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May 14, 2021
LoneOStar Outdoor News
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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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cases are pending against the captain of the shrimp boat and the fish were seized and donated. Also, the wardens were patrolling for commercial violations near Sabine Pass when they discovered 21 lightning welks (illegal aboard a shrimp boat) and nine undersized flounder on board a commercial Gulf shrimp boat. Multiple cases are pending against the captain of the vessel. BECOME A FRIEND OF WARDENS Texans may sign up with the Friends of Texas Game Wardens, a program of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation. Funds sustain Gear Up for Game Wardens, a program to purchase specialty equipment to equip game wardens to serve the people of Texas. With a $100 donation, you will receive a special decal to show your support of Texas game wardens.
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They also released a red that won for having the most spots. “We have been doing this for a while,” Davis said. “We like to compete, but we practice conservation.” The group said they have been putting fish back in the water way before the February cold snap took a toll on speckled trout and baitfish in this part of the Gulf. Now, most fishing tournaments held along the coast or scheduled to take place are either doing away with the trout category or requiring release of the fish. At the BDS, three fish per team were allowed, a trout, a redfish and a flounder. The maximum lengths were 20 inches for the trout and 25 inches for the redfish. For Garza, another team angler, that was perfectly fine. “We caught about 12 trout and redfish between the three of us,” he said. “Fishing was great, but we don’t believe in having a lot of fish killed.” JR Rodriguez, the tournament director, said the competition went real well — all things considered. “We had close to 60 entries,” he said. “We expected more than 80 but you know what has been going on these days.”
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