September 9, 2022
By Nate Skinner
Photographer Erich Schlegel ac companied Texas game wardens on the patrol boat Captain Murchison out of Port Isabel on Aug. 25. The crew found and hauled in miles of illegal longlines set by Mexican
Capt. Wesley Groth heads the Marine Tactical Operations Group comprised of five full-time war dens.“Our main mission is to focus on illegal commercial fishing, port se curity and border security,” Groth
fishermen, along with more than 250 red snapper.
that were around to leave. Hunt ers bided time shooting skeet in the shade.Reports from Haskell area hunters and outfitters indicated more birds moved into the area after the rains and cool front. Outfitter Justin Hill said his bird numbers were on the rise, and Guy on the Texas Hunting Forum shared photos of his limit claiming he “scratched out” on opening morning.
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“They were coming into the pond
“Just trying to stay out of the mud,” heTosaid.the south and east near Throck morton, the birds left one of the pop ular fields just before opening day. A few days earlier, more than 1,000 birds were hitting the wheat field. Then they were gone.
The opener of dove season didn’t pan out as expected for many hunters. Season previews suggested looking for water, but in much of the state, water came naturally before (and after) Sept. 1.
In one of Texas’ most anticipated annual traditions, dove hunters headed to the field on Sept. 1, with mixed results. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.
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Texas game wardens, aboard the Capt. Murchison, seized 45,000 feet of longline gear from illegal fishermen coming into U.S. waters from Mexico. Photo by Erich Schlegel, for Lone Star Outdoor News.
Summertime patterns seem to be lingering for a va riety of species, as things slowly transition into fall. Depending on what body of water they have been fish ing, anglers have been catching crappie, white bass, largemouth bass and stripers. Nearly all of the species have been spread out, and covering water has been the key.On Lake Palestine, guide Duwayne Benson said the crappie have been stacked up and suspended around brush piles and timber, anywhere from 5 to 15 feet below the “Recentlysurface.there have been more fish concentrating along the timber rather than on the brush piles,” Ben son said. “They really are suspended up in the water column, regardless of how deep the water is.”
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Chad Marler shows a bass he caught while fishing a deep, offshore stretch of water on Sam Rayburn Reservoir. Photo from Chad Marler.
to water, but now they can drink any where,” said bronco71 on the Texas HuntingExcellentForum.reports came from the Panhandle, especially near Lubbock. At Dust Devil Outfitters, a large group of hunters in a milo field managed 350Redbirds.Eye Outfitters, also in Lubbock, reported a good start to the season as well.Near Wichita Falls, Joe Spurgin said there were plenty of whitewings to keep hunters busy.
Anglers covering water for bass, crappie, stripers
The rains caused birds to scatter and move, as usual. For some, the birds came into their hunting areas. For others, they left.
“We finished up in time for break fast,” he Comanchesaid. County missed out on the heavy rains, but got a few inches before the opener, causing the birds
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• renewed trapping regulations
Mountain lion working group to be established
The Texas coast has been hit-ormiss when it comes to rainfall and habitat.“Rainfall is still greatly needed in many places along the coast,” Kraai said. “Our marshes are still very salty and many of the wet lands are still dry. The hunt clubs and leases that are fortunate enough to have access to water to flood rice fields or wetlands will most certainly have a good teal season once again.”
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After substantial discussion and significant opposition, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission adopted a new surveillance zone for chronic wasting disease in the Duval County area, with some modifications from earlier pro posals and a two-year sunset pro vision.The commission also expand
The petition sought:
“Perception is everything,” Harrison said. “To collect real unbiased data, collect real mountain lion popu lation numbers, you will need the support of private landowners. For landowners who willfully participate,
Texas coast have received 300 to 500 percent of their normal rain fall this past “Northeastmonth.Texashas also seen above average rainfall,” he said. “A much-needed record rain event occurred recently, after months of stifling heat and drought had caused all of the region’s reser voirs to become very low. Many ponds and creeks had completely driedTheup.”good news is low lake levels allowed for grasses and weeds to grow along exposed shorelines.
The Texas Panhandle expe rienced near record heat and drought the majority of the sum mer. Kraai said timely rains in iso lated areas have flooded a good portion of the playa wetlands in the High Plains.
ing teal this September, as well as places for a few hunters to have a chance for a decent early teal sea son hunt,” he said.
• mandatory reporting of harvest
Near Van Horn, heavy rains filled depressions and low areas, a rare sight in the Trans-Pecos, and the people at Ocotillo Hunt Club said the lake was covered with blue-winged teal. Teal are starting to arrive in the state, and recent rains resulted in water ready to greet them.
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In Duval County, a posi tive deer was detected at a deer
• the formation of a lion management advisory group
TPWD denied the petition, and the topic was dis cussed in detail at the TPW Commission’s annual pub licJeremyhearing.Harrison, whose family has been ranching in the Trans-Pecos region for almost a century, took issue with the science referenced in the petition.
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After a petition to change regulations related to mountain lion hunting within the state created a frenzy of activity and controversy, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission directed staff to form a moun tain lion working group of landowners, land managers, academics, subject matter specialists, and other stake holders to gather data on Texas mountains and offer feedback on potential management efforts.
“This will certainly provide good stopover habitat for migrat
Kevin Kraai. “A few weeks ago, things across the entire state were looking very poor for teal season.
A few weeks ago, the outlook was pretty dismal.
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ed a surveillance zone in Kimble County to include the city of Junction. This change was done to benefit hunters, said Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Big Game Program Director Mitch Lockwood.“Hunters will be able to trans port their deer to Junction, where there are processing plants, with out having to quarter their deer first due to carcass movement re strictions.”Azonein Medina and Uvalde counties also was expanded due to additional positive findings from testing.
A petition from Texans for Mountain Lions in June sought to require a mountain lion management plan in the state.
“Many of these plants are im portant seed-producing vegeta
The hunting and trapping of mountain lions have stirred controversy from all sides of the issue. Photo by TPWD.
South Texas hunters near Du val County will have to take each deer they shoot to a CWD check station this season if the area they hunt falls within a 200,000-acre surveillance zone.
• a statewide population study
Although many places still are looking for that much needed shot of rain, some areas improved substantially.”Kraaisaidblue-winged teal saw excellent production across their breeding grounds, adding plenty of juvenile birds to the already healthy population of adult birds. He said the habitat conditions are what duck hunters should con
tion that teal love,” he explained. “The rain event we saw recently raised water levels in many of those lakes a couple feet, flood ing some of that vegetation and greatly increasing the amount of habitat available to migrating teal across the landscape.”
• a bag limit of five lions in South Texas
Heavy rains should provide the early-arriving blue-winged teal a place to land and rest before heading to Mexico. Photo by Nate Skinner, for Lone Star Outdoor News.
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A memorial to three men killed in a helicopter crash in 2020 was erected at Black Gap WMA. Photo from TPWD.
“They were three of our finest who gave their lives doing what they love,” said TPWD Executive Director Carter Smith.
The monument was presented to the fam ilies earlier this summer.
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The three employees, wildlife biologist Dewey Stockbridge, fish and wildlife tech nician Brandon White and state wildlife veterinarian Dr. Bob Dettmer, died Aug. 8, 2020 in a helicopter crash while conducting bighorn sheep surveys.
Prior to the 2-year anniversary of the death of three Texas Parks and Wildlife De partment employees, a memorial has been erected near the entrance of Black Gap Wildlife Management Area.
“This memorial on the desert floor with a view of the mountains honors their legacies andThememories.”memorial was created with support from the Texas Bighorn Society, Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation and the Risen Foundation.
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“Many are wanting to give the dove a break,” Mathers said, in the hopes the fields will stay active longer into the sea son.The rising cost of fuel, shotgun shells and the increase in prices from many of the outfitters didn’t deter the hunters, as many traveled 300 miles or more to reach the Valley’s whitewing hunting spots.
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In the Winnie and Beaumont areas, Devin Cryer said he wasn’t seeing many teal about 10 days ago.
Her father, Bobby, took them to the unit, one of nine places the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department manages in the Valley.Some units, like the two at Anacua, are prime places to hunt, while others are more challenging.
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“Folks always start worrying if they don’t see them two or three weeks before the opening weekend of the early teal sea son, but the truth is we don’t want them here then,” he explained. “The birds that show up that early usually leave before the seasonDrewopens.”Garcia said the properties that he hunts in the Riviera area started getting flights of teal about a week and a half ago.
For Tovar, hunting at the unit has been a tradition.“Ihavebeen hunting here for years,” he said. “This is an incredible place.”
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The Springfield family of Houston, Jes se Tovar of McMullen County, and Fort Worth residents Cassidy Green and Lexi Clark, hunted at the Anacua Unit 1.
“This is our first time,” Green, a realtor, said. “We are having a great time.”
Mathers said the number of birds in a single flock were smaller than in years’ past, but there were plenty of dove to keep hunters’ shotgun barrels warm.
Mike Lanier said the teal really didn’t start arriving on the Garwood Prairie until the last several days.
While some hunter’s boots got muddy, the whitewings were still heading to the sunflower fields.
Early teal season runs Sept. 10-25.
“The numbers really started to build as the moon got bigger over the last few days,” he said.
“The fields were loaded,” he said. Some outfitters restricted hunting to Sat urday and Sunday instead of three days.
Guide Abel Gorman has been seeing a handful of teal here and there in the Eagle Lake area for a couple of weeks.
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Cassidy Green and Lexi Clark travelled to the Rio Grande Valley to hunt in the Special White-Winged Dove Season opener. Photo by Tony Vindell, for Lone Star Outdoor News.
Capt. Joe Prado took a break from fish ing and hunted with Danny Neu and sev eral friends, each shooting limits.
Tovar and his two friends bagged their limit of whitewings each of the three days.
public land permit is required to hunt on any of the 2,271 acres the department has available in Cameron and Hidalgo coun ties.Commercial outfitters said hunting was equally, good even though the expecta tions were not as high as in past years because of the ongoing drought, which fi nally got some relief as the hunting season started.“Ithas been good,” said Ed Mathers of Mathers Dove Hunts said. “Some hunters bagged their limits earlier on opening day, while others hunted all afternoon.”
At the Anacua units, close to 3,500 white-winged dove were taken over the first three-day weekend — a number wild life biologists said nearly broke all records.
“We had been so dry that all of the prop erties that typically hold them around here were just getting water back on them, and there was still a lot of rice to be cut,” he said. “The birds just started showing up a few days ago.”
The Rio Grande Valley didn’t disappoint white-winged dove hunters in one of the most reliable dove-hunting areas in the state.During the Special White-Wing Dove Season, which began Friday, Sept. 2 in the first of two three-day weekends. Even hunters at two public hunting areas en joyed great success.
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In Galveston Bay, Reichers said 8,000 acres of oyster habitat were lost overnight
Tony Cortez caught and released this kingfish from the beach near Port Aransas. Photo from Tony Cortez.
“We’ve restored 1,200 acres, but there is a long way to go,” he said.
“I had been furloughed from work due to the pandemic, and we had all talked about starting an outdoor-related venture,” Rowlett said. “With the extra time that I had, it just made sense that this was the opportunity to try to put something together. We ultimately de cided on starting a podcast, and haven’t looked back since.”
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“We have some agreement on reducing the overall fishing effort,” Reichers said. “There are too many vessels taking too many oysters.”
One oysterman told the commission he was optimistic that this season will show much improvement, and was opposed to closing bays to fishing.
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“We are also charged with increasing fishing opportunities and increasing fish ing days while maintaining biological and ecological protections,” he said.
“She swam away healthy,” he said. During his trip, Cortez also spent some time chunking cut baits from the south Jetty in Port A, and found several bull“Wereds.landed two and had runs from multiple others that ended up breaking the line or getting off near the rocks,” he said. “Cut mullet and cut perch seemed to be producing plenty of bites.”
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Cortez decided he was going to try to catch some mullet in a cast net to use for“Itbait.took some effort since they were out so deep, but I finally caught one,” he explained. “I rigged up the mul let on a heavier rod, waded out to the second sand bar, and cast the bait as far as I could. As I was walking back to the beach to the put the rod in a rod holder, the line just started screaming off the
Cortez was careful with the fish, never taking it completely out of the water be fore releasing the fish after a few photos.
All of the bull red action came from the channel side of the jetties, and folks up and down the rocks were catching the large fish.
“I was pretty excited to land a kingfish from the beach,” he said. “I had caught one in the surf before farther south, but this was closest in a I’ve ever seen a kingfish this far north.”
“We had really made the trip just to target bull reds, so the fact that I caught a kingfish in the surf was incredible,” Cortez said.
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Reichers said the working group does more than try to reach a consensus on whether to close certain bays.
The group is considering private lease contracts to take pressure off public reef areas, less destructive harvesting methods, and a priority of the group is restoration areas.“Restoration is expensive, and outside funding sources are needed,” Reichers said.
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with Hurricane Ike.
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Rowlett said the podcast features regular segments that include stories
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A trip to target bull reds from the beach brought a surprise for a San An tonio angler.
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“I’ve seen a lot of bad seasons followed by very good seasons,” he said. “Last year’s freshwater influx was a once in a 200-year event. Now we’ve had high salinity fol lowed by rain. It’s perfect for a good sur vival rate. We are loaded with oysters in every bay.”
Bull reds the target, kingfish a surprise
“I tried to stop the fish instinctively by pressing my thumb down on the spool,” he said. “That turned out to be a badCortezidea.”finally got the fish turned and began to battle it back toward the beach. After putting up a strong fight, the king fish gave up and came to hand.
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Oyster license buyback explored
At the Port Aransas beachfront with a buddy, Tony Cortez hooked up with a drag-peeling fish that turned out to be a sizeable kingfish.
The line zipped off of the reel so quickly it burned Cortez’ thumb.
Hurricane Ike precipitated oyster fishing issues when it devasted the Galveston Bay system and reefs in 2008. While restoration work is ongoing, the oystermen moved to other areas, and several are claimed to be overfished.Thecommercial fishermen have been dealing with closed bays and reefs, and when they are open, often the season clos es early when harvest quotas are met.
“We started out fishing with light tackle, and ended up catching a few small trout,” Cortez said. “I noticed there was a ton of mullet holding out deep in the second gut and some large fish busting them.”
Rowlett was the fishing manager at the Orvis store in San Antonio, Avalos worked at Bass Pro Shops in the flyfishing department, and Adair became a regular customer at the Orvis store where he met Rowlett. They all also are avid deer and waterfowl hunters.
Inland Fisheries leader Robin Reicher said the Oyster Working Group, established after lengthy debate in the commission’s March meeting, is receptive to the program.
“A more robust oyster license buyback program is warranted,” TPWD Executive Director Carter Smith told the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission at its August meeting.Smith included a $3 million exception al item request in the proposed budget to jump start the program.
The trio became buddies based on their mutual affinity for fly fishing.
Much like with shrimp licenses, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is contem plating an oyster license buyback program.
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FAYETTE: Water lightly stained; 89 degrees. Large mouth bass are fair on jigs and plastics. Catfish are good on punch bait.
FORK: Water stained; 83 degrees; 5.56’ low. Large mouth bass are good on top-waters, shaky heads and square-billed crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and hand-tied jigs.
RAVEN: Water stained; 85 degrees; 3.50’ low. Large mouth bass are good on Texas-rigged senkos. Catfish and crappie are good on minnows.
ALAN HENRY: Water clear; 80 degrees; 8.94’ low. Fish ing patterns continue to be similar. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics. Crappie are good on live bait and jigs.
SAM RAYBURN: Water stained; 88 degrees; 4.28’ low. Largemouth bass are fair in drains and ditches on Carolina rigs and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good in creek channels on stink bait.
Catfish are fair on minnows, worms and punch bait.
STILLHOUSE HOLLOW: Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 8.90’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass are fair on tail spinners.
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Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters and soft plastics. Striped bass are good on topwaters, live shad and slabs. Blue and channel catfish are excellent on cut shad and prepared baits.
BUCHANAN: Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 14.56’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, crankbaits and soft plastics. Striped bass and white bass are fair to good on the surface on top-waters and wake baits.
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BOB SANDLIN: Water clear; 85 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on top-water frogs. White bass are good on slabs. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on cheese bait.
ARLINGTON: Water lightly stained; 92 degrees; 0.01’ feet high. Largemouth bass are good on spoons, spooks and ribbon tail worms.
COOPER: Water lightly stained; 83 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits. White bass and hybrids are fair on large spoons. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on juglines.
PALESTINE: Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 1.96’ low. Largemouth bass are good on big-eyed jigs and small crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass and hybrids are slow. Catfish are good on chicken liver.
to good on punch bait.
MEDINA: Water lightly stained; 86 degrees; 75.22’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass and striped bass are fair trolling slabs. Catfish are good on stink bait and cut bait.
LBJ: Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 0.69’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to
MEREDITH: Water stained; 78-80 degrees; 53.56’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on minnows and artificials. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on minnows. Trout are slow. Walleye are fair on minnows and nightcrawlers. Catfish are good on stink bait.
plastics and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. O.H. IVIE: Water clear; 88 degrees; 21.50’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters and crank baits. White bass are good on live bait and crankbaits. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are fair on prepared baits and live bait.
POSSUM KINGDOM: Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 4.02’ low. Striped bass good trolling live bait and on pink and chartreuse slabs. White bass are good on top-waters and lipless crankbaits. Cat fish are good on cut bait and punch bait.
LIVINGSTON: Water stained; 85 degrees; 0.83’ low. White bass are good to excellent on top-waters and slabs. Crap pie are slow. Striped bass are slow.
RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water clear; 89 degrees; 4.27’ low. Crappie are fair on minnows. White bass are slow. Hybrid striped bass are good on live shad. Catfish are good on punch bait.
CALAVERAS: Water lightly stained; 88 degrees. Redfish are fair on silver and gold spoons. Blue and channel catfish are fair on cut bait and live bait.
GRANGER: Water mouthstained;lightly87degrees;2.17’low.Largebass
EAGLE MOUNTAIN: Water normally stained, 83 de grees; 3.79’ low. White bass are fair to good on chartreuse and white slabs with teaser flies. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Blue catfish and channel catfish are fair
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GRAPEVINE: Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 0.22’ low. White bass are good on double-rigged slabs.
Crappie are excellent on minnows. White bass are slow. Catfish are slow.
CANYON: Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 6.25’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, drop shots and Ned rigs. White bass and stripers are fair on top-waters, jigging spoons and small swimbaits.
NACONICHE: Water clear to stained; 87 degrees; 1.00’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on jerkbaits and junebug worms. Catfish are slow.
LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water lightly stained; 87 degrees; 1.51’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-water frogs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cheese bait.
TAWAKONI: Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 3.22’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass and striped bass are good trolling spin ners and plastics. Channel catfish are excellent on
AMISTAD: Water clear; 83 degrees; 59.09 feet low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters and punch jigs. Channel catfish are good on punch bait.
good on Texas-rigged worms. Crappie are good on white and chartreuse jigs and min nows. Catfish are good on punch bait.
GRANBURY: Water lightly stained; 88 degrees; 1.71’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged 10-inch worms and swimbaits. Crap pie are good on minnows and jigs. Striped and white bass are good on live bait and umbrella rigs. Catfish are fair on punch bait.
CADDO: Water stained; 83 degrees; 0.54’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters and drop shots.
MARTIN CREEK: Water lightly stained; 95 degrees. 2.37’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on plastic worms. Crappie are excellent in flooded timber on minnows.
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BENBROOK: Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 8.59’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on deep-diving crankbaits and Texas-rigged worms. Crappie are good on min nows. White bass are slow. Catfish are good on punch bait.
FALCON: Water stained; 90 degrees; 44.75’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to slow on large worms. Catfish are good on cut bait and live perch.
CONROE: Water slightly stained; 89 degrees; 1.65’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on creature lures, crank baits and swimbaits. Hybrid striped bass are fair on shad. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on shrimp and liver.
OAK CREEK: Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 9.44’
TOLEDO BEND: Water stained; 77-79 degrees; 3.81’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on jig-n-pigs, swim jigs and square-billed crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows.
—TPWD
NASWORTHY: Water murky; 86 degrees. 0.92’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics and top-waters. Crappie are good on black and chartreuse jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait and stink bait.
WACO: Water stained; 83 degrees; 9.36’ low. Large mouth bass are fair on soft plastics. Crappie are good on minnows or soft-body jigs tipped with minnows. White bass and hybrids are good on top-waters early.
BRAUNIG: Water lightly stained; 89 degrees. Large mouth bass are fair on chartreuse and gold spinner baits and dark soft plastics. Red drum are good on live bait. Channel catfish are good on worms and frozen shrimp.
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RAY HUBBARD: Water light ly stained; 83-85 degrees; 1.85’ low. White bass are good on inline spinners and tail spinners. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are excellent on stink bait.
BROWNWOOD: Water slightly stained; 83 degrees; 6.70’ low. Largemouth bass are good on jigs, Texasrigged worms and crankbaits.
Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged creatures and buzzbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and small jigs. White bass and hybrids are good on top-waters, spoons and trolling rigs. Catfish are good on live shad.
TEXOMA: Water stained; 88 degrees; 1.38’ low.
TRAVIS: Water stained; 83 degrees; 36.67’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on top-waters, weedless swimbaits and drop shots.
RAY ROBERTS: Water clear; 84 degrees; 1.40’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on small crankbaits and small swimbaits. White bass are good on jigging slabs. Blue catfish are in the same schools biting the slabs.
LIMESTONE: Water clear; 86 degrees; 4.40’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas or Carolina rigs, crank baits and top-water frogs. White bass are good on silver jigging spoons. Catfish are good on cut bait.
Crappie are fair on minnows.live
CORPUS CHRISTI: 86 degrees; 3.14 feet low. Largemouth bass are fair on frogs. White bass are good on spoons, small jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on worms, shad, and soap baits.
AUSTIN: Water clear; 89 degrees; 0.59’ low. Large mouth bass are fair on dropshots and small crank baits. Crappie are slow.
B.A. STEINHAGEN: Water stained; 83 degrees; 0.27’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on drop shots and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait and cheese bait.
JOE POOL: Water normal stain; 86 degrees; 1.26’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas or Carolina rigs, drop shots and creatures. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs.
LEWISVILLE: Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; 3.17’ low. White bass are fair on slabs and live bait. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair drifting cut shad or chicken breasts.
LAVON: Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 4.42’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters and spin ner baits with paddle tail trailers. White bass are good on white or chartreuse slabs and swimbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait, drum and gizzard shad.
JACKSONVILLE: Water lightly stained; 89 degrees; 1.62’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on drop shots, topwaters and Texas-rigged soft plastics.
BELTON: Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 9.01’ low. White bass are scat tered, fair on tail spinners. Crappie are good on jigs tipped with minnows.
low. White bass are good on spinner baits and gold or sil ver spoons. Channel catfish are good on chicken liver.
TEXANA: Water stained; 84 degrees; 4.88’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and weightless flukes. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on liver, perch, cut bait and juglines.
WHITNEY: Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 7.12’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on big spoons, swim jigs and Texas rigs. Striped bass are excellent on live bait, swimbaits and top-waters. White bass are slow. Catfish are good on cut bait and punch bait.
BASTROP: Water clear; 91 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair to good on topwaters, small swimbaits and small spoons. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on cut bait.
HOUSTON COUNTY: Water stained; 86 degrees; 1.67’ low. Largemouth bass are good on square-billed crankbaits and shaky heads. Crappie are good on min nows.
ATHENS: Water clear; 85 degrees; 1.27’ low. Large mouth bass are fair on spinner baits.
BRIDGEPORT: Water stained; 80 degrees; 6.91’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters and Texas-rigged worms. White bass are fair on small imitation shad. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on punch bait and cut bait.
CHOKE CANYON: Water stained; 89 degrees; 22.32’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-water frogs, Texas-rigged worms and flukes. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on cheese bait on a slip cork.
SOMERVILLE: Water stained; 83 degrees; 4.27’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on jigs. White bass are good trolling with pet minnowsareCrappieandspoons,onshadandpencilminnows.goodonandjigs.
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low.
WORTH: Water stained; 84 degrees; 1.35’ low. White bass are fair to good on chartreuse and white slabs. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Blue catfish and channel catfish are good on punch bait.
WRIGHT PATMAN: Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 1.23 feet high. White bass are good on tail spinners. Catfish are fair on punch bait.
are fair on jigs. Crappie are good on jigs. White bass are good on slab spoons. Blue catfish are fair on drifting shad.
“Each lancha can take up to 1,000 pounds of fish at one time,” he said. “We can see up to nine vessels in our waters at a time. That’s 9,000 pounds at a time.”
Stealing the resource
said. “We operate the Capt. Murchison, an 80-foot vessel and patrol weekly.
“We do weekly patrols out of South Padre Island,” Groth said. “The boat can go 450 miles, so we can go for three or four days. We also check shrimp boats and the recreational and commercial boats we see.”
“We battle this on a yearly basis,” Groth said. “We seize the boats, but it’s a never-ending battle. And it can be a cat-andmouse game.”
The group was named the recipient of the 2020 Law Enforce ment Officer/Team of the Year award by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council.
The crew will be out again after the Labor Day weekend.
“If you see the lanchas or the longlines, give us a call and provide the GPS coordinates,” he said. “We need all the watch ful eyes we can have.”
Members of the Marine Tactical Operations Group retrieved longlines from the Gulf of Mexico in U.S. waters, where they seized more than 45,000 feet of longline and discovered several thousand pounds of snapper and sharks on Aug. 25. Photos by Erich Schlegel, for Lone Star Outdoor News.
“They were clearly in U.S. waters,” Groth said. “The pilot guided us to where they set the longlines, but when we got there, the plane had scared the illegal fishermen back to Mexi can“Wewaters.seized the longline gear,” Groth said. “There was 45,000 feet of longline gear and several thousand pounds of snapper and sharks. We also released some stingrays.”
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On that Thursday, the crew was out on its normal patrol when a Coast Guard pilot discovered several lanchas 25 miles east of South Padre Island in the Gulf, and 5 miles north of the maritime southern border.
Groth had a request for the commercial and recreational fishermen in the Gulf.
Groth said estimating the damage caused to the fishing re sources was difficult to quantify — but is definitely substantial.
In 2020, the Marine Tactical Operations Group seized more than 116,860 feet of illegal longline and 2,500 feet of illegal gillnet. The team recovered more than 3,600 pounds of illegal ly harvested red snapper, rescued and released three sea turtles, and seized two commercial Mexican fishing vessels.
immigrants were released to Border Patrol.
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A parked truck was observed by game wardens. As they approached, a man quickly exited the vehicle and moved to the passenger side of the vehicle. When wardens questioned the man about his actions, he initially denied any wrongdoing.
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On Aug. 17, a game warden re sponded to a call of a dead alligator in Squirrel Creek near Slocum. During the investigation, it was deemed that the alligator had both its tail and head cut off. On Aug. 29, Anderson County game wardens followed up on some information reported through Operation Game Thief, which led them to a person of interest. Wardens interviewed the person and obtained a confes sion regarding the illegal take of an American alligator. The alligator meat and head were seized and citations issued. Civil restitution is pending.
The female subject refused to provide a blood specimen, and a warrant was obtained. After the blood draw, she was placed in the Henderson County Jail for Boating While Intoxicated.
STRANGE BEHAVIOR, HIDDEN PERSON IN TRUCK
rest him and leave the truck for his friend to pick up. Once the wardens informed the man the vehicle would be towed, he revealed that someone was still hiding inside the vehicle. He claimed that he did not want anyone to find her because she was a wanted person. Wardens found a woman hiding underneath blankets and jackets in the backseat of the truck. Both individuals were placed under arrest. Multiple bags of marijuana, a syringe and a metham phetamine pipe were located
A group of boaters on the Neches River informed game wardens that a boater had tried to navigate up the waterfalls, causing the boat to turn over and was possibly inoperable. The river was high with a swift cur rent. The wardens contacted a group
An SUV with an obstructed license plate and a missing registration de cal was observed by a game warden. The driver and passenger attempted to quickly leave the area when the warden drove by. After stopping the vehicle, the warden discovered that the male driver had active bond conditions that prohibited him from being around or in contact with the female passenger. The driver had previously been arrested for assault causing bodily injury to the passen ger, while she was pregnant with the couple’s child. The driver also had a confirmed misdemeanor arrest war rant pending. With the assistance of the Amarillo Police Department, the man was arrested.
A game warden was following a ve hicle that was suspected of human smuggling. The vehicle pulled into a gas station where the warden, U.S. Border Patrol and Edwards County deputies contacted the vehicle. Two individuals were held for human smuggling and the undocumented
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On Cedar Creek Lake, game wardens responded to a call of a missing personal watercraft operator. The wardens located the operator, who had become lost after departing just before dark. Observations indicated the necessity for field sobriety testing.
NAVIGATING WATERFALLS WHILE IMPAIRED
of boaters who were towing a vessel. One of the vessel’s operators admit ted he had been drinking when he attempted to take his vessel up the waterfalls. The wardens conducted sobriety tests and the subject was arrested for Boating While Intoxi cated.
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Carly Maddox, 3, caught her first fish but wasn’t too happy when she reeled it in on the Quintinilla Ranch in Trinity County. Dwight Pyle made her a homemade cane pole and used a piece of sweet corn and a bobber. The bluegill hit it right away.
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The implemented conservation actions, such as non-native trout removal, fish barrier construction, and Apache trout reintroduc
“Two separate requests for proposals and numerous phone calls were made to poten tial vendors, but none were able to fulfill the request this year.
Because vendors were unable to provide birds, the Nebraska Game and Parks Com mission will not be releasing pen-reared pheasants before the youth pheasant season and Thanksgiving holiday this year.
ARIZONA Apache trout may be delisted
ARKANSAS Ranger Boats co-founder dies
Nina Kirkland Wood, 90, passed away in her Flippin home Aug. 22.
The statewide youth season still will take place Oct. 22-23, and youth ages 15 and younger will be allowed to hunt.
She was born Aug. 9, 1932, to Floyd and Myrtle Swan Kirkland on the family farm in the shadow of where Bull Shoals Dam now stands.
Bryan Schmitt brought in a four-day total of 63 pounds, 4 ounces to claim his second trophy at the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Mississippi River.
—NGFP
Schmitt,from Deale, Maryland, topped Canadian pro Chris Johnston by just 4 ounces and won the $100,000 prize. He also earned an automatic berth into the 2023 Bassmaster
—Staff report
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Due to half a century of collaborative conservation efforts between tribal, state, federal, and nongovernmental organizations, the Apache trout may step off of the endan gered species list.
“It’s very unfortunate the Commission was unable to purchase birds to release for the special season this year,” said Alicia Hardin, the agency’s Wildlife Division administrator.
WISCONSIN Schmitt wins on Mississippi River
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service completed a 5-year status review which rec ommends delisting the species from the ESA.
While attending high school in Flippin she met a young Forrest Wood. They were married April 21, 1951, and shared almost 69 years of marriage.
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Classic.Schmitt found a spot amid the eelgrass flat’s consistent 6-foot depths, finding an 8-foot trench measuring about 20 feet wide by 100 yards long. He caught most of his
NEBRASKA No released pheasants this season
The next step by the Service will be to pub lish a proposed rule in the Federal Register to delist the Apache trout. The proposed rule, expected to publish by the end of 2022, will include a 60-day public comment period seeking input from state, federal, tribal, and other government agencies, the scientific community, industry, or any other interested parties concerning the proposed delisting.
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“I’ve basically just been using my electronics to find schools of fish out deep,” Marler said. “Most of these bass are in the 2 to 3-pound range, with the occa sional 4 to 5-pounder mixed in.”
roaming because there is a lot of shad suspended in deep water,” he said. “The bass are chasing these shad all over the lake.”
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Largemouth bass are the target for Chad Marler on Sam Rayburn Reservoir, and most of his suc
cess has come fishing offshore stretches of water in 16 to 28 feet.
Carolina-rigged soft plastics have produced the most strikes.
On Possum Kindgom Lake, T.J. Ranft said the stripers also have been on the move.
Paul Thornburn said his three friends shot limits by 7:30 open ing morning near Sealy, and he did “pretty well” the next day.
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Marler said the fish have been moving from day to day.
Caddo Lake guide Paul Keith said the best bass bite has been taking place in the mouths of creek“Anywhereintersections.thatsmaller creeks or a boat lane intersects with a main creek or bayou is a good place to start,” he said. “The bass have been schooling in these ar eas along the drop-offs. Dark-col ored soft plastics and top-waters have been working well.”
Some hunters brought in birds with nubs for feet, surviving more than a year after the Feb. 2021 freeze event.
“It’s really strange,” Benson said. “If you find a tree with large school on it, you won’t get more than two or three bites. But, if you find a tree only holding two crappie, you can almost bet you will catch them both.”
Nathan Northcutt landed this 17.5-pound striper while fishing on Possum Kingdom Lake with guide T.J. Ranft. Photo by T.J. Ranft.
“The group should be well rep resented,” Chairman Beaver Aplin said.
“Bigger fish in the 5 to 6-pound range have been coming off of the vegetation, while the fish schooling along the mouths of creek intersections have been from 1 to 2 pounds,” Keith said.
“The population is thriving,” he said. “New Mexico upped its legal harvest and went to a year-round season. In Mexico, my friends lose all their colts to lions. Here, on one ranch they killed 70 bred ewes in 30Thedays.”Commission directed TPWD staff to form a stakeholder working group to get back to the Commis sion with its plan and recommen dations as soon as possible.
In Texas, trappers of furbearers are required to check traps every 36 hours, although there are no specific regulations for mountain lions.Under the non-game designa tion, there are no closed seasons, bag limits, or possession limits on mountainSupporterslions.referred to a study in which researchers collared 16 mountain lions, and all were tak en, 15 of which were trapped. In the Davis Mountains, it was deter mined that 50 percent mortality rate existed, mostly due to trap ping.Several trappers, houndsmen and ranchers were skeptical a work ing group wouldn’t include their interests, and West Texas landown ers said the population is thriving.
“We’re also seeing some school ing action from sand bass right now,” Ranft said. “They don’t stay up for long, so you have to be ready when you see them.”
On Lake Palestine, guide Sam Parker has been catching crap pie in a variety of depths ranging from 10 to 22 feet.
Targeting vegetation in 1 to 3 feet with frogs and flukes, or punching through vegetation mats with a weighted soft plastic have been producing strikes.
Supporters of the petition dis cussed trapping in general, and how often a trap must be checked.
“The key has really been cover ing water,” Parker said. “The fish have been pretty spread out, so it’s been best to just keep bounc ing around and hitting different stretches of timber and brush piles in order to catch numbers.”
Clay Jenkins called himself a lion hunter and said he has maintained a pack of hounds since age 12.
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Most of the stripers have ranged from 3 to 8 pounds.
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“Flukes, worms and creature baits have all been working well,” Marler said. “Deep-diving crankbaits have also been doing the trick in some situations. Not every school reacts to the crank baits positively. When they won’t hit the crankbait, a slow-moved Carolina rig has been the key to drawing strikes.”
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Strobes posted that he hunted public land near DFW and said the “birds were outnumbered by the“Threehunters.”times birds were in range for me, and other hunters said they did not fire a single shot.”
“Trolling and casting live baits have both produced strikes,” the guide said. “The fish have been in anywhere from 20 to 40 feet of water, and they’ve pretty much just been on the prowl. They are constantly moving from day to day and there is not a rhyme or reason to what they are doing.”
Trees loaded with fish have only been producing a few bites.
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At the TPW Commission’s public hear ing on Aug. 25, West Miller opposed the surveillance zone, saying they bring about a big burden to landowners and hunters.
One landowner, Don Schate, offered an alternate proposal. He contacted area land owners and obtained commitments from 39 landowners to provide up to 1,000 sam ples from the areas in question.
“I’m asking for end time dates for the zones,” he Commissionsaid.
the locations of deer processing facilities and towns were considered.
Lockwood said most of the comments included the concern that once a zone is established, it never seems to go away. The large size of the zone also was a concern.
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The proposed zone includes the cities of Alice and Freer, allowing the movement of carcasses to those towns without restric tion. Testing facilities are planned at the Muy Grande Deer Contest headquarters in Freer and at Leo’s Country Store, along with a drop box in Alice.
This zone will include land between U.S. Highway 281 to the east, Farm to Market Road 624 to the north and U.S. Highway 59 to the west. The southern border fol lows a series of roads including County Road 101, Highway 44, County Roads 145, 172, 170, and 120.
Lockwood said the zone was designed to make it as simple as possible for hunters, with easily identifiable boundaries, and
“Last season, we undertook a voluntary surveillance effort,” Lockwood said. “How ever, there were large voids left with no surveillance.”Thedepartment’s goal for sampling in the area was 433 samples, and all land owners with more than 25 acres were con tacted, along with holding several public meetings. The voluntary effort resulted in 175Publicsamples.comment to the proposed zone was overwhelmingly against the zone. Lockwood said of 544 comments, 16 per cent agreed with the proposal and 60 per cent were in complete disagreement.
Chairman Beaver Aplin also commented, saying “We need to have a goal and parameters to get out of the trap.”The commission agreed, adding a sunset provision. The commission voted to es tablish surveillance zone covering almost 200,000 acres in Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak and McMullen counties for two years, beginning prior to the 2022-2023 season.
The zone also includes the cities of Alice and Freer, as well as highways 59, 44, and 281 between the cities and the main body of the surveillance zone.
Commissioners will consider the resulting data to assess the need for continued sur veillance in the established zone.
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help your cause, then it’s probably worth investing in some.”
The guests are a big part of each“Weepisode.haveweekly guests that we build each show around,” Rowlett said. “Often times we try to make that show’s focus whatever top ic the guest is passionate about or might be an expert in. Over the last two years we’ve had some excellent guests that have deliv ered a wide variety of great information. We’ve had folks from TPWD, social media influencers, other outdoor enthusiasts or experts, and many other types of people.”
Honey Hole Hangout currently has more than 108 episodes streaming.
Rowlett said the group of friends want folks to become passionate about the out doors alongside them.
“We try to avoid controversial topics and strive to keep everything positive and fun,” he said. “It’s all about buddies having a good time in the outdoors, learning from their mistakes, and making memories.”
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“We pretty much talk about what’s going on right now in the outdoor space,” Rowlett said. “Our passion and exper tise is fly fishing, but we are all interested in just about everything outdoors. During hunting season we focus on hunting topics, because that’s what a lot of folks are spend ing their free time doing at that time of year.”
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Honey Hole Hangout inspires and encourages listeners to enjoy out door pursuits. Photo from Landon Rowlett.
“If we can motivate people to step out of the box more and really learn to love the outdoors, then we consider it a success.”
One of Rowlett’s favorite episodes fo cused on the topic of the “One Percent Rule.”“The One Percent Rule is the idea, that if doing something that may be consid ered not necessary, increases your odds of success in the outdoors, then it’s worth doing,” he said. “A good example of this would be wearing camouflage in box type deer blind. Many folks may argue that wearing camouflage if you’re in a blind is waste of time. They are probably right. But, if there’s any case that could be made to show that camo clothing could actually
Rowlett said many episodes cover thoughts and topics in the outdoors that challeng listeners to think and see both sides to ideas and their applications in the outdoors.“Mostly, Honey Hole Hangout is just a few buddies talking about the stuff that they are most passionate about,” he said.
EAST GALVESTON BAY: 86 degrees. Speck led trout are fair on shrimp and soft plastics. Redfish are fair on artificials and live shrimp
PORT ISABEL: 84 degrees. Speckled trout are fair on shrimp under a popping cork. Flounder are good on live shrimp and scented plastics.
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WEST MATAGORDA BAY: 86 degrees. Speck led trout are slow. Redfish are fair on live shrimp under a popping cork and cut mullet.
PORT O’CONNOR: 90 degrees. Speckled trout are good on live croaker. Redfish are good on sardines and dead shrimp. Black drum are slow.
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ROCKPORT: 86 degrees. Redfish are good in the flats on small paddle tails, scented plas tics and live or cut mullet. Speckled trout are good on top-waters and soft plastics. Black drum are good on dead shrimp.
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PORT MANSFIELD: 84 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good on the flats on topwaters and soft plastics.
BAFFIN BAY: 91 degrees. Redfish, speckled trout and an occasional flounder are fair on soft plastics.
SOUTH PADRE: 84 degrees. Redfish are fair at the jetties on shrimp. Speckled trout are fair to good on shrimp under a popping cork. Flounder are good on scented plastics and live shrimp.
PORT ARANSAS: 86 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are good in freshwater inlets on shrimp. Redfish are fair to good on shrimp.
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EAST MATAGORDA BAY: 86 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are slow to fair on shrimp under popping corks and cut mullet.
81 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are good off the rocks and points in the ICW glo chartreuse jigs and live shrimp under a popping cork. Flounder are 82 degrees. Speckled trout are fair on free-lined shrimp and croaker. 85 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair on live shrimp and
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FREEPORT: 86 degrees. Redfish and speck led trout are good in the surf on live shrimp and croaker.
CORPUS CHRISTI: 86 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are fair on shrimp and croaker.
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