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Volume 18, Issue 18

Becoming students of quail

Learning how to manage lands for quail production was one of the QuailMasters topics. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

QuailMasters brings in diverse group

By Craig Nyhus

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By Robert Sloan

For Lone Star Outdoor News Redfish on West Matagorda Bay are busting the surface and chowing down on glass minnows, and wade-fishermen are taking advantage.

“It’s pretty exciting to see reds churning up the water,” said guide Tommy Countz. “They are aggressive and will absolutely plow into a school of glass minnows. If you can lay a top-water lure or a soft plastic jig on them, they will eat it.”

Countz said glass minnows are

all over the place in West Matagorda Bay, but how long they will be there and how long the great redfish action will continue is a tough call.

“The one thing that can slow down catches of reds will be the big spring tides,” Countz said.

“The high water will spread them out and that can make it difficult to find them. And the high winds can make fishing tough, as well.

Now I’m mostly wade-fishing along the West Matagorda Island shoreline. That’s where I’ll find calm, clear water that reds like to feed in.”

West Matagorda Bay anglers are finding redfish feeding at the surface and hitting top-water lures and swimbaits. Photos by Robert Sloan, for Lone Star Outdoor News.

It’s like the Bobwhite Brigades, an intensive 5-day quail and leadership camp for younger students — except this is for adults. At the QuailMasters class, brought back after a hiatus since 2018, about 40 participants came in from five states and Mexico to learn about quail and quail habitat management.

Before heading to the ranches, the group slept in their Abilene hotel rooms, hearing the first downpour in recent memory, thinking it could be a good sign. And the next morning after heading an hour north, they heard the ranchers say they couldn’t remember the last time it rained.

Led by quail guru Dr. Dale Rollins, the 2-day course held April 25-26 included a tour of three different Stonewall County ranches. Two of the participants from the Rio Grande Valley wanted to learn about quail and managing the land they had inherited. One man, from Houston, had leases near Hebbronville. The youngest? A third grader from Fredericksburg there with his

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Angler lands giant gar

By Lili Keys

Tonitte Najera’s father loves to fish for alligator gar, and after seeing photos and hearing his stories, she wanted to try her hand at catching river monsters. Najera is partial to saltwater fishing and was excited to try river fishing for the first time.

The San Antonio native started looking into booking a trip last

Tonitte Najera brought in several alligator gar on her first trip on the Trinity River, and she landed the largest fish of the day at 220 pounds. Photo from Tonitte Najera.

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year, but every outfitter she came across was booked solid. Capt.

Cody Cryer of Garzilla Guide Service encouraged her to secure a date a year out.

Fast forward to April 22, when Najera was watching the clock at work. Najera works as a perfusionist, the operator of a heart-lung machine during open heart surgery and bounces to and from hospitals in San Antonio and Florida.

She was supposed to get off work at noon, but it wasn’t until after 5 p.m. when she was able to leave.

Freshwater Fishing Report . Page 10 Game Warden Blotter . . . . Page 12 Heroes . . . . . . . . . . . Page 14 Sun, Moon & Tides . . . . . Page 16 Saltwater Fishing Report . . Page 17 Datebook . . . . . . . . . Page 22 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . Page 22

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HUNTING

FISHING

Cursing the wind (P. 4)

Old-time lures (P. 8)

April nearly sets records.

Guide turns collector.

Two different years (P. 4)

B.A.S.S. founder dies (P. 9)

Habitat goes from great to poor.

Ray Scott was 88.

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HUNTING Wind complaints, with reason

By Craig Nyhus

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Both hunters and anglers struggled with the winds throughout April. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

April is the heart of turkey season, but this year, hunters had trouble even hearing whether the birds were there.

The winds howled, leaving hunters wondering if the birds heard their calling, or if they responded.

It turns out, April was truly a windy month, even though it’s already known as a month where

the breezes blow. According to the National Weather Service in Fort Worth, it was the windiest April for North Texas since 1963, with wind speeds averaging 3 mph more than normal.

In 1951 in North Texas, record wind speeds averaged 17.2 mph in April. This year, it averaged 15.7.

In Midland, April will go down as the windiest April, and there hasn’t been a windier month in the last 50 years, according to the

NWS. The typical average for any April is 12.7 mph (the highest average of any month of the year); the daily average in April was at or higher than 10 mph for 25 of the 30 days; max speeds reached at least 20 mph all but three days; and gusts topped 30 mph 24 times and reached 40 mph seven times.

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From feast to famine Drought, fires impact habitat

By Nate Skinner

For Lone Star Outdoor News Drought conditions are rivaling any seen by landowners over the last 10 to 15 years. Range conditions are poor across the majority of Texas ranches, and wildfires also have affected the landscape in many areas.

According to the TPWD Whitetailed Deer Program Leader, Alan Cain, things went from “feast to famine,” seemingly in a hurry over the last year.

“Most areas of the state entered into the 2021 fall deer season with premium conditions for whitetails,” Cain said. “Body weights and antler sizes of the deer that were harvested this past hunting season are evidence of that. Fast forward to present day, and we find ourselves in a completely opposite scenario. It’s just plain dry in most places and the habitat is

suffering.”

Landowners with an eye on wildlife are managing their livestock grazing activity.

“Ranchers and landowners need to be mindful of the effects their livestock are having on the terrain,” Cain said. “Grass is already in short supply, and the longer you leave cattle on a pasture, either because you have nowhere else to put them or because the market isn’t right for you to sell some of them, the more cover that could be used by fawns this summer is going to be removed from the landscape. Prac- Finding food in greened-up areas will be a priority for deer this season, as many areas are struggling with drought. Photo by Nate Skinner, for ticing rotational grazing Lone Star Outdoor News. is somewhat of a solution to this, if there is enough state have been rough on land- received along many stretches has provided a much-needed property available for your herd owners whose properties burned. of land that burned, has been source of nutrition for wildlife of livestock. Either way, grazing “However, there is some sort enough to promote the new and deer.” practices need to be closely moni- of a saving grace, if you will, as growth of natural grasses and Cain said there was a wildfire tored.” a result of these fires,” said Cain. forbs. Many of these areas have on the King Ranch that burned Wildfires in many regions of the “The little moisture that has been already began greening up, which more than 60,000 acres. The areas Please turn to page 6

Axis development varied Some bucks still in velvet and growing

By Reis Ladd

For Lone Star Outdoor News As spring progresses, axis hunting in Texas typically picks up due to the timing of the rut. Unlike the native white-tailed deer, the majority of axis deer rut during the months of June and July, meaning many bucks begin shedding their velvet, or are near full-grown, around the month of April. However, reports across the state have varied relative to the typical timing.

Kolton Moore, owner and operator at Safari Specialists, has noticed bucks on some of his ranches south of Kerrville seem to be ahead of schedule.

“The majority of our ranches Jonathan Ware took this 34-inch axis on his lease south of Fredericksburg. Photo by Clay Raven.

are within two hours of Kerrville, but it seems as though the farther south this year, the deer are ahead of schedule compared with the deer on our northern ranches,” Moore said.

Having started their spring axis deer hunting the first week of March, Safari Specialists’ hunters have taken 16 bucks thusfar.

Fort Worth resident Jonathan Ware made the trip to his hunting lease south of Fredericksburg with his family and life-long hunting buddy, Clay Raven, for a combination axis and turkey hunt in late April.

The two hunters hunted the thick cedar-break country working toward one of the running creeks on the lease on a windy, warm day. Each carried a shotgun and a rifle.

“We came upon an opening

and could see a group of deer at 150 yards or less,” Ware said. “It was a buck and three or four does just feeding in the tall grass and they had no clue we were there.

Then all I could see were these massive antlers moving through the grass.”

Ware quickly decided it was a buck he would take and did not hesitate. Upon recovery of the animal, Ware knew he had harvested something special.

“We really couldn’t believe our eyes, he just kept getting better and better,” he said. “I don’t know if I will ever kill one larger — probably never will.”

The buck sported a velvet frame with a 34-inch typical main beam on his left side, a non-typical right side, and large multi-colored marbled velvet brow tines.

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DeWitt County warden honored Texas Game Warden Trey Kram received the Texas Wildlife Officer of the Year award from the National Wild Turkey Federation.

Over the course of his 11-year career in DeWitt County, Kram has emphasized hunting conservation among groups like the Lions Club, Rotary Club, Wildlife Management Association and local schools.

As a turkey hunting hot spot, DeWitt County often falls prey to poachers. Over the decades, the South Texas area has seen turkey populations stagnate or disappear. Using his knowledge of the terrain and wildlife populations, Kram focused his attention on apprehending turkey poachers.

“First, it’s about fairness.” Kram said. “No one should be taking advantage of a closed season when there are first-time hunters, patiently waiting at home for the season to start.

However, it’s also about the native turkey populations. They survive as a family group. It only takes a few poachers to completely decimate a flock; ruining one of our resources and the opportunity for future hunters.”

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that burned have reportedly greened up and white-tailed deer are concentrating in them to feed.

“In some places, areas that burned are the only stretches of land with green vegetation on the ground,” Cain said.

Cain also noted there seems to be a late bloom from brush and trees, like mesquites.

“Mesquites tend to put on lots of blooms and produce more mesquite beans in drier years, so hopefully the deer will have an abundance of mesquite beans to help carry them through this drought in regions where these trees are plentiful,” he explained.

Deer population management is also going to play a large factor in the overall health of herds.

“Areas where the population has been managed correctly will have deer herds that are healthier than areas where there are too many deer,” Cain said.

TPWD wildlife biologist for Coryell, Williamson and Bell counties, Cullom Simpson, said his areas where there were wildfires have seen a significant green-up.

“There was a large wildfire that started on Fort Hood and made its way towards the community of Flat,” Simpson said.

“The ground that burned has greened up nicely with the little bit of rain and moisture that the area has received. So even though we are in an extreme drought and some habitat loss occurred from these fires,

the new growth that has resulted from them has been beneficial to wildlife.”

Simpson said landowners should hold off on mowing and shredding until mid July if at all possible.

“We’ve got turkeys that are nesting that will be hatching out poults, and does will be having fawns soon that will be utilizing tall grasses for safety from predators,” he said.

Simpson said landowners southwest of Salado are also dealing with the damaging effects of an intense tornado that basically stripped the land of trees and brush.

“These landowners are trying to find a balance of what is natural, what would help bring the land back to a more functional state, and what is aesthetically pleasing, while handing the effects of the tornado,” he said. “It is a challenge, to say the least.”

At the Trinity Ranch in Batesville, David Sunderland said drought conditions have had a crippling effect on habitat in South Texas.

“The Trinity Ranch has had a total of only 1 inch of rain since August of 2021,” Sunderland said. “For the past two years in a row, extremely dry conditions in the fall coupled with significant freezes in the winter have resulted in the loss of close to 50 percent of the brush in certain areas of the ranch. This spring there was little to no forbs, weeds and brush growing in the pasture.”

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Guide collects vintage lures

Collecting old fishing lures is a hobby for guide Robb Guera, who wanted to expose his son to the history of coastal fishing in Texas. Photos from Robb Guerra.

By Nate Skinner

For Lone Star Outdoor News Full-time Laguna Madre and Baffin Bay fishing guide Robb Guerra has an appreciation for vintage fishing lures. He currently has about a 60-piece collection, consisting of an assortment of plugs manufactured by MirrOlure, as well as some original, onetime prototypes from longtime Texas luremaker, Paul Brown, and a handful of original Corkies from

some well-known Texas trophy trout anglers.

“In my collection I have baits from the 1930s and it’s easy to see that very little has changed in their design when you compare them to present day models,” Guerra said. “Learning the history behind one of the most iconic bait companies known to the fishing world, like MirrOlure, throughout my journey of collecting baits has been extremely rewarding.”

One of Guerra’s goals is to catch

a fish on some of the oldest baits in his collection.

“I know a lot of folks that are into collecting old lures would become sick at the thought of this, but how incredible would it be to catch a fish in 2022 on a lure manufactured in the 1930s,” he said.

Guerra began collecting classic lures about five years ago after his son was born, as way to create something special that he could leave behind for his boy one day.

“When my son was born, fishing changed for me, because I instantly wanted to introduce and expose him to my passion,” he said. “I love the history and the story behind the lures I have collected and I love sharing that with my son. So the origination of my collection and this hobby of mine just made sense.”

Guerra always had a habit of holding onto old lures, and he was unknowingly building a collection before he really got into

it. When he decided to start his collection, he began researching MirrOlure and got involved with social media groups that were focused on finding and collecting vintage or limited-time inshore lures.

“I have also been able to find some of the baits in my collection from estate sales after the passing of some well-known Texas trophy trout anglers,” Guerra said. “Mike Wallace was one of those anglers, and I obtained several of his Please turn to page 15

Finding bass in resacas

East Texas crappie back on the brush

By Tony Vindell

If you go through the trouble of putting out brush piles on Sam Rayburn, you’ll likely have crappie on them by the next day.

And it will become a fishing hole for years to come.

Brush piles are back to producing crappie on Sam Rayburn, and When it comes some maintenance tips on piles can help even more. Photo by to producing Robert Sloan, for Lone Star Outdoor News. crappie, Big Sam I like to use 2- to 2 1/2-inch minis right up there with the best, acnows. We’ll hook them between the cording to longtime guide Bill Foneyes, or just behind the dorsal fin. I dren. think they tend to live longer and He’s been building brush piles move better when they are hooked on the East Texas lake for decades, through the eyes.” and over that time has figured out a One thing is important is to thing or two that will draw in lots of maintain good brush piles, accordcrappie that will hold on the brush ing to Fondren. He has around 60 piles for months. scattered all over the lake at vari“Crappie usually spawn up the ous depths. Now he’s doing best river channel in February and on brush in 12 to 18 feet of water.

March,” Fondren said. “After that That’s his shallow brush and tends they will move back into the lake to hold crappie moving in after the and use the brush piles to feed on. spawn. As the water warms up durThe brush attracts minnows, and ing the summer months, he’ll fish that’s what crappie love to eat. his brush piles that are in 25 feet When I’m fishing with customers,

strange-looking fish that jumps out of the water — wondering With the excepwhat it is. tion of Falcon Lake, On a resaca in part of which borBayview, a small ders Star and Zapata community about counties, the Rio 30 miles northeast Grande Valley isn’t of Brownsville and known as a largeabout 36 miles east mouth bass hotspot. of Harlingen, a faCatfish, sunfish, ther and two daughcarp and gar are ters hit the jackpot commonly found on a fishing trip. in irrigation ditches After nearly five and throughout the hours of fishing on resaca system in exa paddle boat along treme South Texas. the channel, they A resaca is a type caught 20 or more of oxbow formed largemouth bass. many years ago by Not all were keepfloods from the Rio ers, but the trio said Grande, and are now their fishing experipart of the landscape ence was one for the in the southern half books. of Cameron County.

Using top-water The system of lures, the three kept channels gets water going back and forth from the river, and along the horseshoe the liquid is ulti- Fishermen were surprised to land largemouth bass from a Bayshaped resaca which, mately used by farm- view resaca. Photo by Tony Vindell, for Lone Star Outdoor News. at times, looks like ers for irrigation purit is drying out at its some anglers couldn’t believe poses. their eyes when they pulled a southern end.

But some largemouth bass bass out of the water — a fish Maria Alvear said this was inhabit many of this region’s they have never seen before. the first time she has caught resacas.

And in San Benito and Ran- largemouth bass in this part of In Brownsville, for example, cho Viejo, people talk about a South Texas.

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Fishing icon Ray Scott dies

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Ray Scott passed away on Sunday, May 8 at around 11:30 p.m.

He died peacefully in his sleep of natural causes. Scott was 88 years old.

In 1967, Scott quit his insurance job and began organizing the All American at Beaver Lake, Arkansas. The event was successful enough for Scott to begin holding tournaments at other reservoirs in the South and to launch B.A.S.S. and Bassmaster magazine early in 1968.

In 1972, he debuted the “Don’t Kill Your Catch” campaign and mandated that all tournament competitors’ boats feature an aerated livewell to keep their bass alive.

“I didn’t invent catch and release,” Scott acknowledged, “but we did make it popular in bass fishing, and that changed the sport in so many ways.”

Scott was inducted into the inaugural class of the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame in 2001, the International Game Fish Association Hall of Fame in 2004 and the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame in 1987. He was named the 1988 Sport Fisherman of the Year by the Sport Fishing Institute.

He sold B.A.S.S. to an investment group including his executive vice president, Helen Sevier, and other employees in 1986, but continued to serve as emcee of the Bassmaster Classic for several more years.

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Coastal anglers coping with gusty winds

By Nate Skinner

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One of the most consistent hurdles anglers along the coast are facing is strong winds. Those who have been able to hit the water during the rare windows of calm conditions have been rewarded with banner days. The majority of anglers haven’t been so lucky and have been forced to fish protected areas.

Matagorda guide Capt. Ryan Hubbard said stretches of open water over shell in East Matagorda Bay have produced some quality speckled trout catches when the winds have been light.

“The wind has really dictated where we’ve been able to fish lately,” he said.

“There’s decent trout with a few redfish mixed in scattered across the middle of

East Bay. Unfortunately, the days with conditions that will allow us to venture out there have been few and far between.”

Hubbard said he’s been hiding from the wind quite a bit in back lakes and marshes off of the Intracoastal Waterway, chasing redfish.

“Wind-blown shorelines in the marshes have held consistent numbers of redfish, and some good ones,” Hubbard said.

“Most of the fish we are catching are in the upper slot range and weighing around 7 to 8 pounds.”

Hubbard said there are plenty of redfish in Boggy Lake and Lake Austin to be caught, but these areas are also getting a lot of pressure.

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Taylor Holland caught this redfish near the mouth of a back lake off of the ICW east of Matagorda Harbor. Photo by Capt.

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TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT ALAN HENRY: Water clear; 62 degrees; 5.83’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on swimbaits. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows.

AMISTAD: Water clear; 65-69 degrees; 55.26’ low.

Largemouth bass are good around the edges of hydrilla on Texas-rigged plastics in craw patterns. Yellow catfish are good on live perch.

Channel catfish are fair on prepared baits.

ARLINGTON: Water lightly stained; 70 degrees; 1.09’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, spinner baits and Texas-rigged worms and bugs.

ATHENS: Water clear; 70 degrees; 0.43’ high. Largemouth bass are fair to good on small moving baits and finesse worms. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs.

AUSTIN: Water clear; 72 degrees; 0.67’ low. Largemouth bass are good in the canals on wacky worms, small paddletail swimbaits and shaky heads.

B.A. STEINHAGEN: Water stained; 73 degrees; 0.46’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on finesse worms, chatterbaits and crankbaits.

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

BENBROOK: Water lightly stained; 66 degrees; 3.96’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, chatterbaits and weighted wacky rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on silver jigging spoons. Catfish are fair on cut bait.

BOB SANDLIN: Water clear; 72 degrees; 0.36’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair to good on soft plastics.

Crappie are fair on minnow and jigs. Catfish are good on cheese bait and cut bait.

BRAUNIG: Water stained; 77 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits and soft plastics. Red drum are fair to good on shrimp, live perch and crawfish. Channel catfish are fair on worms and cut bait.

CADDO: Water stained; 67 degrees; 1.27’ high.

Largemouth bass are fair on swimbaits and top-waters.

CALAVERAS: Water stained; 76 degrees. Red drum are fair on shad and frozen shrimp. Channel catfish are good on shrimp and cheese bait.

CEDAR CREEK: Water stained; 71 degrees; 1.83’ low. Largemouth bass are good on chatterbaits and top-waters. Crappie are excellent under docks and on brush piles on jigs and minnows. White and hybrid bass are good on jigs and silver slabs. Catfish are good

on fresh shad.

CHOKE CANYON: Water stained; 75 degrees; 20.05’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits and chatterbaits. Crappie are good on live minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cheese bait.

CONROE: Water slightly stained; 73 degrees; 0.25’ high. Largemouth bass are fair to good on finesse worms and creature baits.

Hybrid striped bass are fair on pet spoons. Crappie are good on jigs. Catfish are good on liver, catfish bubblegum, shrimp and shad under a cork.

COOPER: Water lightly stained; 72 degrees; 2.50’ low. Blue catfish are excellent on fresh cut bait.

Channel catfish are good on cut bait and prepared baits.

CORPUS CHRISTI: 72 degrees; 5.05’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and jigs.

Crappie are good on minnows and jigs.

Catfish are good on cheese bait, soap baits, shad and perch.

EAGLE MOUNTAIN: Water stained, 71 degrees; 2.84’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits. White bass are fair to good on slabs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs with white color combinations. Blue catfish are good drifting cut bait.

FALCON: Water stained; 78-83 degrees; 41.46’ low. Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms and crankbaits. Catfish are fair on shad and stink bait.

FAYETTE: Water lightly stained; 67 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on craw jigs and crankbaits.

Catfish are fair to good on punch bait.

FORK: Water stained; 73 degrees; 5.91’ low. Crappie are fair on minnows and hand-tied jigs. Largemouth bass are good on shad square bills, spinner baits and chatterbaits.

GRANBURY: Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 0.39’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on square-billed crankbaits and white flukes.

Striped bass are fair on deep diving crankbaits, umbrella-rigs and live bait.

Catfish are good on live and cut shad.

GRANGER: Water lightly stained; 73 degrees; 0.43’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on buzzbaits. Crappie are good on jigs. White bass are fair on lipless crank-

baits. Blue catfish are good on shad.

GRAPEVINE: Water lightly stained; 63 degrees; 1.06’ low. White bass are good but small on inline spinners.

HOUSTON COUNTY: Water stained; 68 degrees; 0.26’ high. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits and crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs.

Catfish are fair on cut bait and prepared baits.

JOE POOL: Water lightly stained; 68 degrees; 1.84’ low. Largemouth bass are good on white or shadcrankbaits and spinner baits.

LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water lightly stained; 72 degrees; 0.57’ low. Crappie are fair on minnow and jigs.

Largemouth bass are good shallow on soft plastics.

Catfish are good on cheese bait and cut bait.

LAVON: Water lightly stained; 66 degrees; 0.04’ low.

White bass are good on swimbaits.

Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are fair to good on cut shad and sunfish.

LBJ: Water lightly stained; 72 degrees; 0.81’ low.

Crappie are good on chartreuse jigs.

LEWISVILLE: Water lightly stained; 68 degrees; 0.16’ high. White bass are good on slabs and live bait.

Hybrid stripers are slow.

Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good drifting cut shad or chicken breasts.

LIMESTONE: Water clear; 74 degrees; 0.03’ high.

Largemouth bass are good on Texas rigs, finesse jigs and chatterbaits. White bass are good on silver jigging spoons.

LIVINGSTON: Water stained; 66 degrees; 0.18’ high. White bass are fair on slabs. Catfish are good on cut shad.

MARTIN CREEK: Water lightly stained; 69 degrees; 0.02’ high. Largemouth bass are good on Texas rigs, crankbaits and swimbaits.

Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair on punch bait.

MEDINA: Water lightly stained; 60 degrees; 55.30’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics and topwaters. White bass are good on slabs. Catfish are good on cut bait.

MILLERS CREEK: Water stained; 60 degrees; 2.77’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, spin-

ner baits and chatterbaits.

Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Catfish are fair to good on cut shad and prepared baits.

NACONICHE: Water clear to stained; 76 degrees.

Largemouth bass are fair on popping frogs over grass edges. Catfish are slow.

NASWORTHY: Water murky; 72 degrees. 1.11’ low. Largemouth bass are good on soft plastics and top-waters. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait.

NAVARRO MILLS: Water stained; 72 degrees; 1.87’ low. Largemouth bass are good on soft plastics. Crappie are fair to good on live minnows and jigs.

O.C. FISHER: Water stained; 65 degrees; 43.49’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits and spinner baits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs.

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

O.H. IVIE: Water clear; 67-72 degrees; 17.79’ low.

Largemout bass are good on swimbaits and crankbaits.

Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on prepared baits, live bait and cut bait.

OAK CREEK: Water lightly stained; 64-65 degrees; 6.85’ low. Largemouth bass are good on plastics worms and spinner baits. Crappie are good at night on minnows. White bass are fair on slabs.

PALESTINE: Water lightly stained; 68 degrees; 0.09’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on jigs with craws. Crappie on fair in timber on jigs.

White bass are good on lipless crankbaits. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers.

POSSUM KINGDOM: Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 1.83’ low. Striped bass are good on live bait, crankbaits and umbrella rigs. White bass are good on small shad, spoon and slabs. Catfish are fair on cut shad.

PROCTOR: Water stained; 66 degrees; 2.40’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on worms and spinner baits. Crappie are good on jigs White bass are good on slabs and lipless crankbaits.

RAVEN: Water stained; 80 degrees; 3.00’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on lipless crankbaits and soft plastics. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on live bream and chicken breasts.

RAY HUBBARD: Water lightly stained; 68-70 de-

grees; 0.14’ low. White bass are excellent on tail spinners and 3-inch artificial minnows. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows.

RAY ROBERTS: Water lightly stained; 68 degrees; 1.35’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics.

Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are fair on slabs and jigging spoons. Blue and channel catfish are fair on cut bait and punch bait.

RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water clear; 62-68 degrees; 2.28’ low. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass are excellent on slabs. Hybrid bass are fair on live shad and swimbaits. Channel catfish are fair on punch bait. Blue catfish are good on cut bait.

SAM RAYBURN: Water stained; 74 degrees; 1.23’ low. Largemouth bass are good on white popping frogs, crankbaits and Carolina rigs. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait and shrimp.

SOMERVILLE: Water stained; 72 degrees; 0.43’ high. Largemouth bass are good on craw jigs and blue/ white or red/white crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows, and gray jigs.

White bass and hybrid bass are excellent trolling with pet spoons. Catfish are good on shad, liver and punch bait.

STILLHOUSE HOLLOW: Water lightly stained; 71 degrees; 4.14’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged soft plastics and wacky rigs.

SULPHUR SPRINGS: Water lightly stained; 68 degrees; 3.29’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics.

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

TAWAKONI: Water lightly stained; 68 degrees; 1.61’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters. White bass and hybrids are good on small swimbaits and slab spoons in chartreuse.

Blue catfish are good on cut shad. Channel catfish are good on prepared bait.

TEXANA: Water stained; 72 degrees; 1.24’ low.

Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on liver, perch, cut bait and juglines.

TEXOMA: Water stained; 63 degrees; 0.76 feet low.

Striped bass are good early morning and evening bite on slabs and swimbaits.

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n Saltwater reports Page 17 stained; 69 degrees; 0.75’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on popping frogs, buzzbaits and spinner baits.

TRAVIS: Water stained; 73 degrees; 25.11’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on swimbaits, crankbaits, Texas-rigged worms and craws. White bass are good on jigging spoons TYLER: Water lightly stained; 69 degrees; 0.17 feet high. Largemouth bass are good on trick worms and crankbaits. Crappie are slow.

WACO: Water stained; 68-70 degrees; 5.30’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, spinner baits and square-billed crankbaits. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and soft plastic crappie lures under a cork. White bass and hybrids are good on top-waters and spinner baits.

WALTER E. LONG: Water clear; 73 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on small swimbaits and Texas rigged 4-5 inch worms.

Crappie are good on orange/ black jigs and minnows.

WHITNEY: Water lightly stained; 66 degrees; 2.45’ low. Striped bass are good on deep diving crankbaits, umbrella-rigs and live shad.

Catfish are good on live and cut shad.

WORTH: Water stained; 70 degrees; 1.71’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and finesse worms. White bass are good on shiners, Roadrunners and slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs with white color combinations. Catfish are good on cut shad and cut-bait.

WRIGHT PATMAN: Water lightly stained; 72 degrees; 6.29’ high. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on punch bait.

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GAME WARDEN BLOTTER NIGHT HUNTING WITH CROSSBOW A landowner in Montgomery County contacted a game warden reporting that a crossbow bolt was found in his yard. The landowner believed that someone was driving around the subdivision the night before and had shot at a white-tailed deer in his yard. The warden met with the landowner and retrieved the crossbow bolt that day. That night, the warden observed a Toyota pickup driving suspiciously in the area. After the pickup drove into several dead-end streets, the warden stopped the truck and found a loaded crossbow sitting in the front passenger seat. The driver initially claimed he was looking for his lost dog and had just moved to the subdivision. After not being able to say what his new address or street was, the driver admitted he was hunting from the roadway that night. The driver’s crossbow bolts matched the one recovered from the landowner.

The driver eventually admitted to shooting at a feral hog in the landowner’s yard the night before. The driver was placed under arrest and booked into the Montgomery County Jail. His crossbow and pistol were seized as evidence.

CHASING DEER WITH TRUCK, SHOOTING ACROSS PROPERTY LINE Game warden in the Texas Panhandle patrolled a farm where wardens suspected a group of out-of-state hunters were hunting illegally for several years. A warden watched the group from a distance and observed them chase deer with their pickup from one property to another where they had permission to hunt. At sunset, the warden ob-

GUNSHOT AT NIGHT LEADS TO FIVE SUSPECTS WHO TOOK 11 DEER A concerned landowner in Jack County contacted a game warden regarding illegal hunting activity.

The landowner heard a gunshot in the early morning hours near his home. Later that afternoon, he located a dead deer on his property with a gunshot wound. The warden responded to the area and collected evidence from the scene. The next day, the warden received an active road hunting call a few miles from the previous incident. The caller advised two suspects shot a crow from the roadway. The warden was

served the vehicle stop, a man get out, and shoot a mule deer buck on the property where they did not have permission to hunt. After loading the deer into their truck and driving back to the farm road, wardens stopped the vehicle. Charges pending for Hunting Without Landowners Consent and Possession of an Illegally Taken Game Animal.

able to obtain identification on the two suspects and traveled to a nearby residence for questioning. During questioning, there were several inconsistencies in the suspects’ stories. After obtaining information connecting the suspects to the dead deer from the previous day, the warden pressed for further information. During the investigation, several more suspects were implicated in illegal road hunting activity. After several hours of interviews with multiple suspects, confessions were received on 11 deer killed illegally within a two-week period. Arrest warrants

were obtained on five suspects for multiple charges.

LEAVING PRONGHORN PARTS TO ROT In Deaf Smith County, game wardens were patrolling during opening day of pronghorn season.

The wardens checked an area with a known hunting camp and found a skinning rack and four pronghorn carcasses. One carcass had all four quarters still attached and one had the shoulder quarters attached.

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Aaron Wittreich, of Brownsville, with his first trophy blackbuck.

Forrest Bellamy caught two bass on one lure on a private lake outside of Athens.

Logan Jara, of Burleson, shot his first hog with a BAR .308 on his family lease in West Texas.

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Nora Berg, 8, shot her first deer using a .243 with her dad, Ed, at their ranch near Carrizo Springs.

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in East Texas, said the axis in his area are behind schedule.

“Bucks are holding their velvet a lot longer than normal,” he said. “Everything seems to be delayed with no rut action at all yet.”

Although the biological stage axis exhibit is varied per location, hopes are high bucks taken this year will be of higher than average quality. Due to the timing of the freeze in February 2021, many bucks that would have normally been taken last year, didn’t as their antlers were frostbitten and damaged while in velvet.

“Horn size is good despite the drought,” Lagas said. “A lot of deer got a pass last year due to the freeze so this year they are going to be bigger and better.”

On April 27, Lagas and hunting partners Logan Archer and Caleb Uherek hunted on a low fence ranch near Menard.

“Three big open fields bordered a thick brush line along the San Saba River,” Lagas said.

“Deer started funneling out of the brush and I certainly was not expecting it, but after a while I counted more than 140 axis in the field with 40 to 50 bucks over 30 inches.”

The group decided to make a move to close the distance on the bucks. They made a half-mile stalk and closed to 250 yards.

“I shot a buck quartering away with my 7mm-08 and he dropped in his tracks,” Lagas said. “The buck ended up being my personal best at 36 inches.”

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several weekend trips during the month of April. Anglers in both fresh and saltwater caught fish, but usually accompanied by the statement, “We battled the winds and…”

Coastal anglers’ complaints had merit. In Corpus Christi, the average wind speed in April is 12.3 mph, the windiest month of the year. This year, it was 16.2 mph.

Fly-fishing guides, who rely on spotting redfish, usually while poling a skiff from a tower, and helping the customer cast in front of the fish, lost trip after trip.

Chuck Nasier, a longtime Rockport guide, doesn’t work as much anymore, but the other guides don’t have that luxury.

“It’s easy to say 50 percent of the trips had to be rescheduled,” he said. “Some guides went anyway, but most cancelled.”

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of water. But when fishing them he’s after suspended crappie that are about 10 feet deep on the brush.

“I like to use willow trees that are anchored on bottom by a cinder block,” Fondren said. “Each spring, well before the crappie return after the spawn, I’ll add two trees per brush pile to give them added attraction to crappie and to attract more baitfish like bream and shad.”

One thing that will affect the crappie bite over brush is the lake level, according to Fondren.

“They will move around on the brush if the lake level fluctuates,” he said. “The thermocline will also move them around.

The best structure for my brush piles is along a creek and river channel. I also like to place them at the end of an extended point. Crappie will also hold on indentions on the bottom. If I can locate a hole of some sort that’s where I’ll make a brush pile.”

Fondren fishes jigs almost 100 percent of the time but brings along minnows for his customers. He’ll use a variety of jigs, one of

which is a Stanley Wedgetail minnow. The hair jigs are good too. His go-to colors are white/chartreuse or anything that looks like a minnow. He uses ultralight spin casting reels that are spooled with 6-pound test line. A small split shot is pinched on the line about a foot above a No. 2 gold hook.

“The side-scan electronics are really good for crappie fishing on the brush,” he said.

“That along with spot lock are two things I use a lot. I can actually see the fish, drop a jig on them and watch them approach the jig and eat it. If they won’t hit the jig, I’ll drop a minnow on them and that usually gets the bite.”

A variety of fish are attracted to brush piles. The heaviest crappie Fondren has caught on the brush weighed 3 1/2 pounds.

It was caught on a jig. His heaviest bass on the brush weighed around 9 pounds.

And the heaviest fish he’s ever caught on a brush pile was a 64-pound catfish. It hit a jig fished on 4-pound test line.

“It took a while to get that one in the boat,” he said.

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original Corkies. One of my favorites is an original Corky that is covered in glue with glitter, because back when the lure was made, the technology to incorporate glitter into plastic lures hadn’t been perfected yet.”

Guerra said collecting and researching old baits has helped him meet new folks that share his passion for inshore fishing, and helped him learn more about the sport’s history.

“It really is a neat conversation piece, and there are a lot of other folks out there that are collecting baits like the ones I have,” he said.

Guerra runs his guided fishing trips out of Corpus Christi. He started guiding part time in 2016 and became a full-time guide in 2020.

“I left my day job, took a leap of faith,” he said. “I had a network of people that consisted of several really great fishing guides that were also friends. Their advice and experience helped me launch my career.”

Guerra worked to secure corporate clients who would book multiple trips each year, and now the majority of his trips revolve around some sort of corporate entertainment.

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3:28 9:40 4:10 10:23 4:58 11:12 5:54 ----6:57 12:41 8:06 1:50 9:17 3:01 10:26 4:11 11:30 5:16 12:03 6:14 12:52 7:04 1:37 7:48 2:16 8:27 2:53 9:04 3:30 9:41

3:51 4:36 5:26 6:24 7:29 8:38 9:49 10:57 11:58 12:27 1:16 1:59 2:37 3:14 3:52

06:29 06:29 06:28 06:27 06:27 06:26 06:26 06:25 06:25 06:24 06:24 06:23 06:23 06:23 06:22

5:40p 4:51a 6:46p 5:24a 7:57p 6:01a 9:10p 6:45a 10:22p 7:35a 11:29p 8:34a NoMoon 9:39a 12:29a 10:47a 1:19a 11:57a 2:02a 1:04p 2:38a 2:07p 3:10a 3:06p 3:40a 4:03p 4:09a 4:59p 4:38a 5:56p

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

3:33 9:45 4:16 10:29 5:04 11:18 6:00 ----7:03 12:47 8:12 1:55 9:23 3:07 10:32 4:17 11:36 5:22 12:08 6:20 12:58 7:10 1:42 7:53 2:22 8:33 2:59 9:10 3:36 9:47

10:03 10:48 11:40 12:09 1:13 2:22 3:33 4:41 5:44 6:40 7:28 8:10 8:48 9:25 10:03

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

3:57 4:42 5:32 6:30 7:34 8:44 9:55 11:02 ----12:32 1:22 2:05 2:43 3:20 3:58

10:09 10:54 11:46 12:15 1:19 2:28 3:39 4:47 5:50 6:45 7:34 8:16 8:54 9:31 10:09

06:30 06:29 06:28 06:28 06:27 06:26 06:26 06:25 06:24 06:24 06:23 06:23 06:23 06:22 06:22

08:16 08:17 08:18 08:18 08:19 08:20 08:20 08:21 08:22 08:22 08:23 08:24 08:24 08:25 08:26

5:48p 4:55a 6:57p 5:27a 8:09p 6:03a 9:23p 6:44a 10:37p 7:33a 11:44p 8:31a NoMoon 9:36a 12:43a 10:45a 1:33a 11:56a 2:13a 1:05p 2:48a 2:10p 3:18a 3:11p 3:46a 4:10p 4:13a 5:08p 4:41a 6:06p

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

3:40 9:52 4:23 10:36 5:11 11:25 6:06 ----7:09 12:54 8:18 2:02 9:29 3:13 10:39 4:23 11:43 5:28 12:15 6:26 1:05 7:16 1:49 8:00 2:29 8:39 3:06 9:16 3:43 9:54

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

3:54 10:05 4:36 10:49 5:24 11:38 6:20 12:11 7:23 1:07 8:32 2:16 9:43 3:27 10:52 4:37 11:56 5:42 12:29 6:40 1:18 7:30 2:02 8:14 2:42 8:53 3:19 9:30 3:56 10:07

4:17 5:02 5:52 6:50 7:55 9:04 10:15 11:23 ----12:53 1:42 2:25 3:03 3:40 4:18

06:45 06:44 06:43 06:43 06:42 06:41 06:41 06:40 06:39 06:39 06:38 06:38 06:37 06:37 06:36

6:11p 5:15a 7:21p 5:45a 8:35p 6:19a 9:51p 6:59a 11:05p 7:47a NoMoon 8:44a 12:13a 9:49a 1:12a 10:59a 2:00a 12:12p 2:39a 1:22p 3:12a 2:28p 3:41a 3:31p 4:07a 4:31p 4:33a 5:31p 4:59a 6:30p

06:42 06:42 06:41 06:41 06:40 06:40 06:39 06:39 06:38 06:38 06:37 06:37 06:36 06:36 06:36

08:17 08:17 08:18 08:18 08:19 08:20 08:20 08:21 08:22 08:22 08:23 08:23 08:24 08:24 08:25

5:53p 5:03a 6:59p 5:37a 8:09p 6:15a 9:22p 6:59a 10:33p 7:49a 11:41p 8:48a NoMoon 9:53a 12:40a 11:02a 1:31a 12:11p 2:14a 1:17p 2:51a 2:20p 3:23a 3:19p 3:53a 4:16p 4:22a 5:12p 4:51a 6:08p

10:29 11:14 ----12:35 1:39 2:48 3:59 5:07 6:10 7:06 7:54 8:36 9:14 9:51 10:29

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Height 1.52H 1.53H 1.57H 1.64H 1.69H 1.73H 1.65L

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TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING REPORT SABINE LAKE: 77 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good on plastics with a jig head and live shrimp under popping corks. Redfish are good on red shad or glo/chartreuse artificials.

BOLIVAR: 75 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good at the north jetty on live shrimp under a popping cork when the wind allows.

TRINITY BAY: 78 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair on live shrimp and soft plastics.

EAST GALVESTON BAY: 78 degrees.

Speckled trout are fair on live shrimp and croaker.

WEST GALVESTON BAY: 79 degrees.

Speckled trout are fair to good drifting the open reefs and over deep shell on live shrimp.

TEXAS CITY: 79 degrees. Redfish are good on live shrimp at the jetties. Speckled trout and redfish are fair on live shrimp under a popping cork.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY: 77 degrees.

Speckled trout are slow due to high winds. Redfish are fair in the ICW and bay on shrimp.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY: 77 degrees.

Redfish and drum are good in the ICW and bay on shrimp and wading with artificials.

PORT O’CONNOR: 77 degrees. Speckled trout are good at the jetties on artificials and large shrimp. Black drum and

redfish are good on large live shrimp and sardines.

ROCKPORT: 80 degrees. Redfish are good in sand pockets on menhaden and drifting with soft plastics. Speckled trout are fair to good on live shrimp and soft plastics. Black drum are good on dead shrimp.

PORT ARANSAS: 78 degrees. Redfish are good on the flats on cut mullet and menhaden. Speckled trout are good on the flats on live shrimp under a popping cork.

CORPUS CHRISTI: 76 degrees. Redfish are good in the potholes on cut mullet and menhaden.

BAFFIN BAY: 76 degrees. Speckled trout, including bigger trout, are good on shrimp under popping corks and soft plastics.

PORT MANSFIELD: 74 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are fair on paddle tails and top-waters.

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SOUTH PADRE: 78 degrees. Speckled trout are good on shrimp under popping corks. Redfish are good on shrimp and soft plastics.

PORT ISABEL: 78 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good on shrimp under popping corks.

—TPWD

Livesay wins Open, punches Classic ticket Longview’s Lee Livesay took the title at the Bassmaster Central Open at Mississippi’s Ross Barnett Lake with 48 pounds, 11 ounces.

Livesay brought in the event’s second largest limit on the first day, with 25 pounds, 12 ounces, and held on through the final two days of tougher conditions to win the $52,500 top prize, along with a spot in the 2023 Bassmaster Classic.

“I struggled the last two days; I’m really thankful I caught that big bag the first day,” the Kilgore High School graduate said.

After Elite wins on Chickamauga Lake (2020) and Lake Fork (2021), this was Livesay’s first Bassmaster Open win. Watching his victory was Livesay’s wife, Taren, and their monthold daughter, Lane.

“It took me 36 years to have [a child] so I never thought about it until I had one, but I figured out I couldn’t love anything more than that little baby and my wife,” said Livesay, the former Kilgore High School football defensive back. “It definitely focused me.”

Livesay spent most of his time on a community hole flat on the lake’s east side, locating a narrow drain flanked by a mix of dollar pads, pepper grass and hydrilla. A Texas-rigged and Carolina-rigged 6-inch lizard produced all of his first-round weight. On the final day, he moved shallow and caught fish on a snagproof frog and a swim jig.

—B.A.S.S.

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Popular areas to fish include Greens Bayou, Cottons Bayou, the Middle Grounds and Airport Flats.

“Both Greens and Cottons offer a whole lot of great shoreline for targeting reds,” Countz said. “You can wade all day long in either one of these areas. It’s got grass, mud and sand — everything that attracts lots of baitfish like glass minnows and mullet.”

Against the island, anglers are protected from a southerly wind.

“And along the island are drains feeding into the bay,” Countz said. “That’s where you can find reds feeding on anything from little crabs to mullet on a falling tide.”

The most dependable bite is early, especially when you’re working with a major feeding time on the solunar tables. But reds can be on a good feed during late morning and afternoon hours.

“I like to be in the water at first light,” Countz said. “That’s when fish and bait can be most active for the first hour or so. Then it usually slows down.”

Reds readily hit top-water plugs. Some of the best include a Super Spook Jr, Top Dog and Skitter Walk.

“One of the best lures out there is a pink Rapala Skitter Walk,” Countz said. “I don’t know what it is about that particular color and lure, but it’s a fact that reds love them.”

Countz said swimbaits are deadly on reds. So are the split tails. Countz likes to fish with a black magic or tequila black Norton Sand Eel. Another one of his favorites is a Lil John in purple/blue metal flake with a chartreuse tail. He’ll rig them on a 1/16 once jig head that allows him to fish the tails on a slow retrieve.

“You never know where the reds are going to be along the West Matagorda Bay shoreline,” he said. “They can be way back in the bayous one day, and out in the open water the next. The best advice I can offer is to cover a lot of water and look for lots of mullet. Also, get there early. This area of the bay is very popular.”

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Lead-free ammunition company Liberty Ammunition named Gary Ramey as chief executive officer.

Elvisridge Capital, LLC, acquired Glacier Outdoor, Inc. (“Glacier Glove”).

RFA looking for director

Country-wide rep for Blaser

The Recreational Fishing Alliance (RFA) is searching for a new executive director.

Blaser Group retained Dunkin-Lewis, Inc. as its sole manufacturers’ representative for all the company’s brands throughout the United States.

Means promoted at Fish Monkey

Additions at KastKing KastKing hired Joe Woodward as marketing director and Regina Gray as creative director.

Execs at Everglades Boats Everglades Boats named Matt Holloway its director of business development and Amanda Aloy as marketing manager.

New president at Sellmark Darrell Mitchell was named president of Sellmark Corporation.

ACROSS 3) Snapper species 4) A diving duck 6) One of the drum 7) A fawn predator 11) Member of the Big Five 13) Safari destination 15) Salmon species 16) Good catfish lake 19) An offshore target 22) The pulleys on compound bows 23) Good bait for catfish 24) Corpus Christi’s minor league team name 27) Fishing boat for two 29) The real meaning of the A in AR 31) An African antelope 32) Castro County’s seat 33) Stephenville’s county 34) The bow’s handle 35) The H in H&K 37) Bill type on a crankbait 38) Back of the boat 41) Shotshell brand 42) It holds the arrows 43) The round with no bullet 44) The Texas-only bass

Glacier Glove acquired

Glove companies Fish Monkey and Hunt Monkey promoted Russ Means to director of operations.

Fiocchi acquires British shotshell maker Fiocchi Group acquired Lyalvale Express, a British-based manufacturer of hunting and sporting clay shotshells.

Rat-L-Trap company sold GSM Outdoors completed the acquisition of the Bill Lewis Rat-L-Trap brand of lures.

DOWN 1) River where George Strait learned to swim 2) A dabbling duck 3) One of the retrievers 5) Duck call brand 6) Derringer brand (two words) 8) One of the cats 9) Fishing line type 10) Trout species 12) Easily pulled trigger 14) Slang for the bowfin 17) Slang for the recoil 18) Fishing knot 20) West Texas reservoir 21) Small sinker type 24) Submerged plant liked by bass 25) A&M’s team name 26) Sunfish species 28) The oversized duck decoy 30) Hook type 36) Panhandle county where Panhandle is the county seat 39) A shot size used by duck hunters 40) One of the grouse

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

Injected pulled feral hog

Crappie on the half shell 4 large crappie fillets (skin and scales attached) 1 stick of melted butter 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce 1 tbsp. Louisiana style hot sauce 2 tbsp. Cajun seasoning

Preheat grill or smoker to 225 degrees.

Place coals to one side to use indirect cooking method. Pat fillets dry and place skin down on a nonmetallic tray.

Sprinkle 1/4 tbsp. of Cajun seasoning on each fillet. Place fillets on grill, skin side down, away from coals and cover grill for 10 minutes. While the fillets are cooking, combine melted butter, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce and remaining Cajun seasoning. After 10 minutes, baste each fillet with the butter sauce, let cook 5 more minutes.

Baste and cover again. When fish is white and flaky pull off the grill and baste with the butter sauce one more time.

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Bone-in hindquarter from medium-sized wild hog Peanut oil Light beer (pilsner or lager; not hop-heavy) Injection/marinade: 1/4 cup whiskey 1/4 cup sesame oil 1/4 cup maple syrup 1/8 cup Worcestershire 1/8 cup balsamic vinaigrette Dry rub: 1/4 cup 1/4 cup 1/4 cup 1/8 cup 1/8 cup 1/8 cup

kosher salt chipotle chili pepper ground black pepper garlic powder brown sugar fine ground coffee

Let hindquarter reach room temperature. Pat dry with paper towels. Coat heavily in dry rub. Brown in well-oiled Dutch oven. Remove from heat source.

Inject with marinade throughout.

Submerge meat 1/3 in beer. Cook uncovered in 300-degree oven for 3 hours, frequently flipping meat and adding beer to maintain moisture. Remove from oven, let cool, and pull meat apart to desired consistency.

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“Oh course, the one day I need to get out of work early it wasn’t going to plan,” she said. “I didn’t want to have to cancel after waiting for so long, so my husband and I packed up and started heading out.”

They arrived after midnight the night before the trip, and at 6 a.m. they met up with Cryer outside of Huntsville on the Trinity River.

The year-long wait didn’t disappoint.

During the trip, Najera, her husband, Carlos, and nephew, Julius Garcia, caught and released three giants weighing 170, 180 and 208 pounds.

“It was a very good day on the boat,” Cryer said.

Already exhausted and just when her arms stopped shaking, Najera’s rod took a big dip and she hooked the largest gar of the trip.

“It was a fight, I even fell and got drug across the boat,” Najera explained.

Fifteen minutes later, the river monster

finally got tired and the group was able to get him on the boat.

“I did not want to give up the rod, I knew if I handed it over to my husband he’d try to claim credit,” Najera joked.

The giant weighed 220 pounds and measured 7 feet, 6 inches. Cryer said the group was fishing with cut bait — cut buffalo to be specific.

Najera’s father didn’t believe the size of the gar she caught until she sent him the photo.

Garzilla Guide Service works with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department by helping tag gar to collect data such as length and location caught. TPWD is collecting data on how fast the gar are growing and how far they are traveling.

The 180-pounder caught that day was a tagged gar.

“Most of the time they stay put but this one had traveled pretty far, he was tagged near Corsicana,” Cryer said.

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dad, thinking he was getting out of school, but spending part of the time in a classroom learning about quail and quail habitat.

“Do you have quail there?” someone asked his dad.

“Surprisingly, we do,” the dad replied.

The group was diversified, especially when it came to footwear. Some donned hiking boots or tennis shoes.

Others wore snake boots, and a few wore chaps. Some of the boots were obviously brand new, while others were well broken in.

On a tour of a Stonewall County ranch, QuailMasters students identify At the first stop, Rollins and record plants preferred by quail. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone and volunteers immediately Star Outdoor News. started picking up plants.

The classroom activity inWhat about disking to spur the new cluded a good bit of plant identification, growth of forbs? and how to use the new apps to identify a A good practice, but it spurs another plant by a photo. Sand and soil types were plant as well: sand burrs. examined, and which types are best for Everyone who has stepped on them has quail were discussed. felt the sting. But what do sand burrs do Quail calling devices were brought out best? for a simulated call count, each for 15 min“They slow down your bird dogs,” Rolutes, after which notes were compared on lins said. whistles heard.

You can even buy seeds for weeds you What was the number one item the quail don’t have, the group learned after talking students learned? about plants preferred by quail.

While many activities can help quail, the The goals of the attendees varied as well. top factor in quail populations is rain.

Some wanted to be able to see their dogs Rick Snipes, of the Snipes Ranch, told run, while others used GPS on their dogs the group how he started managing for and didn’t care. Some wanted to manage quail 25 years ago, and talked of the con- specifically for quail, while others wanted sequences that exists with everything you to manage for deer and other wildlife. do.

Good habitat is good habitat, they Snipes ran 7 miles of water lines to water learned. But for quail, there are a few things with small troughs. to look for, Rollins explained, using a soft“It brought in pigs and varmints that eat ball to illustrate the SHET (Softball Habitat quail eggs,” he said. “Then we did sprin- Evaluation Techique). klers, but we couldn’t put enough water on “You pitch a softball 46 feet,” he said it to keep anything wet.” after tossing the ball. “You want it to roll Quail are known to survive without wa- on impact, not stick to have good quail ter sources, getting their water from vegeta- habitat. And you want to be able to pitch tion and seeds. But other managers feel wa- it from one spot of good cover to the next ter helps in extreme conditions, preferring — like the locations of the 10 positions on to use troughs and letting the water spill a softball field.” over the edge, wetting the ground below.

During the lunch break, sausage links “There is a cause and effect to everything were cooked, and a tortilla served as each you do,” Snipes said. “You have to be di- person’s plate, napkin and bread. versified.”

“This is the best way to feed 45 people,” Supplemental feed was a topic of discus- a member of the group said. sion, along with how to apply it for the The next stop for QuailMasters, hosted best results. by the Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch “If you have good habitat, you have and Texas Wildlife Association, is in South plenty of food,” Snipes said. “It’s a positive Texas June 5-7 in Hebbronville. Two more step, but it’s not going to change things by will take place in Pampa and at the RPQRR itself.” in Roby.

The rancher across the highway said he After the day of ranch tours, the windspends about $4,000 in feed each year, and burned crowd returned to Abilene for dinbelieved it helped during the snowstorm ner, now official students of quail. and big freeze in the past few years, alUnfortunately, they learned there is the though songbirds tend to a good percent- one and only thing that cannot be conage of it. trolled.

Piling brush used to be a frequently used Rainfall. quail management technique.

“It’s like 2011 all over again out here,” “They collect coons and skunks, so burn Rollins said. them,” Snipes said.

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New Buck Stop store opens

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Lone Star Outdoor News Traveling down Highway 377 through Comanche is a path taken by many Texas hunters, and now is the site of the newest addition to Buck Stop locations.

With the shop’s original location in Alvarado, the store was the dream of lifelong hunters who wanted a place where quality hunting products were available for customers.

The stores offer hunting blinds (Ranch King and Big Country), all types of feeders and accessories, including blind windows and doors, feeder parts, portable heaters, feed and much more.

“We opened in Alvarado in 2012,” said co-owner Wendy Bogart. “August will be our 10-year anniversary. In 2017, the Hico location opened and, in early May the new Comanche store held its grand opening.

“We’re branching out to be in convenient reach for all the hunters,” Bogart said.

“And a lot of hunters go through Comanche.”

Stop by the store and see Taylor, the manager, and Buckshot, the new store mascot puppy.

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“We used to fish around Lake Guerrero,” she said, referring to the largemouth hotspot in the southern region of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. “We lived there but moved to Brownsville more than five years ago.”

Although the bass they caught in the Bayview resaca did not break any records, the Alvears were happy to be going home with a stringer.

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A Buras man pled guilty to several criminal charges involving harassment of duck hunters in Plaquemines Parish.

Brendan Nolan, 32, pled guilty to illegal discharge of a firearm, criminal damage to property and harassment of persons lawfully hunting. Nolan was ordered to pay a $1,075 fine plus an additional civil penalty of $200.

Nolan also was ordered to pay restitution to the harassed hunters to replace duck decoys damaged by gunfire. He also must show completion of anger management classes and is barred for 1 year from performing any hunting guide operations on public land.

The plea stems from an incident that occurred on Dec. 26, 2021. A video showed that Nolen maneuver his vessel at a high rate of speed into the hunter’s decoy spread, verbally harassed the hunters, and produced a loaded pistol and shot the decoys.

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Richard C. Harris, 71, of Waunakee arrowed the 10-point buck on Jan. 5 while hunting a baited food plot on his 80-acre property.

Harris called his wife soon after dark to say he’d be tracking the buck. When he failed to call or return home during the next six hours, his wife drove out to the cabin and later called the Columbia County Sheriff’s Department.

Rescuers from the sheriff’s department and Portage Fire Department responded, located the ATV, followed Harris’ tracks in the snow, and found him about 1:15 a.m. Harris struggled to move, and was slipping in and out of consciousness.

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Wildlife officers were initially investigating two separate poaching cases when they discovered a connection between the suspects, leading them to merge the two cases into one.

In May 2021, wildlife officers began investigating two Oakland residents for allegedly catching sturgeon, removing the sturgeon’s eggs and selling them to three family members in San Francisco. The family is suspected of processing the sturgeon roe into caviar and selling it on the illegal wildlife market.

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able water has been significantly limited,” he explained.

Hubbard has been using live shrimp rigged under a popping cork to keep his anglers hooked up. He said the set-up is hard to beat with the off-colored water conditions resulting from high winds.

Sargent based tournament angler, Chris McKinley, has been hiding from the wind along the Intracoastal Waterway east of Caney Creek and focusing his efforts on small shell reefs.

“Just about anywhere you can find oyster shell along the ICW is a good place to catch redfish,” McKinley said. “The bite has been best when the tide is outgoing and the barge traffic is at a minimum.”

McKinley has been using scented soft plastics rigged on heavy jig heads.

“The reds have been holding tight to the bottom,” he said. “Your lure has to be bumping oyster shell or you’re not going to get bit.”

Capt. Kendall Kersh has found scattered pockets of speckled trout and redfish along the south shoreline while looking for areas of protected water from strong southerly breezes.

“There isn’t just a ton of baitfish throughout the bay system right now, so you can’t just pull up to any stretch of water and expect to find action anywhere you go,” Kersh said. “Usually by May, we are seeing some consistency both in conditions and in fish patterns, but things definitely seem to be running a little late this year.”

Allen Parker said coves and bayous on the east side of Sabine Lake and Sabine Pass have held protected water and plenty of redfish.

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“I have had multiple day stretches where we’ve caught great numbers of fish each day, but had to fish completely different regions of the bay system to get it done,” he explained. “Our water conditions are constantly changing from varying, gusty winds, and the fish are on the move as they are making their late spring to early summer transition.”

Bayous and back lakes as well as protected shorelines have all produced recently.

“Open bay stretches have plenty of fish too, there’s just not many days right now where the conditions are calm enough to fish them,” Battistoni said.

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“I almost just expect it to be cranking every morning when I get up to launch the boat for a trip,” he said. “Gale-force winds have become the new norm.”

Because of nonstop breezes, Sumrall has been fishing protected flats behind spoil islands. Casting cut bait in sand pockets has been his best strategy.

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