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Volume 18, Issue 20

River bass, lake stripers

By Reis Ladd

For Lone Star Outdoor News

Guadalupe, smallmouth and largemouth bass are being caught in Texas rivers.

Photo from Lone Star Fly Fishing.

Early June finds many Texas anglers seeking refuge from the rising temps on their favorite bodies of water across the state. From the Devils River of West Texas to the Houston metro, the opportunities are plentiful.

Charles Angell of Angell Expeditions has been running four-day float trips along 22 miles of the Devils River north of Lake Amistad.

“Action has been good the first two hours after dawn and the last two hours before dark,” he said. “Running a spinner bait with conventional tack-

le has been best.”

Smallmouth bass have been the most plentiful for Angell’s customers, with the occasional largemouth in the mix.

While there is success to be found fly-fishing the Devils River, many fly anglers in the state stick to the Hill Country region. John Shank with Lone Star Fly Fishing has been focusing his efforts this time of year along the Guadalupe and San Marcos rivers targeting largemouth, smallmouth and Guadalupe bass.

“Bass fishing has been good with top-water poppers, grasshoppers and streamers,” Shank said. “Mainly any-

thing resembling a small baitfish or crawfish has been working well.”

Shank and his fellow guides both wade and float the Guadalupe and San Marcos rivers this time of year, and also spend particularly calm days on Canyon Lake chasing striped bass.

“The striped bass fishing on Canyon Lake is good year-round, but particularly right now on days with little wind,” he said.

The typical day on Canyon chasing stripers starts at first light looking for nervous water where schools of stripers are feeding on bait balls of the recently spawned shad near the water’s surface. Shank then maneuvers his Please turn to page 15

Snapper limits come easy Choppy seas greet opening week’s anglers

By Nate Skinner

For Lone Star Outdoor News The red snapper season opened in federal waters June 1, and as expected, perfect conditions did not coincide with the opener. Instead, offshore anglers were faced with choppy seas that gradually began to settle down as the first weekend of the season came and went.

Those who were able to take advantage of the short weather window to navigate the Gulf safely found easy limits. Snapper were reported as being caught up and down the coast in a variety of water depths on a number of bait presentations.

Michael Rogers ran about 75 miles offshore out of Texas City with a crew consisting of family and friends,

when the winds and seas finally provided an opportunity to safely go chase red snapper.

“We were fishing in about 120 feet of water near the clay piles, and the snapper were thick,” Rogers said. “The current was pretty strong, which made it hard to keep the boat in position over the rocks. There was no shortage of red snapper — we definitely had to weed through the smaller ones to find some more decent-sized fish to bring home.”

Most of the snapper caught were from 10 to 17 pounds.

“They were all hanging about 15 feet up off of the bottom,” Rogers added. “Fresh shad and sardines dropped to the depths did the trick.”

Rogers also said they did not land a single red snapper that wasn’t big enough to keep, and fishing areas were fairly crowded with other recreational anglers.

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Aaron Hilden landed this 17-pound red snapper while fishing near the clay piles about 75 miles offshore of the Galveston jetties. Photo by Michael Rogers.

The NRA Annual Meeting and Exhibits took place Memorial Day weekend at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston.

The event, after a twoyear hiatus, also took place days after the Uvalde tragic shooting.

While crowds were reported as lower than normal, most thought the

holiday weekend was the primary reason. Lone Star Outdoor News attended, and the mood was generally upbeat. The entire hall was filled with exhibitors, although there were some missing booths. Some exhibitors mentioned they thought sales were down from past conventions.

The protesters outside, although well covered by news outlets, were mostly a media-driven embellish-

ment as in past years.

Some speakers and a few exhibitors didn’t appear after the Uvalde shooting.

Gov. Greg Abbott didn’t appear as scheduled but provided a recorded message. Sen. Ted Cruz and former President Donald Trump made scheduled appearances.

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NRA back in Houston after hiatus

despite being held on a holiday weekend. Photo by Lili Keys, Lone Star Outdoor News.

HUNTING

FISHING

TTT on hold (P. 4)

Rockport trout, reds (P. 9)

Proposals tabled.

Numbers bounce back.

Movie on Texas wildlife (P. 5)

Catfish by smell (P. 8)

Film highlights conservation.

Smelly punch bait is key.

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Studying the brown ducks Numbers of white-tailed does likely won’t be able to be moved to other ranches again this season. Photo

by Lone Star Outdoor News.

TTT permits remain suspended

By Craig Nyhus

Lone Star Outdoor News Trap, Transport and Transplant permits remain on hold after the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission tabled consideration of new proposals at its May meeting.

“The commission pulled it,” said Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Whitetailed Deer Program Leader Alan Cain, who presented the proposed regulation changes. “It’s still suspended until something changes.”

Cain said public comment was overwhelmingly against the proposals, with 97 percent of responses against the recommendations.

“The responses came from two different factions,” he said. “One group wanted TTT stopped altogether. The other group wanted TTT to continue, but felt the rules were too restrictive.”

The proposals included increased postmortem testing for chronic wasting disease from trap sites, antemortem (live) testing of all deer trapped, and increased testing requirements to obtain and maintaining eligibility as a trap site.

Consulting wildlife biologist Macy Ledbetter said the proposed regulations effectively killed the permit.

“We need the permit for a lot of reasons,” he said. “It looks like we will go through another season without it.”

Ledbetter was particularly concerned regarding areas in the Edwards Plateau where an anthrax outbreak devastated deer numbers in 2019.

“They can’t get deer to repopulate their land,” Ledbetter said. “Now, we can’t keep up with the demand for exotics. The only way you can move a whitetail is through a deer breeder, and all of the good ones are

Dr. Philip Lavretsky is conducting a study that may help hunters better identify dusky ducks like mottled ducks or Mexican ducks. Photo by Nate Skinner, for Lone Star Outdoor News.

Mottled, Mexican or hybrids?

By Nate Skinner

For Lone Star Outdoor News Dr. Philip Lavretsky, an assistant professor at The University of Texas at El Paso, heads up the Lavretsky Lab, a wildlife genetics lab and research program focused on determining the genetic diversity across species’ ranges in a field to gene process. He recently teamed up with South Texas waterfowl outfitter and owner of Speck Ops, Luke Bledsoe, to gather samples for a genetic study he is conducting on mottled ducks and Mexican ducks.

Lavretsky obtained the necessary feder-

al and state permits to harvest ducks, and he and Bledsoe went out and increased the sample size he had available for his study and research.

“The focus of this study was born out of the concern for mottled duck populations on the Gulf Coast,” Lavretsky said.

“Populations along the coast have been declining over the years, and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has been trying to figure out why.”

Lavretsky said TPWD started flying waterfowl surveys in areas farther west than normal to see if the possible decline didn’t really just mean that the mottled duck’s range had shifted.

“They started seeing a lot of dusky

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ducks, or brown ducks, in the Texas Brush Country,” he explained. “This increase in numbers farther west started to seemingly account for the decline in numbers along the coast.”

Lavretsky has developed a reputation as being a duck expert when it comes to genes and identifying different types, especially those that fall into the mallardlike duck category, like mottled ducks.

TPWD wanted to make sure that all of these dusky ducks they were seeing were in fact actually mottled ducks and not Mexican ducks, or something else.

“I have the tools and techniques necessary to identify exactly what species these brown ducks on the landscape are,” Please turn to page 6

First oral anthrax vaccine for wildlife Lone Star Outdoor News At the Deer Research Meeting hosted by the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Dr. Walt Cook, of Texas A&M University’s Department of Veterinary Pathology, updated landowners on the status of an oral vaccine for anthrax effective for use in wildlife.

There is already a vaccine for anthrax, which many livestock owners administer annually, that has been effectively used on livestock

since the 1930s. However, it can only be administered by an injection and booster two weeks later, a solution not usually feasible for wildlife.

Livestock owners tried pouring the vaccine over food, but previous testing proved the method ineffective.

“The main issue with an oral vaccine is the ability to keep the bacteria alive in the gastrointestinal tract long enough and in the right amount to produce the desired immune activity in the animal,” Cook said.

The solution involves microencapsulating the vaccine.

“It makes it able to get into the system and eventually the blood,” Cook said. “Then the oral vaccine can be put into the food and provide a strong antibody response.”

Cook said future plans are to try the oral and darted vaccines in exotics.

While outbreaks of anthrax aren’t widespread, they are quickly devastating where they occur, usually in areas with a wet spring followed by hot and dry summer. In the

United States, it is most common in the western half of the country, where soils are more calcified. In Texas, the Edwards Plateau has some level of it almost every year, and in 2020-2021, an outbreak occurred in the Panhandle, south of Amarillo, where it hadn’t been seen in 50 years.

“It’s the most resistant bacteria known,” Cook said. “It produces toxins in the host and kills it. The spores are highly resistant and remain in the carcass. When the carcass gets opened, the spores are Please turn to page 6

An oral vaccine could help white-tailed deer and exotics survive an anthrax outbreak. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

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Conservation on film Deep in the Heart brings Texas wildlife to the big screen

By Lili Keys

Lone Star Outdoor News Carrie Hillabrant isn’t much of a documentary watcher, but she attended Deep in the Heart, a new film from director and writer Ben Masters, during its premiere weekend.

“I have never seen a documentary like that before,” she said. “I was fascinated — I was ooing and aahing through the movie. I hope people weren’t watching me.”

The film is a visually stunning celebration of what makes Texas unique — its diverse landscapes and remarkable wildlife behavior that cannot be found anywhere else. Told through the eyes of wildlife species ranging from the mysterious blind catfish to the elusive mountain lion, the story follows the ever-changing relationship with the natural world. It showcases people’s ability to destroy, conserve and recover wildlife and the habitat we mutually depend on.

Actor and Texas native Matthew McConaughey narrates the film. Featuring state-of-the-art cinematography, the film journeys from the highest peaks in West Texas, through the state’s aquifers, rivers, and bays, and deep into the Gulf of Mexico.

“I’ve been in Texas for 27 years, and it was still very educational for me,” Deep in the Heart

Hillabrant said. “I want everybody to see it, and seeing it in the theater is a must.”

Masters said making the film was a “filmmaker’s dream come true.”

“There’s a passion and love for our home state that’s hard to describe, but you can feel it in the footage,” he said.

Deep in the Heart aims to conserve our remaining wild places, to show the connectivity of water and wildlife, and to recognize Texas’ conservation importance on a continental scale.

The East Foundation’s El Sauz Ranch was used to film the elusive ocelots.

After scouting their location, the film crew set up specially made 4K camera traps with break sensors which were set up on trails. Seven seconds after the animal crosses the sensor, the camera turns on and begins shooting. The footage the team was able to get was the first high-quality imagery captured of ocelots in the wild of Texas.

The treatment of hunters in the movie was fair, Hillabrant said.

“It showed what most hunters do — hunting to feed their families,” she said. “It did a good job of showing what hunting is. The movie made me proud to be a Texan.”

The movie took some stands that may not be comfortable for some hunters and trappers, especially concerning the lack of regulations for mountain lions. However, Deep in the Heart received consistent support and accolades from conservationists and organizations.

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Studying axis Survey to help determine actual numbers Lone Star Outdoor News Texas Tech University researchers are working with landowners near Junction to get a better idea of how many axis deer are in the area and how the species can be better managed to reduce the impact on agriculture and native white-tailed deer.

The research is an extension of Dr. Matthew Buchholz’s dissertation on axis deer.

“In Junction, they go right up to the edge of town,” Buchholz told the Texas Farm Bureau Radio Network. “Herds of several hundred are not that uncommon in the area. Near South Llano River State Park, I’ve personally seen a herd that was probably 300 to 350 individuals.”

Junction isn’t the only area impacted by the axis deer population.

“We did record changes in the vegetation communities that could have impacts on the health of the ecosystem primarily along the river,” Buchholz said.

Axis deer can also displace native whitetailed deer.

“Axis are socially dominant to whitetail and will displace them from high value sets, such as optimal habitat. This could include supplemental feeders anywhere that basically has any kind of high value to the two species,” Buchholz said.

As axis deer take over areas with better resources for deer, they can also destroy a habitat.

“One axis eats about as much as oneand-a-half whitetail,” Blake Leslie, research coordinator at the Llano River Field Station, said. “With these exploding numbers that we’re seeing, it puts a piece of property at a very high risk for habitat destruction as far as good availability and quality of forage.”

Researchers are asking landowners for help in estimating the numbers of axis deer in the Junction area. Photo by Joseph Richards.

Axis deer also impact agriculture.

“Axis are probably closer in competition with sheep and goats than anything else, and particularly along these river systems where axis primarily occur, there is some sheep and goat agriculture in those riparian habitats,” Buchholz said. “Axis come in, and they can wipe out a hayfield relatively easy.”

Although there have been prior surveys, researchers don’t really know how many free-ranging axis deer there are in Texas.

“Axis have a really high reproductive ability,” Buchholz said. “They can have a fawn every nine months. Fawn survival is thought to be very high — potentially in the 70- to 80-percent range. In a good year, whitetail survival may be 40 percent.”

Axis deer also tend to live longer. The oldest doe recorded was 15 years old.

To get a better idea of axis deer numbers in the area, the team is looking for ranch owners who are willing to allow spotlight surveys on their property.

Landowners from the Junction area can contact Leslie at the Texas Tech University campus in Junction or by email at blake.leslie@ttu.edu.

Biologist honored Wildlife biologist Mark Mitchell was named the recipient of the Randy Fugate Wildlife Professional of the Year award.

Mitchell began his wildlife biologist career with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in Jackson County, later moving to Gonzales County. In the 1990s, he became the lead biologist and later manager of the Mason Mountain Wildlife Management Area in Mason County.

The WMA is known for management and research of exotics and native game, and host researchers, students and other groups. The applications for exotic hunts on the WMA range from 5,000 to 6,000 each year.

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Dusky ducks Continued from page 4

Lavretsky said. “TPWD outlined which counties where they wanted to know what brown or dusky duck is now breeding and inhabiting them. Then we started gathering samples to conduct this study.”

Lavretsky said a possible shift in the range of mottled ducks from Texas coastal prairies, bays and marshes could be due to several variables the Brush County has to offer. They include, minimal hunting pressure, at least as far as waterfowl are concerned, food and shelter.

“There’s water year-round in stocks tanks for cattle, there’s not many duck hunters, and there’s corn literally all over place,” Lavretsky said. “Plus most properties are highly managed for predators, too.”

According to Lavretsky’s studies so far, the majority of brown or dusky ducks in the eastern half of southwest Texas, such as Atascosa, Bee, LaSalle and Duval counties, are mottled ducks. Farther west, like in Starr, Zapata and Webb counties, the dusky ducks are actually Mexican ducks.

“So basically we have a situation where we have mottled ducks shifting their range farther west, and Mexican ducks shifting their range further east,” Lavretsky said. “We also have this overlapping stretch or contact zone where we are starting to identify the dusky ducks present there as Mexican duck/mottled duck hybrids.”

Lavretsky hopes the studies could one day help hunters better identify the dusky ducks they encounter, as well provide better insight that may improve how waterfowl species are managed.

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released.”

All mammals are susceptible to anthrax, with grazing species most susceptible, Cook said, and once contracted, die quickly, usually within a few days.

“Anthrax was possibly the source of the plagues in the Bible and possibly the fall of the Roman Empire,” he said.

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Stinking it up Punch bait takes center stage

By Robert Sloan

For Lone Star Outdoor News

Anglers create their own smelly concoctions to help attract channel catfish. Photo by Darrell Taylor.

As channel catfish become the focus for summer fishermen, punch bait and stink bait, sometimes one and the same, are often an angler’s favorite.

Lake Conroe is a catfishing dream come true, best known for producing limits of channel cats.

Guide Darrell Taylor has been putting fishermen on thousands of Lake Conroe channel cats for 41 years.

He’s 74 years old and knows a thing or two about catching catfish on this lake. It’s all about stink baits and baiting up the right spots.

“I’m mostly into fishing over baited holes and boxing lots of channel cats,” said Taylor, who fishes out of a 26foot pontoon with eight padded swivel seats. “It’s fun fishing, with lots of rod-bending

action. I get a lot of families, especially during the summer months when the kids are out of school. It’s laidback fishing that can be done in the shade or under the sun.”

Taylor baits holes all over the lake, and often fishes under the Highway 1097 bridge for shade.

“Some of my other spots are along creek channels that offer flat areas to fish,” he said.

Other places are on humps and drops.”

His secret, though, is his

homemade concoction of punch bait, called Catfish Killer. It’s a bait that is semi soft and placed in a bucket. To bait a hook, you just drop it in the 1-gallon bucket and push it down with a stick, hence the name punch bait.

“I make a cheese punch bait,” Taylor said. “It’s got the right smell and catfish really go for it. The good thing is the smell can be washed off your fingers or the boat or anything else that it comes in contact with. A lot of the other punch Please turn to page 20

Catch-and-release invitational returns Bluebird day brings plenty of trout, reds

By Nate Skinner

For Lone Star Outdoor News At the second annual REEL Lifesaver Invitational catch and release fishing tournament, put on by Getaway Lodge at Port Mansfield on June 4, a group of competitive anglers battled it out while under the tutelage of some of the best fishing guides on the Lower Laguna Madre.

The format included awards for the largest total combined length stringer of one speckled trout and two redfish, the longest individual speckled trout, the longest individual redfish, and the redfish with the most spots.

With help from the professional guides, anglers took time and date stamped photos of their fish on a certified Check-it Stick before releasing them. The photos were submitted to judges via email, who determined the winner in each category.

Speckled trout were plentiful, but redfish were hard to come by for some. About half of the field were able to put together their full stringer of one trout and two reds, while the other half could only manage to land specks.

Capt. Steve Ellis came out on top in the largest stringer category with a total combined length of 78.75 inches, which in-

cluded a 23-inch trout and a 28-inch red and a 27.75-inch red. Ellis was guided by Port Mansfield fishing guide, Capt. Todd Grubert of Fairwater Charters.

“We were able to catch some solid trout early in the morning on top-waters while wading a flat that was teeming with mullet,” Ellis said. “After landing some respectable trout, we quickly switched our focus to redfish.”

Ellis and Grubert had both heard rumors of some schools roaming some deeper grass beds in 2.5 to 3.5 feet of water, and had an idea of where they should start looking for them.

“There was hardly any wind, and it was a bright and sunny day, which made it perfect for scouring the flats in search of reds,” Ellis said. “After covering some ground in an area that looked promising, we finally found what we were looking for. We located three different schools of reds with anywhere from about 50 to 100 fish in them, and they were relaxed, holding tight to the bottom.”

Grubert immediately eased his trolling motor into the water when they spotted the schools, and the chase was on.

“We were able to stay on them for several hours without spooking them,” Ellis said. “Grubert put us in the perfect position to sightcast to the reds many times, allowing me to land a 28 incher and a 27.75 incher, along with several others.”

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Ruben Garza tries to net a good trout for Everette Johnson during the Getaway Lodge second annual REEL tournament. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

Family red snapper trip

By Tony Vindell

For Lone Star Outdoor News

A family outing for the opener of red snapper season resulted in two-fish limits for everyone.

Photo by Tony Vindell, for Lone Star Outdoor News.

June 1 was a significant date, as it kicked off both the red snapper and the Atlantic hurricane season.

And if the forecasts are correct, the two seasons could yield above average results.

While the hurricane season runs through the end of November, the new snapper season is one of the longest at 79 days.

Opening day in federal waters was the best it could be for a family of 12 fishermen and women who came from all over the Lone Star State.

For Carlos Cortez, it was a day to remember.

“I have not been deep sea fishing in more than 30 years,” he said. “This is fantastic.”

In addition to the two red snapper limit, Cortez reeled in a wahoo.

“A wahoo? Never seen this fish before, let alone know what it is,” he said.

While each and every relative in the group

caught fish, the trip did not go as smoothly as expected.

Two youngsters, ages 8 and 12, got so seasick, the boat’s captain was about to call the U.S. Coast Guard for assistance.

However, that wasn’t necessary.

As fishing went, some of the anglers could not hide their enthusiasm for the 10-hour trip aboard The Thunderbird, a vessel owned by Murphy’s Fishing Charters of South Padre Island.

“This has been an excellent trip,” Josh Williamson, a Kentucky man who now lives in Port Isabel, said. “I will highly recommend it.”

Sergio Ramirez, a pediatrician from Hidalgo County, was so happy and plans to make several trips during the red snapper season.

Victor Gonzalez, the boat’s captain, described the opening day as a superb one.

“This doesn’t happen all the time, but everyone caught their limits,” he said. “I believe this is going to be a great season —weather permitting.”

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Porpoises chowing on released fish

By Robert Sloan

For Lone Star Outdoor News Fishing along the middle Texas coast in Rockport and Port Aransas is good and getting better every day. Plenty of smaller speckled trout are coming from the shallow flats, along with fair numbers of redfish.

The trout are easy to come by, according to longtime guide Robert Hamilton. The problem is catching keepers. As of March 16, trout limits were changed due to the February 2021 freeze. The limit is three per day, with a minimum size of 17 inches and maximum size limit of 23 inches.

Biologists expect this regulation change to result in an increase in population numbers, since more mature fish will be left in the water to spawn from April to September in 2022 and 2023.

How is all that working?

“It makes it pretty tough to catch a three-trout limit,” Hamilton said. “We are catching tons of trout, but most are not legal to box.”

Hamilton said there is another problem when releasing large numbers of smaller trout. Porpoises.

“They know how to take advantage of a free meal,” Hamilton said. “And once we start catching and releasing the small trout, they eat them all. Not just one or two, but every one we release.”

Hamilton said it would help to box the smaller trout and take them to another

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area to be released.

“But that’s against the law,” he said. “Another solution would be to keep the first three trout you catch, but Texas Parks and Wildlife didn’t want to do that. You can’t believe how many 14-to-16-inch trout we are catching. You also won’t believe how many are being eaten once released.”

Since Hurricane Harvey hit Rockport, Hamilton said the community has done a great job rebuilding the popular seaside town.

“The tourism business is booming,” he said. “There are lots of boats on the water.

And based on what I’m seeing the trout population has bounced back. I’m catching a lot of very small trout in my cast net.

We’re also catching a fair number of reds, as well.”

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For Lone Star Outdoor News Records were broken at the 2022 Willacy County Young Farmer Fishing Tournament.

The annual event, held May 28 in Port Mansfield, had a record number of anglers, piggy perch participants, and people in the audience and food lines. And the fish brought in set records, too.

As many as 10 anglers checked in the Texas Grand Slam, a stringer made up of a redfish, flounder and speckled trout.

Each of four anglers on one boat caught a slam, as well as three fishermen on another vessel.

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TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT ALAN HENRY: Water clear; 74 degrees; 6.89’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics. Crappie are good over timber on minnows and jigs.

AMISTAD: Water clear; 77-80 degrees; 57.95’ low. Largemouth bass are good on swim jigs, swimbaits and Texas rigs.

Channel catfish are excellent on punch bait.

ARLINGTON: Water lightly stained; 77 degrees; 2.06’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, spinner baits, jigs and flukes. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait and commercial baits.

ATHENS: Water clear; 83 degrees; 0.21’ high. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are fair over brush on minnows.

AUSTIN: Water clear; 78 degrees; 0.55’ low. Largemouth bass are good on jerkbaits, paddle tails and wacky worms.

Catfish are good on juglines.

B.A. STEINHAGEN: Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.39’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters and soft plastics.

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

BASTROP: Water clear; 90 degrees. Largemouth bass are on small top-waters, jigging spoons and finesse worms.

Crappie are excellent over brush on live minnows.

BELTON: Water lightly stained; 77 degrees; 4.40’ low. White bass are fair on top-waters and slab spinners.

Crappie are good on small shad plastics.

BENBROOK: Water lightly stained; 74 degrees; 3.51’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on top-waters and creature baits.

Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on silver jigging spoons. Catfish are good on cut bait.

BOB SANDLIN: Water clear; 82 degrees; 0.45’ low. Largemouth bass on soft plastics.

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

BRAUNIG: Water stained; 88 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on dark soft plastics and watermelon/red jigs. Red drum are good on live perch, crawfish and shrimp. Channel catfish are fair on live perch, worms and cheese bait.

BROWNWOOD: Water slightly stained; 75-78 degrees; 3.56’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits and shaky heads.

Crappie are fair on minnows.

White bass are excellent trolling with small swimbaits or crankbaits. Catfish are slow.

BUCHANAN: Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 5.69’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms and craws. Crappie are good on chartreuse jigs.

White bass are good on small jigging spoons.

CADDO: Water stained; 79 degrees; 1.04’ high.

Largemouth bass are fair on top-water frogs, Texas rigs and shaky heads..

CALAVERAS: Water stained, 86 degrees. Largemouth bass are slow. Red drum are fair on live perch, frozen shrimp and trolling with spoons. Blue and channel catfish are fair on cut bait, live perch and cheese bait.

CANYON: Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 2.24’ low. Largemouth bass are good on small swimbaits and shaky heads. Crappie are fair on live minnows.

CEDAR CREEK: Water stained; 78-83 degrees; 1.65’ low.

Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Largemouth bass are good on buzzbaits, chatterbaits and watermelon/red worms. White bass and hybrid bass are fair on poppers and small spoons.

CHOKE CANYON: Water stained; 80 degrees; 20.64’ low.

Largemouth bass are good in hydrilla on top-waters, Carolina rigs and crankbaits.

Crappie are good on minnows.

White bass are good on on white and silver jigging spoons or drop-shotting minnows. Catfish are good on cheese bait.

CONROE: Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.09’ low. Largemouth bass are good on weightless finesse worms and Texas-rigged creature baits. Crappie are slow. Hybrid stripers are fair on top-waters and jigging spoons. Catfish are good on catfish bubblegum, shad and minnows under a cork.

COOPER: Water lightly stained; 74 degrees; 2.50’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, chatterbaits and crankbaits. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait.

CORPUS CHRISTI: 79 degrees; 5.78 feet low.

Largemouth bass are slow.

White bass are good on small spoons, swimbaits and speck rigs. Crappie are good on minnows and scented jigs. Catfish are fair on cheese bait, shad oil soap and cut carp.

EAGLE MOUNTAIN: Water stained; 76 degrees; 2.12’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on crankbaits. White bass are good on slabs with teaser flies. Crappie are fair to good on jigs with white color combinations. Blue catfish are slow. Channel catfish are good on punch bait.

FALCON: Water stained; 77 degrees; 40.14’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and shaky heads.

Catfish and gar are good on tilapia and cut carp.

FAYETTE: Water lightly stained; 79-81 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on jigs and plastics. Catfish are fair on punch bait over chum.

FORK: Water stained; 75 degrees; 5.66’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, shad-colored square bills and Carolina rigs. Crappie are good on minnows and hand-tied jigs.

GRANBURY: Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 0.39’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters and Carolina rigs. Striped bass are slow.

Catfish are good on cut bait.

GRANGER: Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 0.16’ high. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are very good on jigs. White bass are slow. Blue catfish are good on shad.

GRAPEVINE: Water lightly stained; 77 degrees; 0.89’ high. White bass are good on minnowshaped jigging spoons. Catfish are fair in flooded timber on cut bait.

HOUSTON COUNTY: Water stained; 75 degrees; level pool.

Largemouth bass are good on top-waters. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait and prepared baits.

HUBBARD CREEK: Water stained; 76 degrees; 4.04’ low. White bass and hybrids are excellent on jigs with spinners and live bait.

JOE POOL: Water lightly stained; 78 degrees; 2.16’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged watermelon or green/pumpkin worms and Carolina-rigged creature baits.

Crappie are good on shad imitations.

LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; 0.65’ low. Crappie are fair on minnow and jigs. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters and soft plastics. Catfish are good on cheese bait and cut bait.

LAVON: Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 0.54’ high. Largemouth bass are slow. Catfish are good on cut bait under a cork and stink bait. White bass are good on rooster tails, swimbaits and slabs.

LBJ: Water lightly stained; 78 degrees; 0.68 feet low.

Largemouth bass are good on frogs and swimbaits. White bass are fair on small crankbaits and crappie jigs at night.

LEWISVILLE: Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 0.89’ 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 and chicken breasts.

LIMESTONE: Water clear; 86 degrees; 0.46’ low. Largemouth bass are good on big ribbon tail worms, crankbaits and finesse jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows. White bass are good on silver jigging spoons. Catfish are good drifting with cut perch or shad.

LIVINGSTON: Water stained; 85 degrees; 0.23’ high.

Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, crankbaits and swimbaits. Catfish are good on cut bait.

MEDINA: Water lightly stained; 72 degrees; 58.96’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, crankbaits and spinner baits. White bass are good on slabs. Striped bass are fair on slabs and Alabama rigs. Catfish are good on commercial baits and cut bait.

MEREDITH: Water stained; 70 degrees; 53.39’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on minnows and artificials. Walleye are excellent on minnows, nightcrawlers, crankbaits and grubs. Catfish are good on live bait stink bait and punch bait.

NACONICHE: Water clear to stained; 82 degrees.

Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters and small plastics.

Catfish are slow.

NASWORTHY: Water murky; 84 degrees. 1.00’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on soft plastics and top-waters.

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

NAVARRO MILLS: Water stained; 76 degrees; 0.78’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows.

Catfish are good on juglines and trotlines.

O.H. IVIE: Water clear; 75 degrees; 18.54’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina rigs and crankbaits.

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

OAK CREEK: Water lightly stained; 73 degrees; 7.46’ low. Largemouth bass are good on worms and deep-running spinner baits.

Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair trolling with live minnows.

Catfish are good on perch.

PALESTINE: Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 0.09’ high. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits in white and chartreuse, crankbaits and Carolina rigs in watermelon/ red. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on jigging spoons. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and cut bait.

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lightly stained; 75 degrees; 1.97’ low. Striped bass are good trolling bucktail jigs and jigging large spoons.

White bass are good on shad, chartreuse and white slabs.

Catfish are slow.

PROCTOR: Water stained; 75 degrees; 3.21’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass and stripers are fair on slabs. Catfish are fair on punch bait and cut bait.

RAVEN: Water stained; 84 degrees; 3.00’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters and weightless plastics. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are excellent on cut bait and minnows.

RAY HUBBARD: Water lightly stained; 74-78 degrees; 0.05’ low. White bass are fair on tail spinners and slab-and-jig combinations. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are excellent on cut shad and stink bait.

RAY ROBERTS: Water lightly stained; 74 degrees; 0.43’ high. Largemouth bass are good along grass lines on crankbaits and top-waters.

White bass are good under birds on slabs and jigging spoons. Blue and channel catfish are fair on cut bait and punch bait.

RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water clear; 76 degrees; 2.36’ low.

Crappie are fair on minnows.

White bass are fair on slabs.

Hybrid bass are fair on live shad and swimbaits. Channel catfish are fair on punch bait.

SAM RAYBURN: Water stained; 74 degrees; 1.05’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-water frogs and Carolina rigs. Crappie are good on minnows.

SOMERVILLE: Water stained; 82-84 degrees; 0.22’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on jigs with plastics. Crappie are fair on minnows and various colored jigs. White bass and hybrids are good on jigs and pencil minnows. Catfish are good on shad, liver and punch bait.

STILLHOUSE HOLLOW: Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 4.56’ low. Largemouth bass are good on soft plastics near hydrilla.

White bass are fair on slabs and tail spinners.

TAWAKONI: Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 1.39’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on crankbaits and spinner baits. Striped bass, hybrids and white bass are good on slabs and swimbaits.

Channel catfish are good on prepared baits. Blue catfish are slow.

TEXANA: Water stained; 77 degrees; 2.27’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on

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

TEXOMA: Water stained; 73 degrees; 0.14’ high. Striped bass are excellent on swimbaits, shad and Alabama rigs.

TOLEDO BEND: Water stained; 78-80 degrees; 0.90’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, ribbon tail worms and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs and live minnows.

Catfish are good on slip cork rigs and bottom rigs with shrimp, live shad and punch bait.

TRAVIS: Water stained; 76 degrees; 27.37’ low. Largemouth bass are good on drop shots around docks, small topwaters and swimbaits. Crappie and white bass are fair to good on spoons and live bait.

TYLER: Water lightly stained; 77 degrees; 0.07’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on stink bait.

WACO: Water stained; 75 degrees; 5.72’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters.

Crappie are good on minnows.

Catfish are good on blood bait.

WALTER E. LONG: Water clear; 75 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on creature baits, small swimbaits and white or silver crankbaits. Crappie are good on small spinner baits and crappie jigs.

WHITNEY: Water lightly stained; 73 degrees; 2.74’ low.

Striped bass are good trolling umbrella-rigs, swimbaits and on live bait. Catfish are good on live bait and cut bait.

WORTH: Water stained; 76 degrees; 1.87’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits. White bass are good on slabs with teaser flies.

Crappie are fair to good on jigs with white color combinations.

Blue catfish are slow. Channel catfish are good on punch bait.

WRIGHT PATMAN: Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 6.38’ high. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on swimbaits.

Catfish are good on punch bait.

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GAME WARDEN BLOTTER WARDEN SAVES TOSSED EGRETS, HERONS Harris County Texas Game Texas game wardens issued fewer boating-related Warden Jamie citations over Memorial Day weekend than they Hill was walking did in 2021. Between Friday and Monday, 352 up to a Cypress game wardens conducted 10,218 safety checks property being on vessels, issuing 62 fewer citations than they cleared by a tree did the year before. Texas Game Warden Col. Chad service company Jones attributed the decrease to factors including when she noticed expansion of boating safety awareness outreach. three trash bags.

Game wardens did, however, respond to 15 boatShe called over ing accidents and six drownings that occurred on to the workers for the company, hired to as part of residential disturbed or destroyed. Under the construction Migratory Bird Treaty Act, herons project, then looked inside the and egrets are federally protected bags. She observed dozens of dead where it is unlawful to kill, injure or and injured great blue herons and capture them. egrets, birds whose nests had been disturbed by the tree clearing, acEND OF WATCH FOR K9 cording to the Houston Chronicle.

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Fly anglers target striped bass on Canyon Lake in the early morning. Photo from Lone Star Fly Fishing.

boat within casting distance of the school.

Stripers on calm days have been good with both fly tackle and conventional top-water lures.

While the striper fishing on Canyon Lake can be challenging, the black bass in Hill Country rivers poses a great opportunity for fly-fisherman of all experience levels.

Shea Aucoin, of The Woodlands, spends most of his free days this time of year chasing largemouth bass at various public lakes within Houston metro. Fishing from his kayak Memorial Day weekend, Aucoin and another angler landed a total of 29 largemouth bass with an average weight near 4 pounds.

“The top-water bite has been really good the first hour of light, especially with a frog, but most of our larger bass we landed using bladed jigs.” Aucoin said.

Throughout the day Aucoin searches for

submerged grass beds and various other structure that may hold fish.

“The second day was slower and they seemed to only want the top-water frog,” he said. “We were only averaging about one bite an hour, but when they are 4 pounds a piece it makes it worth it.”

Tyler resident David Tietz frequents Lake Palestine this time of year in search of crappie.

“Right now I focus my attention on docks that provide good shade near areas of the lake where the water will not heat up very fast,” he said.

As the water temperature rises, Tiets looks for areas where crappie find shade and cooler water near deeper spots of the lake.

“I am not even worried about color of the jig at this point in the season, it’s all about finding the right patch of shade,” he said.

In addition to a limit of red snapper, Rogers and crew also landed a decent sized ling.

“We tried to catch some kingfish, but didn’t have any luck,” he explained.

Rick Wilkenfeld also ran offshore out of Texas City.

“We went out around 40 miles and found hoards of red snapper surrounding just about every piece of structure we fished,” Wilkenfeld said. “It didn’t take longer than about 30 minutes for us to box our limits of snapper in the 15- to 18-pound range.”

Large live baits and jigs worked the best to draw strikes from bigger fish.

“We were fishing in about 85 feet of water and there were snapper all over the water column,” Wilkenfeld said.

“You would reel one up and about 20 to 30 others would follow it to the surface.”

Capt. Lee Crisler, of Ocean Breeze Charters out of Galveston, has been running about 60 miles south of the island to put his anglers on limits of red snapper.

“Most of the fish have weighed anywhere from 8 to 12 pounds,” Crisler said. “We typically catch these fish about 30 miles closer during early June, but they haven’t been there for whatever reason this year.”

Crisler also has been catching a few kingfish while trolling, but they have not been consistent.

Tyler Hass found limits of red snapper 30 to 50 miles out of Freeport in water depths from 100 to 180 feet.

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“Once we located them, the bite was on fire,” Hass said. “Keeper-sized fish were holding a good distance off of the main pieces of bottom structure we were targeting, with most hanging out several hundred feet upcurrent.”

Hass also caught a hefty grouper about 80 miles out in 600 feet of water.

The folks at Port Aransas Fisherman’s Wharf reported full limits of red snapper for all of their anglers who fished from their party boats since the season began.

The staff at Deep Sea Headquarters also reported limits of red snapper have been easy to come by for their anglers.

They have been fishing anywhere from 15 to 30 miles out of Port Aransas.

Owner of Bamm Bamm Fishing Charters, Capt. Chad Kinney, said both state and federal waters out of Port Mansfield are wall to wall with red snapper right now.

“We’ve been catching them as far out as about 18 miles, in water as deep as 300 feet,” Kinney said. “Hard bottom areas, natural structure and platforms have all been good hotspots.”

Most of the snapper range from 7 to 10 pounds, with some larger fish mixed in.

“While fishing out deep in water over 200 feet, we have been seeing a lot of snapper suspended in the 100 foot range,” he said. “There’s just so many snapper out there right now, it really is a sight to see.”

Both jigs and fresh bait have been working well.

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2:18 8:30 3:01 9:14 3:48 10:02 4:42 10:57 5:43 ----6:50 12:34 8:01 1:45 9:10 2:55 10:15 4:01 11:13 5:01 ----- 5:53 12:28 6:39 1:10 7:21 1:49 8:00 2:27 8:38

08:20 08:21 08:21 08:22 08:22 08:22 08:23 08:23 08:23 08:23 08:24 08:24 08:24 08:24 08:24

2:42 8:54 3:27 9:40 4:17 10:31 5:13 11:29 6:16 12:00 7:24 1:07 8:33 2:17 9:40 3:25 10:43 4:29 11:39 5:26 12:05 6:16 12:50 7:01 1:31 7:42 2:10 8:21 2:49 9:00

06:18 06:18 06:18 06:18 06:18 06:18 06:18 06:19 06:19 06:19 06:19 06:19 06:19 06:20 06:20

08:33 08:34 08:34 08:34 08:35 08:35 08:35 08:36 08:36 08:36 08:37 08:37 08:37 08:37 08:37

4:33p 3:23a 5:43p 3:55a 6:57p 4:33a 8:12p 5:18a 9:24p 6:12a 10:29p 7:15a 11:24p 8:25a NoMoon 9:39a 12:10a 10:51a 12:48a 12:00p 1:21a 1:04p 1:50a 2:04p 2:17a 3:03p 2:45a 4:01p 3:13a 4:59p

San Antonio 2022 June

A.M. Minor Major

10 Fri 11 Sat 12 Sun 13 Mon 14 Tue 15 Wed 16 Thu 17 Fri 18 Sat 19 Sun 20 Mon 21 Tue 22 Wed 23 Thu 24 Fri

2:25 8:37 3:07 9:20 3:55 10:09 4:48 11:04 5:50 ----6:57 12:41 8:07 1:51 9:17 3:02 10:22 4:08 11:20 5:07 ----- 6:00 12:35 6:46 1:17 7:27 1:56 8:06 2:33 8:45

Amarillo

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

2022 June

A.M. Minor Major

P.M. Minor Major

SUN Rises Sets

MOON Rises Sets

2:49 9:01 3:34 9:47 4:23 10:38 5:20 11:35 6:23 12:06 7:30 1:14 8:40 2:24 9:47 3:32 10:49 4:35 11:45 5:33 12:12 6:23 12:57 7:08 1:38 7:49 2:17 8:28 2:56 9:07

10 Fri 11 Sat 12 Sun 13 Mon 14 Tue 15 Wed 16 Thu 17 Fri 18 Sat 19 Sun 20 Mon 21 Tue 22 Wed 23 Thu 24 Fri

2:38 8:50 3:21 9:34 4:08 10:22 5:02 11:18 6:03 ----7:11 12:54 8:21 2:05 9:30 3:15 10:35 4:21 11:34 5:21 12:01 6:13 12:49 7:00 1:30 7:41 2:09 8:20 2:47 8:58

3:02 3:47 4:37 5:33 6:36 7:44 8:53 10:00 11:03 11:59 12:25 1:10 1:52 2:30 3:09

06:32 06:32 06:32 06:32 06:32 06:32 06:32 06:32 06:32 06:33 06:33 06:33 06:33 06:33 06:34

4:57p 3:41a 6:09p 4:12a 7:24p 4:49a 8:40p 5:32a 9:53p 6:25a 10:58p 7:28a 11:52p 8:39a NoMoon 9:53a 12:36a 11:07a 1:13a 12:18p 1:43a 1:23p 2:11a 2:25p 2:37a 3:25p 3:03a 4:25p 3:30a 5:25p

06:33 06:33 06:33 06:33 06:33 06:33 06:33 06:33 06:34 06:34 06:34 06:34 06:34 06:35 06:35

08:32 08:32 08:33 08:33 08:33 08:34 08:34 08:34 08:34 08:35 08:35 08:35 08:35 08:36 08:36

4:37p 3:32a 5:44p 4:06a 6:56p 4:46a 8:09p 5:33a 9:20p 6:29a 10:26p 7:32a 11:22p 8:42a NoMoon 9:54a 12:10a 11:04a 12:50a 12:11p 1:25a 1:13p 1:56a 2:11p 2:25a 3:08p 2:54a 4:04p 3:25a 5:00p

9:14 10:00 10:51 11:49 12:20 1:27 2:37 3:45 4:49 5:46 6:37 7:21 8:02 8:41 9:20

09:00 09:00 09:00 09:01 09:01 09:02 09:02 09:02 09:03 09:03 09:03 09:03 09:03 09:04 09:04

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 Jun 10 Jun 11 Jun 12 Jun 13 Jun 14 Jun 15 Jun 16 Jun 17 Jun 18 Jun 19 Jun 20 Jun 21 Jun 22 Jun 23 Jun 24

Time 1:54 AM 2:50 AM 3:41 AM 4:32 AM 5:23 AM 6:16 AM 7:12 AM 8:10 AM 12:54 AM 1:54 AM 2:58 AM 4:09 AM 12:27 AM 1:54 AM 3:01 AM

High Island Height 1.51H 1.74H 1.93H 2.05H 2.09H 2.05H 1.96H 1.83H -0.44L -0.13L 0.21L 0.54L 1.27H 1.44H 1.59H

Time 7:05 AM 8:07 AM 9:03 AM 9:52 AM 10:35 AM 11:18 AM 12:06 PM 1:08 PM 9:07 AM 9:58 AM 10:40 AM 11:15 AM 5:32 AM 7:05 AM 8:38 AM

Time 12:16 PM 12:30 PM 12:49 PM 1:18 PM 1:54 PM 2:37 PM 3:25 PM 4:21 PM 2:30 PM 3:59 PM 5:05 PM 5:52 PM 11:44 AM 12:08 PM 12:25 PM

Height 1.40H 1.43H 1.49H 1.57H 1.64H 1.67H 1.64H 1.54H 1.30L 1.07L 0.79L 0.49L 1.38H 1.33H 1.31H

Time 7:18 PM 7:57 PM 8:39 PM 9:25 PM 10:14 PM 11:05 PM 11:58 PM

Height -0.04L -0.37L -0.64L -0.82L -0.89L -0.84L -0.68L

5:41 PM 8:05 PM 10:33 PM

1.37H 1.19H 1.16H

6:32 PM 7:07 PM 7:40 PM

0.21L -0.02L -0.19L

Time 11:55 AM 12:09 PM

Height 1.46H 1.47H

Time 7:24 PM 7:56 PM

Height 0.12L -0.22L

4:46 PM 5:26 PM 6:06 PM 11:30 AM 11:34 AM 11:07 AM

1.18L 0.90L 0.60L 1.39H 1.34H 1.34H

7:57 PM 10:16 PM

1.27H 1.23H

6:42 PM 7:14 PM 7:44 PM

0.32L 0.08L -0.11L

Time 6:59 PM

Height 0.12L

Galveston Bay entrance, north jetty Date Jun 10 Jun 11 Jun 12 Jun 13 Jun 14 Jun 15 Jun 16 Jun 17 Jun 18 Jun 19 Jun 20 Jun 21 Jun 22 Jun 23 Jun 24

Time 2:07 AM 3:17 AM 4:18 AM 5:11 AM 6:01 AM 6:53 AM 7:51 AM 8:50 AM 12:53 AM 1:54 AM 3:02 AM 4:19 AM 12:12 AM 1:54 AM 3:13 AM

Height 1.46H 1.73H 1.98H 2.17H 2.28H 2.27H 2.19H 2.05H -0.41L -0.09L 0.26L 0.61L 1.31H 1.46H 1.63H

Time 7:15 AM 8:39 AM 8:34 PM 9:20 PM 10:12 PM 11:05 PM 11:59 PM

Height 1.15L 1.35L -0.51L -0.72L -0.82L -0.80L -0.66L

9:38 AM 10:16 AM 10:47 AM 11:12 AM 6:00 AM 7:28 AM 8:45 AM

1.90H 1.73H 1.59H 1.47H 0.91L 1.14L 1.30L

Height 1.11L 1.67H 1.95H 2.16H 2.29H 2.32H 2.26H 2.13H -0.45L -0.17L 0.18L 0.55L 1.21H 1.43H 1.65H

Time 11:30 AM 7:27 PM 8:03 PM 8:46 PM 9:34 PM 10:28 PM 11:27 PM

Height 1.27H -0.18L -0.45L -0.65L -0.76L -0.77L -0.66L

Time 7:24 AM 2:59 AM 3:59 AM 4:53 AM 5:45 AM 6:38 AM 7:33 AM 8:29 AM 12:31 AM 1:38 AM 2:44 AM 3:55 AM 12:05 AM 1:43 AM 3:14 AM

9:20 AM 10:01 AM 10:29 AM 10:47 AM 5:45 AM 8:12 AM 7:02 PM

1.96H 1.77H 1.56H 1.39H 0.90L 1.11L -0.12L

Height 0.59H 0.73H 0.86H 0.95H 1.00H -0.37L -0.37L -0.33L -0.24L -0.12L 0.04L 0.23L 0.54H 0.62H 0.74H

Time 9:23 PM 9:59 PM 10:46 PM 11:41 PM

Height 0.02L -0.13L -0.25L -0.33L

1:02 PM 2:33 PM 3:29 PM 3:58 PM 3:43 PM 3:00 PM 1:36 PM 8:36 PM 9:06 PM 9:43 PM

1.02H 1.01H 0.96H 0.87H 0.74H 0.61H 0.52H 0.15L 0.00L -0.11L

Height 0.40L 0.23L 0.09L -0.02L -0.08L -0.10L -0.11L -0.11L -0.07L -0.01L 0.09L 0.22L 0.37L 0.41L 0.26L

Time 3:50 PM 3:46 PM 3:54 PM 4:11 PM 4:39 PM 5:17 PM 5:59 PM 6:33 PM 6:51 PM 6:53 PM 6:35 PM 5:22 PM 4:41 PM 3:53 PM 3:18 PM

Height 0.90H 0.98H 1.06H 1.13H 1.17H 1.18H 1.16H 1.12H 1.05H 0.96H 0.86H 0.78H 0.75H 0.77H 0.83H

5:33 PM 5:51 PM 10:51 AM 10:46 AM

0.83L 0.56L 1.26H 1.20H

Time

Height

9:48 PM

1.05H

6:11 PM 6:35 PM

0.29L 0.06L

Port O’Connor Date Jun 10 Jun 11 Jun 12 Jun 13 Jun 14 Jun 15 Jun 16 Jun 17 Jun 18 Jun 19 Jun 20 Jun 21 Jun 22 Jun 23 Jun 24

Time 11:04 AM 8:30 AM 9:17 AM 10:15 AM 11:26 AM 12:37 AM 1:33 AM 2:28 AM 3:22 AM 4:13 AM 5:00 AM 5:41 AM 11:34 AM 10:37 AM 8:54 AM

Time 12:51 AM 1:09 AM 1:41 AM 2:26 AM 3:23 AM 4:29 AM 5:36 AM 6:35 AM 7:25 AM 8:07 AM 8:40 AM 9:01 AM 8:20 AM 12:30 AM 12:43 AM

San Luis Pass Date Jun 10 Jun 11 Jun 12 Jun 13 Jun 14 Jun 15 Jun 16 Jun 17 Jun 18 Jun 19 Jun 20 Jun 21 Jun 22 Jun 23 Jun 24

Time 2:45 AM 4:14 AM 5:19 AM 6:13 AM 7:07 AM 8:06 AM 9:12 AM 12:13 AM 1:16 AM 2:21 AM 3:28 AM 4:43 AM 12:25 AM 2:39 AM 4:47 AM

Height 1.02H 1.23H -0.34L -0.49L -0.58L -0.60L -0.56L -0.47L -0.35L -0.19L 0.02L 0.76H 0.83H 1.03H 1.24H

Time 11:49 AM

Height 0.98L

8:49 AM 9:28 AM 10:12 AM 11:30 AM 1:47 PM 3:38 PM 3:52 PM 2:58 PM 2:57 PM 8:08 AM 9:36 AM 12:08 PM 11:31 PM

1.42H 1.53H 1.55H 1.51H 1.45H 1.38H 1.29H 1.20H 1.12H 0.31L 0.62L 0.87L -0.33L

Height 0.91H 1.10H 1.28H 1.40H 1.47H 1.46H 1.42H -0.51L -0.36L -0.17L 0.06L 0.31L 0.77H 0.90H 1.06H

Time 7:46 AM 9:41 AM 8:52 PM 9:34 PM 10:21 PM 11:14 PM

Height 0.79L 0.94L -0.42L -0.56L -0.62L -0.59L

10:11 AM 10:49 AM 11:09 AM 11:20 AM 11:27 AM 6:15 AM 7:54 AM 8:01 PM

1.33H 1.23H 1.11H 1.01H 0.93H 0.56L 0.76L -0.20L

Height 0.38H 0.42H 0.46H 0.49H 0.51H -0.12L -0.11L -0.09L -0.05L 0.00L 0.07L 0.15L 0.27H 0.35H 0.42H

Time 9:43 PM 10:20 PM 11:04 PM 11:52 PM

Height 0.05L -0.02L -0.07L -0.11L

3:08 PM 3:52 PM 4:21 PM 4:25 PM 4:00 PM 3:28 PM 12:48 PM 7:23 AM 8:40 AM 9:44 PM

0.53H 0.53H 0.52H 0.48H 0.44H 0.39H 0.36H 0.24L 0.33L -0.00L

Height 0.83H 0.98H 1.12H 1.22H 1.30H 1.32H 1.30H 1.22H -0.26L -0.08L 0.14L 0.39L 0.61L 0.86H 1.01H

Time 7:29 AM 8:44 AM 8:28 PM 9:09 PM 9:59 PM 10:56 PM 11:55 PM

Height 0.74L 0.90L -0.28L -0.41L -0.47L -0.46L -0.39L

12:28 PM 10:51 AM 10:45 AM 10:39 AM 10:36 AM 7:18 AM 8:41 AM

1.09H 0.96H 0.89H 0.85H 0.86H 0.78L 0.91L

Height 1.03H 1.27H 1.49H 1.66H 1.76H 1.78H 1.74H 1.63H -0.60L -0.32L 0.01L 0.35L 0.83H 1.03H 1.24H

Time 6:57 AM 7:08 PM 7:50 PM 8:38 PM 9:31 PM 10:27 PM 11:26 PM

Height 0.86L -0.33L -0.59L -0.78L -0.88L -0.89L -0.79L

10:41 AM 10:49 AM 10:43 AM 10:32 AM 4:57 AM 7:17 AM 6:53 PM

1.47H 1.27H 1.10H 0.99H 0.68L 0.92L -0.28L

Time 3:39 PM

Height 1.07H

Time 11:38 PM

Height -0.12L

9:54 3:04 3:08 2:59

0.66L 1.04H 0.97H 0.93H

10:16 PM 10:41 PM 11:06 PM

0.38L 0.09L -0.15L

Time 12:01 PM 11:59 AM

Height 0.95H 0.98H

Time 7:47 PM 8:16 PM

Height 0.02L -0.22L

5:56 PM 6:29 PM 11:30 AM 11:28 AM

0.59L 0.36L 0.89H 0.88H

9:57 PM

0.72H

7:02 PM 7:33 PM

0.14L -0.06L

PM PM PM PM

Date Jun 10 Jun 11 Jun 12 Jun 13 Jun 14 Jun 15 Jun 16 Jun 17 Jun 18 Jun 19 Jun 20 Jun 21 Jun 22 Jun 23 Jun 24

Time 12:41 PM 12:22 PM 11:20 AM 11:31 AM 2:04 PM 12:41 AM 1:31 AM 2:20 AM 3:11 AM 4:04 AM 5:04 AM 6:12 AM 4:17 AM 5:56 AM 7:11 AM

Time

Height

Time

Height

8:37 PM 12:27 PM 12:23 PM

0.23L 0.36H 0.38H

8:48 PM 9:13 PM

0.14L 0.06L

Time 11:20 AM 11:19 AM

Height 0.87H 0.94H

Time 7:28 PM 7:54 PM

Height 0.13L -0.09L

5:12 PM 5:59 PM 6:36 PM 10:47 AM 11:03 AM

0.72L 0.49L 0.28L 0.90H 0.95H

8:40 PM 11:41 PM

0.77H 0.77H

7:09 PM 7:40 PM

0.10L -0.04L

Time 10:39 AM

Height 0.96H

Time 6:34 PM

Height -0.03L

5:21 PM 5:31 PM 10:22 AM 10:04 AM

0.69L 0.39L 0.95H 0.97H

8:52 PM

0.75H

5:56 PM 6:25 PM

0.11L -0.12L

Port Aransas Time

8:28 PM

Height

Time

Height

0.33L

Nueces Bay Date Jun 10 Jun 11 Jun 12 Jun 13 Jun 14 Jun 15 Jun 16 Jun 17 Jun 18 Jun 19 Jun 20 Jun 21 Jun 22 Jun 23 Jun 24

Time 6:20 AM 7:47 AM 12:03 AM 12:36 AM 1:18 AM 2:07 AM 3:00 AM 3:58 AM 5:08 AM 6:20 AM 7:16 AM 1:15 AM 4:12 AM 5:53 AM 8:37 AM

East Matagorda

Freeport Harbor Date Jun 10 Jun 11 Jun 12 Jun 13 Jun 14 Jun 15 Jun 16 Jun 17 Jun 18 Jun 19 Jun 20 Jun 21 Jun 22 Jun 23 Jun 24

Date Jun 10 Jun 11 Jun 12 Jun 13 Jun 14 Jun 15 Jun 16 Jun 17 Jun 18 Jun 19 Jun 20 Jun 21 Jun 22 Jun 23 Jun 24

Date Jun 10 Jun 11 Jun 12 Jun 13 Jun 14 Jun 15 Jun 16 Jun 17 Jun 18 Jun 19 Jun 20 Jun 21 Jun 22 Jun 23 Jun 24

Time 2:17 AM 3:52 AM 5:09 AM 7:57 AM 9:11 AM 10:11 AM 11:03 AM 11:50 AM 12:53 AM 1:49 AM 2:45 AM 3:53 AM 5:31 AM 3:49 AM 4:59 AM

South Padre Island Time

Height

Time

Height

Date Jun 10 Jun 11 Jun 12 Jun 13 Jun 14 Jun 15 Jun 16 Jun 17 Jun 18 Jun 19 Jun 20 Jun 21 Jun 22 Jun 23 Jun 24

Time 1:50 AM 3:23 AM 4:40 AM 5:48 AM 6:57 AM 8:09 AM 9:17 AM 10:09 AM 12:25 AM 1:24 AM 2:24 AM 3:28 AM 12:04 AM 2:35 AM 4:09 AM

Texas Coast Tides

Height 0.99L 1.15L 1.29L 1.41L 1.50L 1.53L 1.52L 1.44L 1.71H 1.61H 1.52H 1.44H 0.83L 1.04L 1.18L

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LONE STAR OUTDOOR PUZZLER Solution on Page 20

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INDUSTRY Smith to head sales team at ETS ETS Group, maker of polymer magazines, named Wylie Smith as national sales manager.

Treestand HOF for Wynder Hunter Safety System’s co-founder Jerry Dale Wynder was inducted into the Treestand Hall of Fame by the Treestand Manufacturer’s Association.

Liberty retains agency Liberty Ammunition retained Maschmedt & Associates as its manufacturer’s representative agency.

Umarex marketing manager Airgun manufacturer Umarex USA named Scott Faldon as marketing manager.

ACROSS 3) Used for BBQs and catfish (two words) 4) Pecos County’s seat (two words) 5) Salmon species 6) An elk-hunting state 8) A diving duck 10) East Texas lake 14) Fishing while in the water 16) The lower tusks on feral hogs 17) How far you can see underwater 19) The bigger grouse 21) Good catfish lake 24) Texas Lutheran’s team name 25) Rice’s team name 27) East Texas river 29) UTEP’s team name 33) Winkler County seat 34) Tall German dog breed (two words) 37) Part of reel that slows the fish 39) Fishing knot type 40) Left side of the boat 41) Good redfish bait 42) An offshore species 44) Duck call brand 45) A coon dog breed

New CEO at Walther Walther Manufacturing, Inc. hired Thomas Goike as president and chief executive officer.

Sales positions open Roger Sports Marketing is seeking sales professionals to cover accounts in Alabama and Georgia.

Whitten promoted at H&K Heckler and Koch promoted Jason Whitten to law enforcement sales manager.

Stone to lead G3 Yamaha U.S. Marine Business Unit announced that Jeff Stone, senior vice president of Skeeter Products, Inc., will now oversee aluminum and pontoon boat manufacturer G3 Boats.

DOWN 1) A Texas bay 2) A shoreline indention 4) Shotshell brand 7) Kayak brand 9) Bow brand 11) Fishing reel manufacturer 12) Trout species 13) One of Leopold’s five tools 15) One of the quail 18) Safari destination 19) Good white bass lure 20) An aquatic plant 22) Ozona’s county 23) West Texas mountain range 26) The linesider 28) Maker of dog, deer food 29) White, blue or striped 30) Group of feral hogs 31) Bass boat brand 32) Slang for a bright, sunny day 35) Hook with three points 36) An African game animal 38) Sunfish species 43) Snapper species

Puzzle by Craig Nyhus, Lone Star Outdoor News

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

Gulf shrimp stuffed flounder 4 Gulf flounder fillets 1 tsp. olive oil Paprika Stuffing 1 slice bacon, diced 1 small onion, chopped 2 garlic cloves, minced 1/2 lb. cooked shrimp (small), peeled and deveined 1 (10 oz) package of frozen spinach, thawed, drained well and patted dry Pinch of nutmeg Salt and pepper to taste 1/3 cup nonfat sour cream 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Coat a 9-inch baking pan with cooking spray. Set aside.

Cook bacon over medium heat. Remove the bacon from the pan and set aside to cool. Add onion and garlic to the drippings in the pan and cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes. Add the shrimp and cook for 3 minutes. Add spinach, nutmeg, salt, pepper and heat through for 2 minutes.

Remove pan from heat. Put the shrimpspinach mixture in a large bowl. Add sour cream, breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese and bacon crumbles. Add 1/4 of the stuffing to one end of a flounder fillet. Roll the flounder over the stuffing and secure with a toothpick. Repeat with remaining fillets.

Place the flounder roll in the prepared pan.

Drizzle the top of each roll with olive oil.

Sprinkle with paprika. Bake the flounder rolls for about 20-25 minutes until done.

—Mississippi Dept. of Marine Resources

Leftover elk stew 1 1/2 lb. elk stew meat 2 russet potatoes, sliced 1 cup diced blanched potatoes 1/2 cup carrot 1/2 onion 1 clove garlic 1 small tomato 1/2 cup celery 1/2 yellow bell pepper 4 cups elk bone or other broth 1 tsp. rosemary 1 tsp. basil 1 tsp. celery seeds 2 tsp. salt 2 tbsp. lard Cut meat into 1/2- to 3/4 -inch cubes, trimming gristle. Chop vegetables so they are ready to put in the pot. Slice the two russet potatoes, measure one

cup of previously blanched, diced potatoes. chop the celery, onion, bell pepper and carrots, and cut the tomato into small chunks. On medium heat, melt lard in a deep cast iron pot and add the meat. Toss lightly with a large spoon to make sure the meat is evenly browned. While meat is browning, add the vegetables starting with the onions. One at a time, stir each addition of vegetables. Add another cup of diced potatoes that have been blanched ahead of time. Pour in broth. Add the spices and salt and stir. Bring the mix up to a light boil for 5-10 minutes and then reduce the heat to low. Cover the pot and simmer until the sliced potatoes are soft, about 1 hour.

—NMGF

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IOWA

Idaho Fish and Game personnel investigated a report of two wolves responsible for a “pile-up” that killed 143 sheep in the Boise Foothills in mid-May. According to reports from the sheep herder, wolves caused the sheep to flee in panic and then crush or suffocate each other in an effort to escape the wolves.

Wildlife Services staff investigated and found two sets of wolf tracks in the location and confirmed that the pile-up was caused by wolves.

Fish and Game issued a request to remove the wolves in the area if they could be located, and they were not. The sheep have since moved away from the area.

—IFGD

Turkey hunters in Iowa will be able to utilize shotguns chambered in .410 bore and 28-gauge.

While the shotguns have historically been considered an underpowered option for turkey, advancements in shotshell technologies have allowed these sub-gauges to become a viable choice. Lighter shotguns with significantly less recoil have become increasingly tailored toward turkey hunters, particularly those who are younger, smaller-framed, or recoil sensitive. The bill allowing such use, supported by the Governor, passed through the legislature by unanimous consent.

—CSF

Wolves cause “pile-up” Sub-gauges OK for of sheep turkey hunters

MONTANA

Gall bladder seller busted An Idaho man was sentenced following a long-term investigation into a case involving the trafficking and commercialization of wildlife parts in Montana.

Yan Fong of Pocatello was sentenced to 10 years with the Montana Department of Corrections and was ordered to pay a fine of $25,000, as well as court fees. He also lost his hunting, fishing and trapping privileges in Montana and 46 other states for six years.

In 2017 and 2018, Fong unlawfully purchased 11 black bear gall bladders, four black bears, 24 black bear paws, three mountain lions, two mule deer, one elk and seven bobcats in Montana and transported them back to Idaho.

Fong is also facing pending charges for similar conduct in California and Idaho.

—MFWP

LOUISIANA

Illegal and undersized swordfish A Buras charter guide was cited for taking swordfish without a permit.

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents cited Blake Rigby, 28, of Tripletail Charters, for failing to obtain a highly migratory species permit, three offenses of taking undersized swordfish and a second offense of failing to report swordfish landings.

LDWF agents stopped Rigby for a boating safety and creel check and found Rigby in possession of three swordfish, one of which was under the minimum size of 29 inches.

Agents learned that Rigby’s HMS permit expired in December of 2021. Agents also found through NOAA’s HMS Division that Rigby failed to report any swordfish landings for 2022.

—LDWF

MARYLAND

Sunday hunting bills signed Gov. Larry Hogan signed seven Sunday hunting bills into law. In Maryland, Sunday hunting is permitted in select counties, but restrictions remain for other areas of the state. This patchwork of restrictions cause unnecessary confusion for sportsmen and women.

The bills expand Sunday hunting opportunities in several additional counties to pursue deer “on each Sunday of the deer hunting season” as well as hunt “turkey on each Sunday of the spring turkey hunting season.”

—Staff report

YOUR BIG COUNTRY DRIVE-THROUGH FEED AND HUNTING SUPPLY STORE Feeders • Deer corn • Protein • Feed bulk & bag • Mineral blocks • Milo • Wheat Hog traps • Trapping supplies • Feed pen panels • Water troughs • Hay • Clothing & Accessories • Snacks • Yard Accessories • Small Furniture • Home & Garden Farm, cattle and horse supplies

MINNESOTA

Clay target league grows A record 31,688 students competed in the USA Clay Target League spring season across 34 states with the national tournament slated in Michigan July 6-10.

Minnesota had 11,792 participants and 400 teams, the most of any state.

—USA Clay Target League

WEST VIRGINIA

Blue cat record broken again On May 25, Steve Price of Lancaster, Ohio, caught and released a blue catfish that broke the state record for both weight and length.

He was fishing from a boat on the lower section of the Kanawha River. The bait used was cut shad.

Price’s record fish was 50.7 inches long and weighed 67.22 pounds. The catfish eclipsed the weight record of 61.28 pounds held by Cody Carver for only seven weeks.

—WVDNR

Young Farmers tourney Continued from page 9

shark, kingfish, red snapper and a cobia.

The cobia, or ling, weighed 69.10 pounds, breaking the tournament record.

His shark also broke the tournament record.

Ramirez said he used a 15-pound test line and a lure to catch the ling.

“It took me more than an hour because of the light tackle I had,” he said. “We were about 17 miles northeast of the Port jetty in state waters.”

Ramirez said this was the biggest cobia he has ever caught.

The tournament lured new anglers like Susan Price, a Kentucky woman who moved to Port Mansfield with her husband, Allen.

She caught one of three grand slams on the boat.

“We can load your feed faster than you can eat a cookie"

“We have fished in other tournaments — but for catfish,” she said. “This is our first time here.”

Once the bay division ended, the larger boats in the offshore division started show up at the scales.

The first vessel brought in the biggest red snapper, while another arrived with the biggest kingfish.

All in all, nearly 239 anglers signed up for the tournament, compared to about 120 in 2021.

Dennis Hoot, a Willacy County Young Farmers Association member with the most seniority, said it was a record number of anglers as far as he could remember in the 50-plus year history of the tournament.

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TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING REPORT SABINE LAKE: 78 degrees. Speckled trout are good along the Intracoastal Waterway on jigs with red shad swimbaits.

Redfish are good on live shrimp under a popping cork. Flounder are good on white scented shrimp plastics.

BOLIVAR: 82 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair on croaker and shrimp under a popping cork.

EAST GALVESTON BAY: 83 degrees.

Speckled trout are fair in clearer water on soft plastics and live shrimp. Redfish are fair on shrimp.

WEST GALVESTON BAY: 84 degrees.

Speckled trout and redfish are fair on live shrimp and croaker.

TEXAS CITY: 81 degrees. Speckled trout are fair on live bait and soft plastics. Redfish are fair on artificials and live shrimp under a popping cork.

FREEPORT: 82 degrees. Redfish are good in San Luis Pass on live croaker and live shrimp. Speckled trout are fair on mullet, shrimp and live croaker.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY: 82 degrees.

Redfish and black drum are good along the shoreline on lures and live shrimp under a popping cork.

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WEST MATAGORDA BAY: 82 degrees.

Redfish and speckled trout are good wade-fishing with artificials and live shrimp under a popping cork.

PORT O’CONNOR: 82 degrees. Speckled trout are good on live croaker. Redfish are good on sardines and dead shrimp.

Black drum are fair on dead shrimp.

ROCKPORT: 82 degrees. Speckled trout are good on live bait and plastics. Redfish are good on menhaden. Black drum are good on dead shrimp.

PORT ARANSAS: 82 degrees. Speckled trout are good free lining croaker. Redfish are fair on cut mullet and croaker.

CORPUS CHRISTI: 80 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair on croaker.

BAFFIN BAY: 81 degrees. Speckled trout, redfish and black drum are goon on live shrimp under a popping cork.

PORT MANSFIELD: 82 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair on soft plastics.

SOUTH PADRE: 80 degrees. Redfish are good on shrimp. Speckled trout are slow.

PORT ISABEL: 80 degrees. Redfish are good drifting with shrimp and soft plastics. Speckled trout are slow.

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baits will stick with you for days.”

The late Bob Fincher was another guide who made his own punch bait. Fincher’s was made out of chicken blood and cattails. His favorite lake was Choke Canyon for two reasons. It’s had lots of channel cats and they were easy to locate because they usually set up to feed under roosting cormorants.

He liked to fish in about 15 to 20 feet of water in the flooded timber on Choke.

Then he would broadcast soured maize around his boat. A single hook would be punched into the stink bait, then lowered to bottom.

Fincher made his stink bait concoction in his backyard. The combination of blood, cattails and cotton pads came together to make a stink bait that the channel cats could not resist, and also stayed on the hook well.

Taylor’s catfish rigs are simple. He uses closed face spincast reels spooled with

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20-pound test monofilament line. He uses a No. 2 treble hook. About 6 inches above the hook he’ll pinch on two No. 3 split shot weights. Next you punch the hook into the stink bait and lower it down to bottom.

Another thing Taylor does to crank up the bite is to scatter out cattle cubes, each about the size of a shotgun shell. Once they begin to dissolve, the catfish get hungry.

“Most people fish the baits way too high off the bottom,” Taylor said. “Once you get to bottom, reel the bait about a half turn off bottom and hang on. That’s it. Like I said, it’s simple fishing.”

Taylor and his wife cook catfish about twice a month. They will dip the fillets in a gallon Ziploc bag filled with a box of Zatarain’s Fish Fry with a lemon flavor. He’ll add three tablespoons of Tony Chachere’s spice mix, then fry the fillets in a skillet and enjoy.

Nate Skinner landed the longest redfish in the 2nd Annual REEL Lifesaver Invitational out of Getaway Lodge with just five minutes to spare. Photo by Wayne Davis.

Ron Moon also fished the tournament from Grubert’s boat, and landed a slot red that sported six spots, enough to win the most spots category.

The longest speckled trout category was won

by Everett Johnson. He caught a 25.5-inch trout on a soft plastic while with Capt. Ruben Garza Jr. Johnson caught nearly 20 specks during the first hour of the tournament. After landing numerous fish in the 20 inch range, he finally stuck a bigger one, and it was enough for the win.

With just five minutes of fishing time left, Nate Skinner hooked a 28.5 inch redfish on his last cast of the day.

Fishing with Capt. Wayne Davis, Skinner enjoyed an exciting day of top-water action, landing numbers of trout in the 17 to 20 inch range and two redfish, 25.5 and 26 inches. Word was circulating via texts about the day Ellis and Grubert were having.

Davis positioned Skinner on a deep flat with grass beds and potholes, where he continued to wade-fish with the same pink Rapala Skitter Walk he had been chunking since sunrise.

Lone Star Outdoor News’ David J. Sams was also wading the same stretch of water. He and Skinner were about 25 to 30 yards apart, having a conversation while trying to get one more bite before the clock struck 2 p.m. Garza and Davis watched from about 100 yards, back in their boats.

Getting frustrated with the floating grass fouling his top-water, Skinner said to Sams, “I’ve been throwing this top-water all day. I’m tired of dealing with this grass while retrieving my lure. This is my last cast.”

With that, Skinner fired the pink topwater downwind. After twitching the bait three times, a ferocious blow up caught he and Sams’ attention. His rod bowed and the drag on his reel began to sing.

After playing the fish out, Skinner was able to land the red. By that time, Davis, who had seen and heard the commotion, had idled his boat nearby. They got the redfish measured, photographed, and released by 1:55 p.m.

The last-cast red edged out Ellis’ fish by 1/2 inch, earning him the longest redfish title.

Andrea Ramos and her dad, Andy Ramos, also fished in the tournament, guided by Capt.

Mitch Richmond, and enjoyed a consistent trout bite most of the day; however, they were not able to land any good sized redfish.

Jeff Hall and Alex Sessums fished with Capt.

David Garza. Their best action started around noon along shallow mud flats where they found solid trout and redfish, but they didn’t have enough inches to edge out the competition.

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“You can use the TTP (Trap, Transport and Process) permits in urban areas, but the people in those areas won’t tolerate having the deer killed,” he said.

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“If you get the trout along with some reds, it’s a good day of fishing,” he said.

The heat hasn’t been that big of a deal.

“It all depends on the customer,” Hamilton said. “Some like to fish over six hours; others like to box a few fish and head in once the sun heats things up.”

The best structure in the bays are sand pockets, the tops of shell reefs and the edge of grass, the guide said. And when the surf is right, the fishing can be very good all the way down to Cedar Bayou.

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The favorite technique is to freeline live bait on 5/0 circle hooks. A 2- to 3-ounce weight is used to get a better hook set. The guide also will fish live shrimp under a popping cork over sand pockets and reefs.

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