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East Texas bass on post-spawn feed By Nate Skinner

For Lone Star Outdoor News Post-spawn patterns for bass are taking shape across lakes situated in the eastern portion of the state. Anglers are starting to see the fish pull offshore and out of the shallows, where they are staging around deeper structure to feed. A variety of tactics are producing strikes, depending on which lake is being targeted.

New Caney resident and avid bass angler, Dillon Harrell, recently landed an 8-pound bass on a swim jig while fishing on Lake Palestine. “I’ve had most of my success on Palestine focusing on the edges of surface vegetation early in the mornings, chunking frogs, spinner baits and swim jigs,” Harrell explained. “The shad spawn is in full swing right now, so the bass are pretty easy to catch early in the morning.”

Harrell said the fish are entering into a post-spawn phase, and that they are not staying shallow for long. “Later in the day, they are pulling off of the banks and hanging in deeper, shaded areas,” he said. Harrell has also been spending some time on Lake Somerville, where he said bites are a little tougher to come by. “Somerville has been real hit-ormiss lately,” he said. “There are some fish staging up shallow early, but they Please turn to page 17

Dillon Harrell landed this 8-pound bass on a swim jig on Lake Palestine. Photo from Dillon Harrell.

Big jacks attack By Robert Sloan

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Jack crevalle provide a great fight and are abundant and willing to strike lures. Photo by Robert Sloan, for Lone Star Outdoor News.

When the water temperature along the Texas coast starts climbing into the upper 70s and lower 80s, it’s a sure bet that jack crevalle are running the surf, feeding along the jetties and schooling up on pods of baitfish in the bays. And if you like catching 20to 40-pound fish that will violently attack jigs, spoons, top-water lures and an assortment of live baits — target a jack. These fish are strong and wide and can deliver a battle royal on any given day during late spring and throughout the summer months. “It’s one of the hardest fighting fish you’ll ever hook,” said angler Victor Randazzo. “We’ve been chasing them for years on the bays between Rockport and Port O’Connor. During the warm water months, they will move into the bays from the surf and feed heavily on baitfish like mullet and pogies.” “I love catching these big fish,” he said after bringing in a 25-pounder from the

Galveston beachfront. “They will hit silver spoons all day long. They will also blow up on top-water plugs and jigs tipped with fresh dead mullet. The only thing they don’t do is jump. If they did, that would put them right up there with tarpon.” Jones fished in Galveston down to Port Aransas and said he caught several jacks up to about 32 pounds. “The best baits are big spoons that you can cast a long way,” he said. “Jacks can’t resist that silver flash. A 1-ounce spoon is best.” The mouth of the Port O’Connor jetties has been good, according to veteran guide Curtis Cash. “We started seeing schools of jacks coming in the jetties about three weeks ago,” he said. “My customers were having a blast. We were mostly fishing with big top-waters and chuggers. “We were catching so many I was taking all but the back hooks off, because we were hooking up with two at a time. That’s some Please turn to page 11

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Trend in turkey hunting Using .410 to bag birds By Craig Nyhus

There’s a new craze in the turkey hunting world that has hunters leaving their 12-gauge at home, and heading out with a .410 instead. Mike Innis, having grown up with a Mossberg bolt-action .410, decided to give it a try after hearing about the trend. “I’m an FFL dealer,“ he said. “I

dense. It was about the size of a dinner plate.” Innis also loads his own shells, including No. 6 shot for turkey. “I killed one with each, both at 28 yards,” he said. “Both turkeys were just as dead.” Lone Star Outdoor News’ David J. Sams has been testing both shotguns and loads this season. He picked up a Browning BPS .410 pump from TDM Enterprises and tested it at 15 and 30 yards with Boss shells. “After talking to a Browning

Gunmakers, ammunition companies and hunters are caught in the frenzy of making and using .410 shotguns for turkey hunting, with new shotshell loads being effective. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

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saw Savage’s new single-shot and ordered one. It doesn’t kick, it’s versatile and does great with varmint and vermin control. And my wife enjoys shooting it. The loads wreak havoc on the ‘coons and possums and skunks that develop a taste for my chickens.” Innis hunted near his Mason home with his new shotgun and added a red-dot scope. “I got the TSS shells,” he said. “At $6 a pop, I took one shot to pattern it at 30 yards. It was perfect. The Savage patterns real

HUNTING

FISHING

New HQ, director (P. 4)

Midcoast catches vary (P. 8)

Kubecka to take over at RPQRR.

Fish concentrated and scattered.

Campfire cooking, shooting (P. 4) Orvis founder dies (P. 8) Book gives tips, stories, recipes.

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HUNTING

More uses for your walk-in cooler

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Dry aging venison, beef an option By Craig Nyhus

Lone Star Outdoor News Odds are, there’s a walk-in cooler on your lease or ranch, and after February it probably tends to sit quietly. Some landowners, though, are taking advantage of the cooler for their beef, even for dry aging like at upscale restaurants. At KT Coolers in Yoakum, they sell walk-in coolers for Walk-in coolers are great for deer, but can hunters and fancier be used for dry aging other meat. Photo by coolers to restaurants Lone Star Outdoor News. for their steaks. “Whenever we do refrigeration for a high-end steakhouse, we make some modifications to make it as ideal as we can,” said owner Shan Skipper. “We make the fans variable so we can slow them down just enough to keep the box cool but still circulate the air.” Aging beef is different from aging venison, a practice some hunters undertake in their walk-in coolers. “Venison has so little fat, you get 99 percent of the benefits of aging in 14 days,” Skipper said. “Beef you can age 21 days or longer.” Dry aging involves hanging or storing meat on a rack at a consistent temperature with air circulation. Enzymes break down the tougher tissue and muscle fibers, tenderizing the meat and improving the flavor. Aging does leave a dried-out layer on the outside that has to be trimmed, though. Skipper said the optimal temperature is 35 to 38 degrees, and the air circulation can’t be directly on the meat. “You can shield the meat from direct contact with the air from the fan,” he said. “Otherwise it will dry out too much.” Other tips include placing Himalayan salt blocks along a wall in the cooler to retard bacterial growth and placing a UV light in the cooler for the same reason. Skipper said there has been another source of demand for walk-in coolers. “We’re getting a lot of calls from ranchers about a shortage of processors,” he said. “People have a cow with good meat, but have to put down because of an injury or something like that. The processor has no place to put it.” Usually ranchers have a set date when it’s time to process them. “There are no processors available and no truck drivers because the training facilities were shut down — people are having trouble finding workers,” he said. Ranchers using the coolers for their own animals are happy they did it, Skipper said. “They can cull out a cow for the family and process it themselves,” he said. “They don’t have to question whether they are getting the same animal back.”

Kubecka to succeed Rollins at RPQRR By Craig Nyhus

Lone Star Outdoor News A gathering of quail enthusiasts stood in the bright sun and winds of Fisher County on May 7 to celebrate stepping forward for quail research, to welcome a new leader and to acknowledge the efforts of the old. At the Rolling Plains Quail Research Center, in Roby, leaders of Park Cities Quail Coalition, employees of the center, construction company representatives and even the County Judge watched the Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation’s groundbreaking ceremony for a new headquarters facility at the research ranch. “I can’t believe we aren’t hearing birds call,” said outgoing executive director Dale Rollins. There will be a place, though, for a new house covey to cruise through the grounds. And when completed, researchers won’t have to work either outside or in a shipping container when examining birds, and visiting students and researchers will have a place to work and to stay. The new headquarters will be positioned in a picturesque area of the ranch, highlighted by two big live oak trees. The $2.4 million facility was funded with gifts from Park Cities Quail Coalition and private individuals,

Joe Crafton, RPQRF director, leads supporters in breaking ground for a new headquarters at the research ranch. Below, Dale Rollins, left, welcomes Brad Kubecka as the new executive director of RPQRR. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

and is expected to be completed in early 2022. RPQRF also announced that Brad Kubecka will step into the role of executive director, effective June 1. Kubecka will succeed Rollins, who has served as the executive director since the inception of RPQRF and its research ranch in 2006. Rollins will continue with RPQRF with a new title of outreach director. “It is an epic day in the 15-year history of RPQRF and we are very grateful to our donors and partners who have helped get us to this day,” said Joe Crafton, president of the RPQRF board of directors. “Dr. Rollins is a living legend in the world of quail conservation. He established the or-

ganization and his contributions to our body of knowledge are immeasurable. Through his leadership, we are positioned to start a new chapter with a talented new executive director and a much-needed state-of-theart facility.” The new 6,400 square-foot headquarters facility will be comprised of three buildings: The James R. Currie Research Lab will include offices, conference space and a research laboratory, which will allow RPQRF to increase its technical research capacity, analyze tissue samples, perform necropsies and accommodate the various needs of graduate students and technicians. Please turn to page 6

Worldwide hunter’s Instagram account disabled Only reason provided is anti-hunter complaints By Nate Skinner

For Lone Star Outdoor News Have you ever asked yourself the question, “Why do I hunt?” The “why,” in terms of the sport of hunting, is something that worldwide hunter, Britt Longoria, cares deeply about. It’s a concept she is

constantly exploring and researching, one that goes far beyond the harvest itself or obtaining wild game meat. Longoria lives in the Texas Hill Country with her husband, Ricardo Longoria, and they both spend significant time hunting throughout the world. Over the last 25-plus years, she has successfully hunted on six continents and harvested 31 species of game birds

and waterfowl, and more than 145 individual species of big game. Her “why,” is continually evolving and becoming more sacred with each and every hunt. Until September of 2018, Longoria kept her hunting accomplishments and adventures personal and private. This changed when a field photo of her with a leopard she hunted was obtained illegally from the Safari Club International Please turn to page 13

Britt Longoria has hunted most of her life, but was ridiculed by anti-hunters after getting involved on social media. Photo from Britt Longoria.

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Shooting and cooking Cookbook offers shotgunning tips, wild game recipes By Craig Nyhus

Lone Star Outdoor News Ralph Winingham is a longtime outdoor writer who has contributed to many Texas publications, including Lone Star Outdoor News. He’s best known, though, for two things: his prowess in shooting and cooking. It’s no surprise, then, that the San Antonio resident’s third cookbook, Bustin’ Clays & Cookin’ Game with Old Boots & Bacon Grease II, combines the two. The book includes tips from the competitive shooter and 1984 Live Flyer World Champion on sporting clays targets that befuddle shooters, like the incoming double and the bouncing rabbits that have wrecked many scores on the range. The tips will help shooters and hunters break more targets and bring home more birds. And readers will appreciate the stories accompanying the tips from Winingham’s hunting and shooting adventures with his family and friends around Texas, his home state of Nebraska, Mexico Ralph Winingham and Argentina. One story shares a piece of simple advice. After Winingham’s father calmly knocked down a triple on rooster pheasants in Nebraska, and asked how he did it, his father replied, “It’s not hard. All you have to do is take ‘em one at a time.” What to do with the bounty of a hunt has similarities to successful shooting, Winingham said. It involves making a plan and sticking to it. The longtime camp chef shares wild game cooking tips that minimize preparation time and maximize time in the field, not in the kitchen or by the camp stove. The 134-page, spiral-bound book on coated paper that will withstand spills is illustrated by artist Sam Caldwell and contains more than 50 recipes for everything from Stay on the Target Line Stroganoff, Wine Stuffed Catfish Fillets, Break a Slump Crab Cakes, Point and Shoot Mustard Duck Breasts, Dancing with the Doves Tacos and Fit Right, Shoot Right Feral Hog Scrapple, along with instructions for desserts and sauces. Winingham even takes a shot at a close copy of the famous King’s Inn super-secret special sauce, known to Texas anglers and served on crackers or with fried fish at the Baffin Bay restaurant. Referred to as Chef Ralph’s Special Sauce, the secret could be the anchovy paste, but no one really knows. An autographed copy costs $29.95 and includes an 8-ounce bottle of Chef Ralph’s Super Seasoning available at ralphwiningham.com. The recipes may come in handy for shooters who fail to practice or follow the helpful shooting tips. As Caldwell titled one of his drawings included in the book, “Lead the Bird or Dine on Spam.”

Wetland enhancement in Jefferson County Ducks Unlimited was awarded a $1.5 million North American Wetlands Conservation Act grant to support restoration work in the Chenier Plain Initiative Area of the Gulf Coast Joint Venture. The restoration work will take place on McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge and J.D. Murphree Wildlife Management Area. This region is the winter destination for 52 percent of the Central Flyway’s waterfowl population. The restoration work will improve and sustain multiple habitats that support foraging, roosting, pair bonding, nesting, rearing of young and molting for multiple species of wetland-dependent birds. The federal and state lands also provide public access for outdoor recreation activities. The Star Lake Marsh and Shoreline Protection project will enhance and protect 3,477 acres of fresh, intermediate and brackish wetlands and other critical habitat at McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge and adjacent private land in Jefferson County. —DU

Land Steward Award winners The 2021 Lone Star Land Steward Ecoregion Award winners have been announced. This year’s ecological region award recipients are: Coastal Prairies – Dunn O’Connor River Ranch (Goliad County) Morgan O’Connor, Kelly Schaar, Bridey Greeson Edwards Plateau – 7 Oaks Ranch (Crockett, Val Verde Counties) Kelly W. Walker Family (Wayne, Philip and Caton) Post Oak Savannah – Shady W Ranch (Brazos County) Parten Wakefield Rolling Plains – Chimney Creek Ranch (Shackelford County) Ted Paup and Hank Paup Trans-Pecos – Moore Ranch (Jeff Davis County) Katherine Jane Moore Crittendon and Lynn H. Crittendon Wildlife Co-op – Brushy Creek Co-op (Anderson County) The annual banquet that celebrates the winners will be held virtually and live-streamed on May 27 at 6 p.m. The Lone Star Land Steward Awards recognizes private landowners in Texas for their exemplary contributions to land, water, and wildlife stewardship. —TPWD

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The Park Cities Quail Coalition Education Center will provide ample space to host presentations and seminars for biologists, students, landowners, ranch managers and field day attendees. It will also serve as a classroom for RPQRF’s Veterans Sporting Ranch Training Program, a new four-month series of courses to equip military veterans with the knowledge and skills necessary to earn a living as wildlife habitat and ranch managers. The Gordy Family Guest Lodge will contain six bedrooms, three bathrooms, a living area and kitchen to host overnight visitors at the research ranch. Expected guests include biologists from government agencies, ranch managers seeking guidance on habitat management, researchers from other conservation organizations and visitors participating in multi-day events. “These new facilities will make us more effective in meeting our mission of preserving Texas’ heritage of wild quail hunting for this and future generations,” Rollins said. “We’re thrilled to recruit Brad Kubecka as our new executive director — he’s definitely one of the ‘young guns’ in the quail research community. I’ve known Brad since 2013 when I recruited him as an intern from Tarleton State University, and he’s one of the best graduate students I’ve ever worked with. His command of the scientific literature across a broad array of topics is impressive and he is well-prepared to lead the Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation’s continuing efforts to save wild quail.” After earning his bachelor’s in Wildlife Management at Tarleton State University, Kubecka completed his Master of Science in Range and Wildlife Management at Tex-

Brad Kubecka, left, will take over executive director position from Dale Rollins. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

as A&M University-Kingsville, researching various methods for surveying quail in the Rolling Plains. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Georgia, studying bobwhite brood ecology with Tall Timbers Research Station. Over the past few years, Kubecka has served on the graduate committee for RPQRF’s Erath County bobwhite translocation project and helped establish the Western Pineywoods Quail Program — a new Tall Timbers regional quail program based in East Texas. He will share responsibilities between RPQRR and Tall Timbers.

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gun expert, I shot it with the full choke provided,” he said. “One box of ammo is $60, so I shot three times at 15 yards. Two of the loads were very consistent, and the third was still good but a little off. It still would have killed a turkey, though. I counted 26 pellets inside the center circle of a Birchwood Casey Shoot-N-C target with a 15 yard shot, at 30 yards there we 20 No. 9 pellets in the circle.” The No. 9 shot seemed to hold its own, but Sams said hunters used to long, body shots should consider another gun and ammo choice. “It’s not for body shots at 50 yards,” he said. “You have to make sure the bird is right and shoot it in the head.” New shotgun loads are behind the craze, with tungsten-based shot. Federal and Apex’s loads are called TSS (Tungsten Super Shot), and Hevi-Shot’s are the Hevi-X strut, a mixture of tungsten and “heavier than lead” steel, with faster speed than pure tungsten loads. Kent’s version is the TK7 Penetrator, using lighter (15 g/cc) tungsten pellets in No. 7, and Boss’ version is the Boss Tom 18 in 18 g/cc tungsten. Testing for these loads has shown a No. 9 TSS pellet carried the same punch as a No. 5 lead pellet, and the No. 6 tungsten-based pellets in the Hevi-X Strut outperformed its lead counterparts. Penetration is the key, according to manufacturers and the National Wild Turkey Federation. Tungsten is 56 percent more dense than lead, giving a No. 9 pellet as much penetration as a No. 5 lead pellet. And a 13/16-ounce .410 load of No. 9 holds about 295 pellets. Testing in the lab found an average of 125-150 pellets in a 10-inch circle at 40 yards. Shotgun manufacturers have taken notice, and several now make .410 shotguns specifically designed for the turkey hunter. Choke tube manufacturers have joined in. New .410s include the Mossberg 500, and Stevens and TriStar have introduced new versions. Hunters wanting to use the old .410 they

New shotshells are available for turkey hunters with a .410, including Boss Tom, which sports 18 g/cc tungsten and travels 1,150 feet per second. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

learned to shoot with may want to consider some changes, like a ribbed barrel and a red-dot or other sight. And, especially with the older models, pattern the gun, despite the cost of the ammo. Old shotguns with beads at the end of the barrel don’t always shoot where you are looking. On the Texas Hunting Forum, Smiling Mallard used the 53-year-old .410 he grew up with and later found in his mother’s closet. “With the advances in ammo, that 53-year-old rig is deadly inside 25 yards throwing a nice tight pattern through the fixed full choke the gun was fitted with when manufactured,” he said. “On my first hunt I pulled a gobbler into 12 steps and the Federal No. 9 TSS slobber-knocked him.” Now he has purchased a Rossi gun made for turkey hunting and an X-full turkey choke. Thanks to technology, the new loads and shotguns appear to have made the .410 a viable option for turkey hunters thinking about following the craze. If you are outside of Texas, check the regulations in the state where you’re hunting — 16 states require 20-gauge or larger.

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FISHING

Saltwater tourneys, anglers adjust to new regs By Tony Vindell

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David Garza, Wayne Davis and Jacob Gomez release their tournament fish at the Big Dog Status Tournament in Port Mansfield. Photo by Tony Vindell, for Lone Star Outdoor News.

For anglers David Garza, Jacob Gomez and Wayne Davis, competing in fishing tournaments along the Lower Texas Gulf Coast has been a longtime sport. Although hooking one or more big prizes was their ultimate goal, as they did during the 15th annual Big Dog Sta-

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tus tourney held May 2 in Port Mansfield, the three fishermen are strong advocates of conserving the marine life that can provide a good income for them during parts of the year. Most anglers who compete in a tournament take their catches to a weigh-in and put the fish in a boat’s livewell for later usesuch as a fish fry or for lunch or dinner.

But this trio of avid fishermen has been keeping their tournament catches alive to be put back in the waters following the weigh-in. And that is what they were seen doing at the BDST. The three got on their bellies on one of the Mansfield Marine docks, each holding a fish by their tails before releasing a flounder, a trout and a redfish. Please turn to page 12

Longview’s Livesay wins Elite event Lee Livesay, of Longview, brought in a final-day limit of 42 pounds, 3 ounces to win the Bassmaster Elite event at Lake Fork on April 25. Livesay’s day ranks as the third heaviest single-day weight in Bassmaster history. His four-day total was 112 pounds, 5 ounces, making him part of the Century Club, representing 100 pounds or more in a four-day tournament. Spending his tournament in Little Caney Creek, Livesay rotated among several secondary points where bass were chasing big gizzard shad. His main spot — a bar extending off a small island — allowed him to sneak into range of bass schooling on the opposite side without spooking them. “I caught big ones everywhere I went,” he said. “I started off with big ones (a 9-pound, 2-ounce bass at 7:14 a.m.) and ended with big ones (a 7-pound, 14-ounce fish at 1:10 p.m.). It was just one of those surreal days, and it was amazing because I’ve spent a lot of time on this lake.” —Staff report

Combs wins on Rayburn

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Lone Star Outdoor News The Crappie Anglers of Texas held its annual Hourly Crappie Bonanza on Lake Lavon May 1. Out of 64 adult entries and eight junior angler entries, Mike Boon won the second hour of competition with his 1.74-pound slab. That fish held on to be the big fish of the day and he doubled his overall winnings because he was a member of the organization. Kayle Ward of Reelin’ Them In Guide Service fished Ray Roberts on May 10. “We had to dodge a little rain but we hammered the crappie,” Ward posted on Facebook. They were fishing in 10 to 16 feet of water, finding some fish were on timber but the majority were out roaming and chasing bait. They used a G-Daddy in junebug and a white/chartreuse Slab Syndicate hand-tied jig to bring in the fish.

Keith Combs went wire-to-wire to win at Sam Rayburn Reservoir. The Huntington resident earned $36,764 in the series’ event. Combs weighed in 15 bass over three days of competition totaling 63 pounds, 3 ounces, earning the win by an 8-pound, 10-ounce margin over second-place angler Josh Bensema, of Willis. Combs said it was his first win of any kind on Sam Rayburn. On the first two days, Combs did what he’s known for — catching big bass offshore. “I stayed out, I cranked, I threw a big spinner bait and a big swimbait,” he said. “I fished a lot of different spots, some of them were shallow, 4 to 6 foot. Some of the fish I’ve caught this week have been as deep as 16.” Combs said he targeted a mix of hard spots on points and flats and isolated stumps. He used a big swimbait, a 1-ounce spinner bait and a square-billed crankbait. —MLF

Mixed results for salty anglers By Nate Skinner

For Lone Star Outdoor News Spring tides have flooded middle Texas coastal bays, stacking up a variety of species of fish in certain areas while spreading them out in others. Certain locations are rendering nonstop action, while other locales are requiring anglers to cover more water in order to put a bend in their rods. Redfish, black drum and speckled trout in various sizes have been willing to strike both lures and live shrimp for those fishing in the changing winds and high water. Corpus area guide, Capt. Caleb Sumrall, has been finding steady action from black drum, redfish and speckled trout around the many oyster reefs scattered across Nueces Bay. “The bite in Nueces is about as good as it gets for springtime right now,” Sumrall said. “Black drum have been pretty consistent, but there’s also a lot of trout and reds mixed in.” Sumrall said most of his anglers have been drawing strikes using live shrimp rigged under a popping cork. “The redfish and trout have also been hitting soft plastics and top-waters fairly well,” he said.

“Schools of black drum are so thick over the reefs that I’m fishing that we’ve even been catching plenty of them on soft plastic jigs.” Sumrall says some of the reefs he’s targeting in the back of Nueces Bay are situated in 3-4 feet of water, with their shallowest points at about a foot. The others are anywhere from 4-8 feet deep. “The action has been almost nonstop on just about every reef in Nueces Bay,” Sumrall said. “The fish seem to be a lot more concentrated in there, compared to other areas along the Laguna Madre.” Port O’Connor angler Andy Felix had a much different experience during his recent outing. “The south shoreline of San Antonio Bay and surrounding back lakes seemed lifeless, except for Pringle Lake,” Felix elaborated. “There was a fair amount baitfish milling around in Pringle, but the only bites I could manage to get in there were from small, undersized redfish.” Felix said he ended up covering lots of water until he found a back lake in West Matagorda Bay that was loaded with active baitfish where he decided to get out of the boat and wade. “After a long day of chunking soft plastics and top-waters with very few bites, I finally was able to catch some keeper-sized trout and redfish,” he Please turn to page 13

Caly Mizer, 10, caught this speckled trout while drift-fishing over a flat in the Aransas Bay Complex with Capt. Sutton Schoonover. Photo by Sutton Schoonover.

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Flatfish in the Laguna Madre

Outdoorsman, conservationist and businessman Leigh H. Perkins passed away at the age of 93 on May 7 in Monticello, Florida. Perkins purchased Orvis in 1965 and transformed it into one of the most respected, family-owned sporting, apparel and dog brands. He made the Orvis catalog a household fixture and opened Orvis retail stores in cities around the country. In 1966, Perkins launched the world’s first flyfishing school in Manchester, Vermont, teaching 150 students the basics. Several years later, he added a wingshooting school. “It was one of the first outdoor schools of its kind,” said Tom Rosenbauer, Orvis’s chief fly-fishing enthusiast and one of the sport’s best-known Leigh H. Perkins teachers, anglers, and authors. “Kids got that kind of stuff at summer camp, but it was groundbreaking for adults and the industry.” In a tribute, Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris, who fished and became friends with Perkins, said, “In a way it was most fitting that Leigh passed on Mother’s Day weekend. He always credited his mother with introducing him to the joys of hunting and fishing. In fact, he dedicated a chapter in his book to her, titled In My Mother’s Footsteps.” -Orvis

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Good-sized flounder are being caught in the southern portions of the Gulf. Photo from Capt. Joey Farah.

“One of the best ways to collect tiny minnows that big flounder will feed on throughout the summer months is to use a cast net,” he said. “You can get live bait like pinfish, shrimp and finger mullet at the bait camps. But a cast net will allow you to use a variety of minnows that are not available at bait camps. The small minnows are best. Even though a flounder has a big mouth, they have a small stomach, so they don’t feed on big, bulky live baits.” His top lures for taking big flounder include small soft plastics like a D.O.A. 3-inch shad, or a 3-inch Down South paddle tail. He’ll usually be fishing them on 1/4- or 1/2-ounce jig heads. “The key is to be able to fish the small Please turn to page 13

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Pete Spencer Lemmons Jr. died after falling from a boat while fishing as a co-angler at the Major League Fishing event on Sam Rayburn Reservoir. The 77-year-old Houston man was a former National Football League tight end with the New York Jets from 1966-1971 and was on the Super Bowl winning team in 1969. Lemmons also was an experienced co-angler, according to MLF, having fished in 57 MLF fishing tournaments. Officials with Major League Fishing said the boat was not running when Lemmons entered the water. San Augustine County Game Warden Travis Fountain responded to a call just after 10 a.m. about a fisherman falling overboard, but rescue attempts were unsuccessful. According to the Beaumont Enterprise, Bill Cook, a fellow fisherman, said the boat had stopped for lunch on the water and Lemmons was reaching back to grab a sandwich when he tripped and tumbled into the water. —Staff report

Back-to-back Texas Team Trail events Tommy Hill and Bubba Frazier won the first of two Texas Team Trail events at Sam Rayburn Reservoir on May 7. Fishing the mid-lake region, the anglers from Tyler targeted a creek drop in about 5 feet of water. Slinging a Carolina rig with a Zoom Super Fluke in the California 420 color, Frazier caught team’s biggest fish — a 7.48-pounder — on his first cast. About 5 hours later, he added a 6-pounder on the same spot. After their morning bite faded, the winners transitioned to a more active strategy of targeting main lake hay grass with swim jigs. The top three: Tommy Hill and Bubba Frazier 22.91 pounds Jason and Ty Moorhead 18.89 pounds John Little and Daniel Shelman 18.18 pounds On May 8, Josh Bensema and Matthew McArdle caught a 5-bass limit of 20.45 pounds and won the second of the back-to-back tournaments. Hailing from Willis and Magnolia, respectively, Bensema and McArdle spent the morning fishing the Canyons area near the 147 Bridge. “At 1 o’clock we had two small keepers in the well and made the decision to go down to the Buck Bay area,” McArdle said. Plan B found them focusing their attention on flooded bushes in about 4-5 feet. Bensema said he and his partner dialed in one large bush with a few smaller bushes on its perimeter. “I think bluegill were spawning around this bush; that’s the only way to explain 20 pounds of bass coming off one bush,” Bensema said. McArdle skipped a 3/8-ounce shad pattern swim jig and Bensema worked the bottom with a 1/2-ounce football jig in peanut butter and jelly with a craw. The top three: Josh Bensema and Matthew McArdle Kris Wilson and Brandon Flowers Mike Griffin and Larry Tidwell

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The Laguna Madre is known for speckled trout and redfish. But catches of flounder are excellent on the Laguna, and there are plenty of big ones. Capt. Joey Farah, who is 48 years old and has spent the past 26 years as a guide on the Laguna Madre and Baffin Bay waters. He got his first boat when he was 12, and since then he’s made it a point to stay on top of where, when and how for Laguna Madre flounder. “The unique thing about a lot of the flounder on the Laguna Madre is that they are spread out, and they get big in a hurry,” Farah said. “The key is to know where and when to target them.” Some of Farah’s better areas are on the flats, in the ship channel and the Gulf passes. “The best areas will be the passes that have a good movement of daily tides and currents,” he said. “The Upper Laguna Madre is good, and the water around the J.F.K. Bridge can be real good. The Packery Channel can be very good. Same thing with the Humble Channel. These are two areas that have lots of tidal fluctuation.” Another one of Farah’s favorite spots is the Land Cut that connects the upper Laguna to the lower Laguna. “That’s about 22 miles of water with shallow flats, deep drops, and plenty of cabins and boat docks, along with piers that have lots of pilings that will more often than not hold flounder,” he said. Most of the time Farah uses lures to catch flounder. But there are days when live baits are best. Some of the best are pinfish, grass shrimp and tiny minnows. A mud minnow is a very good option.

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TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT ALAN HENRY: Water clear; 67-69 degrees; 5.82’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, spinner baits and plastic worms. Crappie are fair on jigs in shallower timber. Catfish are fair on live bait, cut bait and stink bait. AMISTAD: Water lightly stained; 72 degrees; 48.95’ low. Largemouth bass are good on soft plastic worms, crankbaits and smaller spinner baits. Catfish are fair in deep points on chicken livers and stink bait dough balls. ARLINGTON: Water stained; 66 degrees; 0.53’ high. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, spinner baits and top-waters on shorelines and brush near creeks. Crappie are fair near boat docks and creeks on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on worms, punch bait and chicken livers. ATHENS: Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 0.65’ high. Largemouth bass are good on frogs, crankbaits and jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs near timber and boat docks. Catfish are good on punch bait. AUSTIN: Water slightly stained; 64 degrees; 0.38’ low. Largemouth bass are excellent on jigs, drop shots and jerk baits in 3-15 feet. Catfish are good on cut bait and live bait. B.A. STEINHAGEN: Water stained; 74 degrees; 0.17’ low. Largemouth bass are very good on top-waters and jigs. Catfish are good on cut and prepared baits. BASTROP: Water clear; 69 degrees. Largemouth bass are very good on red, brown, or black Carolina rigs, spinner baits, crankbaits, and buzzbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on chicken livers. BELTON: Water slightly stained; 67 degrees; 0.35’ low. Largemouth bass are good near shorelines and coves on frogs, top-water plugs, flukes and chatter baits. White bass are excellent on white or silver jigging spoons, slabs and chartreuse swimbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on chicken livers, punch bait and cut bait. BENBROOK: Water stained; 64 degrees; 0.96’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on wacky worms, crankbaits and jerk baits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Hybrid striped bass are fair on live bait. White bass are good on swimbaits and spoons. Catfish are fair on punch bait or cut bait. BOB SANDLIN: Water stained; 65 degrees; 0.66’ high. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, finesse jigs, crankbaits and frogs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on chicken livers, cut bait and punch bait. BRAUNIG: Water lightly stained; 72-74 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, plastic worms and crankbaits. Striped bass are slow. Red drum are good on live bait. Catfish are good on live bait and cheese bait. BROWNWOOD: Water stained; 66 degrees; 1.70’ low. Largemouth bass are good on frogs, spinner baits, crankbaits and finesse jigs. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass and hybrids are excellent on spoons, swimbaits and live bait. Catfish

are very good on cut bait, chicken livers and live bait. BUCHANAN: Water stained; 66 degrees; 5.40’ low. Largemouth bass are good on black or purple plastic worms, crankbaits, jigs and spinner baits. Striped bass are good along the river channel on live bait and swimbaits. White bass are excellent on slabs, crankbaits and swimbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Channel catfish are good on punch bait. Blue cats are excellent on cut bait. CADDO: Water clear; 68 degrees; 1.42’ high. Largemouth bass are good on frogs, crankbaits, red/black or orange/green skirted jigs and wacky worms. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on punch bait, chicken livers and cut bait. CALAVERAS: Water stained; 70-73 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms, top-waters and crankbaits. Red drum are good on live bait. Hybrid striped bass are good on lipless crankbaits. Catfish are good on stink bait, chicken livers and cut shad. CANYON LAKE: Water clear; 70 degrees; 5.35 low. Largemouth bass are good on chatter baits and Texas-rigged worms in dark colors. Striped bass are very good on live bait and swimbaits. White bass are good on swimbaits, silver spoons and white or chartreuse slabs. Catfish are excellent on chicken livers and prepared baits. CEDAR CREEK: Water lightly stained; 68 degrees; 0.16’ high. Largemouth bass are good on jerk baits, frogs, skirted jigs, top-waters, and crankbaits. Hybrids and white bass are excellent on live bait, swimbaits, slabs and jigging spoons. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are excellent on cut bait and chicken livers. CHOKE CANYON: Water lightly stained; 72-74 degrees; 23.37’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, plastic worms and crankbaits. White bass are fair on small spinners and crankbaits. Catfish are good on larger live bait, cut bait and stink bait. CONROE: Water stained; 73 degrees; 1.50’ high. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, plastic worms, jigs and crankbaits. Hybrid striped bass are good on lipless crankbaits. Catfish are good on stink bait and cut bait. COOPER: Water stained; 64 degrees; 1.30’ high. Largemouth bass are good on shallow-diving crankbaits, Carolina-rigged worms and jigs. White bass and hybrids are good on slabs, spoons and swimbaits. Catfish are good on cut bait and punch bait. CORPUS CHRISTI LAKE: Water stained; 74 degrees; 8.77’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, jigs, worms and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on small shad. Catfish are fair to good on cut bait and cheese bait. EAGLE MOUNTAIN: Water stained; 65 degrees; 0.50’ low. Largemouth bass are good

on crankbaits, top-waters and spinner baits. White bass are good on swimbaits. Catfish are good on chicken livers, cut bait and punch bait. FALCON: Water stained north and clearer south; 72 degrees; 43.66’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, plastic worms and square-billed crankbaits. Catfish are excellent fishing all over the lake on cut bait and stink bait. FAYETTE: Water clear; 69 degrees. Largemouth bass are very good on chatter baits, chartreuse spinner baits and drop shots. Catfish are good on earthworms and cut bait. FORK: Water stained; 62-67 degrees; 0.45’ high. Largemouth bass are excellent on crankbaits, plastic frogs, spinner baits, chatter baits and skirted jigs. Crappie are excellent on minnows and jigs near docks and creeks. Catfish are good on punch bait and cut bait. GRANBURY: Water lightly stained; 66 degrees; 0.15’ low. Largemouth bass are good on poppers, crankbaits, lizards and football jigs. Striped bass are good on live bait. Crappie are good around boat docks and bridge pilings on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on chicken livers, cut bait, and punch bait. GRANGER: Water stained; 67 degrees; 1.75’ high. Largemouth bass are good on chatter baits, frogs and jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on punch bait and cut bait. GRAPEVINE: Water stained; 65 degrees; 3.01’ high. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, square-billed crankbaits, lizards and frogs. White bass are excellent on slabs and swimbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs in marinas and brush piles. Catfish are excellent on chicken livers, punch bait and cut bait. HUBBARD CREEK: Water stained; 68 degrees; 2.14’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and plastic worms. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs under bridges. Catfish are fair on live and cut shad. JOE POOL: Water lightly stained; 66 degrees; 1.96’ high. Largemouth bass are good on buzzbaits, jerk baits, craws and crankbaits. Crappie are good near brush piles on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on prepared baits and cut bait. LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 0.60’ low. Largemouth bass are excellent on soft plastics, square-billed crankbaits, jigs, top-waters and frogs. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait, chicken livers and punch bait. LAVON: Water stained; 64 degrees; 2.55’ high. Largemouth bass are good on jerk baits, top-waters, frogs, and jigs. Crappie are excellent on minnows in timber. White bass are very good on silver, white or chartreuse slabs and swimbaits. Catfish are good on cut bait, nightcrawlers and chicken livers.

LBJ: Water lightly stained; 71 degrees; 0.85’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-water plugs, skirted jigs and crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are excellent on swimbaits, jigging spoons and slabs. Catfish are good on punch bait and cut bait. LEWISVILLE: Water lightly stained; 66 degrees; 2.39’ high. Largemouth bass are good on jigs, craws, frogs, chatter baits, and suspended jerk baits. White bass are excellent on small swimbaits and slabs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are excellent on chicken livers, cut bait and punch bait. LIVINGSTON: Water lightly stained; 74 degrees; 0.87’ high. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina-rigged worms, spinner baits and jigs. Striped bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are fair on live bait. MARTIN CREEK: Water clear; 68 degrees; 0.10’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits, crankbaits and top-waters. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on chicken livers and shrimp. MEREDITH: Water stained; 65 degrees; 51.29’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on plastic worms and crankbaits. Walleye are good on live bait and crankbaits trolling mid-lake. Channel catfish are fair on stink bait and cut bait. NACONICHE: Water slightly stained; 72-75 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina-rigged worms, spinner baits and crankbait. Catfish are good on dough balls, cut bait and live bait. NASWORTHY: Water murky; 69 degrees. 0.97’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters and soft plastics. Crappie are fair on jigs. Catfish are fair on live and prepared baits. NAVARRO MILLS: Water lightly stained; 65 degrees; 0.29’ high. Largemouth bass are good on Ned rigs, chatter baits and crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs around the marina, near creeks and brush piles. Catfish are good on punch bait and earthworms. White bass are good on slabs, swimbaits and jigging spoons. O.H. IVIE: Water clear; 68 degrees; 13.36’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters and plastic worms. Crappie are fair on live minnows. Catfish are good on stink bait, live and cut bait. OAK CREEK: Water lightly stained; 69 degrees; 4.35’ low. Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms, spinner baits and jigs. Crappie are good on live bait. Catfish are fair on trotlines, nightcrawlers, live bait and cut bait. PALESTINE: Water lightly stained; 67 degrees; 0.82’ high. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, jigs, drop shots and chatter baits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs around docks, bridge columns, and timber. Hybrid stripers are good on live bait and swim-

baits. White bass are good on slabs, swimbaits, and jigging spoons. Catfish are good on punch bait and cut bait. POSSUM KINGDOM: Water clear; 67 degrees; 0.29’ low. Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms and small crankbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs. White bass are fair on Alabama rigs. Striped bass are slow. Catfish are good on cut bait, live sunfish and stink bait. PROCTOR: Water muddy, 66 degrees; 4.35’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on frogs, buzz baits and crankbaits. Hybrid stripers are fair on live bait. Catfish are good on chicken livers, cut bait and earthworms. RAY HUBBARD: Water lightly stained; 67 degrees; 0.12’ high. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits, top-waters and crankbaits. White bass are good on swimbaits and slabs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait and chicken livers. RAY ROBERTS: Water stained; 63-67 degrees; 1.35’ high. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits, crankbaits, frogs and flipping jigs. White bass are good on live bait, slabs and swimbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on chicken livers, live bait and cut bait. RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water lightly stained; 69 degrees; 0.67’ high. Largemouth bass are excellent on top-waters, watermelon Carolina rigs, skirted jigs and frogs. White bass and hybrids are excellent on live bait, slabs and spoons. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait, punch bait and nightcrawlers. SAM RAYBURN: Water stained; 73 degrees; 2.43’ high. Largemouth bass are fair in brush on spinner baits, plastic worms and top-waters. Crappie are good on jigs. Catfish are good on live bait and stink bait. SOMERVILLE: Water stained; 71 degrees; 0.51’ high. Largemouth bass are very good on chatter baits, skirted jigs, shad crankbaits and frogs.White bass and hybrids are excellent on white or chartreuse swimbaits and slabs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on chicken livers, punch bait and cut bait. STILLHOUSE HOLLOW: Water lightly stained; 68 degrees; 0.10’ high. Largemouth bass are good on plastic frogs, chatter baits and wacky worms. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs. Channel catfish are good on chicken livers and punch bait. Blue cats are good on fresh cut bait. TAWAKONI: Water lightly sained; 66 degrees; 1.11’ high. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged worms, black/red skirted jigs and spinner baits. White bass and hybrid stripers are excellent on bucktail jigs, slabs and live bait. Blue catfish are excellent on fresh cut bait and chicken livers. Channel catfish are excellent on chicken livers and punch bait.

n Saltwater reports Page 11 TEXANA: Water lightly stained; 73 degrees; 0.05’ low. Largemouth bass are very good on soft plastics, buzzbaits, tubes and spinner baits. Crappie are good on jigs. Catfish are good on stink bait, cut bait and live bait. TEXOMA: Water lightly stained; 60-64 degrees; 1.65’ high. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, crankbaits, lizards and chatter baits. Striped bass are excellent on live bait. White bass are good on swimbaits, slabs, small crankbaits and spoons. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are excellent on punch bait, chicken livers and cut bait. TOLEDO BEND: Very clear south, stained north; 71-73 degrees; 0.35’ high. Largemouth bass are good on dipped worms, crankbaits, jigs and top-waters. Crappie are excellent on minnows and jigs. Channel and blue catfish are fair on cut bait and stink bait. TRAVIS: Water clear; 72 degrees; 21.06’ low. Largemouth bass are good on frogs, topwater plugs, chatter baits and plastic worms. White bass are good on slabs and swimbaits. Striped bass are good on live bait and swimbaits. Crappie are excellent on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait and prepared baits. WACO: Water stained; 67 degrees; 0.47’ high. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, jigs and wacky worms. Crappie are excellent on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on punch bait and cut bait. WALTER E. LONG: Water lightly stained; 66 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on poppers, flipping jigs, jerk baits and crankbaits. Hybrid stripers are good on live bait and swimbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait and live bait. WHITNEY: Water stained; 62 degrees; 2.67’ high. Largemouth bass are good on chatter baits, crankbaits, Texas-rigged plastic worms and skirted jigs. White bass are excellent on jigging spoons and slabs. Striped bass are good on live bait. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are excellent on chicken livers and cut bait. WRIGHT PATMAN: Water stained; 64 degrees; 0.99’ high. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits, crankbaits, jerk baits and top-waters. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on chicken livers, punch bait and live bait.

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TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING REPORT SABINE LAKE: 73 degrees. Redfish are fair on Rat-L-Traps in muddy water. Speckled trout are good on jigs along the shoreline over mud bottom. Black drum are good on shrimp around vegetation. BOLIVAR: 73 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair to good on shrimp or cut mullet when wading shallow reefs and shorelines. Black drum are good on crab and shrimp. Flounder are fair around the rocks on shrimp. TRINITY BAY: 74 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair to good over shell reefs on artificials. Black drum are good on crab and shrimp. EAST GALVESTON BAY: 73 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good on shrimp and artificials. Black drum are good near San Luis Pass on shrimp and crab. WEST GALVESTON BAY: 73 degrees. Overall poor fishing lately. Speckled trout and redfish are slow. Flounder are good on shrimp under a popping cork. Black drum are fair on shrimp and crab.

TEXAS CITY: 73 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good working the drop-offs around the dike on top-waters and shrimp. Flounder and black drum are good on shrimp and mullet. FREEPORT: 73 degrees. Speckled trout are fair near the ICW on live shrimp. Black drum are good on shrimp. Redfish are fair in back lakes and marshes on shrimp under a popping cork. EAST MATAGORDA BAY: 74 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair in grassy flats on shrimp. WEST MATAGORDA BAY: 74 degrees. Speckled trout are fair on live shrimp and top-waters. Redfish and black drum are fair

over the rocks on live shrimp under a popping cork and cut mullet. PORT O’CONNOR: 73 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair on sandy flats with scattered grass beds on top-waters and soft plastics. Black drum are good on shrimp. Flounder are good around the rocks on shrimp. ROCKPORT: 74 degrees. Speckled trout and

redfish are good on shrimp and top-waters. Black drum are good on shrimp. PORT ARANSAS: 74 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair to good on soft plastics, shrimp and top-waters. Black drum are good on Bass Assassins around vegetation or structure. CORPUS CHRISTI: 74 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are fair to good in the shallows in the morning on flats with lots of grass on shrimp and soft plastics. Black drum are good around Bob Hall Pier on shrimp. BAFFIN BAY: 81 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are good on shrimp and soft plastics over potholes. Black drum are good around structures or vegetation on shrimp. PORT MANSFIELD: 76 degrees. Redfish are good on willow tails and shrimp under a popping cork. Speckled trout are slow. SOUTH PADRE: 75 degrees. Speckled trout are good along the shorelines on soft plastics. Redfish are good over grassy bottoms on shrimp. Black drum are fair to good around structures on shrimp. PORT ISABEL: 74 degrees. Speckled trout are fair to good on live shrimp or top-waters. Redfish are good on shrimp. —TPWD

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wild fishing. The water at the jetties is fairly deep, so after you hook up with a big jack on top they will go deep and get in that strong current. They can put up a pretty good fight,” he said. Another fun option is to get into the back bays south of Port O’Connor and fly-fish for jacks. That’s what Randazzo will do, especially when schools of jacks can be seen on the surface chasing baitfish. “What we usually do is use binoculars to look for jacks on the surface then run to them,” he said. “Putting a big popper on a school of jacks is something you have to see to believe. They will blow a hole in the water, then take off like a freight train. It’s pretty wild fishing.”

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GAME WARDEN BLOTTER BOATING ACCIDENT ON SABINE RIVER Texas game wardens investigated a boating accident that left two people hospitalized. Wardens were called to a single watercraft collision on the Sabine River just south of White Oak near the Highway 42 bridge. White Oak EMS, DPS troopers and Gregg County Sheriff’s Office deputies assisted. Two occupants were on board the craft when the collision with some kind of obstacle occurred. Investigators said it was not clear exactly how the collision happened, but one of the injuries was so severe a lifeflight helicopter had to be called in. Another person was treated at a hospital and released. MISSING MAN FOUND ON LAKE WACO Search crews returned to Lake Waco in the search for a missing man. Fire rescue personnel were told a jet ski had overturned about 400-500 yards out from the pier at the Ridgewood Country Club marina. Police, fire crews, Texas game wardens and park rangers with the U.S. Corps of Engineers searched an area between the Ridgewood Country Club Marina and the Twin Bridges park. Search and Rescue

POACHERS SHOOT FIVE ALLIGATORS Texas game wardens are seeking information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the persons responsible for five alligators that were shot and left in an irrigation canal on a dead-

boats also patrolled the area. The crews searched for a 23-year-old man who was a passenger on the overturned watercraft. A woman on the jet ski was rescued by a boat passing by. The next day, the body of Daylon Dixon was discovered. WARDENS RESCUE 10 FROM RIO GRANDE Texas game wardens, DPS troopers and Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents teamed up in the rescue of 10 migrants who became

end road, off Old Seadrift Highway, near Seadrift in Calhoun County. The incident occurred between April 24 and April 25. Call Operation Game Thief with information.

distressed while illegally crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico. Game wardens responded after hearing people screaming for help in the river. A video showed game wardens in their river patrol boat approaching the U.S. bank of the Rio Grande with a group of migrant adults and children. The game wardens heard the 10 migrants screaming for help and pulled them into their boat. Once they arrived at the Texas riverbank, Border Patrol agents and Texas Department of Public Safety

troopers assisted in offloading the migrants and getting them ready for processing. SHRIMP BOATS WITH MORE THAN SHRIMP Jefferson County game wardens inspected a Gulf shrimp boat in Port Arthur as it was unloading. During the inspection, several large red snapper were found in the freezer that had been taken in closed federal waters. An illegal game fish, a cobia, was also discovered. Multiple

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fishing has been more productive lately, because it has allowed us to cover more water.” Schoonover’s anglers have been catching and releasing speckled trout in all sizes, from 10-15 inches up to the 26-27 inch mark. He said the trout he’s been seeing are fat and full of eggs. “There’s really no rhyme or reason to where certain sized fish are staging,” he said. “You can catch a 12-inch trout on one cast, and then catch a 5-pounder on the next. The fish just seem to be moving all over the place.” Schoonover’s bait presentation of choice has been soft plastic paddle tails with a small profile. “We’ve had a lot of success chunking D.O.A. 3-inch paddle tails in natural color patterns,” he said.

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Merrick Jenson, 9, of Archer City, with her first whitetail buck.

Charlie Humphreys with a personal best 8-pound bass caught while fishing with his friend, Greg Gray, on Greg’s family ranch in East Texas.

Lilian Jones, 10, shot a gadwall in full flight in Kaufman County with her father and uncle. She used a single shot .410.

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Reed Schnabel, 10, of Argyle, harvested his first whitetail buck in Anderson County. Reed shot the 8-pointer with his .243 while hunting with his father.

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Max Magee, 9, of Fort Worth, shot his first feral hog with his grandfather’s .222 at a family friend’s ranch in Camp Verde.

Turner Bell, 11, of Haslet, shot his first deer, a 22-inch wide 7-point buck.

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TEXAS SUN, MOON AND TIDES Moon Phases

First

Full

Last

New

May 19

May 26

June 2

June 10

Solunar Sun times Moon times

Houston

Dallas

2021 A.M. P.M. SUN MOON May Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets

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

7:53 1:40 8:47 2:35 9:44 3:31 10:40 4:27 11:35 5:22 12:03 6:14 12:51 7:04 1:38 7:50 2:21 8:34 3:05 9:17 3:50 10:04 4:40 10:55 5:37 11:53 6:41 12:25 7:50 1:34

8:17 2:05 9:13 3:00 10:09 3:56 11:05 4:53 ----- 5:47 12:27 6:39 1:16 7:28 2:02 8:14 2:46 8:58 3:30 9:43 4:17 10:31 5:09 11:24 6:08 ----7:13 12:57 8:22 2:06

06:28 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 06:22

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

8:26a 10:57p 9:13a 11:49p 10:05a NoMoon 11:01a 12:37a 12:00p 1:22a 1:02p 2:03a 2:04p 2:40a 3:07p 3:15a 4:12p 3:49a 5:18p 4:24a 6:28p 5:01a 7:40p 5:42a 8:54p 6:29a 10:04p 7:23a 11:09p 8:23a

7:58 1:46 8:53 2:41 9:49 3:37 10:46 4:33 11:40 5:28 12:09 6:20 12:57 7:09 1:43 7:56 2:27 8:39 3:10 9:23 3:56 10:09 4:46 11:01 5:43 11:59 6:47 12:31 7:55 1:39

8:23 2:11 9:19 3:06 10:15 4:02 11:11 4:58 ----- 5:53 12:33 6:45 1:22 7:34 2:08 8:20 2:52 9:04 3:36 9:49 4:23 10:36 5:15 11:30 6:14 ----7:19 1:03 8:27 2:11

06:29 06:28 06:27 06:27 06:26 06:25 06:25 06:24 06:24 06:23 06:23 06:22 06:22 06:22 06:21

08:17 08:18 08:18 08:19 08:20 08:21 08:21 08:22 08:23 08:23 08:24 08:25 08:25 08:26 08:27

8:24a 11:11p 9:11a NoMoon 10:03a 12:03a 10:59a 12:51a 12:00p 1:35a 1:03p 2:14a 2:07p 2:50a 3:12p 3:24a 4:18p 3:56a 5:26p 4:29a 6:38p 5:04a 7:52p 5:43a 9:07p 6:29a 10:19p 7:21a 11:23p 8:20a

San Antonio 2021 May

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

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

8:05 1:53 9:00 2:47 9:56 3:43 10:52 4:39 11:47 5:34 12:15 6:27 1:04 7:16 1:50 8:02 2:34 8:46 3:17 9:30 4:02 10:16 4:53 11:07 5:50 ----6:54 12:38 8:02 1:46

8:30 2:17 9:25 3:13 10:22 4:09 11:18 5:05 ----- 6:00 12:39 6:52 1:28 7:41 2:14 8:27 2:58 9:11 3:43 9:55 4:30 10:43 5:22 11:36 6:21 12:05 7:26 1:10 8:34 2:18

06:42 06:41 06:41 06:40 06:39 06:39 06:38 06:38 06:38 06:37 06:37 06:36 06:36 06:36 06:35

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

8:40a 11:09p 9:27a NoMoon 10:19a NoMoon 11:15a 12:49a 12:14p 1:34a 1:15p 2:15a 2:18p 2:52a 3:21p 3:28a 4:25p 4:02a 5:31p 4:37a 6:40p 5:15a 7:53p 5:56a 9:06p 6:43a 10:16p 7:37a 11:20p 8:37a

Amarillo

2021 A.M. P.M. SUN MOON May Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets

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

8:18 2:06 9:13 3:01 10:10 3:57 11:06 4:53 ----- 5:48 12:29 6:4 1:17 7:30 2:04 8:16 2:47 9:00 3:31 9:43 4:16 10:29 5:06 11:21 6:03 ----7:07 12:51 8:16 2:00

8:43 9:39 10:35 11:31 12:01 12:53 1:42 2:28 3:12 3:56 4:43 5:35 6:34 7:39 8:47

2:31 3:26 4:22 5:19 6:13 7:05 7:54 8:40 9:24 10:09 10:57 11:50 12:19 1:23 2:31

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

08:42 08:43 08:44 08:44 08:45 08:46 08:47 08:47 08:48 08:49 08:50 08:50 08:51 08:52 08:52

8:38a 11:39p 9:25a NoMoon 10:17a 12:31a 11:14a 1:19a 12:15p 2:02a 1:19p 2:40a 2:25p 3:14a 3:31p 3:46a 4:39p 4:17a 5:50p 4:49a 7:03p 5:22a 8:19p 6:00a 9:35p 6:44a 10:47p 7:35a 11:51p 8:34a

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

Time 7:11 AM 8:01 AM 12:42 AM 1:31 AM 2:26 AM 3:30 AM 4:38 AM 5:46 AM 1:06 AM 2:16 AM 3:17 AM 4:14 AM 5:09 AM 6:06 AM 7:04 AM

High Island Height 1.84H 1.79H 0.06L 0.12L 0.21L 0.31L 0.42L 0.55L 1.50H 1.73H 1.94H 2.11H 2.19H 2.19H 2.12H

Time 12:26 PM

Height 1.49L

Time 2:45 PM

Height 1.53H

Time 11:59 PM

Height 0.01L

9:04 AM 10:18 AM 11:22 AM 12:02 PM 12:29 PM 12:49 PM 6:52 AM 7:54 AM 8:52 AM 9:47 AM 10:38 AM 11:29 AM 12:22 PM

1.75H 1.72H 1.70H 1.67H 1.63H 1.58H 0.70L 0.88L 1.05L 1.23L 1.38L 1.49L 1.55L

6:29 6:52 1:08 1:26 1:46 2:09 2:35 3:04 3:34

PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM

1.06L 0.75L 1.55H 1.54H 1.56H 1.60H 1.65H 1.67H 1.66H

11:33 PM

1.30H

7:25 PM 8:03 PM 8:45 PM 9:29 PM 10:15 PM 11:05 PM 11:56 PM

0.40L 0.03L -0.30L -0.55L -0.68L -0.69L -0.59L

Time

Height

Galveston Bay entrance, north jetty Time 8:10 AM 9:08 AM 12:35 AM 1:17 AM 2:07 AM 3:05 AM 4:08 AM 5:25 AM 12:53 AM 2:25 AM 3:39 AM 4:44 AM 5:41 AM 6:37 AM 7:39 AM

Height 1.97H 1.95H -0.01L 0.06L 0.15L 0.27L 0.42L 0.60L 1.43H 1.66H 1.92H 2.15H 2.31H 2.35H 2.31H

Time 11:58 PM

Height -0.05L

9:58 AM 10:45 AM 11:28 AM 12:05 PM 12:33 PM 12:53 PM 6:53 AM 8:07 AM 9:31 AM 11:09 AM 12:23 PM 11:06 PM 11:56 PM

1.93H 1.90H 1.85H 1.79H 1.72H 1.63H 0.80L 1.01L 1.23L 1.40L 1.54L -0.64L -0.57L

Height 1.95H 1.95H 1.94H -0.03L 0.04L 0.14L 0.29L 0.48L 1.26H 1.55H 1.84H 2.09H 2.26H 2.33H 2.31H

Time 11:10 PM 11:48 PM

Height -0.07L -0.06L

10:14 AM 10:59 AM 11:37 AM 12:07 PM 12:31 PM 6:37 AM 8:13 AM 9:51 AM 8:57 PM 9:42 PM 10:31 PM 11:24 PM

1.92H 1.89H 1.82H 1.71H 1.58H 0.68L 0.87L 1.04L -0.42L -0.59L -0.65L -0.60L

Height -0.12L -0.11L -0.10L -0.10L -0.08L -0.03L 0.05L 0.18L 0.42H 0.56H 0.71H 0.83H 0.91H -0.30L -0.32L

Time 2:07 PM 2:58 PM 3:36 PM 4:05 PM 4:26 PM 4:39 PM 4:40 PM 4:19 PM 8:45 AM 10:09 PM 10:48 PM 11:33 PM

Height 0.81H 0.82H 0.83H 0.83H 0.81H 0.76H 0.66H 0.54H 0.34L 0.05L -0.11L -0.23L

11:46 AM 1:30 PM

0.95H 0.95H

Height 0.18L 0.18L 0.17L 0.15L 0.14L 0.16L 0.22L 0.33L 0.48L 0.49L 0.32L 0.18L 0.09L 0.04L 0.03L

Time 5:19 PM 5:52 PM 6:28 PM 7:02 PM 7:27 PM 7:26 PM 6:57 PM 6:37 PM 5:47 PM 4:52 PM 4:41 PM 4:40 PM 4:43 PM 4:58 PM 5:29 PM

Height 1.15H 1.15H 1.14H 1.13H 1.10H 1.04H 0.97H 0.90H 0.86H 0.91H 0.99H 1.08H 1.15H 1.19H 1.20H

7:27 7:25 1:10 1:27 1:46 2:05 2:25

PM PM PM PM PM PM PM

1.14 0.90L 1.56H 1.51H 1.50H 1.53H 1.58H

Time

Height

Time

Height

10:42 PM

1.29H

7:38 PM 8:06 PM 8:43 PM 9:27 PM 10:16 PM

0.58L 0.22L -0.13L -0.41L -0.58L

Time 7:41 AM 8:31 AM 9:23 AM 12:33 AM 1:24 AM 2:25 AM 3:38 AM 5:04 AM 12:37 AM 2:01 AM 3:12 AM 4:18 AM 5:22 AM 6:25 AM 7:29 AM

7:44 PM 7:18 PM 12:51 PM 1:06 PM 1:15 PM

0.97L 0.78L 1.42H 1.29H 1.20H

Time

Height

10:46 PM

1.05H

7:23 PM 7:45 PM 8:17 PM

0.50L 0.17L -0.15L

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

Time 1:23 AM 1:57 AM 2:37 AM 3:27 AM 4:26 AM 5:30 AM 6:33 AM 7:35 AM 3:18 AM 6:25 AM 8:08 AM 9:24 AM 10:32 AM 12:22 AM 1:13 AM

Time 5:22 AM 6:07 AM 6:54 AM 7:40 AM 8:23 AM 9:04 AM 9:41 AM 10:11 AM 10:25 AM 1:30 AM 1:57 AM 2:34 AM 3:18 AM 4:10 AM 5:10 AM

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

Time 9:24 AM 12:02 AM 12:50 AM 1:43 AM 2:41 AM 3:40 AM 4:44 AM 5:56 AM 12:53 AM 2:39 AM 4:08 AM 5:20 AM 6:23 AM 7:25 AM 8:34 AM

Height 1.42H 0.01L 0.04L 0.08L 0.13L 0.21L 0.31L 0.46L 0.98H 1.11H 1.28H 1.44H 1.55H 1.61H 1.60H

Time 12:40 PM 4:28 PM 4:57 PM 5:05 PM 5:04 PM 5:04 PM 5:02 PM 9:55 AM 11:15 AM 6:10 AM 7:25 AM 8:33 AM 9:26 AM 10:17 AM 11:18 AM

Time

Height 1.48H 1.43H 1.40H 1.38H 1.36H 1.33H 1.28H 0.48L 0.67L 1.16H 1.33H 1.50H 1.61H 1.64H 1.59H

Height

10:29 AM 11:27 AM 12:14 PM 12:50 PM 1:13 PM 1:20 PM 1:14 PM 7:18 AM 8:43 AM 10:12 AM 9:38 PM 10:21 PM 11:09 PM

1.42H 1.42H 1.40H 1.36H 1.29H 1.20H 1.12H 0.62L 0.80L 0.96L -0.26L -0.39L -0.43L

Height -0.05L -0.04L -0.03L -0.02L -0.00L 0.02L 0.06L 0.12L 0.28H 0.31H 0.39H 0.42H 0.46H -0.13L -0.14L

Time 3:31 PM 4:03 PM 4:32 PM 4:56 PM 5:10 PM 5:06 PM 4:43 PM 3:38 PM 8:40 AM 9:27 AM 11:07 PM 11:49 PM

Height 0.45H 0.46H 0.47H 0.46H 0.44H 0.41H 0.36H 0.32H 0.19L 0.28L -0.05L -0.11L

2:41 PM 3:04 PM

0.48H 0.49H

Height 1.10H 1.12H -0.13L -0.10L -0.03L 0.06L 0.19L 0.33 0.48L 0.88H 1.01H 1.13H 1.22H 1.26H 1.29H

Time 11:44 PM

Height -0.13L

12:32 PM 1:47 PM 2:48 PM 3:31 PM 1:34 PM 12:06 PM 12:06 PM 8:12 AM 9:19 AM 10:36 AM 9:58 PM 10:52 PM 11:49 PM

1.12H 1.12H 1.09H 1.02H 0.89H 0.82H 0.81H 0.64L 0.81L 0.96L -0.40L -0.45L -0.42L

Height 1.59H 1.60H 1.60H -0.17L -0.11L -0.01L 0.15L 0.34L 1.00H 1.19H 1.42H 1.62H 1.77H 1.84H 1.83H

Time 11:09 PM 11:55 PM

Height -0.22L -0.21L

11:57 AM 12:33 PM 12:50 PM 12:45 PM 12:28 PM 6:21 AM 7:55 AM 7:54 PM 8:37 PM 9:26 PM 10:19 PM 11:14 PM

1.58H 1.53H 1.42H 1.28H 1.13H 0.57L 0.80L -0.23L -0.50L -0.67L -0.74L -0.69L

Time

11:58 PM 5:00 PM 5:02 PM 12:52 PM 2:28 PM

Time

8:00 7:55 1:08 1:12 1:22

Height

0.83L 1.23H 1.19H 0.87 1.03L

Height

PM PM PM PM PM

0.86L 0.69L 1.07H 1.05H 1.07H

Time

Height

9:30 PM 2:23 PM 2:08 PM

0.21L 0.32H 0.35H

Time

Height

Time

Height

11:59 PM

0.62L

5:07 PM 5:12 PM

1.16H 1.14H

Time

Height

10:53 PM

0.92H

8:06 PM 8:29 PM 9:00 PM

0.45L 0.19L -0.06L

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

Time 1:22 AM 1:59 AM 2:43 AM 3:38 AM 4:47 AM 6:00 AM 7:02 AM 7:54 AM 2:11 AM 4:37 AM 2:09 PM 2:16 PM 2:27 PM 12:33 AM 1:18 AM

Time

9:53 PM 10:28 PM

Height

0.12L 0.02L

Port Aransas Time

10:02 PM 2:32 PM

Height

Time

Height

0.40L 0.46H

9:43 PM

0.23L

Height

Time

Height

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

San Luis Pass

Height -0.10L -0.03L 0.06L 0.14L 0.18L 0.23L 0.33L 0.90H 1.00H 0.36L 0.09L -0.15L -0.33L -0.42L -0.42L

East Matagorda

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

Time 2:50 AM 3:26 AM 4:15 AM 5:36 AM 6:53 AM 7:50 AM 8:45 AM 2:59 AM 4:58 AM 12:13 AM 12:31 AM 12:55 AM 1:25 AM 2:01 AM 2:43 AM

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

Time 10:49 AM 11:32 AM 12:27 AM 1:12 AM 1:58 AM 2:48 AM 3:51 AM 5:36 AM 7:04 AM 1:38 AM 3:31 AM 4:48 AM 6:01 AM 9:00 AM 10:14 AM

7:39 PM 7:42 PM 12:21 PM 12:36 PM 12:42 PM

0.62L 0.40L 0.84H 0.90H 0.98H

Time

Height

11:49 PM

0.79H

8:01 PM 8:30 PM 9:10 PM

0.16L -0.08L -0.27L

South Padre Island Time

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

Time 9:00 AM 10:09 AM 11:09 AM 12:45 AM 1:38 AM 2:36 AM 3:40 AM 4:54 AM 12:02 AM 1:51 AM 3:24 AM 4:45 AM 5:59 AM 7:14 AM 8:32 AM

Time

6:56 PM 12:13 PM 12:01 PM

Height

Time

Height

0.74L 1.02H 0.98H

6:53 PM 7:17 PM

0.44L 0.10L

Texas Coast Tides

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

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Position at Sellmark

Solution on Page 18

The Sellmark Corporation opened a position for an account executive covering the northeast.

Acquisition for MarineMax MarineMax announces the purchase of Cruisers Yachts of Oconto, Wisconsin.

Benelli recognizes rep Miller named national groups Doug Gerlach was named Benelsales manager li’s Rep of the year and Vincent Pestilli & Associates the agency of the year. Gary Witherspoon won the 2020 Super Black Eagle award.

Weatherby marketing addition Zachary Hein joined Weatherby, Inc.’s marketing team after nine years at CZ-USA.

Carey Graves was promoted to president of American Daiwa, the company’s United States operation.

Mike Schoby was named chief operating officer for multi-media platform at Field Ethos, Inc.

Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. announced plans to divest its Thompson/Center Arms brand.

Rep group for VIP Broadheads

Miller promoted at Barrett Firearms Barrett Firearms Manufacturing, Inc. promoted Joel Miller to vice president of sales and marketing.

DOWN 1. Wear on the turkey hunt 2. Brady’s county 4. The collection of lures 5. Arizona lake with giant sunfish 7. A turkey’s escape mechanism 8. One of the bighorns (two words) 9. A bow manufacturer 10. A safari destination 12. An elk hunter’s org. 16. A u-bend in a river 17. The bigger worm 20. A good catfish lake (two words) 21. Bait for redfish 22. A fishing net manufacturer 25. Hooking the plastic worm in the middle 27. A reel manufacturer 31. A sheep hunter’s org. 33. A salmon species 35. A sinker type 37. A jig manufacturer 38. A Central Texas river 40. Where you put in the boat 42. The male mallard

New president at American Diawa

Schoby joins Field Ethos

Thompson/Center to be sold

ACROSS 1. Tossing bait overboard 3. The boneless pieces of fish 6. Rio Grande City’s county 11. A Texas bay 13. A Trans-Pecos county 14. The duck’s sound 15. An ammo brand 18. A good white bass lure 19. A West Texas river 23. Up and down fishing 24. Big Spring’s county 25. A rod manufacturer 26. Creator of the Shad Rap 28. The biggest minnow 29. A shotshell brand 30. An East Texas reservoir (two words) 32. When the line becomes loose between you and the fish 34. A shark species 36. Favorite spots for crappie anglers (two words) 39. A quail hunting castle 41. An African game species 43. A popular metal for jigs 44. A bass boat brand 45. An archery-only county for deer 46. A shorebird species

Camron Miller was named the national sales manager of Millenium Outdoors, LLC.

Veteran Innovative Products (VIP Broadheads) selected Outtech Inc. as its sales agency.

Puzzle by Craig Nyhus, Lone Star Outdoor News

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Add bacon, already chopped, to a large pot over medium heat. Cook until evenly browned. Add onion, bell pepper and garlic. Cook until onions are translucent. Sprinkle flour over and cook for 5 minutes while stirring often until flour mixture is lightly browned. Stir in chicken stock, a little at a time. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes. Add corn, shrimp and cook until shrimp turns pink, about 2 to 3 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. —The Sporting Chef

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NEW YORK

Deer harvest, participation increase Hunters in New York harvested an estimated 253,990 deer during the 2020-21 hunting seasons, an increase of 13 percent from last year. The state had a 7 percent increase in licensed deer hunters and a 23 percent increase in youth deer hunters, thanks to legislation allowing 12 and 13 year olds to hunt with adult supervision. The 2020 estimated deer take included 137,557 antlerless deer and 116,433 antlered bucks. Across the state, harvest of 2.5-year-old bucks exceeded that of yearling bucks for the second year in a row. —NYDEC

MONTANA

State-record largemouth An angler’s first largemouth bass, pulled from Lake Elmo in Billings Heights, is a new state record. The 9.57-pound fish tops the previous record of 8.8 pound that has stood since 2009. Brandon Wright caught the 22.5-inch-long fish while angling from shore with a worm on a hook and 6-pound test line. The fish was weighed on a certified scale at Alberstons grocery store. Wright tipped a #10 Eagle Claw hook with a piece of night crawler, and then watched videos on his cell phone. Within 15 minutes, the big fish took his bait. It was the first largemouth bass that Wright, who usually fly-fishes for trout, ever caught. —MFWP

MICHIGAN

Pheasant release program A new Michigan pheasant hunting license, now available for purchase, will generate funds for a pheasant release program. The $25 license is required for anyone 18 and older who is planning to hunt pheasants on any public land in the Lower Peninsula or on lands enrolled in the Hunting Access Program. Additionally, lifetime license holders, hunters 17 and younger, and those hunting pheasants only at a game bird hunting preserve do not need the pheasant license. After a pilot pheasant release program, the Michigan Legislature passed a bill for the program, popular with newer hunters who were able to harvest a bird for the first time. Money from the new license will be placed into an account to be used only for the purchase and release of live pheasants on state-owned public lands with suitable pheasant habitat. —MDNR

ARKANSAS

Apply for elk hunts The application period for Arkansas’ public land elk hunting permits is open until June 1. Twenty public land elk tags will be available for Arkansas’s 2021 elk hunting season. With the Buffalo River Elk Festival scheduled for Sept. 3-4, these drawings will be conducted by randomized computer draw. Three additional permits will be drawn at the festival for people who register at the event. There were 5,275 applicants for the permits in 2020, up from 3,812 in 2019. Only residents of Arkansas may apply. Hunters with access to private land in elk country will follow the same regulations as last year, using a quota system instead of drawn permits. Anyone may purchase a Private Lake Elk Permit (labeled PLE in the AGFC licensing system) for $5 in addition to a valid resident Sportsman Hunting License or nonresident All Game Hunting License. The private land quota is 35 total, 10 either sex and 25 antlerless. —AGFC

WEST VIRGINIA

Record drum A West Virginia angler caught a state record freshwater drum on April 24 in Mason County. John Gibson, of Poca, caught a 27.88-pound, 35.59-inch freshwater drum on the Kanawha River, breaking the previous record for weight (27 pounds) held by Charles Mickel Lott since 1989. —WVDNR

IOWA

Nonresident deer applications open The Iowa nonresident deer hunting application period is open until June 6 at gooutdoorsiowa.com. For those wishing to apply as a group, applying as a group will ensure that if one group member is drawn, all others in the group will automatically be drawn. —IDNR

ARIZONA

Six-pound redear While fishing on Lake Havasu in Arizona, angler Thomas Farchione of Waterford, Wisconsin caught the pending world-record redear sunfish. The fish weighed 6.30 pounds with a 17-inch length and a 20-inch girth. Farchione caught the redear on a live nightcrawler on a drop shot rig. —Staff report

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Trophy bluefin closed in Gulf The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration closed the bluefin tuna angling category fishery for incidental take of large, medium, and giant “trophy” bluefin tuna (measuring 73 inches or greater) in the Gulf of Mexico on May 4. The fishery will remain closed through December 31. The intent of this closure is to prevent overharvest. Fishermen may catch and release, or tag and release, bluefin tuna of all sizes subject to the requirements of the Highly Migratory Species catch-and-release and tag-and-release programs. —NOAA

MISSOURI

Turkey harvest down Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that turkey hunters checked 31,798 birds during Missouri’s 2021 regular spring turkey season, which ended May 9. Young turkey hunters also harvested 2,795 birds over the youth weekend, bringing the overall harvest to 34,593, down from 41,458 in the 2020 season. After a big increase in 2020, permit sales dropped back to pre-2020 numbers. —MDC

INTERNATIONAL BURKINA FASO, AFRICA

Anti-poaching trainer murdered Rory Young, the co-founder and chief executive officer of Chengeta Wildlife, was killed by terrorists while leading a wildlife protection patrol in the Arly National Park on April 26. The terrorists also killed two Spanish journalists who were preparing a documentary on Chengeta’s anti-poaching work. Chengeta Wildlife is a wildlife protection charity delivering free training to anti-poaching patrol units. —Chengeta Wildlife

are pulling off pretty quickly and moving to deeper structure. Windblown rocks have held decent action.” When fishing deeper structure, Harrell has been throwing Carolina rigs, crankbaits, Texas rigs and shaky heads. He said 7-15 feet of water off of the edge of points have been productive. “I’ve also been seeing a very similar pattern on Lake Conroe,” he said. Southeast Texas bass angler, Josh Bensema, said there is a substantial shad spawn taking place during morning hours on Lake Conroe, and that anglers can find plenty of fish up shallow during that period of the day throwing top-waters, spinner baits and swim jigs. “Once the morning action up shallow dies off, the bass are staging along brush piles in 10-15 feet of water,” Bensema said. “Bluegill beds along hard bottom areas in 4 Josh Bensema caught this 7 pound, 13 ounce bass while to 8 feet are also attracting quite a fishing on Sam Rayburn Reservoir. Photo from Josh Bensema. few bass.” While fishing deeper areas, Bensema has been sticking to a Carolina-rigged creature bait or a Texas-rigged worm. Green/pumpkin and watermelon/red have been his go-to choices for soft plastic color patterns. On Sam Rayburn, Bensema said the bass are definitely beginning to stack up offshore in their typical post-spawn haunts. “Schools of smaller fish can be found in as deep as 15 to 25 feet of water,” he elaborated. “The larger fish seem to be holding in the 6- to 10-foot range right now near points, humps, and ledges.” Collegiate angler and Stephen F. Austin University student, Jacob Miller, has been targeting bass along the north end of Rayburn, as well as on the smaller lakes north of the reservoir where he’s finding fish both deep and shallow. “Crankbaits and Carolina rigs have been productive later in the day when the fish pull out deep,” Miller said. “Banks with grass have held consistent action during the early morning hours on top-waters and frogs.” Miller said the fish are really on the move and have been staging at a variety of depths after they pull away from the shallows. “Every day has been different,” he said. “I’ve found schools in water depths from 8 to 24 feet. You can catch fish on just about any piece of structure right now, and there are a lot of heavy fish feeding.”

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