at this cut is the reason there are so many black drum. The depth is anywhere from 20 to 40 feet. We were set up in 38 feet of water. When the current is moving, the fish will be feeding.”

The best bait you can use for big drum is a fresh dead blue crab. Bunting said they used half of a hand-sized blue crab. The key is to use fresh dead baits. And you want to change them out Will Lee and William Bagley fished with Dale Bunting during spring break often. The pinfish can pick a bait clean within and caught these big black drum, plus 10 more, on their first saltwater a few minutes. And the current will wash them fishing trip. Photo from Dale Bunting. out.

Barbels, or whiskers, on their chin help black drum find worms, shrimp and crabs.

“We were fishing in an area with lots of current,” Bunting said. “The trick was to keep fresh bait on bottom so the drum could pick up the smell.”

The black drum run is going strong just about anywhere you can find deep water along the Texas Gulf Coast.

Some of the hotspots include the Galveston jetties, Freeport jetties, Texas City Dike and the Port O’Connor jetties.

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Bragging rights at company bass tourney

By Craig Nyhus

Lone Star Outdoor News Each year, the Hortenstine Ranch Company brokers and agents hold an annual meeting to discuss developments in the real estate market.

And they hold a fishing tournament.

“We’ve been doing it for the last five years,” said Blake Hortenstine. “It’s a good reason to get all of our team together Jack Fauntleroy caught the winning bass at and spend some time Hortenstine Ranch Company’s annual fishing tournament held at its annual meeting. Photo in the boat.”

The meeting takes from Blake Hortenstine. place near Ben Wheeler, and the fishing takes place on a private bass lake that has produced numerous double-digit bass.

“After our meeting, we fish a few hours in the evening, and then we have a one-day tourney the next day,” Hortenstine said.

The event is a big fish event, and a winning fish has to be weighed in the boat and the weight confirmed by the other angler. Prizes are awarded, but bragging rights are the focus.

“We were a week or two early this year,” Hortenstine said.

“There were a lot of 2- and 3-pounders caught, but no big ones.”

Last year, agent Jack Fauntleroy caught a 6.5-pounder the evening before the event, but even though that was the biggest fish landed, it wasn’t eligible, despite his complaints.

History repeated itself this year when Fauntleroy caught a 6.1-pounder during the evening fishing, and the next day only 2- and 3-pounders were landed. Fauntleroy was despondent again.

“We put it up for a vote and he was declared the winner,” Hortenstine said. “So he propelled his way into first place. I caught a 6-pounder the night before, but it wasn’t quite big enough.”

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Josh Johnson, 12, caught his largest fish ever, a 61-pound blue catfish, while fishing with his dad, Kyle, and granddad, Bob, on Lake Tawakoni.

Anastacia Rodriguez shot this 8-point buck in Caldwell County.

Lee Hogue, of Midlothian, took his first deer, an axis doe in Kendall County, while hunting with his brother-in-law.

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Mario Gomez shot this mountain lion on Terlingua Ranch in Brewster County.

Sarah Rose Jons took this mule deer at Ocotillo Hunt Club in Culberson County.

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away.”

Skloss heard a lot of gobbles and saw plenty of birds, but was unable to get them in range for a shot.

“They were definitely henned-up,” he said.

Josh Haese and his buddies also got a later start than preferred on opening morning while hunting outside of Seguin in Guadalupe County.

“We were able to make it into the pasture around 9 o’clock, and on my very first call, several gobblers sounded off,” Haese said.

“We moved in towards the birds and set up. Two toms worked in, seemingly on a rope and gobbling the whole way. They got within about 15 yards of us and we were able to harvest both of them.”

Later in the day, the gobblers began staging up with hens and became more difficult to hunt.

Guide James Prince said opening weekend was fairly tough with the wet, cool weather.

“We encountered a ton of jakes and large groups of hens,” he said. “The mature gobblers that we did see were doing the usual, and following the hens with little regard to calls or decoys.”

In the Dilley area, guide Clayton Roth said opening day was about as tough as it gets for turkey hunting in South Texas.

“It rained on us pretty much all day and we didn’t hear a single gobble,” he said.

“One of our hunters did end up harvesting a bird, but overall, it was pretty rough.”

On day two of the season, the birds did gobble on the roost early in the morning.

“As soon as they hit the ground though, they gave us the ultimate silent treatment,”

Roth said. “At one point, we had two coming in without making a sound, but then a coyote ran them off. They finally got vocal in the afternoon and our hunters harvested two more decent birds.”

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department wildlife biologist Blaise Korzekwa said the rain kept a lot of South Texas hunters out of the field on opening weekend.

“Success rates of harvesting mature toms were low, as the abundance of jakes kept mature birds away from traditional hunting setups,” he said.

Dustin Masters spent opening day hunting in Wilson County with a buddy, and the next day hunting in Bexar County with his wife.

“On opening day, the gobblers were trailing the hens pretty hard, which made it tough to get a shot opportunity unless you were set up right where the hens were headed,” Masters said. “We were able to sneak into an area and get in front of them early in the morning, and my buddy, John Bermea, was able to double up on two longbeards.”

Masters said jakes were everywhere in the afternoon on opening day, preventing the mature gobblers from getting very close.

The next day, Masters said the toms responded well to a call, but that they just couldn’t get in range for his wife to get a shot.

In Atascosa County, guide Curt Alexander said hunters did have some success calling in mature birds on opening weekend, but that the cooler weather and wet conditions made it tough.

“It definitely wasn’t the typical, springtime norm in South Texas,” he said.

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The International Game Fish Association named five fishing greats to the 2020 class of the IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame.

The 2020 IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be held Sept. 12 at Johnny Morris’ Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium in Springfield, Missouri.

Dr. Barbara Block Dr. Barbara A. Block holds the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Professorship at Stanford University. Her research focuses on how large pelagic fish utilize the open ocean spanning from genomics to biologging. She and her team have pioneered the successful development and deployment of electronic tags on tunas, billfishes, and sharks. She also is the cofounder of the IGFA Great Marlin Race.

Jose Campos With more than 60 years of offshore experience, Capt. Jose Campos is one of Puerto Rico’s most accomplished anglers. A past chairman and Hall of Fame member of the Club Náutico de San Juan, Campos has been a promoter of both billfish tagging and fishing tourism in Puerto Rico. As a captain, he has been instrumental in the catch of 1,500 billfish, including 35 marlin over 400 pounds.

Ken Hinman Ken Hinman has 41 years of experience working to conserve marine fish; and served as president of Wild Oceans from 19972019. He is a cofounder of the Marine Fish Conservation Network, Ocean Wildlife Campaign, Menhaden Matter campaign and the Take Marlin Off the Menu campaign.

Patrick Gay, AM Patrick Gay is one of Australia’s bestknown anglers, has held many Australian records and several IGFA World Records.

He is the founder of Gay Constructions and the Gold Coast City Marina and Shipyard. In 2007, he was awarded the Order of Australia for his services to the construction industry and the sport of game fishing.

Dave Whitlock Dave Whitlock is a native Oklahoman who is known in the world of fly-fishing for his talents in painting, illustrating, writing, photography, fly-tying and lecturing. He has been inducted into the National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame, the Trout Hall of Fame, Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum Fly Fishing Hall of Fame and the Arkansas Game & Fish Hall of Fame.

—IGFA

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Bighorn permits increase The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission voted to allow up to eight bighorn sheep licenses for the 2020 season.

Of the eight licenses, one will be an auction license and the revenue specifically used for bighorn sheep management.

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Winklemans file bankruptcy Donald Edward “Babe” Winkleman and his wife, Kristeen, also doing business as Babe Winkelman Productions and Winkleman Water Solutions filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy protection.

Winkelman hosted the nationally syndicated show “Good Fishing” for nearly 40 years.

The show has been off the air for almost a year.

—Staff report

MISSISSIPPI

Turkey poachers charged A group of Mississippians believed to have killed nearly 100 turkeys and tresspassed on 15 properties during the 2019 season have been charged and arrested following an 11-month investigation by Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks conservation officers. Four persons were arrested and face 280 charges.

—MDWFP

TENNESSEE

DU honors waterfowl conservationists Ducks Unlimited announced the winners of the 2020 Wetland Conservation Achievement Awards during the 85th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference held in Omaha, Nebraska.

DU’s 2020 Wetland Conservation Achievement Awards were presented in six categories and recognized individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the conservation and restoration of North America’s wetlands and waterfowl.

• Senior Federal Official: Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Alaska.

• Federal Agency Employee: Dr. Skip Hyberg, retired senior economist at USDA Farm Service Agency.

• State/Provincial Employee: Martin St. Louis, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, manager of Summer Lake Wildlife Area.

• Research /Technical: Dr. Jane Austin, retired research scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center in North Dakota.

• Local/Private Conservation: Jack Ray, conservationist and president of the Utah Waterfowlers Association.

• Communications: Brad Dokken, outdoor writer and columnist.

—DU

WISCONSIN

Harbor Freight donating entire mask supply The owner and founder of Harbor Freight Tools, Eric Smidt, announced the company will be donating personal protection equipment to hospitals with 24-hour emergency rooms in communities where their stores are located.

Officials say the company decided to donate its entire supply of the personal protective equipment items to front line hospitals, including N95 masks, face shields and nitrile gloves.

—Harbor Freight

PENNSYLVANIA

Deer harvest up Pennsylvania hunters posted their highest overall deer harvest in 15 years when they took 389,431 deer during the state’s 201920 hunting seasons.

The 2019-20 deer harvest topped the previous year’s harvest of 374,690 by about 4 percent. The last time the total deer harvest exceeded this season’s total was in 200405, when 409,320 whitetails were taken.

—Pennsylvania Game Commission

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Cupero promoted at Smith & Wesson Smith & Wesson promoted Sue Cupero to vice president, sales.

DSC audit complete Dallas Safari Club President Scott Tobermann announced that Saville Dodgen & Company completed an independent financial audit for the fiscal year that ended March 31, 2019, and the firm issued a “clean opinion,” meaning financial statements are presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in all material respects.

Montana Rifle closes Montana Outdoor Group announced the closure of Montana Rifle Company pending fiscal restructuring.

ACROSS 1. A sunfish species 3. Used to get a dog to stop 7. An African games species 9. The tent’s outer wall 10. Hybrid of smallmouth and spotted bass 12. A UTV brand 14. A coastal fishing town 17. A riflescope brand 19. The document giving you the privilege to hunt 22. Popular river during the white bass run 24. The smaller Canada goose 26. A two-legged shooting rest 27. A Central Texas river 28. The linesider 29. Corpus Christi’s county 31. Used as snow goose field decoys 32. Where the two-piece rod joins together 33. The hookless lure 34. The traditional Japanese art of archery 35. The bait used on a Caesar salad

DOWN 2. A salmon species 4. A shark species 5. A fishing line brand 6. A Central Texas county 8. The deer standing perpendicular to you 11. A type of turkey call 13. The right side of the boat 15. One of Leopold’s tools 16. A deer scouting tool (two words) 17. Term for the backlash (two words) 18. Reservoir near Denton (two words) 20. An outboard manufacturer 21. Measuring the buck’s antlers 22. A West Texas lake (two words) 23. An offshore target 25. Amarillo’s county 30. A rifle manufacturer

SKB acquired Clarus Corporation entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held S.K.B. Corporation, for $85 million in cash and 1,153,846 shares of Clarus common stock.

Regional promotions at DU Ducks Unlimited promoted Jamie Rader and Johann Walker to directors of operations for DU’s Great Lakes/Atlantic and Great Plains regions, respectively.

Development manager at SCI Safari Club International named Lauren Hill as its new business development manager.

Director position at NBCI The National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative is accepting applications for its director position in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Puzzle by Craig Nyhus, Lone Star Outdoor News

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

Cast-iron venison meatball masala & cauliflower 1.25 pounds ground venison Cilantro, chopped (about 2-4 tablespoons) 1 shallot, chopped 2-4 cloves garlic, chopped Heavy pinch of sea salt Heavy pinch of white pepper 1 head of cauliflower, cut into florets Dry spice mix: curry powder, cinnamon, cumin, nutmeg and clove 2 tbsps. butter 1 tbsp. ginger, freshly grated 1 can crushed tomatoes 1/2 cup heavy cream 1 jalapeno, sliced

Combine venison, cilantro, shallot, garlic, salt, pepper and a heavy pinch of dry spice mix.

Form meatballs and refrigerate while prepping for the rest of the dish. Add a small amount of your oil to coat the bottom of a cast-iron skillet. Heat on medium to medium-high heat. Fry meatballs until golden brown on both sides.

Remove and set aside. Add butter to the oil on medium heat. Add cauliflower and sprinkle with salt, pepper, dry spice mix and grated ginger. Cook 3-4 minutes, stirring until the cauliflower has a little color. Add crushed tomatoes and extra dry spice to your liking. Add meatballs back into the skillet, stirr in heavy cream. Turn heat down to simmer for 5-10 minutes. Add jalapenos before serving.

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9:37 10:26 11:15 ----12:30 1:27 2:28

07:10 07:09 07:08 07:06 07:05 07:04 07:03

5:10a 5:52a 6:31a 7:08a 7:45a 8:23a 9:04a

9:09 9:59 10:48 11:37 12:03 1:00 2:00

07:43 07:43 07:44 07:45 07:45 07:46 07:47 07:48 07:49 07:49 07:50 07:51 07:52 07:52

9:19a 10:50p 9:52a 11:47p 10:28a NoMoon 11:10a 12:44a 11:58a 1:42a 12:52p 2:39a 1:53p 3:33a 4:09p 5:20p 6:31p 7:41p 8:51p 10:02p 11:12p

San Antonio

Amarillo

2020 A.M. P.M. SUN MOON Mar/Apr Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets

2020 A.M. P.M. SUN MOON Mar/Apr Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets

27 Fri 28 Sat 29 Sun 30 Mon 31 Tue 01 Wed 02 Thu 03 Fri 04 Sat 05 Sun 06 Mon 07 Tue 08 Wed 09 Thu 10 Fri

27 Fri 28 Sat 29 Sun 30 Mon 31 Tue 01 Wed 02 Thu 03 Fri 04 Sat 05 Sun 06 Mon 07 Tue 08 Wed 09 Thu 10 Fri

8:26 2:15 9:14 3:03 10:05 3:54 10:59 4:46 11:54 5:41 12:26 6:36 1:16 7:30 2:10 8:24 3:01 9:16 3:51 10:05 4:41 10:54 5:31 11:44 6:24 12:10 7:20 1:06 8:21 2:07

8:47 2:36 9:37 3:25 10:29 4:17 11:24 5:12 ----- 6:07 12:50 7:03 1:45 7:59 2:38 8:53 3:30 9:44 4:19 10:33 5:08 11:21 5:57 ----6:50 12:37 7:48 1:34 8:49 2:35

07:28 07:27 07:26 07:25 07:23 07:22 07:21 07:20 07:19 07:18 07:16 07:15 07:14 07:13 07:12

07:48 07:49 07:49 07:50 07:51 07:51 07:52 07:52 07:53 07:53 07:54 07:55 07:55 07:56 07:56

9:30a 10:52p 10:04a 11:47p 10:42a NoMoon 11:25a 12:44a 12:13p 1:41a 1:08p 2:37a 2:08p 3:32a 3:14p 4:23a 4:22p 5:11a 5:30p 5:55a 6:39p 6:36a 7:47p 7:15a 8:55p 7:53a 10:04p 8:34a 11:12p 9:17a

8:39 2:28 9:28 3:16 10:19 4:07 11:12 5:00 ----- 5:54 12:39 6:49 1:30 7:44 2:23 8:37 3:15 9:29 4:05 10:19 4:54 11:08 5:44 11:58 6:37 12:24 7:34 1:20 8:34 2:20

9:00 9:50 10:43 11:38 12:07 1:03 1:58 2:52 3:43 4:33 5:21 6:11 7:04 8:01 9:02

2:50 3:39 4:31 5:25 6:21 7:17 8:12 9:06 9:57 10:46 11:35 ----12:50 1:47 2:48

07:40 07:39 07:37 07:36 07:34 07:33 07:32 07:30 07:29 07:28 07:26 07:25 07:23 07:22 07:21

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

9:37a 11:15p 10:08a NoMoon 10:44a 12:13a 11:25a 1:11a 12:12p 2:10a 1:07p 3:06a 2:08p 4:00a 3:15p 4:50a 4:26p 5:36a 5:39p 6:16a 6:51p 6:53a 8:03p 7:29a 9:15p 8:04a 10:27p 8:41a 11:38p 9:20a

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 Mar 27 Mar 28 Mar 29 Mar 30 Mar 31 Apr 1 Apr 2 Apr 3 Apr 4 Apr 5 Apr 6 Apr 7 Apr 8 Apr 9 Apr 10

Time 6:36 AM 12:29 AM 1:12 AM 2:01 AM 2:58 AM 4:02 AM 5:09 AM 6:13 AM 7:14 AM 1:18 AM 2:30 AM 3:36 AM 4:39 AM 5:43 AM 6:49 AM

High Island Height 1.52H 0.27L 0.21L 0.17L 0.14L 0.10L 0.05L 0.01L -0.00L 1.63H 1.78H 1.91H 2.00H 2.04H 2.02H

Time 12:17 PM 7:30 AM 8:35 AM 9:59 AM 11:40 AM 1:00 PM 1:48 PM 2:21 PM 2:49 PM 8:11 AM 9:04 AM 9:55 AM 10:46 AM 11:37 AM 12:30 PM

Height 0.92L 1.52H 1.52H 1.52H 1.56H 1.62H 1.66H 1.67H 1.66H 0.05L 0.17L 0.36L 0.61L 0.87L 1.12L

Time 5:22 PM 12:55 PM 1:37 PM 2:33 PM

Height 1.30H 1.08L 1.23L 1.36L

7:26 7:56 3:14 3:38 4:03 4:27 4:52 5:15

PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM

1.31L 1.12L 1.64H 1.61H 1.59H 1.58H 1.56H 1.55H

Time

Height

5:16 PM 5:10 PM 5:06 PM

1.31H 1.34H 1.40H

11:47 PM

1.48H

8:33 PM 9:14 PM 9:58 PM 10:44 PM 11:32 PM

0.87L 0.58L 0.29L 0.04L -0.13L

Galveston Bay entrance, north jetty Time 7:00 AM 12:00 AM 12:38 AM 1:24 AM 2:17 AM 3:16 AM 4:20 AM 5:27 AM 6:38 AM 12:55 AM 2:18 AM 3:32 AM 4:41 AM 5:46 AM 6:51 AM

Height 1.71H 0.19L 0.11L 0.05L -0.01L -0.06L -0.11L -0.13L -0.11L 1.62H 1.83H 2.06H 2.27H 2.41H 2.47H

Time 12:29 PM 7:56 AM 9:06 AM 10:28 AM 11:42 AM 12:39 PM 1:26 PM 2:08 PM 2:45 PM 7:48 AM 8:53 AM 9:53 AM 10:53 AM 11:58 AM 1:23 PM

Height 1.07L 1.75H 1.80H 1.89H 1.99H 2.08H 2.14H 2.14H 2.09H -0.04L 0.09L 0.31L 0.60L 0.93L 1.23L

Time 5:31 PM 2:20 PM

Height 1.38H 1.25L

Time

Height

5:39 PM

1.35H

9:03 8:56 3:18 3:47 4:13 4:36 4:56 5:11

PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM

1.41L 1.31L 1.99H 1.87H 1.74H 1.63H 1.55H 1.51H

11:10 PM

1.46H

8:54 PM 9:12 PM 9:43 PM 10:21 PM 11:02 PM 11:49 PM

1.09L 0.78L 0.43L 0.11L -0.13L -0.24L

Height 1.45H 1.50H 0.13L 0.07L 0.01L -0.03L -0.06L -0.08L -0.08L 1.29H 1.46H 1.65H 1.82H 1.94H 2.02H

Time 1:09 PM

Height 0.98L

Time 4:57 PM

Height 1.08H

Time 11:47 PM

Height 0.22L

Time 06:54 AM 7:54 AM 12:20 AM 1:01 AM 1:54 AM 2:59 AM 4:16 AM 5:34 AM 6:48 AM 12:36 AM 2:03 AM 3:19 AM 4:30 AM 5:41 AM 6:53 AM

9:02 AM 10:19 AM 11:38 AM 12:46 PM 1:38 PM 2:19 PM 2:52 PM 7:56 AM 9:02 AM 10:07 AM 11:15 AM 12:32 PM 2:13 PM

1.55H 1.62H 1.70H 1.78H 1.83H 1.83H 1.76H -0.01L 0.13L 0.35L 0.60L 0.87L 1.09L

9:16 3:20 3:43 4:03 4:18 4:28 4:23

PM PM PM PM PM PM PM

1.15L 1.64H 1.48H 1.32H 1.20H 1.13H 1.13H

9:11 PM 9:24 PM 9:48 PM 10:21 PM 11:00 PM 11:44 PM

0.99L 0.75L 0.47L 0.20L -0.02L -0.15L

Height 0.14L 0.09L 0.05L 0.03L 0.01L -0.02L -0.05L -0.07L -0.04L 0.02L 0.62H 0.60H 0.64H 0.07L -0.04L

Time 11:15 AM 4:27 PM 4:34 PM 4:57 PM 5:35 PM 6:23 PM 7:17 PM 8:11 PM 8:50 PM

Height 0.56H 0.63H 0.68H 0.73H 0.78H 0.81H 0.81H 0.78H 0.69H

Time 1:18 PM

Height 0.56L

Time 4:32 PM

Height 0.58H

11:52 AM 12:48 PM 1:45 PM 9:40 AM 11:10 AM

0.13L 0.27L 0.42L 0.70H 0.75H

8:03 PM 5:08 PM 3:51 PM

0.43H 0.36H 0.44H

Height 0.13L 0.09L 0.05L 0.03L 0.02L 0.01L 0.00L 0.01L 0.05L 0.14L 0.61L 0.48L 0.35L 0.24L 0.16L

Time 6:30 PM 6:44 PM 7:11 PM 7:47 PM 8:31 PM 9:18 PM 10:01 PM 10:34 PM 10:40 PM 10:02 PM 5:20 AM 8:31 AM 10:39 AM 7:01 PM 5:45 PM

Height 0.67H 0.74H 0.79H 0.82H 0.85H 0.86H 0.85H 0.81H 0.74H 0.67H 0.65H 0.62H 0.63H 0.77H 0.87H

Time

Height

Port O’Connor Date Mar 27 Mar 28 Mar 29 Mar 30 Mar 31 Apr 1 Apr 2 Apr 3 Apr 4 Apr 5 Apr 6 Apr 7 Apr 8 Apr 9 Apr 10

Time 1:46 AM 2:11 AM 2:44 AM 3:31 AM 4:44 AM 6:12 AM 7:32 AM 08:43 AM 9:50 AM 10:53 AM 2:34 AM 5:05 AM 7:51 AM 12:30 AM 1:14 AM

Time 5:38 AM 6:02 AM 6:30 AM 7:11 AM 8:10 AM 9:27 AM 10:44 AM 11:49 AM 12:43 PM 1:29 PM 2:15 AM 2:52 AM 3:35 AM 4:20 AM 5:05 AM

Date Mar 27 Mar 28 Mar 29 Mar 30 Mar 31 Apr 1 Apr 2 Apr 3 Apr 4 Apr 5 Apr 6 Apr 7 Apr 8 Apr 9 Apr 10

Time 12:03 AM 12:42 AM 1:24 AM 2:11 AM 3:04 AM 4:04 AM 5:13 AM 6:27 AM 7:38 AM 12:51 AM 2:18 AM 3:40 AM 4:57 AM 6:12 AM 7:32 AM

Time 11:08 AM 12:18 PM 5:46 PM 5:40 PM 6:05 PM 8:31 PM 9:03 PM 9:06 PM 8:06 PM 4:47 AM 5:54 AM 7:05 AM 8:19 AM 9:27 AM 10:34 AM

Height 1.15H 1.19H 1.23H 1.28H 1.31H 1.33H 1.34H 1.32H 1.27H 1.24H 1.30H 1.35H 1.41H 1.48H 1.54H

Time 3:27 PM 3:33 PM

Height 1.03L 1.14L

Time 8:09 PM 5:57 PM

Height 1.08H 1.16H

12:58 PM 1:48 PM 2:34 PM 3:20 PM 4:20 PM

0.13L 0.25L 0.44L 0.68L 0.92L

7:49 7:50 7:59 8:10 8:22

PM PM PM PM PM

1.22H 1.18H 1.15H 1.13H 1.12H

Height 0.31L 0.22L 0.15L 0.10L 0.07L 0.06L 0.06L 0.07L 0.10L 1.13H 1.19H 1.27H 1.34H 1.41H 1.45H

Time 7:31 AM 9:12 AM 11:06 AM 12:30 PM 1:40 PM 2:43 PM 3:34 PM 4:03 PM 4:11 PM 8:41 AM 9:41 AM 10:43 AM 11:50 AM 1:06 PM 2:32 PM

Height 1.01H 1.06H 1.13H 1.21H 1.26H 1.29H 1.28H 1.24H 1.17H 0.17L 0.28L 0.45L 0.64L 0.83L 0.99L

Time 1:45 PM 3:30 PM

Height 0.81L 0.92L

Time 5:35 PM 5:32 PM

Height 0.92H 0.94H

9:20 4:09 4:09 4:16 4:29 4:44 4:58

PM PM PM PM PM PM PM

0.99L 1.09H 1.04H 1.01H 1.01H 1.03H 1.05H

9:27 PM 9:46 PM 10:17 PM 10:56 PM 11:40 PM

0.85L 0.66L 0.44L 0.23L 0.06L

Date Mar 27 Mar 28 Mar 29 Mar 30 Mar 31 Apr 1 Apr 2 Apr 3 Apr 4 Apr 5 Apr 6 Apr 7 Apr 8 Apr 9 Apr 10

Time 1:45 AM 2:17 AM 2:57 AM 3:50 AM 5:07 AM 6:29 AM 7:38 AM 8:38 AM 9:32 AM 2:01 AM 3:30 AM 4:42 AM 12:15 AM 12:54 AM 1:34 AM

Height 0.08L 0.05L 0.04L 0.03L 0.02L 0.01L 0.00L 0.00L 0.02L 0.37H 0.37H 0.36H 0.11L 0.04L -0.01L

Time 5:09 PM 4:56 PM 4:54 PM 5:07 PM 5:33 PM 6:06 PM 6:42 PM 7:11 PM 7:16 PM 10:23 AM 11:11 AM 11:56 AM 5:55 AM 10:13 AM 4:26 PM

Height 0.38H 0.40H 0.42H 0.44H 0.45H 0.45H 0.43H 0.40H 0.35H 0.06L 0.12L 0.19L 0.36H 0.36H 0.42H

Time

Height

Height 0.87H 0.17L 0.09L 0.03L -0.01L -0.01L -0.00L 0.01L 0.03L 0.96H 1.01H 1.06H 1.10H 1.12H 1.13H

Time 1:00 PM 9:21 AM 10:42 AM 2:25 PM 3:21 PM 4:07 PM 4:51 PM 5:34 PM 6:14 PM 8:12 AM 9:08 AM 10:07 AM 11:09 AM 12:13 PM 1:16 PM

Height 1.26H 1.30H 0.12L 0.05L 0.00L -0.03L -0.05L -0.04L 0.01L 0.10L 1.34H 1.45H 1.57H 1.66H 1.72H

10:19 PM 5:39 PM 4:38 PM 4:34 PM 12:38 PM 1:15 PM

0.34L 0.31H 0.31H 0.33H 0.27L 0.34L

Height 0.72L 0.89H 0.96H 1.02H 1.10H 1.13H 1.12H 1.05H 0.93H 0.09L 0.20L 0.36L 0.53L 0.70L 0.86L

Time 4:37 PM 1:55 PM

Height 0.84H 0.82L

8:49 3:37 2:43 2:59 3:22 3:44 4:00

PM PM PM PM PM PM PM

Time 1:16 PM

Height 0.96L

10:03 AM 12:00 PM 1:28 PM 2:37 PM 3:29 PM 4:06 PM 4:17 PM 3:57 PM 8:50 AM 9:57 AM 11:10 AM 12:32 PM 11:30 PM

1.36H 1.44H 1.52H 1.57H 1.58H 1.52H 1.39H 1.22H 0.27L 0.49L 0.73L 0.97L -0.19L

Time

Height

10:53 PM 11:34 PM

0.27L 0.19L

4:39 PM 4:41 PM

0.36H 0.39H

Time

Height

4:22 PM

0.86H

0.88L 0.79H 0.76H 0.77H 0.81H 0.87H 0.93H

8:44 PM 8:50 PM 9:25 PM 10:18 PM 11:14 PM

0.74L 0.54L 0.33L 0.12L -0.05L

Time 4:16 PM

Height 1.02H

Time 11:40 PM

Height 0.21L

9:02 8:27 3:34 3:25 3:23 3:20

1.25L 1.07L 1.08H 1.00H 0.99H 1.04H

11:15 PM

1.27H

8:40 PM 9:12 PM 9:54 PM 10:40 PM

0.79L 0.48L 0.19L -0.04L

Port Aransas

11:05 PM 11:47 PM

0.40L 0.23L

Nueces Bay Date Mar 27 Mar 28 Mar 29 Mar 30 Mar 31 Apr 1 Apr 2 Apr 3 Apr 4 Apr 5 Apr 6 Apr 7 Apr 8 Apr 9 Apr 10

San Luis Pass

Height 0.20L 0.12 0.09L 0.09L 0.10L 0.12L 0.12L 0.09L 0.08L 1.11L 0.96L 0.75L 0.51L 0.27L 0.09L

East Matagorda

Freeport Harbor Date Mar 27 Mar 28 Mar 29 Mar 30 Mar 31 Apr 1 Apr 2 Apr 3 Apr 4 Apr 5 Apr 6 Apr 7 Apr 8 Apr 9 Apr 10

Time 3:44 AM 4:17 AM 5:03 AM 6:02 AM 7:03 AM 8:08 AM 9:34 AM 10:58 AM 12:02 PM 1:43 AM 1:51 AM 2:04 AM 2:23 AM 2:48 AM 3:18 AM

Date Mar 27 Mar 28 Mar 29 Mar 30 Mar 31 Apr 1 Apr 2 Apr 3 Apr 4 Apr 5 Apr 6 Apr 7 Apr 8 Apr 9 Apr 10

Time 6:02 AM 12:13 AM 12:52 AM 1:33 AM 2:19 AM 3:15 AM 4:32 AM 6:02 AM 7:12 AM 12:04 AM 1:28 AM 2:46 AM 4:01 AM 5:19 AM 7:01 AM

South Padre Island

2:10 PM 2:42 PM 2:16 PM

0.27L 0.43L 0.59L

Time

9:31 PM 8:15 PM 7:18 PM

Height

0.61H 0.60H 0.68H

Date Mar 27 Mar 28 Mar 29 Mar 30 Mar 31 Apr 1 Apr 2 Apr 3 Apr 4 Apr 5 Apr 6 Apr 7 Apr 8 Apr 9 Apr 10

Time 6:43 AM 8:01 AM 12:20 AM 1:06 AM 1:59 AM 2:59 AM 4:07 AM 5:21 AM 6:34 AM 7:43 AM 1:18 AM 2:55 AM 4:20 AM 5:40 AM 7:03 AM

PM PM PM PM PM PM

Texas Coast Tides

Date Mar 27 Mar 28 Mar 29 Mar 30 Mar 31 Apr 1 Apr 2 Apr 3 Apr 4 Apr 5 Apr 6 Apr 7 Apr 8 Apr 9 Apr 10

Date Mar 27 Mar 28 Mar 29 Mar 30 Mar 31 Apr 1 Apr 2 Apr 3 Apr 4 Apr 5 Apr 6 Apr 7 Apr 8 Apr 9 Apr 10

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