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September 11, 2020
Volume 17, Issue 2
I’m on the board
After Laura, Sabine guides back at it
Guides said the water on Sabine Lake has rebounded nicely since Hurricane Laura made landfall. Photo by Nate Skinner, for Lone Star Outdoor News.
Storm didn’t change fish patterns By Nate Skinner
For Lone Star Outdoor News It’s business as usual for fishing guides on Sabine Lake and its surrounding marshes and estuaries, as the region narrowly escaped the destructive path of Hurricane Laura. Most anglers admit they were fortunate and residents experienced minor damage in comparison to their neighbors to the east. Outfitters and fishing guides in the Hackberry, Lake Charles and Cameron areas within southwest Louisiana, including Hackberry Rod and Gun, took a direct hit from the intense storm. Vidor resident and Sabine fishing guide, Capt. Chris Phillips, said he never even lost power at his home throughout the passage of the hurricane. “We really got lucky,” he said. “There was actually very little debris floating in the lake in the
Adrienne Sams is excited about hitting her first dove of the year Friday afternoon in a sunflower field in Haskell County. The bird numbers were strong and the weather was hot. As the weekend ended, the birds were fewer and the weather even hotter. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.
Dove hunters off to a good start By Nate Skinner
For Lone Star Outdoor News It seems inclement weather and changing
conditions go hand-inhand with the commencement of dove season, and this year was no different. Many North and Central Zone dove hunters were met with rainy conditions on opening day.
Those who exhibited persistence were rewarded. Michael Ashcraft managed to sneak in a hunt on opening day between shifts at his oil field job in West Texas, and it paid off. “I was working on a
rig near Midland and by chance, I was able to make a hunt on opening morning fit into my work schedule,” Ashcraft said. “A friend of a friend told me about a few pieces of property near the Colo-
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rado City and Loraine areas that he could give me access to. I did a little research on Google Earth and found what I thought would be a good spot in a pasture that had what appeared to be the only tank Please turn to page 26
By Tony Vindell
At the Joe Gayman Bridge along Texas Highway 48 between Port Isabel and Brownsville, anglers occasionally bring in a snook or two from June through August. After August, the warm water fish tend to move, often into the Brownsville Ship Channel and around the Port of Brownsville. But to fish there, a boat is a must. For angler Primo Valdiviez, of San
Benito, the prized fish hit his line just as the month was coming to an end. The 18-year-old caught a 26-inch long linesider on a morning of casting off of the west side of the bridge. “It’s been pretty slow this morning,” he said before making another cast. Minutes later, he told his girlfriend, Raquelen Cepeda, “Guess what? I got me a snook.” Valdiviez said he has caught a number of snook in the same area, the biggest of which was 40 inches long.
Primo Valdiviez landed this snook from the Joe Gayman Bridge in Cameron County. Photo by Tony Vindell, for Lone Star Outdoor News.
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INSIDE
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Angler lands snook from Gayman Bridge
HUNTING
FISHING
Grand slam adventure (P. 4)
Finding it all (P. 8)
Texan completes feat with desert bighorn.
Multiple species up north.
Photos from the hunts (P. 27)
Kingfish galore (P. 8)
Pursuing dove during the first weekend.
Anglers finding king mackerel.
