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Pursuing her passion

Volume 11, Issue 18

Psychology of online threats

By Craig Nyhus

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Fish taxidermist combines spearfishing with art to produce lifelike skin mounts

By Conor Harrison Lone Star outdoor newS

Sandy Margret isn’t your typical New York City type.

In the midst of a successful art teaching career, the graduate of NYU had an epiphany during a horrible winter blizzard in 1992.

“My car was buried, it was snowing like crazy and I said to myself, ‘This is the last winter I’ll ever spend in New York,’” she said. “I sent out 600 resumes to Florida, Texas and FROM THE WATER TO THE STUDIO: Port Isabel artist Sandy Margret holds a sheepshead she speared at the South Padre Island jetties recently. Margret spends time underwater so she can perfect her skin mount techniques in her taxidermy Hawaii. As luck would have it, studio. Photos by Erich Schlegel, for Lone Star Outdoor News.

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Game Warden Blotter . . .

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First All-State fishing team Two Texas high school anglers honored

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Two Texas anglers from Sanger and New Caney are representing Texas on the first Bassmaster High School All-State Fishing Team.

The anglers, Jared Penton from Sanger and Dillon Harrell from New Caney, were selected out of more than 200 nominees representing 33 states. Up to two anglers were chosen per state

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OFF TO A GOOD START: New Caney High School senior Dillon Harrell shows one of the many bass he has caught during his fi shing career. Photo by Dillon Harrell.

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Those who view hunters posing with dead animals on social media have noticed the flood of negative comments that follow and wonder who is doing this — and especially why. A new field of psychology, cyberpsychology, has explored the reasons for so much online aggression.

Eva Shockey learned how people react when she posted her first image several years ago.

“As soon as I got into social media, the negative comments started,” said Shockey, the cohost of the Outdoor Channel television show Jim Shockey’s Hunting Adventures with her father, Jim Shockey. “My father warned me about it from day one.”

Now that she is a celebrity hunter with one of the most popular TV shows, and the 2015 honorary chair of National Hunting and Fishing Day with her father, comments online from antihunters and environmental activists in response to any image with a dead animal have increased exponentially.

The explosion of online activity and behavior has spurred psychological research that has revealed much about those who engage in aggressive and negative comment making.

Michael Barnett is a research psy-

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based on their competition success, leadership and community service.

Jared Penton is a senior at Sanger High School. He won the THSBA Fun ’n Sun Open in January 2014 and has several top-10 finishes to his credit. He helped start the Sanger High School Fishing Team two years ago and has served as its president for two years. He started bass fishing when he was 5 or 6 years old and living in Nebraska.

Penton was a force on the high school tour last year.

“Last year, we finished 24th on Lake Fork

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Poachers beware

First-time turkey hunter calls in, shoots big tom with her bow.

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TPWD game wardens spotting violations from the air these days.

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EVA SHOCKEY. Photo by Cody Altizer.

chologist at the University of North Texas, and has conducted research into attitudes that excuse aggression, including extensive research into gender roles and how perceptions encourage violent behavior against women.

“These types of comments fall within the cyberbullying category,” he said. “There is a lot of research showing that the behavior tends to be directed at marginalized groups.”

Barnett said the same brain activity that causes people to punish deviants, or people outside of what is considered normal, causes the online aggression.

“Young women may be perceived as violating the sexual norms,” he said. “A woman hunting may not fall within a person’s perception of traditional female gender role. People perPlease turn to page 7

Record goldfi sh

Coastal counties to begin taxing spoil island New Braunfels angler shoots lake record goldfish while bowfishing on Calaveras. cabins along coast.

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Hunters traveling abroad with guns catch a break — for now U.S. Sen. John Hoeven, chairman of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Committee, announced that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection will no longer require hunters traveling internationally to obtain an IRS identification number in order to bring personal weapons on hunting trips outside the country.

The agency agreed to return to the paper process used by international hunters for years, while updates are made to the automated reporting system for exporting weapons.

“Hunters should not have to register as a business with the IRS in order to bring their weapons and ammunition on international hunting trips,” the North Dakota senator said.

As reported in the April 10 issue of Lone Star Outdoor News, CBP was set to require that hunters comply with commercial export requirements when transporting firearms outside of the U.S. for personal use. Under these requirements, in order for a U.S. hunter to take personal weapons to another country temporarily, the individual would have to reg-

ister the weapon in the Automated Export System (AES) and provide a transaction number to CBP. On its website, CBP confirmed the suspension of the regulations. The website update reads: “CBP is aware of issues that travelers are having with the implementation of this regulation and is working to ensure that no traveler attempting to legally take their firearm out of the country experiences significant delays or incurs additional cost. Because of these issues, we are temporarily suspending implementation of the regulation as we work with our government partners to modify the AES system to make it more user-friendly for individual travelers. In the interim, CBP will continue to follow their long standing practice of issuing and certifying a Certificate of Registration (CBP Form 4457).”

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Beginner’s luck?

Sent to the blind alone, first-time turkey hunter calls in, harvests big tom with a bow

By Conor Harrison Lone Star outdoor newS

Dina Harrison had never been turkey hunting.

It’s only her second season ever hunting with bow, although the Orange native did go with her family growing up when she would sit on stand with her dad.

“I had no idea what I was getting myself into,” the 28-year-old hunter said. “I knew what a turkey was, but I had no clue what a big one looked like.”

However, the excitement of a new hunting adventure to South Texas near Corpus Christi was running through her veins.

“I was looking forward to learning new things and hopefully landing my first kill with my new Eva Shockey bow,” she said. “My dad gave me his turkey call to bring with me while showing me the double-bearded tom he killed with that call. He told me that it was good luck for him and hopefully it will do the same for me, followed by, ‘Good luck beating that one.’”

Once she arrived to camp with several family friends who have been her hunting mentors throughout the years, she practiced sighting in her bow for a last-minute afternoon hunt.

“I was quickly briefed on turkeys, jakes and hens,” she said. “I was also told where to shoot, when to shoot and when not to shoot. I had never seen a turkey strut in my life other than on television, so this was all new to me. I got dropped off to my blind and I quickly got situated and quiet. I waited about 15 minutes and decided to play around with the turkey call, being I had two full days of hunting ahead of me and it couldn’t hurt to practice, even if I did scare them away.”

As luck would have it, Harrison’s first call received a response from the distance.

“I thought that was neat but couldn’t tell really how far away it was, so I waited another 10 minutes and proceeded to call again,” she said.

“This time the response sounded like it was only 40 yards from me.

Suddenly, things got real — my heart began pounding in my chest, my hands shaking as I decided to nock an arrow.”

She was thinking to herself there’s no way it could be this easy; this is luck or someone is messing with me.

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THINK THIS ONE IS BIG ENOUGH? First-time bowhunter Dina Harrison shows off the gobbler she harvested after texting friends to make sure he was big enough to shoot. Photo by Dina Harrison.

Flowing in Texas receives record amount from feds for wildlife restoration

By Conor Harrison Lone Star outdoor newS

WHERE IS IT GOING? Texas Parks and Wildlife Department offi cials do not know exactly where they will spend a record $54 million from the feds, but it must be spent on wildlife restoration projects in the state. Photo by David J. Sams, LSON.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced last week it will distribute $1.1 billion in revenues generated by the hunting and angling industry to state and territorial fish and wildlife agencies throughout the nation.

Texas will receive the most of any state — $54,850,661.

The Service apportions the funds through the PittmanRobertson Wildlife Restoration and Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration programs. Revenues come from excise taxes generated by the sale of sporting firearms, ammunition, archery equipment, fishing equipment, electric boat motors and from taxes on the purchase of motorboat fuel.

According to Amber Andel, federal aid coordinator at Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, the funds have to be used for wildlife restoration projects in the state.

“We haven’t received the money yet, so we don’t know exactly where it will be going,” Andel said. “The regulations require the funds be used exclusively on wildlife restoration projects. For example, these funds will not be used to help fund state parks.”

Andel said this is the most money Texas has ever received from USFWS. “These funds are the cornerstone of state-based efforts that are critical to the preservation of America’s wildlife and natural resources,” said USFWS Director Dan Ashe.

“But they are also the fuel for a massive financial engine that benefits outdoor recreationists, hunters, boaters and anglers, equipment manufacturers and retailers, and local and regional economies. Their value cannot be overstated in providing opportunities for the next generation of Americans to get outdoors, experience our wild places and learn the importance of conserving our natural heritage.”

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Poachers beware

New helicopter helps wardens watch day and nighttime activities

EYE IN THE SKY: Poachers who think they are operating under the cover of darkness are no match for TPWD’s newest helicopter, which is equipped with night vision to monitor violators night and day. Photo by TPWD.

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10 new dogs commissioned for TPWD Ten canines are now official state K-9s after receiving their badges

and commissions as Texas game wardens. The K-9s were accompanied by their game warden partners during a graduation ceremony at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Austin headquarters last week.

The dogs underwent an extensive eight-week training led by Sgt. Wendell Nope of the Utah Department of Public Safety’s Peace Officer Standards and Training program. The new K-9s received training in search and rescue, narcotics detection, and a few are also trained in resource recognition, which includes recovery of wildlife and gunpowder residue detection.

“The K-9 program, which began two years ago, has progressed attributes of our job, especially our search and rescue operations,” said Capt. Jason Davis, who oversees the K-9 team as part of the Law Enforcement Division’s Tactical Operations.

The graduates are: • • • • • • • • • •

“Turbo,” partnered with Game Warden Isaac Ruiz.

“Brooks,” partnered with Game Warden Trent Herchman.

“Blitz,” partnered with Game Warden Sam Shanafelt.

“Justin,” partnered with Game Warden John Thorne.

“Gus,” partnered with Game Warden David Thorne.

“Woodrow,” partnered with Game Warden Derek Nalls.

“Ray,” partnered with Game Warden Scott Kirkpatrick.

“Ruger,” partnered with Game Warden Christy Vales.

“Rusty,” partnered with Game Warden Royce Ilse.

“Cash,” partnered with Game Warden Marcus Vela.

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— TPWD

Using infrared imagery, Texas game wardens watched from the department’s new Airbus AS350B3e helicopter as suspected nighttime poachers traveled down a Texas county road. High-tech communications devices allowed them to talk with wardens on the ground and initiate the stop. Video from the air recorded all of the activity.

The helicopter had been conducting a patrol of commercial fishing operations oystering in closed waters in the Matagorda area, where a video recording of the nighttime violations was obtained.

Texas game wardens’ new helicopter was purchased in December 2014 and the near $5 million cost was funded through legislative appropriation during the 83rd Texas legislative session.

Grahame Jones, special operations chief at Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, said training of personnel and the four helicopter pilots took priority, and now the helicopter is on standby and ready for use in the field.

“It will be used to fulfill our mission,” Jones said. “Protection of the natural resources, water and public safety and to respond to natural disasters.”

Although the new tool in the wardens’ toolbox has seen limited use in its first few months with the department, Jones said its advanced equipment is of critical use.

“It is outfitted with a Forward Looking Infrared Device (FLIR) so we can observe the activity,” he said. “It uses heat for the imagery and helps a lot at night.”

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Lone Star Land Stewards announced The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department honors the conservation contributions of private landowners each year with its Lone Star Land Steward Award.

The winners were recognized at the annual banquet on May 6 in Austin.

Edwards Plateau — Carpe Diem Ranch, Menard County Charlie and Marci Granstaff In 1997, Charlie and Marci Granstaff took ownership of a portion of the family’s Hill Country ranch, with hopes of restoring historically overgrazed habitat. By implementing various conservation tools, their goal was to bring back a sustainable, healthy and ecologically functional landscape. The Granstaffs suspended grazing for 10 years to help the grasses rebound. Through mechanical brush manipulation, rest and native reseeding, grass coverage has flourished and continues to spread through strategic grazing and prescribed burns. As avid hunters, the Granstaffs are involved in managing deer numbers for sustainable habitat. They are proactive in creating the correct balance of nesting cover for quail, and actively manage water sources for wildlife on the ranch by installing new pipelines, storage facilities and drinking troughs.

Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes — Gore Family Farm, Jackson County Gore Family The property purchased by the Gore family in 2007 is being converted from rice and cattle production into extensive wetlands and upland habitat. Restoration involves installation of a system of levees, gates and risers to allow for moist soil management in 11 wetland units.

Recently, the Gore family allowed the wetland work done on the property to be used as a matching contribution toward a North American Wetlands Conservation Act grant held by Ducks Unlimited. The grant provides funding to other wetland restoration projects through the Texas Prairie Wetland Program. Using prescribed fire, selective herbicide treatment and shredding, the Gores have also been able to gain control of exotic grasses in upland habitat.

Lost Pines — Rancho Zunzun, Bastrop County Elvis and Roxanne Hernandez Through an assortment of native habitat restoration practices, Rancho Zunzun in Bastrop County is providing wildlife viewing and bird-watching opportunities and enhanced Houston toad protection.

Prescribed fire, planting of loblolly pine seedlings and native grass restoration are just a few of the habitat management activities at Rancho Zunzun designed specifically for the benefit of the endangered Houston toad. The ranch is a participant in TPWD’s Landowner Incentive Program, Pastures for Upland Birds programs and serves as a model demonstration site for landowners interested in wildlife management. Rancho Zunzun shows that an expansive property is not necessary to make a big difference.

Post Oaks — Lavaca Rio, Jackson County Wynne Snoots, Jason DeLorenzo, and Marty Phillips, owners Brent Friedrichs, manager Located along the Lavaca River, the ranch is home to a diverse patchwork of coastal prairie, live oak-red bay forest, post oak savannah, bottomland hardwood forest, sloughs, and prairie pothole ponds containing rare plants and animals. The white-tailed deer and bobwhite quail populations have been responding positively to the active prescribed fire and grazing regime, which has also enabled the ranch to conserve and expand the important habitat types found on the ranch. The creation and restoration of wetlands is a high priority for the property with several projects in the works.

Rolling Plains — Mill Iron Ranch, Collingsworth County Don and Al Allred Comprised of 30,000 acres of native range, the land management at the Mill Iron Ranch balances a working cattle operation with natural and cultural resource conservation. The Allred family maintains a light stocking rate and uses active brush management and prescribed burns to accomplish their conservation goals. Several species of wildlife are benefitting from the grassland and riparian management on the ranch, including bobwhite quail, burrowing owls, prairie dogs, Cassin’s sparrows, meadowlarks, Rio Grande wild turkeys and Texas horned lizards.

South Texas Plains — H. Yturria Land & Cattle Co., Kenedy, Willacy, and Hidalgo counties Butler family, owners Rudy Bazan, manager Originally founded by Francisco Yturria, the 24,000-acre H. Yturria Land and Cattle Co. has been in the family for 157 years. The Butler family has worked tirelessly to develop the habitat and distribute water for all game and nongame species across the ranch. The Butlers have restored Rio Grande wild turkey populations in the area by trapping and restocking. This effort has proven successful and allowed them to provide birds for translocations to several adjacent landowners.

NGO/Corporation — Neches Refuge, Houston County Forestar Group, Inc., owner Stan Cook and Jeff Portwood, managers The Neches Refuge in Houston County has strived to improve and enhance habitat for all native East Texas wildlife species, while managing for sustainable, healthy, profitable, and aesthetically pleasing forestland. The refuge has planted more than 75 acres in longleaf pine with plans for an additional 20 acres of plantings. Numerous water control structures have also been installed to create seasonally-flooded wetlands, including a 42 acre green-tree reservoir. The ranch expects to expand the reservoir to 62 acres and add another project that temporarily floods 19 acres.

— TPWD

Greystone Castle named 2015 Orvis Wingshooting Lodge of the Year The Orvis Company has named Greystone Castle in Mingus as the Orvis Endorsed Wingshooting Lodge of the Year for 2015.

Greystone Castle is a Texas ranch that offers some of the finest hunting in the United States. Ideally located near the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area, Greystone Castle’s location offers easy access for domestic and international travelers.

The 6,000-acre ranch and castle facility allows Greystone Castle to offer an unmatched range of sporting activities combined with luxurious accommodations and gourmet dining.

From September through March, they offer a huge variety of wingshooting and big game hunting opportunities. Other activities such as fishing, sporting clays, corporate meetings, and weddings are available year-round.

— Orvis

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Herd mentality for online bullies Continued from page 1

ceive this as deviant behavior and want to punish them. The visual images provoke the brain and prompt responses.”

Shockey is frustrated with the time it takes to deal with negative comments.

“I run my social media pages by myself,” she said. “Some days it takes me 20 minutes just to remove the nasty comments. But other times, like when I posted a photo with the black bear I harvested in North Carolina, it went crazy.”

She sifted through thousands of comments each day in response.

“I was spending three to four hours per day, and that was just to remove the brutal, negative comments so the people on my pages wouldn’t have to see them,” she said.

For the most part, she brushes off the antihunters’ comments.

“They don’t have a big impact on my daily life,” she said. “It just wastes my time trying to monitor my pages. That drives me crazy — I would rather do positive things. The comments themselves don’t bother me so much. They just don’t understand what I’m doing.

The death threats bother me, but not the comments saying I should die, et cetera.”

Shockey is regarded an ambassador of hunting, especially for women, and appeared on the Fox Business Network show Opening Bell on April 28, being labeled “the New Face of Hunting.” She is still shocked by the nature of the comments, though, since they often are using extremely vulgar language or including death threats. She too has noticed that younger hunters, and especially younger female hunters, receive the bulk of the antihunters’ vitriol.

“The antihunters think hunting is bad in general,” she said. “They may have accepted that the middle-aged guys, like my dad, hunt, but now they are seeing younger women hunters — it’s opening up the demographic. They see the possibility of the hunting demographic growing — it’s making them nervous.”

Combine the images of young people hunting, especially attractive females, and you have the perfect mix for antisocial behavior from both men and women.

“Hunting violates their perception of the tenets of female gender roles,” Barnett said.

“It is assertive, aggressive and involves the taking of life. It’s not just men who will punish women for violating gender role norms; women will punish other women as well.”

The fact that comments are made online as opposed to face-to-face only stirs the pot, Barnett said.

“If you are around a group of people and someone starts talking about his or her feelings on a certain subject several people may not agree with, most people don’t respond,” he said. “But online, it’s often anonymous, instantaneous and there are no long-term consequences. The keep-it-nice ‘normal’ rules don’t apply.”

The vitriol toward Shockey and other female hunters that spur thousands of comments was of no surprise to Barnett.

“Cyberbullying is indirectly proportionately aimed at women,” he said. “And you often see virtual mobs form within cyberbullying. There is a lot of antisocial behavior out there.”

Shockey often reviews the pages of non-anonymous commenters to see if she can learn anything about them.

“I look at their pages, and there they are with pictures of their families with their dogs,” she said. “Really, they shouldn’t type things they wouldn’t say out loud, but they become keyboard warriors.”

Shockey does report the people she takes the time to ban.

“If it’s just an opinion, I don’t ban it. People can see that and it can be a conversation piece,” she said. “So if I report it, it was pretty bad.”

WALKING THROUGH CRITICISM: Psychological researchers have found that cyberbullying through negative comments and threats online increase when the target of the criticism is young or female, falling outside of what the commenters perceive as the norm. Photo by Cody Altizer.

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The taxman cometh County governments reaching into the bay

By Mark England

Lone Star outdoor newS Living in a cabin belonging to the Texas General Land Office’s Cabin Program is living as far off the grid as you want.

“There’s no electricity, unless you’re running a generator,” said William Bradley Cooper, of Austin, who leases a cabin in Calhoun County near Port O’Connor. “I sometimes do that, but I prefer natural noises. Most of the time you don’t need an air conditioner. You’re fine as long as you’re out of the sun. My family fishes off the dock or goes to the beach. There’s no TV. When they’re down here, my kids completely forget about technology.

I love that.”

Despite his cabin’s remoteness, however, the taxman finally found it.

The GLO recently sent out courtesy notices alerting cabin permit holders that three out of the nine counties home to the cabins planned to tax them for the first time.

By law, the 404 cabins are state property —

although many were built by anglers, trappers and others on the spoil islands created when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged the Intracoastal Waterway in the ’40s.

Texas claimed the cabins in 1973. These days, cabin dwellers pay the state a $200 refundable security deposit, a $175 renewal fee every five years and an annual fee based on the size of their structure. It’s currently 60 cents per square foot, excluding piers and walkways. Some might call that a tax, but most refer to it as a lease.

The cabins escaped local taxes. Until now.

“I had the position the cabins were owned by the state and, accordingly, were tax-exempt,” said Thomas Denney, chief appraiser for Kenedy County. “One of our residents, however, thought they were probably taxable. As I looked into it, I sought legal advice.”

An attorney for the county decided state-owned property put into private use is taxable. Officials in Kleberg and Calhoun counties came to the Please turn to page 19

NEW REVENUE: In what some are describing as government overreach, cabins along and near spoil islands will now be taxed. Photo by LSON.

Slippery when wet

EATING EVERYTHING: Lionfi sh are becoming more common off of Texas and can eat up to 80 percent of juvenile fi sh on a reef. Photo by Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission.

Texas, we have a problem Invasive lionfish showing up for offshore anglers

By Conor Harrison Lone Star outdoor newS

The first invasive lionfish was spotted off the Texas coast in 2012.

Since then, they have become more numerous and pose a threat to local gamefish.

Now, anglers are beginning to see them on nearshore structure when they are fishing for grouper and red snapper.

According to multiple party boats along the midcoast, lionfish have begun to appear on the end of bottom fishermen’s lines when they are drifting.

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Hybrids biting

HOLD ON TIGHT: Na’Tassia Finley, reporter for KVEO-TV 23, reacts to holding one of the 5,000 pounds of channel catfish that members of Hooked For Life stocked at the Brownsville Events Center on April 30. The fish were stocked for the 6th Annual free kids fishing tournament held on Saturday May 2, with the goal of getting more kids active in the outdoors through fishing. It was founded by the late David Mendez. His daughter, Erica Mendez, keeps the tournament going in his honor. The event provides free fishing rods to underprivileged children who have never had the opportunity to fish. Photo

by Erich Schlegel, for Lone Star Outdoor News.

The weather cooperated last weekend in North Texas and hybrid anglers took advantage.

The conditions on Lewisville Lake were perfect — with water temperatures in the low 70s, according to several anglers who fished.

Anglers trolled with custom-poured, hand-painted jigheads in chartreuse with a 5-inch Sassy Shad type plastic behind in pearl color.

“The lake was clear near the dam and muddier on the east side,” said LSON’s David J. Sams. “We were trolling main lake humps in about 15 feet of water.”

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Not from a fish tank Bow fisherman shoots lake record goldfish

By Conor Harrison Lone Star outdoor newS

When anglers and bow fishermen think Texas, goldfish usually aren’t the first species that comes to mind.

Maybe at a state fair, but not swimming freely in Texas lakes.

And not pushing 3 pounds.

But New Braunfels bow fisherman David Meier was out hunting gar and other species on Calaveras Lake last month when he shot a bright orange fish at the surface late on night.

“I was pretty sure it was a goldfish,” he said. “Once I hit it, it was pretty easy to tell.”

This was Meier’s first bowfishing trip, but he is an avid angler.

“This is the first goldfish I had ever seen on a Texas lake,” he said of the 2.7-pound lake record. “We ended up shooting six or seven gar, and my girlfriend set the lake record for longnose gar.

“I never thought I’d get this much attention from shooting a goldfish.”

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department does accept lake records for goldfish, although Meier’s fish doesn’t come close TOO BIG FOR A FISH TANK: David Meier holds the 2.7-pound goldfi sh he shot on Calaveras Lake. Photo by David Meier. to the state record.

That was set on Oct. 31, 2009, when Donald Lee caught a 12.77-pound giant goldfish on Lake Ray Hubbard.

Meier said the water was very muddy after recent rains, and visibility was limited to about 6 inches on top of the water.

“Everything we shot was right on top,” he said. ‘We took the fish to a TPWD weigh station with certified scales and have sent in the paperwork. I’m definitely looking to get back down there and do it again.”

TPWD biologists said they do accept nonnative species for records, especially if the fish isn’t hurting populations of local fish like a snakehead or tilapia.

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TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT Crappie and sandies RICHLAND CHAMBER RESERVOIR — The sand bass bite is on at Richland Chambers, according to multiple anglers fishing the lake.

Normal patterns for sand bass — Road Runners, small inline spinners — are working and anglers are finding schooling fish shallow early and deeper later in the day. The spillway has been a hot area for sand bass.

The crappie fishing has also been above average, with anglers finding solid boxes of fish in the Crab Creek area. The water levels are up, opening up some areas that have been inaccessible in the past few months.

Lots of grass in the shallows is also helping the bite.

The water temperature has been between 68 and 72 degrees.

Along with crappie and sand bass, the catfish bite is good all over the lake.

Redears galore LITTLE BLANCO RIVER — The sunfish action has been outstanding on many Hill Country rivers this month, and the Little Blanco is no exception.

According to well-known sunfish angler Chuck Dewey, the redear sunfish bite has been solid during the midday hours.

“Fished from 11:30 a.m. till 2:30 p.m. and caught over 40 nice redears,” Dewey said on the Texas Fishing Forum. “The fish were all in the 8- to 9-inch range (perfect eat-

ALAN HENRY: Water stained; 48–55 degrees; 9.78’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair to good on chatterbaits, Texas rigs, jigs and drop-shot rigs.

ALAN HENRY: Water stained; 68–73 degrees; 9.99’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on flukes, Senkos and Texas rigs.

Crappie are fair to good on jigs under a slip cork. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers.

AMISTAD: Water murky; 65–69 degrees; 28.65’ low.

Largemouth bass are very good on crankbaits, top-waters, lipless crankbaits, spinner baits, Senkos and jigs.

ATHENS: Water lightly stained; 68–72 degrees; 0.70’ high. Largemouth bass are good on top-water poppers and small swimbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs.

BASTROP: Water stained; 67–71 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on lipless crankbaits. Channel and blue catfish are good on live bait and shrimp.

BELTON: Water murky; 63–67 degrees; 11.09’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on blue/black soft plastic worms in coves. Hybrid striper are good on light blue jigs and chrome slabs. Crappie are very good on minnows and white jigs.

BOB SANDLIN: Water murky; 69–73 degrees; 0.40’ high.

Largemouth bass are good on white spinner baits and hollow-body frogs Crappie are good on minnows and jigs.

BONHAM: Water stained, 66–70 degrees; 0.30’ high.

Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, spinner baits, chatterbaits, jigs and soft plastics. Crappie are good on minnows around bridges and backs of creeks.

BRAUNIG: Water stained.

Largemouth bass are good on

crankbaits and spinner baits along shorelines and structure.

BRIDGEPORT: Water stained, 67–71 degrees; 23.66’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse crankbaits and small top-waters. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs.

BROWNWOOD: Water stained; 69–73 degrees; 12.28’ low. Largemouth bass to 7 pounds are excellent on green pumpkin Senkos and crankbaits in 2–6 feet. White bass are excellent on swim baits and minnows.

BUCHANAN: Water murky; 64–68 degrees; 31.51’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on hard jerkbaits, and black/blue Whacky Sticks on jigheads along ledges in 12–20 feet.

CADDO: Water stained to muddy; 70–73 degrees; 2.50’ high. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits and square-billed crankbaits.

White and yellow bass are good on slabs.

CALAVERAS: Water stained.

Largemouth bass are good on watermelon soft plastic worms and white grubs.

CANYON LAKE: Water murky; 64–68 degrees; 10.04’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on brown jigs, drop-shot worms, and Scoundrel worms along break lines and ledges in 15–25 feet.

CEDAR CREEK: Water stained to muddy; 69–73 degrees; 0.56’ high. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged soft plastics and shad-pattern crankbaits near shallow cover.

CHOKE CANYON: Water stained; 64–68 degrees; 27.71’ low. Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse crankbaits and Texas-rigged watermelon soft plastic lizards. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs under lights at night.

COLEMAN: Water clear; 62–66 degrees; 18.49’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, spinner baits, and dark soft plastic worms and lizards.

COLETO CREEK: Water murky; 75 degrees in main lake, offline at hot water discharge; 0.38’ high. Largemouth bass to 7 pounds are good on spinner baits and crankbaits.

CONROE: Water murky; 65–69 degrees; 0.08’ high.

Largemouth bass are fair on dark soft plastics, crankbaits and lipless crankbaits.

FALCON: Water murky; 63–67 degrees; 21.84’ low.

Largemouth bass are excellent on spinner baits, lipless crankbaits, crankbaits and soft plastic worms and lizards.

FAYETTE: Water stained.

Largemouth bass are good on watermelon, chartreuse, and black/blue Wacky Worms and Senkos in 5–15 feet, and on chartreuse spinner baits and soft plastic worms.

FORK: Water stained to muddy; 69–73 degrees; 0.21’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged creature baits and hollow-body frogs. Crappie are good on minnow and jigs.

FT. PHANTOM HILL: Water clear; 66–71 degrees; 16.06’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on chatterbaits, flukes and Texas rigs.

GIBBONS CREEK: Water clear.

Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon red and green pumpkin soft plastics and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows.

GRANBURY: Water murky; 63–67 degrees; 3.88’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse/blue and pumpkinseed soft plastic worms.

GRANGER: Water stained; 71–75 degrees; 0.06’ high.

Largemouth bass are fair on

ing size). Fish were caught on both live worms and Berkley Trout Worms in natural color.

Fish were in shallow water, 2 to 4 feet deep. A float technique was used. Most of the fish were released with the exception of a few, which will make it to the dinner table.

Rounding out the catch was a couple of nice largemouth bass in the 2-pound range and a nice redbreast in the 9-inch range. The water was crystal clear and the river is in great shape.”

Schooling action LAKE LIVINGSTON — Good reports have come from Mike Richardson with Lake Livingston Adventures.

Clients report Richardson is dialed in on the schooling white bass and stripers. Easy limits of white bass have been caught on main lake humps around islands using typical summer patterns for white bass — small jigs dropped down into schools.

For stripers, live bait and jigs are working to catch fish found on electronics.

Some 75 fish days have been reported.

The water temperature has been between 64 and 68 degrees.

To contact Mike Richardson, go to lakelivingstonadventures.com.

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buzzbaits and spinner baits.

GRAPEVINE: Water stained to muddy; 67–70 degrees; 1.67’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on shallow crankbaits and Texas-rigged worms. White bass are good on minnows and slabs.

HOUSTON COUNTY: Water stained; 77–81 degrees; 0.46’ high. Largemouth bass to 8 pounds are fair on Junebug red crankbaits and top-waters.

HUBBARD CREEK: Water offcolor; 66–71 degrees; 31.23’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on shallow-running crankbaits, Texas rigs and chartreuse or white spinner baits.

JOE POOL: Water lightly stained; 68–71 degrees; 2.21’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits and bladed jigs. Crappie are good.

LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water stained to muddy; 67–72; degrees; 5.16’ high.

Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged creature baits.

Crappie are good on minnows.

LBJ: Water stained; 63–67 degrees; 0.33’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse jigs and watermelon red tubes.

LEWISVILLE: Water stained; 67–72 degrees; 2.20’ high.

Largemouth bass are good on bladed jigs and shallow crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows. See hybrid report, page 8.

MARTIN CREEK: Water clear; 69–82 degrees; 0.02’ high.

Largemouth bass are good on top-waters and hollow-body frogs. Crappie are good on minnows.

MONTICELLO: Water clear; 70–73 degrees; Full pool.

Largemouth bass are fair on hollow-body frogs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs.

NAVARRO MILLS: Water

stained; 62–66 degrees; 0.30’ high. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits near the dam. Crappie are very good on minnows and jigs in creeks and over brush piles.

O.H. IVIE: Water stained; 66–72 degrees; 45.04’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on Texas rigs, weightless Grande Bass Rattlesnakes and buzzbaits.

OAK CREEK: Water stained; 67–72 degrees; 25.64’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair to good on chatterbaits, Texas rigs and split-shot rigged flukes.

PALESTINE: Water stained; 68–71 degrees; 1.74’ high.

Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged creature baits.

Crappie are good on minnows and jigs.

POSSUM KINGDOM: Water fairly clear; 66–72 degrees; 13.94’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on spinner baits, Texas rigs, weightless Senkos and finesse jigs.

PROCTOR: Water murky; 63–67 degrees; 12.66’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on pumpkinseed soft plastic worms and lizards.

RAY HUBBARD: Water slightly stained; 69–73 degrees; 3.85’ low. Largemouth bass are good on shallow/medium crankbaits and top-water poppers.

Crappie are fair on minnows near brush piles.

RAY ROBERTS: Water clear; 67–71 degrees; 0.54’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged worms near shallow cover; Some fishing being caught on hollow-body frogs.

SAM RAYBURN: Water murky; 63–67 degrees; 3.73’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on Carolina-rigged soft plastics and lipless crankbaits.

SOMERVILLE: Water murky; 64–68 degrees; 3.00’ high.

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Largemouth bass are fair on chartreuse lipless crankbaits.

STILLHOUSE: Water murky; 63–67 degrees; 13.43’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on green pumpkin soft plastics and lipless crankbaits.

TEXOMA: Water clear; 68–71 degrees; 0.50’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on small swimbaits and top-water walking baits.

TOLEDO BEND: Water murky; 64–68 degrees; 0.51’ high.

Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse/blue spinner baits and shallow-running crankbaits in 6–10 feet.

TRAVIS: Water murky; 64–68 degrees; 51.52’ low.

Largemouth bass are very good on Senkos, flukes and crawfish crankbaits in 5–20 feet.

WALTER E. LONG: Water lightly stained. Largemouth bass are fair on chartreuse crankbaits, spinner baits and soft plastics.

WHITNEY: Water murky; 63–67 degrees; 7.97’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse/blue and blue/black spinner baits, crankbaits, and soft plastics. minnows and green tube jigs.

WRIGHT PATMAN: Water stained to muddy; 69–73 degrees; 9.23’ high.

Largemouth bass are fair on flipping jigs and bladed jigs near shallow cover.

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in our first event,” Penton said. “It was a pretty good finish because I had no expectations going in. Then we got second on Lake Palestine, won the tournament on Cedar Creek, finished fifth at Monticello and then zeroed at Tawakoni.

“That Tawakoni tournament was really tough — out of 60 teams, only four caught a fish.”

Penton said he thinks he is a well-rounded angler, although he prefers to power fish in shallow water around structure.

“Throwing Texas-rigged soft plastics, flipping a jig or throwing a crankbait around riprap, grass and docks is what I like best,” he said.

Penton said he knew he was nominated for the first AllState Fishing Team, but had no idea he had been selected until his dad posted something on Facebook. He said he is weighing whether or not to attend college, or try his hand fishing professional tournaments after high school.

“College is pretty expensive and the travel costs to fish are pretty high,” he said. “I am definitely looking at fishing tournaments with Bass Champs, Texas Team Trail and a few others.

Harrell is a senior at New Caney High School, and began his tournament career when he was 9 years old.

“In 2006, I fished the junior Bassmaster tournaments and I was the state champion for my age group,” he said. “That was the beginning of my tournament career.”

But one tournament, in particular, really fanned the flames.

“I was fishing an American Rodsmith Tournament on Lake Conroe and I caught an 8.35-pound bass. I turned it in right at the end of the day and ended up winning big bass for the hour and a $1,000 check. My mom asked me how I felt on the way home and I said, ‘They paid me to fish.’ She knew right then there was no turning back.”

Harrell won the TBF High School tournament last summer and the SETX High School tournament last spring. He is the 2014 SETX High School Fishing Angler of the Year. Harrell is president of his school’s fishing team, and he helped add a disability ramp to the community mission entrance and has participated in two roadside cleanups.

He has plans to attend Sam Houston State University in the fall on an agro-business scholarship.

“I’m going to get an education and stay focused on that,” he said. “I will be finishing school, but I could see myself trying my hardest to become a pro angler after school. It’s an honor to be just nominated for this award, and I was floored when I was selected.”

HECK OF AN HONOR: Jared Penton was one of two Texas high school anglers selected to the All-State team. Photo by Jared Penton.

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GAME WARDEN BLOTTER GROUP HAD FISH, BUT NO HOOK MARKS IN MOUTHS At Richland Chambers Reservoir, Freestone County Game Wardens Rob Sadowski and Sam Anderson encountered three individuals collecting firewood on a county road adjacent to the lake. The wardens observed several open containers of alcohol in their vehicle. The three individuals took the wardens to their fish camp. Sadowski located several game fish, but there were no hook marks in the mouths of the fish. Upon further questioning, the individuals stated they caught them in their cast nets.

HYBRID CATCHERS DOUBLE-DIPPING Cherokee County Game Warden Brian Bearden seized 18 hybrid striped bass from two persons fishing below the spillway at Lake Palestine. Bearden had checked the subjects that morning and both had a limit of hybrids in their possession. Bearden has dealt with both subjects in the past involving numerous fishing violations.

26 BLUE CATS OVER LIMIT Polk County Game Warden Ryan Hall was patrolling the Trinity River below the Lake Livingston dam, and caught two subjects who had exceeded the daily bag limit of blue catfish. The duo had 26 fish over their bag limit.

NIGHTTIME ROADHUNTER HAD ALL THE GEAR Limestone County Game Warden Trent Marker apprehended an individual for hunting from a public roadway. The vehicle was initially observed operating on a public road without headlights. Once stopped, night vision goggles, a high-powered rifle with a suppressor attached (legally possessed), spotlight and

BAD DAY FOR MAN JUST OUT OF JAIL At Lake Mexia, Freestone County Game Warden Rob Sadowski and Limestone County Game Warden Trent Marker observed a truck parked along the spillway. The wardens approached the vehicle and found two largemouth bass that were filleted and two filleted white bass. The wardens also located two white bass that had been left in the sun and were no longer edible. Due to recent rains, the Bi-Stone Water Authority was attempting to shut the spillway road down due to high loaded handgun were found inside.

In an effort to ease the situation, the individual stated he had permission to hunt on both sides of the roadway.

However, that story did not check out either.

CAST NETTER CAUGHT WITH SMALL CRAPPIE Williamson County Game Warden Joel Campos received a call regarding a man using a cast net to catch crappie at the Granger Spillway.

Campos got the description and met with the complainant at the spillway, who pointed out the subject.

The individual was caught catching undersized crappie with a cast net and hiding the fish in a green plastic bag.

CASE OF THE MISSING GOOSE EGGS SOLVED A person digging through the bushes collecting goose eggs at a Lubbock city park was reported to Lubbock/Lynn Counties Game Warden Shannon Chambliss. The subject, who only spoke Mandarin Chinese, admitted to taking them for personal consumption. The contact was handled through a translating service offered by the Lubbock County Sherriff’s office.

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water. A Bi-Stone employee told the wardens he observed the man using a cast net and saw him catching fish. The wardens went into the brush in search of the fisherman and located a man in possession of an 18-inch largemouth bass, a black crappie and a flathead catfish. The fisherman had a lengthy criminal history, having been arrested 26 times, and had just been released from TDCJ after serving seven years.

The individual was issued a citation for disturbing the nest and destruction of eggs.

CATFISH CHUNKS ILLEGAL AS GAR BAIT On Falcon International Reservoir, Starr County Game Warden Ryan McGinley and Zapata County Game Warden Abraham Amaya were on patrol with Cadet Joshua Bulger. The wardens conducted a water safety inspection on a vessel with four men fishing. The wardens noticed some fresh-cut catfish chunks on top of the anglers’ ice chest. The men said the fishing slowed down, so they decided to try and catch an alligator gar. Since they didn’t bring any bait to catch a gar, they decided to use a catfish they caught earlier in the day. All four subjects were asked to reel in their lines and more catfish chunks were observed on their hooks. All four subjects were educated about not using game fish as bait and citations were issued.

DEAD DEER BY ROAD INTENTIONALLY HIT An unusual number of deer found dead in a roadway was reported to DeWitt County Game Warden Mike Hoffmann. Meat had been removed from one of the deer. After closer

inspection, it appeared the deer had been intentionally hit. Hoffmann located a shirt at the scene and after interviewing local residents, developed a suspect. Parked in the suspect’s driveway was a pickup coated in fresh blood and deer hair.

After interviewing the driver and occupants of the truck, it became apparent the deer had been purposely hit at about 5 a.m.

SNORKELERS KILLING GEESE Two people were reported snorkeling and killing Canada geese on Toledo Bend Reservoir. Newton County Game Warden Bradley Smith responded to the area and located the place where the geese were brought out of the water. After talking with several residents, the subjects were located and cited for hunting during closed season and illegal means and methods.

A CONFUSING TALE TO EXPLAIN WHITE BASS TOTALS A complaint of two men catching white bass with a cast net was reported to Williamson County Game Warden Joel Campos. When he arrived, Campos noticed two flashlights in the woods. Using his night vision, he watched as four men with children arrived at a parked vehi-

cle. Two of the men held stringers with white bass. Campos measured the fish and noticed a cast net in their possession. The owner of the vehicle said there were approximately 30 white bass in the vehicle given to them by a friend. The men did not possess a wildlife resource document for the fish contained in a white bucket. While Campos was interviewing each of the men, the friend arrived and said he left the fish with the group while he ran an errand. He did not recall how many fish he caught and was certain he didn’t catch his limit. Campos counted and measured the fish in the white bucket. There was a total of 38 white bass, with one channel catfish measuring 11 inches. One of the fishermen had previous history for undersized catfish.

WARDENS TEAM UP TO FIND DEER POACHERS Gillespie County Game Warden Sam Harris received information from Limestone County Game Warden Trent Marker regarding the killing of two white-tailed deer.

Social media pictures showed two white-tailed deer being processed on a skinning rack and finally quartered and in an ice chest. The ranch name and exact location was initially unknown, but the caller was certain the ranch was in Gillespie County.

After a few hours of following clues, Harris located the individuals on a ranch in eastern Gillespie County.

Three subjects were interviewed, resulting in the wardens finding the hidden location of the deer carcasses and an ice chest full of two white-tailed deer.

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A tom with some jewelry Young hunter takes his first turkey complete with band, tracking backpack

SPECIAL DAY: Nolan Deveny, 7, along with his dad, David, had a great hunt for his first big gobbler that turned out to be a mature bird that had been tagged in 2011 by biologists studying turkey movements in Stephens County. Photos by David Deveny.

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Stephens County hunter David Deveny, along with his young son, Nolan, set out to harvest a mature gobbler several weeks ago.

“It was Nolan’s first real turkey hunt and he was toting a rifle that I killed my first turkey with — a Ruger .223,” Deveney said. “We got there on a Saturday and set up at a crossroads.

We got situated and the birds were gobbling all around us. About 9 a.m., two birds showed up and came in strutting. Nolan got a little nervous, and I told him to get down on his scope when they went behind a tree.”

When the bird was 25 yards out, Nolan dropped him with one shot.

“We ran over there and immediately saw it was a tagged bird,” Deveny said. “It was a beautiful bird and I was tickled pink.”

Deveny said the tom had a band on its leg and a small radio backpack on its back.

“I called the number on the tag and the biologist said it was a bird that was tagged as a juvenile on Oct. 31, 2011,” Deveny added. “He actually told me they had it listed as a juvenile bearded hen. Those birds had 3 centimeter beards when they tagged them at 6 months old.”

The bird was tagged on the MT7 Ranch as part of a study to determine turkey movements.

“We killed the bird about 2 1/2 or 3 miles from where it was tagged,” Deveney said.

“Texas A&M is studying birds out there and this was one of the first with the VHS transmitter.”

The tom had a long beard and worn spurs, and Deveny said he looked to be in great shape.

According to Dr. Bret Collier, who heads the research program on turkey movement in Stephens County, the study is in its fifth year, and has already yielded interesting results.

“We are looking at movement ecology and habitat selection for Rio Grande turkeys,” Collier said. “This bird was banded on one of our private ranch partners. One of the things I am amazed with is we are seeing a majority of hens that never see their nest site before they lay an egg. With regards to habitat, turkeys are very tied to riparian corridors.

“If you don’t have those corridors in the Cross Timbers region, you won’t have turkeys.”

Jake dispersal has been less than anticipated, and the study has shown gobblers in heavily hunted areas don’t move out of the area — they just hunker down and become quiet during the day.

Read an in-depth synopsis on this study in the next issue of Lone Star Outdoor News.

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The recording equipment is top-of-the-line, and preserves evidence for use in court to convict violators.

“It can record the activity, date stamp it, GPS stamp it, and we can pull the data from the hard drive and use the information in court,” Jones said.

The Airbus in equipped with a hoist, while the other TPWD helicopters are not, invaluable for rescues when hunters or boaters become lost or caught in a flood or other disaster. Its larger size allows for transport of additional wardens, K9s or specially trained personnel for specific assignments.

“We used the helicopter for a rescue the other night in Mexia,” Jones said.

The satellite communications system is very advanced, Jones said.

“We can speak with wardens on the ground or in the air, and get into very remote areas,” he said.

The next scheduled use is for water safety issues over the Memorial Day weekend, and it will be used on each of the summer holidays.

“It is also a deterrent,” Jones said. “It helps with compliance when people see a helicopter hovering above.

“And as we move forward into hunting season, it will be used a lot.”

AND FOR AN ENCORE: After harvesting her fi rst turkey, Dina Harrison saw this javelina on her way to the blind and made a perfect 30-yard shot to take her second animal of the weekend. Photo by Dina Harrison.

LENDING A HELPING HAND: Equipped with a hoist, the new TPWD helicopter can assist in fi nding stranded hunters and boaters. Photo by TPWD.

two minutes later, my turkey walks out alone. My mind instantly started playing tricks on me.”

Not knowing what she was looking at, Harrison snapped a quick photo from her cell phone to send to her friends to see if this tom was a mature bird.

“The response was ‘SHOOOOOT,’” she said. “My heart was beating hard, but I took a deep breath before drawing my bow and was able to take my time and I made a perfect shot at 25 yards. I was told before the hunt they don’t bleed much, and if you don’t get a good shot, they sometimes can fly away, so to watch where it goes.”

Following a heavy blood trail for 40 yards, Harrison found her turkey lying in some tall grass.

“It wasn’t until I picked him up that I realized how big he really was,” she said. “I was shaking with excitement. My first turkey was 21 pounds with an 11-inch beard and 1-inch spurs.”

And Harrison wasn’t done.

“While on foot headed to my stand the next day, I had an opportunity at a javelina at about 30 yards standing near some brush, so I took a chance, drew my bow and landed the shot as well,” she said. “These were my very first two bow kills — excited is an understatement.”

Although she shot well, Harrison was still on the receiving end of some good-natured ribbing back at camp.

“I was the joke of the weekend,” she said. “Taking pictures from the blind of a turkey with its beard dragging the ground and asking if it’s a shooter? Everyone got a good laugh out of that.

“Needless to say, my dad was very proud his daughter beat his record using his turkey call, and I believe it’s safe to say I’m not only a deer hunter now.”

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The ling have been big.

Live bait and jigs have caught most of the fish, along with some cut mullet.

BOLIVAR JETTY — The action has been very good on the Bolivar jetty the past week, with anglers reporting solid numbers of redfish up to 40 inches, along with a mix of other species.

Black drum, flounder, rays and some sharks have also been caught.

Cut bait and scented plastics are both working to catch multiple species off the rocks.

Pompano in the guts PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE — Surf anglers are reporting good conditions on PINS the past week or so, with calm conditions producing good catches of the normal surf fare — whiting, pompano and some sharks.

According to multiple posters on 2coolfishing. com, the bite has been improving since the seaweed moved out and winds died down.

Some bait has been reported at low tide. The whiting have been caught in the first and second guts, while the pompano bite has been farther out.

Peeled shrimp, along with Fishbites in pink color have been getting bit.

The bite has been best on an outgoing tide.

Ling, kings offshore

FREEPORT OFFSHORE — The rigs off of Freeport have been productive recently for anglers targeting ling, amberjacks and kingfish.

According to multiple reports on message boards, anglers are running up to 50 miles offshore for the best action.

Along with ling, red snapper are a constant on the rigs, although anglers have to throw them back in federal waters.

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: Trout, redfish, sheepshead and black drum are good at the jetty on live shrimp. Trout are fair to good around Lighthouse Cove and the jetty on top-waters.

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

Trout are good at the pass on live shrimp.

TRINITY BAY: Trout are fair over deep shell on plastics. Freshwater has inundated the upper end of the bay near the mouth of the river.

EAST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on Top Dogs and She Pups on the incoming tide. Whiting and sand trout are good on the edge of the Intracoastal on fresh shrimp.

WEST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are fair to

good on Bass Assassins, Gamblers and Tidal Surges in the afternoon while wading the south shoreline. Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs.

TEXAS CITY: Trout are fair to good on the reefs on live shrimp and mullet. Redfish are fair in Moses Lake on mullet and shrimp.

FREEPORT: Trout are fair to good at San Luis Pass on shrimp. Sand trout and sheepshead are fair on live shrimp on the reefs in Christmas Bay. Black drum and redfish are fair to good at the jetties on cracked blue crabs.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are good over deep shell on the east and west ends of the bay. Redfish are fair to good on the edge of the Intracoastal on crabs and mullet. Flounder are fair for waders on the south shoreline.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY: Redfish are fair to good in Oyster Lake on shrimp and crabs.

— Conor Harrison

Trout are fair on shell and grass on soft plastics. Sheepshead and black drum are fair to good on shrimp on reefs.

PORT O’CONNOR: Trout and redfish are good on top-waters over sand and grass in waist– deep water in San Antonio Bay. Trout and redfish are fair for drifters working the back lakes with live shrimp. Redfish are good at the jetty on crabs and mullet.

ROCKPORT: Trout are fair over grass while drifting with live shrimp. Trout are fair to good in St. Charles Bay on top-waters while working reefs.

PORT ARANSAS: Redfish are fair to good at East Flats on shrimp. Redfish 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. Redfish are good in the potholes on shrimp. Trout are good while wading sand and grass on top-waters and soft plastics.

BAFFIN BAY: Trout are fair over sand and grass on Corkies and top-waters. Trout are fair to good in the Land Cut on live shrimp. Trout are fair to good at Rocky Slough on plum plastics and scented plastics under popping corks.

PORT MANSFIELD: Trout are good on topwaters around sand and grass and pods of bait.

Redfish are fair to good while drifting potholes on scented plastics and small top-waters.

SOUTH PADRE: Trout are fair to good around the spoil islands and channel edges on DOA Shrimp and live shrimp. Redfish are fair to good over humps, guts and grass beds on scented plastics, gold spoons and shrimp.

PORT ISABEL: Trout and redfish are fair to good on the flats on live shrimp, scented plastics and DOA Shrimp under a popping cork. Redfish are fair at in the coves on the incoming tide on SkitterWalks and soft plastics under rattling corks.

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Combining passions Continued from page 1

a school in San Antonio hired me. Since the minute I landed, I knew this was the place I wanted to be.”

After a vacation to South Padre Island, Margret knew she had to live near the beach.

“In 2000, I bought a trailer and moved it down here,” she said. “In 2004, I made the move to Port Isabel and I’ve been here ever since.”

An avid surfer, Margret then got into scuba diving. But it wasn’t long before she developed another passion — spearfishing.

“This was all way before I ever got into taxidermy,” she said.

Margret needed an outlet for her artistic passions, so she began waiting at the docks when anglers would bring their daily catches to shore.

She had a small area where she made prints from the day’s catch, called gyotaku.

Gyotaku (pronounced Gee-Oh-Ta-Koo) is a Japanese form of art dating back more than 1,000 years. Japanese fishermen were very competitive and had to “prove” the size of their catches to other fishermen.

They invented the technique of slathering black ink on the body of the fish and making an actual impression of the fish.

While getting her master’s degree in art, Margret took a semester of printing classes and learned the technique.

“On the weekends, I was on the island doing prints for people,” she said. “Often, I would get a person bringing a fish for print and they asked me if they could leave the fish for me to mount. I was turning lots of people away because I did not know how to do taxidermy. I went to a taxidermy school in Wisconsin just so I could learn how to mount fish.”

Business began booming.

“I had so much work, I left teaching and opened a studio of taxidermy and marine artistry,” she said. “I build sculptures, furniture and other things. Every year my business has doubled — I’m really blessed. I just took advantage of opportunity as opportunity presented itself.”

One thing that separates Margret from many other taxidermists is her love of skin mounts on fish — a dying art in the taxidermy world with ALL WORK, BUT SOME PLAY: Sandy Margret specializes in the lost art of skin mounts for fish. She said nearly 80 percent of her taxidermy the onslought of fiberglass replicas. business is taking the actual fish to mount instead of using a replica. Photo by Erich Schlegel, for Lone Star Outdoor News.

“The big trend for a long time has been taxidermists pushing clients natural swimming action.” in the direction of replicas,” she said. “Because that push was so successAnother tool you won’t see at Margret’s gallery — airbrushes. ful, a lot of taxidermists stopped dealing with skin mounts. It became a waning trade. Many of “I don’t paint my fish with an airbrush,” she said. “I hand paint them with brushes. It is a very the taxidermists will tell clients they deteriorate, crack, yellow over time and look bad. I learned natural-looking color, not those super glossed, neon looking colors some use.” how to do skin mounts on purpose.”

And for the best places to spearfish, Margret likes the Mansfield jetties as her first choice.

Margret said skin mounts now account for 85 percent of her business at Kingfisher Taxidermy “The best spearfishing used to be out in the Gulf on the oil rigs, but those all got pulled out,” on SPI. “For people that really want their fish on the wall, they come to us,” she said. “The fish last. she said. “The North Jetty at SPI off of Boca Chica Beach is good, and the Mansfield jetties are They don’t deteriorate because of the advances in the field. You can now produce a beautiful great. This is my passion. If the water is clear, I can’t be working.”

Her favorite fish to spear are mangrove snapper. skin mount.”

“They are delicious,” she said. “In the summer, they are there all the time. I also see so many Along with the mounting the actual fish, Margret also has another advantage — her love of huge snook, trout and redfish, and they are very tempting, but you can’t spear those. There are spearfishing.

“The underwater aspect is so important,” she said. “It is different watching fish swim and usually lots of sheepshead to spear, as well.”

You can visit Sandy at her gallery, Kingfisher Taxidermy, on South Padre Island, or go to her school under the water as opposed to watching from the deck of a boat. We will produce an ‘S’ website, kingfishertaxidermy.com. curve with our mounts. That is what I bring back from being in the water and observing a fish’s

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Oklahoma man snags record alligator gar Paul Easley of Mead snagged an Oklahoma state record alligator gar in Lake Texoma last week and was able to have the fish certified by a state wildlife biologist before releasing the 8-foot, 254-pound gar back into the water.

“It did swim off,” Matt Mauck, regional fisheries supervisor for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation told The Oklahoman. “They made their best attempt to get it back in the water alive. She did not appear to need any encouragement to leave.”

Mauck recalled receiving a phone call from Easley describing the fish, but initially had his doubts about the fish’s size. After hearing that the anglers measured the gar to a girth of 44 inches, however, Mauck rushed over to Lake Texoma to see for himself if the fish was real.

“Not only is this a massive fish, but it is also a very special and unique fish,” stated the DWC on Facebook. “Alligator gar are long-lived with only periodic spawning opportunities.”

Officials estimated that the record-sized gar could be upward of 50 years old.

— ODC

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A woodland caribou taken in 2013 by Newfoundland hunter Jeff Samson was announced as the new archery world record in its category, overtaking a record that had stood since 1966. To add to that, Samson was bestowed the Ishi Award, the Pope and Young Club’s highest honor.

“I knew it was big when I killed it, but I didn’t think it was world-record material,” he told The Gander Beacon in 2013, adding that getting the racks measured was just to satisfy his curiosity.

Samson’s caribou earned a final score of 375 inches, besting the previous record, a 345 2/8 caribou harvested near Victoria River in Newfoundland by Dempsey Cape.

Samson bagged his record near Gander during what had started off as a blueberry picking trip with his wife.

— Staff report

Bass Pro Shops opens Memphis pyramid The Memphis Pyramid, originally built in 1991 as a 20,000-seat arena, reopened April 29 as a wilderness-inspired hotel called Big Cypress Lodge and Bass Pro Shop retail space.

The 32-story structure includes 103 guest rooms suites inspired by duck hunting camps, conference rooms, aquariums and retail space. The building also features the tallest freestanding elevator in the U.S. and the Ducks Unlimited National Waterfowling Heritage Center.

— Staff report

Out of gas and a broken back at Elites With a little help from fellow angler Ish Monroe, at the age of 29, Justin Lucas won his first career Bassmaster Elite tournament on the Sacramento River. Lucas’ four-day total weight was 82 pounds, 14 ounces.

Lucas, a California native, made at least a 90-minute run down the Sacramento River to the California Delta each of the first three days and targeted shallow largemouth flipping into shallow vegetation with a crawfish pattern. On his trip back to the weigh-in on Day 3, he ran out of gas, was picked up by Monroe, and left his boat tied to a tree.

Byron Velvick suffered a fractured vertebra in a boating accident on Day 2. As he was returning to the weigh-in and traveling

at 65 mph, his boat hit one of several swells produced by a large pleasure craft and was launched several feet into the air. His marshall suffered a broken arm in the incident.

Aaron Martens finished second with 80 pounds, 7 ounces, and Dean Rojas was next with 78 pounds, 2 ounces. Keith Combs of Huntington made the top 12, finishing 10th.

— B.A.S.S.

Minnesota allows early-season bass fishing A new statewide catch-and-release bass season opens May 9 in much of Minnesota, to the pleasure of anglers who have requested the chance to fish for bass when the other anglers in the state are pursuing walleye and northern pike.

All largemouth and smallmouth bass must be immediately released during the catch-and-release season. The harvest season for bass opens May 23. The low risk of harm to the species and the expanding populations of bass in Minnesota lakes were cited as reasons for the change.

— Minnesota DNR

INTERNATIONAL South African Airways bans hunters’ trophies The largest airliner in Africa is saying no to hunters — for now.

South African Airways, prompted by a shipment of elephant tusks misdeclared as machinery parts as part of the illicit trade in endangered wildlife products, has decided they will not transport any hunterkilled trophies on their flights, according to TheSouthAfrica.com.

“Hunting of endangered species has become a major problem in Africa and elsewhere with the depletion to near extinction of wildlife that once roamed in prolific numbers,” said Tim Clyde-Smith of SAA. “SAA has taken the step of banning all transportation of animals killed in hunting activity as a result. In consultation with key authorities, SAA will no longer support game hunters by carrying their trophies back to their country of origin.”

Representatives of the Professional Hunters Association of South Africa (PHASA) met with SAA on April 29 to discuss the legal and sustainable role hunting plays in wildlife management, and SAA has agreed to review and possibly revoke the embargo.

— Staff report

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same conclusion.

The tax announcement left Cody Bates of Corpus Christi with questions.

He and his family lease a cabin on the Land Cut, about eight miles south of Baffin Bay in Kenedy County. They love the solitude, and the redfish.

“How do you value a cabin that sits on a lease where you don’t own the land?” Bates asked. “Construction cost? Land cost? How do you value a cabin 40 years old? It would be a very arbitrary valuation.”

King Fuller, of Beeville, a permit holder for an island cabin in Kleberg County overlooking Baffin Bay, admitted he’s been worried “the whole time” since hearing about the tax.

When it comes to tax bites, though, it turns out this one is more of the gnat variety.

Given Texas owns the cabins, the three counties only plan to tax the annual lease payments made by permit holders.

“The tax rate will be times that,” Denney said. “It will be in the neighborhood of 1.6 percent. We’re not talking about anyone turning their cabin permit back in to the state over this, I don’t think.”

Cooper’s annual lease is slightly more than $500, making his tax bill about $8. Bates and Fuller will pay double that.

Once LSON informed them of their nominal tax bills, the men expressed relief.

Cooper, however, still questioned the tax’s purpose.

“We don’t use any of their utilities,” Cooper said. “Any public funded anything really. We contribute to the economy by buying everything we need from local merchants. We’re more of a benefit than a hindrance. That said, I’m not going to throw a temper tantrum over $8.”

Kleberg County chief appraiser Tina Flores acknowledges that taxing the “possessory interest” that permit holders have in the state’s cabins may seem trivial.

“But we’re required to put them on the roll — to be fair to the other taxpayers in the county,” she said.

Fuller doesn’t like taxes, whatever the amount. Nor fees either. But some things you can’t put a dollar amount on, he said.

“Our cabin is very remote. You have to take a 30-minute boat ride to get there. My wife and five kids love to fish. But my wife and I will sometimes spend a weekend there and not fish at all. She’ll read and I’ll work on the cabin. We can turn off the phones for a while and just be away. It’s one of the last places on the coast where that’s possible.”

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TEXAS SUN, MOON AND TIDES Moon Phases Houston 2015 May

A.M. Minor Major

P.M. Minor Major

08Fri 09Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16Sat 17Sun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25Mon 26Tue 27Wed

9:42 10:41 11:39 12:10 12:59 1:48 2:35 3:22 4:11 5:03 5:58 6:56 7:55 8:54 9:50 10:44 11:33 ---12:40 1:20

10:08 11:08 ---12:34 1:26 2:15 3:02 3:50 4:39 5:31 6:26 7:24 8:22 9:20 10:15 11:07 11:56 12:19 1:01 1:41

3:28 4:27 5:25 6:20 7:12 8:02 8:49 9:36 10:25 11:17 ---12:42 1:42 2:41 3:38 4:32 5:22 6:08 6:51 7:31

3:55 4:54 5:52 6:47 7:39 8:28 9:15 10:03 10:52 11:45 12:40 1:10 2:09 3:07 4:03 4:55 5:44 6:30 7:12 7:52

Last

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May 17

June 2

Solunar Sun times Moon times SUN Rises Sets

6:33 6:32 6:32 6:31 6:30 6:30 6:29 6:28 6:28 6:27 6:27 6:26 6:26 6:25 6:25 6:24 6:24 6:23 6:23 6:23

8:01 8:02 8:03 8:03 8:04 8:05 8:05 8:06 8:06 8:07 8:08 8:08 8:09 8:10 8:10 8:11 8:11 8:12 8:13 8:13

Dallas

MOON Rises Sets

NoMoon 10:23a 12:17a 11:22a 1:06a 12:23p 1:51a 1:26p 2:35a 2:29p 3:18a 3:33p 4:00a 4:37p 4:43a 5:42p 5:27a 6:47p 6:14a 7:51p 7:03a 8:52p 7:54a 9:50p 8:48a 10:43p 9:42a 11:31p 10:37a NoMoon 11:31a 12:14a 12:24p 12:54a 1:16p 1:30a 2:07p 2:05a 2:59p 2:39a

2015 May

A.M. Minor Major

P.M. Minor Major

08Fri 09Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16Sat 17Sun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25Mon 26Tue 27Wed

9:47 10:47 11:44 12:15 1:05 1:54 2:41 3:28 4:17 5:09 6:04 7:02 8:01 9:00 9:56 10:49 11:39 12:00 12:46 1:26

10:14 11:14 ---12:39 1:31 2:20 3:08 3:55 4:44 5:36 6:32 7:29 8:28 9:25 10:21 11:13 ---12:24 1:07 1:47

3:34 4:33 5:31 6:26 7:18 8:07 8:54 9:42 10:31 11:22 ---12:48 1:47 2:47 3:44 4:38 5:28 6:14 6:56 7:36

4:01 5:00 5:58 6:53 7:45 8:34 9:21 10:09 10:58 11:50 12:46 1:15 2:14 3:12 4:08 5:01 5:50 6:35 7:17 7:57

SUN Rises Sets

6:34 6:33 6:32 6:31 6:31 6:30 6:29 6:28 6:28 6:27 6:26 6:26 6:25 6:25 6:24 6:24 6:23 6:23 6:22 6:22

8:12 8:13 8:13 8:14 8:15 8:16 8:16 8:17 8:18 8:18 8:19 8:20 8:21 8:21 8:22 8:23 8:23 8:24 8:25 8:25

MOON Rises Sets

NoMoon 12:29a 1:16a 2:01a 2:43a 3:24a 4:05a 4:47a 5:30a 6:15a 7:04a 7:54a 8:48a 9:43a 10:38a 11:33a 12:27p 1:20p 2:12p 3:05p

10:24a 11:23a 12:25p 1:29p 2:33p 3:39p 4:44p 5:51p 6:56p 8:01p 9:03p 10:01p 10:54p 11:42p NoMoon 12:24a 1:03a 1:39a 2:12a 2:45a

San Antonio 2015 May 08Fri 09Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16Sat 17Sun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25Mon 26Tue 27Wed

A.M. P.M. Minor Major Minor Major 9:54 3:41 10:21 4:08 10:54 4:40 11:21 5:07 11:51 5:38 ---- 6:05 12:23 6:33 12:47 7:00 1:12 7:25 1:38 7:52 2:01 8:14 2:27 8:41 2:48 9:01 3:15 9:28 3:35 9:49 4:02 10:16 4:24 10:38 4:51 11:05 5:16 11:30 5:43 11:57 6:11 ---6:39 12:53 7:09 12:55 7:36 1:22 8:08 1:54 8:35 2:21 9:07 2:54 9:32 3:19 10:03 3:51 10:28 4:15 10:56 4:45 11:20 5:08 11:46 5:35 ---- 5:57 12:07 6:21 12:31 6:42 12:53 7:03 1:14 7:25 1:33 7:43 1:54 8:04

SUN Rises 6:46 6:46 6:45 6:44 6:43 6:43 6:42 6:42 6:41 6:40 6:40 6:39 6:39 6:38 6:38 6:37 6:37 6:36 6:36 6:36

MOON Sets Rises Sets 8:13 NoMoon 10:37a 8:14 12:30a 11:36a 8:15 1:18a 12:37p 8:15 2:04a 1:39p 8:16 2:48a 2:43p 8:17 3:31a 3:46p 8:17 4:13a 4:51p 8:18 4:56a 5:55p 8:18 5:41a 7:00p 8:19 6:27a 8:03p 8:20 7:16a 9:05p 8:20 8:08a 10:02p 8:21 9:01a 10:55p 8:22 9:56a 11:43p 8:22 10:51a NoMoon 8:23 11:45a 12:27a 8:23 12:38p 1:06a 8:24 1:29p 1:43a 8:25 2:21p 2:18a 8:25 3:12p 2:52a

Amarillo 2015 May

08Fri 09Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16Sat 17Sun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25Mon 26Tue 27Wed

A.M. Minor Major

10:08 11:07 ---12:36 1:25 2:14 3:01 3:48 4:37 5:29 6:24 7:22 8:21 9:20 10:16 11:10 11:59 12:21 1:06 1:46

3:54 4:53 5:51 6:46 7:38 8:27 9:15 10:02 10:51 11:43 ---1:08 2:08 3:07 4:04 4:58 5:48 6:34 7:17 7:57

P.M. Minor Major

10:34 11:34 12:05 1:00 1:52 2:41 3:28 4:16 5:05 5:57 6:52 7:50 8:48 9:46 10:41 11:33 ---12:45 1:27 2:07

4:21 5:20 6:18 7:13 8:05 8:54 9:41 10:29 11:18 12:11 1:06 1:36 2:35 3:33 4:29 5:21 6:10 6:56 7:38 8:18

SUN Rises Sets

6:49 6:49 6:48 6:47 6:46 6:45 6:44 6:44 6:43 6:42 6:41 6:41 6:40 6:39 6:39 6:38 6:37 6:37 6:37 6:36

8:37 8:38 8:38 8:39 8:40 8:41 8:42 8:42 8:43 8:44 8:45 8:46 8:46 8:47 8:48 8:49 8:49 8:50 8:51 8:51

MOON Rises Sets

12:04a 10:40a 12:54a 11:40a 1:41a 12:42p 2:25a 1:47p 3:06a 2:53p 3:46a 4:00p 4:26a 5:07p 5:06a 6:14p 5:48a 7:21p 6:33a 8:27p 7:20a 9:29p 8:10a 10:27p 9:04a 11:20p 9:59a NoMoon 10:55a 12:07a 11:50a 12:49a 1:27a 7:26p 1:39p 2:02a 2:33p 2:35a 3:26p 3:06a

Legend: Major=2 hours. Minor=1 hour. Times centered on the major-minor window. For other locations, subtract 1 minute per 12 miles east of a location, and add 1 minute per 12 miles west of a location.

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Galveston Bay entrance, north jetty

1:40 PM 2:51 PM 4:10 PM 5:15 PM 6:07 PM 12:36 PM 1:11 PM 1:45 PM 2:19 PM 2:52 PM 3:26 PM 3:57 PM 4:27 PM 1:35 PM

Time 2:37 PM 3:18 PM 4:12 PM 5:46 PM 6:31 PM 12:40 PM 1:06 PM 1:28 PM 1:56 PM 2:34 PM 3:21 PM 4:03 PM 4:36 PM 2:37 PM 3:15 PM

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Height 1.9H 1.9H 1.8H 1.8H 1.7H 0.7L 0.9L 1.1L 1.2L 1.3L 1.3L 1.3L 1.3L 1.9H 1.9H

Height 0.2L 0.2L 0.3L 0.4L 0.6L 0.7L 1.2H 1.3H 1.4H 1.5H 1.6H 1.6H 1.5H 1.5H 0.2L

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Time 8:42 AM 9:42 AM 10:34 AM 11:16 AM 11:51 AM 12:22 PM 7:47 AM 9:09 AM 10:21 AM 11:28 AM 12:30 PM 10:41 PM 11:23 PM

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Paddling into the future ACK hits 10-year milestone, expands into e-commerce, outdoor products

By Conor Harrison Lone Star outdoor newS

The competition was fierce Saturday on Cedar Creek Reservoir, but Sean Goodson and Bill Sweeten outfished 247 other teams at the third Bass Champs North Region tournament to win more than $20,000.

The pair, who call the area around Lake Fork their home, caught two big fish late in the day to bring 24.36 pounds to the scales.

The trick, according to the pair, was really slowing down with the fluke.

“We were covering water, but it was main lake-type stuff,” Goodson said. “We weren’t way back in the back of coves. These were postspawn females in about 1 to 3 feet of water. There was lots of stuff flooded. People around us were fishing fast, and the key for us was to slow way down.”

— Staff report

Feeding the bears A unique carp fishing tournament aimed at thinning the grass carp population in Lake Austin came up with a new way to use the fish they caught — feeding black bears at the Austin Zoo. The event gave anglers special permits to remove the grass carp, which are normally off limits.

“TPWD worked with the city of Austin to stage this project,” said Inland Fisheries biologist Mukhtar Farooqi. “They allowed the anglers to camp and catch fish all night.

The anglers, along with TPWD, were concerned what would happen to the fish. Burying them was

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Outdoor retailer, Austin Canoe & Kayak a division of MSP Holdings, LLC, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary under current ownership.

Brothers Peter (CEO) and Steve Messana (president) purchased the company in May of 2005 when it was a single outdoor gear shop in North Austin.

“We were looking to do something fun in the outdoors,” Peter Messana said. “We were focused on retail because we love dealing with customers. We found an online listing for a specialty outdoor store and it turned out to be a kayak company.”

Under their ownership, ACK has grown from that single store location and three employees to five locations throughout Texas, —Austin, San Marcos, Houston, Spring and San Antonio — as well as a 45,000-square-foot warehouse with more than 60 employees.

“Never did we think it would grow so big,” Messana said.

The duo also ushered the company into the e-commerce realm, launching austinkayak.com in December of 2005 and rackboys. com in 2012.

“It is truly remarkable to think how far we’ve come since my brother and I first bought the company 10 years ago,” Messana said. “It’s a credit not just to our determination and hard work, but the effort of an amazing team that we’ve compiled around us and the help of an overwhelmingly supportive customer base. Our original idea was to provide outstanding customer service at competitive prices, and every day we work to attain that goal.”

Although the brothers don’t get to fish much with family and work obligations, they understand it is a big part of their business.

“We rarely make it out fishing anymore,” Messana said. “We are both tied up these days with jobs and kids. This started as a hobby and it has grown into a job.”

What does the next decade hold for the company?

“Since I had no vision for the first 10 years, I have no idea where we go in the next 10 years,” he said. “We are moving into nonkayak stuff with more outdoor gear and our online markets.”

Along with ever-changing business models, Messana has seen some dramatic shifts in what anglers are looking for in a fishing kayak.

“The kayaks are getting lighter, and stronger, to accommodate guys who want more stability,” he said. “A lot of guys now want to stand and fish. The key selling point used to be speed and efficiency; now it is wide and stable.”

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the last option.”

All told, the anglers caught a total of 167 fish weighing 2,678 pounds.

— Staff report

Stricklin, Cline win TXTT on Texoma James Stricklin, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Billy Cline, of Grapevine, brought 16.93 pounds of bass to the scales to win the 2015 Texas Team Trail presented

by Cabela’s at Lake Texoma on April 25.

The tournament anglers faced tough fishing conditions due to overnight thunderstorms that raised the lake level up nearly a foot.

Instead of panicking, veteran sticks Stricklin and Cline went to work, knowing that the fish wouldn’t really move all that much.

“In practice, I pulled up and caught a 3 1/2-pounder right away and then I took the hook off my spinner bait and they just kept biting,” said Stricklin. “So this morning we started there right off the bat and we caught a meanmouth and two good spots within the first 15 minutes.

Then we struggled for a bit.”

The team boated a 5-pounder midmorning, keeping up their spirits. In the afternoon, the two returned to their primary area, located in one of the creeks in the midlake region.

— TXTT

Charter boats get 44 days Gulf of Mexico red snapper anglers in federal waters will get a 10-day season in 2015, while charter captains will have 44 days to pursue the popular fish.

The recreational season will open June 1.

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The sector separation, which was approved three weeks ago, will be the first time recreational and charter boat anglers will have two distinct seasons for red snapper. Some recreational fishing groups are unhappy about the split seasons.

— Staff report

CCA fi les red snapper lawsuit Coastal Conservation Association announced it has filed a lawsuit against implementation of Amendment 40 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico.

Also known as sector separation, the amendment is a management plan for red snapper that takes a percentage of the recreational quota and reserves it solely for use by the charter/for-hire industry.

The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council approved Amendment 40 by a 10-7 vote in October 2014 over opposition from four Gulf states and Congress. The lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

— Staff report

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Lionfish eat everything

Good hybrid bite

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the western Pacific Ocean, have been appearing in the Caribbean since the 1980s. While lionfish are becoming increasingly sighted around the Gulf of Mexico, they appeared in Texas several years ago.

These predators measure up to approximately 18 inches and feed on small fish and invertebrates.

Because they have few natural enemies, lionfish negatively impact native species in the newly invaded ecosystems.

“I’m working with partners as we speak to pull together a Texas lionfish network,” said Leslie Hartman, a Texas Parks and Wildlife midcoast biologist. “We are at the place Florida was at a while ago.

This is an issue. They are here and the artificial reef program has identified them recently.”

Hartman said lionfish gorge themselves on smaller reef fish, including juvenile gamefish such as snapper and grouper. On one observed reef in Florida, one adult lionfish ate 79 percent of all juvenile species on the reef.

“They signal other lionfish when they are feeding,” she said. “They spawn down to 1,000 feet and their eggs float to the surface.”

Other states are encouraging spearfishermen to harvest as many lionfish as they can, and traps are being designed to catch the lionfish in large numbers.

“In Florida, lobster fishermen have found up to 50 percent fewer lobsters in their traps because of all of the lionfish that get in there. They are a smart fish and will not eat something that isn’t moving or alive, although some anglers have caught them on cut bait occasionally.”

Jennifer Wetz with the Harte Research Institute in Corpus Christi said they are finding more and more lionfish on their monitored offshore reefs.

“We monitor 15 offshore reefs from nine to 60 miles out,” Wetz said. “We started seeing them in 2012 on the farthest offshore reefs, but every year they are becoming more frequent and moving closer inshore.

Part of the problem is these fish can spawn every four days year-round. We aren’t seeing super high densities yet, but they are coming.”

Hartman said if an angler catches one, do not return it to the ocean. In fact, if anglers can avoid the venomous spines, they make wonderful table fare.

“Take care when handling them,” she said. “They have a white, flaky meat that is delicious.”

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PRETTY, BUT DEADLY: Lionfi sh have no natural predators in the Gulf because of venemous spines on their fi ns. They are, however, very good to eat. Photo by Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission.

“Crawfish scented Pro-Cure was added to one of the trolling lures and it received all of the action.We caught hybrids up to 5 pounds — trolling was the way to go,” Sams said. “The best action was later in the evening toward sunset. The water level is up and we were fishing in areas that would have been dry a few months ago.”

Along with Lewisville, other North and Central Texas lakes have also seen good hybrid action, including Lake Ray Hubbard and Lake Buchanan.

A potential new lake record was set at Inks Lake in the Hill Country last week by angler Mike Nelms.

Nelms was fishing from a dock when he hooked the big hybrid.

The potential record measured 26 inches and weighed 8.75 pounds on a certified scale.

— Staff report

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MAY 16-17

Dallas Safari Club 8th Annual Big Bore Shoot Trinity Outfitters, Ennis (972) 980-9800 biggame.org

Texas Gun and Knife Shows Abilene Civic Center (830) 285-0575 texasgunandknifeshows.com

MAY 21

Bass Champs East Region #4 Toledo Bend Reservoir (817) 439-3274 basschamps.com

Mule Deer Foundation Fort Bend Chapter Banquet Knights of Columbus Hall, Houston (832) 868-4182 muledeer.org

MAY 14

Coastal Conservation Association San Antonio Chapter Banquet Freeman Coliseum Grounds (210) 599-3690 ccatexas.org Dallas Safari Club Monthly Meeting Royal Oaks Country Club (972) 980-9800 biggame.org

CASA 15th Annual Pulling for the Kids Sporting Clays Tournament Dallas Gun Club (940) 243-2272 casadenton.org

MAY 15-16

Aransas Bay Chapter CCA Babes on the Bay Fishing Tournament (361) 386-0028 babesonthebay.com

MAY 16

Bass Champs Central Region #4 Lake LBJ (817) 439-3274 basschamps.com

JUNE 12-14

Dallas Safari Club Summer Fun Shoot Elm Fork Shooting Range (972) 980-9800 biggame.org

Great Outdoors Expo Horseshoe Pavilion, Midland (806) 253-1322 goetx.com

JUNE 13-14

JUNE 10-14

Tejas Bowmen June ASA Shoot (361) 774-7059 tejasbowmenarcheryclub.com

U.S. Helice Association 2015 North American Championships Dallas Gun Club ushelice.com

JUNE 19

Cenikor 18th Annual Sporting Clay Shoot Dallas Gun Club (817) 270-4272 cenikor.org

JUNE 12-13

MAY 22

Texas Dove Hunters Association 2nd Annual TDHA Texas Tea Shootout Windwalker Farms, Stanton (210) 764-1189 texasdovehunters.com

MAY 29

MAY 15

JUNE 6

Operation Game Thief Clay Stoppers Shootout Westside Sporting Goods, Katy (512) 389-4381 ogttx.com

Texas Trio Classic Fishing Tournament Matagorda Harbor (210) 602-9842 texastrioclassic.com

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MAY 29-31

Texas Fly Fishing Expo New Braunfels Civic Convention Center txflyfishexpo.com

JUNE 2

Houston Safari Club Monthly Meeting Houston Racquet Club (713) 623-8844 houstonsafariclub.org

JUNE 5-6

Texas Deer Association Brush to Bay Invitational Fishing Tournament Bluff’s Landing Marina, Corpus Christi (361) 207-0980

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Cody Kohleffel of New Braunfels killed his first turkey January 3, in Kendall County while sitting with his grandfather, Ted Kohleffel.

Nicole Alyn, along with her dad, Mark, and brother, Raymond, took her first deer on a year-end hunt at the Santa Margarita Ranch in Cotulla.

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Twelve-year-old Christian Benavides’ first catch was this big black drum at the Marker 37 Pier in Corpus Christi.

Marcus Loredo, 10, shot this 8-point buck while hunting with his dad in Encino.

Mike McFarland was guiding his client Britt when a big largemouth bit his frog.

Jake Lipscomb shot his first buck Jan. 10 in Brooks County with his dad, Gordon, and friend, Fritz.

Camden McCulloch, 14, took this nice axis deer buck on the Hawaiian island of Molokai this past July while on vacation with his family.

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