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Chasing tail Guides and their clients travel to different places each year

By Conor Harrison Lone Star outdoor newS

CHASING THE FISH: Texas youngster Knox Kronenberg does battle with his first tarpon while fishing the Everglades with Texas fishing guide Scott Sommerlatte. An emerging trend is seeing clients following guides as they travel to different locales chasing fishing seasons. Photo by Scott Sommerlatte, for Lone Star Outdoor News.

Well-known coastal fly-fishing guide Scott Sommerlatte has put a lot of Texas clients on big trout and redfish near his home waters in Seadrift.

But several years ago, the unpredictable Texas spring weather got the best of him, so he decided to head east to the Gulf Coast of Florida to chase big snook and tarpon.

“I just had my

first weather day (where I couldn’t fish) in Florida,” Sommerlatte said.

“In Texas this time of year, I’d have between 40 and 70 percent of my trips cancel in the spring due to the weather. That is why I am here.

“This is the first one in 35 days.”

Sommerlatte said the majority of his Florida trips have been with Texas clients who have followed him to the hot See SEASONS, Page 11

Winter fog is friend, foe

By Craig Nyhus

Lone Star outdoor newS The South Texas deer hunters frowned on several mornings this past season, waking up to see a heavy, dripping fog.

“The deer won’t move this morning”, was the common phrase, but most still headed to the stand anyway. Some had success, but most affirmed the saying and hoped for better hunting in

MAKING MORE: Hybrid bass anglers will be glad to know TPWD is getting a jump on production this year. Photo by LSON.

Catching the future

By Conor Harrison

See FOG, Page 15

WE’LL TAKE IT: Photography in the fog is not ideal but the extra moisture the fog leaves behind is a nice bonus. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

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Several weeks ago, biologists from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department unloaded a boat on Kickapoo Creek and headed up the Neches River to catch white bass for breeding stock to make the state’s hybrid stripers.

“They were collecting white bass to make sunshine and palmetto bass,” said Brian Van Zee, a TPWD regional biologist in Waco.

A sunshine bass is a cross

HUNTING

FISHING

Turkey season roundup

Galveston oil spill

Youth hunters in north finding success while South Zone birds are becoming more active.

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Fishing guides are reporting the spill is not nearly as bad as it could have been, but some outdoor businesses are still feeling the pinch.

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between a female white bass with eggs fertilized from a male striped bass.

“In early April, we will take striped bass from below Lake Livingston and make palmetto bass,” Van Zee said.

Palmetto bass are a mix between a male white bass and a female striped bass.

The palmetto bass are what most anglers in Texas refer to as a “hybrid bass.”

Already, more than 1.42 million hybrid fry have been See STOCKINGS, Page 19

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Freshwater Fishing Report Game Warden Blotter . . .

Heroes. . . . . . . . . .

Outdoor Datebook . . . .

Saltwater Fishing Report .

Sun, Moon and Tide data .

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HUNTING

Youth weekend success

By Conor Harrison Lone Star Outdoor News

Coppell hunters Brian Rathe and his son, Nick, 13, found success near Archer City during the North Zone’s youth weekend.

“A friend of mine won a father/ son youth hunt donated by Liz Foster,” Rathe said. “It was a great ranch and Archer City was a great base. We stayed at the Spur Hotel, which is a historic place, and the ranch was only about 10 minutes from there.”

The pair found lots of birds on the 1,000-acre property, especially on the river bottoms.

“Our hunt was great,” he said.

“The hens were talking but the toms weren’t real vocal. They were roosting in creek beds and we were near a feeder, which drew them in. The flock had five nice toms and about 25 hens.”

The dominant bird of the bunch came in strutting and put on a show for the father-and-son team in the blind.

“Nick got to see a good show,” Rathe said. “The bird strutted

around for three or four minutes before Nick took the shot. He was a mature bird with a 7-inch beard and 1-inch spurs.”

The tom was Nick’s first turkey.

Later in the afternoon, the pair headed to another blind and saw another large flock with 10 mature toms.

“They stayed just out of range but it was a gorgeous parade,” Rathe said. “The birds are still hanging together in big groups.”

The weather was windy, which limited the amount of gobbling the hunters heard.

“Cold and windy conditions kept bird movement and sounds to a minimum, but everyone got to see some turkey action,” Foster said. “The boys all have hunting and shooting experience, but this was their first turkey hunt and I’m guessing it won’t be their last.”

Rathe said Foster was a great host.

“Liz is dynamite,” he said. “I can’t say enough about it. The blinds were well-maintained and the food was outstanding.”

FIRST-TIME SUCCESS: Nick Rathe shows off his first turkey taken on a youth hunt last weekend in Archer City. Photo by Liz Foster.

Shooting the (same) bird Lining up on correct target not always easy

By Conor Harrison Lone Star Outdoor News

You discuss it beforehand in the duck blind.

One person will shoot the birds on the right side of the group. The other person will shoot the birds that swing in from the left.

When the time comes and both shotguns go off, only one bird falls.

“That’s the bird I shot at,” says your hunting partner.

“No, that’s the bird I shot at,” you tell him.

It happens all the time.

But is there a scientific reason behind two shooters zeroing in on the same target, be it doves, quail, ducks or clay pigeons?

Probably not, according to several shotgunning experts.

“I think it is a function of your eyes picking out the clearest, closest, most distinct target, and your shooting buddy having the same physical reaction and picking the same target also,” said Bill Thomas, head shooting coach at Schreiner University in Kerrville. “I have noticed it a lot in duck or goose blinds and dove fields when shooting from adjacent posts. I don’t think there is anything mystical about it.”

Thomas said he sees the same thing with some of his students while shooting at team competi-

THAT’S MY BIRD: Hunters often target the same bird in a flock because they both will pick out the most obvious target. Photo by LSON.

tions.

“Good targets appear the same to both people,” he said. “Come watch a special event called ‘flurry.’ Even though the two shooters do what you suggest (planning which target to shoot ahead of time), they still end up shooting the same target quite often.”

According to longtime shotgun instructor Gary Lamar from Hut Wells Shooting Range, hunting with someone who shoots “unconsciously” or “emotionally” is often a dangerous person to have in the blind.

“If you are hunting with someone who shoots unconsciously, you need to get away from them,” he said.

“Most of the time (shooting at the same bird) happens when a bird presents itself in the middle range. Both hunters see it and as long as it is in the middle range, they can both shoot it safely.

It happens a lot teal hunting on windy mornings.

“If that teal presents itself and is across the middle, by the time you shoot it has crossed into the other hunter’s sector.”

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Texas Bighorn Society elects new officers A general membership meeting and board of directors meeting were held at the site of the 2014 work project and new officers were installed.

They are: Kathy Boone — President Jack Bauer — Vice President Robert Joseph — Treasurer Bill Scott — Secretary “I’m really excited about the progress we have made,” Boone said. “We now have over 1,800 free-ranging desert bighorn sheep from a herd that was extinct.

It is the most successful reintroduction sheep program in the country.”

— TBS

Hunter Ed easy online It is now easy for a new hunter to be prepared for the upcoming Texas spring turkey hunting season by taking the Texas Hunter Ed Course. The course is for students 17 years of age and older and requires no field day. All learning is online.

Previously a student would also have to attend a field day, but that requirement is now waived if the new online hunter education course is taken.

The hunter education course for students younger than 17 is also available as an online hunters safety course, but a field day is required to demonstrate gun handling safety skills.

Hunter Ed Course offers the lowest cost online hunter education training at only $18 while the two other offerings cost $29.50 and $29.95.

HunterEdCourse.com is an official Texas hunter education course using narration and closed captioning with interactive animations so learning becomes fun and easy.

After completing the online hunters safety course, graduates print out a temporary hunter education card allowing

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them to be hunter education approved for hunting and buy a license the same day.

Hunter Ed Course submits the hunter’s data to Texas Parks and Wildlife and a permanent card is sent within 30 days.

Until the permanent hunter education card arrives, the new Texas hunter carries the temporary card as proof of successful hunter education certification.

— HunterEdCourse.com

TDA sets another record at sale Coming off a record breaking February deer auction, the Texas Deer Association traveled to Arlington, carrying the momentum of the previous month’s success. Little did they know that they would set another record grossing nearly $1.1 million in deer sales over 105 lots, a new March auction high for the association.

Despite having 20 lots less than the norm, the final tally revealed the sale had grossed almost $200,000 more than the previous year’s deer auction.

The new record was obtained with the support of new buyers and a substantial number of online buyers. In addition to a record setting sale, the March auction witnessed its highest grossing lot, a whitetail doe sold by Gonzales Whitetails to DaVine Genetics for $80,000.

“We’re very pleased with the final results of TDA’s March Superior Genetics Deer Auction and the fact that the association was able to set two new records within 45 days,” stated Vance Runnels, TDA auction manager. “The back to back records show that the demand for quality deer genetics is very high and continues to grow. It is obvious that there is strong support for the deer industry and one’s ability to manage their deer herds and ranches in efforts to increase the quality of their whitetail genetics.”

— TDA

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Call the hens Patience needed for early season toms Reports have been positive from turkey hunters in the South Zone, although patience and a change of tactics have been needed to successfully hunt the gobblers.

According to multiple hunters, the birds are still flocked up after a colderthan-normal start to the spring, but toms can be had by calling to the boss hen.

“We’re hearing as much gobbling in the afternoons as we are in the mornings,” said Game Warden Chris Swift, who hunted near Cuero. “They’re henned up in big groups. The hens are starting to talk a little bit, but it is still early.

“You’ve got to call the

Spring turkey seasons: North Zone: March 29-May 11 South Zone: March 15-April 27 1-turkey bag limit: April 1-30 Eastern Turkey: April 15-May 14 See TPWD for more info

boss hen.”

Swift said he called the boss hen for an hour and a half before she finally got mad enough to investigate, bringing the entire flock with her.

“First she came in, then the rest of the hens, then the jakes and finally the gobbler,” he said. “It is still cool in the mornings and very green down here, so it should be a good year for reproduction.”

In the Luling area,

reports of large toms strutting along the highways and a lot of gobbling along the rivers in the mornings have emerged.

Other good reports have emerged from the Junction and Hondo areas.

For North Zone hunters gearing up for the March 29 opener, the southern portion of the North Zone will be good, but hunters could struggle to find responsive birds in North Texas and the Panhandle.

“I am seeing a lot of birds,” said Alan Hutchins of Double Barrel Outfitters in San Angelo. “They are still bunches of toms hanging in big groups with a bunch of hens, but there are turkeys everywhere. If we get a few weeks of warm weather, the birds will be hot for opening weekend.”

However, as reports get farther north, the prognosis has been cold weather keeping birds bunched up longer and little gobbling heard to this point.

YELP BACK: When gobblers are henned up, try yelping at the boss hen to call her in and bring the tom with her. Photo by LSON.

— Staff report

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New rules for nuisance alligators Landowners are now able to contract directly with nuisance alligator hunters under new rules adopted by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission.

The new protocol will authorize a permitted control hunter to contract directly with a landowner or landowner’s agent (including a political subdivision, governmental entity, or property owner’s association) for a fee or other compensation for the removal of nuisance alligators.

By allowing control hunters to contract directly with landowners, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department hopes to simplify the process and allow permittees to retain captured alligators and process or sell them. The new protocol would allow alligators to be released in suitable habitat with the approval of the department and the landowner of the property where the release would take place.

During the past 20 years, once imperiled alligator populations in Texas have rebounded spectacularly. Increased suburban, exurban and industrial development adjacent to coastal counties, particularly along the mid- and upper coast, has resulted in increasing number of nuisance alligator complaints, especially in areas biologically characterized by diminishing or little to no habitat.

Each nuisance alligator control hunter must complete a certification process that includes an application to TPWD, a department administered nuisance alligator control course, a written exam on nuisance alligator control, and a live alligator handling exam. Additionally, an annual permit fee of $252 is required. No one in Texas is excluded from having a valid nuisance control permit issued by TPWD Alligator Program for the capture and release of American alligators, including local animal control officers.

— TPWD

Huge acres for prairie chicken Private companies in five states have now enrolled more than 2.5 million acres in the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-wide Conservation Plan, representing oil and gas, pipelines, electric transmission and wind energy, resulting in nearly $15 million for habitat conservation over the next three years. Added to more than 1.3 million acres of oil and gas leases under conservation agreements in New Mexico, this brings the total industry commitment close to 4 million acres.

Range-wide plan enrollment now includes 14 electric transmission companies, representing most of the electric grid across the species’ range in New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Also, eight oil and gas companies have enrolled more than 2 million acres across all five states. And, two wind energy developments and one natural gas pipeline company have signed on, with more in the process of enrollment.

“Under the range-wide plan, a broad coalition of government, industry, agriculture and conservation interests is demonstrating unprecedented collaboration, showing we can take care of this bird and its prairie habitat without needing to list it,” said Bill Van Pelt, Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies grassland coordinator.

— WAFWA

EWA moving ahead on three amigos After an amendment on the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2014 directing the secretary of the Interior to remove endangered species protections for addax, scimitar-horned oryx and dama gazelle, the Exotic Wildlife Association has issued a list to producers of the three species who will now move forward without undue permits.

“Persons who wish to engage in the specified otherwise prohibited activities that meet the criteria for enhancement of the propagation or survival of these species may do so without obtaining an individual ESA permit,” the directive stated.

For the complete list, go to myewa.org.

— Staff report

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FISHING

Small area affected by oil spill; East, Trinity bays doing fine

By Conor Harrison Lone Star Outdoor News

An oil slick is sliding throughout Galveston Bay after a barge and another boat collided in the Houston Ship Channel Saturday, March 22.

However, some fishing guides that work in East and Trinity bays said the accident actually happened at the best possible time to have minimal impact on the area.

“As far as affecting East Bay, it isn’t,” said guide David Harris. “It is affecting Texas City Dike, Pelican Island and the South Jetty. There was a high tide at 12:30 on Sunday when the accident happened and we were done with the incoming tide. The tides funneled a lot of it away from us.

“We also had a light east wind so it pushed the oil to the west and southwest.”

Harris said another front hit Sunday and the north wind saved the bays and estuaries around Bolivar.

“As far as fishing goes, I am ready to go tomorrow,” he said. “This is a whole lot better than it could have been.”

But, some bait shop operators that depend on the spring break anglers for a living are already feeling the impact.

“Well, it is already kind of hurting the business,” said Galveston Bait and Tackle owner Glen Goff. “The South Jetties have a lot of oil but the North Jetty is clean right now. The ship has a big, 3-foot diameter hole in its side above the waterline.”

Goff said the oil has pretty much shut down

fishing on the jetties.

“It is pretty tough for us,” he said.

“We starve all winter and then spring break finally hits and it is our busy season. Now this. It all starts at spring break and they dumped a bunch of oil in the bay. I guess we’ll be eating bologna sandwiches all summer.”

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department sent teams to help keep the oil contained, and it has been widely reported that only 160,000 gallons of oil had leaked from the hole in the ship.

As of Monday, three birds were taken to a private wildlife rehabilitation service field station for rehabilitation and three birds were found dead.

Monday, teams of state and federal biologists were checking eastern Galveston Island, Pelican Island and the Bolivar Peninsula for other affected wildlife.

Some fishing tournaments are being rescheduled because of the spill.

According to Geoff Austin of the Rudy’s Texas Redfish Series, the Galveston Bay tournament has been postponed. He was working on a benefit tournament, possibly scheduled for Sat., March 29, with proceeds going to cleanup efforts.

Only a small number of boat ramps in the area have been closed due to the spill and fishing remains good, except at the jetties.

NOT GOOD: Workers attempt to remove oil that spilled in Galveston Bay, although are anglers are hoping most of the bay was spared the worst. Photo by Chase Fountain, TPWD.

A different kind of wildlife Game wardens get a break from chasing poachers during spring break

By Conor Harrison Lone Star Outdoor News

NOT YOUR NORMAL OFFICE: Game wardens take a break from their usual activities to make sure spring breakers on South Padre Island stay safe. Photo

by TPWD.

Cameron County Game Warden Luis Sosa usually spends his time looking for poachers and illegal gill netters along Texas’ southern border.

But once a year for one week, Sosa and his colleagues get to monitor another form of wildlife — Texas spring breakers who flock to the beaches of South Padre Island to party.

“Things get pretty wild, so we help out the local sheriff’s department,” Sosa said. “They ask us for assistance in maintaining crowds on the beach.

DPS focuses on the road so we focus on the beach.

Certain areas of the beach will attract lots of people gathering at parties.”

Sosa said the week allows the game wardens to focus on police work and refresh their skills in those areas.

“Our primary responsibility is making sure everyone is safe,” he said. “We make sure there are no fights. If we see illegal drug use, we will step in. We get away from the wildlife side for a week. It’s good

— we enjoy it and it breaks the monotony and gives us a chance to refresh our skills.”

For hunters and anglers who believe game wardens should focus only on wildlife-related issues, the job does not take away from that aspect, according to Capt. Fernando Cervantes.

“The bottom line is we are assisting other agencies,” Cervantes said.

“Providing we have the manpower available and are not doing other Texas Parks and Wildlife Department -related work, we will help out.”

Cervantes said it is just one of the many duties of being a state peace officer.

“And as such, we do other things besides just hunting and fishing,” he said. “If people ask, I ask them why do we do Department of Homeland Security stuff?

It is part of the job.”

Cervantes said the department isn’t bound by federal grant money to help other agencies; it is just a unique part of the job for wardens in areas with large spring break crowds.

“It is one of the duties of a peace officer, plain and simple,” he said.

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Bass moving shallow March 17 and 18 good days to be out on water It had been a while since someone pulled a 13-pound bass from a Texas lake.

After almost a month of no entries into Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s breeding program, two fish were caught on the same day, March 18.

Ken Leonard of New Braunfels was fishing in Austin’s Lady Bird Lake when he caught his big bass. The 13-pound fish took his 3-inch River to Sea swim bait at 1 p.m.

The fish was 25 inches long and 20.5 inches in girth.

The fish is the first bass more than 13 pounds from Lady Bird Lake.

The previous heaviest fish reported from the lake weighed 12.13 pounds.

Toledo Bend Reservoir produced its seventh all-time entry into the program about 6 p.m.

Lance Wakeland, of Fenton, Missouri, was fishing in 2 feet of water when the 13.30-pound bass took his spinner bait. The fish was 24.5 inches long and 21 inches in girth.

Prior to Leonard’s catch, the last ShareLunker entry was February 21. While March is typically the peak month for catches of big bass, cold weather keeping water temperatures low apparently has slowed the movement of big bass

into spawning areas. Wind and rain on weekends have probably kept many anglers off the water.

Two catches on the same day could be an indication the pattern is changing.

— Staff report

SOME BIG ONES: Anglers in Texas are finally catching some big fish this month, including clockwise from top, Derick Maschmeier on Lake Amistad, Ken Leonard on Lady Bird Lake and Lance Wakeland on Toledo Bend. Photos by TPWD and Derick Maschmeier.

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TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT Tough week

Swimbaits in cover

AMISTAD INTERNATIONAL RESERVOIR — After a full week of the best bass club anglers in the state battling it out for bragging rights, one thing emerged from fishing Amistad International Reservoir — this lake is tough.

“The water color is a little off,” said Mike Hughs of Century Bass Club. “The water temperatures were between 58 and 63 degrees. Nobody caught any bass on beds.

This time of year, you should be able to cruise shallows and see beds, along with buck bass swimming around.

“We saw maybe one bed per cove or drainage.”

Hughs said the local anglers were remarking how cold the late winter and early spring have been — “the coldest in years.”

“The fish are still suspended out deep,” he said. “They haven’t ventured into the shallows. On average, we were catching one or two fish per day, and out of 217 anglers, there were about 20 (5-bass) limits caught each day.”

Most of the limits came by throwing drop-shot rigs, Senkos and shaky heads, with a few Alabama rigs mixed in, as well.

LAKE DUNLAP — According to San Antonio angler Chris Dombkowski on Texas Fishing Forum, Lake Dunlap has been good recently for largemouth bass.

Dombkowski caught several keepers around docks with a finesse rig, then caught several big fish on swimbaits in lily pad flats. Also, fish are being caught on the Alabama rig.

ALAN HENRY: Water lightly stained; 52–61 degrees; 14.75’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas rigs, jigs and lipless crankbaits. Crappie are fair to good on live minnows.

grees; 1.86’ high. Largemouth bass are good on white spinner baits and bladed jigs. White and yellow bass are good on slabs. Catfish are good on trotlines.

FAYETTE: Water stained. Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse lipless crankbaits, crankbaits and soft plastics. Channel and blue catfish are fair on stinkbait and shad.

ATHENS: Water clear; 53–58 degrees; 0.12’ high. Largemouth bass are good on white spinner baits and shallow crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on trotlines.

CALAVERAS: Water clear. Largemouth bass are good on dark soft plastic worms, spinner baits and crankbaits in reed beds. Striped bass are good on spoons and jigs near the dam. Channel and blue catfish are fair on liver, shrimp and cheesebait.

FORK: Water clear; 53–59 degrees; 4.22’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on black and yellow back and blue bladed jigs with shad in violet shad and red lipless crankbaits. Yellow bass and white bass are fair on slabs and small crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows near bridges.

Catfish are good on prepared bait and rod and reel.

BASTROP: Water clear; 59–63 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse crankbaits and soft plastics. Crappie are fair on minnows over brush piles.

BELTON: Water clear; 56–60 degrees; 9.57’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters and spinner baits in coves. Hybrid striper are good on live shad early. White bass are good on light blue jigs. Crappie are good on minnows in 30 feet.

Channel and blue catfish are good on bloodbait, stinkbait and minnows. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines and throwlines baited with perch.

BOB SANDLIN: Water clear; 55–58 degrees; 2.99’ low. Largemouth bass are good on red lipless crankbaits and black/blue flipping jigs.

Catfish are good on trotlines and night crawlers.

BONHAM: Water stained, 52–60 degrees; 2.22’ low. Largemouth bass are good on jigs, crankbaits, spinner baits, shaky heads and soft jerk baits in 1–10 feet.

BRAUNIG: Water clear. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits and dark soft plastic worms in the reeds.

Striped bass are good on liver and shad. Blue catfish are good on cut bait in 15–20 feet.

BROWNWOOD: Water stained; 56–60 degrees; 10.60’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on perch-colored spinner baits, jigs, crankbaits and lipless crankbaits. Hybrid striper are fair on silver striper jigs.

BUCHANAN: Water stained; 55–59 degrees; 30.98’ low. Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse craws and black/blue Whacky Sticks along ledges. Striped bass are fair jigging and trolling Curb’s striper jigs and drifting live bait in 20–30 feet.

White bass are fair on Pirk Minnows and Shad Raps. Crappie are fair on minnows over brush piles in 12–15 feet.

CADDO: Water stained; 52– 57 de-

CANYON LAKE: Water murky; 57–61 degrees; 8.26’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on jerkbaits and black/chartreuse jigs along break lines and ledges. Striped bass are fair trolling white striper jigs and vertically jigging Pirk Minnows and Spoiler Shads. White bass are fair jigging Pirk Minnows at midlake in 40 feet.

CEDAR CREEK: Water clear; 51–57 degrees; 3.62’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on bladed jigs and square-billed crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs.

CHOKE CANYON: Water clear; 58–62 degrees; 23.69’ low. Largemouth bass are good on pumpkinseed soft plastic worms and jigs over grass.

COLEMAN: Water clear; 58–62 degrees; 16.18’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on chartreuse spinner baits and crankbaits. Channel catfish are good on stinkbait, shrimp and cut bait.

COLETO CREEK: Water clear; 62 degrees in main lake, 82 degrees at hot water discharge; 3.92’ low.

Largemouth bass to 5 pounds are good on soft plastics and spinner baits in 8–10 feet.

CONROE: Water stained; 56–60 degrees; 0.55’ low. Largemouth bass are good on green pumpkin soft plastics and spinner baits. Crappie are good on minnows and pink/ white tube jigs.

COOPER: Water clear; 64–69 degrees; 12.52’ low. Largemouth bass are good on medium crankbaits and Carolina-rigged plastics up to 15 feet deep. Hybrid striper are good on slabs. Catfish are good on cut shad and trotlines.

FALCON: Water clear; 58–62 degrees; 24.29’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on cut bait. Lake record 80-pound blue catfish caught on rod & reel using cut bait.

FT. PHANTOM HILL: Water clear; 53–60 degrees; 13.15’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on black/blue jigs, Lipless crankbaits and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair to good on live minnows.

GIBBONS CREEK: Water clear. Largemouth bass are fair on chartreuse crankbaits and lipless crankbaits.

Crappie are good on minnows and blue/white tube jigs. Catfish are good on frozen shrimp, nightcrawlers and stinkbait.

GRANBURY: Water stained; 55–59 degrees; 9.67’ low. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon spinner baits and soft plastics. Crappie are good on minnows and white tube jigs. Catfish are good on live bait and stinkbait.

GRANGER: Water clear; 57–61 degrees; 0.29’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics and jigs upriver. White bass are good on pet spoons and spinner baits. Blue catfish are fair on juglines baited with shad and cut bait.

GRAPEVINE: Water clear; 54–59 degrees; 9.78’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on crankbaits in pumpkinseed. Crappie are good near brush piles on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on slabs and minnows.

HOUSTON COUNTY: Water stained; 58–62 degrees; 0.46’ high. Largemouth bass to 4 pounds are good on motor oil and strawberry soft plastics and yellow spinner baits.

Crappie are good on minnows near the dam.

HUBBARD CREEK: Water offcolor; 54–61 degrees; 24.03’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on Texas rigs and drop-shot rigs. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers and prepared bait.

JOE POOL: Water clear; 52–57

Sitting on beds TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR — Largemouth bass are finally beginning to show up on some beds on Toledo Bend. According to multiple angler reports, fish are being caught on spinner baits and shallowrunning crankbaits.

Soft plastics in pumpkinseed color are also putting some nice fish in the boat.

Along with bass, crappie and white bass have been good on small spinner baits in chartreuse colors.

— Conor Harrison

degrees; 1.33’ low. Largemouth bass are good on lipless crankbaits and white spinner baits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs. Catfish are good on prepared bait.

LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water lightly stained; 55–59; degrees; 1.36’ high. Largemouth bass are good on bladed jigs, flipping jigs and lipless crankbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs.

bass are fair on shaky heads, lipless crankbaits and Texas rigs. Catfish are fair to good on cut bait and nightcrawlers.

PALESTINE: Water clear; 52–57 degrees; 0.45’ high. Largemouth bass are good on red lipless crankbaits and Xcite crankbaits in natural shad in the Kickapoo area. Crappie are good on jigs. Hybrid striper are good on slabs.

LBJ: Water stained; 58–62 degrees; 0.31’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on chartreuse lipless crankbaits and plastic swimbaits. Striped bass are good on Spoiler Shads and Li’l Fishies at night. White bass are good on Li’l Fishies at night. Crappie are good on chartreuse/white tube jigs and live minnows over brush piles. Channel catfish are good on minnows and nightcrawlers. Yellow and blue catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live bait.

POSSUM KINGDOM: Water fairly clear; 54–61 degrees; 13.64’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on jigs and Texas rigs. White bass are fair to good on slabs. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers.

LEWISVILLE: Water clear; 51–57 degrees; 7.80’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on suspending jerkbaits and small jigging spoons. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on cut shad.

RAY HUBBARD: Water clear; 53–58 degrees; 7.31’ low. Largemouth bass are good on suspending jerkbaits and Texas-rigged soft plastic craws. Crappie are good on jigs. White bass are good on slabs.

Catfish are fair on trotlines and cut shad.

LIVINGSTON: Water fairly clear; 53–57 degrees; 0.38’ high. Largemouth bass are good on soft plastics, crankbaits and spinner baits.

White bass are good on soft plastics and spec rigs upriver. Crappie are good on minnows. Blue catfish are good on noodles.

MARTIN CREEK: Water clear; 68–71 degrees; 0.043 low. Largemouth bass are good on square-billed crankbaits, medium-diving crankbaits and white spinner baits.

Catfish are good on trotlines and rod and reel.

MONTICELLO: Water fairly clear; 58–65 degrees; 0.04’ high. Largemouth bass are good on black and blue flipping jigs and Texas-rigged green pumpkin creature baits. Crappie are good on minnows.

NAVARRO MILLS: Water murky; 54–58 degrees; 0.05’ high.

Largemouth bass are fair on pumpkinseed lipless crankbaits and crankbaits.

PROCTOR: Water stained; 53–57 degrees; 8.43’ low. Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse crankbaits and spinner baits. Striped bass are good on white striper jigs. Channel and blue catfish are fair on live shad.

RAY ROBERTS: Water clear; 51–55 degrees; 7.90’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on black/blue and sprayed-grass color flipping jigs.

RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water lightly stained; 53–57 degrees; 7.24’ low.

Largemouth bass are slow on deepdiving crankbaits and football jigs.

White bass are fair on jigs. Hybrid striper are good on slabs and minnows. Catfish are slow on trotlines and cut shad.

SAM RAYBURN: Water murky; 54–58 degrees; 3.06’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina-rigged watermelon red soft plastics, spinner baits and lipless crankbaits.

White bass are fair on Li’l Fishies and silver spoons. Crappie are good on minnows and pink tube jigs.

Catfish are good on frozen shrimp, live minnows and stinkbait.

O.H. IVIE: Water stained; 54–60 degrees; 45.90’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon seed jigs, shaky heads, lipless crankbaits and Texas rigs.

SOMERVILLE: Water murky; 55–59 degrees; 2.42’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon/chartreuse soft plastics and crankbaits.

Crappie are good on minnows and pink tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are fair on stinkbait.

OAK CREEK: Water stained; 54–61 degrees; 22.45’ low. Largemouth

STILLHOUSE: Water stained; 57–61 degrees; 11.11’ low. Largemouth

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n Saltwater fishing reports: Page 16 bass are good on green pumpkin crankbaits and soft plastics. White bass are fair on slabs and pet spoons. Channel and blue catfish are good on minnows and shrimp.

SWEETWATER: Water murky; 53–59 degrees; 24.16’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on lipless crankbaits and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair on live minnows. Catfish are fair to good on prepared bait.

TAWAKONI: Water stained; 50–55 degrees; 9.57’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on green pumpkin or black and blue flipping jigs. White bass are good on slabs. Striped bass and hybrid striper are fair on slabs.

Catfish are fair on cut shad.

TEXOMA: Water clear; 49–54 degrees; 8.97’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on shaky heads and drop-shot finesse worms near deeper points. Crappie are good on chartreuse jigs and minnows.

Catfish are good on cut shad and trotlines.

TRAVIS: Water murky; 55–59 degrees; 53.23’ low. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon soft plastic worms and June bug flukes in 5–20 feet. Striped bass are fair on chartreuse striper jigs. White bass are good on white grubs and gold spoons in 30–45 feet. Channel and blue catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and fresh cut bait.

WALTER E. LONG: Water lightly stained. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon spinner baits, crankbaits, and soft plastics. White bass are fair on Li’l Fishies.

WHITNEY: Water stained; 56–60 degrees; 11.66’ low. Largemouth bass are good on jerkbaits and Carolinarigged chartreuse soft plastics.

WRIGHT PATMAN: Water lightly stained; 53–59 degrees; 3.86 ’ high. Largemouth bass are slow on black/blue jigs and creature baits.

Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on prepared bait and trotlines.

— TPWD

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fishing spots around the 10,000 Islands and Marco Island.

“For me, this will put me over the top,” he said. “Out of 120 days here, I will fish at least 90 days — 65 with Texas clients and 25 with local Florida clients.”

Another reason Sommerlatte likes the new area is the amount of time each client fishes with him when they come from Texas.

“In Texas, most people that are hiring guides are day-trippers,” he said. “When my people come to Florida, they are coming to fish three to five days at a time.”

The “season” in Florida is late winter and early spring, when Northerners flock to the Sunshine State.

“I’m already booking winter Floridians for next year,” he said. “I am booking them one or two days a week. It’s a great thing I have going between Texas and Florida. I might run 200 trips total this year.

“As a guide, that is a good living.”

Another advantage is the change of scenery.

“It’s an awesome deal because you can get bored doing the same thing,” he said. “Over here, there is different scenery and different fish to target. I could live in either place, but I’d still travel to both.

“At this point, they are both DIFFERENT SPECIES: Waco resident Jake Battle shows of a nice snook caught on fly while fishing in Florida. Photo by Scott Sommerlatte, for Lone Star Outdoor News. home.”

Each area along the Gulf has a disyour money in four months.”

Laguna Madre, got his start as a traveling through his newsletter, and many have tinct season, according to Sommerlatte. In Several guides contacted by LSON in guide for the fun of it. joined him in other countries.

Texas, the best fishing weather falls between Florida said they had no issue with Texas “I was working in Colorado when I was “I’ve fished the same guys in Chile and mid-July and early-November. In Louisiana, guides fishing their home waters, especially 19,” Paschal said. “I started guiding and Alaska and now they come to Texas,” he said. the sweet spot occurs between September and during the spring break season when busi- every year just led to different opportuni- “This winter I am going to Louisiana. You December. Along the Gulf coast of Florida, ness is plentiful. ties. I was working high-end lodges and then could find a place that had great fishing 365 February to May is the best, and the Florida Other Texas guides also travel to catch a went to Texas A&M, so I had the winters off. days per year, but Texas is a little iffy. But it Keys turn on between March and June. few seasons.

I headed down to Chile and Argentina last is really fun to travel and see different places “Every region has a season,” he added. “To Ethan Wells of Rockport and Ben Paschal winter. It wasn’t so much to travel because and different styles of fishing and different make a good living, you have to catch at least are two guides that have traveled to differ- of work, it was just that I had some offers I species. two seasons. ent locales in search of better fishing sea- couldn’t refuse.”

“In the end, it makes you a better angler “You will struggle trying to make all of sons. However, Paschal, a guide on the Lower Paschal said his clients keep up with him and a better guide.”

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GAME WARDEN BLOTTER WARDENS’ TEAMWORK PAYS OFF Frio County Game Warden John Palacios received a phone call from Dimmit County Game Warden Gene Fernandez advising of a call with information about a hunting guide who may have shot a buck while hunting under the license of another.

The next day, Palacios interviewed the landowner, the hunter and the hunting guide and received written statements from each admitting that the guide had hunted under the license of another and utilized his tag. Citations were issued and a buck scoring 152 was seized. Cases and civil restitution pending.

OFF-DUTY WARDEN GOES FISHING, WATCHES VIOLATIONS Smith County Game Warden Brad Clark was enjoying a day off fishing on the Neches River. While he was fishing, two individuals began fishing near him. Soon after arriving, one of the individuals finished his energy drink and threw the can into the brush. The other individual caught a fish by snagging it in the back and threw it behind a tree so nobody would see it. Clark called fellow warden Chris Swift, who was on duty, to relay the information.

Swift arrived and discovered neither individual had a fishing license.

Numerous citations were issued.

MONTHS LATER, BIG BUCK POACHERS BUSTED Western Gillespie County Game Warden Scott W. Krueger recently completed a four-month investigation regarding a call he received in late August. The caller had information on two subjects who shot a large white-tailed buck at night in early July. The informant did not know the location of the ranch, other than Western Gillespie County, and only had the name of the shooter, an Edwards County resident. The caller

TIP LEADS WARDEN TO POACHER OF 200-INCH MULE DEER Garza/Lynn counties Game Warden Drew Spencer met with a suspect about an anonymous tip he had received regarding a large mule deer buck that had been killed illegally in Garza County during the bow season of 2013-2014. The man told Spencer that the deer had been killed lawfully in Garza County with a bow. Spencer later met with the man’s hunting partner, who gave a completely different story. That partner said he and the first man had been out driving the county roads of Lynn County (closed to mule also believed the head of the buck was in the freezer at the suspect’s residence. Krueger received assistance from Edwards County Game Warden Grant Moore and Mason County Game Warden Cody Hatfield.

It wasn’t long before pictures of the suspect began to appear on social media with the buck as well as other wildlife that may have been taken illegally. In early November, the three wardens served a warrant on a local taxidermist where the antlers as well as a work order for the buck were located and seized. The suspect was located and interviewed later that day. He confessed to killing the buck and gave the name and location of the ranch as well as his accomplice, who happened to be the son of the ranch foreman. Each subject received a Class A misdemeanor charge as well as restitution on a 140-inch white-tailed buck.

“BUDDY” GIVING PERMISSION TO HUNT NOT A GREAT FRIEND At dusk, Mitchell County Game Warden David Hopkins noticed a vehicle’s headlights in the distance.

Knowing it was a large ranch with many hunters headed for the exit, Hopkins hurried to the location. At the gate, the two male occupants were asked how the quail hunting

deer hunting) when the first man shot the deer from the road. The man told Spencer that they did not have permission to enter the land to retrieve the deer and led Spencer to the exact spot the shot had been taken, replayed their actions, and later took Spencer to his residence, where Spencer seized the deer skull and meat. Spencer then met with the first man again, who finally admitted to having killed the deer in a closed season from a public road. Charges and civil restitution for the 200-class mule deer are pending.

had been. They gladly shared the details of the day’s hunt. Hopkins asked to see their hunting licenses.

One produced a lifetime license while the other had a hard time finding his license. While the gentleman continued looking for his hunting license, Hopkins checked their names against a list of paid hunters on the ranch. Not finding their names on the list, the warden asked the individuals if they were paid hunters. They stated they were not and that one of their “buddies” had told them they could come hunt quail after deer season. The man who was unable to locate his license had not had a license since 2009. Additionally, both subjects admitted to hunting quail illegally on the ranch in previous years. Both hunters were arrested on charges for hunting bobwhite quail without landowner consent and one received a citation for no hunting license.

TAG MISSING FROM REPLACEMENT LICENSE RAISES QUESTIONS Henderson County Game Warden Dustin Balfanz and Freestone County Game Warden Craig Hernandez were checking white bass fishermen above Lake Palestine. Upon checking the fishing license of two men in kayaks, one of the fishermen provided

a replacement super combo license with one tag missing. Balfanz asked what happened to the first license and how many deer the man shot during the past season? After more questioning, charges were filed for exceeding the bag limit on buck deer in an antlerrestriction county. Anderson County Game Warden Rob Sadowski assisted in seizing the antlers from the taxidermist where the deer was taken.

REPEAT POACHER FINALLY CAUGHT, ARRESTED Henderson County Game Warden Chad West received numerous complaints throughout deer season regarding a person that was illegally shooting white-tailed bucks off the roadway at night. West talked to several individuals in the area in hopes of finding a lead. After a month, a tip finally came in. The individual said he noticed a pile of antlers at a local taxidermist bearing the name of the person the warden was after. West, along with Smith County Game Warden Dustin Dockery, made contact with the taxidermist and seized 11 freshly killed bucks and their capes. West was able to run down a few more individuals that had information that assisted him in obtaining an arrest warrant for the subject. The subject was charged

with hunting off a public roadway and exceeding the annual bag limit for white-tailed deer.

CRAIGSLIST SCAM VICTIMIZES PEOPLE LOOKING FOR HUNTING LEASES In early February, Atascosa County Game Warden Derek Iden received a call from a landowner about a person he encountered on his property near Pleasanton who said that he paid someone to hunt on that property. The hunter had placed an ad on Craigslist stating that he was looking for a hunting lease near San Antonio and had received a call from a person who took him out to a piece of property that was for sale. Iden learned that two victims fell for this Craigslist scam that was perpetrated by a felon who had recently been released from state jail on parole.

Iden acquired two separate arrest warrants for “Theft by Deception” with bond set at $10,000 each.

One victim paid the parolee $700 in cash and the other victim paid $500 in cash to hunt on property where the parolee had no legal rights. His parole officer was advised and the parolee was arrested.

YES, JAVELINA IS A GAME ANIMAL IN TEXAS Cameron County Game Wardens Billy Lucio and Derrick Lopez responded to a landowner call about ATVs trespassing on his and his neighbor’s property and possibly hunting. While looking around, the wardens noticed a javelina carcass in the field with the head missing.

Contact was made with the landowner and he contacted a hunter who admitted over the phone to shooting two javelinas and cutting off the heads. He mistook them for wild hogs and did not know they were game animals, as he was from out of state. Citations were issued for waste of game with restitution.

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Success with Baffin bite Anglers reporting trout, lots of black drum

By Conor Harrison Lone Star Outdoor News

Although anglers are battling dirty water with limited visibility, some very nice trout have been caught in Baffin Bay during the final weeks of March.

Boerne angler Terry Stahl, who fishes almost every weekend along the coast, had a good day on the water recently.

“The fishing was good,” he said.

“We didn’t slay them, but we caught some nice fish.”

Stahl said the water temperature was 71 degrees, and the group battled a 15 mph southeast wind most of the day.

“The water clarity wasn’t good,” he said, “about a foot at most and maybe 8 inches in most spots. Half of our group was wading and some of us were in the boat. The best bite was with shrimp under a popping cork, but I caught a few good ones on a jerkbait.”

One member of the group lost a 30-inch trout at the boat, which put a damper on things for the team.

“The biggest fish were caught in 2 to 3 feet of water,” Stahl added.

“There are a lot of big ones in the area where we were fishing, though.”

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BAFFIN BUSTING OPEN: Lots of anglers are having a good month in Baffin Bay catching trout and lots of black drum. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

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TOUGH TO SEE: Bucks often don’t move as much on warm, foggy mornings. Photo by Lone Star Outdoor News.

the afternoon.

Complaints aside, most landowners are happy to see the fog and the moisture associated with it.

Weather folklore has been around for hundreds of years, and one only has to look at the Farmer’s Almanac each year to try to predict the weather. In South Texas, old-timers say that a foggy winter means a dry summer ahead.

Is it true?

Probably not, according to a South Texas meteorologist, but the moisture from it helps.

“Fog is basically a cloud that touches the ground,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Christina Barron, who is based in Corpus Christi. “It isn’t measured from a precipitation standpoint or in tenths of inches, but we do look at how much moisture is in the air

percentage-wise, like with relative humidity.”

While the benefits of fog to the soil and plants may not be measured, the added moisture is apparent.

“When you have fog, you’re getting a return of moisture to the area,” Barron said. “The fog doesn’t do anything itself, but it means there is low-level moisture and the water the atmosphere is holding is greater. We measure that by the dew point and temperature. The higher the dew point the more moisture the air is holding.”

Weather statistics show there can be from 0.05 to 0.5 grams of liquid water in a cubic meter of fog. The statistics don’t mean much to hunters, but when driving to the field on the calm mornings they use their windshield wipers, and when walking to their stand, they notice the mud

accumulating on their boots, despite the lack of rain.

But does the fog help with soil conditions and plant growth?

On the ground’s surface, yes, said Daniel Kunz, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department technical guidance biologist in Alice.

“It helps, especially with the forbs,” he said. “It gets them going when you wouldn’t think they should. You still need subsurface moisture for the long-term, though.”

Does winter fog mean a dry summer, like the old-timers say?

“I hadn’t heard that one,” Barron said. “But people have been using these types of predictions forever.

The weather models show an El Nino is coming (usually meaning wetter conditions), but it looks like it will be late summer or fall before it gets here.”

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TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING REPORT Drum run HUMBLE CHANNEL — The Humble Channel continues to produce easy catches of big black drum for angler fishing with live shrimp and cracked crabs when bait shops have them.

Along with anglers at Red Dot Pier, boat anglers fishing in the channel have had success on big drum weighing up to 45 pounds.

Also, along with the drum, small redfish and small speckled trout are numerous with shrimp under a popping cork.

Mixed bag GALVESTON BAY — Even though the oil spill affecting the South Jetty and a few other spots around Galveston Bay, Capt. Greg Verm reports a great week of fishing for spring break clients.

“Despite some days with heavy fog, we put smiles on many, many faces,” he

NORTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good on the Louisiana shoreline on top-waters and Corkies.

Flounder are fair on jigs tipped with shrimp around marsh drains.

SOUTH SABINE: Sheepshead and black drum are good at the jetty on live shrimp. Trout are fair to good around Lighthouse Cove on Catch 5s and Corkies.

BOLIVAR: Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on soft plastics and plugs. Black drum and redfish are good at Rollover Pass.

TRINITY BAY: Trout are fair to good while working mud and shell in 3–4 feet of water on MirrOlures and Slammin’ Chicken soft plastics.

Redfish are good over reefs on live shrimp.

EAST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on twitchbaits and topwaters. Whiting and sand trout are good on the edge of the Intracoastal on fresh shrimp.

Black drum are fair to good in the Ship Channel on crabs.

WEST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are fair to good

for drifters working shell on live shrimp. Trout are fair to good while wading the mud and shell on Corkies in the afternoon. Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs.

TEXAS CITY: Black drum are good in the channel on crabs. Sand trout and whiting are good from the piers on fresh shrimp.

FREEPORT: Flounder, black drum and sheepshead are good on shrimp in the ICW and Brazos River on live shrimp. Sand trout and sheepshead are good on live shrimp on the reefs. Black drum are good at the jetties on cracked blue crabs.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout and sheepshead are fair to good for drifters on live shrimp over humps and scattered shell. Redfish are fair to good on the edge of the Intracoastal on crabs and mullet.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY: Redfish are fair to good on the edge of Oyster Lake and at Shell Island on shrimp and crabs. Trout are fair on

said. “(We are) hooking into giant black drum, some very nice specks, redfish, sheepshead and gigging flounder.

Of course, this oil situation is affecting our jetty trips, but we will adapt and overcome. That is how we roll in Texas.”

To contact Capt. Greg Verm, call (409) 739-8526.

Redfish roundup PORT O’CONNOR JETTY — The redfish bite has been hot around the Port O’Connor Jetty this month.

According to multiple Internet reports, terms like “crazy” and “insane” have been thrown around to describe the action.

Most of the fish were caught on live shrimp or spoons. Most of the redfish have been slot-sized, but some oversized fish have been caught.

Along with the fantastic redfish bite, sheepshead and eating-sized black drum are also being boated. As with redfish, live shrimp has been the bait of choice.

— Conor Harrison

shell and grass on soft plastics. Black drum are fair to good at the jetty on crabs.

PORT O’CONNOR: Trout and redfish are good on soft plastics over soft mud in waist–deep water in San Antonio Bay. Trout and redfish are fair for drifters working the back lakes with live shrimp.

ROCKPORT: Trout are fair to good in Morris– Cummings Cut on free–lined shrimp. Black drum are good in the Lydia Ann Channel on crabs. Trout are fair over grass while drifting with live shrimp.

PORT ARANSAS: Redfish are fair to good at East Flats on shrimp and scented plastics.

Black drum are good in the Shrimpboat Channel on crabs and finger mullet. Redfish, black drum and sheepshead are fair to good at the jetty on shrimp.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Trout are fair to good on the edge of the spoils on scented plastics and live shrimp. Black drum are good in the Humble Channel at night on crabs and table shrimp.

BAFFIN BAY: Trout are fair while wading mud and grass on Corkies and top-waters. Black drum are good in the Land Cut on crabs.

Trout are fair to good in the Land Cut on live shrimp.

PORT MANSFIELD: Trout are fair to good on soft plastics and Gamblers around sand and grass along the ICW. Redfish are fair to good while drifting pot holes on scented plastics and shrimp.

SOUTH PADRE: Trout are fair to good around the spoil islands, channel edges and color changes on DOA Shrimp in 3–4 feet of water.

Black drum and redfish are fair to good at the jetty on cracked crabs.

PORT ISABEL: Trout and redfish are fair to good at Gas Well Flats on live shrimp and scented plastics. Redfish are fair at Three Island on small top-waters and soft plastics under rattling corks. Black drum and redfish are fair to good over shell.

— TPWD

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ABBY LUCKSINGER harvested her first whitetail — a 10-point buck — with her dad while hunting on Mesquite Creek Ranch in San Saba County.

ADAN “TRES” A. CAVAZOS III, harvested his first buck, a 9-pointer, on Dec. 29 while hunting at his uncle’s ranch in Alice.

KIRSTEN AND KARRINGTON HAUN dropped these two bucks out of the same blind on opening morning hunting with their dad in Dewitt County.

JESSICA RICE took this big bull elk on Jan. 4 right at dusk kneeling on the ground with a tripod for a rest.

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LARRY SHAVER caught this 35-pound black drum from his dock in Port Isabel on his 68th birthday.

IV WEBB, 8, of Austin harvested a banded pintail in Baffin Bay. The pintail was banded in 2012 in North Dakota.

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requested for stockings this year by biologists across Texas. Lewisville Lake has requested the most hybrid fry — 1.06 million.

Along with those, 2.216 million 1.5inch fingerlings have been requested.

All total, Texas lakes are hoping to receive 3.64 million new hybrids this year, but that all depends on how many can be produced at the state’s hybrid hatcheries — mainly Possum Kingdom and A.E. Wood hatcheries.

“A lot depends on how many of those brood fish we can collect,” Van Zee said.

“Factors like survival rate and how many egg producing females we get will affect how many we can stock this year.”

TPWD collects its brood stock using electrofishing methods.

“We get our white bass in the Neches and the stripers in the tailrace below Livingston Dam,” he said. “We hope to collect 200 stripers for production.”

Texas has three of top 10 bass lakes According to the American Sportfishing Association, one out of every three anglers in the U.S. fishes for largemouth bass, making it the most sought-after game fish in the country.

And, according to fishhound.com, three of the top 10 bass lakes in the country are in Texas.

“It’s not difficult to understand why anglers love fishing for bass,” said 2011 Forrest Wood Cup Champion Scott Martin. “They’re great fighters, they can be caught on a variety of baits and lures, and they inhabit a huge number of lakes and rivers across the nation. The challenge of figuring out how to catch one of the smartest fish that swims is what makes bass fishing so popular.”

First on the list was Lake Guntersville in Alabama.

The Texas lakes are: 4. Falcon International Reservoir — Credit Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for maintaining many of the world’s best bass fisheries, but this Rio Grande River Tex-Mex border lake rises above them all.

“Falcon is one of the greatest lakes in the U.S.,” said Texas bass pro Zell Rowland. “I don’t know that any other lake compares to it.”

6. Choke Canyon Reservoir — The ranking of this body of water may surprise many, but it comes as no surprise to those that have had the opportunity to fish it. Fishing pressure is light, but the forage base of shad, bluegill and crayfish is abundant on this 25,670-acre water supply reservoir between San Antonio and Corpus Christi. That’s why bass grow fast and bass grow big.

8. Amistad International Reservoir — Catch ’em high, catch ’em low. Clear water and diverse habitat make this Rio Grande River reservoir a multi-tiered bass fishery that has factored into some of the highest weigh-in totals in Bassmaster competition. As a Bassmaster Elite Series Rookie, Derek Rimitz posted a four-day total of 111 pounds, 7 ounces at Amistad in 2007.

— ASA

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When it comes to prioritizing who gets their allotment of hybrids, it is up to the local biologists to make recommendations to the regional office, which then prioritizes for the state, according to Carl Kittel, program director for the A.E. Wood Fish Hatchery.

“It is too early to tell how many hybrids we will produce this year,” Kittel said. “Once we have them (in April) in the hatchery, then we will know more. I can tell you that nothing has gone bad yet.”

Kittel said the allocation process for hybrids is the same as every other species.

“We have 15 or so districts divided into three regions,” he said. “The district manager’s main job is to survey the lakes in their district and then they make requests (for stockings). Then they will get with the regional directors and prioritize which water bodies will receive the fish.

“That then goes to the state level and they will tell us where to stock this year.”

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Cecil wins on Toledo Bend Russell Cecil, of Willis, weighed five bass totaling 15 pounds, 10 ounces Saturday to win the Rayovac FLW Series Texas Division event presented by Frabill on Toledo Bend Reservoir with a threeday total of 15 bass weighing 61 pounds, 9 ounces.

“I’m as excited as I’ve ever been to win one of these because I sure didn’t think I pulled it off today,” said Cecil, who earned his fifth career victory in FLW competition. “I thought I only had about 14 pounds. I made a strategic decision this morning that I would catch five and not stop until I caught a big one. I caught five keepers and fished for three big ones, but I didn’t catch any of them.

Sitting there after Clark (Reehm) had weighed his fish, I thought I had lost it.”

Cecil fished for spawning bass the entire tournament, and underperformed his expectations on days one and three.

— FLW

Yamaha Marine signs Odessa teen

Supporting an important and positive growth trend in fishing, Yamaha Marine signed 15-year old bass angler Andy Ortega, from Odessa, to its Pro Fishing Team.

“Fishing among teen anglers is growing exponentially,” said Hank Weldon, manager for B.A.S.S. for College, High School and Youth. “Based on Facebook ‘fans,’ state data and ongoing registrations, we expect the numbers of bass anglers aged 13-18 to easily triple by the end of the year, possibly even more.”

“Adding Andy to our Pro Team gives us the opportunity to connect with high school anglers as they continue to grow and establish themselves as future pros,” said David Ittner, Tournament and Pro Staff manager, Yamaha Marine Group. “Andy’s enthusiasm and dedication for the sport caught our attention through his interactions with Yamaha on Facebook. His fishing ability and maturity extend well beyond his years, and we are proud to support Andy’s dream of becoming a bass pro angler.”

— Yamaha Marine

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NATIONAL U.S. Open Bowfishing Tournament coming to Missouri Registrations for the second annual U.S. Bowfishing Championship are on pace to make this event the largest bowfishing tournament ever. The May 2-4 event, which is being held at Table Rock and Bull Shoals lakes in the Ozarks, is capturing the skyrocketing interest in bowfishing.

This year’s tournament will begin Saturday, May 3 at 7 p.m. and continue through Sunday, May 4 at 7 a.m. at the new Bass Pro Shops Outdoor Academy, 1901 S. Hwy 86, Ridgedale, Mo. A new aspect of this year’s event is including Bull Shoals Lake to the tournament venue along with Table Rock Lake. In addition, air boats will be excluded from the 2014 Bowfishing Championship.

— Bass Pro

NOAA seeks comment on mackerel NOAA Fisheries is seeking public comment on a proposed rule for Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic king and Spanish mackerel. If approved, this rule would modify the coastal migratory pelagics permit requirements and restrictions, including modification of the sales provisions and income requirements.

For the Gulf of Mexico, the rule would prohibit the sale of king and Spanish mackerel caught under the bag limit unless those fish are either caught on a for-hire trip and

the vessel has both a for-hire and commercial vessel permit, or the fish are caught as part of a statepermitted tournament and the proceeds from the sale are donated to charity.

For the Atlantic region, the rule would prohibit the sale of king and Spanish mackerel caught under the bag limit unless the fish are caught as part of a state-permitted tournament and the proceeds from the sale are donated to charity.

In addition, the rule would remove the income qualification requirement for king and Spanish mackerel commercial vessel permits.

— NOAA

USFS offering digital maps for mobile users The U.S. Forest Service now offers access to a variety of visitor maps for people using Android and iOS devices.

“This mobile app makes it easier than ever to plan your visit to a national forest or grassland,” said U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell. “By putting important forest information right at your fingertips, it will encourage more Americans to get outside and explore their forests.”

The Forest Service is currently working on the first phase of a website redesign, expected to debut early in 2014, which centers on a map-based tool for planning trips to our nation’s forests, grasslands and other special places.

The PDF Maps Mobile App, developed by Avenza Systems Inc., is available as a free download from

iTunes and the Android Play Store.

The app provides access to Forest Service maps, such as motor-vehicle-use maps, which are free while pages from national forest atlases are 99 cents and forest visitor maps are $4.99. Prices are pending for other agency maps.

— USDA

Sunday hunting bill passes in Maryland The Maryland House of Delegates passed a bill over the weekend that would lift the ban on Sunday hunting in the state’s three westernmost counties.

In addition to a similar bill that passed the state Senate last month, House Bill 406 is on track to arrive at the governor’s desk, making it likely that Maryland will do away with its Sunday hunting ban in at least part of the state.

“I’ve seen no indication that the governor would not sign the bill,” Delegate Wendell Beitzel, who introduced the House legislation, told The Cumberland Times-News.

Maryland hunters are allowed to hunt deer on Sundays, but only on private property and in certain counties. Other animals, such as small game, ruffed grouse, and turkey, are off-limits.

— Outdoor Hub

Eastern Kentucky wins on Table Rock The Eastern Kentucky University team of Kyle Raymer of Brandenburg, Ky., and Ethan Snyder of Vine Grove, Ky., won the FLW College Fishing Central

Conference tournament on Table Rock Lake with five bass weighing exactly 19 pounds.

Their win qualified them for the 2014 Central Conference Invitational on Kentucky Lake.

The pair threw an umbrella rig better than any other team in the field en route to picking up the Eastern Kentucky University bass club’s 15th top-5 finish, and their fourth win.

“We were throwing umbrella rigs on sloping main-lake points with basketball-sized rock and standing timber that had channel swings right next to them,” explained Snyder. “We probably had the boat in 20 to 30 feet of water, and our fish were coming out of 12 to 16 feet of water.”

— FLW

Rapala lures sets 11 world records in 2013 More IGFA world-record fish were caught on Rapala lures last year, 11, than on any other brand of lure.

And 19 world-record saltwater catches and three world-record freshwater fish were landed on Sufix line, a Rapala brand. Additionally, 23 world-record fish were weighed on Rapala scales.

Notable amongst Rapala’s 2013 world records was that one came on a new lure released that same year, a Scatter Rap. In Finland on July 19, Jasmin Vataja caught a lightline (1 kg. test) world-record zander trolling a Scatter Rap on the Baltic Sea’s Airisto Inlet. Zander look and taste a lot like walleye.

— Rapala

Hornady and HAVA help disabled pro Spending six hours hunting for bison in a Polaris RZR in 7-degree temps and 20 mph winds may not be on everyone’s bucket list, but it fulfilled a lifelong dream for Matt Keil, a quadriplegic veteran who shot an 1,800-pound bison during a hunt organized by Honored American Veterans Afield. The hunt took place in February at Dismal River Outfitters, a 50,000-acre ranch in the heart of the Nebraska Sandhills.

Matt Keil’s life changed forever Feb. 24, 2007, when he was critically injured while on a mission with the 3rd Platoon Able Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Ft. Carson, Colo.

“HAVA does an incredible job of getting military and likeminded people together,” Keil said.

“Hunting with people who have confidence in your abilities is a huge help in the healing process.”

Matt’s wish to hunt buffalo was forwarded to HAVA by his best friend and fellow disabled veteran, Nick Orchowski, and before long a surprise trip to Dismal River Outfitters in western Nebraska was organized.

“I had no idea what we were hunting,” said Matt. “We were riding around in the UTV, sharing stories with John Howell, the owner of Dismal River Outfitters, when we crested a hill and saw this massive bison. I was speechless.

I can’t thank HAVA, Dismal River Outfitters, and Hornady enough for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” ­— Hornady

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Dallas 2014 Mar-Apr 28 Fri 29 Sat > 30 Sun N 31 Mon > 01 Tue > 02 Wed > 03 Thu 04 Fri 05 Sat 06 Sun 07 Mon Q 08 Tue 09 Wed 10 Thu 11 Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun > 14 Mon > 15 Tue F 16 Wed >

A.M. Minor Major 3:54 10:08 4:43 10:56 5:33 11:46 6:25 12:12 7:20 1:07 8:17 2:04 9:15 3:02 10:11 3:58 11:05 4:53 11:56 5:44 12:20 6:32 1:06 7:17 1:48 7:59 2:27 8:38 3:06 9:17 3:44 9:55 4:24 10:36 5:08 11:19 5:55 ----6:47 12:34

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Major 10:28 11:16 ----12:32 1:28 2:25 3:22 4:19 5:13 6:05 6:53 7:37 8:19 8:59 9:37 10:16 10:56 11:40 12:04 12:54

P.M. Minor 4:16 5:03 5:53 6:45 7:41 8:38 9:35 10:31 11:24 ----12:38 1:23 2:04 2:44 3:22 4:01 4:42 5:26 6:14 7:07

Major 10:29 11:16 12:06 12:32 1:28 2:25 3:22 4:18 5:12 6:03 6:50 7:34 8:15 8:54 9:33 10:12 10:53 11:38 12:02 12:54

SUN Rises 7:15 7:14 7:13 7:11 7:10 7:09 7:08 7:07 7:06 7:04 7:03 7:02 7:01 7:00 6:59 6:58 6:57 6:55 6:54 6:53

Sets 7:36 7:37 7:37 7:38 7:39 7:39 7:40 7:40 7:41 7:41 7:42 7:43 7:43 7:44 7:44 7:45 7:46 7:46 7:47 7:47

MOON Rises 5:38a 6:19a 7:00a 7:42a 8:24a 9:09a 9:55a 10:42a 11:31a 12:22p 1:13p 2:04p 2:56p 3:49p 4:42p 5:36p 6:31p 7:29p 8:27p 9:28p

P.M. Minor Major 4:21 10:34 5:09 11:22 5:59 12:12 6:51 12:38 7:46 1:33 8:43 2:30 9:40 3:27 10:36 4:24 11:30 5:17 ----- 6:08 12:44 6:55 1:28 7:39 2:10 8:21 2:49 9:00 3:28 9:39 4:07 10:18 4:47 10:59 5:31 11:43 6:20 12:07 7:13 1:00

SUN Rises 7:20 7:18 7:17 7:16 7:14 7:13 7:12 7:11 7:09 7:08 7:07 7:06 7:04 7:03 7:02 7:01 6:59 6:58 6:57 6:56

Sets 7:43 7:43 7:44 7:45 7:45 7:46 7:47 7:47 7:48 7:49 7:50 7:50 7:51 7:52 7:52 7:53 7:54 7:54 7:55 7:56

MOON Rises Sets 5:45a 5:49p 6:25a 6:54p 7:05a 7:59p 7:45a 9:02p 8:26a 10:04p 9:09a 11:04p 9:55a NoMoon 10:42a NoMoon 11:31a 12:52a 12:21p 1:39a 1:13p 2:23a 2:05p 3:02a 2:59p 3:39a 3:52p 4:14a 4:47p 4:47a 5:42p 5:20a 6:39p 5:54a 7:37p 6:29a 8:37p 7:07a 9:39p 7:49a

P.M. Minor Major 4:28 10:41 5:16 11:29 6:06 12:19 6:58 12:45 7:53 1:40 8:50 2:37 9:47 3:34 10:43 4:31 11:37 5:24 12:03 6:15 12:51 7:02 1:35 7:46 2:17 8:28 2:56 9:07 3:35 9:46 4:14 10:25 4:54 11:06 5:38 11:50 6:27 12:14 7:20 1:07

SUN Rises 7:28 7:26 7:25 7:24 7:23 7:22 7:21 7:19 7:18 7:17 7:16 7:15 7:14 7:13 7:11 7:10 7:09 7:08 7:07 7:06

Sets 7:49 7:49 7:50 7:50 7:51 7:51 7:52 7:53 7:53 7:54 7:54 7:55 7:55 7:56 7:57 7:57 7:58 7:58 7:59 8:00

MOON Rises 5:51a 6:32a 7:13a 7:55a 8:38a 9:22a 10:08a 10:56a 11:45a 12:35p 1:26p 2:18p 3:10p 4:02p 4:55p 5:49p 6:44p 7:41p 8:40p 9:40p

Sets 5:57p 7:01p 8:04p 9:06p 10:06p 11:05p NoMoon NoMoon 12:52a 1:40a 2:24a 3:04a 3:42a 4:18a 4:52a 5:27a 6:02a 6:39a 7:18a 8:01a

Sets 8:04 8:04 8:05 8:06 8:07 8:08 8:08 8:09 8:10 8:11 8:11 8:12 8:13 8:14 8:15 8:15 8:16 8:17 8:18 8:19

MOON Rises 6:07a 6:46a 7:25a 8:04a 8:44a 9:26a 10:11a 10:58a 11:47a 12:38p 1:30p 2:23p 3:17p 4:12p 5:07p 6:03p 7:01p 8:01p 9:02p 10:04p

Sets 6:10p 7:16p 8:22p 9:26p 10:29p 11:29p NoMoon 12:26a 1:18a 2:05a 2:48a 3:27a 4:03a 4:37a 5:09a 5:41a 6:14a 6:49a 7:26a 8:06a

P.M. Minor 4:41 5:29 6:19 7:11 8:07 9:03 10:01 10:57 11:50 12:17 1:04 1:49 2:30 3:09 3:48 4:27 5:08 5:52 6:40 7:33

Major 10:55 11:42 12:32 12:58 1:54 2:50 3:48 4:44 5:38 6:28 7:16 8:00 8:41 9:20 9:59 10:38 11:19 ----12:28 1:20

SUN Rises 7:39 7:38 7:37 7:35 7:34 7:32 7:31 7:30 7:28 7:27 7:26 7:24 7:23 7:22 7:20 7:19 7:18 7:16 7:15 7:14

Sets 5:44p 6:48p 7:51p 8:53p 9:54p 10:52p 11:48p NoMoon 12:40a 1:27a 2:11a 2:52a 3:29a 4:05a 4:40a 5:14a 5:49a 6:26a 7:05a 7:48a

FOR THE TABLE Parmesan salmon

42. Flightless birds 44. The wild pig 45. Scouting time for hunters DOWN 1. Number of game, fish, fowl allowed 2. A flock of pheasants 3. It brings in the catch 4. There is a black, red and grey 5. A duty of the gun dog 6. Wood used in arrow shafts 7. Act of fish hitting a hook 13. Main fish fin 14. The white weasel 15. Most important animals in herd 16. The ______ pole 17. A type of fly lure 20. A line grommet on a fishing rod 21. Hunter’s friend and aid 22. A deer will to escape danger

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Legend: Major=2 hours. Minor=1 hour. Times centered on the major-minor window. F=Full Moon, N=New Moon, Q=Quarter > = Peak Activity. For other locations, subtract 1 minute per 12 miles east of a location, and add 1 minute per 12 miles west of a location.

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OUTDOOR PUZZLER | By Wilbur “Wib” Lundeen ACROSS 1. Term for some old gobbler 4. A game bird 8. The long-legged, long -beaked fish eater 9. A coot 10. A trout species 11. Female pheasant 12. A crab 13. Member of a buck’s harem 15. A type of shot 18. Contains lock and gun firing mechanism 19. Pheasant’s collection of hens 20. A water movement 24. When a doe has young 25. A shot measurement 26. Animal or person acting crazy 27. Field area where quail are found 30. Code for a type of bullet 34. Refers to a gun bore 36. A part of the gun primer 37. Keeps bugs out of tent 39. The camp pests 41. A breed of setter

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3–4 salmon fillets 1/2 stick butter, melted 2–3 tbsps. olive oil Fresh chopped thyme, sweet basil, dill 1 lemon or lime Salt Fresh ground black pepper Grated parmesan cheese Place fillets on a sheet of foil. Mix the butter and oil together. Spread on

the fillets. Sprinkle on the herbs. Salt and pepper to taste. Cut the lemon in half and drizzle the juice onto the fillets. Heat your grill to 400 degrees.

Place foil with the fillets on it on the hot grill. Sprinkle the fillets with the cheese. Grill for 12–18 minutes or until the fish flakes easily. Serve with your favorite side dishes and enjoy.

— Backwoodsbound.com

Basil quail 8 whole quail 4 cups Greek basil, approx 1/2 cup per bird, washed 1 lemon Olive oil, as required Salt Feta cheese

23. The eagle claw 28. Scoter, loon and ruddy are ____ ducks 29. The electric swimmer 31. An archery organization 32. A grouse 33. Gun dog duty to _______ the hunter

34. Used to attract fish, game 35. Wild ones is 44 across 38. Part of an antler 40. A large deer 43. Deer on the run tail ________

Coat a large non-stick skillet with cooking spray and heat over mediumhigh heat. Add the quail and sauté for 5 minutes, browning all sides.

Remove from pan and tent with foil.

Be careful not to overcook! Melt the butter in the skillet and add the shal-

lots and mushrooms. Sauté for 4 minutes. Add the garlic and sauté for 30 seconds stirring constantly to prevent garlic from burning. Stir in the soy sauce. Sprinkle in the flour and cook for 1 minute stirring constantly.

Gradually whisk in the broth and stir until smooth. Add the salt, pepper and thyme. Bring to a boil and cook for 2 minutes until thick. Return the meat and accumulated juices to the pan and cook until heated through.

Discard the thyme sprigs.

Serve over egg noodles or steamed rice.

— Food.com

*email LSON your favorite recipe to news@lonestaroutdoornews.com.

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The turkey target is available in packs of six ($10) or 12 ($16).

“Being able to see where your bullet hits the target without taking a 100-yard walk is a big plus, and these targets save the trips,” said LSON’s Craig Nyhus. “The point of impact is easily visible with binoculars or scope, and often can be seen with the naked eye.”

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At night, the display shows images in easy-tosee black-and-white fashion. The system also has a video output for recording day or night.

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The Titanium G500 utilizes an internal dual pump to pull air out of the bag and seal contents tightly, creating an air-tight seal that will keep such game as frozen venison fresh for up to 18 months. It sells for about $500.

“We put this unit to the ultimate test after cubing all of the meat from an entire whitetail buck for future sausage making,” said LSON’s Craig Nyhus. “The Foodsaver Titanium handled the 30-plus pounds of meat and sealed it all perfectly.”

Nikon will send your 10x42 ProStaff 7 binoculars.

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r first buck — Voelker harvested he le, on a hunt Ky Elgin hunter Madison d, da r he h wit ointer, this heavy-horned 8-p a great buck and she was really was in South Texas. “It excited,” Kyle said.

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reported a tough bite or only small trout being caught, others are reporting a good bite that seems to be improving.

Palmer Bordelon, who owns Bulverde Taxidermy, said he spent almost an entire week down in Baffin Bay and the fishing was lights out.

“Trout are really good,” he said. “There are lots of limits being caught. And everyone is catching black drum right now. The bite is picking up tremendously just in the week I was there.”

Bordelon, like Stahl, said the best bait for trout and drum has been shrimp under a popping cork.

Bordelon watched as his neighbor caught a huge trout.

“I’ve been in taxidermy 20-something years, and this trout was the biggest I have ever seen,” he said.

“It was 32 inches and weighed 12 pounds. He used a shrimp under a popping cork to catch BIG DRUM: Big black drum are being caught in Baffin Bay in both shallow and the fish. It was a beast deep-water channels. Photo by Grant Renken. of a trout.”

Bordelon said the small pockets of brown tide, even though fishing is fantastic, with almost everyone the fishing did not seem to be affected. he talked to limiting out daily on drum Other reports from the message boards and trout, along with solid boxes of red- have also been positive. fish.

Capt. Kevin Cochran reported on 2cool“There are just a lot of fish being caught fishing.com that he is finding big trout right now,” he said. “I went all over Baffin for his clients wading in knee-deep water and did not see any brown tide, which is throwing pumpkinseed and chartreuse a good thing.” soft plastics. Several trout over 8 pounds However, other anglers have reported have been caught.

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Prime Time | March OUTDOOR CHANNEL Western Extreme Whitetail Freaks Michael Waddell’s Bone Collector Gregg Ritz’s Hunt Masters Heartland Bowhunter Heartland Waterfowl Territories Wild Ram Outdoorsman The Best of the West Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild Pro Hunt Journal RMEF Team Elk Ram Outdoorsman OUTDOOR CHANNEL Tecomate Whitetail Nation American Birdhunter ScentBlocker’s Most Wanted Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild Mossy Oak’s Hunting the Country Driven with Pat and Nicole Deadliest Hunts ATK’s Grateful Nation Eastman’s Hunting TV Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild Primos Truth About Hunting Mossy Oak’s Hunting the Country PSE’s Wild Outdoors OUTDOOR CHANNEL Shooting USA’s Impossible Shots The Best Defense Shooting Gallery Shooting USA American Rifleman TV Midway USA’s Gun Stories The Best Defense Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild Shooting USA Midway USA’s Gun Stories OUTDOOR CHANNEL Wardens Presented by Streamlight Jack Link’s Major League Fishing FOXPRO Furtakers Tecomate Whitetail Nation Bow Madness RMEF Team Elk PSE’s Wild Outdoors Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild Crush with Lee and Tiffany Michael Waddell’s Bone Collector Driven with Pat and Nicole OUTDOOR CHANNEL Trev Gowdy’s Monster Fish The Hunt for Big Fish Zona’s Awesome Fishing Show Bottom Feeders Arrow Affliction Alaska Outdoors Television Gold Fever RMEF Team Elk Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild Wardens Presented by Streamlight Heartland Waterfowl OUTDOOR CHANNEL Bottom Feeders Buccaneers and Bones Gridiron Outdoors Steve’s Alaska Adventures SCI Expedition Safari Trophy Quest The Best of the West Under Wild Skies Western Extreme Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild Cabela’s American Archer Arrow Affliction OUTDOOR CHANNEL Mathews TV with Dave Watson Crush with Lee and Tiffany Jim Shockey’s Hunting Adventures Wildgame Nation Realtree Outdoors Primos Truth About Hunting NRA All Access Michael Waddell’s Bone Collector Adventure Bowhunter Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild Jim Shockey’s Hunting Adventures Realtree Outdoors Wildgame Nation

PURSUIT CHANNEL F&Ts Freedom Outdoors Avian X Sport Fishing TV The Hitmen Turkey Thugs The Outdoor Option Chasing Waters Make Ready TV Midwest Outdoors Northwest Hunter Trophy Time TV TNT Outdoor Explosion Winchester & Drurys Natural Born PURSUIT CHANNEL Fish PAA National Walleye Tour Lake Commandos Bob Redfern Outdoor Magazine Scott Martin Challenge Hank Parker Outdoor Magazine Cabelas Fisherman Handbook Fishing Texas Lake Commandos Bob Redfern Outdoor Magazine Scott Martin Challenge Hank Parker Outdoor Magazine Cabelas Fisherman Handbook PURSUIT CHANNEL Fish PAA Deer & Wildlife Stories Long Range Pursuit Man verses Elk Gamekeepers of Mossy Oak Get in the Game Avian X TomBob Outdoors Flatliners The Hunting Show The High Road w/Keith Warren The Hitmen Turkey Call PURSUIT CHANNEL The High Road w/Keith Warren Bowhunting Addiction Outdoor Edges The Great Outdoors Turkey Call Backland Outdoors Trophy Time TV KT Diaries Where in the World is Colorado Buck Big Boys TNT Outdoor Explosion Gamekeepers of Mossy Oak Carnivore American Trigger Sports PURSUIT CHANNEL National Bird Dog Circuit Make Ready TV Trigger Time American Airgunner American Trigger Sports Freedom Fighters - Blaine Goodloe - 3 Gun Nation Goodloe - 3 Gun Nation Ammo & Attitude The Right Stuff Fight Night Fight Night Fight Night PURSUIT CHANNEL Trigger Time Turkey Call Spur Chasers Turkey Thugs Avian X Fishing Texas Hunting with HECS Boondock Boys The Outdoor Shopper The Outdoor Shopper Backland Outdoors Turkey Thugs Gamekeepers of Mossy Oak PURSUIT CHANNEL Where in the World is Colorado Buck Make Ready TV Turkey Thugs The High Road w/Keith Warren Inside the Obsession Winchester & Drury’s Natural Born Turkey Call Get in the Game Brush Country Monsters Wallhanger TV Hunting with HECS Wingshooting USA

Good through June 30.

SPORTSMAN CHANNEL MeatEater-Hardest Hunts MeatEater-Hardest Hunts Guns & Ammo Guns & Gear TV Hot Shots Personal Defense TV TAC TV Gun Talk TV Guns & Ammo Guns & Gear TV Hot Shots Personal Defense TV TAC TV SPORTSMAN CHANNEL MeatEater-Hardest Hunts MeatEater-Hardest Hunts Realtree’s Monster Bucks Major League Bowhunter Elite Archery’s Respect the Game TV Whitetail Properties Dreams to Reality Savage Outdoors Brad Farris’ Game Plan Realtree’s Monster Bucks Major League Bowhunter Elite Archery’s Respect the Game TV Savage Outdoors SPORTSMAN CHANNEL MeatEater-Hardest Hunts MeatEater-Hardest Hunts North American Whitetail Skull Bound TV Mathews Dominant Bucks Outfittersrating TV Whitetail SLAM DreamPoint’s Extend Your Range TV North American Whitetail Skull Bound TV Mathews Dominant Bucks Outfittersrating TV Whitetail SLAM SPORTSMAN CHANNEL MeatEaterMeatEater Dead Meat Meet the McMillans Outlanders Yeti’s Ultimate Hunt MeatEater Dead Meat Meet the McMillans

WORLD FISHING NETWORK Angler West TV The Scott Martin Challenge The Next Bite TV Bass 2 Billfish Timmy Horton Outdoors Big Coast Sportfishing Bob Izumi’s Real Fishing Skeeter Bass Champs FLW Tour

The Scott Martin Challenge WORLD FISHING NETWORK Sportsman 360 TV The New Fly Fisher Hookin’ Up with Nick and Mariko The Legacy Experience Musky Hunter Profession al Tarpon Tour 2013 Westcoast Sporting Journal Fly Nation American Fly Guide The New Fly Fisher WORLD FISHING NETWORK Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing Jarrett Edwards Outdoors Lindner’s Angling Edge George Poveromo’s Saltwater Fishing Reel Animals Florida Adventure Quest Ultimate Fishing Experience | Reservoir Tactics South Bend’s Lunkerville FlatsClass American Fly Guide Jarrett Edwards Outdoors WORLD FISHING NETWORK Wild Fish Wild Places Guided with Joe Buchar Fishing 411 Fish’n Canada Fishing With Joe Bucher Silent Invaders BC Outdoors Sport Fishing Dave Mercer’s Facts of Fishing Fish TV Fishing the Flats

Outlanders SPORTSMAN CHANNEL MeatEater-Hardest Hunts MeatEater-Hardest Hunts Bowhunter TV Relentless Pursuit Nock On TV YoungWild Outback Outdoors Maximum Archery Bowhunter TV Relentless Pursuit Nock On TV YoungWild Outback Outdoors SPORTSMAN CHANNEL Excalibur’s Huntin’ the Backwoods The Outdoor Option Canada in the Rough Bahama Lobster Pirates Silent Draw Outdoors 100% Real Hunting Phil Phillips Unleashed On The Road Canada in the Rough Bahama Lobster Pirates Silent Draw Outdoors 100% Real Hunting Phil Phillips Unleashed

Guided with Mark Melnyk WORLD FISHING NETWORK Strikezone The Bass Doctor Inside Sportfishing Krappie Kings John Gillespie’s Water & Woods Fishful Thinker Extreme Angler TV Big City Fishing The Kayak Fishing Show with Jim Sammons Kayak Bassin’ TV

SPORTSMAN CHANNEL Bullets And Broadheads Maximum Outdoors TV Pigman: The Series Predator Nation Petersen’s Hunting The Season with Justin Martin Dead Dog Walkin’ Dog Soldier TV Pigman: The Series Predator Nation Petersen’s Hunting The Season with Justin Martin Dead Dog Walkin’

WORLD FISHING NETWORK Fish’n Canada The Scott Martin Challenge Lindner’s Angling Edge Silent Invaders Hookin’ Up with Nick and Mariko George Poveromo’s Saltwater Fishing Fishing With Joe Bucher Bass 2 Billfish Jarrett Edwards Outdoors Professional Tarpon Tour 2013

The Bass Doctor WORLD FISHING NETWORK Inside Sportfishing The New Fly Fisher Musky Hunter Fishing 411 The Next Bite TV Timmy Horton Outdoors Big Coast Sportfishing Fishful Thinker Professional Tarpon Tour 2013

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More Mossy Oak on Pursuit Channel Mossy Oak Brand Camouflage and the Pursuit Channel have renewed commitments to a pair of Mossy Oak primetime programming blocks through the 2015 television season, announced Pursuit Channel CEO Rusty Faulk.

“Our renewal with Mossy Oak and its subsidiaries represents a continuation of the most formidable strategic alliance in Pursuit Channel history,” said Faulk. “This most-important partnership benefits our producers, our world-class viewership and a hunt-fish-shoot business community that relies on affordable, big-impact television.”

Ben Maki, the senior vice president of Marketing for Mossy Oak, underlined the importance of targeted television and, specifically, Mossy Oak’s core reliance on the Pursuit Channel to provide high-quality, low-cost viewers.

“Mossy Oak’s partnership with Pursuit Channel has proven to be a most vital marketing instrument in this company’s broad-based media portfolio,” he said.

“Until you turn it on or turn it off, there’s no way to fully measure media ROI in this marketplace. With regard to Pursuit Channel, our strategy to ‘turn it up’ continues to prove that Pursuit is our most efficient and important investment in television.”

Mossy Oak’s Obsession Sunday (7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

CST) GameKeepers’ True North Wednesdays (7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

CST)

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Ducks Unlimited Rice Belt Skeet Shoot Pato Verde Lodge, El Campo (979) 332-0657 ducks.org/texas Kayak Angler Tournament Series Lake Austin and Lady Bird Lake Tournament (512) 904-0570 fishkats.com Bass Champs North Series, Lake Tawakoni (817) 439-3274 basschamps.com

Coastal Conservation Association San Antonio Chapter “Hooked on Clays” Sporting Clay Shoot National Shooting Complex (713) 626-4222 ccatexas.org

Ducks Unlimited Stephen F. Austin Dinner VFW Post 3893, Nacogdoches (936) 371-3428 ducks.org/texas

Dallas Safari Club YPG Crawfish Boil The Barley House (972) 980-9800 biggame.org

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Scurry Outdoors World Predator and Wild Hog Expo Waco Convention Center (404) 732-5658 scurryoutdoorssouth.com

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IFA Redfish Tour Port Aransas Marina ifatours.com

IFA Kayak Tour Port Aransas Marina ifatours.com

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Coastal Conservation Association West Texas Chapter Annual Banquet Midland Country Club (713) 626-4222 ccatexas.org

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To advertise in this section, call Mike Hughs at (214) 361-2276 or email him at mhughs@lonestaroutdoornews.com.

April 12

Safari Club International North Texas Chapter Dinner, Banquet and Auction Embassy Suites Outdoor World, Grapevine (817) 605-1010 scinorthtexas.com

April 12-13

Cinnamon Creek Ranch Rinehart R100 Shoot (817) 439-8998 cinnamoncreekranch.com

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Leica V Lux 4 worth a look Looking for a versatile, lightweight camera to pack along your next hunting or fishing trip?

The Leica V Lux 4 is worth a look.

Lone Star Outdoor News Founder and outdoor photographer David J. Sams recently tried the V Lux 4 on several of his recent adventures.

“The colors are great and vibrant,” Sams said. “It is easy to operate — just point and shoot and the camera will do it all, including changing ISO and shutter speeds with the environment.”

Sams used the Snap Shot mode for most of his testing.

“This is the idiot-proof button and I figured that is the easiest mode to test in,” he said. “This camera has all the functions of a high dollar digital SLR and a knowledgeable shutterbug can figure them out and tweak what they want. But many of the sportsmen I know need to just push a button and let the camera do the work.

“The Snap Shot mode worked great.”

Sams continued, “One scene I was shooting in Aperture Priority and getting good results. I then switched back to Snap Shot and the same image was much more vibrant and colorful. I decided then that they have put all this technology into this camera, why not let it do all the work?”

The fill flash also preformed well in Snap Shot mode and did not “blow out” the subject.

This newly designed camera features a 24x super-tele-zoom lens with a range of focus from 25 to 600 mm.

A new electronic viewfinder with a resolution of 1.3 megapixels shows 100 percent of the image frame and displays exactly the same exposure setting information as the camera’s monitor screen.

The V-Lux 4 captures full-HD video in AVCHD format with 1920 × 1080 pixels and 60 full frames per second. Videos can also be saved in the Internet-friendly MP4 format and can be uploaded directly to social media or mobile devices, for example, without the need for conversion. An integrated stereo microphone with a built-in wind-noise filter ensures audio quality.

Sams found the function buttons a little hard to push, too close together for big fingers, and the auto-focus button can get moved very easily and turn off the auto-focus.

And when using the viewfinder, the diopter adjustment could easily be moved, making everything very fussy-looking the next time you shoot a pic.

“With the fully extended zoom, the images don’t seem to be as sharp

Huge black crappie could be state record A black crappie caught March 13 from Lake Texoma could set a state record as well as two water-body records.

Johnny Summers Jr., of Pottsboro caught the 2.93-pound, 16.88inch fish in the Highport Marina Cove using a blue-and-silver Rat-LTrap. The current weight record for Lake Texoma black crappie is 2.75 pounds, caught in 2008.

The fish was weighed and measured by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Inland Fisheries staff before being released back into the lake.

The fish’s length apparently qualifies it for two additional records, the Lake Texoma catch-and-release record and the state catch-andrelease record.

All three records are pending receipt and acceptance of the applications by TPWD’s Angler Appreciation Program.

The catch should also qualify Summers for a Big Fish Award.

— TPWD

as I wish,” he said. “When shooting in Aperture Priority, it is a little hard to tell where the settings are set. You can’t see them in the viewfinder and have to push several buttons to see and adjust them.

Sams was impressed with the video mode.

“This camera makes great videos,” he said. “The video auto focuses well, it has good exposure on program mode and the sound is super clear.”

Sams’ overall impression was the camera would be a good choice for hauling on long trips in the outdoors.

“This camera is perfect for hiking up sheep mountains, as it only weighs 1.3 pounds,” he said. “The battery life also seems to be very long. I’ve already recommended this camera to a couple of my hunting friends and anyone looking to get professional-looking shots.”

CLOSE ENOUGH? Shot with the Leica V Lux 4, this alligator is frozen in time at ISO 100 on Aperture Priority. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone

— Staff report Star Outdoor News.

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