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❘❚ FISHING

Texas anglers caught a lot of bass in October on just about anything from shaky head worms to crankbaits.

Manners, please Ethics lacking on the coast, some guides say.

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Downsized buzzbaits Rig helps nab shad-crazed bass.

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Could be worse Experts surprised more fish aren’t choking on red tide.

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❘❚ HUNTING

Trophy minus guide Dallas-area engineer gets his moose on a do-it-yourself hunt.

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East TX strikes again Game warden harvests trophy buck.

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Shad tricks prevail in fall bass bite

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Shad patterns, however, were most effective.

Randy Conover of Rockwall said he recently caught a large-

mouth weighing 6-7 pounds with a topwater lure on Lake Ray Hubbard east of Dallas.

But Conover said he

has also had success with shaky head worms and curly tail worms, fishing See FALL BASS, Page 21

Texas wild game processors say deer are reasonably healthy

By Bill Miller LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS With poor range conditions dominating headlines this year, wild game processors in Texas expected to see scrawny deer harvested by bowhunters.

But after the archery season got underway Oct. 1, meat cutters were surprised to see a lot of healthy deer.

The processors said the healthiest deer came from high-fenced ranches that have been well stocked with protein feeders.

But they also reported decent animals from lowfence properties. Gun hunters on ranches enrolled in the Managed Lands Deer Permit program have also brought in healthy deer.

“It looks like a normal year without a drought,” said Ronnie Otto, owner of Country Slaughter House in Victoria. “I haven’t seen anything come in all skin and bones.

“I got some in last week that we trimmed quite a bit of fat off the hams. I assume some have been under the feeder.”

In West Texas, Bobby Miller of Miller Meat Company in Fort Stockton, said most of the deer so far have been quite lean.

See WILD GAME, Page 16

SURPRISE: Wild game processors believe deer are coming to feeders because range conditions have been scorched by the hot, dry summer. Animals with normal bodyweights have been delivered by bowhunters, meat cutters said. The “gun” season starts Nov. 5. Photo

by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

Catch-andrelease bobs Don’t shoot quail, proponent says YELLOWFIN FEVER: Tuna are being caught trolling out to 40 miles along the southern coast and midcoast anglers are targeting them near oil rigs 100 miles offshore. Photo by LSON.

By Bill Miller LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS Hunt but don’t shoot.

That’s what one quail advocate is urging fellow upland game hunters to do this season, Oct. 29-Feb. 26, in Texas.

Charles Hodges, Dallas businessman, is co-founder of Quail Tech Alliance at his alma mater, Texas Tech University.

TIPPING POINT: A Dallas businessman is challenging fellow hunters not to shoot quail this season to help dwindling populations rebound. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

See BOBS, Page 21

Tuna action offshore

By Conor Harrison LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS Tuna fishing in the early fall usually heats up in October.

But this year, the bite may have come a little earlier along the South

Texas coast.

“I got into them Saturday (Oct. 22), but it is starting to slow down,” said South Padre captain Todd Lohry.

See TUNA, Page 23

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HUNTING

Do-it-yourself moose Self-guided hunt nets trophy, satisfaction

HARD-WON TROPHY: Isto Pöllänen of Richardson proudly shows the moose he downed Sept. 13 in Southwestern Alaska. The self-guided hunt was affordable, but physically demanding. Photo by Isto Pöllänen.

Lots of ducks, but they may not stop

LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS A record number of ducks could be making their way into Texas this year.

The big question is … will they stop?

“It’s not looking very good,” said Michael Rezsutek, a Texas

Parks and Wildlife Department biologist for the Texas coast. “We are still way behind on rainfall. A few ponds inland on private land could be productive, but it is really salty along the coast.”

Rezsutek said food production See LOTS OF DUCKS, Page 19

The bull moose responded to calls, but daylight dissolved over the Alaskan wilderness. No matter.

Isto Pöllänen, an engineer from Richardson and native of Finland, returned to his camp on the Tikchik River in Southwestern Alaska.

He knew that come sunup, he’d be back at this remote spot, although the next day, Sept. 13, would be cold and rainy.

But Isto, 38, was prepared.

A do-it-yourself Alaskan moose hunt, he explained, takes about a year to plan, making travel arrangements, buying food and fine-tuning equipment.

Isto, however, had already spent a lifetime outdoors.

“My parents tell me my father took me hunting when I was 2 years old,” Isto said.

“He had to watch me, but he wanted to go snowshoe hare hunting, so he had no choice but to take me.”

As a teen, Isto pursued upland game, including black grouse and the massive capercaillie which weighs up to 10 pounds and has tail feathers like a Rio Grande turkey.

He moved to the Dallas area in 1998 to be a design engineer for Nokia. Coworkers invited him to go deer

hunting and he was hooked on big game.

Isto, now a managing engineer for TriQuint in Richardson, is a member on a deer lease in Erath County. Alaska, however, is his favorite hunting destination.

He made three hunts there since 2006, but didn’t fill a moose tag.

Isto got busy planning a fourth trip for this year, but his rifle, a Sako 75 Finnlight chambered in 7mm Remington Magnum, wasn’t grouping satisfactorily.

He went to the new Cabela’s store in Allen where he consulted Mike Moody in the gun department. Together they figured out that the chamber and barrel were not concentric, so Isto had the Sako rebarreled.

Moody, meanwhile, helped Isto develop “a good accurate load” that included 168-grain bullets from Berger.

“We became good friends,” Isto said of Moody. “I absolutely love reloading. I love achieving accuracy.”

On Isto’s fourth Alaskan trip, Lauri Junttila, a fellow Finn who also settled in the Dallas area, joined him.

A bush pilot dropped them off with two rubber boats in the 1.6 million-acre WoodTikchik State Park.

For 13 days they

See MOOSE, Page 6

Opinions on harvesting does varies by region LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS

By Conor Harrison

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Shoot early? Late? Not at all?

By Conor Harrison

SHOOT THEM QUICK: Duck hunting during the first split could be great, but hunters should concentrate on killing birds early. A lack of water and, more importantly, a lack of food. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

By Bill Miller

Depending on where you hunt in Texas, the timing of shooting does for herd management will differ, according to several experts.

In South Texas, Dr. Charles DeYoung, research scientist and professor emeritus for the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, said landowners should refrain from shooting a lot of does this year.

DeYoung said he has flown numerous ranches in South Texas this year and said the fawn crop has not been as bad as expected — and those babies still need their mothers in November.

“It’s not as bad as you think,” he said. “I’ve been seeing 30 to 40 percent recruitment on ranches that don’t feed. Fawns in South

Texas aren’t weaned until November, so if you shoot does early, you could be orphaning a fawn before they are weaned.”

Therefore, DeYoung said he wouldn’t shoot a lot of does in South Texas.

But if removing does is part of a management plan, he recommended taking them later in the season to ensure fawns are weaned.

“In a drought year, there is still a large amount of poor quality food,” he said. “If you take your does out, you don’t help the other deer.

“The only reason to reduce the population would be to help the other deer, and we don’t see that happening.”

In the Hill Country, the situation is the opposite, according to Mike Krueger, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department district biologist for the Edwards Plateau.

“Due to the current

EARLY AND OFTEN: Biologists are telling hunters to shoot does early and often this year, especially on ranches where range conditions are poor. In South Texas, landowners might want to take a different approach. Photo by LSON.

range conditions, we are promoting landowners to reduce the numbers of all herbivores on their range, starting with live-

stock and working on down,” Krueger said.

“Destocking wildlife via the gun is a good thing See SHOOT EARLY, Page 6

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Game warden bags true trophy on public land

By Conor Harrison LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS John Thorne was sitting in his stand the morning of Oct. 13 in a familiar spot near the Trinity River in East Texas.

Thorne had been a wildlife biologist for three years at the Richland Creek Wildlife Management Area in Freestone County before becoming a game warden, and knew the property held potential for big bucks.

Still, what stepped out at 30 yards that morning still has him shaking his head.

“I figured because of the drought the deer would be using the river,” he said. “I found a spot where the deer trails looked like a herd of bison had gone through. I decided to grunt a little bit, and two minutes later I looked to my left and caught movement.

“All I saw was a piece of a deer, but I could tell it was a buck and that he was heavy.”

The deer stood silently for a few WHOPPER FOR WMA: Freestone County Game Warden John Thorne holds the 177-inch brute he minutes, which seemed like an shot Oct. 13 at the Richland Creek WMA. Thorne knew the area from his years as a biologist, eternity for Thorne, who patrols and wasn’t surprised that the property held a buck of this size.

Freestone County.

Thorne still wasn’t sure what he Still not realizing just how big the “He finally came out from behind had shot, and after mistaking a 125- buck was, Thorne went to the check the tree and I thought, ‘Oh, my gosh,’ inch deer last year for a 140-inch buck, station to register the deer. he might be as big as a buck my brother“They started scoring him and he wasn’t going to tell anyone just yet. in-law killed that was in the 150s,” he they got 177,” he said. “Those guys “I took a picture of the deer and sent said. “I had one shooting lane and I it to (Jeff) Gunnels (the WMA direc- are prone to mess with me, so I stopped him when he got there. tor),” Thorne said. “I said reviewed the score sheet. I then had “I shot him and didn’t get I thought he’d be in the to go sit down. It was so exciting, and a full pass-through. He took 140s. My brother-in-law I couldn’t think of another place I off running and went about was hunting near me and would have rather shot that deer.”

46 yards before he fell over.

■ LONE STAR TROPHY According to Gunnels, another he saw the deer and said he “I waited about 30 minTRACKER: page 14 thought he would score in utes trying not to fall out of ■ HEROES: page 15 the 160s. I didn’t believe it.” the tree.”

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Early rut hitting along coast

By Conor Harrison LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS A hunter perched in tripod stand on a recent early morning in DeWitt County did not believe what he was seeing.

It was Oct. 16, and the temperature was headed to the mid-80s on this ranch about 60 miles from the coast.

But why was an eightpoint buck acting like it was late fall or early winter?

“This guy took off running,” said the hunter, Lone Star Outdoor News Editor Bill Miller. “But then I saw he had a doe out in front of him.

“It was clear they weren’t running from something; he was chasing her in big, wide circles. I thought, ‘This can’t be right.’’’

Perhaps the buck was chasing the doe just to chase her. Or maybe the early rut, known to happen on the Coastal Plains, was in full swing.

Unlike northern states, the white-tailed deer rut in the South doesn’t fit into a neat, two-week window.

Across Texas, the rut occurs from October to January, depending on where in the state you hunt. These periods are fol-

lowed closely by hunters because love-struck bucks tend to be less cautious and, thus, easier to hunt.

Mid-December is the magical time in deep South Texas. Late October and early November are prime time in much of the Hill Country and mid-November is the time deer hunters covet in the northern parts of the state.

However, one region heats up in early October — the coastal prairies.

“Deer react and adapt to local conditions,” said Dr. Charles DeYoung, research scientist and professor emeritus for the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute. “This early rut could be an adaptation to local conditions for hundreds of years.”

DeYoung said it is common for Southern states to have localized ruts. He also said the rut tends to be spread out more in areas closer to the equator.

“I worked on several ranches that were 20 miles apart (in the coastal plains area),” he said. “The rut occurred a month and a half apart on the ranches.

Why you have a month or two-month difference is not completely understood.”

It just depends on where you are.

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Moose Continued From Page 4

HEADED HOME: Isto Pöllänen paddles to a rendezvous with an bush pilot following his successful do-it-yourself Alaskan moose hunt in September.

He credits Mike Moody of Cabela’s in Allen for helping fine-tune his rifle and ammunition for the challenging hunt. Photo by Isto Pöllänen.

Shoot early Continued From Page 4

this hunting season.

“Do it early and don’t be conservative this year.”

Krueger said it was important for the range that herbivore numbers are reduced this year in the Hill Country.

“Be very liberal in reducing numbers,” he said. “If you don’t, the plants won’t have a chance to replenish. Cool season plants are just starting to grow, but if we don’t have more rain, they won’t make it if deer nip them as they come up.”

Krueger said orphaning fawns shouldn’t be a problem in the Hill Country.

“All of the fawns out there are very capable of supporting themselves right now,” he said.

“The big concern is the lack of plants out there.”

Farther north, Mike Miller, TPWD technical guidance biologist in Stephenville, said hunters should kill does this year, but only up to the number of does on the management plan for the property they hunt.

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“I think it’s pretty common to have a knee-jerk reaction to the harsh conditions,” Miller said. “(Hunters) often take their foot off the accelerator, but in most situations, this is a perfect time to reduce overall numbers.

“This year, with deer coming to feeders much better than last year, is a great a time to reach harvest quotas.

“Remove mouths from the herd where you can, but I don’t recommend going crazy and going beyond the set harvest quotas.”

floated down Upnuk Lake and 60 miles of the Tikchik River, stopping to camp and hunt.

Half the trip passed through treeless tundra; the remainder was below tree line, surrounded by lots of spruce.

They spotted brown bears, but kept safe distances.

It was a rainy 35 degrees when Isto returned to the spot where the moose returned his call. He called again and the bull rose from the brush.

The distance was at least 300 yards, but it would be another hour and a half before he could take a shot.

Isto explained that a legal bull in Alaska has to have an outside spread of at least 50 inches. But just when he was sure the bull was legal it wandered out of sight.

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“It went down with one shot.”

Isto later ranged the lung shot at 378 yards. The rack measured 67 inches and the bull’s weight was estimated at 2,000 pounds.

The hunters labored for 10 hours to field dress the moose and pack its quarters, but that brought more satisfaction, and savings.

Isto said a guided moose hunt tops out at $18,000, but he did it on his own for about $3,000.

“The most important thing is to prepare yourself mentally,” Isto said. “Taking care of yourself, your campsite and equipment is very demanding.

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FISHING

Ethics slipping in coastal waters, some guides say

By Ralph Winingham FOR LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS Cruising into one of his “honey holes” at Baffin Bay, Capt. Ron Behnke had barely drifted to a stop when another boat flashed into view.

The spot had produced good fishing for more than 16 years, but Behnke realized he was about to share it.

“Another guide had been hiding in a side channel looking for where I would stop,” Behnke said.

He raced over to Behnke’s location, snapped his GPS and sped away, Behnke said.

The other boat’s wake and disturbance scattered any fish in the area and forced the veteran guide to find another spot for his clients.

“There are so many part-timers and newcomers out on the water now that don’t know how to find fish and are trying to make a reputation off someone else’s back,” Behnke said. “The problem is getting worse — everyone used to have more ethics.”

Guides report that unethical, unsafe and possibly illegal actions by other guides and weekend fishermen seem to be escalating. Some say that the quest for saltwater fishing revenue has become a battle on the bays.

There have been reports of guides running through fishing spots with their boats, cutting lines with their props or coming between guides’ boats and schools of redfish or black drum.

While there have been some heated verbal exchanges, no physical confrontations have been reported to authorities.

Very few of the boaters experiencing the problems are willing to be identified and none, to date, have filed a complaint JUDGMENT: Knowing how close is close enough without violating saltwater fishing ethics or engaging in possible illegal activity seems to be a growing problem as guides and weekend boaters battle to get the most from dwindling entertainment dollars. Photo by Ralph Winingham for LSON.

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Small buzzbait on spinning tackle effective in fall

By Alan Clemons FOR LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS During autumn when bass are feeding on shad in the backs of creeks or maybe schooling in deeper areas, short strikes can be a problem.

Buzzbaits and spinnerbaits do a great job of mimicking a little shad on top or a group of them underneath, but sometimes a bass doesn’t play fair by swiping or knocking at it.

And there are times when it seems the bass are so voraciously attacking the shad they can’t slow down long enough to eat.

They slash at skirts or blades, erupt behind a buzzbait and miss, resulting in frustration.

“Early autumn, when fishing is a little bit on the tough side, I’ll have one of my favorite rigs tied on for covering water, which is a small buzzbait on spinning tackle,” said Mark Davis of Arkansas, the 1995 Bassmaster Classic and Angler of the Year.

Davis uses a 1/8-ounce Strike King ProModel buzzbait on a 7-foot medium-heavy spinning rod with 30-pound test braid and a No. 1 trailer hook.

That may sound, well, a bit on the light side for big bass.

But remember the fish are chasing 3-inch shad — about the size of that buzzbait — and even with the mediumheavy rod, the braided line is a workhorse.

“You can make long casts and cover a lot of water with that setup and in autumn, that can be critical,” Davis said. “It really is one of my favorite baits in autumn.

When they’re biting well, you catch every one of them on that braid. It’s a machine.” DOUBLE TRAILER HOOKS: Arkansas angler Mark Davis shows off one of his favorite early autumn rigs: A buzzbait with trailer When the water tempera- hooks. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News. tures cool down a bit, Davis For subtlety in autumn, he prefers a triyou can get into those shallow areas. switches gears and upsizes to a 1/2- or 5/8“The blade and heavy bait helps in mak- wing buzzbait with a white or pearl grub ounce Strike King Pro-Model buzzbait. He ing that long cast, and then you can get the and no skirt. said the size doesn’t make a difference and, “The cool thing about this bait is the with the colder water, he can slow it down if bait running good when it gets to the fish.” slower you retrieve it, the louder it is,” he Veteran pro Mark Menendez of Kentucky necessary to mimic a big shad waking along. also is no stranger to autumn buzzbaits and said. “But if you speed it up, then it has But he’ll try the speedy approach first.

“You don’t really need a broom handle for spinnerbaits. One of his tactics with the a high-pitched purr. It can be very quiet a rod, either,” he said. “I use a medium-action latter in clear Northern lakes is to add two and subtle, and casts extremely well. And I rod so I can make long casts to shallow water or three trailer hooks, which could be an always put a trailer hook on the back of it, typically a 1/0 hook.” and the heavier buzzbait is the kind of lure option for buzzbaits.

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Red tide covers wide area, but fish kills could be worse

By Bill Miller LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS

WE’VE GOT A WINNER: Ryan Herzog holds the 7-pound bass that helped him win the ACK Fishing Challenge Oct. 16 in Austin. Photo by Ryan Herzog.

ACK tournament a big success

By Conor Harrison LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS The night before the Austin Canoe and Kayak Fishing Challenge, Ryan Herzog’s 5-year-old daughter told him matter-of-factly: “Daddy, you're going to win the fishing contest tomorrow because I wished upon a twinkle star for you.”

With an endorsement like that, the tournament Oct. 16 was pretty much over before it began.

Herzog won the competitive division of the tournament with a five-fish limit that had a total length of 99.75 inches.

He bested close to 60 anglers on Lady Bird Lake in Austin.

The 34-year-old angler from Buda was fishing out of his Wilderness Systems Ride 135.

“It’s stable, has plenty of room for all of my gear, tracks extremely well and is just an all-around fishing machine,” Herzog said.

A cool morning warmed up to the mid-80s by midafternoon, and Herzog boated his fish using a variety of strategies.

“I started early off throwing a craw worm up in 3 feet of water and taking it down to about 8 feet,” he said. “I stag-

gered this with a square-billed crankbait over rocks in about the same depths. I caught most of my 20 or so fish this way.

“About 10:30 a.m., when the sun got high, I fished deeper water with the craw worm and swapped the square-bill for a Norman DD22. I added a Carolina rig with a magnum fluke to the mix and ended up catching a 23.25-inch 6-pounder and a 24-inch 7-pounder within a few minutes of each other in 20 feet of water.”

See KAYAK SUCCESS, Page 23

The Fall 2011 red tide event on the Texas Gulf Coast is huge geographically, but state biologists say it could be worse.

Red-tinged alga blooms started appearing along the coast in early September.

By the last week of October, red tide had popped up at various spots from Galveston all the way down to Port Isabel. It has been detected in Matagorda, Lavaca, San Antonio, Espiritu Santo, Aransas and Corpus Christi bays.

An estimated 3 million fish, mostly baitfish, have turned up dead since September, and more were expected at the end of October.

Experts, however, could not explain why they weren’t seeing more.

“Geographically, it’s a large bloom,” said Meridith Byrd, a biologist for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. “But the fish kill is not as bad as it could be.”

Byrd said 3 million fish is fairly low, “considering the geographic expanse of the bloom.”

“I would say it’s the largest we’ve had in geographic scope since the year 2000 when we had it up and down the entire coast as well, but it killed somewhere in tens of millions of fish,” Byrd said. “We’re just not there yet.”

So far, most of the dead fish have been striped mullet — about 2 million —and 387,000 scaled sardines, Byrd said.

She noted, however, that thousands of game fish have also died, including at least 7,000 speckled trout, 3,700 red drum, and 120 flounder.

“Even when you add in black drum and snapper, those, collectively, don’t add up to 1 percent of the entire event,” Byrd said. “That’s probably a statement on the proportion of fish out there, that there are a lot more mullet than red drum, for example.”

It’s safe to eat fish caught live during a red tide event because the toxin hat the alga produces stays in the organs, not the meat of the fish, Byrd said.

Oysters are a different story, however, because they absorb the toxins completely. Byrd said this might limit the oyster season scheduled to start Nov. 1.

Red tides also produce aerosols that irritate the human respiratory system.

The alga blooms are expected to retreat when weather gets consistently cooler, possibly around Thanksgiving, Byrd said.

Meanwhile, the loss of 3 million baitfish isn’t expected to harm game fish, said Mark Fisher, science director for the TPWD Coastal Fisheries Division.

“It may sound like a lot, but the reality is, this is hardly a dent in the mullet population,” Fisher said.

“These red tides really are more of nuisance than anything. The aerosols are unpleasant and they keep people off the beaches during some of the best weather of the year.”

Capt. Mike Perryman of South Padre Island, who guides on the Lower Laguna Madre, said he believes the worst has passed.

“Red tide pretty much is 95 percent over, and it hasn’t affected the bay hardly at all,” he said. “Even the aerosol is pretty much gone.

“I have not seen a game fish dead from red tide and we’ve fished every day.”

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HOT BITES LARGEMOUTH BASS

ATHENS: Good on Texas-rigged worms, shaky heads and shallow crankbaits.

BROWNWOOD: Very good on 4” redbug and watermelon worms and Bass Hogg inline buzz frogs over brush piles.

CANYON LAKE: Good on Pop R’s and top-waters along the edges of grass, and on Texas-rigged red flake worms along break lines and ledges.

FALCON: Very good on crankbaits and jigs in 12 feet.

LAVON: Good on Texas-riggged creature baits, top-waters and squarebilled crankbaits.

WHITE, HYBRID, STRIPER

BELTON: Water murky; 73–76 degrees; 10.87’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on light-colored spinnerbaits in coves. Hybrid striper are good on live shad early.

BUCHANAN: Striped bass are good drifting live bait and on watermelon plastic swim baits near Lighthouse Point early.

RAY HUBBARD: White bass are excellent on humps in 17–23 feet with hybrids mixed in.

TAWAKONI: White bass are excellent on white slabs and tailspins — schooling on points early and late.

CATFISH

BRAUNIG: Channel catfish are excellent on shrimp, cut bait, and nightcrawlers near the dam.

GRANBURY: Good on stinkbait, shrimp, and hot dogs.

LAKE O' THE PINES: Good on cut shad.

TAWAKONI: Excellent in deep water drifting cut bait and fresh shad.

WHITNEY: Good on shrimp, and stinkbait and live bait.

CRAPPIE FALCON: Very good on white and white/blue jigs.

RAY ROBERTS: Very good on jigs and minnows in brush in 20–25 feet.

ALAN HENRY: Water lightly stained; 72–75 degrees; 7.23’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on Zara Spooks early, later switching to Texas rigs, spinnerbaits and Rat–L–Traps.

AMISTAD: Water clear; 72–75 degrees; 7.01’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, crankbaits, jigs, soft plastics, and spinnerbaits.

Catfish are good on cheesebait, shrimp, and nightcrawlers over baited holes. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines, droplines, and throwlines baited with live perch.

ARROWHEAD: Water off-color; 72–74 degrees; 8.3’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters early, later switching to Texas rigs, spinnerbaits and weightless flukes. White bass are good on slabs and minnows.

Catfish are good on prepared bait.

CANYON LAKE: Water clear; 69–73 degrees; 9.02’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Pop R’s and top-waters along the edges of grass, and on Texas-rigged red flake worms along break lines and ledges. Yellow and blue catfish are good on trotlines and juglines baited with live goldfish and perch.

CEDAR CREEK: Water lightly stained; 80–84 degrees; 7.23’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on Texas rig worms, shaky heads and finesse jigs around docks. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid stripers are

good on juglines baited with shad.

Yellow catfish are good on trotlines baited with live perch.

GRAPEVINE: Water clear; 79–85 degrees; 4.67’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged worms, finesse jigs and top-waters along main lake points. Crappie are good on minnows.

White bass are good on top-waters and Rat–L–Traps. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers and cut shad.

HOUSTON COUNTY: Water clear; 74– 78 degrees; 3.43’ low. Largemouth

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ATHENS: Water clear, 79–84 degrees; 5.32’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged worms, shaky heads and shallow crankbaits. Main lake points have been best. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on prepared bait.

BELTON: Water murky; 73–76 degrees; 10.87’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on light-colored spinnerbaits in coves. Hybrid striper are good on live shad early. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines baited with small perch.

BRAUNIG: Water clear. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and watermelon soft plastic worms.

Channel catfish are excellent on shrimp, cut bait, and nightcrawlers near the dam.

BRIDGEPORT: Water clear; 79–84 degrees; 12.03’ low. Largemouth bass are good on shallow-running crankbaits in shad patterns, Skinny Dipper swimbaits and Texas-rigged Jackall Sasuteki Craws around main lake docks in 8–12 feet. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid striper are good on slabs.

BROWNWOOD: Water lightly stained; 73–77 degrees; 15.30’ low.

Largemouth bass are very good on Grande Bass 4” redbug and watermelon Trickster worms and Bass Hogg inline buzz frogs over brush piles. Hybrid striper are good trolling spinnerbaits and hellbenders. White bass are good on Li’l Fishies. Crappie are good on Li’l Fishies and minnows. Channel catfish are good on cut bait, stinkbait, and nightcrawlers over baited holes. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines baited with perch and worms in 5–14 feet.

BUCHANAN: Water clear; 70–74 degrees; 30.82’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on red shad flukes, perch colored top-waters, and wacky-rigged watermelon Whacky Sticks off points early. Striped bass are good drifting live bait and on watermelon plastic swim baits near Lighthouse Point early.Yellow and blue catfish are good on juglines and trotlines baited with goldfish and perch upriver.

CADDO: Water stained; 79–85 degrees; 1.76’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged creature baits and shallow crankbaits around isolated cover early. Yellow bass are good on minnows.

CALAVERAS: Water clear. Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon spinnerbaits and crankbaits near the dam. Redfish are good on perch along the shoreline. Channel and blue catfish are good on shrimp, cheesebait and shad near the discharge.

NAVARRO MILLS: Water stained; 73– 76 degrees; 4.06’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on minnows from docks.

White bass are good on chartreuse Rat–L–Traps. Crappie are good on minnows over brush piles and off docks in 12–15 feet. Channel catfish to 2 pounds are good on cut shad and doughbait from the banks in Liberty Hill Park. Blue catfish are good on trotlines baited with live bait. Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines baited with cut shad.

O.H. IVIE: Water stained; 71–75 degrees; 36.7’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on clear Zara Spooks early, later switching to Rat–L–Traps, Senkos and Texas rigs. White bass are fair to good on Rooster Tails and slabs.

PALESTINE: Water lightly stained; 79–84 degrees; 6.03’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on shallow crankbaits, spinnerbaits and bladed jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on prepared bait.

BASTROP: Water clear; 72–75 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on Rat–L–Traps and live minnows.

Crappie are good on minnows and white tube jigs.

BOB SANDLIN: Water lightly stained; 80–84 degrees; 8.63’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair to good on black/blue jigs, shaky heads with finesse worms and shallow-running crankbaits. Crappie are good on live minnows. White bass are good on Humdingers and top-waters. Catfish are fair to good on trotlines or juglines with Redneck’s Catfish Bait Soap. Barefoot Bay and Titus County Park are the only usable ramps.

LIVINGSTON: Water fairly clear; 72– 75 degrees; 3.79’ low. Largemouth bass are good on soft plastics and crankbaits. Blue catfish are good on juglines baited with shad.

Monticello Reservoir Anglers reported good bass fishing the past week at this popular power plant lake. Anglers caught loads of bass up to 7 pounds in deeper water (15 feet) using Carolina-rigged worms and drop-shot rigs. Water temperature has been between 73 and 83 degress, depending on where in the lake you fish. Guides described the fishing as good quantity and good quality being caught. Photo by David J. Sams, LSON. good on live shad.

CHOKE CANYON: Water clear; 72–76 degrees; 10.87’ low. Largemouth bass are good on pumpkinseed soft plastic worms and Rat–L–Traps.

Channel and blue catfish are fair on stinkbait in 10–20 feet.

bass to 3 pounds are good on white jigs and white crankbaits in 11 feet early and late. Crappie are slow. Red ear bream are good on live worms over grass beds. Channel and blue catfish are good on juglines baited with perch in 12 feet.

COLEMAN: Water clear; 70–73 degrees; 15.11’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and Rat–L–Traps. Channel catfish are good on shrimp and minnows.

HUBBARD CREEK: 73–75 degrees; 13.98’ low. Largemouth bass are good on spinnerbaits, Texas rigs and weightless flukes. Crappie are fair on live minnows. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers.

CONROE: Water fairly clear; 73–76 degrees; 6.69’ low. Largemouth bass are good on tequila sunrise Carolinarigged soft plastics and Rat–L–Traps.

Crappie are good on minnows and blue tube jigs.

JOE POOL: Water clear; 79–84 degrees; 3.18’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas rigs, medium crankbaits and jigs. Baitfish are transitioning shallow. Deep brush piles are best later in day. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs. Catfish are fair to good on prepared baits.

COOPER: Water lightly stained; 80– 85 degrees; 11.88’ low. Largemouth bass are good on medium crankbaits and Texas-rigged worms throughout the day. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass are good on slabs.

Catfish are good on prepared bait and cut bait.

FALCON: Water murky; 78–82 degrees. Largemouth bass are very good on crankbaits and jigs in 12 feet. Striped bass are slow. Crappie are very good on white and white/ blue jigs. Channel and blue catfish are very good on cut bait upriver.

FORK: Water fairly clear; 79–84 degrees; 7.18’ low. Largemouth bass are good on flipping jigs — concentrate on the wood cover near creek channel bends. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut shad and prepared bait.

LAKE O' THE PINES: Water lightly stained; 80–84 degrees; 4.08’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on Texas rigs, shallow crankbaits and then jigs later in the day off brush piles. Shallow crankbaits on main lake points are effective. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut shad.

LAVON: Water lightly stained; 80–84 degrees; 12.62 low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-riggged creature baits, top-waters and square-billed crankbaits. Shallow bite is good early.

White bass are good on slabs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs around bridge columns. Catfish are good on cut shad and nightcrawlers.

GRANBURY: Water clear; 70–74 degrees; 2.60’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on dark red/black spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and Rat–L– Traps. Striped bass are good on live bait. White bass are good on perchcolored spinnerbaits and crankbaits.

Crappie are good on minnows and white tube jigs. Catfish are good on stinkbait, shrimp, and hot dogs.

LBJ: Water fairly clear; 72–75 degrees; 0.10’ low. Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse soft plastic worms, watermelon jigs, and pumpkinseed tubes in 10–20 feet early. Striped bass are good on live bait and Li’l Fishies at night.

White bass are good on Li’l Fishies at night. Yellow and blue catfish are good on trotlines baited with goldfish and perch.

GRANGER: Water stained; 74–78 degrees; 4.95’ low. Largemouth bass are good on soft plastic worms and jigs upriver around flooded timber.

Crappie are good on chartreuse tube jigs in 5–12 feet. Blue catfish are

LEWISVILLE: Water clear; 79–84 degrees; 6.41’ low. Largemouth bass are good on shallow-running crankbaits, Skinny Dipper swimbaits and swim jigs along the rip rap near dam. White bass are good on slabs.

POSSUM KINGDOM: Water fairly clear; 72–76 degrees; 10’ low. Largemouth bass are good on buzzbaits and Zell Pops early, later switching to Texas rigs, Rat–L–Traps and drop-shot rigs.

Striped bass are fair to good on live shad. Catfish are good oncut shad and nightcrawlers.

RAY HUBBARD: Water fairly clear; 80– 84 degrees; 6.05’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged creature baits and square-billed crankbaits. White bass are excellent on humps in 17–23 feet with hybrids mixed in. Catfish are good on prepared baits.

RAY ROBERTS: Water clear; 80–84 degrees; 4.52’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Pop Rs and Zara Puppys early, later switching to shallowrunning cranks around the edge of grass and points with rock — shallow timber is starting to hold bass as well. Crappie are very good on jigs and minnows in brush in 20–25 feet.

White bass are excellent on chartreuse/white slabs bounced in 30–35 feet on deep humps and ridges.

SAM RAYBURN: Water lightly stained; 70–74 degrees; 13.11’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse spinnerbaits and crankbaits.

White bass are good on Li’l Fishies.

Crappie are good on live minnows and green tube jigs.

TAWAKONI: Water fairly clear; 80–84 degrees; 6.72’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters early. White bass are excellent on white SSS Slabs and tailspins — schooling on points early and late. Striped bass and hybrid striper are good on 4” to 6” white or shad pattern Sassy Shad.

Catfish are excellent in deep water drifting cut bait and fresh shad.

TOLEDO BEND: Water stained; 70–73 degrees; 12.00’ low. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon/chartreuse soft plastic worms and Rat–L– Traps. Channel and blue catfish are good on minnows and stinkbait.

TRAVIS: Water stained; 72–75 degrees; 52.64’ low. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon top-waters, chartreuse soft plastics and smoke grubs in 10–20 feet. Channel and blue catfish are good on stinkbait and cut bait in 20–40 feet.

WHITNEY: Water stained; 70–74 degrees; 15.29’ low. Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse Rat–L–Traps, spinnerbaits and crankbaits on main lake points. Striped bass are good on minnows. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on shrimp, and stinkbait and live bait.

WRIGHT PATMAN: Water lightly stained; 79–84 degrees; 2.97’ high.

Largemouth bass are good on Texasrigged worms, medium crankbaits and chatterbaits. Concentrate on deeper water later in the day.

SALTWATER SCENE NORTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good under birds and pods of shad on soft plastics.

Redfish and flounder are good in the marsh on shrimp.

SOUTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good under birds and pods of shad. Redfish are good at the jetty on live bait and cracked crabs.

Flounder are fair at the mouths of the bayous on a falling tide.

BOLIVAR: Trout, black drum, sand trout and redfish are good at Rollover Pass. A few birds are beginning to work. Trout are fair to good while drifting shell on plastics.

TRINITY BAY: Trout are good for drifters working pods of shad and mullet on Bass Assassins, Trout Killers and Sand Eels.

Trout are fair under birds in the upper end of the bay. Flounder are good on the shorelines on jigs tipped with shrimp.

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. od in the channel. channel Croakers are good WEST GALVESTON BAY: Bull redfish and flounder are good at San Luis Pass on shrimp and shad. Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs. Tarpon are on the beachfront.

TEXAS CITY: Redfish are fair to good in Moses Lake on crabs and shrimp. Gulf trout are good in the channel on fresh shrimp. Croakers are good at the Flood Gates on shrimp.

FREEPORT: Redfish are fair to good on the reefs in Christmas Bay. Bull redfish are good d at around Surfside and the Quintana jetty on crabs, shrimp and mullet.

B BAY Troutt are ffair T i ffor EAST MATAGORDA BAY: drifters on live shrimp over humps and scattered shell. Trout and flounder are fair to good on muddy shorelines on soft plastics.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are fair on sand and grass humps on soft plastics and top-waters. Redfish are good on live shrimp and plastics at Mad Island and Oyster Lake.

PORT O’CONNOR: Redfish are best in the back lakes on shrimp and mullet. Bull redfish are good at the jetty on crabs, mullet and shad.

Trout are good on the reefs in San Antonio Bay. ROCKPORT: Redfish are good in Redfish Bay on mullet and crabs. Bull redfish are good in the channels on crabs.

PORT ARANSAS: Redfish are fair at Shamrock Cove and Pelican Island on top-waters and 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 good over mud and grass on small topwaters and plastics. Trout are good in Oso Bay on top-waters.

BAFFIN BAY: Trout are good on top-waters and plastics around rocks and grass on the King Ranch shoreline. Redfish are good in the Land Cut on shrimp and crabs.

PORT MANSFIELD: Redfish are fair to good while n top-waters and soft plastics drifting potholes on under a popping cork. Trout and redfish are fair to good on the spoils in West Bay. Bull redfish and flounder are good on the mud near the channels.

SOUTH PADRE: Redfish are good in South Bay and on the Gas Well Flats on DOA Shrimp and plastics. Snook are good in South Bay on Gulps and plastics under a popping cork.

PORT ISABEL: Trout and redfish are good at Laguna Vista and Stover Point on Gulps under a popping cork. Redfish are steady at Airport Cove and Cullen Bay on natural baits and DOA’s under popping corks.

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Final standings for the CCA Texas STAR Tournament: STAR Tournament follows: REGULAR DIVISION ■ Flounder (18-inch min. length): Robert Goode Sr., 7 pounds, 2 ounces.

■ Sheepshead: Ramon Zapata, 9 pounds, 4 ounces.

■ Gafftop: Jerome Ard, 8 pounds, 4 ounces.

■ Speckled trout (Upper Coast): David Elmore, 9 pounds, 3 ounces.

■ Speckled trout (Middle Coast): Michael Leach, 8 pounds, 14 ounces.

■ Speckled Trout (Lower Coast): Nolan Casey, 9 pounds, 10 ounces.

■ Kingfish (30-pound min.): Barry Shaneyfelt Jr., 55 pounds, 7 ounces.

■ Dorado (20-pound min.): Darrell Rittiman, 44 pounds, 12 ounces.

■ Ling (cobia): Robert Kirschner, 84 pounds.

ACADEMY SPORTS & OUTDOORS STARTEENS SCHOLARSHIP TROUT DIVISION (AGES 11-17) ■ Speckled Trout (Upper Coast): Sterling Mcintosh, 7 pounds, 9 ounces.

■ Speckled Trout (Middle Coast): Benjamin Koehler, 7 pounds, 5 ounces.

■ Speckled Trout (Lower Coast): Carter Goyen, 8 pounds, 6 ounces.

■ Flounder (18-inch min. length): Christopher

Ford, 5 pounds, 3 ounces.

■ Sheepshead: Robbie Laskoskie, 8 pounds, 15 ounces.

■ Gafftop: Brittany Leatherwood, 7 pounds, 6 ounces.

STARKIDS SCHOLARSHIP DIVISION (AGES 6-10 ONLY) ■ Flounder (18-inch min. length): Tabitha Rowland, 4 pounds, 2 ounces.

■ Sheepshead: Aven Campos, 8 pounds, 7 ounces.

■ Gafftop: Camden Ritchey, 7 pounds, 7 ounces.

TAGGED REDFISH DIVISION 12 Caught, 3 winners, 9 did not qualify All winners are in order of the date of catch...

■ 1st Truck/Boat Package Winner David Holt, Tag TA329, caught on June 2, 2011, Roy's Bait & Tackle.

■ 2nd Truck/Boat Package Winner Paul Resendez, Tag TA263, caught on June 4, 2011, Indianola Fishing Marina.

■ 3rd Truck/Boat Package Winner Zach Crawford, Tag TA326, caught on June 6, 2011, Woody's Sports Center.

Florida man convicted for smuggling Texas gar A jury in Lufkin convicted a Florida man in early October for his part in smuggling alligator gar out of a Texas — a violation of the Lacey Act, prosecutors said.

Loren Willis, 62, of West Palm Beach, Fla., was convicted on two charges of conspiracy to transport fish in interstate commerce in violation of state law or regulation, and transporting or selling a fish in interstate commerce in violation of state law or regulation. Willis was found not guilty of one additional charge of conspiracy to make or submit a false label for a fish that would be transported in interstate commerce.

In September 2010, Willis came to Texas to capture alligator gar from the Trinity River and sell them in Japan, prosecutors said.

Willis did not obtain a non-resident Texas fishing license before taking the fish, prosecutors said.

An additional co-defendant has pleaded guilty to charges he altered the documentation submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reflect that the fish were captive bred, rather than harvested in the wild.

Captive bred fish are not required to be inspected prior to export.

The gar, which were taken from the Trinity River, were transported by Willis and his co-defendant to Florida, where they were later exported to Japan, prosecutors said.

—U.S. Attorney’s Office

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GAME WARDEN BLOTTER MILO AND CORN HELPS EXPLAIN GOOD DOVE HUNT On opening day of dove season, Game Wardens Michael McCall and Coley Leonard were patrolling Comal County. Early in the day, they came across a group of hunters hunting a field with a good concentration of birds.

The hunters were having a good hunt with very good success compared to other hunters who had been previously checked by the wardens in the area.

McCall and Leonard found the reason for the group's success. A good amount of cracked corn and milo had been spread in the field. The wardens filed cases for hunting dove over bait on 26 hunters and filed a case of placing bait to attract dove on the property owner.

A total of 127 unlawfully taken doves were confiscated and donated to people in the community. Civil restitution was also filed on the group of hunters.

REPEAT OFFENDERS CHALLENGE WARDEN, REWARDED WITH CITATIONS A property owner and another individual were cited by Tarrant County Game Warden John Padgett for hunting mourning dove over bait. The previous weekend, as the landowner was being cited, he asked Padgett if he would be working the following weekend. He invited Padgett to come back, because they would be hunting there again.

Padgett came. Cases pending.

SHOOTER LEFT HIS GLASSES AT HOME Tarrant County Game Warden John Padgett made contact with a dove hunter who said he had shot one dove and one pigeon, and was looking for another bird. In his vest he had two pigeons and no dove. When asked about his dove, he stated he didn't have his glasses and thought one bird was a dove. When locating his third bird, still alive in the field, Padgett told him he had shot an upland sandpiper. The hunter said, “I thought that was a pigeon also.” Cases pending.

SQUIRREL GUN IS STILL A FIREARM FOR THIS FELON Grayson County Game Warden Dale Moses received a call from a landowner whose neighbor had spotted a man and woman entering his property with rifles. After noticing a vehicle with Oklahoma plates parked on the roadway, Moses waited for the subjects to arrive back at their vehicle. A woman and a child exited the woods first, and after noticing the warden, the woman laid her .22-caliber rifle down behind a tree. The woman said she was hunting squirrels and that her husband, who also had a .22-cali-

ber rifle, was still in the woods. When the husband saw Moses, he stepped back into the woods and came out a few minutes later without his firearm. Moses met the subject in the field and retrieved the gun. A computer check showed the man to be on five-years probation after receiving deferred adjudication for a felony in Grayson County.

The subject's probation officer was notified. The subject had also failed to tell his probation officer that he is currently living in Oklahoma. Cases pending.

BUCKETS OF BAIT Uvalde County Game Wardens Rachel Kellner and Javier Fuentes were patrolling the special white-winged dove area and noticed thousands of dove around some property. A quick scan around the tank and the wardens found buckets of milo had been spread out. The wardens heard shotgun blasts coming from another area of the ranch. Milo had been spread over about 3,000 acres. When the dust settled, five individuals were filed on for hunting dove over a baited area, and the owner of the ranch was cited for placing bait to attract dove.

GIANT BUCKS POACHED ALONG ROADSIDE Rusk County Game Wardens Kirk Permenter and Chad Gartman received information about a deer killed off a FM road, and two other deer shot in the previous weeks. The wardens located a buck lying on a highline right-of-way and caught the subject as he returned about two hours later to recover the deer. The other information led to two more subjects, with one admitting to shooting two deer in the last three weeks. Two bucks scoring 160 3/4 and 164 3/8 were recovered. Multiple citations and restitution pending.

GROUP GETS GAGGLE OF CITATIONS Zavala County Game Warden Chris Stautzenberger and Maverick County Game Warden Cody Buckaloo came upon a baited field within a ranch where 25 hunters were located. The field had been baited with wheat and a deer feeder loaded with corn and cast on the ground in the middle of the field. Almost all of the 25 hunters had their limit of 15 birds, and a few were over their daily bag limits.

The group was cited for hunting over bait; the landowner was filed on for placing the bait to attract dove; and all of the hunters' birds were seized. Multiple hunters within the group were also cited for exceeding the daily bag limits, and no hunter education warnings were issued as well. In all, 354 mourning doves were seized. Cases and civil restitution pending.

WHAT PART OF NO DON’T YOU UNDERSTAND? A landowner noticed tree stands being placed on his property and notified Brazoria County Game Warden Jason Richers. Richers removed the stands from the property and left his business card at the location. A few days later he received a call from an individual inquiring about the stands. Richers met with the individual the next day and explained to him that the stands were placed on private property, returned the stands and explained that one must have permission from the landowner of the property he intends to hunt. A few days later, the landowner called again and the stands were back. Richers and wardens Jim Bob Van Dyke, Joe

Goff, Scott Jennings and Mike Weiss traveled to the location on opening day of bow season and arrested two individuals for hunting without landowner consent. Cases pending.

SQUIRREL HUNTER UNFRIENDS WARDEN Shelby County Game Warden Mike Hanson was checking deer and squirrel hunters in the Sabine National Forest when he observed a vehicle being operated at a high rate of speed. Once the vehicle was stopped, it was apparent the operator was intoxicated. The suspect informed the warden he was only in the area to assist the warden in searching for anything suspicious. He further informed Hanson that he was not his friend anymore. At 9:30 a.m., the suspect registered .227 and .221 on the Intoxilyzer. Case pending.

BAIT MAKES FOR BAD BACHELOR PARTY While checking dove hunters in Zavala County, Game Warden Chris Stautzenberger and Kinney County Game Warden Dayton Isaacs checked a group of 10 hunters who were dove hunting behind a high fence around a pond. Stautzenberger noticed that the area had been baited with corn and milo. The group argued that they did not know about the place being baited and were leasing the place for a bachelor party for the weekend.

The ranch manager was interviewed and admitted to placing the bait in the field, and 10 citations for hunting over bait and one for placing bait to attract were issued.

ROAD AXIS HUNTERS THWARTED Uvalde County Game Warden Henry Lutz received a call from Deputy Game Warden John Earl Teague regarding shots being fired from a county road. When Lutz arrived, Teague and recently retired Real County Game Warden Shane Hohmann had two juvenile boys and one 17-year-old subject detained. The boys admitted to shooting an axis deer and a rabbit from the county road that day. They had another axis deer in camp that they claimed was killed in the Nueces River the day before. After locating the downed axis deer and rabbit shot from the road, the 17-year-old was asked to take the wardens to where he shot the axis in the river. The boy showed the wardens a spot at the water's edge that had no blood or deer tracks. Later, the young man admitted that this axis deer had also been shot near another county road and took the wardens to that location, where blood was found. Several charges of hunting from a public road and one charge of no hunting license were filed.

BOWHUNTING STAND NOT SO GOOD TO SLEEP IT OFF Kent/Dickens County Game Warden Danny Kessel received a call from a bowhunter who found his stand occupied by a man armed with an assault rifle and a pistol. The violator informed Kessel that the previous night he left his camp with an alcohol-induced plan to go shoot a pig. He stated that he left his camp, got lost and decided to wait out the night in the deer stand. The violator had no hunting license or identification and had crossed four property lines that were posted with no trespassing signs. Cases pending.

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LONE STAR TROPHY TRACKER CELEBRATE YOUR TROPHY ■ Lone Star Trophy Tracker highlights exceptional big game animals taken by Texans.

E-mail them with contact and caption information to editor@lonestaroutdoornews.com. High-resolution original jpegs only. Mail prints to Heroes, Lone Star Outdoor News, P.O. Box 551695, Dallas, TX 75355.

200 PLUS: Here are a couple of the huge bucks taken this year at the Bang Whitetail Ranch in Gillespie County. The Corpus Christi duo of Amy and T.J. Williams got their deer the first weekend of October. Amy’s buck scored 208 5/8, while T.J.’s was 200 5/8.

Bass Pro to open Harlingen store The newest Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World opens Nov. 16 in Harlingen.

The 145,000-square-foot Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World, Texas’ sixth, is the signature anchor for the Cameron Crossing retail development located at the intersection of U.S. 83 and U.S. 77.

The Grand Opening is set for Thursday, Nov. 17, but a special “Evening for Conservation” to help benefit area conservation groups will be held 6 p.m., Nov. 16.

The entire store honors landscape of the South Texas countryside from the Hill Country to the Rio Grande and the subtropical region of the Gulf coast, its history and the culture of its people.

It will carry a huge selection of outdoor gear, but Bass Pro Shops stores are also part museum, art gallery and aquarium, as well as education, conservation and entertainment centers.

Each store takes on the flavor and atmosphere of the region in which it is located. Using more than 3,500 area artifacts, antiques, period pictures, state and record wildlife mounts and memorabilia, the newest store will celebrate Texas’ hunting, fishing, camping and other outdoor legacies.

—Bass Pro Shops

Groves awarded USSAF lifetime award The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation’s 2011 William L. Searle Lifetime Achievement Award has been awarded to Helen K. Groves of Baird.

Groves has been a stalwart supporter and advocate for sportsmen and women across the country.

She is also a lifetime rancher, hunter, mounted foxhunter, and is actively involved in medical and scientific research for the betterment of humans and animals.

“Helen has been a staunch USSAF supporter for more than 25 years,” said Bud Pidgeon, USSAF president and CEO. “She has been a steadfast advocate, recruiting her family and friends to join in supporting the work that USSA Foundation has done on behalf of sportsmen and women across the country.”

The award was recently presented at a reception in San Antonio.

“I am honored to receive this award from the premier organization preserving our great American tradition of hunting,” Groves said. “As a community, we need to do more to support the efforts of the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation and their quest to protect and advance our nation’s outdoor traditions including hunting and fishing.”

—USSAF

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HEROES SHARE AN ADVENTURE ■ Want to share hunting and fishing photos with other Lone Star Outdoor News readers?

E-mail them with contact and caption information to editor@lonestaroutdoornews.com. High-resolution original jpegs only. Mail prints to Heroes, Lone Star Outdoor News, P.O. Box 551695, Dallas, TX 75355.

MARK LOREDO of San Benito got his first archery hog during opening weekend of bow season. He was hunting near Encino with family and a friend.

JAMES OSTEEN, 11, of Plano got his first white-winged dove recently while hunting with family outside San Antonio.

JOSE RIOS, JR., 13, of Edinburg caught this 29-inch trout in August while fishing in “The Saucer” area near Arroyo City. Jose caught the speck on a soft plastic while drifting in the early afternoon.

The Kenedy Ranch on the Gulf Coast is an icon in Texas history.

It also has the distinction of being the ranch where TAYLOR NELSON of Waller got her first buck. She was 10 while hunting there last season with her parents, SHAUN and SHEILA, and her brother, TY. She took the deer at 75 yards with .243-caliber custom rifle from MG Arms. The nine-point buck was 6 1/2 years old and scored 129.

ERRINGTIN ASHLEY, 9, of Fort Worth recently caught two channel cats weighing 12 and 9 pounds while fishing with his dad, ANTHONY ASHLEY, on Benbrook Lake. Their bait: shad and cut perch.

RHETT SCHLADOER, 11, of Ingram caught a 10-pound, 7-ounce bass on Falcon Lake last August while competing in the San Antonio Bass Club’s junior tournament. Rhett was fishing with grandfather, CHARLES THOMSON. He caught this bass on a watermelon-red fluke. His total weight for the tourney was 15 1/4 pounds.

DANIELLE JESI ADAMI was 12 last season when she dropped this 11-point buck in Webb County. She used a .243-caliber Remington rifle that she got for Christmas two years ago. Guiding her was her grandpa, JESSE ADAMI SR.

DAVE FULSON of Fort Worth downed this brown bear Sept. 3 near Yakutat, Alaska. The boar measured 9 feet long.

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ANDREW DILLON of Austin recently shot a 7 1/2-foot-long leopard in the Niassa Reserve of Northern Mozambique. Andrew was hunting with Safrique Ltd.

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Wild game Continued From Page 1

“Some of them didn’t Klein of Farmer’s Meat Market of low-fence properties.

“They’re not as bad as we have any fat at all — just pure in Boerne confirmed that she thought they’d be. Maybe pink,” Miller said. “All you has seen some “poor” deer.

“But not overly poor,” she since they’re browsers instead could see was the meat. But we had one with a nice rack — an added. “I guess, more than of grazers, they were able to eight-pointer — that had a lit- likely, those were the ones off pick at some stuff.” tle fat on it.”

Swinging back to the east, good deer were reported by Toni Hutchins of Santa Anna Wild Game Processing.

“As far as bucks, most of them have been off of highfence game ranches and they’ve been fat, in really good shape,” Hutchins said. “The does are in kind of average shape — no extra fat — but not as thin as we thought they’d be.

“A lot of them came off of regular, normal leases.”

Farther north in Abilene, Brent Stephens of Stephens Wild Game Processing said he has seen a lot of does still carrying milk, which indicated to him that fawn survival might be better than expected.

Stephens also said he believes the bow harvest is bigger this year; he is handling more deer than usual. He speculated the range is so dry, food is scarce and deer are easily found near feeders.

Mitch Holdeman of Detroit Processing in East Texas reported the same thing.

“We’ve already seen nearly as many as we see in an entire bow season,” he said, “which tells me BETTER THAN EXPECTED: A guide at the Sombrerito Ranch in Webb County they’re responding to checks the weight of a harvested white-tailed buck. Processors across Texas feeders pretty well.” report that deer brought in during the early seasons have been in good shape, In the Hill Country, Claire despite poor range conditions this spring and summer. Photo by LSON.

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LSON, Beretta appreciates customers

Betsy Simpson, Sarah Tucker and Charlotte.

Craig Nyhus, executive editor of Lone Star Outdoor News, welcomes the crowd.

Joe and Joey Musacchio of Syracuse’s Custom Meats.

BIG NIGHT: James Patterson (left) was the lucky winner of a Sako deer rifle Oct. 13 during the Wild Game Supper and Customer Appreciation at the Beretta Gallery in Dallas. Presenting the prize was Ian Harrison, manager of the gallery. Photos by Bill Miller, LSON.

By Conor Harrison LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS James Patterson of Plano was on a break at work when he leafed through a copy of Lone Star Outdoor News and noticed an advertisement for a wild game supper at the Beretta Gallery in Dallas.

The supper was a customer appreciation event held jointly by the newspaper and the gallery, and it was that very night, Oct. 13. James pointed it out to colleagues Jack and Mallory Davenport and they decided to go.

James is glad he did.

He purchased the winning raffle ticket that fetched a brand new Sako .270-caliber deer rifle donated by the gallery. He was also inspired to buy a new shotgun from Beretta.

Proceeds from the raffle went to support the Sul Ross State University Borderlands Research Project to help pronghorn research in Texas.

But it was great evening for everyone.

Syracuse's Custom Meats provided bacon-wrapped elk tenderloin, wild boar, whitetail kabobs and jalapeno chicken that had everyone grasping at plates.

Musicians Mark Harper and Tony Blaine entertained as friends reconnected with old hunting pals and made some new ones.

If they got tired standing outside, they stepped inside the gallery — one of the most exclusive guns shops in the world — where they were greeted with the smell of fine leather and gun oil.

A quick tour of the store revealed spectacular guns, fine books and clothing that would get anyone ready for wingshooting adventures at the destinations of their dreams.

Thanks to Syracuse’s Custom Meats of Roanoke for providing samples of outstanding wild game. We can’t wait until the second Thursday of October in 2012 when we plan to do it again.

Hope to see you there!

Diane and Ian Harrison with Justin Whitman.

Musical performers Tony Blaine (left) and Mark Harper.

Gary and Rob Cain with Mike Hughs.

Conor Harrison and Amy Moore, editors at Lone Star Outdoor News.

Joey Musacchio, general manager of Syracuse’s Custom Meats, works the grill.

Charley Bradley with David J. Sams, founder of Lone Star Outdoor News.

David J. Sams with Heather Kemble.

James Patterson (center) with Mallory and Jack Davenport.

Rachel Tilley, Craig Nyhus and Katie Harrison.

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Sun | Moon | Tides

Time Height 3:00 a.m. 2.4 H 3:25 a.m. 2.6 H 12:48 a.m. 2.4 L 1:20 p.m. 0.1 L 2:29 p.m. 0.4 L 3:45 p.m. 0.6 L 12:30 a.m. 2.3 H 12:54 a.m. 2.1 H 1:09 a.m. 2.1 H 1:20 a.m. 2.0 H 12:29 a.m. 2.0 H 12:38 a.m. 2.0 H 12:47 a.m. 2.1 H 12:58 a.m. 2.1 H 1:08 a.m. 2.1 H

Time Height 6:24 p.m. 3.8 H 7:32 p.m. 3.6 H 11:53 a.m. -0.2 L

4:39 p.m.

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Time Height 11:22 p.m. 3.0 L 8:44 p.m. 3.4 H

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Time Height 7:11 p.m. 3.0 H 8:19 p.m. 2.9 H 12:19 p.m. -0.1 L

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Time Height 11:48 p.m. 2.4 L 9:31 p.m. 2.7 H

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Time Height 2:22 a.m. 2.1 H 2:47 a.m. 2.2 H 12:45 a.m. 1.5 L 1:17 p.m. 0.1 L 2:26 p.m. 0.3 L 3:42 p.m. 0.4 L 6:50 a.m. 1.1 L 12:16 a.m. 1.8 H 12:31 a.m. 1.8 H 12:42 a.m. 1.7 H 7:07 a.m. 0.5 L 12:00 a.m. 1.7 H 12:09 a.m. 1.8 H 12:20 a.m. 1.8 H 12:30 a.m. 1.8 H

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Houston

Time Height 1:23 a.m. 1.5 H 2:47 a.m. 1.6 H 3:53 a.m. 1.6 H 4:48 a.m. 1.5 H 5:31 a.m. 1.5 H 5:5 a.m.

1.3 H 5:24 a.m. 1.2 H 4:38 a.m. 1.1 H 4:08 a.m. 1.0 H 2:40 a.m. 1.0 H 1:49 a.m. 1.0 H 10:20 a.m. 0.5 L 10:47 a.m. 0.4 L 11:16 a.m. 0.4 L 11:47 a.m. 0.3 L

Time Height 1:14 p.m. 0.1 L 2:06 p.m. 0.1 L 3:00 p.m. 0.2 L 3:57 p.m. 0.3 L 4:56 p.m. 0.4 L 5:59 p.m. 0.5 L 7:08 p.m. 0.6 L 8:29 p.m. 0.8 L 10:30 a.m. 0.9 L 9:36 a.m. 0.7 L 9:56 a.m. 0.6 L 7:40 p.m. 1.2 H 8:41 p.m. 1.3 H 9:46 p.m. 1.3 H 10:59 p.m. 1.3 H

Time

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5:17 p.m.

6:36 p.m.

Height

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Date Time Height Oct 28 3:22 a.m. 0.81 H Oct 29 4:17 a.m. 0.82 H Oct 30 5:19 a.m. 0.81 H Oct 31 6:24 a.m. 0.79 H Nov 01 7:29 a.m. 0.76 H Nov 02 8:32 a.m. 0.72 H Nov 03 9:35 a.m. 0.68 H Nov 04 10:51 a.m. 0.62 H Nov 05 2:48 a.m. 0.59 H Nov 06 1:13 a.m. 0.61 H Nov 07 1:03 a.m. 0.63 H Nov 08 1:07 a.m. 0.65 H Nov 09 1:20 a.m. 0.67 H Nov 10 1:41 a.m. 0.67 H Nov 11 2:10 a.m. 0.67 H

Time Height 2:30 p.m. 0.34 L 3:25 p.m. 0.34 L 4:21 p.m. 0.35 L 5:15 p.m. 0.37 L 6:03 p.m. 0.39 L 6:42 p.m. 0.42 L 7:09 p.m. 0.46 L 7:22 p.m. 0.49 L 8:29 a.m. 0.56 L 8:59 a.m. 0.50 L 9:54 a.m. 0.45 L 10:38 a.m. 0.40 L 11:20 a.m. 0.37 L 12:01 p.m. 0.34 L 12:44 p.m. 0.32 L

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7:47 a.m.

8:06 a.m.

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8:48 a.m.

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Time Height 7:41 p.m. 1.8 H 12:19 p.m. -0.2 L 1:15 p.m. -0.1 L

8:49 p.m. 1.7 H 10:01 p.m. 1.6 H

10:21 a.m.

12:26 p.m.

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Date Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Nov 01 Nov 02 Nov 03 Nov 04 Nov 05 Nov 06 Nov 07 Nov 08 Nov 09 Nov 10 Nov 11

Time Height 2:53 a.m. 2.0 H 3:18 a.m. 2.1 H 12:27 a.m. 1.3 L 12:59 p.m. 0.1 L 2:08 p.m. 0.2 L 3:24 p.m. 0.3 L 12:23 a.m. 1.8 H 12:47 a.m. 1.7 H 1:02 a.m. 1.7 H 1:13 a.m. 1.6 H 12:22 a.m. 1.6 H 12:31 a.m. 1.6 H 12:40 a.m. 1.7 H 12:51 a.m. 1.7 H 1:01 a.m. 1.7 H

Time Height 10:09 a.m. -0.2 L 11:02 a.m. -0.2 L 3:40 a.m. 2.1 H 10:39 p.m. 2.1 H 11:42 p.m. 2.0 H 6:32 a.m.

6:49 a.m.

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6:49 a.m.

7:09 a.m.

7:31 a.m.

7:56 a.m.

8:25 a.m.

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12:52 p.m.

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07:13 p.m. 0.52 L

Time Height 7:04 p.m. 2.4 H 8:12 p.m. 2.3 H 11:58 a.m. -0.1 L

9:44 a.m.

11:49 a.m.

1:24 p.m.

1:37 p.m.

2:33 p.m.

3:19 p.m.

3:59 p.m.

4:38 p.m.

5:18 p.m.

1.5 H 1.5 H 1.6 H 1.7 H 1.7 H 1.8 H 1.8 H 2.0 H 2.0 H

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1:30 p.m.

1.6 H 1.7 H 1.8 H

Time Height 11:27 p.m. 1.3 L 9:24 p.m. 2.2 H

4:44 p.m.

5:55 p.m.

6:56 p.m.

6:47 p.m.

7:29 p.m.

8:02 p.m.

8:26 p.m.

8:45 p.m.

9:04 p.m.

0.5 L 0.6 L 0.8 L 0.8 L 0.9 L 1.0 L 1.1 L 1.1 L 1.1 L

South Padre Island Time Height 10:27 a.m. -0.2 L 11:20 a.m. -0.2 L 3:09 a.m. 2.2 H 10:08 p.m. 2.2 H 11:11 p.m. 2.1 H 11:52 p.m. 2.0 H 9:13 a.m. 1.6 H 7:07 a.m. 1.0 L 7:28 a.m. 0.8 L 6:48 a.m. 0.6 L 2:02 p.m. 1.8 H 7:27 a.m. 0.4 L 7:49 a.m. 0.2 L 8:14 a.m. 0.1 L 8:43 a.m. 0.1 L

Time Height 6:33 p.m. 2.6 H 7:41 p.m. 2.5 H 12:16 p.m. -0.1 L

5:02 p.m.

11:18 a.m.

12:53 p.m.

1:06 p.m.

7:47 p.m.

2:48 p.m.

3:28 p.m.

4:07 p.m.

4:47 p.m.

0.5 L 1.6 H 1.7 H 1.8 H 1.1 L 2.0 H 2.0 H 2.1 H 2.1 H

Time Height 11:45 p.m. 1.5 L 8:53 p.m. 2.3 H

6:13 p.m. 0.7 L 7:14 p.m. 0.9 L 7:05 p.m. 1.0 L 8:20 p.m.

8:44 p.m.

9:03 p.m.

9:22 p.m.

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Date Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Nov 01 Nov 02 Nov 03 Nov 04 Nov 05 Nov 06 Nov 07 Nov 08 Nov 09 Nov 10 Nov 11

Time 10:06 a.m.

10:57 a.m.

11:52 a.m.

12:50 p.m.

1:50 p.m.

2:54 p.m.

4:02 p.m.

12:01 a.m.

12:05 a.m.

12:03 a.m.

6:31 a.m.

6:59 a.m.

7:26 a.m.

7:54 a.m.

8:23 a.m.

Height -0.4 L -0.4 L -0.2 L 0.0 L 0.3 L 0.6 L 0.9 L 1.9 H 1.8 H 0.7 H 0.8 L 0.6 L 0.4 L 0.3 L 0.2 L

Time Height 7:34 p.m. 2.3 H 8:45 p.m. 2.3 H 9:53 p.m. 2.3 H 10:48 p.m. 2.2 H 11:26 p.m. 2.1 H 11:48 p.m. 2.0 H 6:22 a.m.

6:39 a.m.

6:04 a.m.

2:39 p.m.

3:36 p.m.

4:25 p.m.

5:12 p.m.

5:57 p.m.

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2011 Oct-Nov 28 Fri > 29 Sat > 30 Sun 31 Mon 01 Tue 02 Wed 03 Thu Q 04 Fri 05 Sat 06 Sun 07 Mon 08 Tue 09 Wed > 10 Thu > 11 Fri F 12 Sat > 13 Sun > 14 Mon 15 Tue 16 Wed

A.M. Minor Major 6:59 12:43 8:06 1:51 9:14 2:59 10:18 4:04 11:17 5:04 ----- 5:57 12:32 6:43 1:14 7:24 1:52 8:02 2:28 8:38 2:04 8:14 2:41 8:52 3:21 9:32 4:05 10:16 4:52 11:04 5:44 11:56 6:38 12:25 7:34 1:21 8:30 2:18 9:26 3:13

P.M. Minor 7:30 8:37 9:44 10:46 11:43 12:09 12:54 1:35 2:12 2:48 2:24 3:02 3:43 4:28 5:17 6:09 7:03 8:00 8:56 9:51

Major 1:14 2:22 3:29 4:32 5:30 6:21 7:05 7:46 8:23 8:58 8:35 9:13 9:55 10:40 11:29 ----12:51 1:47 2:43 3:38

SUN Rises Sets 07:30 06:38 07:31 06:37 07:31 06:37 07:32 06:36 07:33 06:35 07:34 06:34 07:35 06:33 07:35 06:32 07:36 06:32 07:37 06:31 06:38 05:30 06:39 05:30 06:39 05:29 06:40 05:28 06:41 05:28 06:42 05:27 06:43 05:27 06:44 05:26 06:44 05:26 06:45 05:25

MOON Rises Sets 9:35a 8:15p 10:41a 9:15p 11:40a 10:18p 12:33p 11:20p 1:18p NoMoon 1:57p 12:20a 2:31p 1:18a 3:03p 2:13a 3:33p 3:06a 4:03p 3:58a 3:34p 3:50a 4:06p 4:43a 4:42p 5:37a 5:21p 6:31a 6:05p 7:25a 6:52p 8:19a 7:44p 9:10a 8:39p 9:59a 9:36p 10:44a 10:35p 11:26a

P.M. Minor Major 7:35 1:20 8:43 2:27 9:49 3:34 10:52 4:38 11:48 5:35 12:14 6:26 1:00 7:11 1:40 7:51 2:18 8:28 2:54 9:04 2:30 8:40 3:08 9:19 3:49 10:00 4:34 10:45 5:22 11:34 6:14 12:02 7:09 12:56 8:05 1:52 9:01 2:49 9:56 3:44

SUN Rises Sets 07:39 06:40 07:40 06:39 07:41 06:38 07:42 06:37 07:43 06:36 07:44 06:35 07:45 06:34 07:46 06:33 07:47 06:32 07:47 06:32 06:48 05:31 06:49 05:30 06:50 05:29 06:51 05:28 06:52 05:28 06:53 05:27 06:54 05:26 06:55 05:26 06:56 05:25 06:57 05:25

MOON Rises Sets 9:48a 8:13p 10:55a 9:13p 11:54a 10:16p 12:45p 11:19p 1:29p NoMoon 2:07p 12:21a 2:40p 1:20a 3:10p 2:17a 3:39p 3:11a 4:07p 4:05a 3:36p 3:58a 4:08p 4:53a 4:42p 5:47a 5:21p 6:43a 6:03p 7:38a 6:50p 8:32a 7:42p 9:24a 8:37p 10:12a 9:36p 10:56a 10:36p 11:37a

P.M. Minor Major 7:42 1:27 8:50 2:34 9:56 3:41 10:59 4:45 11:55 5:42 12:21 6:33 1:07 7:18 1:47 7:58 2:25 8:35 3:01 9:11 2:37 8:47 3:15 9:26 3:56 10:07 4:41 10:52 5:29 11:41 6:21 12:09 7:16 1:03 8:12 1:59 9:08 2:56 10:03 3:51

SUN Rises Sets 07:42 06:51 07:43 06:50 07:44 06:49 07:44 06:49 07:45 06:48 07:46 06:47 07:47 06:46 07:47 06:45 07:48 06:45 07:49 06:44 06:50 05:43 06:51 05:43 06:51 05:42 06:52 05:41 06:53 05:41 06:54 05:40 06:55 05:40 06:56 05:39 06:56 05:39 06:57 05:38

MOON Rises 9:48a 10:53a 11:53a 12:45p 1:30p 2:09p 2:44p 3:15p 3:46p 4:16p 3:47p 4:20p 4:55p 5:35p 6:18p 7:06p 7:58p 8:52p 9:50p 10:49p

Sets 8:29p 9:29p 10:31p 11:34p NoMoon 12:34a 1:32a 2:27a 3:19a 4:11a 4:03a 4:56a 5:49a 6:44a 7:38a 8:31a 9:22a 10:11a 10:56a 11:38a

P.M. Minor 7:56 9:03 10:10 11:12 ----12:34 1:20 2:01 2:38 3:14 2:50 3:28 4:09 4:54 5:43 6:35 7:29 8:25 9:22 10:17

SUN Rises 08:03 08:04 08:05 08:06 08:07 08:08 08:09 08:10 08:11 08:12 07:13 07:14 07:15 07:16 07:17 07:18 07:19 07:20 07:21 07:22

MOON Rises 10:16a 11:22a 12:21p 1:11p 1:54p 2:31p 3:03p 3:32p 3:59p 4:27p 3:55p 4:25p 4:59p 5:36p 6:19p 7:06p 7:57p 8:53p 9:52p 10:54p

Sets 8:28p 9:28p 10:31p 11:35p NoMoon 12:38a 1:39a 2:36a 3:32a 4:27a 4:21a 5:17a 6:13a 7:09a 8:05a 8:59a 9:51a 10:39a 11:22a 12:02p

Dallas

Port Aransas, H. Caldwell Pier Time Height 11:26 a.m. -0.2 L 3:55 a.m. 1.5 H 4:17 a.m. 1.5 H 11:16 p.m. 1.5 H

Freeport Harbor Date Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Nov 01 Nov 02 Nov 03 Nov 04 Nov 05 Nov 06 Nov 07 Nov 08 Nov 09 Nov 10 Nov 11

Last

Nov 12

Rockport

Time Height 10:30 a.m. -0.3 L 11:23 a.m. -0.3 L 3:47 a.m. 2.6 H 10:46 p.m. 2.6 H 11:49 p.m. 2.4 H

San Luis Pass Date Time Height Oct 28 3:30 a.m. 1.5 H Oct 29 12:44 a.m. 1.5 L Oct 30 1:44 a.m. 1.5 L Oct 31 2:16 p.m. 0.1 L Nov 01 3:25 p.m. 0.3 L Nov 02 12:19 a.m. 1.5 H Nov 03 1:00 a.m. 1.4 H Nov 04 1:24 a.m. 1.3 H Nov 05 1:39 a.m. 1.3 H Nov 06 1:50 a.m. 1.2 H Nov 07 12:59 a.m. 1.2 H Nov 08 1:08 a.m. 1.2 H Nov 09 1:17 a.m. 1.3 H Nov 10 1:28 a.m. 1.3 H Nov 11 1:38 a.m. 1.3 H

First

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

New

Port O’Connor Time Height 10:04 a.m. -0.4 L 10:57 a.m. -0.4 L 3:00 a.m. 3.2 H 9:59 p.m. 3.2 H 11:02 p.m. 3.0 H 11:43 p.m. 2.9 H 9:04 a.m. 2.3 H 6:44 a.m. 2.0 L 7:05 a.m. 1.6 L 6:25 a.m. 1.3 L 1:53 p.m. 2.7 H 2:39 p.m. 2.9 H 7:26 a.m. 0.4 L 7:51 a.m. 0.2 L 8:20 a.m. 0.2 L

Galveston Bay entrance, south jetty Date Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Nov 01 Nov 02 Nov 03 Nov 04 Nov 05 Nov 06 Nov 07 Nov 08 Nov 09 Nov 10 Nov 11

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OUTDOOR PUZZLER | By Wilbur “Wib” Lundeen ACROSS 1. A bony food fish 6. Large game of the plains 8. A food fish caught in cold waters 10. A lake bird 11. A female turkey 13. A large lake trout 14. Hunter hits them together to attract bucks 15. Very large bass species 18. To pull the bowstring 20. Wear that blends with background 21. A species of duck 24. Game, wildfowl having young 26. A fishing lure 28. A good trap bait 30. A young quail 32. Bighorn and dall 33. Clay pigeon ejector station 35. Wildlife daily routine movements 36. The tip of a bullet 38. Name for a sunfish family 40. Bowhunter's quarry in Florida

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FOR THE TABLE Venison meatloaf

43. Strings a bow 44. A very large member of the deer family 45. A type of camp fireplace DOWN 1. Control device on a hunting dog 2. Wildfowl resting place 3. Name for a bass species 4. Hunters do this in Northern states 5. Dog breed good for pheasant hunting 6. Grouse species in Rockies area 7. A scope on a rifle 9. A set of outdoor regulations 11. A large group of animals 12. Code for a type bullet 15. A graceful wildfowl 16. A wildfowl night perch 17. To treat a hide 19. Term for a buck's mating ritual 22. A very good walleye bait

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2 lbs. ground venison 1/2 lb. ground beef 1 tbsp. butter or margarine 1/2 cup minced onion 1/4 cup minced celery 2 eggs 1 cup quick oatmeal 1/2 cup sherry, red wine or milk 2 tsps. salt 1 tsp. pepper 1 tbsp. sugar 2 tsps. garlic powder 2 tsps. thyme leaves 1 tsp. cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In 8-inch skillet over medium heat, in hot butter or margarine, cook onion and celery until tender, about 5 minutes. Meanwhile, in large bowl, with fork, beat eggs, slightly. Stir in bread crumbs and all other ingredients.

Add venison, beef and onion mixture; mix well. Place mixture in 9x5-inch loaf pan and bake 1 1/2 hours. Pour off pan juices. Serve hot or cold.

Makes 8 to 10 servings.

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Pepper seared yellowfin tuna

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species in Wyoming marks on tree 32. Name for a fishing trunks lure 39. A device on a reel 34. Very large on the to tire a fish muley 41. The point of an 37. A deer species, arrow _____horn 42. The best lure color 38. Buck's domain to attract fish

4 tuna steaks (8 oz. each) 4 ozs. goat cheese 1 oz. sundried tomatoes 8 shiitake mushrooms 8 large basil leaves 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped and mixed with 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 1/2 ozs. olive oil In a hot sauté pan, heat 1/2 ounce olive oil. Place the mushroom caps topside down in the hot pan. Sear until slightly crisp, turn and sear briefly.

Remove from the heat and set aside.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Open butterflied tuna, place on the bottom flap in this order: 1 ounce goat cheese, 1/4 ounce sundried

tomato strips, 2 large shiitake mushrooms and 2 basil leaves. Brush the inside flap with the garlic oil. Close and grind black pepper on both sides.

Set aside.

Heat a heavy gauge, oven-proof sauté pan large enough to hold the four tuna steaks. When hot, add 1 ounce olive oil. Carefully place the stuffed tuna in the pan. Sear until brown. Turn over by picking up the tuna with a spatula under the tuna and replace in the pan. Place in 400-degree oven, bake 5 to 10 minutes or until done.

— The National Fisheries Institute, www.aboutseafood.com

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REDHEAD: Hunters should concentrate on areas with water and food during the early part of the season for good action. Good numbers of redheads and pintails are expected along the Texas coast. Photo by David J. Sams, LSON.

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along the coast has been especially poor this year, contributing to the problems ducks will face when they arrive along the coast.

“It is very poor for submerged aquatic food sources,” he said. “There are some ducks down here right now, however. We had a decent number of teal here earlier in the year and the big ducks are coming but not sticking around.”

Rezsutek said he has heard reports of gadwalls and pintails arriving, but said the mottled ducks are not going to be good.

“Unless we get a great rainfall, the ducks are not going to stop,” he said.

“They will either continue down the coast or head east to Louisiana to search for water. I keep hoping for more rain, but food production is so low that the hunting will still be poor.”

At Castaway Lodge near Seadrift, the mood is a little brighter.

“It looks like the gadwall are back in full force and we're seeing lots of pintails and teal in the mix already as well,” said Capt. Kris Kelley.

“We've been fortunate to pick up about 8 inches of rain in the last three weeks and that is definitely sweetening things up a bit.”

According to Todd Merendino, manager of conservation programs for Ducks Unlimited in Texas, “99 percent hinges on whether or not you have water.”

“From a bird population standpoint, there are a tremendous number of ducks headed south,” he said.

“They are going to get to Oklahoma and Texas and to some dry country pretty quick. In East Texas, the birds should be fine in the bigger reservoirs.”

Heavy flash rains dotted the Texas landscape, and hunters in those areas are more optimistic.

“There are going to be pockets of good hunting in areas that have received rain,” Merendino said.

Merendino agreed with Rezsutek and said food was in short supply, especially along the coast, but the first split should still produce good shoots.

“The first split should be OK,” he said. “The second split is where it is going to get pretty lean. Even for people with water, the low food output will be a problem.”

Kevin Kraai, TPWD’s waterfowl program leader, said the conditions in the Panhandle are the worst he has ever seen in 37 years.

“I’m unaware of a single playa lake that is holding any water right now,” Kraai said. “City lakes are the only water we are providing (for ducks) right now.

“It is looking like there are very few, if any, wet natural basins for waterfowl. It will have a huge (negative) impact on waterfowl hunting opportunities this year.”

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In an Oct. 4 letter to members of the group, Hodges challenged fellow hunters to keep going afield, working their dogs and flushing coveys.

But just don’t shoot any bobwhite quail, which have suffered drastic population declines in recent years.

According to Hodges, this year’s record drought and searing summer heat have brought Texas quail to a “tipping point.”

“We simply have no crop of chicks this year,” he wrote in his letter. “We’re taking precious few into the breeding season.

“We really need to consider this year being a catch-and-release.”

Catch-and-release quail?

The notion is met with befuddlement when mentioned to people who haven’t yet heard of it.

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on ledges and off rocks. He said other people have been lucky with square-billed crankbaits.

“I’m seeing people use shad patterns on just about every lake,” he said.

But, he added, “Fish in October, they gorge themselves. They’re fixing to go into the cold season so they eat every kind of shad, crawfish, worm — anything they can eat.”

Ken Wilkins of Round Rock recently fished a tournament on Sam Rayburn Reservoir in East Texas.

His biggest fish recently was 7-pounder on a craw worm, but he agreed with the shad-pattern strategy.

“Any kind of lake right now you can throw a shad pattern with a crankbait or a Rat-L-Trap, and you can be right pretty quick,” he said. “You can throw a fluke in the shallows of hydrilla and catch 40 to 50 easy.

“I think right now the fish are moving back into the creeks, getting ready for winter. You can really wear them out.”

But some lakes are producing better than others.

Guide Dave Hogge of Nolanville in Central Texas said largemouth fishing has been OK on Stillhouse Hollow Reservoir with flukes and Senko worms.

“I’ve never seen the fish this ugly,” he said. “You can catch them shallow doing whatever you like to do — buzzbaits, crankbaits, Texas rigs, Carolina rigs — but you won’t catch very many keepers.

“The keepers are probably suspended in the trees, running around with the hybrids.”

As crazy as this sounds, Hogge said he knows a couple anglers who have been targeting hybrids and white bass with jigging spoons, “but they catch black bass by accident.”

“Every time I do that,” he added, “I just catch hybrids and white bass.”

Hogge said the best fishing in not just Texas, but the world, is on the border at Falcon Reservoir.

He competed there in early October during the 2011 Bass Champs Championship. He placed 28th with partner Paul Stokes.

Although he hadn’t been back, he has been following reports and plans to finally get back there in November to fish for fun.

“I know it’s still going hot down there,” Hogge said, “and it has been on for three months down there with some pretty big stacks.

“You can catch them at 10 to 20 feet deep on rocks with 1-ounce jigs in black-brown earth tones, with a Brush Hog trailer in watermelon candy red. You want to have something red in it; red seems to be the ticket down there.

“You can catch 30 to 50 fish a day and at least three to five of them can be in the 7- to 9-pound range, with an 11-pounder to keep it interesting.”

Guide Dave Hogge, (254) 702-8349

— Bill Miller

Several commented that they’ve never heard of such a thing, although Texas ranchers have been known to shut down quail operations when there have been too few coveys to hunt.

Hodges, interviewed Oct. 19, said he was surprised that his challenge, so far, had been received positively.

“Somebody had to say it,” Hodges said. “But I’ve had 100 percent support.

“That’s been real gratifying because I really felt there would be some controversy. But we need to join hands to protect the birds because these are extraordinary times.”

Quail breeding numbers have fallen about 3.9 percent per year from 1970 to 2009, according

to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

TPWD officials say drought is exacerbating the problem. The department’s 2011 roadside quail surveys, released in September, showed significant decreases from 2010.

For example, counts were at a record low in the Rolling Plains. The average number observed this year was 5.7, but the long-term mean is 21, according to TPWD data.

“We’ve been taking steps to address the problem, but the drought is raising a sense of urgency,” said Clayton Wolf, TPWD wildlife director.

To that end, TPWD will consider possible changes in hunting regulations for next year, according to a news release.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife

Commission’s regulatory committee will meet Nov. 2 in Austin to discuss possible changes, including altered season lengths and bag limits.

TPWD officials aren’t asking people to not shoot any quail this year, but they are calling for some discretion.

“We’re advising landowners, if you are seeing low quail numbers on your ranch, you should consider reducing quail harvest,” said Robert Perez, TPWD’s upland game bird program leader.

“It’s OK,” he added, “to hunt, work your dogs, but take a conservative approach.

“Flush a covey once and don’t chase the singles or the pairs, or limit how long you hunt.”

It would be inaccurate to say there are no huntable quail in Texas.

Despite distressing statewide averages, the recent surveys did detect some healthy pockets of the birds. For example, the Gulf Prairies and marshes showed an average of 19.4 birds, compared to five last year.

Hunters can shop around by calling chambers of commerce to find ranches with coveys carried over from last year.

Hodges said that even if hunters agree not to shoot, it’s still important to take their dogs to quail leases and support the local economies of “quail-bearing areas.”

“Your bird dogs won’t mind the fact that there are no retrieves,” he said. “After all, the beauty of our sport occurs prior to the flush, and it is only icing on the cake as a bird is delivered to hand.”

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hunter had trail camera pictures of the buck, but Thorne didn’t know the deer was in the area.

“We didn’t know about that deer,” Gunnels said.

“We do kill a lot of deer in the 150s on this WMA, so it didn’t really surprise us. In the Trinity River bottom, if a buck can get to 7.5 years old (like this buck), the potential is there.”

Gunnels said Texas Parks and Wildlife Department manages the Richland

Creek WMA for quality deer, but not necessarily trophy deer.

“We have good quality bucks in the 130s to 140s, which is normal for a deer at 4 to 5 years of age,” he said.

“John worked on this property, so he knew the property, but he still had to draw the hunt just like anyone else.”

The deadline to apply for the public hunt was Sept.

1, but Gunnels said hunters can call the week before a scheduled hunt to see if

DOE: E15 hurts marine engines Two studies by the U.S. Department of Energy show that 15 percent ethanol in volume (E15) causes problems with outboard, stern drive and inboard engines, according to a news release from the National Marine Manufacturers Association.

The studies were conducted on engines provided by two marine engine manufactures.

Both are members of the association.

The long-awaited reports show severe damage to engine components and an increase in exhaust emissions, reinforcing the recreational boating industry’s concern that E15 is not a suitable fuel for marine engines.

Emissions and durability testing compared E15 fuel and fuel containing zero percent ethanol (E0) and examined exhaust emissions, exhaust gas temperature, torque, power, barometric pressure, air temperature, and fuel flow.

Specifically, the report showed degraded emissions performance outside of engine certification limits as well as increased fuel consumption. In separate testing on engine durability, each tested engine showed deterioration, including two of the three outboard engines, with damages severe enough to prevent them from completing the test cycle.

there are any openings.

“We have stand-by hunts where any unfilled hunt will have a drawing at 11 a.m. the day of the hunt to fill the spot,” he said. “We encourage hunters to call ahead and find out how many spots are available.”

Gunnels said a 135-inch and a 129-inch buck were killed during bow season this year, but nothing like the Thorne buck.

“That was a really impressive deer,” he said.

The E0 test engines did not exhibit any fuelrelated issues.

— National Marine Manufacturers Association

Golden day for Sgt. Eller U.S. Army Sgt. Glenn Eller, a native of Katy, won gold the third week of October at the Men's Double Trap at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Looking to add to the USA's medal count, Eller shot a perfect 50 targets in his second round and 48 targets in the third round for 147 targets — just one target shy of the world record.

Not only did Eller’s 147 targets set a new Pan American match record for Men's Double Trap, but his total score of 195 targets is a new Pan American total record, again just one target shy of the world record.

In the finals, he experienced difficulty with a spring in his trigger — he had two malfunctions but didn’t lose any targets as a result.

“We were fortunate to have good conditions and the Jalisco Hunting Club is the nicest venue in the Americas,” said Eller, a member of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit.

His gold marks the 12th shooting medal for the U.S. at the Pan American Games, and sixth gold medal.

— USA Shooting

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“Thirty miles out is where they are, but the water is real green. Forty miles out is the blue water. I’d say the tuna fishing is on its way down, but it all depends on the weather.”

Lohry said shrimp boats that help him zero in on tuna have not been running lately, and that has hindered the tuna bite. He also said water temperature is important to catch fall tuna.

“The current water temperature has been from 78 to 82 degrees, but one good cold front could shut it down,” he said. “When it gets down to 73 degrees or so, it gets pretty tough.”

Lohry said the past two tuna seasons have really heated up in late July and into August and even September.

“The first week in August has been the best,” he said. “There were also a lot of tuna, ling and dorado. BLUE WATER BITES: Yellowfin and blackfin tuna are congregating around oil rigs off the Texas coast right now. Photo by October has also been pretty good, David J. Sams, LSON. and this is historically when the yellowfin tuna start showing up. fin and blackfin tuna — standard fare for jigs to catch the tuna and we also caught a “But I’m not sure they are going this time of year along the midcoast. couple on top-water poppers in green and to this year.”

“This trip was a really good one,” Lemire white. The largest tuna, a 120-pounder, was Lohry said he is having the most success by trolling instead of chumming tuna to the said. “We caught 10 yellowfin from 60 to caught on a popper.”

Lemire said the tuna trips will run well 120 pounds and 56 blackfin, which has been boat. into winter, and the fish should be around “There aren’t any shrimp boats to get chum a little low.”

Lemire said the party boat was fishing near far offshore until then. from right now,” he said.

Farther north, Patrick Lemire from the an oil rig 117 miles offshore from Galveston.

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Along with Herzog, Austin resident Sean Mecredy took home top honors in the fun division with a total length of 97.25-inches.

“On tournament day, there were bluebird skies, little to no wind, and high temps in the 80s,” Mecredy said. “The water had an uncharacteristic stain to it. I was flipping a jig into laydowns — that is what caught all my fish.”

Mecredy, 29, began bass fishing three years ago from an Old Town 10-foot kayak “because it is affordable and reliable.”

“I was proud to win first in my division, but mostly pleased that I could win prizes for a good day of fishing to begin with,” Mecredy added. “I look forward to participating in more of these tournaments in the future.”

Herzog agreed.

“To be able to win the competitive division against the best kayak anglers in Central Texas is a big accomplishment for me,” he said.

“I have the utmost respect for all the guys I fish against and the high level of competition they provide. It just makes winning the division that much sweeter.”

And going home to a happy daughter was a bonus.

“When I got home after the tournament, she just looked at me and said, ‘See, I told you so.’ That in itself was worth it.”

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CROWDED: A hot spot where schools of redfish or black drum wait for the right bait at the right time can attract a good number of both professional and amateur saltwater anglers and can cause tempers to flare if proper boating ethics are not followed. Photo by Ralph Winingham for LSON.

with game wardens.

Game Warden Capt. Marvin Tamez of Region 10 that covers Nueces and San Patricio counties said he has heard guides complaining about other guides but no formal complaints had been filed.

He said that actions such as creating a hazardous wake or

The skinny on Lake Cisco bass Why are there so many skinny bass in Lake Cisco? Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials believe they know why.

Cisco, east of Abilene in northwest Eastland County, historically has been a good bass lake known for giving up some big largemouth bass, including a 13.2-pounder in 2007. But it’s also known for its many small, skinny bass.

TPWD recently completed an electrofishing survey at Lake Cisco to determine the current status of largemouth bass and sunfish populations in the lake.

The bad news is 86 percent of the adult bass were less than 12 inches long; they were 3 and 4 years old; and they were very skinny. Instead of a rounded belly and thick back, they had a sunken belly and were railthin across the back.

All this adds up to a stunted largemouth bass population where fewer individuals grow to a larger size.

“From a management viewpoint, we could put a regulation in place that allows anglers to harvest smaller bass,” said TPWD biologist Spencer Dumont. “However, Cisco doesn’t have enough fishing effort and harvest potential for a slot regulation to work.

“The real answer lies with Mother Nature.”

Dumont said another significant rain event, like the one Oct. 8-9, would flush in nutrients and flood habitat, resulting in more microscopic plants and animals, then more forage fish (shad, silversides, and bluegill). Faster growth of largemouth bass could follow.

—TPWD

Catfishing’s hot at Squaw Creek Squaw Creek Reservoir, known for its largemouth bass, also offers quality catfishing during the cooler autumn and winter months, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Squaw Creek Reservoir is located in Hood and Somervell counties, just off Texas 144 between Glen Rose and Granbury. It is operated

by Luminant Power and serves as a cooling reservoir for the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Station.

Angler access to the reservoir is limited from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Thursday through Sunday for bank fishing within the park and Friday through Sunday for boat fishing.

Although channels are the dominant catfish species in Squaw Creek, an occasional flathead catfish might also be caught.

For information, call (817) 573-7053.

—TPWD

spooking fish away from an area being fished could be violations of the Sportsmen’s Rights Act of the TPWD Code, specifically the section titled “Harassment of Hunters, Trappers or Anglers.”

“It could also be a violation of the Water Safety Code involving reckless or negligent operation of

a watercraft,’’ Tamez said. “The problem is that most of the time it is your word against somebody else. We recommend that you take out your cell phone to get a video of what the other guy is doing.

“It helps to have other witnesses willing to make a statement.’’

Tamez added that in the 27 years he

has been hearing of numerous rude or unsafe incidents, he has yet to see any complainers pursue legal action.

A downturn in the economy might be why boaters are noticing more bad behavior, said Chuck West, president of the Coastal Bend Guides Association. He said everyone’s tempers are high.

“This year it is perhaps worse than in the past because the recession is hurting everyone,” he said.

“The situation is almost to the point of getting physical because of what is happening on the water, at the ramps and at the cleaning tables.

“There has been no physical stuff yet and we would just as soon not see it get to that point.

“We really can’t do anything about a lot of it because (the culprits) are not members of our association.”

West added that the CBGA has about 88 members.

“If we get a report of our members doing something wrong, we can reprimand them, fine them or even kick them out of our association,” West said. “You can’t create ethics.

“We are keeping an eye on the situation and would like to find a positive action to take, but we haven’t found anything yet.”

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TPWD setting up mule deer check stations Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists are asking hunters and landowners to bring their harvested mule deer to one of six voluntary mule deer check stations in the Trans-Pecos region Dec. 3-4 and Dec. 10-11.

The Trans-Pecos mule deer season runs Nov. 25-Dec. 11.

Voluntary check stations will be set up during the two weekends in Culberson, Midland, Pecos, Terrell and Brewster counties.

Data collected at these check stations is used to monitor harvest intensity, herd condition and age structure and to develop revisions in regulations. TPWD biologists annually collect mule deer harvest data by management compartment, which include age by tooth wear and replacement, antler measurements and field-dressed weights.

“In an effort to improve data, increase our knowledge of harvest intensity on a broader scale, and enhance efficiency, we will be operating voluntary check stations for the 2011 hunting season in five counties,” said Shawn Gray, TPWD mule deer program coordinator.

“These check stations will be located in areas where hunters can conveniently get their harvested mule deer aged, weighed, and measured (for bucks).

“This information is essential in monitoring mule deer populations and making future regulation decisions.”

All check stations will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the two weekends.

Check stations will be at the following locations: Van Horn, Culberson County, Van Horn Convention Center — 1801 West Broadway Midland, Midland County, Naturally Fresh (Deer Processor) — 1501 Elwyn Bakersfield, Pecos County, Chevron Station — south of Interstate 10 (Exit 294) Sanderson, Terrell County, Slim’s Auto Repair — intersection of U.S. 90 and U.S. 285 Alpine, Brewster County, Hip-O Taxidermy — east side of town on U.S. 90, across from Dairy Queen — TPWD

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