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Lucky numbers Austin hunter shoots 200-inch Kansas monster on special day
Migration arriving daily for Texas waterfowlers Prospects for Texas duck hunters looked grim the week before the opening of the state’s waterfowl season. Thankfully, Mother Nature stepped up and blew some cool air southward, helping hunters as ducks began arriving in good numbers ahead of fronts. After a solid opening weekend, things definitely picked up during the second and third weeks of the season. Along the coast, Todd Steele, owner of Thunderbird Hunting Club, didn’t expect much based on what he saw before the cool fronts hit. But it was great shooting for his members near Palacios on the first weekend. “For the opening day, 29 hunters bagged 172 birds for an average of 5.93 birds/gun,” Steele reported. “For the opening weekend, 43 guns shot 244 birds for an average of 5.67 birds/gun, with limits being enjoyed by 10 out of
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GOOD THINGS HAPPENING: Angel Chancellor hunts hard when she heads afield from her home near Austin. Oct. 17 has proven to be a great day in the Chancellor household, after her husband killed a giant deer several years ago and Angel harvested a huge Kansas whitetail on that date this season. Photo by Erich Schlegel, for Lone Star Outdoor News.
WIGEON ABOUND: Texas duck hunters in the right spots have been shooting wigeon, teal, gadwall and pintails early in the season. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.
Angel Chancellor is a believer in lucky numbers. She killed her first buck several years ago on Oct. 10, 2010 at 10 minutes to 10 on the tenth day of the hunt. Her husband, Gary, killed his biggest buck on Oct. 17 several seasons ago. Angel always had a good feeling about Oct. 17, and this year it came true when she connected on a massive, 325pound Kansas nontypical that scored 200 3/8 inches Pope and Young. But the story of this monster started several years ago, when the family’s usual hunting spot in Mexico became too dangerous to hunt. “We decided Mexico was getting too dangerous, so we focused on finding a property in Kansas,” the Austin hunter said. “In 2010, we started knocking on doors trying to find property. It was really tough, but we eventually found a great old man that let us hunt his property. From there, we started talking to people in feed stores and asking about other properties.” The group, including Angel’s father-in-law, Gary Sr., hit a home run last year when they found a piece of property in November and received permission to hunt. “We put some cameras out and started seeing some really nice deer,” she said, “including a mainframe 9-point with a drop-tine. We hunted him late last season without any luck. This year, we put our trail cameras out in June and he showed up. “We knew he was going to be a monster.” But when the boys of the family noticed just Please turn to page 20
Dividing the resource
Private boaters may get 1-day federal red snapper season
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The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council voted to approve Amendment 40 — a move to divide the annual recreational red snapper quota in the Gulf of Mexico’s federal waters between private anglers and for-hire charter
boat operations. The measure passed 10-7. The approval of the controversial plan that could carve as much as 47 percent of the annual recreational red snapper take for charter boat operators came despite the appeal of the governors from Texas and the other four Gulf states, a plea from the 300-mem-
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ber Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus and widespread pleas from private recreational fishermen to turn down the move. Recreational fishermen operated under a plan that gave them 49 percent of the 11-million pound total allowable catch of red SEEING RED: Private anglers could be snapper. Commercial fishing gets looking at a one-day season thanks to Please turn to page 9
FISHING
What a hunt
Who are you rootin’ for?
Too close for comfort
Sippin’ shrimp
Saying two youth hunters had some luck at Richland Creek WMA may be an understatement. Page 4 A youth hunter shoots a mountain lion at five yards. Page 4
Collegiate bass tournaments are proving they are a legitimate school sport. Page 8
Coastal anglers are keying in on some active white shrimp. Page 8
new federal regulations. Photo by Lone Star Outdoor News.
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Pleasant surprise
Proper carcass disposal important The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is reminding hunters throughout the state to properly dispose of carcasses from harvested deer to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases. This is particularly important for harvested mule deer taken inside the Chronic Wasting Disease Containment Zone, which covers portions of Hudspeth and El Paso counties, and the surrounding High Risk Zone. Hunters who harvest deer in the Containment Zone are required to present the unfrozen head of the deer to a designated check station within 24 hours of take in order to have tissue samples removed for CWD testing. Additionally, hunters in this area should not take whole deer carcasses out of the Containment Zone, or carcass parts that contain brain, spinal cord, eyes, spleen, or lymph nodes, according to Shawn Gray, mule deer program leader for TPWD. Hunters are urged to follow these safe-handling recommendations:
Youth hunters take nice bucks at Richland Creek WMA By Conor Harrison Lone Star outdoor newS
One of the best public hunting properties in the state produced another set of great bucks during a special youth hunt at the end of October. Highland Village hunters David Scates, along with his son, Benjamin, 16, headed to Richland Creek Wildlife Management Area with a goal to harvest a doe and put some meat in the freezer. Safe to say, they bettered that goal. “I was expecting to see a couple of does,” Benjamin Scates said. “I really didn’t want to get my hopes up.” After arriving and getting a safety seminar from local biologists and game wardens, the pair headed for their designated hunting area. No baiting is allowed on the WMA, so hunters have to quickly figure out a good area and set up a stand. “We came with two 4-wheelers and a couple of climbing stands,” David Scates said. “The biologist told us he had found some nice sheds in one area. After the safety seminar on Saturday, they cut you loose about 1:30 p.m. It was about a 40-minute ride on the 4-wheeler.” Once in a good area, the pair set up their tree stands and got ready. Not much happened for the first three hours. “We were hunting a small grove of oak trees with acorns in a very thick area,” David Scates said. “We couldn’t see more than a hundred yards. About 6, a doe came out and she kept looking back behind her over her shoulder. Then he stepped out and I almost fell out of my
Proper Carcass Disposal
• Avoid cutting through bones, spine, or brain when processing deer carcasses. • Remove meat in the field and leave the carcass behind. Bury it if possible. • If processing harvested deer in camp or at home, place carcass parts in trash bags and properly dispose of them through a trash service or landfill. • Take harvested deer to a licensed commercial processor to assure proper carcass disposal. • For taxidermy work, use a licensed taxidermist to assure proper carcass disposal.
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PUBLIC LAND BUCKS: Benjamin Scates shows the 158-inch, 13-point buck he harvested during the youth weekend at Richland Creek WMA. Photo by David Scates.
stand.” Benjamin described the scene when the biggest buck he’d ever seen came into view. “I was about to shoot the doe and then I saw him out of the corner of
my eye,” he said. “I didn’t think he was that big, but dad told me he was a really big buck.” Benjamin got lined up on his new target and hit the buck a little low with his .308 Savage. The big
deer ran about 50 yards before lying down. The hunters gave the buck 30 minutes before climbing down. “It was a fantastic hunt,” the younger Scates said. “I’d have never
• Quarters or other portions of meat with no part of the spine or head attached, • Hides or capes from which all excess tissue has been removed, • Antlers, including antlers attached to skull plates or skulls cleaned of all muscle and brain tissue. — TPWD
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Quite the scare 12-year-old hunter shoots mountain lion at 5 yards By Conor Harrison Lone Star outdoor newS
Alyssa Caldwell and her father, Joshua, were heading to what they hoped would be a great spot for Alyssa to take a nice bull elk on the edge of a meadow in New Mexico’s Unit 52 just south of the Colorado border. After hunting a makeshift aspen blind over a waterhole, dad and daughter decided to stalk to a meadow and see if any elk had come out to feed lower on the mountain. However, after about 200 yards, Joshua realized he had forgotten the shooting sticks back in the blind. “I decided to head back up to grab them and told Alyssa to sit tight,” he said. “About 30 to 45 seconds after I had started walking, I heard a shot.” He thought she had killed a big elk — Not exactly. “I asked if she had shot a bull,” he said. “She told me she had shot a cat. He was only about
five yards away from her. She thought quick. When I saw how close he was, I got emotional.” Alyssa said she had no idea the mountain lion was there until she was looking him in the face. “I saw him first,” Alyssa said. “I didn’t hear him or see him until he was really close. I didn’t know exactly what it was but I knew it wasn’t a bobcat. I raised my gun when he crouched down.” The big mountain lion was only about five yards from the Midland hunter when she shot it head on — killing the cat instantly. “I knew it was stalking me,” she said. “I had a feeling right before that something was watching me. After I shot, I kept the gun on it the whole time. Dad ran back and he thought I had shot an elk. I told him I had shot a cat and he got real emotional.” Joshua said the entire family was shaken by the experience.
Unfortunately for Alyssa, game wardens confiscated the cat. Considered a varmint in Texas, Colorado has seasons and special tags for mountain lion hunting, and killing one without a tag is a violation, unless the hunter can prove self-defense. Either way, the Caldwell family was unable to keep the trophy. “They didn’t give us any grief,” Joshua said. “We didn’t move the cat until they got there. We couldn’t find the shell casing in the long grass. They let us take pictures and they took the cat and let us continue hunting elk.” Two days later, the hunting gods smiled on the family and Alyssa took a big 6x4 trophy elk at 375 yards. “We took the cat in the lower bowl and the elk higher up the mountain,” she said. “It was a great hunt. We are getting the elk European mounted and THAT’S A MOUNTAIN LION: Alyssa Caldwell shows the spot where she killed a mountain we have a lot of meat for the lion that appeared five yards in front of her during a recent elk hunt in Colorado. Photo by freezer.” Joshua Caldwell.
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A FIT FOR A GIRL: Lauren Murray of Austin receives shooting instructions from Anne Mauro of Syren while she tries out the new Syren shotguns, made for women, at the Capitol City Trap and Skeet Club in Austin. Photo by Craig Nyhus, Lone Star Outdoor News.
Just for women
Syren shotguns provide fine Italian gunmaking for ladies By Craig Nyhus
Lone Star Outdoor News Women who love to hunt or target shoot with shotguns finally have what they’ve always wanted — a gun made to fit them. After all, they are the fastest growing shooting group in the country. Syren, a division of fine Italian gunmakers Caesar Guerini and Fabarm, has designed a complete line of shotguns for women and offered the line for sale earlier this year. Alexis Martinez, a shooter on the Texas A&M University team who currently shoots
a modified man’s shotgun, was one of several women who tried out the new guns at Capitol City Trap and Skeet Club in Austin on Oct. 31. “It’s amazing,” she said. “It was a total fit from the minute I picked it up.” Syren’s Vice President Anne Mauro, who has been involved since the division’s beginning, including the design of the shotguns, said the shotguns are made for the woman shooter from the ground up. “It’s not just a man’s gun with the stock cut off,” she said. Please turn to page 18
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Corpus Christi pair pleads guilty to illegal deer breeding The latest chapter in a decade-long series of criminal and wildlife disease investigations involving a former South Texas deer breeder ended recently when a Corpus Christi area couple pleaded guilty to 50 charges of Unlawful Possession and/or Sale of Live Game Animals. Frank Thomas Shumate Jr., 51, and Kalub Rogers-Shumate, 31, each were assessed $14,127.50 in fines and agreed to surrender the ability to apply for a deer breeder permit or a hunting lease license permanently. Shumate also agreed to surrender his hunting license through the end of the 2015 license year and Rogers-Shumate through the end of the 2017 license year. Retired San Antonio attorney Rene Barrientos served as special prosecutor in the case with approval and support from the Karnes County Attorney. He also coordinated a global agreement in Travis County District Court to resolve a pending civil case against Rogers-Shumate and recover $34,080 in restitution related to expenses incurred by TPWD staff while conducting a deer herd inventory inspection and disease sampling at a deer breeding facility permitted to RogersShumate. Investigation into Shumate’s deer breeding activities began in March 2004 and led to multiple charges in three counties. Two years later, his deer breeder violations resulted in 10 convictions on criminal charges in Jim Wells County, five convictions in Nueces County and five convictions in Webb County. As a result of these findings, Shumate agreed to relinquish his scientific breeder’s permit and liquidate all deer held in captivity in his deer breeding facility in Nueces County. In advance of losing his deer breeding privileges, Shumate allegedly initiated a plan to have a new deer breeding facility permitted in the name of Kalub Rogers on his property in Karnes County, where he then transferred more than 100 deer from his Nueces County facility. Over time the TPWD Special Operations Unit received numerous reports that Shumate
was reportedly still in the deer business and was buying and selling deer for which he was not legally authorized by TPWD. An investigation revealed that Shumate conducted sales of at least 78 white-tailed deer from RogersShumate's deer breeding facility to ranches for release into the wild for stocking purposes since September 2010. Shumate received a minimum of $171,466 in payments for whitetailed deer he unlawfully sold, which according to records submitted to TPWD, were transported from Rogers-Shumate's deer breeding facility. The investigation further indicated that Kalub Rogers-Shumate was holding a deer breeder permit in her name on behalf of her husband, Frank Thomas Shumate Jr. Rogers-Shumate's facility came under additional scrutiny in 2012, initially as a result of a delinquent annual report required of all permitted deer breeding facilities. Criminal charges were filed when a subsequent herd inspection and inventory revealed significant irregularities and discrepancies, including 162 inventoried deer that were missing from the facility. During the herd inspection, TPWD wildlife biologists noted the remaining deer in the facility were in poor condition and numerous decayed deer carcasses were observed throughout the pens. The observation of 142 deer of unknown origin was cause for additional concern and tissue samples from several deer were tested for both Chronic Wasting Disease and Bovine Tuberculosis. Neither disease was detected. “Unscrupulous actions by these two individuals are not only a threat to all the lawabiding deer breeders who are carefully monitoring and managing their facilities, but also to the state’s free-ranging deer, which can be exposed to unnecessary disease risk from these illegitimate activities,” said Mitch Lockwood, TPWD big game program director. “Captive and free-ranging deer are too important to our state to have them compromised by the actions of a few.” — TPWD
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Showing off Hunting Film Tour a wealth of production, for better or worse By Steve Schwartz Lone Star outdoor newS
If the 2014 Hunting Film Tour proves anything, it’s that the hunting industry has caught up to the pack in the realm of outdoor filmmaking. As a first-time attendee of the film tour, I was skeptical about how the films would stack up with the other outdoor films. Media in the hunting realm doesn’t often receive as much polish and attention as other film-heavy enterprises — i.e., sports laden with Red Bull and The North Face promotions. It was almost immediately apparent the event, hosted by the Dallas Safari Club’s Young Professionals Group at the Angelika Film Center in Dallas, would offer top-notch production for our viewing pleasure. If anything, as I
KSE acquires Sportsman Channel Last year, Kroenke Sports & Entertainment and interMedia Outdoors both vied for cable network operator Outdoor Channel in a bidding war, with KSE ending up acquiring the network. Now KSE has acquired the Sportsman Channel. On November 7, KSE announced it has acquired InterMedia Outdoors from InterMedia Partners VII, L.P., a private equity investment fund. InterMedia Outdoors' assets include Sportsman Channel, 15 outdoor magazines and 17 websites including bassfan.com. KSE also owns 50 percent of World Fishing Network, and said it will continue to operate the Outdoor Channel and the Sportsman Channel as separate networks. —Staff report
noted film after film in this year’s tour, maybe the industry has plunged a bit too far into the production, resulting in overly serious and heavy-handed filmmaking. Regardless, it was an entertaining and enlightening two hours, with films that made an obvious impression on the outdoor enthusiasts who filed into the theater. The tour nailed the opener. Connected was the first film on-screen, and featured Adam Foss’ quest for a trophy Dall’s sheep in Alaska with a bow. In an ingenious tactic, the film’s dialogue was almost entirely showcased through voicemails left between hunters. The audio narrates the preparation, travel and tracking of the beautiful sheep in the alpine environment. The preparation and care that went into ultimately taking down the animal are high-
lighted, as well as the pressure a hunter feels when a rare drawn hunt is dropped in their lap. Chasing Cats was next, detailing houndsman Tyler Johnson’s career tracking large mountain lions in the northern United States. This was one of two mountain lion films (we’ll get to the second one later), and was a simple-yet-enthralling vision as to the majesty of a big cat and the effort and tact needed to get one in a tree — shoot it or not. I didn’t know it at the time, but Smoke and Feathers turned out to be one of the more refreshing films, and the shortest. It’s a brief three- or four-minute clip of Jim Guffey hunting ducks with a muzzleloader. The production, while top-notch, takes a step back and lets the Please turn to page 24
RUNNING WITH THE BIG DOGS: Entries in this year's Hunting Film Tour displayed the best in the industry's fi lmmaking. Photo by Hunting Film Tour.
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With flying colors
College bass teams a prime example of success By Steve Schwartz Lone Star outdoor newS
More than 260 schools competed in Cabela’s Collegiate Bass Fishing Tournament Series in 2013 — a notable growth from previous years. This growth not only proves the sport is here to stay in the college environment, but defines a new type of collegiate athlete. “It was a goal since high school to come up here and be president of this club,” Shelby Hutchens said, with a tone generally reserved for conversations regarding storied football programs or basketball teams. “I can actually remember watching the team when I was in high school, when they won their first championship.” Hutchens is referring to the Stephen F. Austin Bass Fishing Club, one of the top-ranked teams in the nation. He is the president of the club, and a junior at the school. The club status for the program means the majority of the money won from their tournaments goes back to the club — not in the anglers’ pockets — and only 10 percent of the winnings go to the actual university. Hutchens said the
A NEW KIND OF ATHLETE: Collegiate bass teams like Dallas Baptist University's team, above, and the Stephen F. Austin team, are part of a growing group of universitysponsored fi shing teams. Top photo by Dallas Baptist University, photo at left by Cabela's Collegiate Bass Tournaments.
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Honing in on dinner Redfish taking advantage of active white shrimp By Steve Schwartz Lone Star outdoor newS
While a bull red run may sound like the place to be, slot-sized redfish along the Texas Coast know where their meal ticket is — following the white shrimp along the inland shores. “The white shrimp are being pushed around
and together right now where we are,” Swan Point Landing owner Dave Hayward said. “It’s mainly slot fish, but there are some 30-inch fish holding out around there.” High tides have made the redfish tough to target in tailing conditions, Hayward said, but if the redfish are tailing, that means they are big. As for the slot Please turn to page 11
A HAPPY MEDIUM: Transitioning temperatures have produced a solid bite for 1- to 3-pounders at Lake Falcon recently. Photo by Lone Star Outdoor News.
Falcon anglers keying in on fall transition The largemouth bass are exhibiting classic late fall behavior at Falcon International Reservoir, and anglers are taking advantage of the transition period with good numbers of fish. “The fish are sort of in a transition period down here; our water temperatures are starting to drop pretty quickly,” guide Jay Greishaw said. “We have
a lot of fish in the back of the creeks, and we are seeing more and more.” Greishaw said he and his clients are spotting fish in both cool-water positions and warm-water positions, making for good numbers across the board. While the fish may not be lunkers, they are catching Please turn to page 14
LOOKING FOR A SNACK: Anglers are seeing redfi sh moving in shallow along the fl ats, mainly due to white shrimp activity along the central coast. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.
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Tagged redfish studied in Cedar Bayou Anglers who fish near the newly opened Cedar Bayou cut might catch a tagged redfish in the coming months. No, you didn’t just win a truck and boat. It’s just a study being conducted by the Center for Sportfish Science and Conservation. The group has surgically implanted several redfish with tracking technology as part of the Cedar Bayou study to see how redfish are using the new cut. Each of the fish is marked with a green external dart tag. “Graduate student Quentin Hall tagged 10 slot-sized redfish in the Cedar Bayou area,” said Megan Robillard, program manager at the Harte Research Institute. “If any anglers catch one, please release (the fish) because it has an internal acoustic transmitter.” Robillard said she and her research team know the actual tag
could fall out of a redfish, and often do. If anglers are filleting a fish and find a small, black cylindrical acoustic transmitter, call (361) 825-2028. This research is heavily dependent on the cooperation of local anglers, and their support is greatly appreciated by the research team. The redfish movements are tracked by a set of receivers in the inlet and six others located around Mesquite Bay. “There are about 40 other receivers scattered throughout other bays and inlets,” Robillard said. “The real question we are looking at is, will (the tagged redfish) use the new Cedar Bayou inlet? “These fish move more than we think, so it will be really interesting to see how fast they begin using the inlet at Cedar Bayou.” — Staff report
LOOK FOR THE TAGS: Anglers fishing near Cedar Bayou should look for tagged redfish. If they catch one, they should release the fish. Photo by Center for Sportfish Science and Conservation.
ONE DAY TO FISH: By splitting the private sector, anglers with their own boats may only have one day to catch offshore red snapper in federal waters. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.
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51 percent of that total. Overall, recreational anglers, made up of charter-for-hire boats and private boats, are granted 5.39 million pounds of red snapper annually. After a 9-day federal red snapper season this year, the passage of the amendment will most certainly cut into that next year. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department was against the proposal. “Well, what it means is the charter boats could have a 33-day (federal) red snapper season and the private recreational anglers will have a one-day season,” said Robin Riechers, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Coastal Fisheries leader. “That is subject to change as final data comes in, but that is what it means for (private) recreational anglers. There was a lot of discussion (at the meeting) about accountability, but the reality is, nothing changed.” The new rule has a sunset date in three years, so Texas anglers are stuck with the decision until then. Coastal Conservation Association also opposed the measure. “It is extremely disappointing that such a flawed management proposal was approved in the face of so much opposition," said Bill Bird, chairman of CCA’s National Government Relations Committee in a statement. “Significant questions over key components of Amendment 40 were never adequately addressed. This
amendment will create such striking inequities for private recreational anglers that it is difficult to understand how this amendment will be sustainable. It is infuriating that the Gulf Council continues its giveaway of a public resource when the public has neither a reasonable season nor reasonable size and bag limits for that same resource.” Riechers said anglers not wanting the change thought that privatizing a natural resource was a step in the wrong direction, as was splitting the private anglers in their fight against commercial red snapper fisherman. “Now you are privatizing the fishery into the hands of a relatively small number of folks,” he said. Not everyone was upset with the decision. Chris Dorsett, vice president for Programs and Policy at Ocean Conservancy, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group, was pleased with the new amendment. “Ocean Conservancy, fishermen, scientists, managers and everyone who has a stake in a healthy Gulf of Mexico have reason to be heartened by the council's decision,” Dorsett said. “Amendment 40 separates the quantities of red snapper caught by private recreational fishermen and charter-for-hire captains who provide access to fishing to the non-boat owning public. “This decision enables a much more tailored approach to ensuring that red snapper populations in the Gulf are healthy for generations to come.”
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TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT Fishing tough CHOKE CANYON RESERVOIR — The largemouth bass fishing on Choke Canyon has been tough lately, although anglers willing to stick it out are being rewarded with a few nice fish. According to multiple online angler reports, the bass bite has been hampered by dirty water and lots of bait, combined with a lack of grass or hydrilla. When anglers do find fish, they are mostly on the smaller side between 1 and 3 pounds. The fish can get to many places boats and anglers can’t with the lower water levels, frustrating some anglers. Large soft plastics in junebug color are catching some fish, along with Carolina-rigged craws. Fishing points in water less than 7 feet with dropoffs to deeper water nearby has produced a few big fish. The water temperature is between 75 to 79 degrees.
Hybrids schooling BENBROOK LAKE — Now is one of the best times of the year to fish for hybrid stripers on Benbrook Lake south of Fort Worth. According to local guides and anglers, the hybrids are feeding heavily for the winter and
ALAN HENRY: Water stained; 66–72 degrees; 9.55’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on chatterbaits, Texas rigs, jigs and drop-shot rigs. AMISTAD: Water murky; 73–77 degrees; 32.11’ low. Largemouth bass are good on spooks and soft plastic worms in 10–30 feet. ATHENS: Water clear; 69–73 degrees; 1.71’ low. Largemouth bass are good on green pumpkin Texas-rigged worms, Yellow Magic top-waters and white spinner baits. BASTROP: Water stained; 75–79 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on green pumpkin soft plastics and spinner baits. Crappie are very good on minnows and pink tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are fair on bait shrimp and stinkbait. BELTON: Water murky; 73–77 degrees; 12.04’ low. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits near the bank and trolling lipless crankbaits. BOB SANDLIN: Water clear; 70–74 degrees; 2.68’ low. Largemouth bass are good on flipping jigs and bladed jigs near shallow cover. BONHAM: Water stained, 68–75 degrees; 2.96’ low. Largemouth bass are slow along creek channel and on the rocks with shad-pattern crankbaits and Texas-rigged soft plastics. BRAUNIG: Water stained. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and dark soft plastic worms in reeds. Striped bass are fair on silver and gold spoons and marble spinner baits near the dam. BRIDGEPORT: Water lightly stained, 68–72 degrees; 23.67’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on shad-pattern square bills and Texas-rigged Speed Craws in green pumpkin around shallow wood and brush. BROWNWOOD: Water clear; 71–75 degrees; 12.94’ low.
Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon spinner baits, chatterbaits and craw-colored crankbaits. BUCHANAN: Water murky; 72–76 degrees; 33.81’ low. Largemouth bass are good on wacky-rigged watermelon/purple Whacky Sticks, pumpkin top-waters, and crankbaits in 5–10 feet early. CADDO: Water stained; 71–74 degrees; 0.05 high. Largemouth bass are slow on lipless crankbaits and flipping jigs. CALAVERAS: Water stained. Largemouth bass are slow. Striped bass are fair on spoons and jigs near the crappie wall and the dam. Redfish are good on live bait and down rigging spoons with green grubs near the dam in 15–20 feet. CANYON LAKE: Water murky; 70–74 degrees; 12.11’ low. Largemouth bass are good on drop-shot rigs, Texas-rigged purple Scoundrel worms on shaky-head jigs, and watermelon spinner baits in 10–20 feet. COLEMAN: Water clear; 71–75 degrees; 18.98’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on green pumpkin soft plastics and lipless crankbaits. Hybrid striper are fair on silver striper jigs. Crappie are good on minnows. Channel catfish are fair on shrimp and stinkbait. COLETO CREEK: Water murky; 74 degrees in main lake, 84 degrees at hot water discharge; 4.39’ low. Largemouth bass to 6 pounds are fair on green pumpkin and chartreuse soft plastics and spinner baits around vegetation beds in 10 feet. CONROE: Water stained; 72–76 degrees; 0.75’ low. Largemouth bass are good on tequila sunrise soft plastics, spinner baits and crankbaits in 15–25 feet. FALCON: Water murky;
77–81 degrees; 31.38’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, buzzbaits and topwaters. FAYETTE: Water stained. Largemouth bass are fair on green pumpkin spinner baits and crankbaits. FORK: Water clear; 69–73 degrees; 6.55’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on black and blue flipping jigs and Texas-rigged worms near stumps in 2–10’ as well as square-billed crankbaits in shad patterns near main lake points. FT. PHANTOM HILL: Water clear; 66–70 degrees; 17.16’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on Texas rigs and crankbaits. GIBBONS CREEK: Water clear. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and white/chartreuse tube jigs. Catfish are good on stinkbait, shrimp and liver. GRANBURY: Water murky; 72–76 degrees; 10.08’ low. Largemouth bass are good on shad-colored spinner baits and crankbaits, and on top-waters early and late. GRANGER: Water clear; 73–77 degrees; 0.21’ high. Largemouth bass are good on chrome crankbaits upriver. GRAPEVINE: Water clear; 68–71 degrees; 12.30’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on shaky heads and drop shots. HOUSTON COUNTY: Water stained; 70–74 degrees; 0.22’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are excellent on live minnows at night. Bream are good on live worms. HUBBARD CREEK: Water offcolor; 63–68 degrees; 29.28’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on shad-pattern crankbaits, jigs, Texas rigs and drop-shot rigs. JOE POOL: Water clear; 69–72 degrees; 1.71’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on shad-pattern
big baits are the ticket. According to Dan Swindell of Big D Guide Service, the hybrids are moving around between 10 and 20 feet of water. Anglers may need to search to find them, but once they do, it is game on. Pay attention to the barometer and fish when it gets below 30.00. To contact Big D Guide Service, call (817) 822-4668.
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CEDAR CREEK RESERVOIR — The crappie bite is picking up on deeper brush piles for crappie anglers on Cedar Creek, according to anglers on the Texas Fishing Forum. Lots of anglers are talking about the improving bite in 9 to 15 feet. The best bite has been later in the day. The bite should only improve as more cold fronts continue to drop water temperatures. Currently, the temps are between 68 and 72 degrees. The best baits have been small jigs in blue and yellow colors, along chartreuse and white, with live minnows. Brush piles and timber have been holding fish, although the bite could be very light, so watch the line closely. — Conor Harrison
shallow crankbaits and soft plastic jerkbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs. LAKE O' THE PINES: Water lightly stained; 70–73; degrees; 0.24’ high. Largemouth bass are good on buzzbaits and bladed jigs as well as flipping jigs. Crappie are good on minnows. LAVON: Water lightly stained; 69–73 degrees; 12.65’ low. Largemouth bass are good on square-billed crankbaits and chartreuse/white spinner baits. LBJ: Water stained; 71–75 degrees; 0.47’ low. Largemouth bass are good on perch-colored crankbaits and watermelon Whacky Sticks in 5–10 feet at daylight. Striped bass are slow. White bass are good on minnows and Li’l Fishies at night. Crappie to 16 inches are good on green tube jigs and live minnows over brush piles in 12–15 feet. Channel catfish are very good on shrimp and stinkbait. LEWISVILLE: Water lightly stained; 68–73 degrees; 7.16’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on chartreuse and black shallow to medium crankbaits. LIVINGSTON: Water fairly clear; 73–77 degrees; 0.69’ low. Largemouth bass are good on green pumpkin spinner baits and crankbaits. MARTIN CREEK: Water clear; 85–89 degrees; 2.35’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged worms and Senkos. Crappie are good on minnows. MONTICELLO: Water clear; 86–90 degrees; 0.20’ low. Largemouth bass are good on bladed jigs, medium and shallow crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. NAVARRO MILLS: Water stained; 72–76 degrees; 1.84’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters and shallow-running crankbaits. O.H. IVIE: Water stained;
62–69 degrees; 42.03’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on Texas rigs, chatterbaits, jigs and shaky heads. OAK CREEK: Water stained; 61–68 degrees; 25’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on Texas rigs, spinner baits and jigs. Crappie are fair on jigs and live minnows. PALESTINE: Water clear; 67–71 degrees; 0.87’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on swim jigs and spinner baits. Crappie are good on minnows. POSSUM KINGDOM: Water fairly clear; 63–70 degrees; 15.06’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits, drop-shot rigs, Texas rigs and medium-running shad-pattern crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair to good on slabs and Road Runners. PROCTOR: Water murky; 74–78 degrees; 12.59’ low. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon/chartreuse tailed soft plastics. RAY HUBBARD: Water clear; 69–73 degrees; 9.98’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and finesse jigs. RAY ROBERTS: Water clear; 68–72 degrees; 7.45’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on Texas-rigged craws and shaky heads. RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water lightly stained; 69–72 degrees; 9.93’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on green pumpkin shaky heads and Senkos. White bass are good on slabs. SAM RAYBURN: Water murky; 72–76 degrees; 2.72’ low. Largemouth bass are good on green pumpkin soft plastic worms, spinner baits, and buzzbaits in 15–25 feet, and on top-waters early and late. SOMERVILLE: Water murky; 73–77 degrees; 1.17’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass are good on minnows at night.
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fish, he said to keep an eye out for fish cruising the shorelines, sipping up the small shrimp moving out from the back of the bays. “We’ve been seeing them hitting the shrimp all around here,” he said. Just a bit to the south, Capt. Jon Fails said any white shrimp activity has been in the Nueces Bay area, but not farther south in Baffin Bay. “Those white shrimp are moving out across the bay up in Nueces, I haven’t really seen any white shrimp down in Baffin,” Fails said. “That drought hit us pretty hard; it’s starting to look better, but it still hasn’t come back all the way. We used to count on the white shrimp run every year down here, but it’s been a while.” Fails said he’s been seeing a good amount of slot redfish tailing in Baffin — a good sign that smaller marine life is beginning to thrive in the bay. “It’s really a good time to be out there, everybody is deer hunting right now,” he said. “The redfish here are always on the move, but we are seeing a lot of tailing fish right now in the flats.” Fails said many of the fish they’ve been cleaning have had blue crabs in their stomachs, which explains their active
behavior in the inland estuaries. “I like the fact that we are finding a good amount of crabs when we clean the fish, that’s a really good sign,” he said. To the north, Capt. Grant Coppin said he is beginning to see large amounts of white shrimp move around in the Matagorda Bay complex, but many of the bull reds are still to be found out in deeper water near the jetties. “I’ve seen some of the white shrimp migrating, but it hasn’t really started just yet,” Coppin said. “I’m sure they’ll start moving more after this set of cold fronts. We did catch some big reds in about five feet of water. When we get these fronts coming through, it’ll push those fish down — but the big redfish can still cruise with the tide.” In the central section of the Texas Coast, it seems white shrimp or not, early and mid-November can be a great time to bring in redfish, regardless of their diet at the time. “We’ve just being seeing a lot of good fish right now,” Coppin said. Swan Point Landing, (361) 729-7926 Capt. Grant Coppin, (254) 913-8122 Capt. Jon Fails, (361) 949-0133
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money is used to outfit the club for future tournaments. “It’s a very special opportunity for us, to go out there and fish and be reimbursed,” he said. “It gives us a chance to chase our dreams.” The bass fishing team is a different beast from other club sports, in that the members can win cash in their competitions. While in this case the funds go back to the club, it is their prerogative as to how they spend their money. This is especially important in regards to criticism the NCAA has received for allegedly reaping profits from athletes’ performance and status. Reed Foster, a sophomore at Dallas Baptist University (also one of the top Texas teams on the tournament series), is fishing his first year on the DBU team, which is included in the university’s athletic program. “The bass team is treated just like any other athletic sport,” Foster said. “I came here from another school because their (bass) program wasn’t run as well as it should have been.” The final usage of their winnings is similar to Stephen F. Austin, but with much different fine print, Foster said. “If we win a check, it all goes back to the school,” he said. “But I think most of it goes back to our program. People who fish and don’t wear the school’s name on their back — they get to keep their winnings.” Foster said he didn’t mind that the team members didn’t get to pocket their winnings; the school provides all the team needs to fish — and win — in the tournaments. Wade Middleton, the director of Cabela’s Collegiate Bass Series, said the popularity for the college competitions has been enormous in the past few years, and it isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. “It (the interest) is really high again,” Middleton said. “You continue to see schools create new programs, which is really exciting for me. A lot of the schools are even creating their own events and tournaments.” While financial benefit from prize money is helpful to anglers, Middleton said it most likely isn’t enough to make any ripples with the NCAA. “Fishing is very expensive, and generally the payouts are just not strong enough,” he said. But the financial benefits are only the
beginning of the positive effects bass fishing can have in the collegiate environment, he said. “I can’t tell you how many kids within college fishing are now in the outdoor industry,” Middleton said. “In the next few years, will we produce some of the next elite professional fishermen? We absolutely will. But they (the students) are a lot closer to the industry. We (Cabela’s) just hired a few kids that used to be the presidents of their bass clubs.” Middleton said alumni support is also a benefit for the programs. Many former students, now anglers, are in full support of funding their alma mater’s bass fishing program. Regardless, bass fishing in the college environment is gaining traction, and is definitely seen as more than a hobby. “I’ll talk to people on campus, and tell them I’m on the bass team, and they’ll say ‘That’s legit, y’all are ranked,’” Foster said. “This year it has really grown, and people see us as more than a club.” There are 14 active anglers on the DBU team, Foster said, but only four who fish tournaments representing the school. SFA’s club team has between 30 and 40 members, Hutchens pointed out, and a very diverse student base. “All of us are in such different areas academically,” he said. “But most of these guys were born and raised to win tournaments. We are nice to each other overall, but there is definitely a competitive nature to the sport. It’s good for the guys who are looking to take the next step.” Foster said the DBU team takes their competition seriously, and while many are welcomed to join, they won’t be guaranteed a spot on the tournament team. “If you want to fish, you can come out and fish; we would train you just like any other sport,” he said. “You definitely have to have some credits to your name if you want to compete. We’ve finished in the top 10 in every tournament we’ve fished.” It’s obvious the athletes take their programs seriously — just as seriously as any other sport. Middleton said the schools are taking notice, the alumni are taking notice, and soon it will be a staple in the college environment. How could it not be? “It doesn’t matter if it’s bass fishing or tiddlywinks,” he said. “People love to root for their school.”
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GAME WARDEN BLOTTER SHOOTING SPREE DURING DOVE SEASON INCLUDED DEER, QUAIL During the special white-winged dove season, Zapata County Game Wardens Abraham Amaya and Carson Wardlow entered a ranch to check the camp for signs of hunters. A bucket was located near camp with the carcasses of freshly cleaned birds; 31 mourning dove, one Inca dove and one scaled quail were found. After a few shots were heard in the distance, a truck pulled up at camp and contact was made. The wardens discovered a freshly killed whitetail fawn in the bed of the pickup, along with 11 more mourning dove. The five subjects were interviewed and the wardens obtained confessions. Multiple citations were issued for exceeding the daily bag limit on mourning dove, no hunting license, hunting a protected bird, hunting quail out of season, possession of untagged deer and hunting deer out of season. MEN FISHING WITHOUT LICENSES, BUT THEY HAD WARRANTS Hays County Game Warden Jake Scott and Gonzalez County Game Warden Dan Waddell came upon a Cadillac Escalade parked on the side of the road next to a low-water crossing at the creek. The wardens started walking downstream and came upon four individuals fishing and swimming in the creek and trespassing on private property. During the course of checking to see if all four individuals had valid fishing licenses, it was discovered that two of the individuals had active warrants out of Travis County. They were subsequently arrested and transported to the Hays County Jail and citations were issued for no fishing licenses and trespassing.
STOLEN BOAT, MORE FOUND BY WARDENS Dallas County Game Warden Mike Stephens received information from Tarrant County Game Warden Clint Borchardt concerning a stolen boat inquiry at the Fort Worth Regional Law Enforcement Office. The individual had inquired about getting a boat title. The clerk requested photos of the boat, which she received and confirmed the boat had been stolen. The individual’s address was forwarded to Stephens. Capt. Tony Norton and Stephens went to the residence, but it was surrounded by a privacy fence and no boat could be seen. The wardens met the individual at the privacy gate and asked him if he had a boat for sale. The man confirmed he had a BAITING BY THE END ZONE Last year, Gregg County Game Warden Todd Long was given information on illegal dove hunting over a baited field near a school. They informed Long of shots and pellets hitting bleachers during a Thursday night JV football game. This year, Long checked the field prior to opening day and discovered wheat seed. Long and Smith County Game Warden Chris Swift returned to the scene on opening morning and caught a group of subjects hunting over the bait behind the stadium end zone. Opening day was on Labor Day this year, so no students were present. POACHING AFTER CLASS Montgomery County Game Warden Bobby Apple received information about several high school students who had illegally killed two deer the night before. Montgomery County Game Warden Brannon Meinkowsky and Apple interviewed the suspects, who received citations for taking whitetailed deer during closed season, waste of a game animal, and hunter
boat for sale and allowed the wardens to enter the property. The wardens noticed several vehicles, an ATV, the boat and several go-carts throughout the yard. Stephens checked the identification number on the vessel and confirmed the boat was stolen. They then began investigating all of the vehicles in the yard and found one vehicle and one ATV were also reported stolen. The stolen vehicle was also reported as being used in a recent burglary. Working with the Arlington Police Department, one individual was placed under arrest and all stolen vehicles, along with the boat, were recovered.
education violations, along with the assessment of restitution for two white-tailed deer.
dove were seized. The hunters were also advised to be aware of where their shots would fall.
TOO MANY MOURNING DOVE TAKEN DURING WHITEWING SEASON Atascosa County Game Warden Derek Iden and Wilson County Game Warden David Nieto were checking dove hunters in the special whitewing area when they came across several hunters shooting dove around a stock tank. The wardens seized 26 mourning dove and issued citations for exceeding the daily bag limit of mourning dove and no hunting license.
DEER LEASE THIEVES FOUND WITH $100K OF EQUIPMENT Trinity County Game Warden Randy Watts received a call from Trinity County Sheriff Woody Wallace about stolen property located on a deer lease. One of the stolen vehicles had LoJack installed and the sheriff needed a GPS unit to attempt to locate the stolen property. Watts met the sheriff and gathered the GPS coordinates, which led to a highline not visible from the county road. Contact was made with a man at a nearby residence where one of the stolen gooseneck trailers was sitting. The individual admitted to having all the stolen items on his property and was arrested and transported to the Trinity County Jail. More than $100,000 worth of equipment was recovered, including a Ford F-550 flatbed pickup, two Ford F-250 pickups, a John Deere tractor and two gooseneck trailers.
OVER LIMIT ON DOVE AND PEPPERING HOUSE Most hunters know not to shoot toward a residence, but Starr County Game Wardens Jack Pearl and Kyle Allison received a report of pellets hitting a house. The wardens made contact with the hunters and discovered several violations, including exceeding the daily bag limit of mourning dove and hunting dove with an unplugged shotgun. Two citations were issued and four
ONE DAY TOO SOON Wharton County Game Warden Scott Blackburn received a call reporting persons hunting dove a day before the season opener. Blackburn was able to observe two individuals who appeared to be only target shooting, but then observed one of the individuals standing next to a trash can. Blackburn made contact with the individuals, and noticed a number of dove feathers scattered around the ground. After some questioning, the individual admitted to shooting three white-winged dove. Cases pending. MAN TRIES TO DODGE WARDENS La Salle County Game Wardens Calvin Christian and Justin Solis caught up with an ATV that appeared to be making a beeline for the camp. While Christian interviewed a few hunters at camp, Solis discovered the fields and roads had been baited with corn, wheat and milo. Additionally, the hunters had been hunting near feeders that had a corn and milo mixture. Citations were issued and approximately 20 dove were seized. Cases and civil restitution pending. YES, SHOOTING FROM MOVING ATV IS WRONG In Zavala County, Real County Game Warden Clint Graham and Maverick County Game Warden Jake Noxon were checking dove hunters when they observed an individual sitting on his 4-wheeler with a shotgun. The wardens watched while the subject started his ATV and sped across the field shooting at doves. The subject did not notice the wardens until he stopped and shot again. When the wardens made contact, the man asked, “Have I done something wrong?” The hunter was issued a citation for hunting migratory game birds from a motor vehicle.
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TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING REPORT Specs biting TRINITY BAY — Although it has been tough sledding for some anglers recently in Trinity Bay, the speckled trout are out there if you can find them. Multiple anglers have posted on 2coolfishing.com that the trout bite is picking up, especially on artificial soft and scented plastics. Red and chartreuse has been a good color, especially later in the day when the water is warming up. The best depth is around 4 feet. The trout have been averaging about 20 inches for keepers. Along with soft plastics, anglers have also had success on live and dead shrimp.
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said of a Nov. 8 outing. “We got on the trout right away and never quit. We boxed our 20-trout limit on the first stop by 9:15 a.m. The trout were in the same area as the day before, and very aggressive.” On Nov. 10, he wrote, “The trout bite was incredible today over deeper mid-bay oyster reefs. We had our 10-trout limit by 8 a.m., with tons of smaller trout mixed in. After that, we went hunting for redfish and black drum. They were a little tougher to find, and we mainly caught smaller reds and drum with a few keepers. We ended with 10 trout, five drum, one red, one flounder, and one sheepshead.” To contact Capt. Rick Hammond, call (361) 727-0045.
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SAN ANTONIO BAY — Capt. Rick Hammond is usually chasing flounder at night around the bays near Seadrift, but with gigging closed during the month of November, he has switched to finding nice trout and redfish, with some success. During the second week of November, Hammond found lots of keeper trout, no matter what the wind direction was. “Conditions were perfect with light north winds and rapidly warming temps,” Hammond
SARGENT — Bull redfish are being caught in good numbers from the beaches near Sargent, according to anglers. The best bite is coming on a fast outgoing tide, with baits waded to the second gut and cast beyond the breakers. Whiting and other cut bait have been working for reds between 35 and 45 inches. Overcast conditions have been the most productive. — Conor Harrison
NORTH SABINE: Trout are good under birds and pods of shad on soft plastics. Redfish and flounder are good in the marsh on shrimp. SOUTH SABINE: Trout are good under birds and pods of shad. Redfish are good at the jetty on live bait and cracked crabs. BOLIVAR: Trout, black drum, sand trout and redfish are good at Rollover Pass. Trout are fair to good while drifting shell on plastics. Bull redfish are good on the beachfront. TRINITY BAY: Trout are good in 5–7 feet of water on soft plastics. Trout and sand trout are good under birds on soft plastics. EAST GALVESTON BAY: Trout and large Gulf trout are good for drifters working deep shell on plastics and fresh shrimp. Redfish and flounder are fair to good in the marsh around drains on shrimp. Trout and redfish are good under the birds. WEST GALVESTON BAY: Bull redfish and flounder are good at San Luis Pass on shrimp and
PORT O'CONNOR: Black drum are good on the shell near the Victoria Barge Canal. Bull redfish are good at the jetty on crabs, mullet and shad. Trout are fair to good on the reefs in San Antonio Bay on live shrimp. ROCKPORT: Trout are fair in St. Charles Bay on soft plastics and top-waters while working reefs. Redfish are good in Redfish Bay on mullet and crabs. Bull redfish are good in the Lydia Ann Channel and around Mud Island on shrimp and crabs. PORT ARANSAS: Offshore is good for tuna. Redfish are fair at Shamrock on top-waters and plum soft plastics. Bull redfish are good at the jetty and on the beachfront on natural baits. CORPUS CHRISTI: Bull redfish are good in the surf on mullet and shrimp. Trout are fair for waders working mud and grass on small top-waters and Corkies. Redfish are good in the holes on natural baits. BAFFIN BAY: Trout are good on top-waters and
shad. Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs. Trout are good under the birds. TEXAS CITY: Bull redfish are good in the channel on shrimp and crabs. Gulf trout are good in the channel on fresh shrimp. FREEPORT: Trout are good on reefs on shrimp and DOA Shrimp under corks. Redfish are fair to good on the reefs in Christmas Bay and Bastrop Bay. Bull redfish are good on the beach. EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout and redfish are fair under the birds on soft plastics. Trout are fair for drifters on live shrimp over humps and scattered shell. Flounder are fair to good on muddy shorelines on soft plastics along the edges of reefs. WEST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are fair on sand and grass humps on soft plastics and top-waters. Redfish are fair on live shrimp at Shell Island, Oyster Lake, Crab Lake and Mad Island. Trout are fair under birds.
Where fresh and salt meet Grosse Savanne Lodge a paradise in Louisiana By Conor Harrison Lone Star outdoor newS
When anglers and hunters arrive at Grosse Savanne Waterfowl and Wildlife Lodge near Lake Charles, Louisiana, they almost have too many options. Largemouth bass fishing, tremendous saltwater action for redfish, trout, black drum and flounder, hunting for waterfowl and alligators and eco-tours are just a few of the options at this Louisiana lodge catering to visiting sportsmen and their families. LSON’s Mike Hughs ventured down several weeks ago and came away impressed at the variety of activities, and the quality of fish. “The first day, we headed to their private marsh in search of saltwater species,” he said. “Within five minutes, we had keeper flounder on scented plastics, and, shortly thereafter, I caught an 8-pound redfish. We also caught black drum and some small sand trout, along with some big blue crabs. It was phenomenal.” After a home-cooked dinner, the group talked about the lodge’s private bass lake (Miller's Lake) for some fantastic top-water action starting the next morning. “The bass lake is only 3 years old,” Hughs said. “They have done a really good job of creating great habitat. The guides called it a slow day, but we all averaged between 40 and 70 bass during the six hours we were fishing. The bass averaged between 3 and 4 pounds, with the biggest in the 5- to 7-pound range. Most all of the fish were caught on top-waters, and it was clear most of these bass had never seen a lure.” In each of the areas fished, Hughs said large flocks of ducks could be seen flying overhead and landing near duck blinds ready for the hunting season. “We had a fishing contest with the winner receiving a K2 Cooler,” he said. “The winner stopped counting at the 200th bass of the day. It was that good. We had to head back the lodge for a nap because our arms were tired.”
The group was fishing in Xpress Boats with Lew’s fishing gear — a winning combo according to Hughs. “Grosse Savanne’s motto is GS365,” Hughs added. “They really do provide sportsmen with something to do year-round."
PLENTY OF BIG BASS: Grosse Savanne’s private bass lake is only three years old, but is already producing big fish, like this one caught by Dennis Tietje. Photo by Tracy Salmon.
plum plastics around rocks and grass. Trout are good while drifting deep rocks on plum plastics. Redfish are fair to good on gold spoons around spoil islands. PORT MANSFIELD: Trout are fair to good on the edge of the Intracoastal in 3–5 feet of water. Redfish are good while drifting pot holes on topwaters and soft plastics under a popping cork. Trout and redfish are fair to good on the spoils on small top-waters and gold spoons. SOUTH PADRE: Trout are fair to good while drifting grass on plastics and live shrimp. Redfish are good in Airport Cove and on the Gas Well Flats on DOA Shrimp and Gulps. PORT ISABEL: Trout and redfish are good at Laguna Vista and Holly Beach on Gulps and live shrimp. Snook and mangrove snapper are good in the Brownsville Ship Channel on DOA Shrimp and live shrimp. — TPWD
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plenty deeper on rocks, as well as some moving shallow. Guide Tommy Law said the south end of the lake is producing high numbers, but small fish. “We caught about eight decent-sized ones in deeper water,” Law said. “There’s not much quality, but a good amount of fish. We have tons of 1- to 3-pounders in this lake right now, and the cover is looking really good.” Law said the shad are moving to the shallower water, chasing the warmth, and some of the larger bass are keying in on the activity. Shorter plastic worms and larger crankbaits have been producing fairly well. “We’ve been starting at the south end of the lake at the beginning of the day and then moving north as the day gets warmer,” Law said. “The north end of the lake is still a little muddy from the recent rains we’ve been getting.” Gary Harlan, another guide on Falcon, said he’s heard from anglers that wacky worms, red-eyed shad and baby brush hogs have been hot for the tournament fishermen on the
lake. “I’ve heard of some people catching decent fish right now,” Harlan said. “It’s a little bit of everything, but most of the fish we are catching are in about 7 feet of water. If you get something close to them, they’ll hit just about anything right now.” Law said he isn’t committing fully to the shallow water bite just yet, but as the water cools he will. Rocky points in 10 to 12 feet of water have been giving up the most fish recently for he and his clients. Greishaw said he’s been throwing Carolina rigs with soft plastics, and deep-diving crankbaits over rocks during the heat of the day. The cool waters in the morning, and warmer waters in the afternoon are giving the anglers plenty of options — at numbers at least. “We’re rather cool for this time of year,” Law said. “I think Falcon is fishing better than it has for the past few years — it’s more numbers than anything — but we’re still having a good time.” — Staff report
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TEXAS SUN, MOON AND TIDES Moon Phases Houston
2014 A.M. Nov.-Dec. Minor Major
14Fri 15Sat 16Sun 17Mon 18Tue 19Wed 20Thu 21Fri 22Sat 23Sun 24Mon 25Tue 26Wed 27Thu 28Fri 29Sat 30Sun 01Mon 02Tue 03Wed
----- 6:00 12:32 6:43 1:12 7:23 1:51 8:02 2:29 8:40 3:08 9:20 3:50 10:02 4:36 10:49 5:26 11:40 6:22 12:08 7:21 1:07 8:23 2:09 9:26 3:12 10:28 4:14 11:26 5:13 ----- 6:07 12:45 6:58 1:32 7:45 2:18 8:31 3:04 9:17
P.M. Minor Major
12:11 6:22 12:53 7:04 1:34 7:44 2:12 8:23 2:51 9:02 3:32 9:43 4:15 10:27 5:02 11:14 5:53 12:07 6:49 12:36 7:50 1:35 8:52 2:38 9:54 3:40 10:55 4:41 11:53 5:39 12:20 6:33 1:11 7:24 1:58 8:11 2:44 8:57 3:30 9:43
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Solunar Sun times Moon times SUN Rises Sets
7:44 7:45 7:46 7:46 7:47 7:48 7:49 7:50 7:51 7:51 7:52 7:53 7:54 7:55 7:56 7:56 7:57 7:58 7:59 8:00
6:26 6:25 6:25 6:24 6:24 6:24 6:23 6:23 6:23 6:22 6:22 6:22 6:22 6:21 6:21 6:21 6:21 6:21 6:21 6:21
MOON Rises Sets
12:36a 1:46p 1:28a 2:21p 2:19a 2:55p 3:11a 3:29p 4:04a 4:04p 4:58a 4:41p 5:54a 5:21p 6:52a 6:05p 7:51a 6:53p 8:50a 7:46p 9:47a 8:43p 10:42a 9:44p 11:33a 10:47p 12:20p 11:50p 1:05p NoMoon 1:47p 12:54a 2:27p 1:56a 3:08p 2:59a 3:50p 4:00a 4:33p 5:02a
Dallas
2014 A.M. Nov.-Dec. Minor Major
14Fri 15Sat 16Sun 17Mon 18Tue 19Wed 20Thu 21Fri 22Sat 23Sun 24Mon 25Tue 26Wed 27Thu 28Fri 29Sat 30Sun 01Mon 02Tue 03Wed
----- 6:06 12:38 6:48 1:18 7:29 1:57 8:07 2:35 8:46 3:14 9:26 3:56 10:08 4:42 10:55 5:32 11:46 6:27 12:14 7:27 1:13 8:29 2:15 9:32 3:18 10:34 4:20 11:32 5:18 12:02 6:13 12:51 7:04 1:38 7:51 2:24 8:37 3:09 9:22
P.M. Minor Major
12:17 6:27 12:59 7:10 1:39 7:50 2:18 8:29 2:57 9:08 3:37 9:49 4:20 10:33 5:07 11:20 5:59 12:12 6:55 12:41 7:55 1:41 8:58 2:43 10:00 3:46 11:01 4:47 11:59 5:45 12:26 6:39 1:17 7:29 2:04 8:17 2:50 9:03 3:35 9:49
SUN Rises Sets
7:55 7:56 7:57 7:58 7:59 8:00 8:01 8:02 8:03 8:04 8:04 8:05 8:06 8:07 8:08 8:09 8:10 8:11 8:11 8:12
6:26 6:26 6:25 6:24 6:24 6:23 6:23 6:23 6:22 6:22 6:21 6:21 6:21 6:21 6:20 6:20 6:20 6:20 6:20 6:20
MOON Rises Sets
12:39a 1:55p 1:31a 2:29p 2:24a 3:01p 3:17a 3:34p 4:11a 4:08p 5:06a 4:44p 6:04a 5:23p 7:02a 6:06p 8:02a 6:54p 9:02a 7:46p 9:59a 8:43p 10:54a 9:44p 11:44a10:48p 12:30p11:53p 1:13p NoMoon 1:54p 12:58a 2:33p 2:02a 3:13p 3:05a 3:53p 4:08a 4:35p 5:11a
San Antonio
2014 A.M. Nov.-Dec. Minor Major
14Fri 15Sat 16Sun 17Mon 18Tue 19Wed 20Thu 21Fri 22Sat 23Sun 24Mon 25Tue 26Wed 27Thu 28Fri 29Sat 30Sun 01Mon 02Tue 03Wed
----- 6:12 12:44 6:55 1:25 7:35 2:03 8:14 2:42 8:53 3:21 9:32 4:03 10:15 4:48 11:01 5:39 11:52 6:34 12:20 7:34 1:19 8:36 2:22 9:39 3:25 10:40 4:26 11:39 5:25 12:09 6:20 12:57 7:10 1:45 7:58 2:31 8:43 3:16 9:29
P.M. Minor Major
12:23 6:34 1:06 7:17 1:46 7:57 2:25 8:36 3:04 9:15 3:44 9:56 4:27 10:39 5:14 11:27 6:06 12:19 7:02 12:48 8:02 1:48 9:04 2:50 10:07 3:53 11:08 4:54 ----- 5:52 12:33 6:46 1:23 7:36 2:11 8:23 2:56 9:09 3:42 9:55
SUN Rises Sets
7:56 7:57 7:57 7:58 7:59 8:00 8:01 8:02 8:02 8:03 8:04 8:05 8:06 8:07 8:07 8:08 8:09 8:10 8:11 8:11
6:39 6:38 6:38 6:38 6:37 6:37 6:36 6:36 6:36 6:35 6:35 6:35 6:35 6:35 6:34 6:34 6:34 6:34 6:34 6:34
MOON Rises Sets
12:49a 1:59p 1:41a 2:33p 2:32a 3:07p 3:24a 3:42p 4:17a 4:17p 5:11a 4:54p 6:07a 5:34p 7:05a 6:18p 8:03a 7:07p 9:02a 8:00p 10:00a 8:57p 10:54a 9:57p 11:45a11:00p 12:33pNoMoon 1:17p 12:04a 1:59p 1:07a 2:40p 2:10a 3:21p 3:12a 4:03p 4:13a 4:46p 5:14a
Amarillo
2014 A.M. Nov.-Dec. Minor Major
P.M. Minor Major
SUN Rises Sets
14Fri 15Sat 16Sun 17Mon 18Tue 19Wed 20Thu 21Fri 22Sat 23Sun 24Mon 25Tue 26Wed 27Thu 28Fri 29Sat 30Sun 01Mon 02Tue 03Wed
12:37 6:48 1:19 7:30 1:59 8:10 2:38 8:49 3:17 9:28 3:57 10:09 4:40 10:53 5:27 11:40 6:19 12:32 7:15 1:01 8:15 2:01 9:18 3:03 10:20 4:06 11:21 5:07 ----- 6:05 12:46 6:59 1:37 7:49 2:24 8:37 3:10 9:23 3:56 10:09
8:20 8:21 8:22 8:23 8:24 8:25 8:26 8:27 8:28 8:29 8:30 8:31 8:32 8:33 8:34 8:35 8:36 8:37 8:37 8:38
12:13 6:26 12:58 7:08 1:38 7:49 2:17 8:27 2:55 9:06 3:34 9:46 4:16 10:28 5:02 11:15 5:52 ----6:48 12:34 7:47 1:33 8:49 2:35 9:52 3:38 10:54 4:40 11:52 5:39 12:22 6:33 1:11 7:24 1:58 8:11 2:44 8:57 3:29 9:42
6:41 6:41 6:40 6:39 6:39 6:38 6:38 6:37 6:37 6:36 6:36 6:36 6:35 6:35 6:35 6:34 6:34 6:34 6:34 6:34
MOON Rises Sets
12:56a 2:18p 1:50a 2:51p 2:44a 3:22p 3:38a 3:54p 4:33a 4:27p 5:29a 5:02p 6:27a 5:41p 7:27a 6:23p 8:28a 7:10p 9:28a 8:02p 10:25a 8:59p 11:19a10:01p 12:09p11:05p 12:54pNoMoon 1:36p 12:11a 2:15p 1:17a 2:54p 2:22a 3:32p 3:27a 4:11p 4:31a 4:52p 5:35a
Legend: Major=2 hours. Minor=1 hour. Times centered on the major-minor window. For other locations, subtract 1 minute per 12 miles east of a location, and add 1 minute per 12 miles west of a location.
Sabine Pass, north Time 2:59 PM 6:22 AM 6:12 AM 6:23 AM 12:16 AM 12:34 AM 12:51 AM 1:08 AM 1:27 AM 1:49 AM 2:17 AM 2:51 AM 3:34 AM 12:49 AM 2:14 AM
Height 0.5L 1.0L 0.8L 0.6L 1.5H 1.5H 1.5H 1.5H 1.5H 1.5H 1.5H 1.5H 1.5H 1.2L 1.0L
Time 11:07 PM 10:46 AM 12:03 PM 12:59 PM 6:45 AM 7:12 AM 7:43 AM 8:17 AM 8:53 AM 9:33 AM 10:16 AM 11:02 AM 11:52 AM 4:32 AM 6:13 AM
Galveston Bay entrance, north jetty Date Time Nov 14 5:53 AM Nov 15 6:00 AM Nov 16 6:04 AM Nov 17 6:13 AM Nov 18 6:34 AM Nov 19 7:02 AM Nov 20 12:05 AM Nov 21 12:30 AM Nov 22 1:02 AM Nov 23 1:44 AM Nov 24 2:36 AM Nov 25 3:21 AM Nov 26 12:52 AM Nov 27 1:40 AM Nov 28 2:26 AM
San Luis Pass Date Nov 14 Nov 15 Nov 16 Nov 17 Nov 18 Nov 19 Nov 20 Nov 21 Nov 22 Nov 23 Nov 24 Nov 25 Nov 26 Nov 27 Nov 28
Time 3:16 PM 7:07 AM 7:08 AM 12:10 AM 12:28 AM 12:44 AM 1:00 AM 1:14 AM 1:30 AM 1:49 AM 2:13 AM 2:43 AM 12:00 AM 1:17 AM 3:29 AM
Freeport Harbor Date Nov 14 Nov 15 Nov 16 Nov 17 Nov 18 Nov 19 Nov 20 Nov 21 Nov 22 Nov 23 Nov 24 Nov 25 Nov 26 Nov 27 Nov 28
Time 2:20 PM 5:57 AM 6:09 AM 6:25 AM 6:42 AM 7:02 AM 12:08 AM 12:20 AM 8:23 AM 8:59 AM 9:40 AM 10:25 AM 11:15 AM 12:11 PM 1:16 PM
Rollover Pass
Date Time Nov 14 2:55 AM Nov 15 2:41 AM Nov 16 2:33 AM Nov 17 2:43 AM Nov 18 3:00 AM Nov 19 3:18 AM Nov 20 3:36 AM Nov 21 12:46 AM Nov 22 2:02 AM Nov 23 1:24 PM Nov 24 12:06 AM Nov 25 1:40 AM Nov 26 2:07 AM Nov 27 2:03 AM Nov 28 1:54 AM
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4:05 PM 5:08 PM 6:04 PM 1:46 PM 2:26 PM 3:03 PM 3:41 PM 4:21 PM 5:04 PM 5:51 PM 6:43 PM 7:38 PM 12:47 PM 1:48 PM
0.7L 0.8L 0.9L 1.5H 1.6H 1.6H 1.7H 1.7H 1.7H 1.7H 1.7H 1.6H -0.1L 0.1L
11:34 PM 11:56 PM
1.5H 1.5H
6:52 PM 7:33 PM 8:11 PM 8:47 PM 9:23 PM 10:01 PM 10:45 PM 11:39 PM
0.9L 1.0L 1.1L 1.2L 1.2L 1.2L 1.3L 1.3L
8:32 PM 9:22 PM
1.5H 1.5H
Time 2:37 PM 3:48 PM 5:20 PM 6:08 PM 6:49 PM 7:38 PM 3:35 PM 4:13 PM 4:53 PM 5:40 PM 6:38 PM 7:29 PM 12:00 PM 12:55 PM 1:47 PM
Height 0.7L 0.9L 1.0L 1.1L 1.2L 1.3L 1.9H 1.9H 2.0H 2.0H 2.0H 1.9H -0.1L 0.0L 0.3L
Time 10:37 PM 11:15 PM 11:44 PM 11:58 PM 11:51 PM
Height 1.7H 1.6H 1.5H 1.5H 1.5H
8:51 PM 9:46 PM 10:24 PM 11:04 PM 11:54 PM
1.3L 1.4L 1.4L 1.4L 1.4L
8:10 PM 8:46 PM 9:21 PM
1.9H 1.8H 1.7H
Time
Height
Height 1.2L 1.0L 0.9L 0.7L 0.5L 0.3L 1.5H 1.5H 1.5H 1.5H 1.5H 1.5H 1.3L 1.2L 1.0L
Time 8:05 AM 10:36 AM 11:53 AM 12:52 PM 1:55 PM 2:52 PM 7:37 AM 8:19 AM 9:04 AM 9:46 AM 10:27 AM 11:10 AM 4:01 AM 4:49 AM 6:54 AM
Height 1.2H 1.2H 1.3H 1.4H 1.6H 1.7H 0.1L 0.0L -0.2L -0.3L -0.3L -0.3L 1.5H 1.3H 1.2H
Height 0.5L 0.9L 0.7L 1.2H 1.2H 1.2H 1.2H 1.2H 1.2H 1.2H 1.3H 1.2H 1.1L 1.1L 1.0L
Time 11:27 PM 10:15 AM 11:59 AM 7:17 AM 7:30 AM 7:50 AM 8:14 AM 8:43 AM 9:16 AM 9:54 AM 10:35 AM 11:20 AM 3:18 AM 4:03 AM 5:56 AM
Height 1.2H 0.9H 1.0H 0.6L 0.4L 0.3L 0.1L 0.0L -0.1L -0.2L -0.2L -0.2L 1.2H 1.1H 1.0H
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Time 10:19 PM 9:45 AM 11:25 AM 12:39 PM 1:37 PM 2:26 PM 7:25 AM 7:52 AM 4:41 PM 5:27 PM 6:15 PM 7:04 PM 7:51 PM 8:36 PM 9:16 PM
Height 1.7H 1.2H 1.3H 1.5H 1.6H 1.8H 0.3L 0.1L 2.1H 2.1H 2.1H 2.1H 2.0H 1.9H 1.7H
Height 1.3H 1.3H 1.3H 1.3H 1.3H 1.2H 1.2H 1.1L 1.2L -0.1L 1.4H 1.4H 1.3H 1.3H 1.2H
Time 5:57 PM 6:39 PM 10:11 AM 10:33 AM 10:57 AM 11:22 AM 11:47 AM 3:54 AM 4:11 AM
Height 0.5L 0.6L 0.7L 0.5L 0.4L 0.2L 0.1L 1.2H 1.2H
2:05 PM 2:50 PM 3:39 PM 4:31 PM 5:29 PM
-0.2L -0.1L 0.0L 0.1L 0.2L
Time
Time 4:25 PM 5:35 PM 1:16 PM 2:16 PM 3:06 PM 3:51 PM 4:35 PM 5:20 PM 6:08 PM 6:58 PM 7:49 PM 12:10 PM 1:04 PM 2:05 PM
Height
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Time
Height
3:46 PM 5:13 PM 6:31 PM 7:39 PM 8:44 PM 3:12 PM 3:56 PM
0.9L 1.0L 1.1L 1.2L 1.3L 1.9H 2.0H
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Height
2:25 PM 4:15 PM 5:38 PM 6:46 PM 7:51 PM 12:14 PM 12:46 PM
0.8H 0.9H 1.0H 1.1H 1.2H 0.0L -0.1L
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11:51 PM
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6:35 PM 7:26 PM 8:10 PM 8:47 PM 9:22 PM 9:55 PM 10:29 PM 11:09 PM
0.8L 0.9L 1.0L 1.0L 1.1L 1.1L 1.2L 1.2L
8:40 PM 9:26 PM 10:06 PM
1.3H 1.2H 1.2H
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1.6H 1.6H 1.5H 1.5H
9:50 PM
1.4L
Time
Height
7:37 PM 8:54 PM 10:18 PM 11:33 PM
0.7L 0.8L 0.9L 1.0L
9:02 PM 10:23 PM
1.3H 1.3H
Port O’Connor
Date Time Nov 14 2:12 AM Nov 15 2:25 AM Nov 16 2:30 AM Nov 17 1:21 AM Nov 18 12:49 AM Nov 19 9:20 AM Nov 20 9:50 AM Nov 21 10:25 AM Nov 22 11:04 AM Nov 23 11:46 AM Nov 24 12:11 AM Nov 25 12:55 AM Nov 26 1:29 AM Nov 27 1:36 AM Nov 28 1:34 AM
Rockport Date Nov 14 Nov 15 Nov 16 Nov 17 Nov 18 Nov 19 Nov 20 Nov 21 Nov 22 Nov 23 Nov 24 Nov 25 Nov 26 Nov 27 Nov 28
Time 7:51 AM 2:25 AM 1:33 AM 1:17 AM 1:13 AM 1:16 AM 1:23 AM 1:35 AM 1:53 AM 2:19 AM 2:55 AM 3:37 AM 4:23 AM 5:09 AM 5:51 AM
Port Aransas
Date Time Nov 14 1:18 PM Nov 15 2:20 PM Nov 16 5:56 AM Nov 17 6:22 AM Nov 18 6:48 AM Nov 19 7:12 AM Nov 20 7:35 AM Nov 21 7:56 AM Nov 22 8:23 AM Nov 23 8:55 AM Nov 24 9:33 AM Nov 25 1:20 AM Nov 26 2:10 AM Nov 27 11:51 AM Nov 28 12:45 PM
Height 1.2H 1.1H 1.0H 1.0H 1.0H 0.5L 0.4L 0.3L 0.3L 0.2L 1.2H 1.2H 1.1H 1.1H 1.0H
Time 4:24 PM 5:05 PM 5:47 PM 8:53 AM 8:57 AM 11:16 PM 10:04 PM 10:35 PM 11:23 PM
Height 0.6L 0.7L 0.8L 0.8L 0.7L 1.0H 1.1H 1.1H 1.2H
12:31 PM 1:18 PM 2:06 PM 2:54 PM 3:43 PM
0.2L 0.2L 0.2L 0.2L 0.3L
Height 0.6H 0.5H 0.5H 0.5H 0.5H 0.5H 0.5H 0.6H 0.6H 0.6H 0.6H 0.5H 0.5H 0.5H 0.4H
Time 5:25 PM 5:37 AM 7:52 AM 8:58 AM 9:44 AM 10:24 AM 11:02 AM 11:42 AM 12:24 PM 1:09 PM 1:56 PM 2:43 PM 3:28 PM 4:08 PM 4:40 PM
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Time 10:19 PM 10:07 PM 9:45 AM 12:41 PM 2:03 PM 2:59 PM 3:47 PM 4:33 PM 5:16 PM 5:59 PM 6:41 PM 10:15 AM 11:01 AM 8:12 PM 8:38 PM
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Time 11:00 PM 11:02 PM 10:56 AM 12:49 PM 2:02 PM 2:58 PM 3:49 PM 4:39 PM 5:31 PM 6:25 PM 7:19 PM 8:08 PM 8:44 PM 9:08 PM 9:25 PM
Height 1.2H 1.2H 0.9H 1.0H 1.1H 1.3H 1.4H 1.5H 1.5H 1.5H 1.5H 1.5H 1.4H 1.3H 1.2H
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Time 5:36 PM 6:27 AM 6:52 AM 6:55 AM 8:54 AM 9:25 AM 9:34 AM 9:47 AM 10:12 AM 10:42 AM 11:23 AM 11:47 PM
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South Padre Island Date Time Nov 14 2:08 PM Nov 15 3:20 PM Nov 16 6:12 AM Nov 17 6:18 AM Nov 18 6:35 AM Nov 19 6:56 AM Nov 20 7:21 AM Nov 21 7:49 AM Nov 22 8:23 AM Nov 23 9:01 AM Nov 24 9:43 AM Nov 25 10:29 AM Nov 26 11:18 AM Nov 27 12:12 PM Nov 28 1:11 PM
East Matagorda Date Time Nov 14 12:59 AM Nov 15 12:06 AM Nov 16 12:15 AM Nov 17 12:35 AM Nov 18 12:42 AM Nov 19 12:02 AM Nov 20 12:20 AM Nov 21 12:43 AM Nov 22 12:54 AM Nov 23 12:01 AM Nov 24 12:12 AM Nov 25 1:17 PM Nov 26 1:59 PM Nov 27 12:13 AM Nov 28 12:37 AM
2:31 PM 3:06 PM
0.1L 0.1L
Time
11:40 PM
Time 8:59 AM 10:52 AM 1:51 PM
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Time
Height
Time
Height
1.0H
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5:46 PM 5:53 PM 5:31 PM
Time
Height
4:57 PM 6:20 PM 7:29 PM 8:30 PM 9:27 PM
0.8L 0.8L 0.9L 1.0L 1.0L
10:27 PM 10:51 PM 11:15 PM 11:35 PM 11:49 PM
1.0H 1.0H 1.0H 1.0H 1.1H
9:34 PM 7:19 PM 7:48 PM
1.2L 1.2H 1.1H
10:13 PM
1.1L
Time
Height
4:43 PM 6:00 PM 7:12 PM 8:23 PM
0.8L 0.9L 1.0L 1.1L
Time
Height
11:45 AM 12:23 PM 4:14 PM 4:54 PM 5:56 PM 7:13 PM 7:56 PM
0.3H 0.3H 0.3H 0.4H 0.4H 0.4H 0.5H
11:26 PM
0.5H
Time
0.4L 0.4L 0.4L
Time 11:05 PM 11:08 PM 11:03 PM 10:48 PM
Time 6:06 PM 6:17 PM 6:40 PM 9:32 PM 10:04 PM 10:19 PM 10:11 PM
Height
Height 1.1H 1.1H 1.1H 1.1H
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Date Nov 14 Nov 15 Nov 16 Nov 17 Nov 18 Nov 19 Nov 20 Nov 21 Nov 22 Nov 23 Nov 24 Nov 25 Nov 26 Nov 27 Nov 28
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HEROES J.R. Rodriguez of San Perlita with a 28-inch speckled trout he caught near Port Mansfield.
Adam Frederiksen, 18, caught his first-ever redfish near Aransas Pass on a top-water while fishing with Capt. James Sabo.
Mike Ray took this nice bow buck while hunting near Abilene.
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Josh Quintero of Little Elm took this 7-foot alligator at the JD Murphree WMA through a youth draw hunt.
Beau Pearson of Portland, Texas harvested this aoudad on October 1 during his first evening out this year on the Twister's Ranch in Llano County.
Edinburgh angler Jennifer Ramos hooked this bull redfish at the East Cut Sept. 7 using live shrimp.
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OUTDOOR PUZZLER ACROSS 1. Poacher’s interest 6. The midge 8. To scan an area for game 10. A dropped antler 12. A large antelope 13. A still hunting platform 17. Hunter usually has more than one 18. Act of removing flesh from carcass 19. A Florida deer species 21. The shoulder hide on a deer 23. Shells 27. The flusher 29. A deer species 30. Color worn by hunters for safety 33. A fishing lure
Deer hunter’s surprise
FOR THE TABLE
1 1/2 pounds venison, cubed 1 medium onion, chopped 1 medium green pepper, diced 1/2 pound mushrooms 1/2 stick butter 1 tsp. garlic salt Pepper Salt 1 package frozen Chinese vegetables 1, 8-ounce can brown gravy 2 tsp. soy sauce Cooked rice
Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion, pepper and mushrooms and simmer until soft. Add the meat, garlic salt, pepper and salt to taste. Stir together. Cover and simmer for 1 hour stirring occasionally. Add the veggies, gravy and soy sauce. Mix together. Cover and simmer for half an hour or until the veggies are tender. Serve over rice. — backwoodsbound.com
By Wilbur “Wib” Lundeen Solution on Page 33
34. Term for a type of deer drive 35. A shooting sport 38. Part of the fishline 40. Number of a day's catch allowed 41. A game's footprint 42. An animal's necessity 43. The ocean stingers DOWN 1. A long-legged wading bird 2. Act of destroying dead animals 3. Reading freshness of tracks 4. A gunsight cover 5. A shot consideration 7. To skin out a game 9. A type of deer drive 11. A cousin to the rabbit
14. Redhead, wigeon, teal 15. The gun safety 16. Nuisance to a shore fisherman 18. A part of a bow 19. Need a good one to dress out a game 20. A late winter activity 22. Describes a recent track 24. A very large member of deer family 25. To travel seasonally to new area 26. To take game illegally 28. Antelope graze on this 31. A deer food source 32. Game runways 33. Hunter's cold weather wear 36. Important for some fishing lures 37. To treat a hide 39. A buck’s mating dance
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milk and egg together and mix well. Rinse and dry fillets with paper towels. Take fillets and cover them completely with the flour mixture. Shake off any extra flour. Put floured fillets in egg wash covering the whole fillet. Then put them in the breadcrumbs and cover, completely shaking off any extra breadcrumbs. In a skillet, add oil and heat. You want the oil hot. Put fillets in and cook until golden brown. — crappie.com
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The look and feel of the gun shows the differences. The stock is redesigned — the pitch (angle) of the buttstock is moved forward at the toe to better fit a woman’s chest and shoulder and the Monte Carlo stock’s elevated comb keeps the cheek higher while keeping the heel of the stock low, accommodating a woman’s longer neck and sloped shoulder and helping keep the stock from hitting her cheek when shooting. “And finally, the stock is toed out,” Mauro said. “With the bottom of the stock farther away from the shoulder, it accounts for the difference in the woman’s unique anatomy.” Possibly the most noticeable changes are in the grip. “The grip is smaller to fit the woman’s hand,” Mauro said. “And the grip is moved forward so the woman’s shorter fingers can easily reach the trigger.” Rodriguez loved the changes when she shot the guns. “The smaller grip felt nice in my hand and the pitch of the stock felt so easy on the shoulder,” she said. Mauro said Rodriguez’s statement is similar to what she is hearing as she travels across the country. “We’ve had a tremendous response,” she
said. “Women put it to their shoulder and it is instantly more comfortable.” August Crocker of August M. Crocker Fine Guns in Austin, a Syren dealer, has fit guns for male and female shooters for years, and said fitting a woman with a man’s gun is difficult at best, not to mention costly. “The first shooting experience for women is usually a painful one,” he said. “The stock pitch is off and it’s not high enough so their cheek ends up black and blue, and when they put their hand on the pistol grip, they can’t reach the trigger, so the fit is uncomfortable from the beginning.” With the Syren line, Crocker said fitting the gun is a breeze. “It’s easy to fit women with this line,” he said. “You don’t have to change the primary dimensions of the gun.” Syren offers its Tempio Sporting Guns in 12-, 20- and 28-gauge over-and-under and semi-autos in 12 gauge. Field Guns include 20 and 28 gauge as well as combo models. “It’s a complete line for women hunters and target shooters,” Mauro said. “That’s why Syren is its own brand — our aim is to design the world’s greatest shotguns for women.”
SMALL HANDS: The small roses etched on the receiver of the Syren shotguns are the only visible signs the guns are made for women, but modifications to the stock and grip better fit a woman's longer neck and smaller hands. Photo by Craig Nyhus, Lone Star Outdoor News.
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SHOOT 'EM FIRST: Attendees sample a variety of guns at the Texas International Firearms Festival. Photo by Brian Hughes, for Lone Star Outdoor News.
Firearms festival touts “try before you buy” By Brian Hughes
For Lone Star outdoor newS For one price, shooters sampled a variety of guns and ammunition at the first annual Texas International Firearms Festival at the Best of the West Shooting Range in Liberty Hill. Billed as a shooting fair and “come and shoot it” event, the festival provided guns for testing and demonstration and new ammunition choices, all in the unique model of the opportunity to shoot a variety of guns, ammo included, for one fee. Manufacturers providing products for testing included Sig Sauer, Beretta, Barrett, ArmaLite, Henry Repeating Rifles, Lapua, Noveske, Springfield Armory, Slide Fire, SilencerCo, TrackingPoint and more, while Winchester Ammunition showed off its new ammunition offerings.
Shooters also could bring their own firearms to compare with the products offered at the show, while the NICS background check system was available for buyers, along with storage for firearms purchased while the buyers continued to shoot. The manufacturers held demonstrations followed by shooting sessions tailored to the shooter’s experience. While the long-range and .50 caliber stations were popular and lines were significant, lines moved swiftly at most of the other shooting stations. Event host and spokesperson Kirsten Joy Weiss, also the NRA Small-Bore champion, was please with the turnout. “For our first year I think this is great,” she said. “The venue is happy, the vendors are happy, and, most importantly, the attendees are happy.”
how much the buck they called Machete had grown, a mild family feud broke out. “I told them, ‘That’s my deer,’” Chancellor said. “The boys were like, ‘That’s a 200-inch deer.’ I told them, ‘I don’t care; that’s my deer.’ He was my deer to hunt until he grew five drop-tines, so we had to come up with a fair way to hunt the deer.” The family eventually ended up drawing straws, and the winner would have three days to hunt the buck, then each hunter would rotate every three days until someone got a shot. As luck would have it, Angel drew the longest straw and got first chance. “I hunted the buck three times in early October with no luck,” she said. “My fatherin-law got next crack. On his final day, he had a choice of stands to go to on opposite sides of the food plot. He picked one, and, of course, we got trail cameras of the buck right at dark at the other stand. He was 60 yards from the buck and never knew it.” After letting the property rest for a few weeks, the group headed back in mid-October. On the third morning of her second chance at the buck, Chancellor woke very early and got ready for her hunt. “I woke up about 3:30,” she said. “I took a shower, blow-dried my hair and got all of my Scent Lok stuff on. My husband is a scent Nazi, so I’ve kind of learned from him. Everyone was still asleep, but I decided to go by myself and leave really early. I got into the hay bale ground blind about 5:15 and a few deer blew out of the field. This morning felt different. I’d check my clock every few minutes and time was flying by in the dark. Daylight came, and I watched a young buck chasing does.” Chancellor was hunting a field edge with a strip of uncut corn between her ground blind and the woods. “I looked up and a doe and a yearling were eating in front of me,” she said. “She kept looking behind her and would hunch down like something was coming. I looked to my
right and just caught a glimpse of drop-tines on the edge of the cornrow. “I knew it was him.” As Machete walked toward the doe, Chancellor went into business mode. “I turned my Go Pro camera on, grabbed my bow, clipped on my release and went through my plan that I’ve gone over a hundred times in my head,” she said. “I decided I would shoot him at the first opportunity rather than try and get footage of the buck. It was very business-like. I had no buck fever yet. I came to full draw when he still had a few corn stalks to walk past. He came in perfectly broadside and stared at the blind for eight to 10 seconds. I waited for him to make one more step and he did — then I made a perfect shot and he took off crashing through the corn.” After sitting a while and getting a good case of the post-shot shakes, Chancellor called her husband. Repeatedly. “He was still asleep,” she said. “I called my father-in-law and he didn’t answer, either. We’d all made a pact that if someone shot the buck, they would wait for everyone to get there before tracking him.” Thankfully, Chancellor’s father-in-law called back quickly and handed the phone to his son. “Did y’all go hunting?” she asked. “No was the answer. I told them I had a little problem. Then I told them I’d killed Machete. There was a lot of cheering on the phone.” It took the boys about 30 minutes to reach the ground blind and the search was on. But it wasn’t a long search — Machete had died in the middle of the food plot 40 yards from where Chancellor had sent the 3-blade Rage broadhead into the buck. “He dropped a foot at the shot and I thought I might have hit him a little high,” Chancellor said. “It was Oct. 17 and I’d taken a huge buck. He weighed 325 pounds and the Freer Deer Contest scored him at 200 3/8 inches.”
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: Angel Chancellor with her 200-inch, free-range Kansas whitetail she took on Oct. 17. Photo by Lori Mccaffree, Exposures Photography.
More public hunting in Panhandle WMA? The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission today approved acceptance of a land donation to create the new 14,037Acre Yoakum Dunes Wildlife Management Area in Cochran, Terry and Yoakum Counties near Lubbock, providing a refuge for the threatened lesser prairie chicken and other native grassland birds and wildlife. It will take a few months to complete the land transfer to TPWD and create the new WMA. In June, Brandon Childers, formerly at Black Gap WMA, started work as the new biologist and WMA manager at
Yoakum Dunes. For the next year or two, he will lead department efforts to complete baseline surveys to assess natural and cultural resources, begin habitat management practices such as brush control and water improvements to benefit the lesser prairie-chicken and other grassland wildlife, and plan public use opportunities on the WMA. In coming years the agency plans to offer public recreational use of the WMA, including hunting, birding and other compatible recreation. However, decisions about what degree and how much of the WMA may be open to the public won’t be possible until after on-site resources are fully assessed. — TPWD
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The owners of Out of Africa Adventurous Safaris were charged with conspiracy to sell illegal rhinoceros hunts in South Africa in order to defraud American hunters, money laundering and secretly trafficking in rhino horns, announced Sam Hirsch, acting assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division. The indictment charges Dawie Groenewald, 46, and his brother, Janneman Groenewald, 44, both South African nationals, and their company Valinor Trading CC (Out of Africa Adventurous Safaris) with conspiracy, Lacey Act violations, mail fraud, money laundering and structuring bank deposits to avoid reporting requirements. According to the 18-count indictment, from 2005 to 2010, the Groenewald brothers traveled throughout the United States to attend hunting conventions and gun shows where they sold outfitting services and accommodations to American hunters to be conducted at their ranch in Mussina, South Africa. The defendants are charged with selling illegal rhino hunts by misleading American hunters. The hunters were told the lie that a particular rhino had to be killed because it was a “problem rhino.” Therefore, while no trophy could be legally exported, the hunters could nonetheless shoot the rhino, pose for a picture with the dead animal, and make record book entries, all at a reduced price. Meanwhile, the defendants are alleged to have failed to obtain necessary permits required by South Africa and cut the horns off some of the rhinos with chainsaws and knives. The indictment alleges that the defendants then sold the rhino horn on the black market. The American hunters have not been charged. — USFWS
Matthew Charles Kelly of Chesapeake, Virginia, reeled in the 32-pound fish Aug. 31 while fishing in the Gulf Stream south of Hatteras Inlet. The previous state record skipjack tuna weighed 22 pounds, 3 ounces, and was caught off Wrightsville Beach in 1979. The world record skipjack tuna weighed 45 pounds, 4 ounces and was caught off Baja California, Mexico in 1996. — NCDENR
Maine voters beat back antis on bear bill In a ballot initiative with national repercussions, Maine voters sent an unmistakable message to animal-rights groups: Stay out of our state. For the second time in 10 years, Maine voters resoundingly rejected a ballot initiative backed and bankrolled by the Humane Society of the United States. Throughout the battle on Question 1, which would have banned the use of bait, dogs and traps when bear hunting, sportsmen and professional wildlife managers who opposed the initiative continually maintained a double-digit lead in the polls. “This is a great victory for sportsmen. It shows that scientific wildlife management can withstand a direct attack from the wellfunded anti-hunting movement,” said Evan Heusinkveld, the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance's vice president of government affairs. “Despite pumping more than $2.5 million into this campaign, HSUS received a loud and clear message from Maine voters that their radical agenda is out of touch with modern wildlife management.” — USSA
Big kings landed at SKA Nebraska to auction two National Championship Catching one kingfish in the 60-pound bighorn sheep permits The Nebraska Game and Parks Board of Commissioners authorized one lottery and one auction bighorn sheep permit for 2015 at their meeting in Scottsbluff on Oct. 23. The lottery permit is for residents only, while the auction permit is available to residents and nonresidents. The last time the state approved two bighorn permits in one year was 2011. There is one lottery permit this year for the Dec. 2-22 season. Staff reported that of the approximately 390 bighorn sheep in the state, 29 rams in four established herds are at or near the desired age for hunting. Staff will assess ram availability and age structure in the four herds next summer and then decide which areas the permit holders will be allowed to hunt. — NGPC
CWD discovered in Ohio deer The Ohio Department of Agriculture and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources confirmed on October 23 the first positive case of Chronic Wasting Disease in the state in a captive deer herd in Holmes County. The state continues to take quarantine action to control the further spread of the disease. There is no evidence that CWD has affected the wild deer population in the state. The positive sample was taken from a single buck on a hunting preserve in Millersburg and tested as part of Ohio’s CWD monitoring program for captive whitetail deer operations. The preserve had been under quarantine since April 24, 2014, and was subject to intensive monitoring and sampling protocols because of a known connection to a captive deer operation in Pennsylvania that tested positive for CWD earlier this year. The state has quarantined 43 captive deer operations in Ohio since April 15, 2014 for receiving approximately 125 deer from operations in Pennsylvania that later tested positive for CWD. — ODA
North Carolina state record caught The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries has certified a new skipjack tuna state record.
range in a tournament is not uncommon, but in the Pro Division of the Southern Kingfish Association National Championship, team Sweet Caroline doubled the fun. The team landed a 62.5-pound king followed by another 60 pounder to top the 23-team field with 122.94 pounds. The championship touts itself as the world’s largest saltwater tournament trail, and welcomed 130 additional teams in the Open and Small Boat (23 feet or less) classes to the Golden Nugget Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. In the Open class, team Vengeance led by Capt. Clayton Kirby topped the 89-team field with two kingfish totaling 95.02 pounds. Team Hail Yeah led by Capt. Brian Aycock won the Small Boat class with two fish totaling 86.96 pounds. The Sarasota, Florida-based SKA holds tournaments from North Carolina around the Gulf Coast to Louisiana, and director Ben Wells said they are looking to return to holding events in Texas. — Staff report
New state record coho salmon in Idaho Idaho's first-ever season for sea-run coho salmon has spawned a new state record for the species, and perhaps a race to beat it. The season opened Oct. 17, and one enterprising angler, who was among the first to land a coho, realized the state record was there for the taking. Ethan Crawford, a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist who lives in Moscow, landed a female coho that weighed 9.4 pounds and was just under 31 inches long. That easily beats the state's current freshwater coho record of 6 pounds set by Ted Bowers of Cascade, who caught the fish from Cascade Reservoir in 1992. By all accounts, Crawford's fish is the largest ever documented to be harvested in a sport fishing season in Idaho. “It's kind of neat,” Crawford said of holding the record. “It's just cool we have this season and opportunity to catch coho.” — Eric Baker, Lewiston Tribune
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beautiful birds and environment speak for itself. This film was one I wasn’t ready to be over when the credits rolled. By the time Game of Inches had gotten past the introductions, it was clear that bowhunting was the major emphasis for this year’s tour. Seven of the nine showcased films were solely about bowhunting. I wasn’t sure if this was a deliberate selection, or if there just weren’t many options in the pot of films for 2014. Either way, Game of Inches beautifully described the story of a born bowhunter and a rifle hunter turned bowhunter, and their path to the woods. It was a clear reminder that, regardless of the method, hunting brings people together and brings out the best of them. Once again, the next film, 3 to Close, told the story of a Missouri family man traveling to Oregon to chase elk with a bow, and with only three days remaining in the season. The themes were the same — family, legacy, outdoors — but this film thrived in its shots of hunters chasing the elk. There were breathtaking shots of the hunters just a few yards from giant bulls, eventually taking advantage of their tag with only a day remaining in the season. By the time The Last Chase came into play, I have to admit I needed a break from the overly thoughtful form of filmmaking — this wasn’t the break I was looking for. While obviously well done, the film once again outlined a northern U.S. bowhunter chasing mountain lions with his hound, Hottie. The action began to drag with more and more introspective talk, and less and less relief. It was tough to imagine why the selection committee decided to throw two productions into the tour that were so similar. Following a well-needed intermission, the audience was treated to Into October. While it had the least-professional production overall, it was refreshing to see Bryan Huskey and Adam Haarberg chase bighorn sheep with rifles along the banks of the gorgeous Deschute River (they even had a shot
of a giant trout). This was the first movie that even attempted humor (and this one was funny), and poked fun at the other sponsorladen films by ending with “Nope, no sponsors” as the credits rolled. It was a highlight to laugh along with the other members of the audience at one of the most surprisingly enjoyable films of the tour, even if it wasn’t as polished as its counterparts. Now, back to the bowhunting. The Road to Gredos took us across the Atlantic to Spain, showcasing Jose Castresana’s effort to be the first Spaniard to accomplish the Spanish Ibex grand slam with a bow (Gredos Spanish Ibex, Beceite Spanish Ibex, Southeastern Spanish Ibex and Ronda Spanish Ibex). This addition to the tour had a great international flair, and a decidedly different tone compared to the other films. Narrated by Castresana, the subject matter did a great job of drawing a picture of the Gredos region of Spain, and definitely had me wanting to buy a plane ticket. The final film in the tour was Untamed. Once more a bowhunting showcase, Clay Hayes showed off his skill at the woodworking table crafting traditional bows, as well as his prowess in the field with the dated weapon. As a fly-fisherman, I could definitely relate to the production’s message: It’s not what you are hunting, it’s how you hunt it. Hayes had beautiful footage from blinds, including some great shots of whitetails from an aerial perspective. The tour was predominately positive, proving the hunting media industry has taken great strides in the past few years in terms of production. I appreciated that most of the entries took care when showing kill shots, but also didn’t try and dance around it — hunting is hunting. The filmmakers, at times, seemed to have too much influence on the product, making some of the impacts a bit too heavyhanded and redundant. But for those who attended, it was everything they were looking for: beautiful environments, intriguing subject matter, diverse animals and some of the coolest hunts you could ever imagine.
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Honking their way down More geese arriving as season progresses
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AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT: Hunters are seeing better numbers of geese as the migration moves south. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.
Game Warden wins award Game Warden John Thorne has been named Boating Law Enforcement Officer of the Year by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators. Thorne received the honor at the organization’s 55th annual conference, held this year in Bar Harbor, Maine. This year, 43 officers across the country were nominated for the national award. In conferring the honor, NASBLA noted that Thorne is the “go-to guy” with TPWD when it comes to boating while intoxicated/boating under the influence enforcement. He is also one of the agency’s few trained drug recognition experts. Thorne has filed or been directly involved in the filing of some 80 BWI/BUI cases during his 12-year career with the state. “Not only is Warden Thorne a master at identifying and arresting BWI violators, he can clearly and convincingly articulate the facts of the case,” said TPWD’s Boating Law Administrator Cody Jones. “His professionalism in handling these cases has resulted in an amazingly high conviction rate.” — TPWD
With a massive cold front blowing through Texas earlier this week, the goose hunting across the state should be taking a turn for the better. Hunters have mostly been shooting local geese during the first two weekends of the season. “We shot a bunch of specks (whitefronted geese) last week,” said Mike Lambert, owner of Muddy Water Outfitters near Wichita Falls. “Along with the specks, the cranes started arriving last week and the duck hunting has been fantastic. It seems like the specs usually get here early.” Lambert said he hasn’t seen many lesser Canada geese in North Texas, but expects a big push with the next cold front. “This time next week, I think we will be
seeing a lot of geese,” he said. Along the coast, hunters are seeing geese, but they are sporadic and tough to pattern and hunt consistently from one day to the next. “There are some pretty big flocks flying around,” said Michael Rezsutek, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Upper Coast waterfowl biologist. “They are mostly snows, with a few white-fronted geese in there, as well. It has been hit or miss, according to hunters.” Rezsutek said a lot of geese are flying back and forth between marshes and fields in Louisiana and Texas, and more are expected with the cold front. “We’ve got tons of food but we are running out of water,” he said. “We’ve had no significant rain in a while and with the north wind, it is pushing water out of the marshes and bays and also drying up fresh-
water ponds.” In West Texas, hunters are having good success over grain fields of cut corn and milo. “There are definitely quite a few between Cactus and Sunray,” said TPWD’s Panhandle biologist James Hoskins. “I saw large groups of snows with some Canadas mixed in. That is the biggest concentration I have seen. Lake Meredith is holding a bunch of geese and they are feeding in the fields to the east of Amarillo.” Hoskins said abundant water means geese should be sticking around throughout the season this year — something that hasn’t happened the past several years due to drought. “There is plenty of water and the grain is coming to harvest,” he said. “Hunters have been taking advantage of great hunting conditions with all of the food and water.”
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gotten the deer without the biologist pointing us in the right direction.” David agreed. “It was the most perfect hunt I’ve ever been a part of,” he said. “There was no baiting, no feeders, all free range and to have my son shoot a deer that would cost around $6,000 on a game ranch, it was just perfect.” Scates wasn’t the only lucky hunter to con-
nect on a deer. According to TPWD biologist Matt Symmank, 25 kids harvested 22 deer. “There was a 3-deer limit per youth hunter, so several kids shot multiple deer,” Symmank said. “The deer are really getting active right now.” Sixteen-year-old Calley Cole also connected on a great buck — a 5-year-old 8-pointer that scored 137 7/8 inches.
ANOTHER YOUNGSTER WITH A BIG BUCK: Calley Cole shows off the 137-inch 8-pointer she took on the youth hunt. Photo by Ron Cole.
TOWA, DEF announce essay contest The Texas Outdoor Writers Association and the Dallas Ecological Foundation are hosting a junior outdoor journalist adventure story writing competition for middle (grades 6-8) and high school (grades 9-12) students. Essays should focus on the writer's own outdoor adventure experience, which could
include hunting, fishing, hiking, camping or any other outdoor activity. For each prize level, there will be one middle school winner and one high school winner. Prizes include a laptop or tablet computer for the first place winners, $100 for the second place winners and $25 for the third place winners. The deadline for entries is midnight on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015. — TOWA
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USFWS acknowledges lion hunting helps lions
LION HUNTING HELPS LIONS: The USFWS has agreed that hunting is important for lion conservation. Photo by Lili Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.
Lots of data on Gulf available More than 2,400 researchers from 214 institutions have collected more than 18 terabytes of data from more than 200 scientific studies investigating life in the Gulf of Mexico. All of these studies, experiments, publications and datasets are part of the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information & Data Cooperative, allowing for Gulf researchers to collaborate in a way that's never been done before. “We have research on burrowing clams with hydrocarbon traces; jellyfish with a high tolerance for crude oil toxins; zoo plankton that react to oil dispersants; Gulf killifish with altered reproduction habits from environmental stressors. And that's just the beginning,” said Dr. Jim Gibeaut, Endowed Chair for Geospatial Sciences at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and the director of the data cooperative. — GRIIDC
Following a review of the best available scientific information, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing the African lion as threatened under the Endangered Species Act The agency rejected the claim that the African lion merited listing as an endangered species under the ESA. After a comprehensive review of the species status, which included information from the foremost lion researchers in the world, the FWS concluded that the African lion simply is not on the brink of extinction, but does face long-term threats to its survival. In addition to proposing ESA protections, the Service is also proposing a rule under section 4(d) of the ESA. The rule, if finalized, will establish a permitting mechanism for the importation of sporthunted lion trophies, provided that the
lions originate from countries with a scientifically sound management plan for African lions. Sport hunting was not found to be a threat to the species at this time. According to Ben Carter, executive director of the Dallas Safari Club, hunters play a major role in lion conservation, and he is waiting for the final decision from USFWS. “It is good to have continuing hunting for lions,” Carter said. “If lion hunting goes away, so do lions. The USFWS said hunting does play a valuable role in lion management.” When asked about the final wording of the rule after the comment period is over, Carter said, “It depends on any other attachments they add regarding huntable numbers. If there are a bunch of litPlease turn to page 30
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tle attachments (like with the recent elephant ruling), we won’t know what those will be until they publish the final rule.” This conclusion is a blow to the antihunting rhetoric put forward by organizations such as the Humane Society of the United States and International Fund for Animal Welfare, according to Safari Club International. “By rejecting an endangered listing, the FWS has officially recognized the reality that the African lions are not actually on the brink of extinction. More important, today's decision will likely help further the cooperative efforts of the African nations, and the many organizations and individuals who are working to study and ensure lion populations are sustainable today and into the future.” said Safari Club International Foundation President Joe Hosmer. “Given the outstanding
efforts of African governments in creating and maintaining protected strongholds for a large majority of the lion population, it is doubtful that the Service will be able to defend its conclusion that the lion is threatened with extinction in the foreseeable future.” USFWS will now collect comments from the public in response to their proposed new regulations. Conservationists around the world should be encouraged to participate in the public comment period, according to SCI. The Service is seeking comments from the public for 90 days regarding information pertaining to the African lion. The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register, Oct. 29, and comments must be received by January 27, 2015. — Staff report
NOT WORRIED ABOUT MUCH: Lions still have solid numbers in Africa, and allowing hunting keeps land available for them to roam. Photo by Lili Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.
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REDHEADS ON THE COAST: Coastal hunters are seeing the arrival of redheads and waiting for more ducks to show up. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.
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12 groups hunting.” Steele said more than 80 percent of the ducks shot were blue-winged teal. North Texas hunters were pleasantly surprised, as well, during the opening weekend. Gregory Shamoun, Dick Sayles and Jeff Roberts — along with their dog, Chance — took to the water on a ranch in Ellis County. "It was literally spectacular," Shamoun said. "We were absolutely swamped, and they just kept coming back. We were inundated with ducks — probably the best opening weekend we've ever had out there." He said ducks took notice of the decoys at first light, and all hunters limited for the morning. While they didn't see any teal, the hunters noted plenty of gadwall, wigeon, pintails and mallards. As soon as the breeze started leaving some ripples on the water, they let the lead fly. In Kaufmann County, hunters reported a solid opening weekend shooting teal, wigeon and gadwall. “In Crandall, we did really well on opening weekend,” said Reed Foster of Cut ‘em Down Outfitters. “We heard that lots of
people didn’t do so well opening weekend, but that didn’t match up to our scouting and hunting. We shot a 3-man limit on Saturday and a 4-man limit on Sunday.” Foster said teal and wigeon dominated the opening day bag, but huge flocks of gadwall came in on the second day of the season. “We had a huge group of gadwall come in that also had about a dozen shovelers and one pintail,” he said. “It was the strangest group of birds we’ve ever seen.” During the second weekend of the season, hunters experienced better success than the first week. According to TPWD biologist James Hoskins in the Panhandle, duck numbers are still a little low for this time of year, but he has seen a bunch of birds moving in ahead of the big cold front this week. On the coastal WMAs, hunters are having good success as the season moves into the third week. Hunters on the J.D. Murphree WMA are averaging more than three ducks per sit — a great average for public land. — Staff report
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Husband and wife star in Reel Shot Outdoors Ever thought about traveling with your wife or significant other around the country hunting and fishing? It seems like a great idea and most hunters would jump at the chance. If you can’t do that, the next best thing might be to watch Brandon and Jodie Carter, stars of Reel Shot Outdoors, as they travel, hunt and hang out together chasing big deer and turkeys. The show airs on the Pursuit Channel. Brandon and Jodie narrate the show themselves, and their southern twang comes through in a big way. That’s not a bad thing for hunters from the South, though. Lots of personality defines this hunting pair, and they have some competitive banter to prove it. But at the end of the day, the viewer is left with the impression that these two are a great team in front and behind the camera. The production quality of this show isn’t as high as some of the more polished shows out there — many of the scenes feel as if they are shot with a high-quality handheld video camera, often from the backseat of a traveling car or in a store purchasing hunting licenses. One of the things I liked about the show is the unique camera angles they employ — from the tops of decoys to cameras mounted on bows. Reel Shot Outdoors doesn’t shy away from kill shots — some people don’t mind that but we think they can be more tastefully done. The pair also never fails to mention the products they use. Again, some people don’t mind this (mostly NASCAR fans) but some find it a little annoying. Overall, this show is well-done, well-produced and gives the viewer some interesting hunts with a husband/wife team — not a bad show at all. — Conor Harrison
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