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Tracking the silver king

Volume 11, Issue 2

Tarpon Observation Network pursues fish as patterns change

By Steve Schwartz Lone Star outdoor newS

Following the Tarpon Observation Network’s inception in 2008, anglers have reported nearly double the amount of fish seen between 1976 and 2007. Biologists now must determine what that actually means.

“We know they are there, and it’s all good information,” Art Morris, constituent outreach specialist for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, said of the network.

Information is gathered from observations of tarpon along Texas’ Gulf Coast. These sight-

A FAMILY HUNT: Dallas hunters Justin Fourton and his son, Henry, wait for the birds to fly opening day in a Kaufman County field. Texas dove hunting is often an endeavor the whole family can enjoy together. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

Feathers flying

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Dove season opens to good hunting

By Conor Harrison Lone Star outdoor newS

The sun was dropping behind the group of hunters on the opening afternoon of the Texas dove season.

The east wind had picked up and the birds were returning to a pond from an afternoon feed at a nearby field with sunflowers and milo.

Dallas hunters Phil Lamb and Sean Polk were hiding in a converted duck blind on the

edge of the water on the birds’ flyway to roost.

They came low and fast, riding the wind and providing challenging shooting to hunters who hadn’t been in the fields in almost nine months.

By the time the sun had set, the hunters were gathered around trucks cleaning birds, enjoying the final moments of daylight and relishing the fact it was hunting season again See OPENER, Page 21

An uncommon game Walleye struggle to gain foothold in Texas waters

PROOF IS IN THE TRACKING: Tarpon populations have been making a rebound in Texas for decades, and the Tarpon Observation Network supports just that.

Photo by Capt. Jamie Pinter.

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A CHANGE OF PACE: TPWD has been investing in walleye populations across several reservoirs in Texas. Photo by LSON.

If walleye didn’t have enough trouble surviving Texas’ climate as a cold-water species, throw a severe drought into the mix as well — but it doesn’t mean the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department doesn’t see the fish as a worthwhile effort.

“The water up here stays cool enough to where the fish actually do pretty well,” Charlie Munger, a biologist with TPWD in the Panhandle, said. “They’re actu-

HUNTING

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Bow season on tap

World record mako shark

Record East Texas buck

Wading for cats

Biologists across the state are predicting a good archery season in many areas and a great season in others.

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Hunter Mark Lee sets TBGA state record with huge Houston County buck taken last season.

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Weatherford bow angler shoots 809.5-pound mako off California coast.

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Early fall fun in the shallows for all ages.

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ally a cold-water species, but we’ve seen them survive as far south as Amistad (International Reservoir). We’ve had walleye in Texas since the ’60s.”

Munger’s department was responsible for the stockings in Palo Duro Reservoir and Fryer Lake, a small lake southeast of Perryton in the northern Panhandle. Both bodies of water maintain a temperature that will support a walleye population, if they hold water.

“Palo Duro went way, way low. The water See WALLEYE, Page 26

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HUNTING

Almost here

Sept. 27 will see archery hunters head afield; bucks should be good in most areas, especially Pineywoods, South Texas

By Conor Harrison Lone Star outdoor newS

Texas bowhunters can’t wait until Sept. 27, when archery season begins across the state.

And this year they should be excited — adequate moisture across much of the better rack-producing regions of the state have given bucks solid nutrition through the antlergrowing period, especially East Texas.

“Last fall we had a real crummy acorn crop,” said Gary Calkins, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Pineywoods Region leader. “The deer had a hard, lean winter, but this spring things turned around and range conditions are excellent. It is as good as I’ve seen in years.”

Calkins said the deer on trail cameras have really good body conditions and have recovered nicely from last winter.

“We’re seeing some big old chubby brown bodies,” he said. “I’d call the antler development we have seen on trail cams as great. I don’t really like to go out on a limb like that, but we’ve got some big deer this year.”

Calkins credited antler restrictions in East Texas as the main reason for the overall increase in antler growth.

“Antler restrictions have completely turned this area around,” he said. “These bucks are getting some See BOW SEASON, Page 27

ANTLERS LOOKING GOOD: Biologists across the state are calling the upcoming deer season fair to good to very good in some spots like the South Texas brush country and East Texas Pineywoods. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

Trending downward Fewer wildlife biology students have hunting experience

By Craig Nyhus

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HIGH-TECH BOBWHITES: New free apps are available to land managers and hunters to answer questions on northern bobwhite quail restoration. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

Free quail apps available from AgriLife Two new free apps are available to Texas bobwhite quail enthusiasts that help with habitat management and evaluation.

Northern Bobwhite Management Calendar: Northern bobwhite populations have been declining for decades due to a combination of factors, the most important being the loss of useable habitat. Active land management benefiting quail could reverse the decline.

The Northern Bobwhite Management Calendar provides the user with instructions on habitat management practices and population census by giving monthly recommendations. These focus on enhancing habitat and understanding quail populations and predator management.

This app takes up 40.2 MBs of space.

Northern Bobwhite Habitat Evaluation: Habitat loss is a major factor in northern bobwhite declines over the last few decades. Although the plant species included are specific to Central and West Texas, The Northern Bobwhite Habitat Evaluation app offers valuable habitat evaluation techniques for other regions as well. This tool allows the user to quickly assess the habitat condition on the user’s property by posing a series of questions to be answered while in the field. The app calculates a habitat quality score based on the user’s input and provides recommendations for improving habitat beneficial for northern bobwhite.

This app takes up 9.9 MBs of space.

Both apps are compatible with iPhones, iPads and iPod touch and are free to download and can be found at wildlife.tamu.edu/mobile-apps/

There is a shift taking place at Texas universities that offer wildlife biology degrees. Fewer and fewer students entering the programs are hunters, and more enter the programs with a reduced regard for the state’s hunting heritage.

Louis Harveson, the director of the Borderlands Research Institute at Sul Ross State University, has been informally surveying the incoming classes for 15 years.

“I would ask them how many own guns, how many hunt, etc.,” Harveson said. “Our freshman classes have changed significantly — from 90 percent male to now 50 percent, from 5 percent minority to 25-35 percent, and from 90 percent hunters to maybe 65 percent.”

At Texas A&M UniversityKingsville, most of the wildlife biology students are still male, but Animal and Wildlife Sciences

Department Chair Scott Henke is seeing a decrease in students with exposure to hunting.

“We have more and more students who haven’t had the opportunity or access to hunting,” Henke said. “The hunting group is getting smaller and smaller. We have more students from the cities now, and many haven’t had any hunting opportunities.”

Dr. Mark Wallace, professor and Chair at the Department of Natural Resources Management at Texas Tech University, echoed Harveson, and noted that at the larger universities, the figures are even more lopsided.

“We are certainly seeing the same kind of change,” he said.

“With that change comes several other interesting changes. Today’s students do not have the same skill sets as prior generations.

Some have never been camping at all.”

Wallace said the potential lack See STUDENTS, Page 7

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BERETTA WILL BE MISSED: All of the customers and friends who came into McClelland Gun Shop met Beretta at the door. Photo by Jayme Rutledge.

Bidding farewell to a friend, gun shop staple

By Jayme Rutledge

For Lone Star Outdoor News It was December 1999, with a hint of winter in the air, when my father, Ron, brought home a box wrapped with cheerful holiday paper. But it wasn’t a gift that could wait until Christmas morning.

He set the box on the kitchen floor, where it proceeded to rock back and forth; each rock punctuated by a muffled yip.

My mother, Terry, guessed what was inside with one look, shook her head and said, “Heck no, Ron!” At that, Dad beelined back to the garage,

as husbands do when they bring home something they know their wives won’t approve of. My mother seemed determined to ignore the increasingly agitated box, so I opened it. Inside was a tiny Jack Russell terrier puppy with a perfectly symmetrical black, brown and white muzzle.

We called him Beretta, a name he shared with his mother and Ron’s favorite shotgun. I was the first to cradle him in my arms and the last to hold him before he passed away August 27, two months shy of his 15th birthday.

Beretta possessed that special magic See FAREWELL, Page 7

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SEASONS SET: TPWD has released the season frameworks for Texas waterfowl hunters. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

Waterfowl seasons announced Duck populations are the highest since North American surveys began in 1955, and as a result Texas will enjoy the most liberal waterfowl hunting season framework allowable for the 20th consecutive year.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved waterfowl seasons for Texas Aug. 21 at its public hearing in Houston.

Good news of record-setting waterfowl populations, with nearly all species numbering above the long-term goals identified in the North American Waterfowl Management Plan, sets the table for the

2014-15 hunting season in Texas.

“Waterfowl are doing well,” said Dave Morrison, Small Game Program director for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. “This is the 20th straight year we’ve been in a liberal framework for waterfowl seasons. That’s unheard of.”

The commission retained a staggered split between the North and South Zones to allow for the opportunity of an additional week for those duck hunters who travel between zones.

In the only change in bag limits this season, Texas waterfowlers can take only See WATERFOWL, Page 17

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of communication with their friends keeps many students from being interested in being in the field.

“Nearly all students today come with a new appendage, a smart phone,” he said, “which means they have never been out of communication with friends, parents, etc. It is still quite a shock for even MS students to be somewhere ‘with no bars — and that can be taken in both ways.’”

At Texas A&M University, longtime professor Clark Adams said the changes in the past decade have been astounding.

“We have the same kind of decrease,” he said. “Hunting participation is dropping anyway — it’s a national phenomenon. We’re becoming so urban, it’s not part of our mentality to go out and harvest wildlife.”

Adams said the changes in entering students have surprised him.

“It blows me away how quickly it happened,” he said. “These kids are coming from third- and fourthgeneration urban environments.

Many don’t distinguish between hunting and animal cruelty.”

What is then drawing the students to seek a degree in wildlife biology?

“That’s a really good question,” Adams said. “I don’t know that we have the answer. The good news is that they come in wanting to save the whales, so to speak, and most come out recognizing hunting as an effective wildlife management tool, even if they have never hunted.”

Smart phones receive criticism as part of the reason for the shift, but the technological skills of the new student have a positive side.

“Today’s students have no fear of the new electronics and gadgets that some previous students did,” Wallace said. “They are very skilled with computers, programs, and the Internet.”

Both Wallace and Adams both said the next step is for the students to learn that not all of the information they need is at their fingertips.

“The technology provides us with more data, but it doesn’t tell us about the natural history of the animal,” Adams said.

Solutions to the negative trend in hunters may be difficult, but are necessary, the educators said.

“We need to realize the students are different and change our expectations,” Wallace said. “And we need to show them that they need to be better prepared and change their expectations. We need to expose more to hunting to expand their vision and realize that there are other audiences that are related but are not hunters and expand our vision.

“Can we do it? Perhaps — one student at a time.”

Harveson said expanding the students’ connection with nature, and especially hunting, is paramount.

“Hunters are the workhorses of conservation,” he said.

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some dogs have that allows them to burrow so effortlessly into our souls. He was loved not only by us, but by dozens of customers who knew him as the “shop dog” at my family’s East Dallas store, McClelland Gun Shop.

Every workday, Beretta jumped in the passenger seat of Ron’s red Ford truck for the ride down to the shop. He learned to wait patiently for the last bite of Ron’s cinnamon roll, and gloried in following Ron’s riding mower over the 6-acre property Beretta knew by heart. He was happiest napping in a patch of morning sun, bumming lunch scraps from the gunsmiths and appraising customers with a vigorous sniff test.

“I routinely looked for Beretta when I came into the shop,” said Greg Jacobs, a longtime McClelland’s customer.

“Everyone is going to miss Beretta.”

Beretta was a quintessential Jack Russell — too smart for his own good. My mother once marveled, “I know there’s a person somewhere in there.”

He was a natural hunter who terrorized all squirrels, rodents and cats that dared enter our yard. Beretta possessed the attitude and chutzpah of a big dog in a little package.

“I’ve had several dogs in my life,” said Ron. “But Beretta grew in my heart and became my constant companion. He went from being a dog to a member of the family.”

Many years ago, a lady who met Beretta at the shop told me a dog with three colors brings luck. Beretta brought with him luck and love and left behind cherished memories.

As Charles Schultz once said, “Happiness is a warm puppy.”

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SO LONG OLD FRIEND: Ron Rutledge and Beretta. Photo by Jayme Rutledge.

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Jaws with a bow Texas angler arrows 809.5-pound, world record mako

By Conor Harrison Lone Star outdoor newS

Jeff Thomason has made several trips from his Weatherford home to the waters off Huntington Beach, California in search of one of the ultimate prizes in bow fishing — a big mako shark.

He wasn’t prepared for just how big the mako would turn out to be.

“We are out there in the middle of the deep blue,” said Thomason, who hosts the hunting show, Predator Pursuit. “Every once in a while, we’d have a great white show up, but we couldn’t shoot them.”

Thomason said it has taken a while for the captain, “Mako” Matt Potter, to really dial in the bow fishing for sharks, but he has it down to a science now.

“We shoot regular AMS bow arrows, but they have an interlock grapple with a steel leader,” he said. “You need the sharks really close to the boat and out of the water because those arrows are so heavy, they don’t fly far.”

Thomason said the hunt began like all the oth-

ers — putting a lot of chum in the water, trolling slowly for two miles to spread the chum slick and then waiting for the sharks to arrive.

“We had been sitting there about 30 minutes, and one of the things we do is watch the seagulls that land in the slick. When they start to get off the water, you know something is coming,” Thomason said. “There were only a few birds this time and they were way out, but they started getting up in order. Not five minutes later, Matt yelled, ‘Huge mako right at the boat.’”

Thomason thought the captain was messing with him, until he saw the dark silhouette of the shark calmly circling the boat with a fin out of the water.

“They’ve got to be about three feet from the boat to get the arrow to stick, so we threw a fish on a line and teased him to the boat,” Thomason said. “I try and shoot for the top of the back. As soon as the arrow hit, all hell broke loose. We freaked out because I spined him and we thought he might sink.”

The crew got the boat in gear and actually had BIG SET OF TEETH: Bow angler Jeff Thomason holds the jaws of the 809.5-pound mako he shot off See MAKO, Page 26

the coast of California. Photo by Jeff Thomason.

Low-water whiskers

Skinny water holds promise for big cats during latesummer transition

By Steve Schwartz Lone Star outdoor newS

LESS THAN 2 FEET: Catfish anglers can target late-summer cats this month in shallow waters chasing different types of bait, from clams to bugs on the surface. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

Though some of the most productive catfish bites can come from deeper areas of Texas lakes, anglers have been taking channel cats in less than 5 feet of water, and are preparing for a monster blue cat bite in the fall.

“That’s my prime time — finding them in less than 5 feet of water,” Lake Waco guide Jason Barton said. “We’ll look for current or a wind-blown shoreline. That’s where the baitfish are going to be concentrated.”

Summer months mean the larger blues are moving deep, Barton said. But, some of the best channel cats can come in the shallows during the warmer months.

“I’ll see blue cats tailing like a redfish — what they’re doing is feeding on the freshwater clams,” Barton said.

“But, shoot, I’ll fish in less than a foot of water for the channels — they’re feeding on the moths.”

Chad Ferguson, a North Texas guide who focuses on Lake Lewisville and Lake Ray Roberts, said the technology has made shallow-water catfishing a simpler and more exciting sport.

“It’s become much easier to target them in the past few years in the shallows with the sight-imaging technology,” Ferguson said.

Fishing has been top-notch this summer, too.

“We’ve been catching some fish in the shallows, on flats and points,” he said. “They’re usually out on the ledges where the baitfish are.”

Bait is the name of the game in late summer for largeand medium-sized catfish. Ferguson said he has been using cut shad primarily, while on Lake Waco, Barton said he has been using punchbait on a treble hook for some of his larger catches.

George Rule, on Lake Tawakoni, said stinkbait, cut shad, carp and buffalo have been right at the top of the menu for the channel cats he has been catching.

“We’ll use our trolling motor and creep right up into the shallows, Rule said. “Then we’ll see a wake where the fish are moving around. The water is real muddy, so you just have to see where the fish are going; it’s tough to sight-fish for them.”

Rule said he has been catching anywhere from 100 to 150 fish on any given day.

Farther to the south at Lake Conroe, Guide Chris Edwards said their fish are deeper, and hanging on brushy ledges and in holes.

“We’ve been catching a lot of fish,” Edwards said.

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Kingfish DNA study looks for links in populations

By Conor Harrison Lone Star outdoor newS

Kingfish travel up and down the Texas coast, that much is known.

When the water gets cooler along the upper coast, the fish migrate to warmer waters along the lower coast.

A new study started this year seeks to find just how far those fish travel, and if kingfish in Texas waters mingle with populations in the Bay of Campeche, Mexico or the Eastern Gulf of Mexico along the Florida coast.

“We know that Mexico has a huge commercial fishery,” said Dr. John Gold, a regents professor at Texas A&M University-Corpus See KINGFISH, Page 11

WHERE ARE YOU HEADED? Texas biologists are taking DNA samples of kingfish to determine how far they travel and what populations overlap. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

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STARTING TO EMERGE: Largemouth bass anglers are beginning to find success after a slow summer of high temperatures and tight-lipped fish. Photo by Lone Star Outdoor News.

Texas bass action Late-summer bite fair, finally good down south

By Conor Harrison Lone Star Outdoor News

The dog days of summer might be slowly fading in the rearview mirror, but Texas largemouth bass anglers are still battling high water temperatures and finicky fish.

According to Lake Fork guide John Morris of J&M Guide Service, the fall fishing period is approaching but not here yet.

“The bass fishing was fair this week using crankbaits and Carolina rigs,” Morris said. “The best crankbait I found that worked is the Strike King KVD 1.5. I fished the edges of grass along main lake points early in the morning and in the evenings around 5 to 8 p.m. The other way I was catching them was in the mornings using the Carolina-rigged (creature baits) — water-

melon/chartreuse baby creature worked the best. I also used a Carolina-rigged watermelon/red 6-inch lizard up near the grass and the lily pads with good success.”

Down on Falcon International Reservoir, the largemouth bite has picked up.

“There has been a marked improvement in the fishing in the last couple of weeks, See BASS BITING, Page 19

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TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT Drop-shotting CANYON LAKE — Anglers who have fished Canyon Lake recently know the largemouth bass bite has been a little tough, but some anglers are having success drop-shotting in 15 to 20 feet.

According to multiple anglers on the Texas Fishing Forum, the bite in the northern portion of the lake around stumps has been decent throwing top-waters, spinner baits and crankbaits.

Steep sloping banks have also produced bites throwing Carolina rigs in watermelon red or junebug colors.

Finesse worms on a 1/4-ounce weight have also put fish in the boat. The water has been murky, and around 85 degrees.

Levels dropping LAKE O’ THE PINES — Grass on the lakes and encroaching lily pads due to lower water have helped the fishing in some areas on Lake O’ the Pines, according to angler Chuck Goodson. “(We) started early fishing a cut of 4-6 ft water off of the creek,” he wrote in his report for the TFF. “It has a few areas that opened up with scatter grass mat on the surface and grass underneath the water throughout. We tossed spinners, buzzers, buzz frogs, popping frogs, senkos, flukes, creature plastics — all with no real affect. I finally put on a very small and subtle

ALAN HENRY: Water stained; 85–89 degrees; 18.64’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on buzzbaits and Zell Pops early, later switching to jigs, Texas rigs and Carolina rigs.

AMISTAD: Water stained; 82–86 degrees; 41.65’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, soft plastics, jigs and drop shots.

ATHENS: Water clear; 83–87 degrees; 1.06’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged creature baits and finesse jigs. Crappie are fair on white jigs and minnows.

BASTROP: Water stained; 88–92 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon spinner baits and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are very good on shrimp and stinkbait.

BELTON: Water murky; 81–85 degrees; 10.52’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on lipless crankbaits and crankbaits around structure.

Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are slow.

BOB SANDLIN: Water clear; 83–87 degrees; 2.05’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina-rigged soft plastics and football jigs on brush piles. Crappie are fair on minnows and white jigs.

BONHAM: Water stained, 83–88 degrees; 3.11’ low. Largemouth bass are good along creek channel and on the rocks with crankbaits, buzzbaits and soft plastics. Crappie are good on minnows along bridge pilings and deeper points with brush.

BRAUNIG: Water stained. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and dark soft plastic worms near the dam. Striped bass are good down rigging silver and gold spoons near the jetty and dam.

BRIDGEPORT: Water clear, 83–87 degrees; 22.97’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on small soft plastic swimbaits on jigheads and crankbaits fished near rocky points on main lake. White bass are fair on slabs and top-waters.

BROWNWOOD: Water clear; 82–86 degrees; 12.07’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on black/chartreuse spinner baits and watermelon red

soft plastic worms over brush piles in 12–15 feet. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines baited with cut bait and chicken livers.

BUCHANAN: Water murky; 82–86 degrees; 30.33’ low. Largemouth bass are good on white buzzbaits, watermelon top-waters, and weightless Texas-rigged purple flake Whacky Sticks in 5–15 feet.

CADDO: Water stained; 84–88 degrees; 0.10’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged creature baits and black buzzbaits near shallow cover. Hollow-body frogs effective as well in same areas early in day.

CALAVERAS: Water stained. Largemouth bass are good on dark soft plastic worms, spinner baits and crankbaits over reed beds. Striped bass are good on chicken livers and shad along the shoreline. Redfish are good down rigging silver and gold spoons along the crappie wall and the dam in 10–20 feet.

CEDAR CREEK: Water clear; 83–88 degrees; 4.67’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on Texas-rigged craws in green pumpkin on docks and Carolina-rigged centipedes and deep-diving crankbaits on deeper brush piles.

CHOKE CANYON: Water stained; 83–87 degrees; 26.71’ low.

Largemouth bass are very good on watermelon crankbaits and large soft plastic lizards and worms.

COLEMAN: Water clear; 82–86 degrees; 18.08’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on chartreuse and watermelon lipless crankbaits and Carolina-rigged soft plastics.

COLETO CREEK: Water stained; 87 degrees in main lake, 100 degrees at hot water discharge; 3.21’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on green pumpkin soft plastics and lipless crankbaits around vegetation in Coleto and Perdido Creeks in 8–10 feet.

CONROE: Water stained; 82–86 degrees; 0.60’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on chartreuse Carolinarigged soft plastics, crankbaits, and lipless crankbaits. Striped bass are good on silver/gold striper jigs.

COOPER: Water clear; 83–87 degrees; 9.94’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on Texas-rigged craws and worms Crappie are good on jigs and minnows.

FALCON: Water murky; 85–89 degrees; 33.43’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina-rigged large soft plastic worms and crankbaits.

FAYETTE: Water stained. Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon spinner baits and soft plastics in 10–18 feet. Channel and blue catfish are good on shrimp and cut shad in 8–12 feet.

FORK: Water clear; 83–87 degrees; 4.90’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on deep-diving crankbaits, flutter spoons and drop-shot worms in 15–20 feet. Some fish being caught in the pads with a hollowbody frog in tonosama.

FT. PHANTOM HILL: Water clear; 84–89 degrees; 15.74’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair to good on Zara Spooks, Senkos, Texas rigs and jigs. Crappie are fair to good on live minnows. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers.

GIBBONS CREEK: Water clear. Largemouth bass are fair on electric blue soft plastic worms and watermelon crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and pink tube jigs.

GRANBURY: Water murky; 82–86 degrees; 7.18’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on blue/green lipless crankbaits and watermelon soft plastics.

GRANGER: Water clear; 84–88 degrees; 0.35’ low. Largemouth bass are good on white crankbaits and spinner baits upriver. White bass are good on shad upriver. Crappie are good on marabou jigs in 4–15 feet.

GRAPEVINE: Water clear; 83–88 degrees; 10.68’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged craws and medium-diving crankbaits in shad patterns.

HOUSTON COUNTY: Water stained; 87–91 degrees; 0.64’ low. Largemouth bass to 8 pounds are good on watermelon Carolina-rigged soft plastic worms near structure in 8 feet.

top-water and wham. We started whacking fish right on the edges of the grass mat and pads. I put over a dozen fish in the boat in 30 minutes.”

Texas-rigged soft plastics also caught a few fish near bridge pilings. The lake is clear and around 85 degrees.

The crappie bite is good on minnows and jigs.

Striper action LAKE TEXOMA — According to Texoma striper guide John Blasingame, the striper bite has been good on Texoma.

“The last couple days have been pretty much the same,” he said. “Catching is good, but the quality fish I was going to the other side of the lake for have eluded me, for the most part. I’ve been spending my spare time trying to get my new dock dialed in. Fishing is still very good and most fish are coming on top-waters for me.”

Some stripers are also being caught by watching for birds and jigging schooling fish.

The lake is between 81 and 85 degrees, and some largemouth and smallmouth bass are being caught on crankbaits.

To contact guide John Blasingame, call (903) 814-5566.

— Conor Harrison

HUBBARD CREEK: Water offcolor; 83–89 degrees; 28.01’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on Zara Spooks and buzzbaits early, later switching to split shot weighted flukes, Texas rigs and jigs.

JOE POOL: Water clear; 83–87 degrees; 0.99’ low. Largemouth bass are good on medium crankbaits in shad patterns and weightless Senkos. Crappie are slow on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs and top-waters. Catfish are good on cut shad and trotlines.

Crappie are good on minnows and white tube jigs.

O.H. IVIE: Water stained; 83–89 degrees; 40.42’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Yellow Magics early, later switching to Carolina rigs, jigs and Rapala DT 10s.

OAK CREEK: Water stained; 83–89 degrees; 24.24’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on mediumrunning shad-pattern crankbaits, Carolina rigs, jigs and drop-shot rigs.

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SEE MORE STILLHOUSE: Water murky; 82–86 degrees; 11.24’ low. Largemouth bass are good on green pumpkin crankbaits and lipless crankbaits.

LAVON: Water lightly stained; 83–88 degrees; 11.91’ low.

Largemouth bass are slow on swim jigs and bladed jigs near stumps.

White bass are fair on slabs and minnows. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs.

PALESTINE: Water clear; 83–87 degrees; 0.67’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on weightless Senkos and wacky worms near docks.

Some deeper fish being caught on football jigs and Carolina rigs.

Crappie are good on minnows and white jigs.

LBJ: Water stained; 83–87 degrees; 0.36’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, weightless watermelon red Whacky Sticks and Bleeding Shad lipless crankbaits in 5–12 feet at daylight. White bass are slow.

POSSUM KINGDOM: Water fairly clear; 84–89 degrees; 15.92’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on buzzbaits, later switching to Carolina rigs, Texas rigs, jigs and DD22s.

Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs.

TAWAKONI: Water stained; 84–88 degrees; 10.33’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on hollow-body frogs and black buzzbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows White bass are good on top-waters.

LEWISVILLE: Water lightly stained; 83–87 degrees; 5.73’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on shallow crankbaits and small swimbaits near larger rocks. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on top-waters and slabs.

Hybrid striper are good on slabs.

Catfish are fair on trotlines and nightcrawlers.

PROCTOR: Water murky; 82–86 degrees; 11.40’ low. Largemouth bass are good on white spinner baits and lipless crankbaits.

TOLEDO BEND: Water murky; 83–87 degrees; 1.35’ low. Largemouth bass are good on black/blue flake and black/red flake soft plastic worms early and late.

LIVINGSTON: Water fairly clear; 83– 87 degrees; 0.38’ low. Largemouth bass are good on green pumpkin crankbaits and spinner baits.

MARTIN CREEK: Water clear; 88–96 degrees; 1.01’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Flick Shake worms and drop-shot finesse worms along deeper points and breaks. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs.

MONTICELLO: Water fairly clear; 95–101 degrees; 0.78’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on Carolinarigged Trick Worms and drop-shot finesse worms near breaks.

NAVARRO MILLS: Water stained; 82– 86 degrees; 1.08’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass are good on pet spoons and Li’l Fishies.

RAY HUBBARD: Water clear; 83–88 degrees; 8.93’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and spinner baits. Crappie are slow on minnows and chartreuse jigs.

RAY ROBERTS: Water clear; 83–87 degrees; 6.46’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Carolina-rigged worms and deep-diving crankbaits.

Some fish being caught early on top-waters. Crappie are good on minnows.

RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water lightly stained; 83–88 degrees; 8.60’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on top-waters and weightless Senkos.

White bass are good on slabs.

SAM RAYBURN: Water murky; 82– 86 degrees; 0.99’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass are fair on minnows and silver spoons.

SOMERVILLE: Water murky; 83–87 degrees; 0.76’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass are good on Charlie slabs and pet spoons.

SWEETWATER: Water murky; 83–88 degrees; 27.16’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on top-waters early, later switching to Carolina rigs, jigs and Texas rigs.

TRAVIS: Water murky; 82–86 degrees; 57.02’ low. Largemouth bass are good on bone top-waters, red shad worms and smoke grubs.

Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on grubs, top-waters, and chrome jigging spoons.

WALTER E. LONG: Water lightly stained. Largemouth bass are slow.

Hybrid striper are fair on shad.

WHITNEY: Water murky; 82–86 degrees; 8.90’ low. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon lipless crankbaits, spinner baits and crankbaits. Striped bass are fair on chartreuse striper jigs.

WRIGHT PATMAN: Water lightly stained; 84–87 degrees; 5.09’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on hollow-body frogs and weightless Senkos near shallow cover.

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Woman angler lands 14.66pound Toledo Bend bass Fishing in 15 feet of water in a patch of hydrilla, Judy Cagle hooked a huge Toledo Bend largemouth in the Housen Bay area on Aug. 23.

Judy, along with her husband, Randy, were prefishing for a future tournament when the bass hit a Senko.

The pair weighed the fish on the boat before heading to the Fin and Feather resort and an official scale for the Toledo Bend Lunker Bass Program.

The anglers tried to revive the big bass, but it died in the holding tank.

The bass measured 26 inches long and 21 inches around.

— Staff report

BIG SUMMER BASS: Judy Cagle holds the big, 14-pound bass after catching the fish on Toledo Bend. Photo by Facebook.

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Christi and a Harte Research Institute endowed chair. “ One of the questions is how much mixture between the kingfish in Campeche and up here in Texas? What we’re up to now, is figuring how much genetic mixing is going on between the populations.”

Gold said new DNA technologies are making it possible to isolate genetic markers in certain populations of fish that could dictate where they come from.

“Back in the day, we could look at maybe 15 or 20 genetic markers,” he said.

“Kingfish have 24 chromosomes, and with new technology, we can now look at tens of thousands of genetic markers. We get a much better resolution to look at genetic differences.”

The study is in its infancy, with stu-

dents just starting to take samples of populations of kingfish — some at kingfish tournaments in Texas this past summer.

Biologists can get all the DNA information they need from a simple fin clipping.

“We can start to identify specific genes that are a function of genetic differences,” Gold said. “When you’ve got a ton of markers, you can begin to pick out ones that are localized. We are still collecting samples to make those gene markers. We have to sift through literally thousands of markers to figure out which ones we can work with.”

If it sounds a little technical and confusing, it is. It’s also an expensive process.

“One next-generation sequencing costs about $3,000,” Gold said. “Add another $1,000 to that to make the libraries and include the cost of the personnel required to do it, and for every 150 to 200 fish, it costs about $5,000.”

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GAME WARDEN BLOTTER OPOSSUM FOUND PLAYING POSSUM AT WAL-MART Val Verde County Game Wardens Andrew Banda and Aaron Willoughby responded to a call of a critter inside the Del Rio Super Wal-Mart. When they arrived on scene, they found a juvenile opossum lodged high up in the ceiling braces. With the assistance of a scissor lift, they removed the opossum and relocated him to more a suitable habitat.

UNPERMITTED FISH SELLER TURNED IN BY FISH DEALER Williamson County Game Wardens Arlen Jones and Joel Campos received a complaint from a fish dealer that a man was selling tilapia from inside his house.

Upon request the man could not produce an exotic species permit.

No fish were confiscated, due to the type of species. However, he was cited for selling them and agreed to remove his Craigslist ad.

THIEVES FOUND HIDING BEHIND STACK OF STOLEN BEER Bowie County Game Wardens Shawn Hervey and Daniel Kessler were patrolling through a campground around Lake Wright Patman when they saw a female hiding behind a sign and a stack of beer on the side of the road.

The wardens found two intoxicated juvenile females who had been stealing beer from other campers. Citations were issued and the juveniles were released to adults.

STOLEN ITEMS FOUND, FROM FIREARMS TO A TANNING BED Leon County Sheriff’s Office contacted Game Warden Oscar Henson for his assistance in finding an individual he had dealt with in the past. The subject was believed to be in possession

JUGLINERS FOUND WITH DOZEN GIANT GAR, JUGS LATER STOLEN Cameron County Game Wardens Billy Lucio and David Stokes responded to a call regarding suspicious jug line activity on the Arroyo Colorado. At the boat ramp area, Lucio made contact with two men who claimed to have only taken one alligator gar. After a short interview, the two men agreed to lead Lucio to their residence, where a third person had already transported the rest of their catch.

The wardens seized 12 alligator gar averaging 45 inches in length. Each of the three men involved of stolen firearms. After a short search, Henson located a truck belonging to one of the men being sought and a felony search warrant was served at the residence.

The search produced several stolen items. Additional information was received that led to two more houses being searched, with stolen items being found at both of those residences. The stolen items found ranged from firearms to a tanning bed. Several drug related items were also seized.

DRIVER WAVING TOY PISTOL GETS ATTENTION Smith County Game Warden Brad Clark was sitting at a red light and saw the driver of the car in front of him waving a pistol around, pointing it at the passengers, and at one point putting the gun to his own head. The light turned green and Clark followed.

Clark contacted the Tyler Police Department and together they conducted a felony traffic stop on the vehicle. The gun turned out to be a toy. The driver, a juvenile, and four other passengers were all guilty of extremely poor judgment.

All were released to their parents.

received several citations. The fish were donated.

The wardens later conducted surveillance to observe the several jug lines still baited and floating. At approximately 4 a.m., they witnessed a boat of recreational fishermen steal two jug lines with two large alligator gar still hooked. The wardens gave chase and found the fishermen at a private fishing pier still in possession of the jug lines and gar. Several citations were issued.

DOVE SHOOTERS COULDN’T WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER Travis County Game Warden Chris Sanchez received a complaint of possible early dove hunters. Responding to the information that evening, Sanchez could not locate the violaters but contact with the complainant by phone determined the likelihood of another inevitable report.

The next day at about the same time as the original complaint, Sanchez returned and observed multiple subjects in the field behind a residence hunting dove out of season. Cases for hunting migratory game birds out of season, unplugged shotguns, waste of game, no hunter education and licensure were filed; the birds were seized and donated. Cases plus civil restitution pending.

during the two previous days. The next day, Duke was contacted with information about two coolers for sale on Craigslist. Duke and DPS agent Raul Garza reviewed the listing and found the coolers pictured to be consistent with the description of two of the stolen coolers.

Duke and Garza contacted the seller and posed as possible buyers. Arrangements were made to meet the seller. When the officers inspected the coolers, they found the same exact markings matching the missing property. When interviewed, the seller admitted to taking the coolers and gave the location of the remaining stolen property. A total of six coolers were recovered with an estimated value of $3,000. The individual was handed over to Willacy County investigators for processing.

COOLER THIEVES CAUGHT Willacy County Game Warden Jason Duke was contacted by several fishermen in Port Mansfield regarding the theft of several coolers. The coolers were taken from boats during the previous night.

Duke interviewed several possible witnesses that were in the area

STRANDED DOLPHIN RESCUED AND RELOCATED Orange County Game Wardens Phillip LeDoux and Daylan Damron received a call from the Coastal Fisheries office in Port Arthur that there were two bottlenose dolphins in Cow Bayou several miles inland; one was reported to be dead. With

two boats and four members of Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network in tow, the live dolphin was located and the dead dolphin recovered. The dolphin was stranded in a curve of the bayou approximately 35 nautical miles inland in muddy water only 12-15 feet deep. The next day, TMMSN returned with several members and requested assistance from LeDoux and Game Warden Steve Satchfield from Jefferson County to operate boats. Several employees from SeaWorld San Antonio arrived with their own boat and nets to attempt a capture and rescue of the live dolphin. Three hundred feet of net was deployed in a ring around the dolphin and gradually tightened to contain him. Large debris in the water hampered efforts and the first two tries. When the net was constricted enough to gain control of the dolphin, he was able to jump over the float line and escape. On the third try, after the bayou bottom was thoroughly cleaned of debris by the previous two tries, a member of the TMMSN was able to grab the dolphin by hand after he got caught in the net. He was then loaded onto the SeaWorld boat to be transported to a van to travel to Sea Rim State Park beach and released into the Gulf of Mexico.

The dolphin was a juvenile, 7 feet long and weighed between 150 and 200 pounds.

CAST NETTERS CAUGHT Williamson County Game Wardens Arlen Jones and Joel Campos received a complaint that three men were cast netting game fish on the San Gabriel River. The wardens set up surveillance and were able to see how the two men congregated the fish and tied the cast net. Several citations and civil restitution were filed.

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TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING REPORT Surf surprises LEAGUE CITY SURF — The shore fishing around League City has been really good the past few weeks, with lots of nice seatrout, Spanish mackerel, sharks and even the odd tarpon being caught.

The water is very clear for this time of year, according to local anglers.

Along with live shrimp, scented plastics in sea shad and chicken on a chain color have been catching fish.

Skipjack and croakers have also been reported.

Beachfront bulls BRYAN BEACH — Live mullet and croakers fished past the second sand bar are catching big bull redfish off of Bryan Beach near Freeport, according to multiple anglers on the Texas Fishing Forum.

The redfish have averaged about 32 inches. Many anglers have

NORTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good under birds and pods of shad on soft plastics. Redfish are good in the marsh on Stanley Ribbits and small top-waters. Drifters have caught trout under slicks.

SOUTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good under birds and pods of shad. Trout are good at the jetty on live bait and top-waters. Kingfish, ling, dolphin and tuna are good offshore.

BOLIVAR: Trout are good on the south shoreline on scented and soft plastics. Trout, black drum, sand trout and redfish are good at Rollover Pass.

TRINITY BAY: Trout are good for drifters working pods of shad scented plastics and soft plastics.

Redfish are good on live bait around the reefs.

Redfish are good at the spillway on finger mullet.

EAST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are good for drifters working deep shell on live bait and plastics.

Trout are fair to good on the edges of the channel

for trout and redfish. Whiting and sand trout are good on the edge of the Intracoastal on fresh shrimp.

WEST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are fair to good in the surf and around San Luis Pass on live shrimp and MirrOlures. Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs.

TEXAS CITY: Trout are fair to good around Dollar Reef on live shrimp and croakers. Redfish are fair to good in Moses Lake on mullet and shrimp.

FREEPORT: Trout are fair to good on live bait on the Surfside Beach. Black drum, redfish, sand trout and sheepshead are good on live shrimp on the reefs in Christmas Bay. EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are fair for drifters on live shrimp over humps and scattered shell.

Redfish are fair to good on the edge of the drop– off along the south shoreline on mullet.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are fair on sand and grass humps on soft plastics and top-waters.

dodged thunderstorms and battled heavy surf and some sargassum to get to the fish.

Along with bull reds, speckled trout and sand trout, along with a few small sharks, have been caught.

Good reds LONG BAR SPI — Capt. Andrew Marikos reports a solid bite from the Long Bar area of South Padre Island on 2coolfishing.com.

“Ran out today to scout some areas I have not fished in about 2 months,” he said. “Long bar area had tons of bait (big mullet), some jacks pushing bait and some nice slot reds up on top of the (north end) bar.

Ran over to the old causeway area and fished the south spoil bar. A few nice reds and trout in the potholes around that area. Also drifted over a big school of reds (50 to 60) with some nice 24- to 36-inch fish. Hooked up two of them and they blew up the school. Everything was caught with a H20 XPRESS Thumpin Shrimp red/white.”

To contact Capt. Andrew Marikos, call (956) 434-9890.

— Conor Harrison

Redfish are fair on the edge of the ICW on shrimp and mullet.

PORT O’CONNOR: Trout and redfish are fair on live bait over sand, grass and shell in San Antonio Bay. Trout and redfish are fair for drifters working sand and grass with live shrimp. Trout are fair in the surf and at the jetty on croakers and shrimp when the wind allows.

ROCKPORT: Trout are fair in the guts and channels on free–lined shrimp. Trout are fair over grass while drifting with live shrimp. Redfish are good on mullet on the Estes Flats and around Mud Island.

PORT ARANSAS: Trout, redfish and sheepshead are fair to good at the jetty on shrimp and croakers. Offshore is good for amberjack, kingfish, tuna and dolphin.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Trout are fair on the edge of the spoils on scented plastics, piggy perch and live shrimp. Redfish are good in the potholes on

shrimp.

BAFFIN BAY: Trout are fair to good on top-waters and croakers around rocks and grass. Redfish are fair to good on the edges of channels on live bait.

PORT MANSFIELD: Trout are good on top-waters around sand and grass. Redfish are fair to good while drifting potholes on soft plastics under a popping cork. Offshore is good for kingfish, ling and dolphin.

SOUTH PADRE: Trout, redfish and snook are fair to good in South Bay and Mexiquita Flats. Tarpon have been caught around the jetty on live bait.

Trout are good while drifting sand and grass on plastics under a cork.

PORT ISABEL: Trout and redfish are fair to good while drifting sand and grass flats on live shrimp, DOA Shrimp and scented plastics under popping corks. Trout are good on the deeper edges and flats in Laguna Vista on top-waters and live shrimp.

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Moon Phases Last

Date Time Sept 12 12:17 AM Sept 13 1:10 AM Sept 14 2:15 AM Sept 15 4:16 AM Sept 16 12:32 AM Sept 17 1:37 AM Sept 18 2:19 AM Sept 19 2:48 AM Sept 20 3:09 AM Sept 21 3:25 AM Sept 22 3:40 AM Sept 23 3:56 AM Sept 24 4:12 AM Sept 25 4:27 AM Sept 26 4:41 AM

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Galveston Bay entrance, north jetty Date Time Sept 12 12:45 AM Sept 13 1:43 AM Sept 14 2:35 AM Sept 15 3:23 AM Sept 16 4:39 PM Sept 17 12:48 AM Sept 18 1:35 AM Sept 19 2:18 AM Sept 20 2:59 AM Sept 21 3:34 AM Sept 22 4:04 AM Sept 23 4:29 AM Sept 24 4:47 AM Sept 25 4:48 AM Sept 26 4:45 AM

San Luis Pass Date Sept 12 Sept 13 Sept 14 Sept 15 Sept 16 Sept 17 Sept 18 Sept 19 Sept 20 Sept 21 Sept 22 Sept 23 Sept 24 Sept 25 Sept 26

Time 1:01 AM 1:59 AM 3:22 AM 4:26 PM 1:27 AM 2:33 AM 3:11 AM 3:32 AM 3:45 AM 3:57 AM 4:11 AM 4:25 AM 4:41 AM 4:57 AM 5:10 AM

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OUTDOOR PUZZLER | By Wilbur “Wib” Lundeen ACROSS 1. Expert fishermen earn this title 3. Elk young 6. Young bear 8. Trapper’s interest 9. Deer young 10. To remove a spent shell 13. A utility equipment shack 14. Used to wash out gundog’s eyes 15. May be one in a blind 18. A favorite area of wild game 20. To consider when using bow 24. A pasture sound 25. Rockies’ wild ones are the Dall’s 26. A good fishing lure color 28. Species of bass 29. Throwing out a fishline 31. A fowl roosting place 33. To check tracks 36. A spot in a scope

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Rockport

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Port Aransas

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Date Time Sept 12 3:12 AM Sept 13 12:38 AM Sept 14 1:10 AM Sept 15 1:41 AM Sept 16 2:17 AM Sept 17 3:23 AM Sept 18 4:29 AM Sept 19 5:07 AM Sept 20 5:40 AM Sept 21 6:14 AM Sept 22 4:49 AM Sept 23 8:23 AM Sept 24 5:35 AM Sept 25 4:22 AM Sept 26 12:10 PM

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9:50 3:36 10:49 4:36 11:47 5:34 12:17 6:28 1:07 7:19 1:54 8:06 2:38 8:49 3:19 9:30 3:59 10:10 4:38 10:49 5:17 11:28 5:58 ----6:40 ----7:26 1:15 8:15 2:04 9:08 2:56 10:03 3:50 11:00 4:47 11:58 5:44 12:31 6:42 1:23 7:37

Dallas

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2014 A.M. Sept.-Oct. Minor Major 12Fri 9:56 3:42 13Sat 10:55 4:42 14Sun 11:52 5:39 15Mon 12:22 6:34 16Tue 1:13 7:24 17Wed 1:59 8:11 18Thu 2:44 8:55 19Fri 3:25 9:36 20Sat 4:05 10:16 21Sun 4:44 10:54 22Mon 5:23 11:34 23Tue 6:03 ----24Wed 6:46 ----25Thu 7:32 1:21 26Fri 8:21 2:09 27Sat 9:14 3:01 28Sun 10:09 3:56 29Mon 11:06 4:53 30Tue ----- 5:50 01Wed 12:37 6:47 02Thu 1:29 7:43

San Antonio

2014 A.M. Sept.-Oct. Minor Major 12Fri 10:02 3:49 13Sat 11:02 4:49 14Sun 11:59 5:46 15Mon 12:29 6:40 16Tue 1:19 7:31 17Wed 2:06 8:18 18Thu 2:50 9:02 19Fri 3:32 9:43 20Sat 4:11 10:22 21Sun 4:50 11:01 22Mon 5:30 11:40 23Tue 6:10 ----24Wed 6:53 ----25Thu 7:39 1:27 26Fri 8:28 2:16 27Sat 9:20 3:08 28Sun 10:15 4:03 29Mon 11:13 4:59 30Tue ----- 5:57 01Wed 12:44 6:54 02Thu 1:36 7:50

Amarillo

P.M. Minor Major

10:17 11:16 ----12:41 1:31 2:18 3:01 3:42 4:21 4:59 5:39 6:19 7:02 7:49 8:39 9:32 10:28 11:27 ----12:55 1:51

4:03 5:03 6:00 6:53 7:43 8:30 9:12 9:53 10:32 11:10 11:49 12:30 13:13 1:38 2:27 3:20 4:16 5:13 6:12 7:09 8:05

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

8:31 8:29 8:28 8:27 8:26 8:24 8:23 8:22 8:21 8:20 8:18 8:17 8:16 8:15 8:13 8:12 8:11 8:10 8:08 8:07 8:06

MOON Rises Sets

11:13p 11:49a NoMoon 12:50p NoMoon 1:48p 12:47a 2:42p 1:36a 3:31p 2:26a 4:17p 3:17a 4:58p 4:09a 5:37p 5:00a 6:13p 5:52a 6:48p 6:44a 7:22p 7:36a 7:56p 8:29a 8:31p 9:23a 9:07p 10:17a 9:46p 11:13a 10:28p 12:10p 11:13p 1:07p NoMoon 2:03p 12:03a 2:58p 12:57a 3:49p 1:56a

P.M. Minor Major 10:23 4:09 11:22 5:08 ----- 6:05 12:46 6:59 1:37 7:49 2:23 8:35 3:07 9:18 3:47 9:59 4:27 10:38 5:05 11:16 5:44 11:55 6:25 12:36 7:08 13:19 7:55 1:43 8:45 2:33 9:38 3:26 10:34 4:21 11:32 5:19 12:04 6:18 1:01 7:15 1:57 8:11

SUN Rises Sets 8:08 8:38 8:08 8:36 8:09 8:35 8:09 8:34 8:10 8:32 8:11 8:31 8:11 8:30 8:12 8:28 8:13 8:27 8:13 8:26 8:14 8:24 8:14 8:23 8:15 8:22 8:16 8:20 8:16 8:19 8:17 8:17 8:18 8:16 8:18 8:15 8:19 8:13 8:20 8:12 8:20 8:11

MOON Rises Sets 11:14p 11:59a NoMoon 1:01p NoMoon 1:59p 12:47a 2:53p 1:36a 3:43p 2:26a 4:28p 3:18a 5:09p 4:10a 5:47p 5:03a 6:22p 5:55a 6:56p 6:48a 7:29p 7:42a 8:02p 8:36a 8:36p 9:31a 9:11p 10:27a 9:48p 11:24a 10:29p 12:21p 11:14p 1:19p NoMoon 2:15p 12:03a 3:09p 12:58a 4:01p 1:57a

P.M. Minor 10:29 11:28 ----12:53 1:43 2:30 3:13 3:54 4:33 5:12 5:51 6:32 7:15 8:01 8:51 9:45 10:41 11:39 12:11 1:08 2:04

SUN Rises 8:16 8:16 8:17 8:17 8:18 8:18 8:19 8:19 8:20 8:20 8:21 8:21 8:22 8:22 8:23 8:23 8:24 8:24 8:25 8:25 8:26

MOON Rises Sets 11:26p 12:02p NoMoon 1:02p 12:12a 2:00p 1:00a 2:54p 1:50a 3:43p 2:40a 4:29p 3:31a 5:11p 4:22a 5:49p 5:14a 6:26p 6:05a 7:01p 6:57a 7:35p 7:49a 8:09p 8:42a 8:44p 9:35a 9:21p 10:30a 9:59p 11:26a 10:41p 12:23p 11:27p 1:20p NoMoon 2:16p 12:17a 3:10p 1:11a 4:02p 2:10a

Major 4:16 5:15 6:12 7:06 7:56 8:42 9:25 10:05 10:44 11:23 12:02 12:42 13:26 1:50 2:40 3:32 4:28 5:26 6:24 7:22 8:18

2014 A.M. Sept.-Oct. Minor Major

P.M. Minor Major

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10:43 11:42 12:12 1:07 1:57 2:43 3:27 4:08 4:47 5:25 6:04 6:45 7:28 8:15 9:05 9:58 10:54 11:52 12:24 1:21 2:17

10:16 4:02 11:15 5:02 ----- 5:59 12:43 6:54 1:33 7:44 2:20 8:31 3:04 9:15 3:45 9:56 4:25 10:36 5:04 11:14 5:43 11:54 6:23 ----7:06 ----7:52 1:41 8:41 2:29 9:34 3:21 10:29 4:16 11:26 5:13 12:00 6:10 12:57 7:07 1:49 8:03

SUN Rises Sets

4:29 5:28 6:25 7:19 8:09 8:55 9:38 10:19 10:58 11:36 12:15 12:56 13:39 2:03 2:53 3:46 4:42 5:39 6:38 7:35 8:31

Sets 8:43 8:42 8:41 8:39 8:38 8:37 8:36 8:34 8:33 8:32 8:31 8:29 8:28 8:27 8:26 8:25 8:23 8:22 8:21 8:20 8:19

SUN Rises Sets

8:27 8:27 8:28 8:29 8:29 8:30 8:31 8:32 8:32 8:33 8:34 8:34 8:35 8:36 8:37 8:37 8:38 8:39 8:40 8:40 8:41

8:59 8:57 8:56 8:54 8:53 8:52 8:50 8:49 8:47 8:46 8:44 8:43 8:41 8:40 8:39 8:37 8:36 8:34 8:33 8:31 8:30

MOON Rises Sets

11:31p 12:23p NoMoon 1:26p 12:16a 2:25p 1:03a 3:19p 1:52a 4:09p 2:42a 4:53p 3:34a 5:34p 4:27a 6:11p 5:20a 6:46p 6:14a 7:18p 7:08a 7:50p 8:02a 8:22p 8:57a 8:55p 9:53a 9:29p 10:50a 10:06p 11:48a 10:46p 12:47p 11:30p 1:45p NoMoon 2:41p 12:19a 3:35p 1:13a 4:26p 2:13a

FOR THE TABLE Dove with rice

reticle The cock finger A fishing lure To repair a gun barrel Part of a stag’s rack

16 whole dove 1 1/2 cups wild and long grain rice 1 1/2 cups water 1 stick butter 1/4 tsp. rosemary 1/4 tsp. cumin 1/4 tsp. paprika Salt and pepper Basting glaze, 50/50 mixture of honey

DOWN 1. Venomous snakes 2. A sea bird 3. At times used for bait 4. A very large trophy fish 5. Female sheep 6. A male pheasant 7. Dams are their product 11. A game trail 12. The baker is one 15. Sound from the goose 16. Hunting or fishing permit 17. A playful shore mammal 19. Bushytail’s food source 20. A name for deer 21. Part of a gun action

Oct. 8

Houston

South Padre Island

East Matagorda

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

Full

Oct. 1

Sept. 24

Texas Coast Tides Sabine Pass, north

Solunar | Sun times | Moon times First

New

Sept. 16

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl mix half of your butter (chop it up like a veggie), rice, water, rosemary, cumin, paprika, salt and pepper to taste. Stuff that mixture into the birds and tie the legs. If you’re only

using the dove breasts, two cupped around the stuffing and tied with twine will work.

Place into greased baking dish. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and top with a pat of the butter. Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes, then begin basting regularly about every 10 minutes or so. Bake continuing to baste until finished. When juices run clear and the legs are loose when wiggled, birds are done.

Remove the foil the last 10 minutes to brown your birds. Remove from oven and allow to rest for at least ten minutes before serving.

— backwoodsbound.com

Crispy baked walleye

22. A cloth to sharpen hooks 23. The flightless bird 27. Animal that strays 29. A tree with an aroma 30. Used to find depth 31. The wolf predator

32. A good cover for fawns 34. Area between back -yards and timber 35. Animal hideaways 37. Shooter’s thumb protector

2 eggs 1 tbsp. water 1/3 cup dry bread crumbs 1/3 cup instant mashed potato flakes 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1 tsp. seasoned salt 4 (4-ounce) fillets walleye (or any white fish) Preheat an oven to 450 degrees. Grease a baking sheet. Beat the eggs and water

together in a bowl until smooth; set aside.

Combine the breadcrumbs, potato flakes, and Parmesan cheese in a separate bowl with the seasoned salt until evenly mixed. Dip the walleye fillets into the beaten egg, then press into the breadcrumb mixture. Place onto the prepared baking sheet. Bake in the preheated oven until the fish is opaque in the center and flakes easily with a fork, 15 to 20 minutes.

— allrecipes.com

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

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HSC gives scholarships Houston Safari Club has announced this year’s Dan L. Duncan Scholarship winners.

The 26 winners were chosen from hundreds of applicants.

Applicants for these scholarships are undergraduate and graduate students majoring in Wildlife Management and/or Range Management. The applicants must demonstrate academic excellence and leadership qualities. They must also complete a thorough application process including recommendations, transcript reviews, and, in some cases, providing thesis information. In addition, applicants must have the desire to protect and promote the sport of hunting and the principles of conservation.

Following a thorough review of all applicants, the Scholarship Selection Committee awarded 24 $5,000 scholarships and two $2,500 scholarships. HSC, in conjunction with its charitable arm the American Conservation and Education

No more permanent duck blinds on Caddo The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has announced plans to prohibit permanent duck blinds on the Caddo Lake Wildlife Management Area effective the 201516 waterfowl season to resolve escalating public use conflicts and natural resource issues.

TPWD will allow duck hunters to continue to use existing permanent duck blinds on the Caddo Lake WMA during the 2014-15 hunting season. Individuals claiming those duck blinds will have a brief period (until March 15, 2015) to remove blinds following the 2014-15 waterfowl season. After that, TPWD will take steps to remove the blinds.

“The continued presence of duck blinds on the Caddo Lake WMA is perpetuating a situation that is not conducive to public safety or sustainable resource management,” said Clayton Wolf, TPWD Wildlife Division director. “It is an inequitable allocation of public resources and creates

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Society, has awarded scholarships exceeding the million-dollar mark.

“HSC is extremely proud of the outstanding reputation and prestige of The HSC Dan L. Duncan Scholarship Program.

The program has given over $1 million in scholarships since its inception to an incredible lineup of highly motivated hunter/conservationists who are pursuing degrees in wildlife-related studies,” said Deb Cunningham, HSC Dan L. Duncan Scholarship Program chairman. “We have a premier group of past recipients working in ranch management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, professors in Wildlife Studies Departments in universities all across Texas, game wardens and state, federal and private research biologists around the world. Needless to say, HSC Dan L. Duncan Scholarships are highly competitive and widely sought after. We claim ‘bragging rights’ to some of the best and brightest students in the field of wildlife biology, research and game management.”

— HSC conflicts between the traditional public lands waterfowl hunter and those individuals who lay claim to permanent blinds.”

When the Caddo Lake WMA was acquired by the state more than 20 years ago, duck blinds that had been a part of the landscape for generations suddenly became part of a public resource managed by TPWD. Although no other WMA in Texas permits permanent duck blinds, TPWD recognized the long-standing hunting traditions in the area and allowed an exception at the Caddo Lake WMA. Because the state owns the 8,128-acre Caddo Lake WMA, including the lake bottom, none of the duck blinds within its boundary can legally be claimed as private property. Yet, wildlife and law enforcement officials have documented instances where individuals have bought, sold, traded, and claimed inheritance to these permanent fixtures. This, coupled with user confusion about rights to duck blinds, has created conflicts that TPWD is unable to resolve amicably.

— TPWD

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Huge nontypical certified as TBGA record

By Conor Harrison Lone Star outdoor newS

THAT’S A LOW-FENCE DEER? This huge buck was taken on a low-fence lease in Houston County last season by hunter Mark Lee. Photo by TBGA.

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one canvasback daily.

The possession limits for all migratory game birds is three times the daily limit — 18 ducks.

The early teal season begins Sept. 13 and runs through Sept.

28. Hunters can take six teal and normal possession limits apply.

Following are the adopted season dates and limits for the 201415 migratory game bird seasons:

Ducks •High Plains Mallard Management Unit: Youth: Oct. 18-19; Regular: Oct. 25-26 and Oct. 31 - Jan. 25; “dusky” Duck: Nov. 3 — Jan. 25.

•South Zone: Youth: Oct. 25-26; Regular: Nov. 1-30 and Dec. 13 — Jan. 25; “dusky” duck: Nov. 6-30 and Dec. 13 — Jan. 25.

•North Zone: Youth: Oct. 25-26; Regular: Nov. 1 — Dec. 7 and Dec. 20 — Jan. 25; “dusky” duck: Nov. 6 — Dec. 7 and Dec. 20 — Jan. 25.

Bag Limit: 6/day in the aggregate to include no more than 3 wood ducks, 3 scaup, 5 mallards, of which only 2 may be hens, 2 redheads, 2 pintail , 1 canvasback, 1 “dusky” duck (mottled, black or Mexicanlike) after the first 5 days.

Mergansers: 5/day with no more than 2 hooded merganser. Coots: 15/day

Geese •East Zone: Light Geese Nov. 1 — Jan. 25, Canada Geese Nov. 1 — Jan. 25; Whitefronted Geese: Nov. 1 — Jan. 11; Light Geese Conservation Order Jan. 26 — Mar. 22.

Bag Limit: 3 Canada geese, 2 White-fronted geese, 20 light geese (no possession limit).

•West Zone: Light Geese Nov. 1 — Feb. 1; Dark Geese Nov. 1 — Feb. 1; Light Geese Conservation Order Feb. 2 — Mar. 22.

Bag Limit: 5 dark geese with no more than one whitefronted goose, 20 light geese (no possession limit)

Sandhill crane •Zone A: Nov. 1-Feb. 1. Bag Limit: 3.

•Zone B: Nov. 21-Feb. 1. Bag Limit: 3.

•Zone C: Dec. 20-Jan. 25.

Bag Limit: 2.

Check TPWD for full regulations.

Crosby hunter Mark Lee’s massive, 268 4/8-inch Houston County nontypical white-tailed buck has been certified by the Texas Big Game Awards as the highest-scoring buck in its history.

The buck was taken on Sept. 28, 2013.

Lee didn’t publicize his accomplishment because he said he never really cared about records and he wanted to protect his lease and fellow hunters.

Lee and his son, Cullen, had watched the buck on their lease before the previous season, but he disappeared during the season. The pair again spotted the deer on trail cameras before the 2013 season. As luck would have it, the lease was bumped to MLDP Level 3, meaning hunters could rifle hunt during the regular bow season.

“We watched him grow throughout the summer in 2013 and we had plenty of rainfall,” Lee said. “He made a big increase. We were hopeful he would still be there (opening day). We were very careful not to

pressure the pasture.”

The night before the opener, the Lee family attended Cullen’s high school football game and did not get to sleep until after midnight.

“We got up at 2:45 a.m. and headed to the ranch,” Lee said. “I didn’t want Cullen to bow hunt because I thought he wasn’t 100 percent mentally. I didn’t want that deer to make a presentation and have Cullen make a mistake.”

As it turned out, Cullen did have a brief chance at the buck in the early-morning light. The buck walked within 45 yards of the young hunter’s stand, but did not present a shot worth taking.

“He was there, but Cullen could only make out shadows,” Lee said. “The deer turned and came toward my stand. Cullen had a quick opportunity to take a shot in the low light, but he decided not to take it. As a dad, I’m proud of that decision.”

Mark saw movement about 800 yards away and knew a buck was headed his way — he just didn’t See NONTYPICAL, Page 19

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2014-15 Deer Season Dates WHITE-TAILED DEER: Archery only Sept. 27 - 0ct. 31 General Season North Texas Nov. 1, 2014 - Jan. 4, 2015 South Texas Nov. 1, 2014 - Jan. 18, 2015 Youth-Only All counties with an open season Oct. 25 - 26, 2014 Jan. 5 - 18, 2015

Muzzleloader Jan. 5 - 18, 2015 Late Antlerless and Spike North Texas Jan. 5 - 18, 2015 South Texas Jan. 19 - Feb. 1, 2015

MULE DEER: Archery Only Sept. 27 - Oct. 31, 2014 General Season Panhandle Nov. 22 - Dec. 7, 2014

Southwestern Panhandle Nov. 22 - 30, 2014 Trans-Pecos Nov. 28 - Dec. 14, 2014 Check TPWD for complete season dates.

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Texas Bighorn Society wins award from WAFWA Kathy Boone, president of the Texas Bighorn Society, traveled to San Antonio to receive the President’s Award from the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.

The award was presented by WAFWA president Carter Smith.

“Each year the WAFWA president gets to recognize an individual or entity for their exemplary contribution to fish and wildlife conservation in the West,” Smith said. “The award is the WAFWA President’s Award.

The past list of honorees has been a rather distinguished one. This year as WAFWA president, the honor of recognizing an outstanding partner went to me. My selection, which was an easy one, is the Texas Bighorn Society. Candidly, it was an easy decision. I can think of no other partner who does so much, so frequently, and with so little expectation of recognition. Your success in restoring bighorns to West Texas mountaintops is simply unmatched and unassailable.

But it goes beyond that. Your extensive network of conservation volunteers, your generosity to conservation efforts, your support for private landowners, and your work to further conservation as a whole in West Texas, Mexico, and beyond is simply remarkable.

“And you manage to do it with an all-volunteer team. All of us at TPWD are proud of what ya’ll have accomplished, and we are especially proud to be your partner.”

— TBS

Louisiana angler wins BFL on Sam Rayburn Kevin Lasyone of Dry Prong, Louisiana, weighed a two-day total of 10 bass totaling 36 pounds, 11 ounces to win the Walmart Bass Fishing League Cowboy Division tournament on Sam Rayburn Reservoir Sunday.

“It was tough, really tough,” said Lasyone. “I’ve finished in the top 10 in just about every tournament FLW runs, but this is my first win. I started out on Saturday fishing grass and pads with a 1/2-ounce V&M jig, then later I threw a V&M worm on the outside edges of the grass.

“I caught a 5-pounder off of a shallow point at the end of the day, so I decided to start there on Sunday.”

Lasyone said that his key point produced again, and by 9 a.m., he had landed the entirety of his 23-pound, 4-ounce day-two stringer. He said the point had a mix of several types of grass and some bream beds. He caught most of his fish in five feet of water with a Blue Flex-colored 8 1/2-inch worm.

The top Texan in the tournament, William Flournoy of Diboll, came in third with a six-bass stringer weighing 29 pounds, 5 ounces.

Perennial winner Todd Castledine of Nacogdoches finished in fourth place with a 10-bass limit weighing 29 pounds, 1 ounce.

Huntington angler Clark Reehm rounded out the top five with a 10-bass limit weighing 26 pounds, 15 ounces.

Houston angler Domonick Poullard of Houston won the coanlger division with a two-day total of five bass weighing 20 pounds, 6 ounces.

— FLW

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and some good stringers have started showing up,” said Falcon Lake Tackle’s James Bendele. “But what impresses me is the numbers of fish that are being caught. Over the weekend I talked to a lot of folks that had 30 to 40 fish in the boat per day.

“And from my own personal experience, I can tell you that the fish are biting. Not a lot of monsters, mind you, but a lot of nice fish in the 2- to 4-pound range, with a 6 or 7 mixed in.”

Windblown points, gravelly points and lake humps early in the morning are producing some nice fish. Flipping near trees has also produced bass.

“Everybody is catching fish,” he said. “No, we are not slaying them, and, no, we are not catching 10-pounders one an hour. But we are certainly experiencing the best fishing that we have had in a long time.”

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know which buck it was. At 400 yards, he spotted the deer again and knew it was the buck they called ‘King.’

“I thought, ‘I better go ahead and load the rifle,’” he said. “He stepped out at 180 yards and I was ready. I eased the scope down and the Ruger did its job. I knew it was a good shot.”

Immediately after watching the deer fall, Mark’s phone rang.

“Tell me you got him,” his son asked. “I said, ‘Yeah, I got him.’”

The two hunters celebrated a great buck that took a lot of effort to get on the ground.

“I’m excited about the deer,” Lee said. “He’s an exceptional animal. The only reason I went public with the deer was because this buck deserved it. It was rewarding because I got to do it all with my son. All of the planning, hunting hard and strategizing was very rewarding.”

The buck had 31 points, a gross score of 278 5/8 inches, 117 7/8 inches of abnormal points with 43 1/8 inches of mass and main beams of 18 7/8 and 20 2/8 inches.

Interestingly, the buck shares many similar characteristics to another huge nontypical harvested two years ago just one county over in San Patricio County by hunter A.J. Downs. The Downs buck scored 256 4/8 net Pope and Young.

“It’s no secret that Trinity River bottom has some great deer and great genetics,” Lee added. “If you let those deer get some age on them, anything can happen.”

Lake Kyle gets “retired” catfish Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will be stocking 100 “retired” channel catfish broodstock from the A.E. Wood Hatchery in San Marcos into Lake Kyle, a 12-acre water body in Hays County.

Past prime time for propagation, the catfish average 9 pounds. They will serve Texas anglers in a preservetype park, protected under a new catch-and-release regulation effective September 1.

“These types of fisheries will provide excellent opportunities in small impoundments close to home,” said Marcos De Jesús, district supervisor for TPWD’s Inland Fisheries Division.

“Besides stocking and restrictive harvest regulations, the fishery will benefit from infrastructure improvements, such as an aeration system, fish feeding stations, a fishing pier, and enhanced fish habitat-attracting structures.”

— TPWD

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some big fish are also being caught.

“This week has been pretty good with a couple of good fish over 7 pounds,” said guide Lynn Atkinson of Reel um N Guide Service. “Things are looking great as bass move up and the water cools down moving into fall.

There are some fish up shallow around the grass and here are a few baits that have been creating some action. The Stanley Top Toad Ribbit in white and black has been the best for us over the pads and around the grass edges.

I found that at times you to need to change the retrieval to get them to hit it. Off the edge, we’ve been working a few creature baits and Senkos.

“Just let them fall to the bottom.”

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Guide John Morris, (888) 454-7037 Falcon Lake Tackle, (956) 765-4866 Guide Lynn Atkinson, (979) 220-0251 BITING DOWN SOUTH: After a tough several months, anglers are finally finding good numbers on Falcon. Photo by LSON.

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The Woodlands resident BRIAN WHITE with a Port Aransas jack crevalle.

DAVID H BYRD IV with his cinnamon colored Black Bear taken May 28 with Steepbank Outfitters out of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

HARPER HAAS, 6, from Waco shot her first buck last season in Coryell County with her dad, DUDLEY II.

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Two-year-old JACK WHITE with his first fish — this perch near Port Aransas.

J.R. RODRIGUEZ with a 27-inch redfish he caught and released while fishing in Port Mansfield.

JENNY NAGELMUELLER caught this 41-inch bull red on July 4 at the Port O’ Connor jetties.

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while their kids showed an obligatory interest in the work before resuming their game of tag with popguns around the trucks.

Texas dove hunters across much of the state enjoyed a solid few opening weeks.

Reports of good morning hunts came from many areas, including Coleman, Graham, Waxahachie, Haskell, Waco and farther south around Austin and San Antonio.

“We’ve had fantastic hunting,” said Justin Hill of Ranger Creek Goose in Haskell. “We shot 250 limits on opening day.

We were scared before the season started because we had a lot of wind and rain that scattered the birds. But they showed up on opening day.”

Hill said his hunters killed quite a few whitewings, especially on fields near town.

“Most everyone that hunted around Haskell had good hunts,” he said.

Public land results were mixed.

Many hunters in the Central Zone reported lots of whitewings in the bag, especially if they were hunting near cities.

Hunters also reported shooting Eurasian collared dove in many areas.

Farther south, outfitter Mark Roberts said the hunting has been very good around Uvalde during the first week of the season, although a storm that dumped 3 inches of rain across much of the area had an effect on birds late in the first week.

“We started off with a bang and had great hunts on Monday,” Roberts said. “Most hunters got limits early. The first two days, 75 percent of my hunters got their limits in the morning and did not have to hunt the afternoon. Wednesday, we did fairly well and most hunters got their limits, although some hunters hunting mourning dove fields had to hunt later in the day to get a limit.”

After the rains, Roberts said he warned clients hunting the second weekend the patterns might have changed.

“We saw some birds after the rains, but 20 miles to the south didn’t get rain, so some of the birds might have headed there,” he said. “But it won’t take long to dry out.”

Roberts said he thought the area had about 600 hunters on opening weekend, and the dove population consisting of local birds, has been cut in half.

“We’ve got some sunflower fields that we planted late so they haven’t matured yet,” he said. “We’re hoping to keep some of those northern birds in the area once the migration hits.

We’ll be hunting until Oct. 20.”

“It was real good,” said outfitter Mike Divin of South Texas Hunts near Jourdanton. “We’ve got an ideal setup with milo fields. The first weekend all the hunters shot limits. We have a field near town and it is all whitewings.”

Divin said the birds fly to the fields at first light to feed before heading back into town. Divin said he wished dove hunting was still an afternoon-only affair.

“I think it really messes up the birds when you hunt them in the morning,” he said. “I have been doing this for 40 years and I wished you could only hunt them in the afternoons.”

Good reports also emerged from hunters near Lubbock over cut grain fields, Albany in milo fields and lots of reports of rainscattered birds throughout the Hill Country.

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TPWF purchases Powderhorn Ranch A multi-partner coalition including the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation announced the purchase of the 17,351-acre Powderhorn Ranch along the Texas coast in Calhoun County.

The acquisition will conserve a spectacular piece of property that is one of the largest remaining tracts of unspoiled coastal prairie in the state. At $37.7 million, it is the largest dollar amount ever raised for a conservation land purchase in the state and represents a new partnership model of achieving conservation goals in an era of rapidly rising land prices. In years to come, Powderhorn Ranch is expected to become a state park and wildlife management area.

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund, which was created with dollars paid by BP and Transocean in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, are providing a significant portion of the funding for the project.

The Conservation Fund and The Nature Conservancy of Texas are each providing $10 million in interim funding so the Powderhorn Ranch can be purchased in 2014. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation, who will hold title on the property by the end of 2016, and will ultimately turn it over to TPWD, will reimburse the two organizations.

“The unspoiled and irreplaceable Powderhorn Ranch is now a significant property for all Texans, and a protected national treasure,” said The Conservation Fund’s CEO, Larry Selzer. “A unique and innovative collaboration among public and private organizations has preserved a critical coastal landscape of epic size and scale for generations to come.”

— TPWD

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“Believe it or not, we’ve been using minnows and nightcrawlers, which are doing really well.”

Edwards said he has been using a unique method rigging 1/8-oz. jigheads onto chartreuse and bright red soft plastics baits and running them near the bottom.

Lake levels are only about a foot low at Conroe, while North Texas lakes are averaging around 10 feet below normal. The end of September marks a transition period for the anglers, with channel cats moving into the deeper waters and larger blue cats heading into the mud flats and shallows.

“I remember we caught a 72-pounder in 18 inches of water,” Barton said. “I saw him the whole time, he went straight for the bait.

Jason Barton, (254) 760-3044 Chad Ferguson, (817) 522-3804 George Rule, (214) 202-6641 Chris Edwards, (817) 271-5014

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Anglers reporting red snapper catches show stocks in good shape As one of the most sought-after fish in the gulf, red snapper became the subject of a new reporting system that has shown favorable results.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Coastal Fisheries Division staff asked Texas anglers to report their red snapper landings beginning June 1, at the start of the nine-day federal season through their pilot reporting program and submit basic information about their catch.

The survey questions included the trip’s total red snapper catch, the date it occurred, the number of fish landed, etc.

“Red snapper in Texas waters are doing great and show no signs of slowing down,” says Jeremy Leitz, Regulations Program Specialist at TPWD. Overall, 119 fishing trips were recorded through a new online reporting system. More than 700 anglers harvested 1,511 red snapper within both federal and Texas state waters this past June.

TPWD recorded an additional 4,096 red snapper from targeted creel surveys conducted at boat ramps. The survey information was gathered from 1,917 anglers after their trips.

Although the 2014 federal season is over, anglers are encouraged to continue to record their red snapper landings at tpwd.texas.gov/snapper.

The data, along with other harvest monitoring programs, will be used to help design future harvest programs and indicate the health of the red snapper fishery off Texas shores.

— TPWD

Bassmaster Elites to start season on Sabine River In 2015, B.A.S.S. celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Bassmaster Elite Series with a schedule that commemorates some of the greatest events in bass fishing history.

The season begins March 19-22 in Orange, at the Sabine River, site of one of the most popular Elite tournaments in history. At that 2013 event, a new Bassmaster Elite Series attendance record was set with more than 33,000 visitors during the four-day tournament.

While some Elite anglers struggled to fill out limits in the Sabine’s backwaters, Texan Todd Faircloth caught almost 50 pounds of bass to earn his fourth Elite victory.

Other stops include Lake Guntersville in Alabama, the Sacramento River in California, Lake Havasu, Kentucky Lake, the St. Lawrence River and Lake St. Clair.

— B.A.S.S

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NATIONAL WSF donates millions for sheep conservation The 2013-14 fiscal year for the Wild Sheep Foundation closed June 30, 2014 with WSF directing $4.371 million to mission programs during the last 12 months focused on their purpose to “Put and Keep Sheep on the Mountain.”

“This is an exceptional accomplishment enabled through our 2014 record convention success, and is due to the generosity of our members, exhibitors, donors, auction buyers and sponsors and the leadership of our board of directors, committees and fine staff. WSF directed nearly one half a million dollars more to mission programs this year over the prior year representing an 11.3 percent increase and the second consecutive year of 10-plus percent mission funding growth” said WSF President & CEO, Gray N. Thornton. “An industry leader in mission effectiveness, WSF raised and directed more than $794 in on the ground mission focused funding for each and every WSF member. Our membership can be justifiably proud of their foundation’s efforts and success.”

During the July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014 fiscal year, WSF directed $3,432,431 to state, provincial and tribal agencies primarily from the sales of special permits and tags.

Additionally, WSF directed $287,955 to guide/ outfitter associations and other industry partners; $353,100 to education and advocacy programs; $109,000 to international conservation initiatives and $189,000 to habitat, restoration, transplants and disease research.

— WSF

Dall’s sheep numbers down, hunts canceled The population of Dall’s sheep in the Northwest Arctic has declined by more than half in the past three years, prompting state and federal agencies to halt the annual hunts.

Results of the most recent survey, conducted

over a week earlier this summer by officials from the National Park Service and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, show a decline of between 50 and 75 percent compared to a count done in 2011. The cancellation of the federal hunt is in the process of being done through a temporary special action from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service because of conservation concerns. The state hunt was cancelled as of August 9.

Reasons for the drop in sheep are many, but harsh winters — prolonged, record cold a couple years ago, and a warm and icy last winter — resulting in starvation and a loss of habitat over the past few years are the most plausible cause, said Chris McKee, the wildlife division supervisor with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Subsistence Management, last week.

Dall’s sheep hunting will be closed in game units 23 and 26A for the remainder of the 2014/2015 regulatory year. The state of Alaska has already closed its hunt for sheep in those units. But the USFWS must go through a few more steps to close the season, which began on August 10.

— Jillian Rogers, Bristol Bay Times

New world record pronghorn from N.M. The largest pronghorn ever recorded has been certified by Boone and Crockett Club as a new World’s Record.

The huge buck, hunted by Mike Gallo in Socorro County, New Mexico, in 2013, scores 96-4/8 B&C points.

The new record breaks a tie between two specimens from Arizona. One was taken in Coconino County in 2000, the other in Mohave County in 2002. Both scored 95 B&C points.

Club officials say the difference between these old records and the new — a full inch-anda-half — is an extraordinary jump. In fact, the margin between the now No. 1- and No. 2-ranked trophies is the largest in Boone and Crockett pronghorn records, which contain more than 3,400 entries.

Features of Gallo’s trophy: Lengths of horns: 18-3/8 right, 18-4/8 left.

Total mass: 23-3/8 right, 23-2/8 left.

Lengths of prongs: 7 right, 6-5/8 left.

— Boone and Crockett

Project to study mule deer decline A Wyoming-based wildlife organization, The Muley Fanatic Foundation, has pledged $1.3 million to try to find the cause of mule deer population declines in Western states.

The Deer-Elk Ecology Research Project — a collaborative venture of the Muley Fanatic Foundation, the University of Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department — aims to learn what factors are hurting mule deer numbers, which of those factors are having the largest impacts, and how they interact. At question are the relationships between interspecies competition, predation, drought, habitat alteration and other challenges believed to impact mule deer.

The five-year D.E.E.R. project will use high-tech tracking devices, satellite monitoring, cutting-edge laboratory analysis and helicopter-enabled animal captures.

— Muley Fanatic Foundation

Pheasant numbers up in Iowa Iowa’s annual August roadside pheasant count recorded the highest number of birds since 2008, with a statewide average of 17.4 birds per 30-mile route.

“I thought the western third of the state would do well because it had below average snowfall, but based on the weather model, the rest of the state should have been status quo.

Obviously it did much better than that,” said Todd Bogenschutz, upland wildlife biologist for

the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and coordinator of the pheasant count.

Last year, a record low 40,000 hunters pursued pheasants and based on this year’s roadside index, they could harvest more than 250,000 birds.

— Iowa DNR

IFA teams with students The Inshore Fishing Association has joined with the Student Angler Federation to develop the first-ever High School Saltwater Championship.

The inaugural event, which features a twoperson team format for students in grades 9-12, will take place Sunday, Oct. 19, as part of the Cabela’s IFA Redfish Tour Championship in Houma, Louisiana.

Registration for interested student anglers and their coach, who will be responsible for providing the boat they compete in, is online at highschoolfishing.org.

— IFA

U.S. archers find success at World Cup Rookie Bridger Deaton of Pella, Iowa defeated the World No. 1-ranked archer to win the World Cup Final in Lausanne, Switzerland.

The 20-year-old compound archer began competing on the World Cup circuit in April.

Deaton also joined teammate Erika Jones of Grand Island, Nebraska in the mixed team gold medal match. The duo took a 158-151 win over host country Switzerland.

Olympic medalist recurve archer Brady Ellison of Payson, Arizona became the first recurve archer to win the World Cup Final three times, winning matches against three opponents, including Olympic champion Oh Jin Hyek of Korea.

— USA Archery

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South Texas awarded ‘Legacy Landscape for Northern Bobwhite Conservation’ A tradition of good land stewardship and aggressive bobwhite management and research across roughly 20 million acres of native rangeland was recognized as South Texas became the nation’s first “Legacy Landscape for Northern Bobwhite Conservation.”

The National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative announced the designation during the annual meeting of the nation’s bobwhite experts. Dr. Leonard Brennan with the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute in Kingsville accepted the award on behalf of the legion of “dedicated, responsible landowners, resource managers, researchers, and quail hunters.”

“The national bobwhite community recognizes and encourages efforts to conserve vast areas of bobwhite habitat, whether through management practices or other decisions, that provide long-term viability of not only wild bobwhite populations but also many other associated species,” said NBCI Director Don McKenzie. “South Texas is a longstanding national model for such efforts and tradition, and we commend the region and its people for this enviable status.”

Clayton Wolf, wildlife division director with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, attributed the recognition to the partnership of universities, conservation organizations, hunters that purchase Upland Game Bird stamps and the department.

“TPWD, universities, conservation organizations and other agencies have a long history of working with private landowners and hunters in South Texas to address the conservation, research, and management needs of the northern bobwhite,” Wolf said. “Through these efforts, decisions on the best management approaches have resulted in bobwhite populations that continue to thrive even in the face of nearrecord drought over the last several years.”

Primary criteria for the Legacy Landscape designation includes an extensive area of ecologically “contiguous” habitat that has for decades supported high densities of wild northern bobwhites, a long-term tradition of purposefully implementing or maintaining land use practices that support bobwhite habitat conservation, and landowners, hunters and other stakeholders who have demonstrated strong support for quail hunting, management and/or quail research over multiple decades.

“What an honor and affirmation by the National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative,” said Fred Bryant, CKWRI executive director.

“This recognition sets us apart as a bastion of wild quail habitat in a region we have coined as the ‘Last Great Habitat.’”

— NBCI

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Get out and shoot dove Below are season dates for the 2014-15 dove season:

Regular Season North Zone: Sept. 1 - Oct. 20, 2014 Dec. 19, 2014 - Jan. 7, 2015 Central Zone: Sept. 1 - Oct. 20, 2014 Dec. 19, 2014 - Jan. 7, 2015 South Zone: Sept. 19 - Oct. 20, 2014 Dec. 19, 2014 - Jan. 25, 2015

Special White-winged Dove Area: Sept. 19 - Oct. 20, 2014 Dec. 19, 2014 - Jan. 21, 2015 Special Season Special White-winged Dove Area: Sept. 6 - 7, 2014 Sept. 13 - 14, 2014

Bag limits 15 mourning, white-winged and white-tipped dove in the aggregate, to include no more than two whitetips. Possession is three times the daily bag.

See TPWD’s website for complete regulations.

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Ducks in good shape A new report from the U.S. Committee of the North American Bird Conservation Initiative shows encouraging population gains for some wetland-dependent bird species. At the same time, the report’s authors warn about the future implications of the continuing loss of ephemeral or temporary wetlands in the prairies of the United States and Canada. Some species such as northern pintail have experienced long-term declines.

The State of the Birds 2014 reports some wetland-dependent bird populations are at or near historic high levels, including mallards, gadwall, teal and shovelers.

“Many wetland bird species are doing very well,” said DU’s Chief Scientist Dr. Scott Yaich.

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was gone and it almost dried up,” he said.

Things rebounded in 2013.

“This year the lake was fairly stable, and they wanted to try and keep the population there.”

TPWD stocked 1,690,650 walleye (792,450 in Wheeler Branch Reservoir, 407,000 in Lake Fryer and 491,200 in Palo Duro Reservoir) during the 2014 season in an effort to maintain a presence in some of the state’s cooler bodies of water.

Munger said there was a very good population of walleye in Lake Meredith several years ago, but a golden algae bloom killed all of the fish.

“It (the algae) directly kills the fish, and there’s not whole lot we can do about it at this point,” Munger said.

To the east, TPWD biologist John Tibbs said his area has a unique advantage in Wheeler Branch

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Reservoir. The small fishing lake, located just north of Glen Rose, was built in 2007 and is 90-feet deep at its lowest point. While a significant portion of the population dies during the year, Tibbs said there are some that are surviving.

“We have a pretty high mortality rate, so that’s why we have to stock them. But some do well,” he said. “Number one, of course, is the depth of the lake, but there’s a lot of cover and the water is clear.”

It’s an up-and-down process, and Tibbs said they do their best to maintain a successful fishery.

“We saw a good response from our first stocking (six years ago), but we’re constantly evaluating it — we’ve been evaluating it on a yearly basis,” he said.

The cost to stock the fish is extremely low for TPWD. They trade excess resources to Colorado for their fingerlings and the only overhead is the gas to transport them via a pickup truck.

Why so much effort for a nonnative game fish?

“It’s something new I think,” Kevin Taylor said.

Taylor is the general manager of Wheeler Branch, and has been working there since it was built.

“It is a big draw,” he added. “My office is right on the lake and every two or three days I’ll look out my window and see somebody targeting walleye specifically.”

Targeting doesn’t necessarily mean catching, as Munger pointed out.

“Up here our anglers do pretty well with them,” he said. “But the people that are new to the area or from bass country generally don’t do that well. They’re usually using too big of gear.”

Taylor said anglers have a difficult time catching the fish at Wheeler Branch as well, but the population seems to be very healthy.

“They’re definitely difficult to catch on this lake, but there are a lot of them,” Taylor said. “It seems like anglers have a lot of trouble targeting them. Sometimes they’ll catch one on accident.”

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He said the DFW Metroplex produces a lot of anglers with an interest in the walleye, and not all fail at their venture.

Robert Hunter, via the Texas Fishing Forum, has been having success over the summer fishing deep for the walleye at Wheeler Branch.

“The toothy critters are packed in there once you get them dialed in,” Hunter posted. “I probably have as many days out there as anyone after it opened.”

Tibbs said the fishery is currently looking healthy, and the threadfin shad — a food source for the walleye — are “doing extremely well, which bodes well for the fish.”

An extended effort from TPWD is all these reservoirs need to bring a new type of game fish to the angler’s table. If they can figure out how to get them there, it’s well worth the effort.

“If anyone hasn’t eaten a walleye, they’re definitely missing out,” Tibbs said.

Tips from a walleye pro For those anglers willing to try the Texas walleye challenge, noted walleye angler Bruce “Doc” Samson has the tips to get them in the cooler.

“I think it’s more about the bait fish than anything,” Samson said. “Especially in the summer in Texas, the walleye prefer cooler water. But they’re going to go where the food is.”

Samson said in his home waters of Minnesota (where he was won multiple professional walleye trophies) he’s caught the fish in 80-degree water at 4 feet.

That being said, the walleye can also be suspended as deep as 70 feet, chasing schools of shad.

“They don’t look very big on a 100-foot scale (on sonar readings),” he said. “But there are some big fish that will hold down there.”

As far as baits, Samson said there is no shortage of options.

In Texas, he said live nightcrawlers, leeches and minnows are great options fished deep.

Artificially, he likes to troll with shallow- and deep-diving crankbaits — larger models for larger fish, he noted.

“You can also find some structure, sit on it and jig for them,” Samson said. “I only have about 100 ways to catch walleye.”

Spinning reels and light tackle will manage the light lures and bait well, and the heaviest line possible when fished near cover will get the job done, he said.

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the shark landed within 15 minutes, but it took much longer to secure the fish to the back of the boat.

“He was so big. We had five of us on the boat and it took all of us doing everything we could to get him in with the pulley system,” he said. “It took another 15 minutes just to get him on the swim step.”

Once the shark was secure, it was a race back to the shore.

“There is a certified weigh station in Los Angeles, so we had someone bring a boat trailer and we loaded him just like a boat. We threw a tarp over him because he was already attracting a crowd. It was pandemonium at the dock.”

Once at the scales, the big make went 809.5 pounds and stretched the tape to 11 feet from nose to tail, besting the old world record by about 300 pounds.

Thomason said 400 pounds of the meat was donated to a homeless shelter in Los Angeles.

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age on them and the results have been a lot of big deer.”

The mast crop in East Texas is looking average, according to Calkins. He said there will be some acorns on the ground, but not a bumper crop that could affect deer hitting feeders late into the season.

In the eastern portion of the Edwards Plateau, biologist Kevin Schwausch said overall, the area is in decent shape in regards to range conditions.

“It is kind of dry, but we have gotten a little spotty rain here and there,” Schwausch said.

“We had half an inch in August.

It is green in spots, but overall it has fared pretty well. Every time we started to get really dry, we got a little rain to help out.”

Schwausch said the deer are in good shape and he would characterize antler quality around his home in Burnet as fair.

Anthrax confirmed in Edwards County deer Anthrax has been confirmed in a whitetail deer in southeastern Edwards County. This is the second confirmed case of anthrax in Texas this year; the first in a deer.

The Texas Animal Health Commission rules require proper disposal of affected carcasses and vaccination of livestock on the premises prior to release of the quarantine.

Anthrax is a bacterial disease caused by Bacillus anthracis, which is a naturally occurring organism with worldwide distribution, including certain parts of Texas. It is not uncommon for anthrax to be diagnosed in livestock or wildlife in the southwestern part of the state. A vaccine is available for use in susceptible livestock in high risk areas.

Acute fever followed by rapid death with bleeding from body openings are common signs of anthrax in livestock. Carcasses may also appear bloated and decompose quickly. Livestock displaying symptoms consistent with anthrax should be reported to a private veterinary practitioner or a TAHC official. If affected livestock or carcasses must be handled, producers are encouraged to follow basic sanitation precautions such as wearing protective gloves, long sleeve shirts and washing thoroughly afterward to prevent accidental spread of the bacteria to people.

“The TAHC will continue to closely monitor the situation for possible new cases across the state. Producers are encouraged to consult their veterinary practitioner or local TAHC office if they have questions about the disease,” said Dr. T.R. Lansford, TAHC assistant executive director for Animal Health Programs.

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“Some areas the bucks will be better than others,” he said.

“But I wouldn’t classify any of the region as poor. I bow hunt west of here and I am looking forward to a good season.”

Around Uvalde, deer numbers are high after a “weird” summer.

We’ve had a unique summer,” said biologist David Rios.

“We had more rain in April and August, so it is somewhat lush in places. All of the reports on antlers are good.”

Rios said the area could use a good cold front to put deer on their feet during bow season, and if that happens, it should be very good for hunters.

“It’s been unique this year, but most properties should have good deer and lots of them,” he said. “In fact, most of the ranches have too many deer.”

Some of the better public land opportunities can be found in the Pineywoods this season.

“I’d say Alazan Bayou (in Nacogdoches County) is a great place,” Calkins said. “There

are a lot of big bucks in there.

If you aren’t drawn for a hunt, Bannister (WMA) is another good option.”

In South Texas, hunters are hopeful a banner year is right around the corner.

“It is looking to be one of the best deer years in at least four or five years,” said biologist Ashton Hutchins, owner of Frio Palms Wildlife Consulting. “We had timely rains through the spring until about late June or early July. It produced great forage for those animals.”

The only negative Hutchins sees for South Texas hunters is with the abundance of natural forage still out there, patterning bucks to corn feeders will be tougher during bow season.

“It’s going to be tough to get those big bucks to feeders early in the season,” he said. “There are still lots that is green for them to eat out there. Having said that, I expect some really big deer to come out of the woodwork this fall.”

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JUMPING INTO ACTION: Hunters are hoping for cooler conditions in October to get earlyseason bucks moving. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

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ings can be anglers’ catches, dead fish found, or tarpon jumping or turning in the water. After the information is gathered, it can be uploaded to the TPWD website, where the location, size, weight and type of observation is noted.

Morris said before the network was enabled, the observations were few and far between — fewer than 300 tarpon were collected in a 30-year period — the network has recorded nearly 500 tarpon since 2008. Reports have been fewer since 2012.

“Over the last couple of years it has been a little bit slower,” Morris said. “Last year it may have been a sign of not having many tarpon. But the program is still up and people need to participate.”

Capt. Jamie Pinter, out of Port O’Connor, said he has been targeting the acrobatic game fish for more than 20 years.

“I think over the past few years we have had a bit more than normal,” he said, noting that this year has been a bit tougher than usual. “Our weather has changed, I don’t think the fish have gone anywhere, but we just don’t have as many good days to fish them.”

When it rains it pours, Pinter said. A month-long weather window — calm bay conditions are key for spotting the tarpon — in August gave him the opportunity to bring in some monster fish.

“The weather got nice and calm for about a month, and we caught several (trophy) fish,” Pinter said. “We spot about 95 percent of the tarpon before we catch them.”

The fish he brought in were on Coon Pop lures, a large jig-head with a circle hook and a curl-tail soft plastic. The season is not over, however. Pinter said the largest tarpon tend to come at the end of the summer and early fall, before the waters begin to cool off.

It’s the movement of the fish that was the catalyst for the Tarpon Observation Network, Morris explained. He said the focus is to find how and where the juvenile tarpon use the waters of the gulf to their advantage.

“What we really hope to learn is when the juvenile tarpon are in the back of the estuaries,” he said. “We’ve found them all over the place. We found two juveniles in the back of the Aransas estuary system.

“So maybe it’s not that there aren’t as many tarpon, but maybe it’s that we aren’t sampling where they are.”

Texas was once known as one of the more prominent areas to target trophy tarpon; It’s a reputation that faded with the population, Morris said. Although, over the past few decades, anglers have been well aware that the fish are in the Texas Gulf Coast — big ones at that. Morris said the network has been a useful tool for the TPWD researchers, and proof that the populations are here to stay.

“We have noticed a slight increase in the relative abundance over the past few years,” Morris said. “I don’t know if it will get back to the glory days, but we sure hope so.”

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Coastal resource designed for anglers without boats Anglers are getting some equal representation on the Gulf Coast lately, in large part due to Edward Eidson’s expertise and hard work.

His work culminated in the “Sportfisher Map & Guide of the Upper Texas Gulf Coast.”

Part map, part pamphlet, part book and all useful, these reference is key for any angler that isn’t blessed with a boat.

Eidson took a moment to describe his efforts behind the book, and fill Lone Star Outdoor News in on what his plans are for the future.

“I was inspired one morning while reading the fishing report in the Houston Chronicle. All of the report, as always, was geared towards where to go fishing if you had a boat,” Eidson said.

He took the initiative to make a guide representative of the “85 to 92 percent of all anglers who don’t own a boat.”

“I already knew the coastline,” Eidson said.

His original version of “Sportfisher” was originally published in 1986. “I’m 62 now, and I’ve been fishing the coast since I was around 7 years old.”

When it was time for an update to his origi-

nal work, Eidson picked up his material and hit the road. He spent four months taking in-depth notes and observations across the upper coast.

“I just took my pen and notepad and started taking notes. I wrote down all of the phone numbers and websites I could find too,” he said.

The diligence is noted. His work contains not only detailed maps of where to access different points along the coast on foot, but also has species information, what bait to use and how the seasons affect the bite.

A color map of the Galveston Bay systems, including Trinity, East and West bays is the centerpiece. There are different icons highlighting the best locations for wade fishing, and each location has a description on the neighboring pages.

The guide is printed on heavy-duty paper, which will resist some light spray while fishing a newly found location on the coast.

Several members of the LSON crew have used this book in the past few months and found the information to be credible and helpful when looking for places to shore fish along the coast.

— Staff report

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