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Heaven on the Devils

Bryan Lee (left) and Cody Shupak harvested rare gobblers in Colorado County. Shupak’s gobbler displayed a unique color phase, and Lee’s tom sported four beards. Photo from Bryan Lee.

Quite a pair Two turkey hunters each score lifetime birds

By Nate Skinner

For Lone Star Outdoor News

Jed Mazour and his friends have been talking about a float trip down the Devils River for more than 15 years. They usually make an annual fishing trip to the mouth of the river, but this year they decided to go for the “big float.” Mazour, with his son and six friends, spent four days fishing and floating down the pristine and rugged river. Trick worms and Texas-rigged crawfish soft plastic seemed to get the fish excited. The group caught around 700 fish during the trip, half largemouth and half smallmouth. Mazour hooked this largemouth, pictured, and knew he was in for a fight so he jumped out of his kayak to follow him. “You better hold on to your rod tightly because these fish are here for a fight,” he said. After reeling in his catch, Mazour slipped on the uneven limestone into a deeper pool than he was expecting. His son captured the moment. “It was an unbelievable trip,” Mazour said. Photo from Jed Mazour.

It’s not too often that a visit to the turkey woods affords a gobbler of a lifetime, and situations in which two incredible specimens come into range at the same time are seemingly unheard of.

But good luck reached out to Sealy residents Bryan Lee and Cody Shupak when chasing toms in Colorado County together.

What started out as a typical morning turkey hunt quickly turned into an adventure. Shortly after sunrise, the pair of hunters

harvested two unique gobblers simultaneously. Lee’s tom had four beards, and Shupak’s gobbler’s feathers sported a rare color variation, giving it a smoky appearance.

Lee and Shupak were hunting a small, 10-acre property that was loaded with birds. Shupak had been doing some fence work along its perimeter over the preceding weeks, and noticed a significant amount of turkey traffic across the terrain.

“I saw several turkeys every day that I went out there to work,” Shupak said.

“They would fly down from their roosts and cross the pasture where I was laboring, like clockwork.”

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Adapting to spring gusts Upper Coast anglers making due

By Nate Skinner

Choppy waters are embraced by some coastal anglers, and avoided by others seeking shelter from the winds. Photo by Nate Skinner, for Lone Star Outdoor News.

Coastal breezes have seemed to gust from nearly every direction on the compass as of late, requiring anglers to become adaptive along the open bay waters of the Upper Coast. Some have chosen to hide from the wind in protected areas, while others have braved the choppy

cations. Capt. Randy Foreman said shell points in Keith Lake are holding plenty of redfish.

“Speckled trout are mixed in with the reds along these areas in Keith, and so are flounder,” Foreman said. “Incoming tides have produced the best action, especially for flatfish.”

Foreman said the Bessie Heights marsh has also been holding decent numbers of reds and flounder, and that most of them are concentrated along flats adjacent to points.

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Freshwater Fishing Report . Page 10

HUNTING

FISHING

Game Warden Blotter . . . . Page 12

Quite the trip (P. 6)

Minnow shortage (P. 8)

Nonstop drive from Florida for turkey hunt.

Demand drains supply.

Outfitters still hunting (P. 4)

South Padre back to fishing (P. 9)

Outings with precautions.

Jetties, beaches open.

Heroes . . . . . . . . . . . Page 14 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . Page 14 Saltwater Fishing Report . . . Page 15 Products . . . . . . . . . . Page 17 Sun, Moon & Tides . . . . . Page 18

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bay waters.

Sustained gusts combined with the downstream flow of water from rains upstream have produced poor water clarity in some areas. Even so, there is still consistent action to be had in many traditional springtime hotspots, including passes, channels, marshes, bayous and reefs. Most anglers say the bite is getting better each day.

On Sabine Lake and its surrounding marshes, speckled trout, redfish and flounder are being caught in a variety of lo-

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First gobbler taken after ranch work done Lone Star Outdoor News To hunt or not to hunt is one of the questions some outdoors folks asked themselves.

Although Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said hunting and fishing are essential, some county judges saw it in a different way.

In South Texas, Willacy County Judge Aurelio

“Keter” Guerra and Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño Jr. said some of the orders they issued applied to the two sports.

In fact, a number of area ranchers shut down their operations and many of the area public fishing locations were closed.

For Antonio Vindell, a resident of the small town of Primera in northwest

Cameron County, a day at the ranch became the day of his first gobbler.

In mid-April, the 29-yearold man harvested his first tom during a trip on a ranch in Willacy County.

While driving around, he spotted a male turkey on the other side of the fence of a neighboring ranch.

As the vehicle came to a stop, the gobbler ran into

the thick brush and, seconds later, a hen turkey followed behind.

The two birds did not reappear, and it was time for ranch work, which involved checking out feeders, setting up game cameras and mowing senderos.

At about 3:30 p.m., Vindell spotted a gobbler by the side of a water tank. He stepped out of the vehicle Please turn to page 13

Antonio Vindell took his first turkey after performing ranch chores in Willacy County.

Photo by Tony Vindell.

Outfitters still taking hunters With a few changes, hunts still taking place

By Craig Nyhus

Lone Star Outdoor News

Some smaller outfitter operators took clients on turkey hunts and exotic hunts after figuring out how to deal with distancing restrictions. Now that many of the restrictions have been lifted, it’s a good time to support your favorite outfitter, as many have missed out on a significant part of their season. Photo by Wes Mundy.

While many outfitters felt the heat of the economic shutdown, some kept their doors open, with precautions.

Wes Mundy at Double Diamond Outfitters said their spring and early summer has been nearly as busy as usual.

“We’ve always kept the total under 10 people,” Mundy said.

“We had some guys from Canada who we had to reschedule for next year, and we rescheduled some high-risk guys. But other than that, we just hunted.”

With his turkey hunters, Mundy said a few extra precautions were taken.

“I’m OCD on being neat and clean anyway,” he said. “I don’t want anyone getting sick on any of my hunts to begin with.

The camp was wiped down with bleach wipes, but I did that before this Wuhan crap started.

Everyone was in different rooms in the house, so the only time people were around each other

was when they were eating.”

Mundy said the most difficult part was hunting turkeys into May. “We had to juggle some people around, and we never have hunted the last two weeks of the season,” he said. “This year we had to. When it’s 100 degrees, it’s hot to be hunting turkeys — or anything else for that matter.”

Mundy said his bookings are holding steady for later this year and next, and he was preparing for axis hunts from May through July.

“Texas is still hunting,” he said. “We were hunting while the rest of the country wasn’t doing anything. It was just six or seven weeks ago when we had the best economy in our lifetime. I don’t think this will be as bad as 20072009, that downturn is still fresh in my mind.”

At Desert Safaris, Hunter Ross said several aoudad hunts in West Texas have recently been completed, and an Oregon hunter came down and took an aoudad and a scimitar-horned oryx.

“We kept everything extra clean at the lodge and took precautionary measures,” Ross said. “But we really didn’t do Please turn to page 6

Lifestyle brand focuses on time with family, friends

By Nate Skinner

For Lone Star Outdoor News Many may not know who Bronson Vaughan is, but might recognize him as “Runge Ralph,” the alias he refers to himself as on the stories of the Facebook and Instagram pages of Sight in Sea. Vaughan is the founder of Sight in Sea, a lifestyle brand with the slogan, “Do what you love with who you love.” The small Texas company’s focus is on spending quality time out-of-doors with friends and family.

Vaughan, his wife, Nichole, and their two boys live in the rural town of Runge. They live on Vaughan’s family’s ranch where he grew up. His upbringing had a lot to do with his inspiration for Sight in Sea. “I didn’t spend much time at all inside as a kid,” Vaughan admitted. “Living on a ranch, there wasn’t a whole lot of time

for watching television and playing video games.”

Vaughan spent most of his childhood and teenage years feeding cows, hauling hay, mending fences and handling other ranch chores.

“That’s what I did before and after school,” he said. “I was allowed to go inside and eat dinner at dark, once the sun set. This wasn’t something I didn’t always appreciate as a youngster, but looking back, I wouldn’t have changed it for the world.”

Hunting and fishing have always been a big part of Vaughan’s life, ever since he was young. He has hunted his family’s ranch for years, and is now making memories with his own kids on the place. Vaughan also made many trips to the Texas coast to fish while growing up, and now does with his own family.

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Sight in Sea is a brand focused on spending quality time outdoors with those you love, including youngsters.

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Renowned biologist dies Lone Star Outdoor News Tommy Lee Hailey, 85, died at his home April 22.

Hailey’s career as a wildlife biologist spanned more than a half-century. He spent 38 years as a staff member with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, followed by 13 years as a consulting biologist. He was instrumental in establishing the desert bighorn sheep population in the Big Bend region. He also authored and contributed to numerous wildlife publications.

Larry Weishuhn got to know Hailey when he worked as a biologist during the desert bighorn project and later as a technical assistance biologist in South Texas, and said Hailey was a friend, mentor and personal hero.

DSC continues hosting Weatherby Foundation event Weatherby Foundation International and DSC announced their 10-year agreement, beginning Jan. 6, 2021, to host the Weatherby Foundation International Hunting and Conservation Award Dinner and presentation of the Weatherby Big Game Hunting and Conservation Award at the Omni Dallas Hotel on the Wednesday night before the opening day of DSC’s annual Convention and Sporting Expo.

“Weatherby Foundation’s focus on conservation, ethics and education aligns perfectly with the mission of DSC,” said Corey Mason, DSC’s executive director. “Further, opening DSC’s Convention with Weatherby’s Gala Dinner sets a distinguished and exciting tone for the entire week.”

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Hunting club feeds medical center workers The East Texas Sportsman’s Club, a Dallas Safari Club chapter, fed the entire day and night shifts workers at Nacogdoches Medical Center to show its support and appreciation for the front line warriors.

The club purchased 250 meals from Casa Tomas and Moon’s Cajun Meats and bought everyone working at the center a dessert from Blue Horse Bakery.

“Even though our focus is usually on the conservation of wildlife and wilderness lands, most of us live in Nacogdoches and want to support our family, friends and neighbors in the community,” the chapter said.

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anything else different. We had two people come from Washington state, we made them get a Covid test before they came.”

Ross said bookings are down, however.

“Everyone is hurting pretty bad,” he said. “Once everything reopens, I think a lot of people will start booking.

People are sitting on their hands, waiting for another 30 or 45 days, at least from what they are tellSome West Texas guides are taking clients on aoudad and exotic hunts, all ing me. while practicing social distancing. Photo by Wes Mundy.

Ross has been in operation for 25 years, and Mundy for 15, and both have persevered through other tough years.

Mundy said one thing has been unusual this spring.

“We don’t shake hands,” he said. “That was weird for me.”

The DSC Foundation unveiled plans for the creation of the DSCF COVID-19 Relief Fund (Hunter’s CARE), designed to raise money in support of critical anti-poaching efforts.

Due to the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic, there is a loss of hunting revenue used to fund anti-poaching efforts. But poaching has not abated. In fact, reports suggest it is on the increase as poaching syndicates take advantage of the turmoil.

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Lone Star Outdoor News Travel restrictions caused many out-ofstate hunters to stay home for the spring turkey season. One die-hard Florida hunter, though, was an exception.

Mike Marciniak has been travelling from his Brandenton, Florida home to the old Oglesby Ranch in Schleicher County for six or seven years.

“One of my buddies’ parents had gone out there for years,” Marciniak said. “I got in when some others fell out.”

This year, the group numbers started to dwindle after the coronavirus pandemic began.

“Several others bailed out,” Marciniak said. “But hell or high water, I was going unless a state official told me I couldn’t.”

One friend, who was set to tag along, had to cancel his plans after his boss denied his travel request, though his employer did reimburse his flight cost.

The last member of the group bailed out at the eleventh hour.

“He said his wife would throw all his stuff to the curb if he went,” Marciniak said.

Having decided to drive, alone if necessary, Marciniak called his brother-in-law, Bill Alstrom, two days before it was time to leave.

“He’s a charter fishing captain down here,” Marciniak said. “We’ve had a few falling outs over the years, but I knew if I called him, he would go. Sure enough, he was good to go.”

Marciniak called police departments in Florida, Louisiana and Texas, and learned there were not any specific bans that would stop his trip. Once he got to Texas, he was supposed to stay on the ranch and no one from the ranch was supposed to come and see them.

“We were to quarantine ourselves for 14 days or the duration of our trip, whichever was shorter,” he said.

The pair of hunters gathered venison and moose meat from their freezers, scrounged through their pantries and brought along a camping stove for the 21-hour trip.

“We only stopped for gas,” Marciniak said. “We didn’t even stop at a restroom.

At each gas stop, we wore facemasks and gloves.”

The trip passed without a hitch.

“It was a smooth drive the whole way,” Marciniak said. “There was no one on the road.”

Once in Texas, the hunters purchased their licenses and got to the 105-year-old ranch house.

“It has water lines through the ceiling, linoleum pieces chipped up in piles, there’s mouse crap everywhere, and if you sit on the toilet, you feel like you’re going to fall

through the floor,” Marciniak said. “It gives the trip each year some extra character.”

Checking out a roost near the house, Marciniak said there were feathers and turkey droppings everywhere.

“It smelled like a chicken coop,” he said.

“We knew it was going to be a good hunt.”

If the goal was to see a lot of jakes, the trip was a resounding success.

“The first night, we set up a half-strut decoy with a hen,” Marciniak said. “We heard a few gobbles and some hens were working around. Then the jakes came out strutting.

We called some more, heard more gobbles, and more jakes came. We had 30 jakes in front of us.”

Back at the house, Marciniak let out an owl hoot and heard at least 30 gobbles.

“Some of them sounded good,” he said.

“There was no way they could all be jakes.”

The next morning near the roost, the pair was surrounded by gobbles.

“We thought the floodgates were going to open,” Marciniak said. “Sure enough, they were all jakes. It was a parade to the decoys, and they wouldn’t leave. Every noise we made, they gobbled. One bred the hen decoy for 30 minutes, even when we were moving around and yelling at it.”

During midday, the hunters tried a fringe area of the ranch.

“A bird gobbled in a drainage area,” Marciniak said. “He was going away. We cut the distance and he was even farther away.

We ran at a sprint to get closer and called again.”

Finally, they came to an open area with a big oak tree in the middle, and figured the tom was in the shade of the tree.

“I had a fan with me, and walked with the fan and got behind some mesquites,” Marciniak said. “I crawled out with the fan, and the tom was up in the tree, about 8 feet off the ground. He stuck his head up and came right in. Bill shot his first Rio Grande tom at 10 yards.”

Marciniak said the unusual behavior puzzled him at first, but then it dawned on him.

“He was running away from the jakes,” he said.

Hunting the next few days, it was nothing but jakes.

“The longbeards didn’t want to deal with them,” Marciniak said. “We didn’t even spook another longbeard.”

Wanting some variety in their food, and being beaten down by seeing upward of 80 jakes, each of the hunters took one of them before it was time to return home.

“A 21-hour drive for one longbeard,” Marciniak said. “But it was refreshing to get away from everything.”

Stopping for gas in Eldorado before leaving, again the hunters donned masks and gloves.

“The lady at the station looked at us like we were crazy,” Marciniak said. “She said the closest case of coronavirus was two counties away.”

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Minnows in short supply

Robert Almaguer and his friend, Charlie Fernandez, prefer to pursue bluegill and crappie on Choke Canyon Reservoir out of an old, flatbottomed boat. Photo from Charlie Fernandez.

Panfish wild on Choke Canyon

By Robert Sloan

For Lone Star Outdoor News There is nothing fancy about going after panfish. They will eat just about anything that won’t eat them first, they don’t require high-tech tackle or boats, and they fight like crazy.

That’s what Robert Almaguer and Charlie Fernandez are all about. They love to fish and go about it in a very relaxed way. They have an old, flat-bottomed aluminum boat that’s pushed with a small outboard. It’s what they use to catch lots of panfish with ultralight spinning tackle and a good supply of lightweight jigs and micro-spinner baits.

Almaguer is a dentist in San Antonio, and Fernandez is a South Texas rancher. Both live relatively close to Choke Canyon Lake and have been fishing it since 1986, four years after it was impounded.

“Right now the lake is still low, but that hasn’t hurt the fishing,” said Fernandez. “Robert and I just take it easy and use a trolling motor to work the boat down the bank of the river and open flats on the lake. The bass fishing is not nearly what it used to be, but the numbers of panfish in this lake are incredible. On the last few trips we’ve made, the two of us caught a variety of fish that include huge bream, crappie, white bass, catfish, gaspergou and even a few black bass.”

Choke Canyon started out as a 25,989-acre reservoir, but averaged just 13,056 acres in 2017-2018. The lake is located on the Frio River in the Nueces River basin, approximately 80 miles south of San Antonio. The reservoir has a history of substantial water level fluctuations.

“The water level on this lake has gone up and down over the years,” Fernandez said. “That has had an impact on the largemouth bass fishing. But it hasn’t hurt the panfish action at all, best I can tell.”

Fernandez and Almaguer have fished throughout the lake over the years.

“We started out going after largemouth in a bass boat, Fernandez said.

“But we eventually got back to the basics — just targeting smaller fish that taste great and are easy to catch.”

Choke Canyon is full of flooded timber and aquatic vegetation. Over the next few weeks, the friends will fish both the upper end of the lake on the Frio River and down to the lower end near the dam.

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Finding minnows has been a challenge for crappie anglers and bait shops this spring, caused by high demand. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

Spring break never ended for crappie anglers

By Craig Nyhus

Lone Star Outdoor News One thing hasn’t slowed down in East Texas. The crappie fishermen have been out in droves. So much so, some bait shops and crappie fishermen have been having trouble finding minnows.

People planning to fish at Lake Livingston are traveling more than 50 miles to the Minnow Bucket on the north side of Lake Conroe in New Waverly, because the shops around Livingston are out of supply.

“They have been out for three weeks,” said Minnow Bucket owner Tommy Edwards, whose shop is an honor-based, 24-hour bait shop.

Edwards said the minnow shortage began with an early crappie spawn last November.

“There are about 13 minnow farms, most in the states to the north of us, that supply minnows to shops all over the country,” Edwards said. “When springtime rolled around, it was crappie time. Everybody was off work and we all kept drawing off the farms. Now, the farms are six weeks out to get their fry to a number 6 or 7 crappie minnow size. Most people want a size 8.”

Edwards said his sales have been through the roof.

“I’m selling more minnows in a month than I sold all spring last year,” he said. “I sold 2,600 pounds in the last month.”

The Minnow Bucket has been providing almost daily updates regarding minnow availability on its social media page.

“Fortunately, I have an independent source and still have minnows,” Edwards said.

Being on the honor system hasn’t been a problem for the shop.

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Crabbing for warm-weather fun

By Robert Sloan

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Donna Arlitt tosses a crab trap into the bay at Port O’Connor. Photo by Robert Sloan, for Lone Star Outdoor News.

Although the first day of summer is more than a month away, it’s plenty hot, and the warm currents from one end of the Texas coast to the other have set the state for crabbing.

Crabbing can be fun for the entire family, a way to beat the doldrums of hot weather, and a great way to load up on a batch of tasty blue crab and stone crab claws.

One Texas couple has had plenty of free time, using it to take several crabbing trips.

“We had some excellent crabbing throughout April,” said Donna Arlitt, who heads out with her husband, Ron. “My husband and I have stayed busy fishing and crabbing — we have about four traps that we have been set-

ting out in the bays around Port O’Connor.”

Arilitt said the couple has been catching big numbers of stone crab, along with plenty of blue crab.

“Most of our kids are living in cities near Port O’Connor, but we have two that are home from college,” Arlitt said. “That leaves my husband and I plenty of time. He’s a fishing guide and I have a house cleaning business.”

In their ample spare time, the couple enjoys baiting the traps and collecting enough crab meat to feed the family.

“We’ve already had two really good crab boils,” Arlitt said. “That’s one of our favorite meals.”

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Anglers are back on the South Padre Island jetty after several weeks off. Photo by Tony Vindell, for Lone Star Outdoor News.

Resuming fishing down south Cameron, Willacy counties ease restrictions

By Tony Vindell

For Lone Star Outdoor News After nearly five weeks of inactivity, anglers are back boating, kayaking, wading and fishing off the jetties on South Padre Island and Boca Chica Beach.

April 25 was the first day judges and/or city mayors from the two coastal counties in the Rio Grande Valley — Cameron and Willacy — allowed people to reopen their docks and go into the nearly half-dozen county parks.

Fishing at Isla Blanca Park was slow on the first weekend, compared with other times when hundreds of people would be seen fishing off the north jetty.

Astoria, Oregon high school senior Michael Postlewait posted photos of him signing his national letter of intent to attend college.

He’s not a football or basketball player, though. He’s a bass fisherman, and signed with Dallas Baptist University.

DBU’s team, the Patriots, are a consistent top 25 team in the national standings, finishing 17th, ninth and 23rd in 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Postlewait will be one of six incoming freshmen on the Dallas Baptist team. The Patriots have just two others on their roster from outside Texas.

Bass fishing is not an official sport

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Kayakers Dan Zunek and a friend headed to the bayside on April 26, to the east side of the Veterans Memorial Causeway for the first time since late March.

“I am glad this is almost over,” Zunek said as he was coming out toward land. “As kayakers, we keep a distance when we are in the waters, but we had to follow the rules.”

He was referring to the shelter-in-place order set by County Judge Eddie Trevino Jr. Zunek said he was glad to be out and back fishing. He caught three redfish in the 20- to 22-inch neighborhood, but put them back in the water.

Before the pandemic hysteria began, Zunek went on a red snapper trip with five others with Bam Bam Charters out of Port Mansfield, returning with 26 fish.

“I got plenty of fillets in the freezer,” Zunek said. “I fish a lot here and there.”

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recognized by the NCAA or NAIA, the governing body for most intercollegiate sports. It’s a club sport at most of the 600-plus participating colleges and universities, meaning most of the anglers are competing without any financial support.

A few schools have varsity programs while others, like DBU, support its program through sponsorships or “fishing scholarships” which provide a bass boat, a truck to haul it, tackle and pay tournament fees and expenses.

East Texas Baptist University, in Marshall, is one of the few schools that offer college scholarships up to $5,000 per student. Skeeter Boats, based in Kilgore, also sponsors the successful program.

The governing body for the sport is the

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TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT ALAN HENRY: Water clear; 62 degrees; 0.71’ low. Largemouth bass are good on soft plastic worms and jigs. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair on live bait and stink bait.

AMISTAD: Water lightly stained; 75-77 degrees; 42.39’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, plastic worms and spinner baits. Catfish are fair on cut bait.

ARLINGTON: Water lightly stained; 68 degrees; 2.08’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on top-water plugs, plastic frogs, crankbaits and swimbaits.

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

ATHENS: Water clear; 68 degrees; 0.53’ high. Largemouth bass are excellent on Carolinarigged worms, chatterbaits and bladed spinner baits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs.

Catfish are good on cut bait and prepared baits. Sunfish are excellent on cutworms.

AUSTIN: Water clear; 74 degrees. 73’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, chatterbaits and plastic worms.

Sunfish are good on cutworms and corn. Catfish are good on prepared baits and cut bait.

BASTROP: Water lightly stained; 71 degrees. Largemouth bass are good along grass lines and in brushy coves, on Carolina-rigged plastics, stick baits and plastic frogs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on cut bait and prepared baits.

BELTON: Water lightly stained; 71 degrees; 0.36’ high. Largemouth bass are good on bladed spinner baits and wacky worms. Hybrid stripers are fair on trolling jigs and live bait. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on prepared baits and live bait.

BENBROOK: Water stained; 69 degrees; 1.16’ high. Largemouth bass are good on jerk baits, crankbaits and swimbaits in coves. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are excellent on slabs and jigs, and on points and humps.

Catfish are very good on cut bait and prepared baits.

BOB SANDLIN: Water clear; 72 degrees; 0.31’ high.

Largemouth bass are excellent on square-billed crankbaits, Texas-rigged plastic worms and top-water plugs early. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows.

Catfish are excellent on cut bait.

BRAUNIG: Water lightly stained; 73 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina-rigged plastic worms and crankbaits. Red drum are good on crawfish and tilapia.

Catfish are good on live bait and cheese bait.

BROWNWOOD: Water clear; 69 degrees; 1.03’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits and plastic worms.

White bass are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on prepared baits.

BUCHANAN: Water lightly stained; 72 degrees; 2.03’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on red, dark brown and watermelon-colored plastic worms, stick baits and crankbaits. Striped bass are good on slabs, jigging spoons and live bait. White bass are good on minnows and slabs. Crappie are good on white and chartreuse jigs and minnows. Channel catfish are excellent on stink bait, live and cut bait.

CADDO: Water stained; 68-71 degrees,1.86’ high.

Largemouth bass are excellent in shallow water on creature baits, frogs, flukes and lipless crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are excellent on prepared baits and live bait.

CALAVERAS: Water stained; 73 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters early, later on plastic worms. Red drum are very good on crawfish and tilapia. Catfish are good on chicken livers and cut shad.

CANYON LAKE: Water clear; 73 degrees; 2.77’ low.

Largemouth bass are excellent on squarebilled crankbaits, jerk baits, plastic lizards and bladed spinner baits. Striped bass are good on jigs. Catfish are good on live and cut bait.

CEDAR CREEK: Water lightly stained; 70 degrees, 0.02’ low. Largemouth bass are good on plastic frogs and top-waters early, and on Texas-rigged plastic worms and swimbaits.

Hybrids and white bass are fair to good on slabs, swimbaits and live bait. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows.

CHOKE CANYON: Water lightly stained; 73-75 degrees; 18.37’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, plastic worms and jigs. Crappie are good on jigs. Catfish are fair on live bait and cheese bait.

CONROE: Water stained; 74 degrees; 0.95’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina-rigged worms, spinner baits and crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs.

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

COOPER: Water clear; 71 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged plastic worms and creatures, crankbaits and plastic frogs. White bass are good on slabs, jigs and jigging spoons. Catfish are good on live and cut bait.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Water lightly stained; 74-75 degrees; 4.35’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on plastic creature baits. Crappie are good on live minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait and cheese bait.

EAGLE MOUNTAIN: Water lightly stained; 70 degrees; 0.02’ high. Largemouth bass are good on plastic frogs in the grass and on crankbaits and plastic worms. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs.

Catfish are good on fresh cut bait and punch bait.

FALCON: Water lightly stained; 74 degrees; 40.48’ low. Largemouth bass are very good over rocks and in trees on creature baits. Catfish are good on live and prepared baits.

FAYETTE COUNTY: Water lightly stained; 71 degrees; Largemouth bass are excellent on plastic worms and crankbaits off main lake points and drop-offs. Sunfish are very good on worms, corn and crickets. Catfish are excellent on cut bait.

FORK: Water lightly stained; 68-72 degrees; 0.17’ low.

Largemouth bass are very good on plastic worms, top-waters and chatterbaits. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows.

Catfish are good on cut bait and punch bait.

GRANBURY: Water clear; 65-70 degrees; 0.10’ high.

Largemouth bass are good on swimbaits and Texas-rigged creature baits. Crappie are good on minnows and gray and blue jigs. White and striped bass are good on slabs and live bait. Catfish are good on cut bait and live bait.

GRANGER: Water lightly stained; 69 degrees; 0.13’ high.

Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, soft plastic worms and plastic frogs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on swimbaits and slabs. Catfish are good on cut shad and prepared bait.

GRAPEVINE: Water muddy; 68-71 degrees; 7.02’ high.

Largemouth bass are fair on buzzbaits and square-billed crankbaits. White bass are good on slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait.

HOUSTON COUNTY: Water clear to lightly stained; 74 degrees; 0.13’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon and red worms. Crappie are fair to good on live minnows.

Sunfish are excellent spawning on live worms. Catfish are good on liver and prepared baits.

HUBBARD CREEK: Water stained; 62 degrees; 0.33’ low. Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms and jigs.

Crappie are excellent on live minnows. Catfish are fair on live and cut shad.

JOE POOL: Water lightly stained; 72 degrees; 0.19’ high. Largemouth bass are very good on Texas-rigged lizards in junebug and watermelon. Crappie are excellent beneath bridges on jigs and minnows. Catfish are very good on fresh cut bait and stink bait.

LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water stained; 68-72 degrees; 4.04’ high. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, top-waters and Texas-rigged creature baits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs in timber areas. Catfish are good on cut bait and prepared baits.

LAVON: Water stained; 72 degrees: 0.19’ high. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, top-waters, plastic lizards and frogs. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass are excellent on jigs and slabs.

Catfish are good on prepared baits and live bait.

LBJ: Water lightly stained; 73 degrees; 0.76’ low. Largemouth bass are excellent on Texas-rigged plastic creatures, spinner baits and crankbaits.

Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are excellent over mainlain points and humps. Catfish are very good on cut bait.

LEWISVILLE: Water clear; 71 degrees; 2.10’ high.

Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, spinner baits and Texas-rigged creatures.

White bass are excellent on slabs and swimbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs around brush piles and bridges. Catfish are good on cut bait and prepared bait.

LIVINGSTON: Water lightly stained; 73 degrees; 0.48’ high. Largemouth bass are good in creek beds, points, and drops on Carolina-rigged worms. Crappie are excellent on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on spoons. Catfish are fair on live bait.

MARTIN CREEK: Water clear; 69 degrees; 0.03’ high.

Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits and Texas-rigged worms. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait.

MEREDITH: Water stained; 63 degrees; 46.72’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms and jigs.

Walleye are good on crankbaits in open water. Channel catfish are fair on cut bait and live bait near the dam.

NACONICHE: Water slightly stained; 72 degrees. Largemouth bass are excellent on top-waters, spinner baits and crankbaits. Crappie are good on jigs. Catfish are good on dough balls, cut and live bait.

NASWORTHY: Water murky; 59-62 degrees; 0.95’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on top-waters and shallowrunning crankbaits. Crappie are good beneath docks and bridges on minnows and jigs.

Catfish are fair on live and prepared baits.

NAVARRO MILLS: Water clear; 72 degrees; 0.36.’ high.

Largemouth bass are good on swimbaits, stick baits and buzzbaits. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on punch bait.

O.H. IVIE: Water clear; 61 degrees; 8.98’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on plastic worms and spinner baits.

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

PALESTINE: Water clear; 72 degrees; 0.70’ high. Largemouth bass are excellent on Texas-rigged soft plastic

creatures, swimbaits and crankbaits. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows around bridges and marinas. Hybrid stripers are very good on slabs and live bait. White bass are excellent on swimbaits and slabs. Catfish are good on cut shad, chicken livers and prepared baits.

POSSUM KINGDOM: Water clear; 60- 63 degrees; 0.33’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits and jigs.

Crappie are good in coves and under docks on minnows and jigs. Striped bass are slow.

Catfish are good on cut shad.

PROCTOR: Water clear; 69 degrees; 0.14’ high. Largemouth bass are excellent on Carolina-rigged creatures, plastic worms and swimbaits.

Hybrid stripers are good on live bait and slabs. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows.

Catfish are good on prepared bait and cut bait.

RAY HUBBARD: Water clear; 72 degrees; 0.13’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, plastic worms and top-waters. White bass are excellent on swimbaits, slabs and jigging spoons. Crappie are good near bridges, brush piles and marinas. Catfish are good on cut bait.

RAY ROBERTS: Water stained; 71 degrees; 2.48’ high.

Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged plastic creatures, crankbaits and swimbaits.

White bass are excellent on slabs and jigging spoons.

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

RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water stained; 73 degrees; 0.05’ high. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, plastic lizards and top-waters. White bass and hybrids are excellent on jigs and swimbaits under birds or deeper near points and humps. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are excellent on live bait and cut bait in shallow water.

SAM RAYBURN: Water stained; 73 degrees; 1.06’ high. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters and plastic worms. White bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are excellent on minnows and jigs.

Catfish are good on live bait and stink bait.

SOMERVILLE: Water clear; 70 degrees; 0.09’ high.

Largemouth bass are good on plastic frogs, crankbaits, jerk baits and topwaters. White bass and hybrids are excellent on slabs and jigs.

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

STILLHOUSE HOLLOW: Water lightly stained; 69-72 degrees; 0.79’ high. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, spinner baits and Carolina-rigged soft plastic worms. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs.

White bass are good on slabs.

Catfish are very good on live

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TAWAKONI: Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 0.28’ high. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits, plastic worms and square-billed crankbaits. White bass and hybrids are excellent on swimbaits and slabs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs around brush piles, docks and marinas. Catfish are excellent on live bait and cut bait.

TEXANA: Water stained; 74 degrees; 3.16’ low.

Largemouth bass are good in shallower water on plastic worms, jigs, buzzbaits and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs. Catfish are good on stink bait, cut bait and live bait.

TEXOMA: Water stained; 68 degrees; 0.04’ low. Largemouth bass are good on plastic creatures, swimbaits and crankbaits. Striped bass and white bass are excellent on live bait. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are excellent on cut bait and minnows.

TOLEDO BEND: Water slightly stained; 74 degrees; 0.23’ high. Largemouth bass are good on subtle-colored worms and smaller spinner baits.

Crappie are good on minnows.

Channel and blue catfish are fair on stink bait.

TRAVIS: Water clear; 69 degrees; 7.34’ low. Largemouth bass are excellent on wacky worms, top-waters and square-billed crankbaits. White bass are very good on jigs, crankbaits and slabs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs.

Catfish are good on cut bait and prepared bait.

WACO: Water clear; 68 degrees; 0.07’ high. Largemouth bass are excellent on spinner baits, silver or white crankbaits, plastic frogs and jerk baits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on cut bait and prepared baits.

WHITNEY: Water clear; 66-70 degrees; 1.45’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, top-waters and plastic worms. White and striped bass are good on jigging spoons and slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs.

Catfish are good on cut shad and prepared baits.

WRIGHT PATMAN: Water stained; 64 degrees; 12.59’ high. Largemouth bass are good on swimbaits in flooded areas. White bass are good on jigging spoons and slabs. Crappie are good on jigs in creeks.

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

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Fighting the winds Continued from page 1

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Bass Pro Shops stores and areas receiving masks: Grapevine and Garland San Antonio Harlingen Round Rock Buda Lubbock El Paso

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David Carroll caught and released this 7-pound speckled trout while fishing upper Galveston Bay. Photo by Capt. Steve Hillman.

Neches River have been loaded with redfish,” he said. “The trout bite in the Sabine channel has also been consistent over shell humps in 3 to 6 feet of water.”

Shell in Sabine Lake proper has also been the ticket for anglers trying to score a Texas slam.

“We have some birds working in the mid to upper regions of the lake, and both the north and south revetment walls are producing a lot of trout as well,” Foreman said.

“Live shrimp rigged under popping corks and soft plastics jigs are the best bait presentations.”

Capt. Chris Phillips said speckled trout have been hitting top-water plugs early in the morning along the Sabine Channel.

“Switching to live shrimp under a popping cork or soft plastics on a jig head will keep you hooked up throughout the day after the sun comes up,” Phillips said. “These same tactics are producing strikes from specks over scattered shell in Sabine Lake as well.”

The best redfish action Phillips has found has been occurring along the banks of the Intracoastal Waterway.

“Live shrimp under a popping cork has been my go-to presentation in the ICW,” he said.

Kayak angler and guide Jared Esley has been hiding from spring winds within the protection of the marshes and back lakes near Bayou Vista, Bolivar and Freeport.

He said water levels have been high lately, which has eliminated sight-casting opportunities and kept redfish more spread out.

“Top-water lures and soft plastics worked quickly through the middle sections of marsh ponds resulting in quite a few strikes,” Esley said. “Scented baits under a popping cork worked down the banks have also been good.”

The flounder bite has been fairly consistent in drains leading to and from marsh ponds when the tide is falling out.

“Recently, we’ve been seeing a lot of flounder busting shad along the surface,” Esley said. “You can actually see the flatfish fly out of the water when they are feeding.

They were so thick the other day, I watched an angler foul hook two of them. The flounder have been biting on soft plastics and spinner baits.”

Galveston Bay angler Michael Plitt has been catching numbers of keeper-sized specks while targeting the mouths of marsh drains along shorelines in East Galveston Bay. “Most of the fish I’ve been catching have been on jigs and top-waters; however, the anglers throwing live shrimp seem to be having even better results,” Plitt said.

Capt. Nick Dykes has been focusing his efforts in West Galveston Bay, where he’s been wading sand flats with scattered grass, adjacent to drop-offs and guts.

“Suspending baits and twitch baits have been great, along with live shrimp,” he said.

“The croaker bite is beginning to gain momentum as well.”

Veteran Galveston Bay guide, Capt. Steve Hillman, said the historical springtime hotspots around the entire complex are holding trout and redfish.

“Right now, it’s all about the wind and the water clarity,” he said. “The winds have been cranking more days than not, plus we’ve got a lot of fresh water coming down the Trinity River.”

Hillman said there have been some quality trout biting in places that most people would pass up.

“I’m fishing areas where there is a lot of freshwater floating along the surface in the upper portion of the bay system,” he said.

“Most folks think because the water is offcolor, the fish won’t be there. There is actually cleaner saltwater underneath the freshwater near the bottom, and that’s where the fish are concentrated.”

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“Our fishermen police themselves,” he said.

“We’ve had very little theft.”

Near Lake Palestine, Neil, at Murphy’s Bait & Tackle in Frankston, said some shops are running out of minnows.

“We’ve always had minnows,” he said. “But there are lots of fishermen and some places are running out.”

Smith County Game Warden Chris Swift told Lone Star Outdoor News that the numbers of fishermen have been up rather than down over the last month, and most everyone is behaving sensibly and keeping appropriate distances.

“It’s been crazy, but it has been good,” Swift said.

“There are a lot of kids out there fishing. Anything that gets more kids out there is good.”

Edwards said some shops are selling the supersmall minnows.

“That only makes the fishermen mad,” he said.

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Colleges sponsoring varsity bass fishing teams, including scholarships, regularly appear at the top of the leaderboards, and include ETBU; Tennessee’s Bethel University; Georgia’s Brewton-Parker College; Kentucky’s Campbellsville University; Missouri’s Drury University; Illinois’ McKendree University; and New York’s SUNY College of Environment, Science & Forestry.

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GAME WARDEN BLOTTER NO TURKEY SEASON DURING SPRING BREAK A group of spring breakers at a house in Concan decided to begin spring turkey season a little early. On the morning of March 11, a Uvalde County game warden contacted an individual who had watched as several boys used turkey calls to call up a gobbler.

One of the boys killed the turkey and retrieved it from the brush.

When contacted by game wardens, the guilty party admitted what he had done, and showed the wardens where he had hidden the bird.

FISHING, HIDING UNDER THE BRIDGE A deputy’s patrol vehicle noticed a vehicle near the San Antonio River bridge in Karnes County. A game warden came by and stopped.

No occupant was in the vehicle.

The warden looked in the bed of the truck and noticed a fishing rod. The warden and deputy went under the bridge and observed two individuals fishing. When the warden announced his presence, the two individuals squatted down.

The warden asked them to stand up, and they did. Neither man had a fishing license, and both received citations.

THOSE DARN TATTOOS Trespassers were found digging Indian artifacts on private property in Hays County. The landowner installed several game cameras hidden in trees to monitor the dig sites. Game cameras caught a male

2,200 pounds of live oysters were returned to the reef after citations were issued.

NIGHTHAWK FINALLY OUT OF OFFICE DEPOT STORE A Hardin County game warden was at the Beaumont District Office when he received a call from the manager of the local Office Depot store. The manager said they had a small hawk flying around inside the store and couldn’t get it to leave, even though they had the front and back roll-up doors open. The warden recruited a licensed falconer who was experienced in handling and trapping birds of prey to help him catch the hawk. After the falconer arrived on scene with a hawk trap and

subject on two separate occasions digging for artifacts, during March and April 2019. The images were of high quality and showed the subjects face and unique tattoos on his arms. On March 11, a Hays County game warden assisted a special agent with the Bureau of Land Management with a federal case involving the removal/sale of Native American corpses/bones and sacred burial beads from an archaeological burial site. The warden shared the game camera with the agent, who recognized the subject.

The agent provided the name and the trespasser was identified. The warden and the agent interviewed the trespasser and confirmed his identity through his tattoos. The trespasser handed over 18 Indian artifacts. The man was arrested.

some live bait, they soon discovered that although the bird resembled a hawk, it was, in fact, a large nightjar or nighthawk, which feeds on insects, rendering the trap idea useless. The warden and his falconer friend resorted to a ladder and net.

After what resembled a scene from America’s Funniest Home Videos, they were able to finally corral the bird in a back hallway and catch it in the dip net. The bird was released outside and flew off unharmed.

ONE OF SIX WAS LEGAL Along the San Gabriel River, Williamson County game wardens found two vehicles in the parking lot at night. At the riverbank, six men were fishing. When checking the group, five of the men did not have a fishing license. A stringer of fish included two channel catfish, one freshwater drum and three white bass, one of which was undersized. All fishermen were issued citations and civil restitution was filed. The fish were confiscated and donated.

WARDENS HELP WITH CORONAVIRUS TESTING Texas game wardens have been working with the Texas Department of State Health Services and other agencies at rural drive-through testing sites by transporting tests to awaiting aircraft to be flown to the appropriate laboratory.

MAN KEPT CATCHING AND KEEPING An individual in possession of 20 undersized fish was contacted by a Calhoun County game warden. Of the undersized fish, six were small redfish, the largest of which was not quite 15 inches. When asked

A TON OF UNDERSIZED OYSTERS A game warden assigned to the middle coast performed a cargo inspection on a commercial oyster vessel. The vessel was found to be in possession of 62 percent undersized oyster cargo. A total of

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why the fisherman kept all the small fish, the man said, “they just seemed like a good size and I just kept catching them.” Appropriate charges were filed.

LONGLINES REMOVED, SHARKS FREED The Texas Game Warden Maritime Tactical Operations Group conducted operations in the Gulf of Mexico off the department’s new 80-foot long range patrol vessel. The team removed 1.5 miles of illegal long line found in Texas waters with a total of three blacktip sharks, nine spinner sharks and three red snapper. The resources were released back into the water and the gear was seized.

HELICOPTER HUNTERS OVER WRONG FIELD A Freestone County game warden arrested a suspect in an ongoing investigation that began in February relating to hog hunting from a helicopter. A husband and wife were working cattle on their property when a helicopter began to hover over their property and shoot feral hogs. The husband waved his arms at the helicopter and it flew off. After the investigation, it was clear that the helicopter owner did not have a landowner authorization permit for the property in question.

Charges were filed for using an aircraft to manage wildlife without having a landowner authorization permit.

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On the lower end of the lake, they will use small jigs to catch crappie around trees that are totally submerged. That’s where the crappie and big bream will suspend about 15 to 20 feet deep.

Other areas to try for a variety of panfish are the North Flats, Three Fingers, East Calliham Flats and Mason Point.

Almaguer and Fernandez don’t use lot of different lures. One of their favorites is a 2-inch white grub with a chartreuse tail. These ultralight baits are rigged on 1/16- to 1/32-ounce jig heads. The slow-falling jigs will usually get the most bites.

“The most bites come on a slow fall of a jig in the trees and along the edges of hydrilla,” Fernandez said. “We’ve been catching some huge bluegills on white/chartreuse grubs rigged on 1/16-ounce jig heads. Another little trick we use is to spray Fish Formula on grubs and shad. That’s also a good combination for catching channel cats.”

The micro jigs are rigged with ultralight spinning tackle. The reels are spooled with 8-pound braided line knotted to an 18-inch section of 12-pound test fluorocarbon leader.

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No waterfowl survey this year

Now in its fourth year, Shimano’s “Varsity Program,” a scholarship program to students pursuing careers in fisheries, conservation and natural resources management.

The key mission behind the program is to keep the awareness level high in the decline of resource management professionals who fish among high school and college-age anglers, and advise them on the career opportunities available at the state, regional, provincial and federal levels.

Applications for the Varsity Program scholarships are being accepted through June 15 at Shimano’s website.

—Shimano

VERMONT

Moose permits up, lottery open The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board voted to have 55 moose hunting permits awarded this year. Moose permit applications are available on the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department’s website for the hunt limited to Vermont’s Wildlife Management Unit E in the northeastern corner of the state.

Lottery applications for hunting permits are $10 for residents and $25 for nonresidents.

The deadline to apply is July 8. Winners of the permit lottery will purchase resident hunting permits for $100 and nonresident hunting permits for $350.

—VFWD

MICHIGAN

Motorized boating finally allowed Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order which removed some restrictions on outdoor activities like motorized boating — a top priority of the recreational boating community.

Under previous orders, only nonmotorized boating was allowed in the state.

The National Marine Manufacturers Association and more than 1,000 anglers and boaters contacted the governor’s office in favor of lifting restrictions on motorized boating.

For the first time since 1955, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Canadian Wildlife Service will not conduct the Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey.

The annual survey estimates the breeding populations of key North American ducks and geese and assesses habitat conditions, which is critical to establishing waterfowl hunting dates and daily bag limits for the subsequent year. USFWS is developing a plan to establish season frameworks based on long-term population data for the 2021-2022 season.

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facemasks, keeping a social distance and limiting the number of people on a vessel.

Joe Vega, the director of the Cameron Parks System, said they are limiting the number of vehicles at South Padre Island’s Isla Blanca Park.

“We are allowing half of the vehicles at the park for the time being,” he said.

“We are letting the first 600 vehicles in.”

The park has a total of 1,200 parking spaces and charges $10 a day per car or truck per day, or $100 for a yearlong pass.

“We are open for business,” Vega said and added, “partially open.”

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Tyler Goodale, of Poplar Bluff, landed a new state-record spotted sucker on April 1 while fishing at the Duck Creek Conservation Area.

The 5-pound, 4-ounce fish broke the previous state-record, a 3-pound, 10-ounce fish caught in 2014, also by Goodale, which qualifies for the world record.

The previous world record was a 3-pound, 5-ounce sucker caught in 2008 in Tennessee.

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and headed toward a tree in hopes the turkey did not notice it. But the big bird ran as fast as it could and disappeared in high grass close to the fence of the neighboring ranch.

As Vindell waited, the turkey finally returned, and he made the shot.

The gobbler flapped its wings but instead of going down, it took off flying like an airplane from a runway, over a patch of mesquite, huisache and ebony trees.

“There it is,” Vindell said, pointing toward a patch of tall grass.

The tom was found.

“That was pretty exciting,” Vindell said. “It beats being at home right now.”

The spring turkey season ended May 3 in the South Zone.

Lufkin angler, nurse wins trip, boat

NRA cancels shoots The National Rifle Association canceled the 2020 NRA Precision Pistol Championships, scheduled for July 1-5, the 2020 NRA High Power Championships, set for Aug. 9-25 and the 2020 NRA Smallbore Championships, scheduled for July 23-Aug. 4.

—NRA

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my brothers and I were always scheming about a way to improve the clothing we wore while partaking in these activities,” Vaughan explained. “These brainstorming sessions became the origin of Sight in Sea.” Vaughan launched the brand in October of 2018, and while Sight in Sea is still working on developing a clothing line, the company does have a vast and versatile lineup of hats and headgear.

“Our most popular products are our leather patch hats,” Vaughan said. “We also make custom hats for companies and entities fit to their needs and desires.”

Perhaps one of the most unique aspects of the Sight in Sea lineup is the company’s series of hats for children.

“We have hats specifically designed to fit youngsters,” Vaughan explained. “Developing these hats was really important to us, because passing on the values I was raised upon to my kids is one of my biggest priorities.”

Vaughan said the outdoors provided him with opportunities to pass on lessons he learned during his youth to his kids.

“I’ve always enjoyed the incredible outdoor opportunities that Texas has to offer,” he said. “I believe experiences while pursuing outdoor activities are only enhanced when they are shared with others, especially those who are most important to us. That is the true essence of Sight in Sea — it’s a lifestyle.”

On the north jetty, Johnathan Vega, of Donna, was fishing with one of his buddies and said it was a slow day.

“We just came back from Arroyo City,” he said. “We caught a few hardheads but left because too many boats kept passing by.”

In Port Mansfield, residents said the parking lots at the marina and across from Poco Loco were as full as they could be.

Guide Noe Sosa said lots of boats were in the water during the weekend.

Boat operators and owners and other anglers are still required to follow certain guidelines which include wearing

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Vaughan and his family try to live this lifestyle on a daily basis.

“We spend most of our time outside,” he said. “Whether it’s hunting at the ranch, or traveling to the coast to fish, we do it as a family. Sometimes we just enjoy the simplicity of pond fishing at the ranch, or playing catch with a ball outside. We sit around the campfire a lot, and we eat a lot of meals outside. Whatever we do outdoors, we do together, and the joy that comes from that is something I want others to experience.”

New products from Sight in Sea are coming soon, including some hard goods and what Vaughan calls the ultimate outdoor asset.

Scott Tomez, of Lufkin, is a surgical nurse who has spent the past month working in a local emergency room. The avid angler said the past several weeks have been “pretty exhausting,” but then learned he won the B.A.S.S. Fish With Scott Canterbury sweepstakes.

Tomez will be joining 2019 Bassmaster Angler of the Year Scott Canterbury for an allexpenses paid fishing trip, where he said he hopes to pick up tips for fishing on his home lakes — Sam Rayburn and Toledo Bend.

Tomez’s prize package also includes a Skeeter ZX190W boat with Yamaha SHO 150 engine, trailer and Lowrance fishfinder.

—B.A.S.S.

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TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING REPORT SABINE LAKE: 76-77 degrees. Speckled trout are good around the shorelines on jigs, plastics and live shrimp behind a popping cork. Redfish are good from the jetties, the ship channel, or in marsh areas on live finger mullet or jigs and soft plastics.

TRINITY BAY: 72-74 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good wade-fishing shorelines with artificial baits or drifting over shell reefs.

Flounder are good on minnow around the rocks.

EAST GALVESTON BAY: 75-76 degrees.

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TEXAS CITY: 75-76 degrees. Redfish are 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: 76-77 degrees. Redfish are good on shrimp. Speckled trout are good on shrimp. Flounder are good around the rocks on mullet. Black drum are good on shrimp or blue crab.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY: 77 degrees. Speckled trout are good over mud on shrimp or soft plastics. Black drum are good on blue crab around structures or vegetation. Redfish are good on soft plastics around the reefs and shorelines.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY: 76 degrees. Speckled trout are excellent along the shallow shoreline and around flats on shrimp. Redfish are good on live shrimp. Flounder are fair to good on shrimp around the rocks. Black drum are good on blue crab or shrimp.

PORT O’CONNOR: 75 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good on shrimp. Black drum are good on blue crab or shrimp. Floun-

der are good around the jetties on shrimp or mud minnows.

ROCKPORT: 80 degrees. Redfish are very good on small white shrimp or finger mullet around the flats and edges. Trout are good on mullet or shrimp. Flounder are good on mullet near the rocks. Black drum are good on blue crab or shrimp.

CORPUS CHRISTI: 81 degrees. Redfish are very good on live mullet on a jig head. Speckled trout are good around the mid-bay reefs on artificial baits or shrimp. Flounder are good on mullet or shrimp around the rocks.

Black drum are good on crab and shrimp near the jetty and around structure.

BAFFIN BAY: 81 degrees. Speckled trout are good on darker-colored artificials. Redfish are good on the flats on shrimp and artificials.

Flounder are good on mud minnows around the rocks.

PORT MANSFIELD: 74-75 degrees. All boat ramps are back open. Speckled trout are good on ball tails, top-waters and shrimp under a popping cork. Redfish and flounder are fair on live shrimp, top-waters and paddle tails.

SOUTH PADRE: 80-81 degrees. Speckled trout are good on soft plastic mullet and shrimp imitations. Redfish are good in the shallows along the grass flats. Black drum are good on blue crab.

PORT ISABEL: 77 degrees. Boat ramps are open. Speckled trout are good on shrimp.

Redfish are good on shrimp in shallow water around the grass flats. Flounder are good on fresh shrimp or mullet. Jack crevalle are good on live mullet. Black drum are good on blue crab and shrimp around vegetation.

—TPWD

Trapping crabs Continued from page 8

of chicken. If you go, bring a longhandled net. But the best way to catch a lot of crab is with traps.

Crabs are protected by various regulations. Throw lines — any line with bait attached but without a hook — have no restrictions. Traps, though, have several. Recreational crabbers may use no more than six traps in most locations. Each trap must be marked with a striped white buoy. Plastic bottles may not be used as buoys or floats. Traps must have a gear tag containing the name and address of the person using the trap.

“When crabbing with traps there are a couple of very important things to remember,” Arlitt said.

“One is to make sure the bait door is locked down. Next, make sure the wire slit in the trap, used for dumping out the crabs, is firmly closed as well. When it comes to bait, Ron and I use mullet or shad. Chicken parts, like leg quarters, also are very good.”

Using game fish remains as bait is prohibited, though.

Blue crab can be cooked whole or after being cleaned. With stone crab claws, it’s best to cook them within a few hours after being caught. Boil them for 10 minutes in seasoned or unseasoned water, then ice them in cold water and serve.

There are no daily bag or possession limits for blue or stone crabs.

Blue crabs must be at least 5 inches across the widest part of their body to be kept. Stone crabs must have at least a 2 1⁄2-inch-long right claw to be harvested. Twist off the right claw only and return the crab to the water. The claw will regenerate. For blue crab, measure across the widest part of the body from tip of spine to tip of spine. For stone crabs, measure from tip of claw to the first joint behind the immovable claw.

Crabbers must have a valid fishing license with a saltwater fishing stamp, unless the person is under 17 years of age or was born before Sept. 1, 1930.

Check TPWD for more information.

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Legislator honored The National Shooting Sports Foundation recognized U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) as the 2019 National Shooting Sports Foundation Legislator of the Year.

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Gravatt joins Creedmoor Creedmoor Sports added Bill Gravatt as its managing director.

Free marketing advice Norman, Oklahoma’s Blue Heron Communications announced a special program to assist outdoor marketing communicators with free general marketing advice and consulting to news release preparation, writing and distribution.

First CEO at B&C Tony A. Schoonen was named chief executive officer by the Board of Directors of the Boone & Crockett Club.

Tackle innovator dies Steve Campbell, vice president of TTI-Blakemore, died April 16 at the age of 62.

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ACROSS 2. Areas of land saturated with moisture 4. One of Texas’ four national forests (two words) 8. A safari destination 9. A hunting boot manufacturer 13. Bass boat brand 14. A group of young quail 15. Protects the gun barrel from rust 17. A riflescope brand 20. Name for dove weed 22. The most common catfish in Texas 26. The number of fish that reach catching size 27. The wearable tackle box 28. Type of bow sight 30. Mexican state bordering Texas (two words) 32. Snagging a fish, not in the mouth (two words) 34. The diameter of a shotgun barrel 35. Part of the coastal fishing slam 36. The strap used to carry a rifle 37. A big bass 38. Feathers on an arrow

DOWN 1. River that flows into Choke Canyon 3. A West Texas reservoir 5. Blackfin, yellowfin or bluefin 6. A shark species (two words) 7. A good quail dog breed 10. A trout species 11. The axis deer is one 12. It holds the shot in the shotshell 13. The gentleman’s bird 14. The front of the boat 16. One of Leopold’s tools 18. Features of caribou antlers 19. A quail species 21. An English rifle manufacturer 23. Putting the shot ahead of the bird 24. Texas’ fastest land mammal 25. An elk hunter’s organization 29. Another name for Menhaden 31. A South Texas river 33. Material used for rod handles

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Peruvian grilled skewered quail Two whole quail, skin on 2 garlic cloves or a tablespoon of garlic powder 3 tbsps. soy sauce Juice of 1/2 lime 1 heaping tbsp. of sambal (chili paste) 1 tbsp. Dijon mustard Ground cumin Black pepper Sea salt Chili powder Garlic powder 4 skewers, soaked in water

Defrost or prep whole birds, dust them with dry spices: cumin, black pepper, sea salt, chili powder and garlic powder. Combine the wet ingredients and pour over quail in a bowl. Marinate in the fridge for around 7 or 8 hours. In the meantime, soak the skewers. Get a fire or grill hot. Skewer the birds, two skewers to each so that they lie flat. Grill quail starting with the bottom side down, until evening charred and cooked.

Before serving grate with lime zest.

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Unusual double Continued from page 1

turkeys and their habits, Shupak noticed one of the gobblers seemed to have much lighter colored feathers than the rest.

“When he told me about the tom with a smoky appearance, I knew we had to chase him,” Lee said. “We finally made it work with the landowner and with our schedules, and made plans to hunt the turkeys.”

Lee and Shupak set up before sunrise at the corner of the property near an area where the birds had been regularly traveling through. They put out two hen decoys and a strutter decoy.

“It was super foggy,” Lee said. “But we were eager to see what the morning might hold.”

The pair heard the birds fly down from their roosts out in front of them, but the fog prevented them from seeing anything.

“Soon after we heard them fly down, a nearby hen started screaming,” Lee said. “I started mimicking her with my calls and she began to walk slowly toward us.”

All of a sudden, they could see two big toms following the hen.

“We thought she might bring them right to us, “Lee said. “Unfortunately something spooked her, and she led the toms away.”

Shortly after the near-shot opportunity took place, Lee and Shupak watched the birds circle out in front of them.

“I became really aggressive on the call, and the hen began to start working back our direction,” Lee explained. “By this time, the rising sun had started to burn off some of the dense fog and light up our decoys. That seemed to get the toms’ attention.”

As the hen and pair of gobblers began to approach their setup for a second time, Lee and Shupak both saw that the hen and

one of gobblers seemed to have a smoky, white appearance. Once the turkeys got into shotgun range, Shupak got a bead on the light-colored gobbler, while Lee set his sights on the other. They counted to three, and then shot at the same time, sealing the deal on the double.

According to Jason Hardin, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department wild turkey program leader, smoke-phase gobblers are not very common, but seem to be prevalent in particular areas.

“I have seen this phase of color variation in turkeys somewhat regularly in both Caldwell and Goliad counties,” Hardin said. “Some folks contribute this color variation in wild turkeys to a history of releasing pen-reared turkeys into the wild, but I am not aware of any genetic data that suggests that this is actually the case. The general consensus among most wild turkey biologists is that this is just a genetic trait that will sometimes show up.”

Hardin said hens can sometimes end up with the smoke-phase genetics as well.

“We trapped, banded, and radio marked a smoky-phased hen in Caldwell County not that long ago,” he added.

TPWD’s Justin Dreibelbis said he harvested a smoke-phased gobbler in 2015 in Caldwell County that looked very similar to Shupak’s bird.

When it comes to multiple beards, National Wild Turkey Federation biologist Gene T. Miller said beard characteristics in toms are naturally variable.

“The presence of multiple beards is a natural anomaly that is typically seen in older birds,” Miller said. “Some studies indicate that as little as 2 percent of gobblers have multiple beards.”

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ESSENTIAL FACE MASK: ScentLok, who for years has produced face coverings for hunters, has introduced a mask that is comfortable, adjustable, and offers the additional protection of carbon filtration.

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7:36 8:39 9:43 10:46 11:45 12:14 1:04 1:48 2:28 3:05 3:40 4:16 4:53 5:33 6:18

1:21 2:24 3:28 4:32 5:32 6:26 7:16 7:59 8:39 9:15 9:50 10:26 11:03 11:45 12:30

06:49 06:48 06:47 06:46 06:45 06:45 06:44 06:43 06:42 06:42 06:41 06:40 06:40 06:39 06:38

08:37 08:38 08:39 08:40 08:41 08:41 08:42 08:43 08:44 08:45 08:45 08:46 08:47 08:48 08:48

10:25p 7:53a 11:32p 8:40a NoMoon 9:33a 12:33a 10:30a 1:27a 11:29a 2:13a 12:29p 2:52a 1:28p 3:25a 2:26p 3:55a 3:22p 4:22a 4:17p 4:49a 5:11p 5:15a 6:06p 5:42a 7:03p 6:12a 8:01p 6:45a 9:00p

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 May 8 May 9 May 10 May 11 May 12 May 13 May 14 May 15 May 16 May 17 May 18 May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22

Time 5:53 AM 6:52 AM 7:56 AM 12:47 AM 1:42 AM 2:43 AM 3:50 AM 5:03 AM 12:31 AM 1:41 AM 2:36 AM 3:23 AM 4:04 AM 4:41 AM 5:17 AM

High Island Height 2.18H 2.14H 2.06H -0.23L -0.04L 0.16L 0.36L 0.53L 1.30H 1.42H 1.53H 1.64H 1.73H 1.81H 1.86H

Time 11:29 AM 12:25 PM 1:31 PM 9:06 AM 10:25 AM 11:38 AM 12:32 PM 1:08 PM 6:13 AM 7:15 AM 8:08 AM 8:52 AM 9:32 AM 10:08 AM 10:43 AM

Time 3:47 PM 4:07 PM 4:16 PM

Height 1.64H 1.62H 1.59H

Time 11:07 PM 11:56 PM

Height -0.39L -0.35L

8:03 7:53 1:33 1:51 2:05 2:16 2:23 2:27 2:29

PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM

1.17L 1.04L 1.56H 1.51H 1.47H 1.44H 1.44H 1.44H 1.45H

10:54 PM

1.23H

7:53 PM 8:02 PM 8:19 PM 8:42 PM 9:10 PM 9:40 PM 10:13 PM

0.88L 0.69L 0.49L 0.29L 0.12L -0.02L -0.12L

Time 3:34 PM

Height 1.66H

Time 10:35 PM

Height -0.36L

Galveston Bay entrance, north jetty Date May 8 May 9 May 10 May 11 May 12 May 13 May 14 May 15 May 16 May 17 May 18 May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22

Time 5:56 AM 6:54 AM 7:54 AM 12:12 AM 1:09 AM 2:16 AM 3:30 AM 4:48 AM 12:04 AM 1:22 AM 2:27 AM 3:24 AM 4:14 AM 4:56 AM 5:34 AM

Height 2.78H 2.79H 2.69H -0.22L -0.01L 0.22L 0.45L 0.65L 1.50H 1.64H 1.80H 1.96H 2.11H 2.24H 2.34H

Time 12:34 PM 11:21 PM

Height 1.51L -0.35L

9:00 AM 10:11 AM 11:15 AM 12:03 PM 12:39 PM 6:08 AM 7:22 AM 8:26 AM 9:23 AM 10:15 AM 11:09 AM 12:10 PM

2.56H 2.42H 2.29H 2.17H 2.05H 0.84L 1.02L 1.17L 1.31L 1.42L 1.52L 1.60L

Height 2.21H 2.23H 2.18H -0.25L -0.11L 0.08L 0.28L 0.47L 0.64L 1.21H 1.37H 1.53H 1.67H 1.79H 1.89H

Time 10:33 PM 11:19 PM

Height -0.32L -0.33L

9:19 AM 10:24 AM 11:19 AM 11:59 AM 12:27 PM 12:47 PM 7:14 AM 8:24 AM 9:33 AM 10:47 AM 9:15 PM 9:40 PM

2.09H 1.97H 1.84H 1.71H 1.59H 1.48H 0.79L 0.93L 1.04L 1.14L -0.01L -0.11L

Height -0.15L -0.21L -0.22L -0.19L -0.14L -0.07L 0.01L 0.11L 0.23L 0.36L 0.49H 0.59H 0.68H 0.74H 0.78H

Time 10:47 AM 12:03 PM 1:45 PM 3:06 PM 3:53 PM 4:23 PM 4:41 PM 4:45 PM 4:30 PM 5:07 AM 9:27 AM 11:14 PM 11:31 PM 11:51 PM

Height 0.84H 0.87H 0.88H 0.87H 0.84H 0.79H 0.72H 0.64H 0.56H 0.40H 0.48L 0.06L -0.01L -0.07L

Height 0.20L 0.16L 0.14L 0.15L 0.16L 0.19L 0.23L 0.29L 0.39L 0.51L 0.56L 0.44L 0.34L 0.27L 0.21L

Time 5:10 PM 5:18 PM 5:46 PM 6:23 PM 7:03 PM 7:37 PM 7:57 PM 7:27 PM 6:34 PM 6:27 PM 6:07 PM 4:59 PM 4:35 PM 4:27 PM 4:30 PM

Height 1.09H 1.13H 1.14H 1.13H 1.09H 1.04H 0.97H 0.90H 0.87H 0.86H 0.86H 0.90H 0.97H 1.04H 1.09H

7:02 7:18 1:05 1:24 1:39 1:51 1:57 2:03 2:14

PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM

1.36L 1.20L 1.93H 1.82H 1.74H 1.69H 1.66H 1.65H 1.65H

Time

Height

7:38 PM 7:46 PM 1:02 PM 1:16 PM 1:26 PM 1:31 PM

0.93L 0.77L 1.38H 1.31H 1.25H 1.21H

Time

Height

10:06 PM

1.40H

7:42 8:05 8:24 8:38 8:55 9:17 9:44

1.02L 0.82L 0.62L 0.43L 0.25L 0.09L -0.03L

PM PM PM PM PM PM PM

Time 6:02 AM 7:07 AM 8:13 AM 12:09 AM 1:04 AM 2:05 AM 3:17 AM 4:38 AM 5:59 AM 1:03 AM 2:18 AM 3:17 AM 4:08 AM 4:53 AM 5:37 AM

Time

Height

11:23 PM

1.08H

8:00 PM 8:17 PM 8:34 PM 8:53 PM

0.60L 0.42L 0.26L 0.12L

Port O’Connor Date May 8 May 9 May 10 May 11 May 12 May 13 May 14 May 15 May 16 May 17 May 18 May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22

Time 12:18 AM 1:02 AM 1:50 AM 2:44 AM 3:46 AM 4:57 AM 6:07 AM 7:07 AM 7:58 AM 12:10 AM 7:26 AM 9:33 AM 10:17 AM 10:47 AM 11:16 AM

Time 4:04 AM 4:49 AM 5:42 AM 6:40 AM 7:41 AM 8:41 AM 9:37 AM 10:25 AM 11:04 AM 11:28 AM 1:47 AM 2:11 AM 2:38 AM 3:03 AM 3:27 AM

San Luis Pass Date May 8 May 9 May 10 May 11 May 12 May 13 May 14 May 15 May 16 May 17 May 18 May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22

Time 6:48 AM 8:00 AM 12:00 AM 12:52 AM 1:49 AM 2:49 AM 3:55 AM 5:10 AM 6:29 AM 1:31 AM 2:59 AM 4:14 AM 5:13 AM 6:02 AM 6:48 AM

Height -0.08L -0.16L -0.14L -0.05L 0.09L 0.21L 0.32L 0.44L 0.87L 0.74L 0.57L 0.39L 0.20L 0.04L -0.09L

Time 9:49 AM 10:46 AM 11:52 AM 1:07 PM 2:51 PM 4:26 PM 4:51 PM 5:10 PM 4:22 AM 5:32 AM 6:37 AM 7:56 AM 9:00 AM 9:43 AM 10:17 AM

Height 1.67H 1.69H 1.65H 1.58H 1.50H 1.44H 1.38H 1.31H 0.99H 1.09H 1.18H 1.29H 1.41H 1.50H 1.54H

Height 1.59H 1.62H -0.19L -0.12L -0.00L 0.14L 0.30L 0.45L 0.58L 0.92H 0.98H 1.06H 1.16H 1.25H 1.33H

Time 11:12 PM

Height -0.18L

9:19 AM 10:37 AM 11:40 AM 12:27 PM 1:00 PM 1:21 PM 1:34 PM 7:38 AM 8:38 AM 9:36 AM 10:43 AM 9:47 PM 10:18 PM

1.61H 1.56H 1.49H 1.39H 1.29H 1.20H 1.12H 0.70 0.81L 0.91L 1.00L 0.07L -0.03L

Height -0.07L -0.10L -0.10L -0.07L -0.03L 0.01L 0.05L 0.10L 0.14L 0.23H 0.26H 0.38H 0.39H 0.40H 0.41H

Time 3:20 PM 1:52 PM 2:57 PM 3:36 PM 4:10 PM 4:38 PM 4:57 PM 4:57 PM 3:54 PM 8:40 AM 9:00 AM 11:19 PM 11:31 PM 11:51 PM

Height 0.45H 0.48H 0.49H 0.50H 0.48H 0.46H 0.42H 0.39H 0.36H 0.20L 0.26L 0.08L 0.04L 0.01L

Height 1.21H 1.23H 1.24H -0.29L -0.19L -0.05L 0.12L 0.28L 0.42L 0.68H 0.73H 0.80H 0.87H 0.94H 0.99H

Time 10:56 PM 11:49 PM

Height -0.31L -0.34L

11:18 AM 12:43 PM 2:01 PM 2:55 PM 12:41 PM 12:44 PM 6:54 AM 7:43 AM 8:26 AM 9:12 AM 10:13 AM 9:59 PM

1.21H 1.14H 1.06H 0.96H 0.88H 0.83H 0.53L 0.62L 0.71L 0.80L 0.88L -0.09L

Height 1.80H 1.83H 1.81H 1.75H -0.24L -0.06L 0.13L 0.33L 0.52L 0.87H 0.99H 1.12H 1.26H 1.37H 1.46H

Time 10:17 PM 11:07 PM 11:59 PM

Height -0.42L -0.44L -0.38L

11:22 AM 12:07 PM 12:34 PM 12:45 PM 12:43 PM 6:13 AM 7:34 AM 8:53 AM 8:25 PM 8:53 PM 9:26 PM

1.66H 1.54H 1.42H 1.29H 1.19H 0.69L 0.84L 0.97L 0.04L -0.10L -0.22L

Time

10:52 AM 12:03 PM 1:17 PM 2:29 PM

Time

8:28 8:39 1:40 1:41 1:39 1:40

Height

0.56L 0.70L 0.85L 1.00L

Height

PM PM PM PM PM PM

0.81L 0.71L 1.08H 1.05H 1.05H 1.06H

Time

Height

Time

5:25 5:32 5:28 5:11

Height

PM PM PM PM

1.23H 1.16H 1.10H 1.08H

Time

Height

11:52 PM

0.88H

8:50 8:58 9:06 9:22

0.59L 0.47L 0.33L 0.19L

PM PM PM PM

Date May 8 May 9 May 10 May 11 May 12 May 13 May 14 May 15 May 16 May 17 May 18 May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22

Time 12:33 AM 1:13 AM 1:55 AM 2:43 AM 3:39 AM 4:52 AM 6:11 AM 7:15 AM 8:03 AM 4:38 AM 6:41 AM 3:01 PM 3:02 PM 2:56 PM 2:48 PM

11:16 PM 2:56 PM 2:56 PM

0.21L 0.36H 0.37H

Time

11:06 PM 11:11 PM

Height

0.16L 0.12L

Port Aransas

8:43 AM 1:57 PM

0.36L 0.53H

Time

Height

Time

3:31 PM 11:01 PM

Height

0.52H 0.15L

Nueces Bay Date May 8 May 9 May 10 May 11 May 12 May 13 May 14 May 15 May 16 May 17 May 18 May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22

Time 2:12 AM 2:44 AM 3:21 AM 4:08 AM 5:20 AM 6:46 AM 8:00 AM 9:26 AM 12:23 AM 12:27 AM 12:36 AM 12:45 AM 12:54 AM 1:09 AM 1:31 AM

East Matagorda

Freeport Harbor Date May 8 May 9 May 10 May 11 May 12 May 13 May 14 May 15 May 16 May 17 May 18 May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22

Date May 8 May 9 May 10 May 11 May 12 May 13 May 14 May 15 May 16 May 17 May 18 May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22

Date May 8 May 9 May 10 May 11 May 12 May 13 May 14 May 15 May 16 May 17 May 18 May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22

Time 6:23 AM 7:56 AM 9:43 AM 12:40 AM 1:29 AM 2:19 AM 3:11 AM 4:20 AM 5:47 AM 12:43 AM 2:30 AM 3:41 AM 4:36 AM 5:27 AM 6:26 AM

Time

8:28 PM 12:22 PM 12:29 PM 12:49 PM 1:12 PM 1:30 PM

Height

0.56L 0.83H 0.86H 0.89H 0.92H 0.94H

Time

8:18 8:21 8:37 9:00 9:27

PM PM PM PM PM

Height

0.45L 0.32L 0.20L 0.08L -0.02L

South Padre Island Time

Height

Date May 8 May 9 May 10 May 11 May 12 May 13 May 14 May 15 May 16 May 17 May 18 May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22

Time 6:25 AM 7:43 AM 9:05 AM 10:21 AM 12:52 AM 1:47 AM 2:43 AM 3:42 AM 4:52 AM 12:44 AM 2:29 AM 3:50 AM 4:49 AM 5:39 AM 6:27 AM

Time

8:06 PM 12:38 PM 12:34 PM 12:26 PM

Height

Time

Height

0.69L 1.11H 1.07H 1.05H

7:53 PM 7:52 PM 8:03 PM

0.55L 0.38L 0.20L

Texas Coast Tides

Height 1.31L 1.45L 1.53L 1.94H 1.84H 1.76H 1.69H 1.62H 0.67L 0.80L 0.92L 1.03L 1.13L 1.22L 1.30L

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