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Dove galoreGroup endures earthquake

to reach Argentina dove hunt. Page 4

Inside

❘❚ LSONews.com

Tragic death leads to boating safety changes.Page 8

Britteny’s law❘❚ FISHING

Stingy waters yield trout, reds, sharks.Page 8

Surf’s up

Drought actually offers conservation opportunities.

Page 4

Push back

❘❚ HUNTING

Large schools of

reds staging in Baffi n

Action good on King Ranch

shorelineBy Conor HarrisonLone Star outdoor newS

For the past few weeks, guides along Baffi n Bay have seen huge schools of redfi sh getting ready for the fall spawn.

“There are a lot of fi sh mov-ing from Baffi n to the Gulf right now,” said Capt. Jon Fails. “There have been huge schools in Baffi n, but they have started drawing down a little bit in the past week.

“They are also in the Intracoastal Waterway, stag-ing themselves for spawning.”

Along with high water temperatures affecting the fi sh, salinity in the bays is very high, Fails said.

HOT DOG: Moose, a black lab, takes a break from the Texas heat by cooling down in a wa-ter trough on a ranch in Atascosa County. It is important for dove hunters and bowhunters in the early season to recognize the signs of heat-related illnesses and take steps to prevent them. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News. See REDS, Page 19

Bad crop reports can be good news for dove hunters

❘❚ CONTENTSClassifi eds . . . . . . . . . Page 25Crossword . . . . . . . . . Page 24Fishing Report . . . . . . . Page 10For the Table. . . . . . . . Page 24Game Warden Blotter . . . . Page 12Heroes. . . . . . . . . . . Page 17Outdoor Datebook . . . . . Page 18Outfi tters and Businesses . . Page 25Sun, Moon and Tide data . . Page 24

Better, but guides think ‘bite’ is a few weeks off.

Page 8

Billfi sh

Some ranchers offer lower-cost hunts and no kill fees. Page 4

Archery discount

By Bill MillerLone Star outdoor newS

Texas agriculturalists have to look hard to see anything posi-tive on the sunbaked landscape.

Cattlemen can’t fi nd decent Texas hay to supplement the parched rangelands, so bales are being shipped in from as

INSIDEn Dove of Texas: Page 15

See DOVE HUNTERS, Page 14

DOVE CANDY: Drought has ravaged Texas croplands, but a stunted ear of corn is still

valuable food for dove. Photo by LSON.

San Angelo angler aims tobe among bass fi shing’s elite

By Bill MillerLone Star outdoor newS

O.H. Ivie Reservoir, impounded in 1990, was producing big bass within a decade, including a memora-ble lunker caught in June 2000.

A KGKL Big Bass tour-

nament carried a top prize of $10,000, and several 10- pounders had been caught. But the biggest fi sh that day wasn’t hooked by any of the contestants.

Nine-year-old Austin Terry of San Angelo had been fi sh-ing on the lake with his family

when he caught the big large-mouth on a Carolina-rigged worm.

Russell Smith, former San Angelo police chief turned outdoor writer, was cover-ing the weigh-ins for a local

RUNNING START: Austin Terry has wanted to be a professional angler since age 9 when he hooked an 11-pound lunker on O.H. Ivie. Photo by Jason Hook, for LSON. See SAN ANGELO, Page 16

Dog days of

early fall

By Conor HarrisonLone Star outdoor newS

Moose was hot.During an afternoon of chasing

birds, the faithful black lab needed to cool off.

But Moose wasn’t waiting for the hunt to end — he needed to cool off now. So, he proceeded to the nearest water trough to get a drink and soak.

It’s often easy for dogs to cool down, but hunters might need to take a few precautions during dove and early bow season this year.

The heat has been darned near unbearable across much of Texas this summer, with temperatures soaring to more than 100 degrees daily in most places.

Dove hunters, along with bow-hunters in early October, face the brunt of the heat when afi eld. Those hunters should be aware of the dangers of extreme heat and how to cope with them.

Heat an issue during dove,bow seasons

See DOG DAYS, Page 21

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HUNTING

DOVE CLOUD: Huge flocks of dove were available for Texas hunter Ike Standley during a 2010 trip to Argentina. But first, he had to endure a massive earthquake during a stop in Chile. Photo by Ike Standley.

By Bill MillerLone Star outdoor newS

The old saying “good luck comes to those who are prepared to receive it” was bore out the weekend of Aug. 12-14.

Rain showers pierced the high-pressure dome that has helped keep tri-ple-digit heat over Texas for much of the summer.

The storms did noth-ing to end the statewide drought. North Texas, for example, only got a few inches that week-end, bringing the yearly total to about 16 inches, far below the normal 23 inches.

And searing temper-atures soon returned across the state.

But some who received the rain called it miraculous, and those who had special “catch-ment” containers or “guzzlers” could keep a lot of it for wildlife.

“A half-inch to 3 inches of rain can sure fill up a water catch-ment, if you have it in place,” said Jesse Oetgen, technical guid-ance biologist for Texas Parks and Wildlife

Department.“I’m in Weatherford,”

he said, “and here at my house, the gauge only had half an inch. But if I had a guz-zler, with maybe an 8-by-4 sheet of corrugated metal that runs into a gutter sys-tem, I could have caught many gallons.”

Oetgen said the Shackelford County area, northeast of Abilene, got 2-3 inches of rain.

“If you can catch that, you can save several hundred gallons, but it depends on the size of the structure,” Oetgen said.

He said guzzlers could be designed to overflow, “which creates a green, lush microenvironment that attracts insects and, thus, turkey and quail.”

An Internet search using the words “wild-life” and “guzzler” can direct landowners to dealers that sell catch-ment systems.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service has programs that can make payments to peo-

ple who install guzzlers. For example, NRCS

officials recently described a guzzler that costs $1,975 per

unit, but the agency would reimburse as much as $840 to purchasers who meet cri-teria for the p r o g r a m s .

People should contact the NRCS agents in their counties for more information.

And do-it-yourselfers can find cheaper ways to build catchment systems.

Richard Kincheloe of Dallas said he has been exploring “tons of sites” for systems that can be “built for cheap” on his family’s KV Ranch in Bosque County.

Ultimate adventure redefined

By Craig NyhusLone Star outdoor newS

Ike Standley of Garden Ridge will be heading to his longtime opening-day dove hunting spot in September near Pleasanton.

“We’ve been going there for years and years

with people from our church,” said the business-man. “It’s been real good and fun.”

But it was another dove hunt in February 2010 that was the ultimate adventure — in both danger and fun.

Drought can present opportunities to help

wildlife habitat

Bowhunting-only ranches offer more affordable hunting

Group weathers earthquake, mountain bus trip to reach Argentina hunt

See ADVENTURE, Page 6

MOREn How much do game animals drink? See page 19

By Conor HarrisonLone Star outdoor newS

Brushy Creek Ranch owner Pete Denney decided years ago on a simple philosophy — be a lean and mean bowhunt-ing-only operation that keeps costs low and lets hunters hunt.

That philosophy has worked, especially charg-ing clients only a daily fee to hunt regardless of what they kill, instead of a tro-phy fee determined by the size of the animal.

More and more ranches across the state are cater-ing strictly to bowhunters, and their prices reflect it.

“It just kind of started at less dollars per day,” Denney said. “As our costs went up, we had to go up with it, but we priced it at what we thought was fair and what we felt the market could bear.”

HYDRATION: Catchment systems that collect rainwater

were handy structures in mid-August when rain show-

ers briefly visited parts of Tex-as. Installing them are some of the things landowners can do even while drought continues

to hammer the state. Photo by David J. Sams, LSON.

See DROUGHT, Page 19

A SHARP DEAL: Bowhunters can take advantage of ranches that do not allow rifle hunting, usually at discounted prices from other ranches. Photo by Bill Miller, LSON.See BOWHUNTING, Page 6

Better watering, grazing plans, hog control all possible

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$3.4 million raised for TDAYou wouldn’t know the economy was down had

you attended the Texas Deer Association’s annual fund-raising weekend, Aug. 10-14, in San Antonio.

The group, comprised of hunters, deer breeders and ranch owners, had more than 1,500 people attend the banquet, seminars and auction, which raised more than $3.4 million in gross sales.

“In this economy at this time, I’m just amazed we had that type of turnout,” said Karl Kinsel, TDA executive director. “We just moved the event to the new JW Marriot in San Antonio and we were a little apprehensive about being able to fill it because it was eight times as big as the previ-ous place. Well, we filled it.”

Kinsel was especially proud of how the group raised nearly $200,000 for the TDA Political Action Committee.

The event included several deer auctions, a fashion show and brunch, casino night, golf out-ings and seminars from some of the leaders in deer management across the state.

—Staff report

By Bill MillerLone Star outdoor newS

A federal investigation into an illegal hunting operation run by Texans in southern Kansas has resulted in charges against several other Texans.

Misdemeanor charges against 12 new defen-dants, including three from Louisiana, were handed down Aug. 11 in a Kansas fed-eral court.

The men were clients of the illegal operation called “Camp Lone Star” near Coldwater, Kan., prosecutors said.

Each of the new defen-dants was ordered to appear

Sept. 8 in Kansas to answer the federal charges.

The Texans are: Douglas Baker of Palestine; Zach Belrose of Center; Kyle Bush of Timpson; Arthur Clemons of Cushing; Charles Sapp of Center; James Donnan of Center; James Jacobs of Shelbyville; and Michael Scarber of Center.

The men from Louisiana are: Jerry Deville of Denham Springs; Michael Herne, of Monroe; and Harry Wells also of Denham Springs.

Another man, Bazil Moore, was also charged, but his hometown was not listed.

“Operation Cimarron” —

the investigation of the camp — has been called the largest case in the history of wildlife law enforcement in Kansas.

It has already resulted in the convictions of two Texans who operated the camp: James Bobby Butler Jr., and brother Marlin Jackson Butler, both of Martinsville.

Court records show that from 2005 through 2008, the brothers encouraged cus-tomers to take deer without proper licenses and tags.

In some instances, cus-tomers took more deer than bag limits allowed or used illegal equipment, such as spotlights or guns during

archery season.The Butler brothers were

charged with conspiracy and interstate trafficking of game illegally taken in Kansas — a violation of the federal Lacey Act.

The Butlers pleaded guilty in June. Once that happened, prosecutors started focusing on their customers.

Jim Cross, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s office in Wichita, confirmed that as many as 60 people were under investigation in Operation Cimarron.

However, he declined to say if more people would be charged in the case.

More Texans charged in ‘Operation Cimarron’

OUTDOOR INK: We saw plenty of tattoos at the Texas Trophy Hunters 2011 Extravaganza Aug. 19-21 in Fort Worth. And while we saw a lot of ladies with ink, we couldn’t find any with bass, bucks or hooks. But here (from left) are some of the better ones we saw. (1) Midlothian’s Tim Smith formed his chest tat from this engraving on an antique powder horn: “I with the gun and brother ball, in any fight, we equal all.” (2) TV personality Brian “Pig Man” Quaca of Groesbeck has boar heads on his forearms. (3) David Gallop got his deer tracks, including dewclaws, in Granbury. (4) Alvin Knotts of Streeman got his while serving the Marine Corps in North Carolina. See more at LSONews.com. Want to share your outdoor tattoo? E-mail it (high-resolution jpegs only) to [email protected]. Photos by Bill Miller, Lone Star Outdoor News.

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Denney said he could offer hunts at lower daily rates than many outfitters because he owns the land and doesn’t have to cover leasing costs. That spells opportunity for many bowhunt-ers who want to spend less than outfits that sell hunts on a sliding scale based on trophy sizes.

“We don’t have kill fees,” he said. “We do have penalty fees if some-one kills a buck with less than a 14-inch spread. That’s our incen-tive to let younger bucks walk.”

Denney, like many bowhunt-ing-only ranches, provides a

bunk house and cook shack, but keeps costs low by doing semi-guided hunts and allowing hunt-ers to move around parts of the ranch, instead of being stuck in one tripod stand the whole time.

“Low overhead equals lower costs to the client,” Denney said. “A lot of clients prefer it that way. If we were high fencing the prop-erty and bringing in genetics, we’d probably go that route (to a trophy fee-based pricing system). But we are trying to keep costs low.

“We’re just more of a budget-minded outfit.”

The size of deer might be a lit-tle smaller, but a hunter can shoot the biggest buck he can find. That alone makes it a more attractive deal to some bowhunters.

Chad Davis, manager of the bowhunting-only Buffalo Mountain Ranch near Abilene, said the ranch has no trophy or kill fees, just a daily fee to hunt.

“We pride ourselves on being a working man’s hunting ranch,” Davis said. “We’ve had guys show up and pay a couple hundred dol-lars and shoot a 150-class deer.”

Davis said despite the rough economy, Buffalo Mountain’s bookings have been up this year, perhaps due to the affordability of the hunting and the chance to shoot a trophy deer.

However, with most archery hunts, it’s always a roll of the dice when it comes to shooting a tro-phy, according to Davis.

“It’s still hunting,” he said.

“I had saved up to go to Argentina with a group of 12,” he said. “Six of us went down a few days early to do a wine tour in Chile, then we met up with the rest of the group in Santiago to fly to Cordoba, Argentina the next day.”

But that night, a massive earthquake hit Santiago, registering 8.8 on the Richter scale.

“We were staying in a 16-story hotel,” Standley said. “You couldn’t stand to walk to get to the inte-rior of the building — the only choice was to crawl.”

During the night, sirens blared, the building swayed and power was cut.

“We were sure glad when morning came and we could see,” he said.

Santiago’s buildings, known for their structural soundness after earthquakes in the 1960s, held up fairly well. The streets and glass in many buildings didn’t, though.

But the group was still determined to get to their hunt. “We spent most of the next day trying to get out

of Santiago — it helped that two in our group spoke Spanish,” Standley said. “That night we were able to get on a double-decker bus trip over the Andes.”

Part two of the adventure had begun. “The mountains are incredibly high and the

switchbacks were treacherous — when you looked out the window you couldn’t see bottom,” he said. “And there were one-way tunnels through the mountains. Fortunately it was at night.”

Once they reached Argentina, the outfitter, the Beretta

Trident-rated Estancia Los Chanares, had arranged for a plane to pick up the group and get them to Cordoba.

Then the trip changed from extreme danger to extreme fun.

“A friend had told me before I went that going down there is like a lifetime of opening mornings within the first 30 minutes,” Standley said. “I didn’t believe him.

“I do now.”Standley doesn’t claim to be an expert shot by

any means, but he accomplished his goal of more than 1,000 birds in a day’s hunt.

“And the last morning I shot 157 birds in the first 30 minutes, all within a few miles from the lodge.”

Danger hasn’t been a stranger to the veteran and hunter, but the earthquake tops the list.

While serving in Vietnam with the Air Force, “we were mortared and rocketed not constantly, but close,” he said. “And the last night at the air base before coming home, it was constant. I didn’t think we would make it back.”

Standley also flies an ultralight aircraft that sus-tained a catastrophic failure in 2007.

“On the way down, I was scared I wasn’t going to make it,” he said. “But I got out of it with a fractured leg.

“But that damn earthquake was the worst — just hoping that building would stay together.”

Despite the hair-raising trip, Standley is saving up to return, hopefully next winter.

“It should be on any dove hunter’s list,” he said.

AdventureContinued From Page 4

FROM DANGER TO FUN: Ike Standley, a businessman from Garden Ridge, enjoyed excellent wing shooting in Argentina, once he got out of quake-ravaged Santiago, Chile. “It should be on any dove hunter’s list,” he said of hunting near Cordoba. Photo by Ike Standley.

GRUB: Many bowhunting-only ranches provide similar amenities to larger, more expensive outfits. Here, hunters at the Buffalo Mountain Ranch gather before dinner to talk about the day's hunt. Photo by David J. Sams, LSON.

BowhuntingContinued From Page 4

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By Conor HarrisonLone Star outdoor newS

A Mexican black bear was shot and killed Aug. 10 on a small ranch in Kerr County after the landowner felt threat-ened while walking his dogs.

J.A. Whittenburg V and his two Jack Russell terri-ers were walking on the land near the famous YO Ranch when the bear wandered out from the brush and approached the dogs.

“It was around 7:20 a.m. and I was checking a well house,” Whittenburg said. “I noticed some-thing out of the cor-ner of my eye and at first I thought it was a pig. I kept looking at it and quickly realized it was a bear.

“My dogs made eye contact and he started coming our way. I was between the bear and my dogs and I had about three seconds to react.”

Whittenburg said he always carries a gun with him and he just had time to get the bear in the sights of a .223-caliber rifle.

“He was about 40 yards away and headed in our direction,” he said. “I yelled and I could see it was locked in with my dogs. He was coming at my dogs so I shot and he dropped.”

Black bears are endangered in Texas and hunting them is

illegal, although some bru-ins do travel into the state from Oklahoma, Arkansas and Mexico. Oklahoma does have a bear season in some parts of the state.

Whittenburg said he is a lifelong conservationist and hunter. He said he has hunted big game in Africa and big bears in Alaska, and knows what a dangerous sit-

uation looks like and how to protect himself.

He also said he has gotten harassing phone calls from animal rights activists since the shooting, which was cov-ered widely in the media.

“I tell them to go to the zoo and jump in the bear’s cage and see how they react,” he said.

Whittenburg immediately called his father and Texas game wardens to explain what had happened.

According to Mike

Krueger, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department dis-trict four wildlife leader, the 2-year-old bear weighed 102 pounds and stood less than 2 feet at the shoulder. The bear’s length from nose to tail was 51 inches.

It may have walked 150 miles from Mexico in search of food and water.

TPWD conducted a rou-tine investigation because the bear is an endangered spe-cies. Whittenburg said he hasn’t heard from the game war-dens since they were out on his property.

“We’re getting a few reports of peo-ple seeing bears during daylight hours, and that’s unusual,” Krueger said. “It’s the asso-ciated water around homes and the food. The pet food, the smell of cook-ing; all those things could attract bears.”

Recent bear sightings could involve young bears that have

been turned out by their mothers and are trying to establish their own home ranges.

Because of the drought, the bears appear to be travel-ing longer distances, some-times even hundreds of miles, to find better habitat conditions. Known breed-ing bear populations in Texas are in far West Texas, so it’s possible bears seen in Central Texas traveled from there, or from Mexico.

Black bear shot in Kerr County

LONE STAR BRUIN: Game wardens examine the paw of a black bear that was killed this month on a ranch in Kerr County. Photo by J. Whittenburg.

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FISHING

Tragedy inspires changesin boating safety laws

By Mark EnglandLone Star outdoor newS

Tim Lindt’s persistence the last five years proved suc-cessful when the Legislature updated a law, originally writ-ten to protect anglers, to bar boaters from circling anyone engaged in water activities.

The new law passed ear-lier this year during the most recent session of the

Legislature. It went into effect immediately. A violation constitutes a Class C misdemeanor.

There’s no elation, though, when he discusses the

Britteny Sage Lindt Act, named after his daugh-ter, 15, who died Aug. 18, 2006 at Lewisville Lake.

She fell off an inner tube attached to a Jet Ski and a circling boat — trying to create waves — struck and killed her.

The boat driver admitted to drinking, but a jury found him not guilty of intoxication manslaughter.

“I’ve been going at this full-bore for five years with one goal: to save lives,” Lindt said. “We

FOR BRITTENY: Pro angler Helen Gordon put a wrap on her boat promoting the Britteny Sage Lindt Fund, which works to improve water safety. The girl’s fellow

cheerleaders from Marcus High School in Flower Mound helped promote the fund. Photo by Elizabeth Greene.

See TRAGEDY, Page 21

By Nicholas ConklinLone Star outdoor newS

Peak conditions for billfish are just around the corner.

However, captains and anglers have reported several difficult months until now for marlin, sail-fish and swordfish.

Despite the recent Texas Legends Billfish Tournament reporting more than 100 billfish caught, captains have said that rough seas have slowed the bite.

Capt. Bill Cannan of Port O’Connor reported that his boat did not fare well in the tourna-ment and only hooked into a few

small fish. He said the winning boat recorded 14 sailfish, four white marlin and a blue marlin.

But Cannan has found some suc-cess landing sailfish near the “Tequila” and “Cervesa” offshore production rigs with live bait. He added, however, that anglers south of those rigs can also have success with sailfish.

“I am pulling natural baits on a slow troll anywhere from 3 to 5 knots,” Cannan said. “We’re pull-ing them behind Ilanders and have been doing well.”

Cannan said that the rigs have been holding bait well recently, so anglers should troll near them.

Poor weather and warm water has also restricted fishing, said Capt. Ann Johnston of Johnston’s Sport Fishing. On a recent five-day trip, she only landed one sailfish.

“I am just talking about high winds,” Johnston said. “The tem-perature of the water at 154 miles yesterday was 90 degrees, and the fish don’t like that.”

Johnston also said that rough seas and reoccurring swells have been an issue during her trips. She said that normally in August, she will see 10 or 15 calm days that are just slick as glass. But this summer she hasn’t had but a couple.

Johnston said that this has lim-ited her catch totals and her time on the water.

She cited the Poco Bueno Tournament out of Port O’Connor, which was held in late July, as a perfect example of how tough the fishing has been during the summer months.

The field had 101 boats compet-

ing, but very few fish were boated. Johnston said her boat caught only one fish, but it was an under-

sized marlin (under 101 inches). Many Poco anglers reported simi-lar results, Johnston said.

BILLFISH BITE: Chris Sessions holds a sailfish he caught. Some guides are starting to report improved offshore fishing for sailfish and marlin. Rough seas, however, limited the bite earlier this summer, the guides said. Photo by Chris Sessions.

BRITTENY SAGE LINDT

By Nicholas ConklinLone Star outdoor newS

Big bait hurlers on the beaches have had to wait out a rather tough surf bite, but, for those who have, good numbers of redfish, trout and even sharks have been brought to shore.

Mike Chance of Buda said he

recently landed several limits of trout near Port Aransas. Fishing mostly Rapala Skitterwalks in black and chrome, Chance said that surf anglers need to be flex-ible in tough fishing months like August.

“The color can change over-night,” Chance said. “Recently I caught a limit on trout on a black-

and-chrome Skitterwalk, then went back the next morning to try it again and they wouldn’t touch the lure.”

When that happened, Chance switched to lighter colors like blue, pearl and chartreuse and caught several fish. Chance said that his most productive bite has been from first light until 10 a.m.,

and that he has found many fish holding along rip currents.

“You’ll see the dirty water cross-ing the sandbar and moving out away from the beach, and a lot of times reds will hold up in there waiting for bait to come through,” Chance said.

For this technique, Chance sug-gested “free lining” the bait and

letting the current take it out, away from the beach.

But the big shark bite has stalled for some lately, according to Brad Potter of Breakaway Tackle, a Corpus Christi-based company specializing in surf gear.

“I haven’t had any shark lately because the water down there (south of Corpus) was too cold and dirty,” Potter said.

Potter did report that a 12 1/2-foot tiger shark was recently caught near Bob Hall Pier in Corpus Christi. According to reports, the tiger shark was suc-cessfully released.

Potter said that redfish and trout have been fair on red and white top-water lures along the Padre Island National Seashore.

Farther south, Capt. Billy Sandifer reported a tough surf bite. He said the emergence of Sargasso weeds have conspired to stop the bite. However, he did report that the weed issue had begun to clear up and he is expecting fishing to improve.

“Come about Sept. 10, you can just turn that coin over and every-thing will be the exact different,” Sandifer said.

Not all of the fishing has been poor. Sandifer said anglers have been catching trout on top-waters, and ladyfish on flies. He even reported the occasional tarpon hookup and shark averaging 5 to 6 feet.

Sandifer said that because of the fall migrations of fish into the surf to spawn and feed, he expects this fall surf season to be very produc-tive for anglers.

To contact Capt. Billy Sandifer, call (361) 937-8446

Flexibility pays off in tough surf bite

LUKE WARM: Surf anglers have been switching lure colors to keep up with changes in water clarity. Those willing to be flexible have been bringing plenty of fish to shore. Photo by LSON.

Billfish anglers hoping for fall

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Low water levels at Toledo Bend force

tournaments to relocateBy Nicholas ConklinLone Star outdoor newS

Dangerously low lake lev-els on Toledo Bend Reservoir have forced Bass Champs to relocate the Oct. 1 East Region Championship tournament.

The new venue is Sam Rayburn Reservoir, said Jeff Welch, Bass Champs vice president. The date is unchanged.

Bass Champs officials decided to move the tournament nearly two months in advance to give anglers plenty of time to adjust.

“I would love to wait until the week before and say ‘Please let it rain,’” Welch said. “But if you wait until the week before, then you tell everyone you’re moving, then everybody is upset because you didn’t give them enough time.”

Preparation time is important, Welch said, because tournament rules stipulate anglers can prac-tice at a lake up to a week before the competition. After that the lake is off-limits until the tourna-ment starts.

Welch also said that the decision allows anglers to adjust travel plans.

The Sabine River Authority rec-ommended that the tournament be moved, but Bass Champs offi-cials made the ultimate decision to move, Welch said.

Because of the makeup of Toledo Bend, the current water levels have become unsafe, Welch said.

When the lake was built, boat lanes were cut through the vast amounts of sunken timber. However, the lanes were cut only 8 feet below normal pool, which is 172 feet.

But now, the water levels have dropped below those lanes, expos-ing timber and creating a boating hazard, Welch said.

Low lake levels caused by drought have been reported across the state in recent months.

But Welch said low levels were also a concern last year when the same tournament was held at Toledo Bend.

“We pushed the envelope and we had some tough spots,” he said. “When a lot of these lakes were built they didn’t envision record low lake levels.”

The last time a Bass Champs event had to be moved because of low lake levels was 11 years ago, Welch said.

Two other tournaments have since been canceled on Toledo Bend, according to Linda Curtis-Sparks, director of tourism for Toledo Bend Lake Country.

“We have confirmed that the BFL Cowboy Division has can-celed their September tourna-ment,” Curtis-Sparks said. “We just hope that we get rain between September and November.”

The other tournament is in Louisiana, Curtis-Sparks said.

Curtis-Sparks added that only 12 boat launches remain open on the lake and, she said that anglers should attempt to launch at Sam McGill, Cypress Bend and Pleasure Point because they are the deepest and most easily accessible.

For current water conditions and levels of all Texas lakes, including those that share a border with other states, visit LSONews.com and see fishing news links to our friends.

Officials evaluating size of Angler Recognition ProgramBy Bill MillerLone Star outdoor newS

The popular Angler Recognition Program offered by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is moving forward.

But the recent retirement of the staffer who ran it for nine years and budget cuts are chal-lenging TPWD officials to take stock of the program’s size.

“We’re sort of still in the pro-cess of evaluating how much we’ll be able to maintain,” said Ken Kurzawski, director of inland fisheries regulations and information.

The program keeps state records for inland and saltwater species. These records are kept for all bays, rivers and lakes — public or private.

Numerous accomplishments are recognized, including first

fish for any angler, no matter the age, and for catching a trophy fish of any qualifying species.

A lot of people, many of them youth, submit their catches to be considered for “water body records” on particular lakes, riv-ers or areas on the coast.

Also, the program recognizes anglers who achieve “elite sta-tus” by catching five trophy-class fish in saltwater or freshwa-ter categories.

The program’s “outstand-ing angler” award acknowl-edges a catch that “does not fit other award categories but still deserves recognition,” accord-ing to TPWD.

All sorts of records for the pro-gram itself were broken in 2010, including the submitting of 1,233 catches for awards. That’s the most in a single year, beating

913 in 2009, according to TPWD.However, the program’s long-

time administrator, Joedy Gray, announced his retirement in July.

That, plus well-publicized budget cuts at TPWD, has caused some anglers to ask about the program’s future.

Kurzawski explained that Ron Smith is now running the pro-gram. That responsibility, how-ever, has been added to Smith’s existing duties of providing out-reach programs on TPWD’s pad-dling trails.

Nevertheless, Kurzawski said anglers should continue sub-mitting their catches for awards considerations.

“We recognize all the time Joedy put into it,” Kurzawski said, “and we sure don’t want that to go to waste, especially with some-thing that people enjoy.”

Bluegill Family Fishing Tournament Sept. 24 at Freshwater Fisheries Center

The annual Bluegill Family Fishing Tournament will be Saturday, Sept. 24 at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens.

Teams must consist of one adult, age 18 or older, and one child under 18. Each team can weigh in a maximum of four fish.

Multiple teams can fish from the same boat, making it possible for both parents to partner with different children and still fish as a family. Team members don’t have to be related.

Teams may choose to fish either on Lake Athens,

which is adjacent to TFFC, or in TFFC’s ponds and streams, some of which have been stocked with bluegills.

Anglers who plan to fish on Lake Athens are advised to check lake and boat ramp conditions before going to be sure water levels will permit launching. Contact the City of Athens, (903) 675-5131.

All species of sunfish or bream (except large-mouth bass) are allowed.

Pre-registration is required. Mail registration must be received by Wednesday, Sept. 21. To request a registration form by mail, call (903) 670-2222.

Otherwise, teams may register in person on the day of the event by going to the admissions booth at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center after 7 a.m.

A $15 entry fee per team will be charged. —Staff report

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ALAN HENRY: Water lightly stained; 86–90 degrees; 5.41’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters early, later switching to Carolina rigs, jigs and Texas rigs.

AMISTAD: Water clear; 84–87 degrees; 5.45’ low. Largemouth bass are good on frogs, spooks, Pop–Rs, crankbaits, spinnerbaits, swimbaits and soft plastic worms. Catfi sh are good on cheesebait, shrimp, and nightcrawlers under a cork in 6–15 feet. Yellow catfi sh are good on trotlines, droplines and throwlines on live perch.

ATHENS: Water clear, 88–94 degrees; 3.66’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged worms, shakyheads and medium-running crankbaits — midday concentrate on deeper brush piles. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfi sh are good on prepared bait.

BASTROP: Water clear; 83–86 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on chartreuse spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Channel and blue catfi sh are good on shrimp and stinkbait.

BELTON: Water stained; 82–86 degrees; 6.82’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastic worms. Hybrid striper are fair on live shad. Yellow catfi sh are good on trotlines baited with live perch and frozen shad.

BOB SANDLIN: Water lightly stained; 88–94 degrees; 7.02’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged worms and football jigs off ledges and in brush piles. Crappie are good on live minnows. White bass are good on Humdingers and top-waters. Catfi sh are fair to good on trotlines or juglines with Redneck’s Catfi sh Bait Soap.

BRAUNIG: Water clear. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and dark soft plastic worms over grass beds. Channel catfi sh are excellent on liver, shrimp, cut bait and cheesebait near the dam.

BRIDGEPORT: Water clear; 89–95 de-grees; 11.20’ low. Largemouth bass are good on medium-running crankbaits in shad patterns and Texas-rigged LFT Hyper Worms along main lake points and deeper docks. Best colors are watermelon/chartreuse. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid stripers are good on slabs.

BROWNWOOD: Water clear; 14.84’ low. Largemouth bass are good on redbug Grande Bass worms, spinnerbaits and watermelon red Berkley saber tails over brush piles in 10–15 feet. Hybrid striper are good drifting shad around docks at night. White bass are good on Li’l Fishies and minnows off lighted docks at night. Crappie are good on minnows and Li’l Fishies in 10–20 feet. Channel catfi sh are good on trotlines baited with cut bait and chicken livers. Yellow catfi sh are good on trotlines baited with live perch.

BUCHANAN: Water clear; 80–83 degrees; 24.60’ low. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon Skip–N–Pop top-waters, white buzzbaits and Er-ratic jigs, and weightless Texas-rigged purple fl ake Whacky Sticks off points in 5–15 feet at fi rst light. Crappie are good on minnows and blue tube jigs over brush piles. Channel catfi sh are good on live bait and stinkbait. Yellow and blue catfi sh are very good on juglines and trotlines baited with goldfi sh and perch.

CADDO: Water stained; 88–94 degrees; 1.33’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged worms and top-waters early, late switching to shallow crankbaits around isolated cover.

CALAVERAS: Water clear. Largemouth bass are good on dark soft plastic worms, spinnerbaits and crankbaits over reed beds. Striped bass are good on chicken livers and shad along the shoreline. Channel and blue catfi sh are good on cheesebait, shrimp and shad near the railroad trestle.

CEDAR CREEK: Water lightly stained; 89–95 degrees; 5.38’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas rigs, shaky

heads and fi nesse jigs around docks — best action is in early morning with deep brush piles producing through-out the day. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid stripers are good on live shad. Crappie are fair to good on minnows.

CHOKE CANYON: Water clear; 79–82 degrees; 9.73’ low. Largemouth bass are good on white spinnerbaits and watermelon soft plastics on main lake points. Channel and blue catfi sh are good on shrimp and stinkbait.

COLEMAN: Water clear; 78–82 degrees; 14.56’ low. Largemouth bass are good on pumpkinseed soft plastic worms and lizards. Crappie are good on minnows and pink tube jigs. Chan-nel catfi sh are good on trotlines baited with live perch and shrimp.

CONROE: Water fairly clear; 81–84 degrees; 4.01’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on pumpkinseed Carolina-rigged soft plastics, spinnerbaits and Rat–L–Traps. Striped bass are fair on live bait. Crappie are fair on minnows and blue tube jigs. Catfi sh are good on bloodbait, liver and shrimp.

FALCON: Water stained to clear; 87–91 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on large soft plastics and spinnerbaits in 5–15 feet. Channel and blue catfi sh are excellent on frozen shrimp, cut bait and stinkbait.

FORK: Water fairly clear; 89–95 de-grees; 5.44’ low. Largemouth bass are good on 3/4 oz. football head jigs with LFT Hyper Freak trailers and Carolina rigs in deeper water along main lake humps, drops and brush piles, deep-diving crankbaits and watermelon/green pumpkin 1/2 oz. fl ipping jigs in 12–15 feet along creek channels. Good shallow bite early on top-waters and soft plastics. The night bite has been good after midnight. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfi sh are good on cut shad and prepared bait.

GRAPEVINE: Water clear; 89–94 de-grees; 2.37’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged worms, fi nesse jigs and medium crankbaits along main lake points — docks are productive as well. There has also been a good deep crankbait bite along offshore structure. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass are good on top-waters and Rat–L–Traps. Catfi sh are fair to good on nightcrawlers and cut shad.

JOE POOL: Water clear; 88–94 degrees; 2.22’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas rigs, top-waters early and medium crankbaits. Deeper brush piles are best later in day. Crappie are

good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs. Catfi sh are fair to good on prepared baits.

LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water lightly stained; 88–94 degrees; 2.22’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas rigs, top-waters early and jigs later in the day off brush piles. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfi sh are good on cut shad.

LAVON: Water lightly stained; 89–94 degrees; 8.06’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged creature baits,

top-waters and medium crankbaits. White bass are good on slabs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs around bridge columns. Catfi sh are good on cut shad and nightcrawlers.

LBJ: Water fairly clear; 82–85 degrees; 0.34’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on weightless watermelon Whacky Sticks, JDC Skip–N–Pop top-waters and Bleed-ing Shad Rat–L–Traps along seawalls in 5–15 feet. Yellow and blue catfi sh are fair on trotlines baited with perch.

LEWISVILLE: Water clear; 89–94 degrees; 3.88’ low. Largemouth bass are good on medium-running crankbaits, shaky heads and Texas-rigged plastics on main lake points in 10–15 feet or football head jigs along same areas. Weightless Senkos around boat stalls are producing, too. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs. Hy-brid stripers are fair on slabs and Sassy Shad. Catfi sh are good on prepared bait.

LIVINGSTON: Water fairly clear; 85–88 degrees; 1.93’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on crankbaits and spinnerbaits. Striped bass are good but small on pet spoons, Rat–L–Traps and Zara Spooks. White bass are good on pet spoons and troll tubes. Crappie are fair on minnows. Blue catfi sh are good on shad. Yellow catfi sh are fair on live bait.

NAVARRO MILLS: Water lightly stained; 89–92 degrees; 2.51’ low. Largemouth bass to 3 pounds are good on min-nows from the fi shing docks. White bass are good on Little Georges near the boat ramp in Liberty Hill Park. Crappie are fair but mostly small on minnows over brush piles in 12–16 feet. Channel catfi sh are good on stinkbait and shrimp. Blue catfi sh are good on trotlines and juglines baited with perch. Yellow catfi sh to 38 pounds are good on trotlines baited with perch.

O.H. IVIE: Water stained; 85–89 degrees; 33.66’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on Texas rigs, shaky heads and jigs with top-water action early. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair to good on Humdingers. Catfi sh are

good on nightcrawlers.

PALESTINE: Water lightly stained; 89–94 degrees; 4.83’ low. Largemouth bass are good on medium crankbaits, Texas-rigged worms and shakyheads. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Hybrid stripers are fair on slabs, Sassy Shad and live shad. White bass are fair to good on slabs and minnows. Catfi sh are good on prepared bait.

POSSUM KINGDOM: Water stained; 83–89 degrees; 5.9’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Yellow Magics early, later switching to Carolina rigs, Texas rigs, shaky heads and deep-diving crankbaits. Crappie are fair on min-nows and jigs. White bass are fair to good on slabs and Little Georges. Striped bass are fair on live shad. Cat-fi sh are fair to good on nightcrawlers.

RAY HUBBARD: Water fairly clear; 89–95 degrees; 4.00’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged creature baits, fi nesse jigs and medium-to-deep crankbaits. Crappie are fair on min-nows and Road Runners. White bass are excellent on humps in 17–23 feet with hybrids mixed in. Catfi sh are good on prepared baits.

RAY ROBERTS: Water clear; 89–94 de-grees; 3.06’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Gene Larew Salt Flickr-rigged on a shaky head on main lake points with rock and 3/4 oz. Revenge Football head jigs in chameleon/chartreuse. Crappie are good early and late on jigs and minnows in brush in 20–25 feet. White bass are excellent — schooling early from the dam to the marina.

RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water fairly clear; 89–94 degrees; 5.36’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged worms, deep crankbaits and top-waters. Shakyheads around the deeper docks are effective.

SAM RAYBURN: Water lightly stained; 80–84 degrees; 11.02’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on water-melon crankbaits and spinnerbaits. Catfi sh are good on trotlines baited with live bait, liver and cut bait.

SOMERVILLE: Water murky; 84–87 degrees; 7.95’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and spinnerbaits. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfi sh are fair on shrimp, minnows, and nightcrawlers.

TAWAKONI: Water fairly clear; 89–95 degrees; 4.94’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters early, later switching to black/blue Firewater 1/2 oz. jigs, soft plastics and square-bill crankbaits. Crap-pie are fair on 1/16 oz. curl tail grubs and small minnows on docks, bridge pilings and deep timber. White bass are excel-lent on chartreuse and white SSS Slabs and tailspins. Striped bass and hybrid striper are good on 4” to 6” white or shad-pattern Sassy Shad in the shallows early then suspending deep during the day. Catfi sh are excellent in deep water drifting, cut bait and fresh shad.

TEXOMA: Water fairly clear; 88–94 de-grees; 5.21’ low. Largemouth bass are good on medium-running crankbaits in shad patterns, Texas-rigged fi nesse worms, shaky heads and top-waters. Schooling noted throughout the day. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Striped bass are good on live shad. Catfi sh are good on cut and live shad.

TOLEDO BEND: Water stained; 79–82 degrees; 10.12’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on redbug and plum soft plastic worms and top-waters early and late. White bass are good on spoons and Li’l Fishies. Crappie are slow. Bream are good on crickets and nightcrawlers off docks. Channel and blue catfi sh are good on trotlines baited with live bait, stinkbait and chicken livers.

TRAVIS: Water stained; 82–85 degrees; 44.28’ low. Largemouth bass are good on red shad worms, chartreuse top-waters and white grubs in 15–25 feet. White bass are fair on minnows and pet spoons in 10–20 feet. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfi sh are good on stinkbait and fresh cut perch in 15–30 feet.

NORTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good under birds and pods of shad on soft plastics. Redfi sh are good in the marsh on small top-waters and Gulps. Drifters have worked 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. Kingfi sh, ling, dolphin and tuna are good offshore.

BOLIVAR: Trout are good on the south shoreline on Bass Assassins, Trout Killers and Sand Eels. Trout, sand trout and redfish are good at Rollover Pass.

TRINITY BAY: Trout are good for drifters working pods of shad and mullet on plastics and live shrimp under a popping cork. Redfi sh are good on live bait around the reefs.

EAST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are good for drift-ers working deep shell on limetreuse and plum plastics. Trout are good on live bait worked on the edges of the channel. 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 top-waters. Sheepshead, redfi sh and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs. Tarpon are showing on the beachfront.

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

FREEPORT: Trout are good at San Luis Pass on shrimp, Super Spooks and She Dogs. Trout are fair to good on live bait on the Surfside beach. Kingfi sh and bull redfi sh are good offshore.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are good for drifters on live shrimp over humps and scattered shell. Redfi sh 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. Redfi sh are fair on live shrimp in Oyster Lake and Crab Lake.

PORT O’CONNOR: Trout and redfi sh are fair on live bait over sand, grass and shell in San Antonio Bay and around Pass Cavallo. Trout and redfi sh are fair for drifters working the back lakes with live shrimp. Trout are good in the surf and at the jetty. Tarpon have been showing at the jetty.

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

PORT ARANSAS: Trout and Spanish mackerel are fair to good at the jetty on shrimp and croakers. Trout are good in the surf on top-waters and croak-ers. Offshore is good for amberjack, kingfish, tuna and dolphin.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Trout are fair on the edge of the spoils on piggy perch and live shrimp. Redfi sh are good in the potholes on shrimp. Trout are good in the surf on croakers.

BAFFIN BAY: Trout are good on top-waters around rocks and grass. Redfi sh are fair to good in knee–deep water on Super Spooks, She Pups, gold spoons and SkitterWalks.

PORT MANSFIELD: Trout are good on top-waters around sand and grass. Redfi sh are fair to good while drifting pot holes on top-waters and soft plastics under a popping cork. Offshore is good for kingfi sh, ling and dolphin.

SOUTH PADRE: Trout, redfi sh and snook are fair to good in South Bay and Mexiquita Flats. Tarpon and snook are good on DOA Shrimp and live shad at the jetty.

PORT ISABEL: Trout and redfi sh are fair to good while drifting sand and grass fl ats on live shrimp and DOA Shrimp under popping corks.

TEXAS FISHING REPORT

HOT BITES SALTWATERSCENE

along the south shoreline on mullet.

on live shrimp over humps on live shrimp over humps

LARGEMOUTH BASS

BROWNWOOD: Good on redbug Grande Bass worms, spinnerbaits and wa-termelon red Berkley saber tails over brush piles in 10–15 feet.

CALAVERAS: Good on dark soft plastic worms, spinnerbaits and crankbaits over reed beds.

COLEMAN: Good on pumpkinseed soft plastic worms and lizards.

POSSUM KINGDOM: Good on Yellow Magics early, later switching to Caro-lina rigs, Texas rigs, shaky heads and deep-diving crankbaits.

TRAVIS: Good on red shad worms, chartreuse top-waters and white grubs in 15–25 feet.

CRAPPIE

BROWNWOOD: Good on minnows and Li’l Fishies in 10–20 feet.

GRAPEVINE: Good on minnows.

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CATFISH

BRAUNIG: Channel catfi sh are excel-lent on liver, shrimp, cut bait and cheesebait near the dam.

FALCON: Channel and blue catfi sh are excellent on frozen shrimp, cut bait and stinkbait.

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

Trout are fair on the edge

fair to good at the jetty on shrimp and croakers. fair to good at the jetty on shrimp and croakers.

WHITE, HYBRID, STRIPER

BRIDGEPORT: White bass and hybird stripers are good on slabs.

LAVON: White bass are good on slabs.

LIVINGSTON: Striped bass are good but small on pet spoons, Rat–L–Traps and Zara Spooks. White bass are good on pet spoons and troll tubes.

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

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

HOT SPOT

Stillhouse Hollow LakeGuide reports the past week have told of solid catches of largemouth bass fi shing deep with Texas-rigged worms and lipless crankbaits.

Downrigging at fi rst light has worked well for suspended white bass, followed by good action locating schools of white bass later in the day.

Photo by LSON.

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Five Texans qualify for ‘Classic’ on

Lake ConroeFive PAA Tournament Series pros

from Texas have qualified for the fifth annual Toyota Texas Bass Classic World Championship to be held Oct. 28-30 on Lake Conroe.

Takahiro Omori, Gary Yamamoto, Cody Bird, Chris Basher and Harold Allen will join 10 other qualifying Tournament Series anglers who will receive invitations.

The event will also host a 50-angler field assembled from the top professionalleagues in the world, including the PAA Bass Pro Shops Tournament Series, Bassmaster Elite Series and the Walmart FLW Tour.

Led by Professional Angler Association Angler of the Year Todd Auten of South Carolina, the 15 anglers will have two weeks to accept or decline their berths. If any decline, the next anglers in the Tournament Series point standings will be invited until the field is completed.

Defending champion Brian Snowden of Missouri and four sponsor invitees will join the 15 Bassmaster Elite Series and 15 FLW Tour anglers who accepted invitations for the event on Lake Conroe.

Following three days of practice, the pros will participate in the U.S. Reel Pro-Am on Oct. 27 and then begin competition the fol-lowing morning.

“We’re treated like professional golfers when we’re there,” said Auten, who secured the PAA Angler of the Year title recently. “I think the TTBC is run very well and very professionally.

“It’s a different kind of tourna-ment. I wouldn't say that it’s low-key, but it’s fun and comfortable fishing that kind of tournament. You qualify to get into it, there’s no entry fee and everyone in it wants to win. It's a fun week and competi-tive event.”

The remaining qualifying PAA Tournament Series anglers who will receive invitations are: Mike McClelland, Arkansas; Chad Morgenthaler, Illinois; Derek Remitz, Alabama; Tommy Biffle, Oklahoma; Terry Butcher, Oklahoma; Brian Travis, North Carolina; Shane Long, Missouri; GaryClouse, Tennessee and James Watson, Missouri.

The TTBC will pay out more $420,000 in cash and prizes, with the winner receiving

$100,000 and a Legend boat with an Evinrude E-TEC engine.

Auten said Lake Conroe provides a challenge for the field and could have an extra twist this year if water levels are low. Drought con-ditions and a drawdown of water from Conroe into Lake Houston

could alter his plans to fish shallow.“Usually when water level is around the

docks there’s plenty for me to fish along the shoreline,” Auten said. “But with the low lake conditions, you'll have to focus more on off-shore stuff and brush piles. I think it’ll fish totally different and smaller, and for some-one who fishes shallow it’ll be different.

“I've never been one to find something and just camp out, so it'll be interesting to see what we have when we get to Conroe.”

— Staff report

STAR Tournament follows:REGULAR DIVISIONn Flounder (18-inch min. length): 7 pounds 2 ounces, Robert Goode Sr.n Sheepshead: 9 pounds 4 ounces, Ramon Zapata.n Gafftop: 8 pounds 4 ounces, Jerome Ard.n Speckled trout (Upper Coast): 9 pounds 3 ounces, David Elmore.n Speckled trout (Middle Coast): 8 pounds 14 ounces, Michael Leach.n Speckled Trout (Lower Coast): 9 pounds 10 ounces, Nolan Casey.n Kingfish (30-pound min.): 55 pounds 7 ounces, Barry

Shaneyfelt Jr.n Dorado (20-pound min.): 44 pounds 12 ounces, Darrell Rittiman.n Ling (cobia): 84 pounds, Robert Kirschner.

ACADEMY SPORTS & OUTDOORS STARTEENS SCHOLARSHIP TROUT DIVISION (AGES 11-17)n Speckled Trout (Upper Coast): 7 pounds 9 ounces, Sterling Mcintosh. n Speckled Trout (Middle Coast): 7 pounds 5 ounces, Benjamin Koehler.n Speckled Trout (Lower Coast): 8 pounds 6 ounces,

Carter Goyen.n Flounder (18-inch min. length): 5 pounds 3 ounces, Christopher Ford.n Sheepshead: 8 pounds 15 ounces, Robbie Laskoskie.n Gafftop: 7 pounds 6 ounces, Brittany. Leatherwood.

STARKIDS SCHOLARSHIP DIVISION (AGES 6-10 ONLY)n Flounder (18-inch min. length): 3 pounds 11 ounces, Dylan Gill.n Sheepshead: 8 pounds 7 ounces, Aven Campos.n Gafftop: 7 pounds 7 ounces, Camden Ritchey.

Texas STAR in home stretch

Results are as of August 22. For more information, including a list of weigh-in stations and registration locations, visit www.LSONews.com.

The current leaderboard for the CCA Texas

SEE MOREn Tournament Briefs

See page 25

ONE OF FIVE: Texan Takahiro Omori is one of five Texas anglers to quailify for the TTBA Classic World Champi-onship Oct.28-30 on Lake Conroe. Photo by Doug Cox.

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HEAT-RELATED TRAGEDYReeves County Game Warden Jared

Self received a report of a missing man. The man had been looking for arrowheads. With the assistance of other federal, state, and local depart-ments, a search was conducted and the man's body was recovered in extremely dense brush several hours later, approximately 1/2 mile from where he had left the highway. With temperatures around 106 degrees, heat was believed to have been a fac-tor in the man’s death.

TRESPASSERS WITH STOLEN GUN NABBEDWhile on night patrol in the Trinity

River bottoms, Dallas County Game Warden David Bosecker observed a group of hunters on a property with-out the landowner’s permission. Five men were identifi ed and admit-ted to hunting feral hogs. Bosecker checked the trespassers’ fi rearms and found one of the rifl es had been reported stolen. Cases pending.

WARDENS HELP LOCATE DEHYDRATED YOUNGSTERS

Angelina County Game Warden Tim Walker and Jasper County Game Warden Justin Eddins respond to a call in the Angelina National Forest that three teenage girls were lost. Upon arrival, the wardens were notifi ed that there were 21 dehydrated individuals, one of whom was suffering from heat exhaustion. The wardens joined with Forest Service personnel, Angelina and Jasper County deputies to assist the youngsters. The heat exhaustion victim was transported by EMS to Lufkin to be treated.

RUNNING AWAY ONLY ADDED TO CITATIONSA man operating a fl at-bottomed

boat on Sam Rayburn Reservoir was checked by Angelina County Game Warden Tim Walker. The operator was two life jackets short and didn't have identifi cation on his person. Walker checked the subject through the Angelina County Sheriff’s Offi ce,

and it was learned the man had war-rants in two counties. Walker advised the man that he was going to jail and would allow him to contact some-one to help his wife load their boat. Walker then followed the violator to shore. When the violator landed his boat, he fl ed on foot. Walker was able to quickly land his boat and appre-hend the violator after a 150-yard chase. Cases pending.

JUST A FEW TOO MANYGalveston County Game Warden

Adam Clark cited a recreational fi sh-erman for possessing 28 undersized red drum. Cases pending.

CRABBY ARGUMENT ON THE BAYAransas County Game Warden

Scott McLeod responded to a call concerning a commercial crab fi sh-erman chasing a sport fi sherman out on the bay. McLeod launched his patrol boat and made contact. The commercial crab fi sherman said that he caught the sport fi sherman running his traps and keeping the crabs. Statements were taken and the investigation continues.

STOLEN ATV OPERATOR ESCAPESMontgomery County Game Warden

Brannon Meinkowsky was on patrol when he noticed an ATV being oper-ated on a public road. When he

attempted to stop the ATV, the driver drove through the backyard of a residence and then began to drive over trees and brush as he traveled through the woods. While fl eeing, the operator wrecked the ATV and fl ed on foot. It was found that the ATV had been reported stolen.

TOO MANY REDFISH IN COOLERLEAST OF PROBLEMS

Game Wardens Brian Srba and Morgan Inman were patrolling the Sabine River when they observed a boat with no visible license num-bers. Contact was made at the residence of one of the boat occu-pants. An ice chest containing three untagged red drum and two under-sized red drum was discovered. The owner of the ice chest also tried to remove a container containing mar-ijuana from the area. An alligator snapping turtle shell was also found at the residence. Cases pending.

TURTLE SELLER GETS CITATIONTravis County Game Warden

Christy Vales responded to a call regarding the sale of red-eared slid-ers (turtles) at a local fl ea market. Vales made contact with a man selling several red-eared sliders and the vendor was unable to produce a valid non-game dealer's permit or dealer records. Cases pending.

ROAD KILL WARRIOR… OR NOTAransas County Game Warden

Derek Reeder responded to a call about a man who had several deer car-casses in his backyard. Reeder found four buck heads still in velvet, one doe and a couple of ice chests fi lled with deer meat. The subject said he had found all of the deer, one by one, after they had apparently been run over. Several cases pending.

NO LICENSE, NO FISHING Duval County Game Warden

Coronado came across two fi sh-ermen from Louisiana on Choke Canyon Reservoir in McMullen County. Coronado discovered that the men had fi ve largemouth bass in the livewell. One of the men produced a non-resident fi shing license; the other man stated that he had forgotten his wallet back at their camp. After gathering more information and making a call to La Porte Communications, it was deter-mined the other man did not have a valid Texas fi shing license. He was issued a citation.

VOLUNTEER IN FISH REMOVAL

OPERATION TRIES TO KEEP THE FISHHood County Game Warden

Deshanna Creager responded to a request for assistance from the "Kills and Spills" team regarding the safe

removal of fi sh from the Paluxy River. The fi sh needed to be removed due to an ongoing maintenance issue that left little to no water in the area. One individual who had previously volunteered instructed all of the oth-ers to keep whatever they found and she would take the ticket. Creager made contact with the individual, and the volunteer was escorted out of the area without further incident.

LOST, DEHYDRATED AND CONFUSEDRunnels County Game Warden

Lane Pinckney and Concho County Game Warden Brad Clark were patrol-ling O.H. Ivie Reservoir when they noticed three men swimming along the bank outside of their two small boats. When the wardens approached, one of the men said he was glad to see them because he wanted to know if they had seen their friend. The friend had gotten frustrated about the boat not working and getting turned around on the lake, so he decided to jump out of the boat and walk to the camp. He left the boat six hours ear-lier and had not been seen. One of the men took the wardens to where the friend jumped out of the boat, and it turned out that he got out of the boat on the opposite side of the lake and in a remote part of the county, so he would have to swim across or walk around the entire lake to get to camp. The wardens found the man approxi-mately one hour later at a boat ramp about four miles from his camp. The man was very tired, thirsty, and a little bit confused but otherwise unharmed. After wardens questioned the man on his motive behind getting out of a per-fectly good boat, he could not come up with a good answer. He did assure the wardens it would be the last time he did that. Clark asked the man how he stayed hydrated when walking through the brush, and he stated he drank water out of a cow track. The man refused medical treatment and was taken back to his camp.

GAME WARDEN BLOTTER

Grayson County Game Wardens Michael Hummert and Colt Gaulden observed a vehicle travelling down county roads shining a light. The wardens fol-lowed the vehicle for almost 15 miles as it con-

sistently spotlighted both sides of the roadway. The wardens fi nally stopped the vehicle as it neared a main road. The driver and passenger were found to have a loaded fi rearm with a night vision scope sitting

between them. There were also two young boys in the backseat of the truck. The driver said that they were looking for hogs and would have shot one from the county road if they had seen any. The passen-

ger was cited for hunting from a public road and for an open container. The driver was arrested for felony DWI with a child passenger and hunting from a public road. Cases pending.

DRUNK SPOTLIGHTER DIDN’T SEE HOGS, BUT SAW JAIL CELL

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Pharr, TX 78577(956) 787-4291 CARSON HUGHES, 8, of Donna learned the virtue of patience last December while watch-

ing an old nine-point buck weave its way through the brush on a ranch near McCook.

The South Texas buck, aged at 5 1/2 years old, was nicknamed “Gordo” because trail

camera images showed he had a little beer belly. Finally the deer, about 110 yards

away, presented a broadside target and Carson took it. The round from the .22-250-cali-

ber rifl e was squarely placed behind the buck’s shoulder. Moments later while climbing

down from the blind, Carson told his dad, “My legs feel funny.” It was his fi rst buck.

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far away as the Dakotas. Some ranchers have decided to go ahead and cull their herds.

A lot of farmers see no economic point in harvesting their low-yield crops, throttled by drought.

But where a farmer sees a stunted ear of corn, hunters see opportunities to go after the estimated 40 million dove that live in Texas each fall.

“A 3- to 4-inch ear of corn normally would have been a foot long,” said Dr. Travis Miller, extension program leader at Texas A&M University.

“Now,” he added, “the farmer has to say, ‘Was this trip worth it?’

“If it’s not economical to combine, they won’t combine.

“There will be ears out there, and those fields are going to be pretty attractive to birds.”

Some farmers, Miller said, may have left strips of standing corn to qualify for crop insurance.

And corn production wasn’t completely dismal, Miller said, especially on the black land prairie on the east side of Interstate 35, from around Hillsboro to San Marcos.

“There will be some waste grain in some of those fields,” added Dr. Jim Cathey, an extension wildlife specialist for TAMU.

But Cathey recently noticed other poten-tial dove magnets while driving on Texas 21 between College Station and Bastrop — stands of “volunteer” sorghum that self- seeded from previously planted crops.

As for wheat, Miller said those harvests were completed in early summer, and resi-dent dove and blackbirds have had ample time to eat waste grain in those fields.

“If people left any stubble standing, there may still be wheat in those fields,” Miller said. “But farmers don’t leave stubble stand-ing unless they planted it specifically to attract birds.”

Corn stalks may also be absent, because with cattle feed at such a premium, a lot of corn farmers baled the remnants to sell for silage.

“Milo is going to be the same way,” said Dr. Larry Redmon, a forage specialist at TAMU.

Crop remnants will be hard to find on the high plains and on through the Panhandle where even irrigated fields suffered, Miller said.

The three professors agreed, however,

that weeds fared much better, providing yet another opportunity for dove hunters.

“A lot of people didn’t do herbicide control this year because they knew they wouldn’t make a crop,” Cathey said, “so a variety of weeds came up.”

“So,” Redmon added, “as you look around countryside, you see a lot of croton — the seed makers.”

Hunters, therefore, should be looking for stands of sunflowers, ragweed and crotons like dove weed.

“I know that’s probably where I’m going to be looking,” Cathey said.

“I think we’ll be hunting over more native-type crops this season,” Redmon said, “and from that perspective I’m excited about a good dove season.”

But if hunters are fortunate to locate the com-plete dove habitat trifecta — food, cover and water — they may want to set up along the water.

That way the feeding areas will be spared from a lot of gunfire, and the dove will feel safe returning to them to eat.

Countdown to dove openersn Dove season opens Thursday, Sept. 1, in

the Central and North Zones. It continues through Sunday Oct. 23 and starts again Dec. 23-Jan. 8.

n In the South Zone, the season runs Friday, Sept. 23 through Sunday, Oct. 30, and reopens Dec. 23 through Jan. 23.

n There is a 15-bird daily bag with not more than two white-tipped doves in all three zones.

n The special White-winged Dove Area will open to white-winged dove afternoon-only (noon to sunset) hunting the first two full weekends in September; Sept. 3-4 and 10-11. It reopens when the regular South Zone season begins on Sept. 23 through Oct. 30 and again from Dec. 23 through Jan. 19.

n During the early two weekends, the daily bag limit is 15 birds, to include not more than four mourning doves and two white-tipped doves. Once the general season opens, the aggregate bag limit will be 15.

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Dove and pigeons of TexasThe Lone Star State is home to many species of dove and pigeons, but you can only hunt

some of them. Here’s how to tell them apart.

Hunt theseMOURNING DOVE

These are common through-out Texas, especially in agricultural areas. They’re generally seen in flights of one or two, but they some-times mix with whitewings. You can distinguish them by their slightly smaller size and pointed tails. Their wing beats are rapid and their flight baths are erratic.

WHITE-WINGED DOVE

They’re slightly bigger than mourning doves and distinguishable by a round tail and a white bar on each wing. You’ll see them in Septem-ber, staging in flocks before starting their fall migrations to Central America. They’ll be along the Rio Grande and in Upper South Texas, but more of them are being spotted in North, Central and West Texas.

WHITE-TIPPED DOVE

Only found in South Texas, this dove is remarkable for being slightly larger than a whitewing. It also flies alone and close to the ground. Look for the rust or cinnamon-colored linings on the underside of its wings.

ROCK DOVE (Feral Pigeon)

This bird is unprotected and can be hunted anytime. It is an “intro-duced” species that is raised by people. They’re com-mon in cities, but also around farms. They’re also large, and their colors range from all white to gray or brown.

Don't hunt these (You’ll get a fine — $25 to $500 per bird, according to TPWD)

RED-BILLED PIGEON

It will fly with whitewings near the Rio Grande, so it’s easily misidentified. But note: it’s big, like a domestic pigeon; it has a pink head and shoulders, and a bluish gray body. It gets its name from its reddish bill.

INCA AND GROUND DOVES

Both are common in South Texas, and both are about half the size of a mourn-ing dove, gray in color and prone to fly near the ground. They differ in that the Inca has a scaly appearance with a long tail that has white margins. The ground dove’s tail is short and rounded.

BAND-TAILED PIGEON

A distinct, white neckband ought to easily distinguish this big-bodied bird from other pigeons and doves. It also has a broad, gray tail band and it’s usu-ally found in the pine and oak woods that cover moun-tains of the Trans-Pecos region. –Illustrations by TPWD

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*There is no bag limit or closed season for Eurasian collared doves in Texas (image not shown).

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newspaper when the Terry family pulled into Concho Park Marina.

“Ronnie, his daddy, was yelling, ‘Man, he has a fish!’” said Smith, now a book author. “Let me tell you, all the fishermen were worried to death when they pulled that thing out of the livewell.”

It weighed 11 pounds, said Austin, now a 20-year-old junior at Angelo State University.

“I remember someone said, ‘Don’t worry, this kid isn’t in the tournament,’” he recalled. “But they weighed it, and everyone was amazed by it.

“After that, I was hooked.”Seven years later, Austin

won the Texas State Junior Bassmasters Championship at Amistad Reservoir. He arrived there after driv-ing with his dad all night from Amarillo, where he played in a football game for San Angelo’s Central High School.

In 2008 he finished 10th at the World Junior Bass Masters at Syracuse, N.Y.

The angler has since com-peted in tournaments con-ducted by Bass Champs, FLW, and just about every group in between.

According to Smith, “His name is showing up pretty

regularly in the money.”His dad has supported him

at every step, going back to the monumental year when Austin was 9. Not only did he catch the 11-pound bass, he also arrowed a mountain lion near Fort Davis.

“I just believe in him,” said Ronnie, himself a long-time tournament angler. “Whenever he did stuff, he excelled at it. I know people who bowhunted forever and never harvested a deer.

“But the first deer Austin shot at, he harvested it.”

Now Austin aims to be among the Bassmaster Elites. To get there he plans to compete in that organiza-tion’s Opens series.

He also intends to gradu-ate with a degree in market-ing to learn how to better represent the sponsors he has, and the ones he hopes to get.

His boat is wrapped by Falcon Rods. He is also developing a professional bowhunting resume, and he has picked up sponsors from Muzzy broadheads, Carbon Express arrows and Bushnell.

But Austin isn’t taking anything for granted.

“I have great sponsors,” he said, “but you have to have a bunch of them and

you have to promote them so that they can get revenue through you.

“It’s so hard to get the first one, but now it just seems, with times being tougher, people are less inclined to let out more products and bring on new people.”

To get companies to notice him, Austin has to win, and win big.

But, he said, his experi-ences in recent years have added to his skills, and his confidence.

During a 2008 Elite series tournament at Amistad Reservoir, Austin got to be a co-angler with both Kevin VanDam, now a four-time winner of the Bassmaster Classic, and Gerald Swindle, who has made 11 appear-ances at the Classic.

VanDam, Austin said, cor-rected him on the right way to use jerkbaits. Swindle encouraged him to switch from a shaky head rig to a drop shot for finesse fishing.

“I know a lot of people think I’m lucky, but I spend a lot of time on the water look-ing for them,” Austin said. “And you got to be able to use any technique at any lake.

“I’m trying to be equally good with everything, and to not get hung up on what I like, but what the fish want.”

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TECHNIQUE: Austin Terry sets a hook while fishing on Lake Nasworthy near his home in San Angelo. He is per-fecting his tournament skills so that he can use any technique on any lake. Photo by Jason Hook, for LSON.

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HEROES

ROD SMITH of New Braunfels had his children busy last fall filling the family’s freezer. Son ALEX, 14, got an 8-point buck on a ranch near Carrizo Springs; daughter ALLISON, 9, bottom right, took her first buck on a ranch south of Nixon, where youngest daughter EMMA, 7, top right, also got her first deer, a doe. Said dad, “No hunt-ing for me last year … too busy with the kids!”

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MICHAEL YANEZ, 9, of Rio Hondo caught this 19-inch redfish recently while fishing with his dad, SMILEY, off of South Padre Island.

Two knee replacements couldn’t slow down WILLIAM HUTCHI-SON, 78, of Santa Fe, N.M., who toppled this gobbler at first light one day last April. He was hunting in Comanche County.

CHAS HUTCHISON, 8, of Dallas, was fishing with his dad, CHUCK, when he landed this 10-pound bass last April in Comanche County.

COLE OWENS, 10, of The Woodlands shot his first buck, an axis, recently while hunting with friend ART WILSON in Kendall County.

HEIDI SWEET of The Woodlands caught this 8-pound crevalle jack recently while visiting Marco Island, Fla.

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DATEBOOKAugust 26-28Texas Hunting & Outdoor ClassicFreeman Expo HallSan Antonio(210) 226-1177www.huntersclassic.com

August 276th Annual Fishing for Hope TournamentSouth Padre(956) 362-3100

Quail CoalitionSouth Texas Chapter BanquetJ.K Northway Coliseum, Kingsville(214) 524-4122www.quailcoalition.org

10th Annual Big Brothers Big Sisters Clay ShootAlpine Shooting Range, Fort Worth(817) 905-4653www.bbbstx.org/ftworthclayshoot

Texas Big Game Awards Region 4 and 8 BanquetFreeman Exposition HallSan Antonio(210) 826-2904www.texasbiggameawards.org

Ducks Unlimited El Paso Trap Shoot(915) 799-9101www.ducks.org

August 29Purina Wildlife Series EventBar None Country StoreWaco(254) 848-9112www.wildlife.purinamills.com

August 30Purina Wildlife Series EventTemple FeedBelton(254) 778-7975www.wildlife.purinamills.com

August 31Purina Wildlife Series EventMumme’s Inc.Hondo(830) 426-3313www.wildlife.purinamills.com

September 6Purina Wildlife Series EventLone Star Country StoreCorpus Christi(361) 387-2668www.wildlife.purinamills.com

September 7Purina Wildlife Series EventFarmers Co-op of El Campo(979) 543-9004www.wildlife.purinamills.com

Houston Safari ClubMonthly meeting(713) 623-8844www.houstonsafariclub.org

September 8Purina Wildlife Series EventBarkley’s Home and Ranch, Comfort(830) 249-2656www.wildlife.purinamills.com

Ducks UnlimitedPearland/Friendswood Sportsmen’s Night Out, Pearland(713) 703-7238www.ducks.org/texas

September 9-111st International South Padre Fishing TournamentSea Ranch Marina(800) 657-2373

September 10Texas Deer AssociationGreater Houston Chapter Sportsmen’s Banquet(210) 767-8300www.texasdeerassociation.com

September 15Texas Deer AssociationWaco Chapter Sportsmen’s Banquet(210) 767-8300www.texasdeerassociation.com

Dallas Safari ClubMonthly meeting, Speaker Larry Weishuhn(972) 980-9800www.biggame.org

September 16-17Dallas Safari ClubDove Shoot(972) 980-9800www.biggame.org

September 17Karnes City Rotary ClubLonesome Dove Fest(830) 780-3314www.lonesomedovefest.com

September 22Coastal Conservation AssociationLower Laguna Madre Chapter FundraiserSchlitterbahnSouth Padre Island(956) 299-0601www.ccatexas.org

September 22-24National Hunting and Fishing DayRound Rock(512) 292-1113www.kidsoutdoorzone.org

September 27Texas AgriLife Extension ServiceWildlife Guide Training WorkshopCorpus Christi(979) 845-1023www.naturetousrism.tamu.edu

September 29Quail CoalitionCross Timbers Chapter DinnerFort Worth(817) 731-3402www.quailcoalition.org

Texas Big Game Awards Region 4 and 8 BanquetFreeman Exposition HallSan Antonio(210) 826-2904www.texasbiggameawards.org

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As an example, he described large trac-tor tires placed flat on the ground and sealed with concrete. Portions of the exposed sidewall are trimmed with recip-rocating saws to create wider openings.

And, because tires are black, they absorb heat, which can keep the water from freezing over in winter.

Oetgen said periods of drought also provide opportunities to do other improvements.

The most common practices are brush control and clearing silt from dried-out ponds and tanks to enlarge their volumes when rains return.

Oetgen said he is preparing a lecture for landowners in Palo Pinto County who were beset by wildfires last spring.

He also said people who lost fences in the fires could consider new strategies for rotating cattle herds to ease grazing pressure. Such a plan could leave more grass for wildlife.

“It’s an opportunity to rebuild new fences in different locations,” he explained. “Where they had two pas-tures, now they can create two or four.”

And drought also lends the opportu-nity to combat another ongoing prob-lem for landowners.

“The species it hurts more than any-thing is feral hogs, which is OK for most people,” said David Synatzske, area manager for the Chaparral Wildlife Management Area southwest of San Antonio.

“They can’t regulate their body temper-atures with their fat contents,” he added, “so they wallow, to help (stay cool).”

Dr. Roel R. Lopez, wildlife professor at Texas A&M University, said a feral hog probably drinks the same amount as a domestic pig. He referred to a study that shows an adult boar will drink as much as five gallons per day.

By comparison, a white-tailed deer will consume a gallon per day in extreme heat.

Therefore, Oetgen said, “Hogs will concentrate near watering sources. As pigs move to those areas, it makes it eas-ier to trap or hunt them.”

“We are trying to do as much lure fish-ing as we can,” he said, “but the grass is floating pretty bad right now and the bays are really salty, so we have gone to cut mullet this past week.

“We have about a three-hour window in the morning before the fishing shuts down.”

October is normally the month big bull reds will come inshore to spawn, and anglers along the coast take advantage.

Fails said the bigger fish are staging in the Gulf, and guides are waiting for them to come closer.

“Half of our catch recently has been oversized reds,” Fails added. “There are a lot of slot fish in the 6- to 8-foot depth, but I usually don’t fish that deep. We really need a tropical storm to push some water back into these bays.”

Capt. Carl Wentrcek said his guides have been catching redfish from large schools along the King Ranch shoreline, the Boat Hole area and the Dead Man Hole, both south of Corpus.

“There have been some bigger reds caught,” he said, “but it’s still a little early for the bigger fish yet. Most of them have been at the top end of the keeper size.”

Wentrcek said he’s been using artifi-cials, and the top-water bite has been good the past few weeks early in the morning. He said many guides have gone to using piggy perch and croak-ers because of the tough conditions in August.

“The fishing is good for this time of year,” he said. “The bays are really salty and we could sure use some fresh water and a little cooler temperatures, though.”

Several other area guides reported hitting the big schools along the King Ranch shoreline and said anything you throw at the schools will produce slot-sized fish.

The guides said they expect October will be fantastic this year for big redfish, especially if the coast gets some rain.

To contact Jon Fails, call (361) 949-0133To contact Carl Wentrcek, call (800) 368-8175

RedsContinued From Page 1

DroughtContinued From Page 4

–Illustrations by TPWD

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average 50 deaths a year on Texas lakes (related to boating acci-dents). I understand the ramifica-tions of being one of those 50 fam-ilies annually.

“If we save one life, which I’m confident we have, we’ve achieved our goal.”

Tubers are among those who fre-quently ask boaters to circle them and create waves, a TPWD official said.

“They hit the waves and become airborne,” said Jeffery Parrish, TPWD’s boating law administra-tor. “It’s very popular, especially for people with personal watercraft.”

It can be a problem, however, because a lot of people take their boats from the showroom to the lake — with no stopover in a classroom.

“Eighty percent of the people on the water have never taken a water-craft education course,” Lindt said. “A lot of people have lost their lives from actions that are caused by a lack of education.”

Besides the anti-circling law, Lindt lobbied for the law requiring those born on or after Sept. 1, 1993 to take boater education.

He praised bill sponsors Sen. Chris Harris, Arlington, and Rep. Tan Parker, Flower Mound, for their “sup-portiveness and tenaciousness.”

Lindt admits, however, that he sought a faster phase-in of the law.

“I wanted a fast phase-in, as Alabama did, where everyone had to take watercraft education within five years,” Lindt said. “Boating deaths decreased by 50 percent there.

“The bottom line is that it will take 30 years or more to get to where everyone has to take water-craft education in Texas. Is it a huge improvement? Absolutely. But we had to make concessions.”

A sophomore at Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Britteny was a cheerleader and a volleyball player.

“Britteny loved life and she shared that love with you,” said Helen Gordon, a pro angler from Flower Mound who fished on the defunct WBT. “Her goal in life was to be a pediatric surgeon. That speaks for itself as to the type of person she was.”

Gordon put a wrapping on her boat and truck promoting the Britteny Sage Lindt Fund, which works to improve water safety.

The wrapping was in bright pink, Britteny’s favorite color. Gordon and her husband, Scott, also helped organize a bass tourna-ment to raise money for the fund.

The tournament, in its fourth year, will be Oct. 1 at Lewisville Lake. (Details are available online www.grapevineseries.com).

Anglers understand the need for safety on Texas lakes, Gordon said.

“If you’re on the water like I am, you want the boating safety laws to be stricter,” she said. “It’s about my safety, too. The bottom line, though, is that Britteny should have come home that day.”

It’s been five years, but Gordon believes Britteny gave her family and friends a sign meant to ease their suffering.

At her fishing tournaments, Gordon began seeing ladybugs all around her. It was so unusual that she mentioned it to the Lindts: Tim and Kari and their son, Tyler.

“Kari started crying,” Gordon said. “They explained that one day they had been wearing pink brace-lets (made to raise funds). A lady-bug landed on one and Kari said, ‘Britteny, how do you like your pink bracelet?’

“And it jumped up, fluttered and landed back on the bracelet.

“And when they were driving down to Austin to try and get the Legislature to pass these bills, there was a ladybug on the dashboard.

“I guess you believe or you don’t. But I believe it’s Britteny letting us know that she’s OK, and she’s there with us.”

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There are several factors that affect the body’s ability to cool itself during hot weather. The elderly and small children are most at risk for heat exhaustion, heat stroke and other heat-related illnesses.

According to the Texas Agrilife Extension Service, there are some common sense steps to take while hunting this fall in high tem-peratures, including drinking plenty of flu-ids before heading outdoors, wearing light- colored clothes and pacing yourself while outdoors.

“Drink lots of cool water, even more than you think you need, when the weather is hot and humid — high humidity makes heat injuries more likely because perspira-tion does not evaporate from the skin as quickly; this causes the body to cool down more slowly,” according to the TAE Service. “Water is best; fruit and vegetable juices are good, too.”

The service also recommend drinking at least a gallon of liquid a day when the out-side temperature is above 90 degrees and you are not in air-conditioned surround-

ings. This will mean drinking one-and-a-half times as much liquid as your thirst signals you to drink. Do not drink beer or other alcoholic beverages, coffee, tea or other drinks contain-ing caffeine because they cause you to lose fluid, some believe.

When dove hunting, pick a spot to sit in the shade, if possible. Wear light-colored cam-ouflage and carry a small cooler with lots of water for you and your dog.

Bowhunters sitting in a hot blind can mit-igate heat by wearing light-colored clothes that wick moisture away from the body.

If you notice yourself or someone you are hunting with showing signs of a heat-related illness, including cramping, headache, diz-ziness, stomachache, fatigue or nausea, take these steps to cool down:HEAT CRAMPS• Rest in a cool, shaded place.• Drink cool water slowly (4 ounces every 15

minutes).• Stretch the cramped muscle lightly.• Massage the cramped area gently.HEAT EXHAUSTION• Rest in a cool, shaded place.• Lie down with feet raised 8 to 12 inches.• Loosen all clothing.• Drink cool water (4 ounces every 15 minutes).• Place cool, wet clothes on forehead and body.

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Deadline Sept. 14 to apply for conservation scholarships

The Texas Wildlife Association Foundation and the San Antonio Livestock Exposition, Inc. have joined forces to offer five $10,000 Natural Resource-Excellence in Education Scholarships in the fall of 2011.

The scholarships will be awarded to five freshmen at Texas universities majoring in a natural resource related field such as agricultural science, wild-life science, forestry, range science or similar majors.

Completed applications must be postmarked by Sept. 14. To download an application and to see eligibility require-ments, go to www.texas-wildlife.org.

“It just makes sense to identify our future leaders and support them while they are getting their educations,” said Charles Davidson, a TWAF trustee. “We all will benefit from their expertise in the years to come.”

—Staff report

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Solunar | Sun times | Moon timesMoon Phases

FOR THE TABLEOUTDOOR PUZZLER | By Wilbur “Wib” Lundeen Solution on Page 26

ACROSS1. A saltwater fi sh

5. A species of bighorn 8. A bear scent 9. A catfi sh species11. Name for the Hawai-

ian goose13. Letters for grain mea-

surement in a charge14. Name for an in-hole

fi replace15. To change scouting

routes16. Commercial fi sher-

men use large ones17. A shed antler19. Very large on the

muley22. A good item to have

in the kit23. A species of goose25. A very large lake trout27. A shooting sport30. Whitetail's tail is ___

when ready to run31. Name for a large game fi sh33. Used for bait at times34. The hunter's concealment36. A fi sh-breathing organ39. On a hawk this is a claw40. A treatment for bow strings41. The male dall

42. Fish eggs43. Type lure that attracts by odor45. The formation fl yers46. Dug in tent area for rain runoff47. Name for the sea bass

DOWN 1. A grouse species 2. Device on a reel to tire fi sh

3. A good bait for the brown trout

4. Angler's term for a really small bass

5. Anglers consider this when fi shing

6. The ___ fi sh family 7. The still hunter's position 8. Position to stand ready to

shoot10. Fur seeker's gear12. A line grommet on a fi sh rod16. A fl y-fi shing lure18. Cause of many wildlife

deaths20. Knocking antlers together to

lure deer21. A recoil buffer, arm ____22. It carries the day's catch24. Teeth can reveal this on

some game26. A large member of the deer

family28. A name for the wild boar

29. Nature's concealment for fawns32. Term for a 20-gauge gun35. The clay pigeon37. Total fi sh allowed for the day38. Camo slip-on for a bow39. Many pheasants have this shot off43. The large ____ bass44. To construct a fl y lure

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

Sun Moon Tides| |

1 whole fl ounder1 cup butter, divided1/2 cup chopped celery1/2 cup chopped onion3 cups chicken-flavored dry bread stuffing mix1 (6-ounce) can lump crabmeat1 (4-ounce) can small shrimp, liquid reserved1 tsp. Old Bay Seasoning TM, or to taste1 tsp. Cajun seasoning (optional)

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Lay the fi sh down dark side up. Make an inci-sion next to the backbone on both sides, stopping before the head and tail. Slip the knife in between the fl esh and backbone and run the knife down the ribs on both sides of the backbone.

Melt 1/2 cup of butter in a skillet over

medium heat. Sauté the onion and celery in the butter until just tender. Place the stuffi ng mix into a bowl, and stir the onion and celery into it along with the butter in the pan. Mix in the crab and shrimp with their juices, adding a little more liquid, or more stuffi ng to get a good consistency.

Melt the remaining butter, and brush some of it onto a cookie sheet. Stuff the stuffi ng mixture into the pockets of the fl ounder, and place the stuffed fi sh on the cookie sheet. Brush the outside of the fi sh with melted butter, and season with the Old Bay and, if desired, Cajun seasoning.

Bake for about 25 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or just until the fl ounder fl akes easily with a fork.

— allrecipes.com

1 wild duck, cleaned Red wine vinegarOlive oilSoy sauceGarlic powderCayenne pepperEmeril’s Essence1 Apple1 Orange1/2 medium onion1-2 stalks celeryRed WineGarlic cloves1/2 cup chicken broth

This recipe is for cook-ing a whole duck. Once prepared, the duck goes

into a slow oven (225 degrees) for 6 hours. It must be tightly sealed, or it will become like shoe leather.

Place duck in pan (Use a Pyrex baking dish). Splash red wine vinegar inside and outside the duck. Drizzle olive oil over the outside of the duck and rub it in. Drizzle soy sauce over duck; sprinkle with garlic powder, salt and pepper, cayenne pepper and Emeril’s Essence. Rub all these spices into the

skin. Cut an orange in half; squeeze half the orange juice on the outside of the duck, and place half inside the cavity. Stuff the cavity with pieces of apple, onion, and celery. Add a large splash of red wine. Add 1/2 cup chicken broth to the pan. Make small slits in the skin and push small slices of garlic inside.

Seal with aluminum foil and bake at 225 degrees for six hours.— South Carolina Dept.

of Natural Resources

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Texas Coast TidesSabine Pass, jettyDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightAug 26 3:20 a.m. 2.7 H 7:09 a.m. 2.5 L 11:10 a.m. 2.7 H 7:28 p.m. -0.2 L Aug 27 3:33 a.m. 2.7 H 7:40 a.m. 2.3 L 12:39 p.m. 2.7 H 8:13 p.m. 0.0 L Aug 28 3:48 a.m. 2.5 H 8:22 a.m. 2.0 L 1:58 p.m. 2.7 H 8:58 p.m. 0.4 L Aug 29 4:04 a.m. 2.5 H 9:08 a.m. 1.4 L 3:16 p.m. 2.7 H 9:43 p.m. 0.7 L Aug 30 4:20 a.m. 2.5 H 9:57 a.m. 1.1 L 4:36 p.m. 2.7 H 10:29 p.m. 1.3 L Aug 31 4:37 a.m. 2.5 H 10:49 a.m. 0.5 L 6:00 p.m. 2.7 H 11:17 p.m. 1.8 L Sep 01 4:53 a.m. 2.5 H 11:45 a.m. 0.4 L 7:29 p.m. 2.9 H Sep 02 12:08 a.m. 2.1 L 5:09 a.m. 2.7 H 12:45 p.m. 0.0 L 9:08 p.m. 2.9 H Sep 03 1:09 a.m. 2.5 L 5:21 a.m. 2.7 H 1:52 p.m. 0.0 L 10:59 p.m. 2.9 H Sep 04 3:04 p.m. 0.0 L Sep 05 12:45 a.m. 3.0 H 4:19 p.m. 0.0 L Sep 06 1:50 a.m. 3.0 H 5:30 p.m. 0.0 L Sep 07 2:29 a.m. 3.0 H 6:32 p.m. 0.2 L Sep 08 2:55 a.m. 2.9 H 8:08 a.m. 2.5 L 11:24 a.m. 2.7 H 7:24 p.m. 0.4 L Sep 09 3:12 a.m. 2.9 H 8:26 a.m. 2.3 L 12:38 p.m. 2.7 H 8:07 p.m. 0.5 L

Galveston Bay entrance, south jettyDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightAug 26 4:07 a.m. 2.1 H 7:35 a.m. 2.0 L 11:57 a.m. 2.1 H 7:54 p.m. -0.1 L Aug 27 4:20 a.m. 2.1 H 8:06 a.m. 1.9 L 01:26 p.m. 2.1 H 8:39 p.m. 0.0 L Aug 28 4:35 a.m. 2.0 H 8:48 a.m. 1.6 L 02:45 p.m. 2.1 H 9:24 p.m. 0.3 L Aug 29 4:51 a.m. 2.0 H 9:34 a.m. 1.1 L 04:0 p.m. 2.1 H 10:09 p.m. 0.6 L Aug 30 5:07 a.m. 2.0 H 10:23 a.m. 0.9 L 05:23 p.m. 2.1 H 10:55 p.m. 1.0 L Aug 31 5:24 a.m. 2.0 H 11:15 a.m. 0.4 L 06:47 p.m. 2.1 H 11:43 p.m. 1.4 L Sep 01 5:40 a.m. 2.0 H 12:11 p.m. 0.3 L 08:16 p.m. 2.3 H Sep 02 12:34 a.m. 1.7 L 5:56 a.m. 2.1 H 01:11 p.m. 0.0 L 9:55 p.m. 2.3 H Sep 03 1:35 a.m. 2.0 L 6:08 a.m. 2.1 H 02:18 p.m. 0.0 L 11:46 p.m. 2.3 H Sep 04 3:30 p.m. 0.0 L Sep 05 1:32 a.m. 2.4 H 4:45 p.m. 0.0 L Sep 06 2:37 a.m. 2.4 H 5:56 p.m. 0.0 L Sep 07 3:16 a.m. 2.4 H 6:58 p.m. 0.1 L Sep 08 3:42 a.m. 2.3 H 8:34 a.m. 2.0 L 12:11 p.m. 2.1 H 7:50 p.m. 0.3 L Sep 09 3:59 a.m. 2.3 H 8:52 a.m. 1.9 L 01:25 p.m. 2.1 H 8:33 p.m. 0.4 L

San Luis PassDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time Height Aug 26 4:37 a.m. 1.3 H 8:31 a.m. 1.2 L 12:27 p.m. 1.3 H 8:50 p.m. -0.1 L Aug 27 4:50 a.m. 1.3 H 9:02 a.m. 1.1 L 1:56 p.m. 1.3 H 9:35 p.m. 0.0 L Aug 28 5:05 a.m. 1.2 H 9:44 a.m. 0.9 L 3:15 p.m. 1.3 H 10:20 p.m. 0.2 L Aug 29 5:21 a.m. 1.2 H 10:30 a.m. 0.7 L 4:33 p.m. 1.3 H 11:05 p.m. 0.3 L Aug 30 5:37 a.m. 1.2 H 11:19 a.m. 0.5 L 5:53 p.m. 1.3 H 11:51 p.m. 0.6 L Aug 31 5:54 a.m. 1.2 H 12:11 p.m. 0.3 L 7:17 p.m. 1.3 H Sep 01 12:39 a.m. 0.9 L 6:10 a.m. 1.2 H 1:07 p.m. 0.2 L 8:46 p.m. 1.4 H Sep 02 1:30 a.m. 1.0 L 6:26 a.m. 1.3 H 2:07 p.m. 0.0 L 10:25 p.m. 1.4 H Sep 03 2:31 a.m. 1.2 L 6:38 a.m. 1.3 H 3:14 p.m. 0.0 L Sep 04 12:16 a.m. 1.4 H 4:26 p.m. 0.0 L Sep 05 2:02 a.m. 1.5 H 5:41 p.m. 0.0 L Sep 06 3:07 a.m. 1.5 H 6:52 p.m. 0.0 L Sep 07 3:46 a.m. 1.5 H 7:54 p.m. 0.1 L Sep 08 4:12 a.m. 1.4 H 9:30 a.m. 1.2 L 12:41 p.m. 1.3 H 8:46 p.m. 0.2 L Sep 09 4:29 a.m. 1.4 H 9:48 a.m. 1.1 L 01:55 p.m. 1.3 H 9:29 p.m. 0.3 L

Freeport HarborDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightAug 26 3:29 a.m. 1.8 H 7:32 a.m. 1.3 L 11:19 a.m. 1.8 H 7:51 p.m. -0.1 L Aug 27 3:42 a.m. 1.8 H 8:03 a.m. 1.2 L 12:48 p.m. 1.8 H 8:36 p.m. 0.0 L Aug 28 3:57 a.m. 1.7 H 8:45 a.m. 1.0 L 2:07 p.m. 1.8 H 9:21 p.m. 0.2 L Aug 29 4:13 a.m. 1.7 H 9:31 a.m. 0.7 L 3:25 p.m. 1.8 H 10:06 p.m. 0.4 L Aug 30 4:29 a.m. 1.7 H 10:20 a.m. 0.5 L 4:45 p.m. 1.8 H 10:52 p.m. 0.6 L Aug 31 4:46 a.m. 1.7 H 11:12 a.m. 0.3 L 6:09 p.m. 1.8 H 11:40 p.m. 0.9 L Sep 01 5:02 a.m. 1.7 H 12:08 p.m. 0.2 L 7:38 p.m. 2.0 H Sep 02 12:31 a.m. 1.1 L 5:18 a.m. 1.8 H 1:08 p.m. 0.0 L 9:17 p.m. 2.0 H Sep 03 1:32 a.m. 1.3 L 5:30 a.m. 1.8 H 2:15 p.m. 0.0 L 11:08 p.m. 2.0 H Sep 04 3:27 p.m. 0.0 L Sep 05 12:54 a.m. 2.1 H 4:42 p.m. 0.0 L Sep 06 1:59 a.m. 2.1 H 5:53 p.m. 0.0 L Sep 07 2:38 a.m. 2.1 H 6:55 p.m. 0.1 L Sep 08 3:04 a.m. 2.0 H 8:31 a.m. 1.3 L 11:33 a.m. 1.8 H 7:47 p.m. 0.2 L Sep 09 3:21 a.m. 2.0 H 8:49 a.m. 1.2 L 12:47 p.m. 1.8 H 8:30 p.m. 0.3 L

South Padre IslandDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightAug 26 4:19 a.m. 1.7 H 7:45 p.m. -0.1 L Aug 27 4:31 a.m. 1.7 H 9:09 a.m. 1.4 L 11:58 a.m. 1.5 H 8:37 p.m. 0.0 L Aug 28 4:38 a.m. 1.5 H 9:14 a.m. 1.3 L 1:46 p.m. 1.5 H 9:29 p.m. 0.2 L Aug 29 4:40 a.m. 1.4 H 9:39 a.m. 1.0 L 3:18 p.m. 1.5 H 10:21 p.m. 0.4 L Aug 30 4:37 a.m. 1.2 H 10:14 a.m. 0.6 L 4:47 p.m. 1.5 H 11:16 p.m. 0.7 L Aug 31 4:30 a.m. 1.2 H 10:57 a.m. 0.3 L 6:20 p.m. 1.5 H Sep 01 12:15 a.m. 1.0 L 4:18 a.m. 1.2 H 11:45 a.m. 0.0 L 8:01 p.m. 1.6 H Sep 02 1:26 a.m. 1.2 L 3:53 a.m. 1.3 H 12:40 p.m. -0.2 L 9:58 p.m. 1.6 H Sep 03 1:41 p.m. -0.3 L Sep 04 12:07 a.m. 1.7 H 2:49 p.m. -0.3 L Sep 05 1:43 a.m. 1.8 H 4:02 p.m. -0.2 L Sep 06 2:41 a.m. 1.8 H 5:15 p.m. -0.1 L Sep 07 3:18 a.m. 1.8 H 6:22 p.m. 0.1 L Sep 08 3:41 a.m. 1.8 H 7:23 p.m. 0.2 L Sep 09 3:55 a.m. 1.7 H 8:24 a.m. 1.5 L 12:07 p.m. 1.6 H 8:17 p.m. 0.4 L

Port O’ConnorDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightAug 26 10:39 a.m. 0.9 H 11:34 p.m. -0.1 L Aug 27 12:17 p.m. 0.8 H Aug 28 12:17 a.m. 0.0 L 3:29 p.m. 0.8 H Aug 29 2:58 a.m. 0.1 L 5:41 p.m. 0.7 H Aug 30 1:33 a.m. 0.3 L 7:36 a.m. 0.5 H 12:28 p.m. 0.4 L 7:35 p.m. 0.7 H Aug 31 1:56 a.m. 0.5 L 6:32 a.m. 0.6 H 1:32 p.m. 0.2 L 9:42 p.m. 0.7 H Sep 01 1:47 a.m. 0.6 L 5:59 a.m. 0.7 H 2:33 p.m. 0.1 L Sep 02 5:59 a.m. 0.9 H 3:36 p.m. 0.0 L Sep 03 6:25 a.m. 1.0 H 4:44 p.m. -0.1 L Sep 04 7:03 a.m. 1.1 H 5:59 p.m. -0.1 L Sep 05 7:46 a.m. 1.1 H 7:20 p.m. 0.0 L Sep 06 8:30 a.m. 1.1 H 8:41 p.m. 0.0 L Sep 07 9:13 a.m. 1.1 H 9:53 p.m. 0.1 L Sep 08 9:47 a.m. 1.0 H 10:54 p.m. 0.1 L Sep 09 9:34 a.m. 0.9 H 11:38 a.m. 0.8 L 1:30 p.m. 0.9 H 11:47 p.m. 0.2 L

RockportDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightAug 26 1:18 p.m. 0.39 H 11:33 p.m. 0.07 LAug 27 2:16 p.m. 0.38 HAug 28 12:12 a.m. 0.11 L 3:35 p.m. 0.35 HAug 29 12:44 a.m. 0.17 L 9:13 a.m. 0.28 H 11:21 a.m. 0.28 L 5:42 p.m. 0.32 HAug 30 1:00 a.m. 0.23 L 7:20 a.m. 0.30 H 1:48 p.m. 0.23 L 9:17 p.m. 0.30 HAug 31 12:14 a.m. 0.30 L 6:32 a.m. 0.34 H 3:04 p.m. 0.18 LSep 01 6:20 a.m. 0.40 H 4:06 p.m. 0.14 LSep 02 6:40 a.m. 0.45 H 5:05 p.m. 0.11 LSep 03 7:23 a.m. 0.49 H 6:03 p.m. 0.10 LSep 04 8:20 a.m. 0.52 H 7:03 p.m. 0.11 LSep 05 9:25 a.m. 0.53 H 8:03 p.m. 0.13 LSep 06 10:33 a.m. 0.53 H 9:01 p.m. 0.15 LSep 07 11:39 a.m. 0.53 H 9:54 p.m. 0.18 LSep 08 12:43 p.m. 0.52 H 10:39 p.m. 0.22 LSep 09 1:47 p.m. 0.50 H 11:14 p.m. 0.26 L

Houston2011 A.M. P.M. SUN MOONAug-Sep Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets26 Fri 3:21 9:34 3:48 10:01 06:54 07:51 4:11a 6:00p 27 Sat > 4:09 10:23 4:36 10:49 06:55 07:50 5:16a 6:42p 28 Sun N 4:59 11:12 5:26 11:39 06:55 07:49 6:22a 7:21p 29 Mon > 5:51 ----- 6:17 12:30 06:56 07:48 7:28a 7:59p 30 Tue > 6:46 12:33 7:12 12:59 06:56 07:46 8:35a 8:38p 31 Wed > 7:44 1:30 8:11 1:58 06:57 07:45 9:42a 9:18p 01 Thu 8:45 2:31 9:13 2:59 06:57 07:44 10:51a 10:02p 02 Fri 9:48 3:34 10:17 4:03 06:58 07:43 11:59a 10:51p03 Sat 10:51 4:37 11:20 5:06 06:58 07:42 1:06p 11:43p 04 Sun 11:52 5:37 ----- 6:07 06:59 07:41 2:08p NoMoon 05 Mon Q 12:21 6:35 12:49 7:03 06:59 07:39 3:05p 12:39a 06 Tue 1:14 7:28 1:41 7:55 07:00 07:38 3:55p 1:38a 07 Wed 2:04 8:16 2:29 8:42 07:00 07:37 4:40p 2:37a 08 Thu 2:49 9:01 3:13 9:25 07:01 07:36 5:19p 3:35a 09 Fri 3:31 9:43 3:54 10:06 07:01 07:35 5:54p 4:33a 10 Sat 4:12 10:23 4:34 10:45 07:02 07:33 6:26p 5:28a 11 Sun > 4:52 11:03 5:13 11:24 07:02 07:32 6:57p 6:22a 12 Mon > 5:33 11:43 5:54 ----- 07:03 07:31 7:27p 7:15a 13 Tue F 6:16 12:05 6:36 12:26 07:03 07:30 7:57p 8:07a 14 Wed > 7:00 12:50 7:22 1:11 07:04 07:29 8:29p 9:00a

Port Aransas, H. Caldwell PierDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightAug 26 4:00 a.m. 1.7 H 7:14 a.m. 1.1 L 11:50 a.m. 1.7 H 7:33 p.m. -0.1 L Aug 27 4:13 a.m. 1.7 H 7:45 a.m. 1.0 L 1:19 p.m. 1.7 H 8:18 p.m. 0.0 L Aug 28 4:28 a.m. 1.6 H 8:27 a.m. 0.8 L 2:38 p.m. 1.7 H 9:03 p.m. 0.2 L Aug 29 4:44 a.m. 1.6 H 9:13 a.m. 0.6 L 3:56 p.m. 1.7 H 9:48 p.m. 0.3 L Aug 30 5:00 a.m. 1.6 H 10:02 a.m. 0.5 L 5:16 p.m. 1.7 H 10:34 p.m. 0.5 L Aug 31 5:17 a.m. 1.6 H 10:54 a.m. 0.2 L 6:40 p.m. 1.7 H 11:22 p.m. 0.8 L Sep 01 5:33 a.m. 1.6 H 11:50 a.m. 0.2 L 8:09 p.m. 1.8 H Sep 02 12:13 a.m. 0.9 L 5:49 a.m. 1.7 H 12:50 p.m. 0.0 L 9:48 p.m. 1.8 H Sep 03 1:14 a.m. 1.1 L 6:01 a.m. 1.7 H 1:57 p.m. 0.0 L 11:39 p.m. 1.8 H Sep 04 3:09 p.m. 0.0 L Sep 05 1:25 a.m. 2.0 H 4:24 p.m. 0.0 L Sep 06 2:30 a.m. 2.0 H 5:35 p.m. 0.0 L Sep 07 3:09 a.m. 2.0 H 6:37 p.m. 0.1 L Sep 08 3:35 a.m. 1.8 H 8:13 a.m. 1.1 L 12:04 p.m. 1.7 H 7:29 p.m. 0.2 L Sep 09 3:52 a.m. 1.8 H 8:31 a.m. 1.0 L 1:18 p.m. 1.7 H 8:12 p.m. 0.2 L

San Antonio2011 A.M. P.M. SUN MOONAug-Sep Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets26 Fri 3:33 9:47 4:00 10:14 07:07 08:03 4:24a 6:12p 27 Sat > 4:22 10:35 4:49 11:02 07:07 08:02 5:29a 6:54p 28 Sun N 5:12 11:25 5:38 11:51 07:08 08:01 6:35a 7:34p 29 Mon > 6:04 ----- 6:30 12:43 07:08 08:00 7:41a 8:12p30 Tue > 6:58 12:45 7:25 1:11 07:09 07:59 8:48a 8:51p 31 Wed > 7:57 1:43 8:24 2:10 07:09 07:58 9:55a 9:32p 01 Thu 8:58 2:44 9:26 3:12 07:10 07:56 11:04a 10:16p 02 Fri 10:01 3:46 10:30 4:15 07:11 07:55 12:12p 11:04p 03 Sat 11:04 4:49 11:33 5:18 07:11 07:54 1:18p 11:57p04 Sun ----- 5:50 12:04 6:19 07:12 07:53 2:20p NoMoon05 Mon Q 12:33 6:47 1:01 7:16 07:12 07:52 3:17p 12:53a 06 Tue 1:27 7:40 1:54 8:08 07:13 07:51 4:08p 1:51a 07 Wed 2:16 8:29 2:42 8:55 07:13 07:49 4:52p 2:50a 08 Thu 3:02 9:14 3:26 9:38 07:14 07:48 5:31p 3:49a 09 Fri 3:44 9:55 4:07 10:18 07:14 07:47 6:07p 4:46a 10 Sat 4:25 10:35 4:46 10:57 07:15 07:46 6:39p 5:41a11 Sun 5:05 11:15 5:26 11:36 07:15 07:45 7:10p 6:35a 12 Mon > 5:46 11:56 6:06 ----- 07:16 07:43 7:40p 7:28a 13 Tue F 6:28 12:18 6:49 12:39 07:16 07:42 8:10p 8:20a 14 Wed > 7:13 1:02 7:34 1:24 07:17 07:41 8:43p 9:13a

Amarillo2011 A.M. P.M. SUN MOONAug-Sep Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets26 Fri 3:46 10:00 4:14 10:27 07:14 08:22 4:27a 6:36p 27 Sat > 4:35 10:49 5:02 11:15 07:15 08:21 5:35a 7:14p 28 Sun N 5:25 11:38 5:51 12:05 07:16 08:20 6:44a 7:51p 29 Mon > 6:17 ----- 6:43 12:56 07:16 08:19 7:54a 8:26p 30 Tue > 7:12 12:59 7:38 1:25 07:17 08:17 9:04a 9:01p 31 Wed > 8:10 1:56 8:37 2:23 07:18 08:16 10:15a 9:38p 01 Thu 9:11 2:57 9:39 3:25 07:19 08:15 11:26a 10:20p02 Fri 10:14 4:00 10:43 4:29 07:19 08:13 12:38p 11:05p 03 Sat 11:17 5:02 11:46 5:32 07:20 08:12 1:46p 11:56p 04 Sun ----- 6:03 12:18 6:32 07:21 08:10 2:49p NoMoon 05 Mon Q 12:46 7:01 1:15 7:29 07:21 08:09 3:45p 12:52a 06 Tue 1:40 7:54 2:07 8:21 07:22 08:08 4:35p 1:51a 07 Wed 2:29 8:42 2:55 9:08 07:23 08:06 5:17p 2:52a 08 Thu 3:15 9:27 3:39 9:51 07:24 08:05 5:54p 3:52a 09 Fri 3:57 10:09 4:20 10:31 07:24 08:03 6:27p 4:52a 10 Sat 4:38 10:49 5:00 11:10 07:25 08:02 6:56p 5:50a 11 Sun > 5:18 11:29 5:39 11:50 07:26 08:01 7:24p 6:47a 12 Mon > 5:59 ----- 6:20 12:09 07:26 07:59 7:52p 7:42a 13 Tue F 6:42 12:31 7:02 12:52 07:27 07:58 8:20p 8:37a 14 Wed > 7:26 1:16 7:47 1:37 07:28 07:56 8:49p 9:33a

Dallas2011 A.M. P.M. SUN MOONAug-Sep Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets26 Fri 3:26 9:40 3:53 10:07 06:56 08:00 4:10a 6:11p 27 Sat > 4:15 10:28 4:42 10:55 06:57 07:58 5:17a 6:51p 28 Sun N 5:05 11:18 5:31 11:44 06:58 07:57 6:25a 7:28p 29 Mon > 5:57 ----- 6:23 12:36 06:58 07:56 7:33a 8:05p 30 Tue > 6:51 12:38 7:18 1:04 06:59 07:55 8:42a 8:42p 31 Wed > 7:50 1:36 8:17 2:03 07:00 07:53 9:51a 9:20p 01 Thu 8:51 2:37 9:19 3:05 07:00 07:52 11:01a 10:03p 02 Fri 9:54 3:39 10:23 4:08 07:01 07:51 12:11p 10:50p03 Sat 10:57 4:42 11:26 5:11 07:01 07:50 1:19p 11:41p 04 Sun 11:57 5:43 ----- 6:12 07:02 07:48 2:22p NoMoon 05 Mon Q 12:26 6:40 12:54 7:09 07:03 07:47 3:18p 12:37a 06 Tue 1:20 7:33 1:47 8:01 07:03 07:46 4:08p 1:36a 07 Wed 2:09 8:22 2:35 8:48 07:04 07:44 4:52p 2:36a 08 Thu 2:55 9:07 3:19 9:31 07:05 07:43 5:30p 3:35a 09 Fri 3:37 9:48 4:00 10:11 07:05 07:42 6:03p 4:34a 10 Sat 4:18 10:28 4:39 10:50 07:06 07:40 6:34p 5:31a11 Sun > 4:58 11:08 5:19 11:29 07:06 07:39 7:03p 6:26a 12 Mon > 5:39 11:49 5:59 ----- 07:07 07:38 7:32p 7:21a 13 Tue F 6:21 12:11 6:42 12:32 07:08 07:36 8:01p 8:15a 14 Wed > 7:06 12:55 7:27 1:17 07:08 07:35 8:31p 9:09a

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TOURNAMENT BRIEFS

Yamamoto finishes fourth in Alabama

Texan Gary Yamamoto finished fourth in the PAA Neely Henry tourna-ment Aug. 18-20 near Gadsden, Ala.

The Professional Anglers Association sponsored the tourna-ment on Lake Neely Henry.

Yamamoto, the lure maker from Mineola, was the leader after the first day of the tournament with 15.73 pounds. He finished with 33.76 pounds.

Steve Kennedy of Auburn, Ala., won the event followed by Greg Vinson of Wutumpka, Ala., PAA Angler of the Year Todd Auten of Lake Wylie, S.C., finished third.

Kennedy used multiple baits, including a Kinami Flash, spinnerbait, Texas-rigged tube, swim jig with a Kinami grub, big-bodied and hollow-bodied swimbaits, and an old Rogue jerk-bait that caught most of the fish the last two days.

Let it Ride wins ‘Legends’

It took more than 19 billfish to claim the 2011 edition of the Texas Legends Tournament Aug. 13 at Port Aransas.

The Let it Ride boat, owned by Gary Edwards of Port Aransas, fin-ished with 14 sailfish, four blue marlin and one white marlin.

Second and third places went to the Corpus Christi boats Bandit and Caliente.

Captained by Kevin Scott, Bandit boated nine sailfish and five mar-lins. Caliente and its captain, John Brennan, finished the weekend with seven sailfish, three white marlin and one blue marlin.

Anglers reported catching most of their fish on live bait and Ilander lures. A total of 152 billfish were caught during the event.

This tournament was based on a point system that allotted points based on the overall weight of the fish caught, as well as points for fish released.

Texans can’t close at Ouachita

Three Texans made the cut and competed in the 2011 Forrest Wood Cup Aug. 11-14 on Lake Ouachita near Hot Springs, Ark., but none placed in the upper slots.

Shinichi Fukae, of Palestine, fared the best of the Texans and ended the tournament with seven fish at 17 pounds for the No. 33 spot. Next was Cody Bird, of Granbury, at No. 41, who finished with seven fish at 14 pounds, 7 ounces. Rounding out the Texans was Clark Wendlandt with seven fish at 14 pounds, 4 ounces, good enough for No. 44.

Successful anglers in this season-ending tournament reported finding most fish in deep water and chasing schools of shad.

Fishing between in depths 23 to 27 feet, the winning angler, Scott Martin of Clewsiton, Fla., fished a drop-shot with a Roboworm. However, most of Martin’s big bites came on a 1/2-ounce Sworming Hornet Fish Head Spin, which he tipped with a Yamamoto swimbait lure.

—Staff reports

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