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Blue seas, big fi shOffshore bite going strong for grouper, tuna.

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Inside

❘❚ HUNTING

Dog, owner cope with coonhound paralysis, which attacks the animal’s nerves and spinal cord.

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Sick puppy

❘❚ FISHING

Central Texas full of fl owers; do whitewings follow?

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Sunfl owers galore

Bluegills, other panfi sh great way to spend a day.

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Summertime fun

Texas man gets hauled to sea by a tarpon.Page 11

Going for a ride

Quail counts upAfter last several years, hunters cautiously optimistic

By Conor HarrisonLone Star outdoor newS

The speckled trout bite along the Texas coast is going strong this summer, with good numbers reported along the upper coast and some nice-sized trout coming from the lower coast.

Boerne angler Nick Kohleffel spent the holi-day weekend fi shing out of Port Mansfi eld, and said his group experi-enced a good morning trout bite.

“We fi shed mainly with croaker,” he said. “All of the croaker were good-sized — 4 to 6 inches — and we were catching trout early in about 2 feet of water. After the sun came up and the water would heat up, the fi sh moved a little


A familiar sound is return-ing to some areas of Texas, albeit in limited doses.

The whistle of the bobwhite quail is again being heard dur-

ing the summer months in places where quail haven’t been heard from in several years. After years of drought, timely rains across much of the state have made for better range conditions, and the quail are

responding, according to some landowners.

“The hatch started much later this year than last year,” said Ronnie Howard in South Texas. “First rains were on

See QUAIL, Page 16

Trout bite steady, bigger fi sh along lower coast

See TROUT, Page 24

WADING IS WORKING: Trout are being caught along the coast, and wade fi shermen, like this one last month, are having good success in the mornings before the water heats up. Photo by David J. Sams, LSON.

TRENDING UPWARD: Quail hunters across the state are seeing more birds this year, although they are avoiding getting too excited until the fall. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

Go deep on Fork

When a rare north wind blew across Texas for several days in early July, fi sh-ing guides on Lake Fork had to quickly adjust tactics to fi nd fi sh.

“The fi shing had been really good until the wind blew out of the north and for seven or eight days, it was tough,” said Lake Fork guide Andrew Grills. “I think we are back to normal now. It sure was pleasant weather to fi sh in, but it changed the bite.

“We had to go to fi nesse baits there for a while.”

When bite slows, look for deep

drop-offs

See DEEP, Page 15

PULLING THEM FROM DEEP: Texas- and Carolina-rigged worms are catching a lot of bass on Lake Fork, with guides and anglers focusing on deep lake points. Photo by Lone Star Outdoor News.

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HUNTING

By Craig NyhusLone Star outdoor newS

Hill County has noticed, as have those along I-45 in Ellis County.

Fields full of giant sunflowers dot the landscape, a new sight for most in those parts of Texas. During the bloom in June, vehicles stopped along the freeways for a photo opportunity with their children.

Have the white-winged dove, who flock to the big plants near Hondo, Uvalde and in the Rio Grande Valley, found the fields?

Not yet, it appears, but it should be a matter of time.

“I’m sure dove are in there but I haven’t seen them being hunted (last season),” said Hill County Game Warden Doug Volcik. “Most of the dove hunters I checked were hunting in the corn and the milo. Last year wasn’t a very good year for most of the dove hunting around here, though.”

According to the Ellis County Extension Office, the number of acres of sunflowers planted in Ellis, Hill and Navarro counties has increased from about 2,000 to more than 24,000.

Allen Moorehouse of Heart of Texas Guided Hunts has been watching the change, but said the

Giant sunflowers blooming in Central TexasHunters waiting for whitewings to adjust

See SUNFLOWERS, Page 21

BUMPER CROP: Sunflowers fields are increasing throughout Ellis, Hill and

Navarro counties, catching the eyes of dove hunters. Photo by Katie Harrison,

for Lone Star Outdoor News.

Dog enduring long recovery after winning bout with raccoon


Lori Ford wasn’t overly shocked when her dog, Barni, killed a rac-

coon at the Rio Rojo Rancho in Red River County owned by Lori and her husband, Mike. Until a few weeks later, that is, when a long and arduous journey began

for the lab/hound/Rottweiler mix.“Barni killed it on our front

porch during the night on June 14,” Lori said. “He has killed many coons and our previous dog, Bambi, killed many as well. I think Bambi taught Barni the fine art.”

Lori was aware of a paralysis “virus” that dogs can contract from coons.

“The first time Bambi killed a rac-coon I told my mom about it,” she said. “My mom warned me about it; her college roommate from

Ohio had a dog that contracted it from the saliva of a raccoon bite. Every time one of our dogs killed a raccoon, she reminded me.”

Barni was bit on his chest, under his chin and had scratches from the encounter.

“The bites got better, but his routine was changing,” Lori said. “After about nine days, he didn’t sleep with us and I had a hard time getting him off of the couch. He was reacting slowly. Then he couldn’t jump off of the Polaris and

fell flat on his face. The next day he couldn’t get into the golf cart.”

Mike took Barni to their local veterinarian, Dr. Bert Ellsworth in Clarksville, and Lori called their deer vet and friend, Dr. Scott Bugai in Seguin.

Bugai agreed that Barni had acute canine idiopathic polyradic-uloneuritis (ACIP), also known as coonhound paralysis.

“I have seen it three of four times

Coonhound paralysis not fatal but attacks spinal cord, nerves

See RECOVERY, Page 6

Tanzanian official asks USFWS not to list lion as endangeredWhen Dallas Safari Club adopted a new

policy for members who hunt lions earlier this year, the response was overwhelmingly favorable.

The policy, meant to limit the killing of young males and pride males, reads “the ideal huntable male lion is at least 6 years of age and is not known to head a pride or be part of a coalition heading a pride with dependant cubs.”

“Hunting only non-pride and non-adoles-cent male lions should be the goal of every

responsible hunter and organization with a vested interest in conserving lion popula-tions,” said Ben Carter, DSC executive direc-tor. “We’re encouraged by the broad out-pouring of support that we’ve received since announcing the new DSC position.”

See LION, Page 21

SLOW RETURN: After killing a raccoon, Mike and Lori Ford’s dog, Barni, came down with coonhound paralysis, a condition that affects the nerves and spinal cord. A full recovery is expected, but it will take up to two months. Photo by Lori Ford.

GOOD POLICY: Dallas Safari Club’s lion policy has been endorsed by many countries, and Tanzania is fighting

to keep the lion off of the USFWS endangered list. Photo by Lili Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.


New rules for moving elk, red deer, others

The Texas Animal Health Commission has new intrastate movement requirements in place for elk, red deer, Sika deer, moose and their hybrids, all of which are considered sus-ceptible to Chronic Wasting Disease.

White-tailed deer and mule deer are also susceptible species to CWD but remain under the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s movement regulations.

The new TAHC movement rule replaces the previous rule, which applied only to elk and required testing animals based on the number being moved.

When transporting CWD susceptible species, owners are required to apply an official iden-tification device to the animals being moved, complete and submit a CWD Susceptible Species Movement Record, and provide a cur-rent estimated inventory of the herd of origin. In addition, owners are required to provide documentation of negative CWD test results

on 20 percent of all eligible mortalities in the herd on an annual basis to the TAHC.

Eligible mortalities are those occurring after June 12, 2013 (the effective date of the new rule) in herd members 16 months of age and older, including hunter harvested animals and animals sent to slaughter. The necessary forms, instructions, complete rule and addi-tional information may be obtained at the TAHC website or by contacting a local TAHC Region Office.

Herd owners are not required to meet the 20 percent mortality-testing requirement when transporting animals to a state or fed-erally inspected slaughter facility. These animals count as eligible mortalities for the herd, however, so owners are encouraged to test these animals as well as those har-vested by hunters to ensure the herd meets the 20 percent testing requirement for future movements. Negative CWD results must be obtained on at least one out of five eligible mortalities to qualify a herd to move live ani-mals to another premise.

— TAHC

Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.


RecoveryContinued From Page 4

in my practice,” Bugai said. Coonhound paralysis is a condition caused by contact with the rac-

coon’s saliva, but vets aren’t sure whether it is bacterial or viral. It is an autoimmune disorder that affects the spinal cord and attacks the nerves. Most common in dogs, the disease has been recorded in horses and possibly in deer.

Barni went home with antibiotics to prevent secondary infections

Endowment money paid to Texas shooting teams

The Association of College Unions International gave $22,500 in endowment money to college teams that participated at the recent Scholastic Clay Target Texas State Championships.

The Youth Target Foundation organized the champi-onships, June 15-16 at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio.

ACUI gave $2,500 each to three college teams that attended and participated in the event, includ-ing El Paso Community College and Midwestern State University. These teams were also awarded $5,000 as new collegiate teams competing at their first competi-tion. The Association has supported nearly 30 teams for the 2012-13 shooting year.

“We are excited about cooperating with the Youth Target Foundation to support college shooting in the state of Texas,” said ACUI Shooting Sport Consultant Russ Arnold. “The more that all youth and college shoot-ing organizations work together, the more good we can do and the faster we can grow the respective programs.”

The endowment funds will be deposited into the school’s Scholastic Shooting Trust Account at MidwayUSA Foundation. Grants are awarded from these funds to assist new teams with travel, practice rounds, and other related expenses for competition.

— ACUI

Expanded White-winged Dove Zone official

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has approved the expanded Special White-winged Dove Area.

As previously reported in Lone Star Outdoor News, the SWWDA will now extend eastward along its current boundary and continue south along Interstate 37 from San Antonio to Corpus Christi, effectively doubling its current size.

The season will run Sun., Sept. 1 through Labor Day, Mon., Sept. 2, and then reopen Sat., Sept. 7 and Sun., Sept. 8. The bag limit during the four-day season is 15 doves in the aggregate to include no more than two mourning doves and two white-tipped doves and hunt-ing is permitted only from noon to sunset.

Dove season in the North and Central zones will run concurrent from Sept. 1-Oct. 20 and Dec. 20-Jan. 8. The South Zone dove season is set for Sept. 20-Oct. 27 and Dec. 20-Jan. 20, with the season in the SWWDA Sept. 20-Oct. 23 and Dec. 20-Jan. 20.

The possession limit for all migratory game birds also is new, at three times the daily bag.

— TPWD

A HELPING HAND: While Lori Ford attends to Barni nearly full-time, the Ford’s other dog, Abbi Lou, stays with Barni while he recuperates. Photo by Lori Ford.

and ibuprofen, and Lori with a set of nursing and therapy instructions for the dog.

“It just takes time,” Bugai said. “There’s noth-ing else you can do, medically. Fortunately, Barni couldn’t ask for a better caregiver — that’s the hard part because you have to do it for two months.”

Bugai said the dog’s condition tends to bottom out for five to seven days and then the dog will begin the upswing of recovery. Most of the time, there is a full recovery, but it takes six to eight weeks.

Barni initially worsened from having some strength to no capabilities in his legs and diffi-culty lifting his neck.

“He can’t sit even when being held up,” Lori said last week. “His body is completely limp.”

Lori massages Barni’s muscles and moves his legs, moves him to the prone position to keep pneumonia from setting in, turns him to avoid sores developing, hand-feeds him small amounts of food several times per day and brings him water.

“He still has his appetite but after drinking he coughs after swallowing,” she said. “He doesn’t have any control over his faculties, though.”

She is getting a harness to get the 75-pound dog up to move his muscles and has begun taking him on rides through the woods in the Polaris.

“My mom’s friend warned me about depres-sion setting in,” Lori said. “Checking the fence with me is always the highlight of his day — he loves going for rides. And we’re going to try water therapy with a life vest.”

Lori wants more people to know about and look out for the disease.

“Not a lot of people have heard about it,” she said. “You could spend a lot of money trying to reach a diagnosis and some people might con-template euthanasia — but most dogs have a full recovery.”

Barni is showing subtle signs of recovery — after 13 days his head was up and he was alert, he is barking and able to turn over — and the Fords are looking forward to him getting back to nor-mal.

“Nursing, love and patience will get us through,” Lori said.


Sheep for the agesEleven-year-old Tyler hunter Cole Findley is

already amassing a collection of trophies that would make many hunting veterans jealous.

Big Texas whitetails, two giant British Colombia black bears and many other species have put Cole on the map as a successful big game hunter.

But little could top last year, when Cole became one of the youngest hunters, if not the youngest, to harvest a desert bighorn sheep.

Cole’s dad, Allen, said Cole took his great ram on the fourth day of their hunt on Catalina Island in the Baja Peninsula of Mexico.

“El Coley,” as the guides called him, made a great shot on the ram that scored 162 2/8 inches.

So what is up next for the young hunter? According to Allen, he is taking both of his sons to Illinois for a white-tailed deer hunt in September, and then it is back to British Colombia for a mountain lion hunt the day after Christmas.

— Staff report

Photo by Allen Findley


FISHING

Big trout day capped with 10-pounderBy Conor HarrisonLone Star outdoor newS

Dan Wyatt has a pretty good idea where to find big trout from his home on Baffin Bay.

The angler is usually gone from Loyola Beach by 4 a.m., running south toward Port Mansfield. So it was last month, when Wyatt and his

wife, Stacie, launched from Port Mansfield and headed north to Gladys Hole.

“It was a very good morn-ing of fishing,” Wyatt said. “My wife had caught an 8.7 (pound trout) the day before and I’d caught several 8s the day before. We went back the next day and I caught a couple of 9s. I didn’t want to overtake her (in the tourna-

ment standings) so I turned them loose. When I caught the 10, she was hollering, ‘How big is it?’ I told her and she yelled ‘You better not turn it loose.’”

The big trout ate a live croaker in knee-deep water about 10:15 a.m.

It was Wyatt’s third personal-best trout of the morning.

Once the big trout was in

the boat, the pair headed to the Port Mansfield to have it weighed on a certified scale. The fish’s final weight was 10.2 pounds.

See CCA, Page 22

FINDING THE RIGHT SPOT: Dan Wy-att took the lead in the Lower Coast

division of the CCA Texas STAR Tournament with 10.2-pound trout.

Photo by Dan Wyatt.

Offshore bite good, even after snapper seasonMost offshore captains in Texas

had a banner red snapper season, and are just now returning their focus to other bluewater species.

Freeport Capt. Kenneth Doxey of the Paparda Rey said he has been on an excellent grouper bite when bottom fishing and the tuna bite has also been outstanding.

“Snapper season was phenome-nal,” Doxey said. “Outside of that, the fishing has been outstanding. We are catching lots of grouper on our bottom drops and the tuna fishing has also been great.”

Doxey said the yellowfin tuna bite around the rigs has been solid, with many 30- to 40-pound fish

being boated, and the farther out you go, the better the fishing.

“We have caught some really big blackfins around all of the plat-forms,” he said. “The yellowfin are thick in the 40-pound range, but we’ve also had a good number of 80- to 100-pound yellowfins show-ing up.”

The wahoo bite has been incon-sistent for Doxey, but he said occa-sionally a boat will get lucky and find a school.

“Some boats have found them, and one boat found a pallet float-ing around and caught 21 wahoo near it,” he said. “And where you find the wahoo, you’ll usually find

the mahi.”Doxey said the blue/green

water was 18 miles off of Freeport last week, but it changes daily. Once you are in the cobalt-col-ored water, the blue marlin bite improves.

First-timerBy Conor HarrisonLone Star outdoor newS

San Antonio angler Mike Atkins jumped at a recent chance to head to the Nueces River with a few friends to try some alli-gator gar fishing.

Safe to say Atkins

would call the trip a success.

“It was a two-hour drive fishing trip for the three of us,” said Jason Notestine, Atkins’ friend. “We met early at my house and started talking about fishing and showing each other

our gear. That’s when we realized that we needed to shut up, get in the car

Virgin trip for gar results inwater body record

See GAR, Page 19

See OFFSHORE, Page 24

BEGINNER’S LUCK: This big gar was caught by

angler Mike Atkins, right, on his first trip. Photo by

Mike Atkins.

PLENTY OF GROUPER: Offshore anglers have reported good catches of grouper, like this marbled variety, this month. Photo by Conor Harrison, Lone Star Outdoor News.


Panfish off beds, biting almost anything


Light-tackle panfish enthusiasts know more than just the weather heats up in July.

The panfish bite also gets hot, and many anglers are taking advan-tage of fish that are off the beds and hungry.

San Antonio angler Charles Dewey said now is the prime time to find bluegills, redear sunfish and Rio Grande cichlids in many rivers, ponds and lakes.

“The panfish are get-

ting more active,” he said. “They just had a spawn on the most recent full

moon, and they have been spawning since May.

See PANFISH, Page 23

SUMMER BITES: Panfish are biting across the state, are easy to catch and make a great meal. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

Rigs to Reef amended

Offshore oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico serve as valuable marine habitat, supporting economi-cally important recreational fishing in the Gulf region.

In the face of increasing efforts to remove these structures, this week the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement released its amended “Rigs to Reefs” policy that will make it easier to turn inactive platforms into new artificial reefs.

Nonproducing oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico are generally regarded as the most productive artificial reefs in the world. These structures pro-vide habitat for dozens of fisheries, including many recreationally impor-tant species. Since 2006, removal of platforms has exceeded installa-tions and new platforms are typically installed farther from shore, reduc-ing their accessibility to anglers.

Go to LSONews.com to read the entire amended policy.

— Staff report

Reed elected president of PAA

Matt Reed has been elected President of the Professional Anglers Association by the PAA Board of Directors.

Reed, 51, of Madisonville, has been a member of PAA since its inception and has previously served as PAA Treasurer (2011-2012). He currently competes on the PAA Tournament Series and Bassmaster Elite Series. When he is not fishing competitively, Reed stays busy with guiding on Sam Rayburn, Toledo Bend and Falcon Lake.

— PAA

TXTT announces 2014 schedule

The Texas Team Trail presented by Cabela’s recently unveiled the 2014 event schedule, which includes a couple of new stops along with some familiar favorites.

The regular season will kick off on Feb. 15, 2014 at Sam Rayburn Lake.

The two-day, entry-fee Championship is scheduled for June 7-8 on Toledo Bend Reservoir and will feature higher payout and con-tingency prize opportunities.

2014 TXTT scheduled events:Feb. 15 — Sam Rayburn March 15 — Lake Ray RobertsApril 12 — Lake TexomaMay 3 — Lake LivingstonChampionship — June 7-8 —

Toledo Bend Reservoir. — TXTT


SEE MOREn Saltwater fi shing reports: Page 14

TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORTTop-water frogs

SAM RAYBURN RESERVOIR — The top-water frog bite has been good the past few weeks, according to Sam Rayburn guide Bill Fondren of Tejas Guide Service.

“Bass have been good and the crappie have been good,” he said. “For bass, a Stanley top-water frog has been good during the morning and evening. Not much is biting during the heat of midday.”

For crappie, Fondren said to look for brush piles in deeper water.“We are catching crappie on brush piles in 15 to 25 feet on small spinners,” he said. Along with crappie and bass, the bream are good on nightcrawlers and the catfi sh bite has been

good on trotlines baited with live bait, cut bait and liver.To contact guide Bill Fondren, call (409) 381-1397.

Good numbersAMISTAD INTERNATIONAL RESERVOIR — Guide Ray Hanselman is putting his anglers on

good numbers of fi sh targeting shallow lake points.“We are averaging about 50 to 75 fi sh per day,” he said. “Now, the majority of those are in

the 2- to 2 1/2-pound range. As the day goes on, we’ll get three or four really good bites. A lot

of them are on main lake points in 10 to 12 feet.”Hanselman said the lake had a good shad spawn this year, which congregated the bass

because the lake is still low.“We are mostly just dragging a Texas rig on the fl at gravel points,” he said. “We are also catch-

ing some on swimbaits and top-waters, but those are coming more on windblown river ledges.”To contact guide Ray Hanselman, call (830) 317-9942.

Solid white bass bitePROCTOR LAKE — According to anglers on several fi shing message boards, the

white bass bite on Proctor Lake has been solid the past few weeks. The white bass are good on live shad, Roadrunners and other small

spoons. Along with white bass, anglers are picking up some crappie on brush piles between 10 and 20 feet using live minnows.

The largemouth bass bite has been slow, as has the striper bite.For catfi sh anglers, cut shad on a trotline has been producing channel and blue

catfi sh. Cut bait has also been working for rod and reel anglers. The lake temperature has been between 78 and 82 degrees.

— Staff report

ALAN HENRY: Water lightly stained; 72–77 degrees; 12.81’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on buzzbaits early, later switching to Texas rigs, weightless fl ukes and shaky heads. Crappie are fair to good on live minnows. Catfi sh are good on nightcrawlers and prepared bait.

ARROWHEAD: Water off-color; 71–78 degrees; 13.62’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Zara Spooks, Texas rigs and shallow-running shad-pattern crankbaits. Crappie are fair to good on min-nows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs. Catfi sh are fair to good on cut bait and nightcrawlers.

ATHENS: Water clear, 79–84 degrees; 2.97’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on weightless Flukes and Senkos. Crappie are good on minnows.

BASTROP: Water clear; 80–84 de-grees. Largemouth bass are good on green pumpkin crankbaits and spinner baits.

BELTON: Water stained; 79–83 de-grees; 7.44’ low. Largemouth bass are good on perch-colored lipless crankbaits and spinner baits. Hy-brid striper are good on live shad. Channel and blue catfi sh are good on stinkbait, doughbait and hot dogs in 8–15 feet.

BOB SANDLIN: Water clear; 79–85 degrees; 5.36’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged soft plastics in blue fl eck and black/blue football jigs in deeper water. Crappie are good on minnows.

BONHAM: Water stained, 80–85 degrees; 0.54’ low. Largemouth bass are good in fl ooded vegetation, cattails, around boat docks and on points. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows around bridges and brush piles in 12–15’. Catfi sh are good on minnows along the bank in the park area.

BRAUNIG: Water clear. Largemouth bass are slow. Striped bass are good on liver and shad off points near the pier. Redfi sh are very good on tilapia, shad and silver spoons.

BRIDGEPORT: Water clear; 79–84 de-grees; 18.43’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged craws and fi nesse jigs around shallow cover. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid striper are good on slabs. Channel catfi sh are good on trotlines.

BROWNWOOD: Water stained; 80–84

degrees; 12.81’ low. Largemouth bass to 3 pounds are fair on crank-baits, white fl ukes and green pump-kin soft plastic worms around docks in 8–10 feet. Crappie are good on minnows and blue tube jigs over baited brush piles in 5–15 feet.

BUCHANAN: Water stained; 79–83 degrees; 29.23’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Chug Bugs, fl ukes and watermelon/candy Whacky Sticks in creeks early. Striped bass are good on watermelon lipless crankbaits and plastic swim baits at daylight. Channel catfi sh are good on liver, minnows and dipbait. Yellow and blue catfi sh are good on goldfi sh and perch upriver.

CADDO: Water stained; 80–85 degrees; 0.20’ high. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged Baby Brush Hogs in California 420. Catfi sh are good on trotlines.

CALAVERAS: Water clear. Large-mouth bass are fair on dark soft plastic worms, spinner baits and crankbaits over reed beds. Striped bass are good on chicken livers and shad. Channel catfi sh are good on cheesebait, shrimp and shad.

CANYON LAKE: Water clear; 78–82 degrees; 9.40’ low. Largemouth bass are good on green pumpkin fl ukes and top-waters early. Yel-low and blue catfi sh are good on goldfi sh and perch upriver.

CEDAR CREEK: Water clear; 78–83 degrees; 4.28’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on shaky heads around deeper docks and deep-diving crankbaits on deeper brush piles. Some top-water action noted early. Catfi sh are good on cut shad and trotlines.

CHOKE CANYON: Water clear; 78–82 degrees; 20.56’ low. Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse/white spinner baits, crankbaits and green pumpkin Whacky Sticks with chartreuse tails in 5–15 feet early. Channel catfi sh are good on live bait. Yellow and blue catfi sh are good on live bait upriver.

COLEMAN: Water clear; 77–81 de-grees; 15.79’ low. Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse spinner baits, crankbaits and soft plastic worms.

CONROE: Water lightly stained; 78–82 degrees; 2.62’ low. Largemouth bass are good on pumpkinseed and watermelon Carolina-rigged

soft plastics. Catfi sh are good on stinkbait, nightcrawlers and liver.

COOPER: Water clear; 80–84 de-grees; 8.91’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on shallow crankbaits and shad-pattern wakebaits. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid striper are good on live shad. Catfi sh are good on cut bait and trotlines.

FALCON: Water murky; 80–84 degrees; 34.89’ low. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon soft plastics and brush hogs off points. Channel and blue catfi sh are good on shrimp and cut bait upriver.

FAYETTE: Water stained. Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon spinner baits early and late. Channel and blue catfi sh are good on minnows and cut shad over baited holes.

FORK: Water clear; 81–85 degrees; 4.87’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Carolina-rigged fl ukes and DD22s in soddy blue on main lake points – larger square-billed crankbaits are effective early and late along main points. Dock bite is getting better. Catfi sh are good on trotlines.

GIBBONS CREEK: Water clear. Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon crankbaits and soft plastic worms. Catfi sh are good on stinkbait, shrimp, and live bait.

GRANBURY: Water stained; 78–82 degrees; 7.49’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and white tube jigs. Cat-fi sh are good on stinkbait, chicken livers and frozen shrimp.

GRANGER: Water stained; 77–81 degrees; 0.60’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and blue/black tube jigs in 6–12 feet. Blue catfi sh are good on juglines baited with cut bait and soap.

GRAPEVINE: Water clear; 79–83 de-grees; 6.48’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged craw baits and fi nesse jigs near rocky points. White bass are good on slabs.

HOUSTON COUNTY: Water stained; 85–89 degrees; 0.74’ low. Largemouth bass to 5 pounds are good on purple/red tail worms and black/red eye frogs among lily pads early and late. Crappie are very good on live minnows 10 feet deep in 15–20 feet around structure. Bream are good on live worms in 15 feet. Channel catfi sh are good

on perch. Yellow catfi sh are good on juglines baited with perch.

HUBBARD CREEK: Water off-color; 73–78 degrees; 23’ low. Large-mouth bass are good on Yellow Magics early, later switching to Texas rigs and Senkos. Crappie are good on live minnows.

JOE POOL: Water clear; 80–85 de-grees; 0.90’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged soft plas-tics along brush piles in 10–12’. Some fi sh being caught on weight-less soft jerkbaits as well. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on minnows. Catfi sh are good on cut shad.

LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water lightly stained; 80–84 degrees; 1.80’ low. Largemouth bass are good on weightless Flukes and wacky-rigged Senkos. Catfi sh are good on trotlines and cut shad.

LAVON: Water lightly stained; 79–85 degrees; 7.77’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged creature baits and crankbaits. White bass are good on slabs. Catfi sh are good on trotlines and cut shad.

LBJ: Water stained; 78–82 degrees; 0.56’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on perch-colored crankbaits, white jigs, and green pumpkin tubes in 6–15 feet early. Striped bass are good on 2” Spoiler Shads and Little Fishies at night. White bass are good on Li’l Fishies at night. Crappie are good on chartreuse tube jigs and live minnows over brush piles. Chan-nel catfi sh are good on nightcrawl-ers, liver and dipbait.

LEWISVILLE: Water clear; 79–83 degrees; 5.11’ low. Largemouth bass are good on shaky heads and fi nesse jigs. Hybrid striper are good on slabs. Catfi sh are good on prepared bait and cut shad.

LIVINGSTON: Water fairly clear; 79–83 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse lipless crankbaits and soft plastics. White bass are good on minnows, troll tubes, and Li’l Fishies. Crappie are excellent on minnows. Blue catfi sh are good on shad.

MARTIN CREEK: Water clear; 80–86 degrees; 2.46’ low. Large-mouth bass are good on swim jigs and hollow-body frogs. Crappie are

good on minnows. White bass are good on slabs.

MONTICELLO: Water fairly clear; 79–85 degrees; 0.01’ low. Largemouth bass are good on shad-pattern square bills and bladed jigs in baitfi sh patterns. Frog bite is improving in areas with lily pads. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows.

NAVARRO MILLS: Water lightly stained; 78–82 degrees; 1.45’ low. Largemouth bass are good on silver lipless crankbaits and shallow-running crankbaits in Liberty Hill Park.

O.H. IVIE: Water stained; 72–76 degrees; 38.8’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Zara Spooks early and late, midday switching to Texas rigs, Senkos and drop–shot rigs. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs.

OAK CREEK: Water stained; 71–77 degrees; 18.42’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on top-waters early, Texas rigs and shaky heads. Crappie are good on jigs and live minnows. Catfi sh are good on chartreuse nightcrawlers and prepared bait.

PALESTINE: Water clear; 79–84 de-grees; 1.17’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on Senkos and trick worms rigged weightless around docks. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfi sh are good on cut bait.

POSSUM KINGDOM: Water fairly clear; 72–78 degrees; 11.02’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters early, later switching to Yum Dingers, shallow-running crankbaits, drop–shot rigs and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair to good on slabs. Catfi sh are fair to good on cut bait and nightcrawlers.

RAY HUBBARD: Water clear; 79–85 degrees; 3.22’ low. Largemouth bass are good on football jigs along points. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass are good on slabs and minnows. Catfi sh are good on cut shad.

RAY ROBERTS: Water clear; 80–84 degrees; 4.51’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Carolina-rigged soft plastics along main lake points in 8–10’ (large 10–12” worms have been best). Deep-diving crankbaits in shad patterns

are effective as well. White bass are good on slabs and minnows. Catfi sh are good on prepared bait.

RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water clear; 79–84 degrees; 7.14’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on medium crankbaits near brush piles in 8–10’. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid striper are good on slabs.

STILLHOUSE: Water lightly stained; 79–83 degrees; 7.85’ low. Large-mouth bass are fair on watermelon spinner baits and soft plastics. Channel and blue catfi sh are good on hot dogs and nightcrawlers.SWEETWATER: Water murky; 73–79 degrees; 20.83’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on Senkos, Texas rigs and wacky rigs.

TAWAKONI: Water stained; 81–86 degrees; 5.99’ low. Largemouth bass are good on fl ipping jigs and wakebaits around shallow cover. Striped bass and hybrid striper are good on slabs. Catfi sh are good on cut bait and trotlines.

TEXOMA: Water clear; 78–83 degrees; 0.28’ high. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged soft plastics and Zara Spooks around docks midway back in creeks and pockets. Smallmouth bass are good on small shad-type swimbaits. Striped bass are good on slabs. Catfi sh are good on trotlines.

TOLEDO BEND: Water lightly stained; 78–82 degrees; 2.15’ low. Large-mouth bass are fair on redbug soft plastic worms and Rat–L–Traps. White bass are good on Charlie slabs. Crappie are good on minnows at night. Channel and blue catfi sh are good on trotlines baited with live bait and livers in 20–30 feet.

WHITNEY: Water lightly stained; 77–81 degrees; 9.91’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon crankbaits and lipless crankbaits. Catfi sh are good on shrimp and live bait.

— TPWD

Top-water frogsTop-water frogs


Texan goes for ride on kayak with tarpon


Matt Bush just wanted to catch a kingfish.The 42-year-old angler from Dallas was

fishing with his brother-in-law, Chris Butler, on June 20 during a family vacation to Inlet Beach, Fla.

“We left the shore at Inlet Beach at around 6:50 a.m.,” Butler said. We paddled straight out into calm water for approximately 14 minutes when Matt’s kayak suddenly leaned and line violently peeled from his line. We were approximately 300 to 400 yards from shore.”

Bush thought he had a nice kingfish on the line.

“We didn’t know it was a tarpon,” he said. “About 150 yards out, he broke the water and

almost totally spooled the line. I didn’t get a great look when he jumped, so I still didn’t know what it was — I actually thought it might be a shark.

“Then it jumped again and we saw the sil-ver and knew it was a tarpon.”

Bush knew the tarpon was carrying him farther from the beach with each run, but he never thought about cutting the line.

“I got lucky and he started coming toward the boat, which allowed me to get some line back and set the drag,” Bush said. “He was pulling the kayak faster than Chris could paddle alongside.”

Bush fought the fish for nearly two hours.“I’m no expert kayak fisherman,” he said.

“This was only my second time out for kings.

See TARPON, Page 22

THIS WAS IT: After forgetting his camera, Matt Bush only has this photo to remember his trophy tarpon that pulled his kayak four miles offshore. Photo by Chris Butler.


DEER STAND ON COUNTY ROAD GIVES NEW MEANING TO ROAD HUNTINGTrinity County Game Warden Sam

Shanafelt received a tip from a local constable about a man with a deer stand on a public road. Shanafelt investigated and located the box stand, which was in the middle of the road at a dead end. Shanafelt inter-viewed the hunter at his house just down the road. The hunter admitted the stand was his and that he had hunted in the stand. A citation for hunting from a public roadway was issued, and the man was instructed to remove the stand before the weekend.

OVER THE LIMIT ON POOR FISHING DAYFreestone County Game Warden

John Thorne and Anderson County Game Warden Rob Sadowski checked two men in a boat on Cedar Creek Lake. The subjects were asked how the fish were biting. One of them replied, “Not too good, just a few chicken heads.” Thorne then pro-ceeded to count and measure the catfish that were located in two cool-ers onboard. One cooler contained 10 undersized catfish and was two fish over the 25-fish bag limit, and the other cooler contained three under-sized catfish and was 14 over the bag limit. Each individual was issued a citation for undersized catfish and for exceeding the bag limit. One subject also received a citation for no fishing license. The illegal fish were taken and donated. Cases pending.

NOODLERS NABBED FOR HANDFISHING VIOLATIONS

While patrolling Lake Palestine, Cherokee County Game Wardens Brian Bearden and Eric Collins, along with Henderson County Game Warden Chad West, cited two sub-jects for handfishing violations. They were using a 6-foot PVC pipe to maneuver and scrape spawn-ing flathead catfish out of holes in the rocks along the shoreline. A few

days later, Henderson County Game Warden Dustin Balfanz received a report of people handfishing with poles and hooks on Lake Palestine. Balfanz contacted Smith County Game Warden Dustin Dockery, who responded and located the subjects who were handfishing with the aid of sticks and a gaff. Cases pending.

AXIS SHOT FROM PUBLIC ROAD, SHOOTER CAUGHT

Edwards County Game Warden Scott Holly was contacted by a ranch manager about a shot being fired from the county road. With a description of the vehicle, Holly started searching the local towns and camps. After a couple hours, Holly found the camp and the ille-gally taken axis buck. The subject would not admit to shooting the deer that day, but that night guilt led the poacher to call and confess after Holly had seized the gun and deer for forensic evidence. Charges for hunting without landowner consent and shooting from a public roadway pending.

SHOOTING FROM ROADWAY RESULTS IN TRIP TO JAIL

Palo Pinto County Game Warden David Pellizzari received a call from the sheriff’s office regarding shots being fired from the roadway. Pellizzari, Palo Pinto County Game

Wardens Matt Waggoner and Jake Mort, along with Cadet Jake Noxon, were nearby at Possum Kingdom Lake. The wardens responded to the area and observed taillights trav-eling down a dead-end road. The wardens observed several subjects riding in the bed of a pickup hold-ing long guns. The wardens initiated a traffic stop as the suspect’s vehi-cle approached a gate at the end of the road. Three male subjects and two females were detained and sepa-rated for questioning. All three males admitted to driving around shooting small varmints and beer bottles. One subject said he was from the city and did not know the rules out in the country. The wardens advised him that the rules are the same every-where in the state and arrested all three for hunting from a public road and for discharging a firearm from a public roadway. Cases pending.

RUNNING OVER HOGS JUST THE BEGINNING

At 2 a.m., Burnet County Game Warden Braxton Harris drove up on a vehicle that was parked in the middle of the roadway with the two occupants standing outside in the bar ditch. The two people had just run over a few hogs and were in the process of loading the last one into their truck. Both subjects had war-rants out of Burnet County and were

also found to be in possession of drug paraphernalia. Case pending.

THAT’S A LOT OF BEER

On Sam Rayburn Reservoir, Sabine County Game Warden Sam Smith made contact with a subject who did not have his lights on after sunset. A strong odor of alcohol was coming from the operator, and the operator stated that he drank “a case of beer since lunch.” The other subject on board admitted to being intoxicated. Smith towed the boat to the nearby boat ramp. The opera-tor was arrested for BWI. His breath sample was .143. Case pending.

ANONYMOUS CALLER LEADS TO DEER POACHERS NOT ONCE, BUT TWICEAngelina County Game Warden

Phillip Wood received a call regard-ing illegal hunting activity. Wood contacted Game Warden Tim Walker and proceeded to the suspect’s resi-dence. After a lengthy interview, the wardens retrieved a 4-point buck still in velvet, along with some of the ven-ison. Three subjects were cited for hunting from a public roadway and possessing white-tailed deer in a closed season. Then, Wood received another anonymous call informing him that more than one deer had been killed by the poachers. The war-dens returned to the residence and it was finally determined that five deer

had been killed. Citations and civil restitution pending.

JETTY FISHERMEN CAUGHT KEEPING TOO MANY, TOO SMALL AND TOO BIGAt the Port Mansfield and East

Cut jetties, Willacy County Game Warden Dennis Gazaway cited three subjects for being in possession of 39 undersized speckled trout. Later, Gazaway and Game Warden Roy Martinez caught a group with four untagged oversized red drum. Cases pending.

SNAKE SLITHERS UNDER SUMMER INTERN’S VEHICLE

After a day of patrolling Canyon Lake with Game Wardens Kathleen Stuman, Coley Leonard, Michael McCall and Brent Satsky, summer intern Courtney Wegner received infor-mation from some campers regarding a long black snake that had slithered its way up into the rear undercar-riage of her vehicle that was parked in the parking lot near their campsite. According to the witnesses, the snake was still somewhere underneath the vehicle, as they had been watching to make sure to tell the owner about the snake before he or she drove off. Stuman, Leonard and Satsky arrived on scene and assisted Wegner with trying to locate the stowaway. After searching the undercarriage for approximately 10 minutes with flash-lights, and also banging on the frame to hopefully scare it out, Satsky con-cluded that the snake was either gone or it was never really there. The war-dens then popped the hood of the vehicle only to discover an approxi-mately 3-foot-long, black Texas water snake stretched out between the rear of the engine and the vehicle’s fire-wall. Satsky was finally able to grab the snake using a catch pole and pulled it out from underneath the engine compartment. The snake was released back into the lake without injury to itself or the warden.

GAME WARDEN BLOTTER

Gonzales County Game Warden Dan Waddell was patrolling Lake Wood when he came across several drop lines with tagging violations. Waddell knew the owner and collected the lines to return to him, along with a warning. As he approached the lake cabin owned by the fisherman, Waddell noticed a sunken fish box tied to the dock. Inside, Waddell found two 18-inch channel cat-fish that had been allowed to die and were decomposing. Waddell issued a citation for waste of game fish along

with a couple warnings for the illegal drop lines. Waddell had received complaints against the man over the last few years, but was never able to catch the man in vio-lation. When confronted, the alleged poacher made the comment that the warden had checked him several times and he thought that he and the warden had established a trusting relationship. Waddell responded by saying that he always does his job without offering preferential treat-ment, regardless of relationships.

WARDEN FINALLY LANDS REPEAT OFFENDER



TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING REPORT

NORTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good under birds and pods of shad on soft plastics. Red-fi sh are good in the cuts and drains leading to the marsh on shrimp and scented plastics.

SOUTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good while drifting the reefs on live shrimp and top-waters. Drifters have been working slicks and pods of shad. Trout and redfi sh are good at the jetty on live bait and top-waters. Trout are fair to good at the rigs on fi nger mullet.

BOLIVAR: Trout are good on the south shoreline on soft plastics and top-waters. Black drum, sand trout and redfi sh are good at Rollover Pass. Trout are fair to good in the surf on live shrimp.

TRINITY BAY: Trout are good for drifters work-ing wells and shell pads on shrimp, croakers, soft plastics, Tidal Surges, scented plastics and Sand Eels. Redfi sh are good on live bait around the reefs, in the marsh and at the spillway.

EAST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are good for drifters working deep shell on limetreuse and

plum plastics. Most fi sh have been behind slicks. Whiting and sand trout are good on the edge of the Intracoastal on fresh shrimp. Trout are good on the Ship Channel on croakers and plastics.

WEST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are good for drifters on live bait over reefs. Sheepshead, redfi sh and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs. Offshore is good for tarpon, kingfi sh and ling.

TEXAS CITY: Trout are fair to good on the reefs on live shrimp and croakers. Solid trout have come from the edge of the Ship Channel on croakers and shrimp. Flounder are fair at night for giggers.

FREEPORT: Trout are good at San Luis Pass on shrimp and MirrOlures. Sand trout and sheepshead are good on live shrimp on the reefs in Christmas Bay. Trout, Spanish mack-erel and sand trout are good at the jetties on soft plastics and shrimp.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are fair for drift-ers on live shrimp over humps and scattered

shell. Redfi sh are fair to good on the edge of the Intracoastal on crabs and 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 on the edges of the back lakes on the outgoing tide.

PORT O’CONNOR: Trout and redfi sh are fair on top-waters and live bait over sand, grass and shell in San Antonio Bay. Trout are fair to good in the surf and at the jetty on croakers and soft plastics.

ROCKPORT: Trout are fair to good in the chan-nels 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, redfi sh and sheepshead are fair to good at the jetty on shrimp and croakers. Trout are fair to good in the surf on top-waters, piggies and croakers. Offshore is good for kingfi sh and ling.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Trout are fair to good on the edge of the spoils on scented plastics and live

shrimp. Redfi sh are good in the potholes on shrimp. Trout are fair to good in the deeper holes on croakers and piggy perch.

BAFFIN BAY: Trout are fair on top-waters and croakers around rocks and grass. Trout are fair to good on the King Ranch shoreline on croak-ers, top-waters and plum plastics. Trout are good at night on live shrimp in the Land Cut.

PORT MANSFIELD: Trout are good on top-waters around sand and grass. Redfi sh are fair to good while drifting potholes and on live bait around East Cut.

SOUTH PADRE: Redfi sh and trout are good in the shallows of South Bay and adjacent fl ats on shrimp and scented plastics under rattling corks.

PORT ISABEL: Trout and redfi sh are fair to good on the fl ats on live shrimp and scented plas-tics. Redfi sh are fair to good on live shrimp and mullet around spoils. Trout are fair to good at Laguna Vista on small top-waters.

— TPWD

Consistent troutLONGBAR — According to Capt. Mike Knox on spadre.com, the trout

fi shing around South Padre Island has remained consistent north of the causeway.

Knox wrote that “artifi cial soft plastics rigged on a jig head or under a popping cork are still productive. Top-water plugs are enticing some larger trout to stretch some lines for anglers willing to walk the dog early in the morning. The west side of Longbar has been producing some nice trout later in the evenings.

The deeper water south of Gas Well fl ats might be a good spot to fi sh for redfi sh as the tides fall out. The Intracoastal Waterway still has speckled trout along the edges of the channel.”

To contact Capt. Mike Knox, call (956) 243-0039.

Freelining live croakersROCKPORT — According to Capt. Ron Moore’s fi shing report on fi shrockport.com, the

fi shing has been really good for trout. “We’re using live croakers freelined and fi shing on the shorelines and shell reefs in 2 to 4

feet of water,” Moore wrote. “Some days the trout are 19 to 25 inches and other days they’re

all 15 to 17 inches.”For reds, Moore said the bite has been a little inconsistent.“Redfi shing has been so-so,” he said. “As a result, we are not doing

much of it. Fish the fl ats where you fi nd scattered shell and freeline live piggies.”

To contact Capt. Ron Moore, call (361) 774-3817.

Live bait keySABINE LAKE — The holiday weekend was a good one on Sabine Lake, according to Capt.

Robby Trahan.“During the long Fourth of July weekend, I was able to put my clients on some amazing string-

ers of trout,” he said. “Finally after deciding to switch to live bait, the numbers of trout have improved dramatically. We are fi nding fi sh from the surf to midlake.”

Trahan said with the stable weather pattern holding, catching limits of trout should be a breeze in the next few weeks.

Along with the trout, redfi sh are good in the cuts leading from the marsh on scented plastics and shrimp.

To contact Capt. Robby Trahan, call (337) 309 7881.— Staff report

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Longbar has been producing some nice trout later in the evenings.


Grills said when it gets tough like that, a drop-shot rig can save the day.

“A drop-shot rig with a 4-inch worm will catch a lot of fish on Fork,” he said. “They were shying away from the crankbaits and Carolina rigs.”

With the bite going back to a normal sum-mer pattern, Grills said he is finding almost all of his fish on deep drop-offs on main lake points.

“The fish are grouped together in schools,” he said. “Early in the day, they are scattered and suspended, but about 9:30; those deeper fish start to bite. The best pattern has been main lake points in 15 to 25 feet with a good drop.

“On the south end of the lake, the drop-offs in 18 feet on points are holding a lot of fish.”

At lakeforkguides.info, guide Jason Hoffman also reported a good bite after the front.

“We have had a couple of slow days after this cold front where we had a hard time locating a school of fish that wanted to bite, but that’s not totally unusual for this time of year,” he wrote. “This year, I’m not finding as many schools of fish, but the schools of fish I am finding seem to be bigger than ever. Tuesday, we caught 22 out of one school, and yesterday we caught 16 in each of two differ-ent schools.”

Hoffman has been switching presenta-tions to entice the deep fish to bite.

“For the most part, I am catching all of my fish relating to the bottom in 20 to 22 feet and also in 28 to 30 feet of water,” he wrote. “This time of year, you will always find a Carolina rig with LFT Hyperstick, 1-ounce Santone foot-ball jig in Pinto Beans or Mexican Heather, Strike King 10XD or 6XD crankbait in Sexy Shad, Santone Slamma rig (umbrella rig) and a flutter spoon (in my boat).

“Depending on the day, one bait/presen-tation will outperform all others.”

Another Fork guide, Marc Mitchell, said everyone on the lake is fishing a similar pat-tern.

“I’m catching them in 28 to 30 feet on a Carolina rig and a football jig,” Mitchell said.

“There is also a decent crankbait bite in the middle of the day. It’s all in deeper water, and early in the morning or late in the eve-ning has been the best for me, although that could be due to the weather.

“It’s hard to stay focused with sweat drip-ping into your eyes.”

Mitchell said a 10-inch, blue fleck Power Worm is tough to beat, when you can find them.

“Somebody must also be using them, because I can’t find them anywhere,” he said.

Andrew Grills, (903) 638-1170Jason Hoffman, (903) 456-3691Marc Mitchell, (903) 348-3533

— Staff report

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Photo by Andrew Grills.


April 24, and I got about 6 inches in the next month; since then — nothing. We have had birds calling since the first of May and they are still calling, although the pasture here at Encino is getting desper-ately dry again. We are seeing a few coveys of quail ranging from newly hatched ‘bumblebees’ to small fly-ers, maybe 3 to 4 weeks old.”

Howard said the coveys he has seen appear to be strong.

“Covey size seems pretty large — 10 to 15 chicks per covey,” he said. “We are still seeing lots of pairs and jumping the occasional nesting hen.”

But he cautioned that more quail doesn’t necessarily mean lots of quail.

“Lots of pairs is a relative term,” he said. “It seems like a lot com-pared to the last few years, but not

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in comparison to ‘excel-lent’ quail years when we used to carry over a breeding population that was probably five to six times greater than we did this year.”

Howard said summer rains will be key.

“If we could get some life-saving good rains here in July, we could get the rest of these pairs to produce and probably get some second clutch-ing,” he added. “If this summer does what it did last year (stay green from March through June, get a hatch of birds and then stay dry until Thanksgiving) the current chicks we have and any future hatch chicks will probably just go away.”

Jay Stine, director of Shared Services for Quail Coalition, said positive reports are coming in from all over the state.

“We are hearing the same (positive reports) from a lot of the state,” Stine said. “People seem to be hearing more calls, even in places we haven’t heard calls in the past few years.

“Here at Park Cities Quail, we are cautiously optimistic — we’ve heard birds in the summer before, only to be disap-pointed in the fall.”

Stine said brood reports were also posi-tive.

“Hopefully, the hens will be able to get on the nest a couple of times this year,” he said. “The

hens are in better repro-ductive condition, so we’re pretty happy.”

Dale Rollins of the Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch said in its recent newsletter that he is hearing posi-tive reports daily.

“I’ve received numer-ous emails over the past month to report either novel or numer-ous calling activity,” he wrote. “Several have remarked about the number of birds calling during midday or late afternoon.”

Rollins wrote on positive reports from Central Texas.

“Each day I receive reports from quail-watchers,” Rollins wrote. “This morning (June 28) was the best to date. It comes from JH in Coleman County — ‘We have been in the pastures fairly often lately and are aston-ished with the coveys we see every time we are out. We have seen over 12 large coveys (15–20) birds that are flying big and are coming up fast enough to scare a colt. Last year we only saw birds in the most heav-ily covered areas, but now we are seeing them in more open country.

“Really looks good for a change, if we can just get a little moisture and the July heat doesn’t get them.’”

MORE RAIN WOULD HELP: A few more inches of rainfall would help Texas quail produce another clutch or two before the end of nesting season. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.



HEROES

BDS Outfitter client GREG QUISNEBERRY from Harlingen with a nilgai bull harvested in Willacy County with a .300.

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Deleon hunter CHRIS MORGANSTEAN with a mature bull bison harvested in Comanche County with an open-sighted rifle chambered in .45-70 Government.

KEVIN RISCHMANN shot this 10-pointer with a 20-inch spread near Maypearl on Dec. 24, 2012.

RANDY CONOVER from Rockwall fished Lake Ray Hubbard during a Tuesday night tournament on April 16 and caught this 10.37-pound bass.

MARKI NOWLIN bagged her first turkey with a 10 1/2-inch beard on the family ranch near DeLeon.

EDDIE GONZALES caught this nice bass on a recent trip to Canyon Lake.

RYAN WARNER bagged his first spring gobbler during the youth-only weekend in Menard.

FRANK SILVA caught this 26-inch redfish and 25-inch speckled trout in the Lower Laguna Vista flats on a bone-colored top-water.


and go. We had our lines in the water at about 9:30 a.m.”

The group headed to the Nueces River above Lake Corpus Christi.

Atkins said the group rigged up a shark-fishing pole with tilapia and tossed the bait out, hoping to entice a big gar.

“About one-and-a-half hours later, he hit,” Atkins said. “We thought it was a turtle at first because it moved real slow into the shallows. I reeled up the slack, set the hook and he

ran for a little bit.”The big gar made several

runs before getting close enough to the bank for Notestine to put a rope around the big fish and subdue it.

“When he jumped the first time we knew he was big,” Atkins said. “Once he got to shore, the bank was so muddy it made standing up tough. We finally got a rope on him and took pictures and measurements.

“He was the biggest we have ever seen in person.”

The big fish measured 6

feet 4 inches long and had a 33 1/4-inch girth. Atkins estimated the fish weighed 120 pounds. After measure-ments and pictures, the gar was released back into the Nueces.

Although that was the big-gest fish landed that day, the group still caught a few more gar — several in the 4-foot range.

Atkins was approved for the catch and release water body record and a Big Fish Award with TPWD for his catch.

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Game wardens have busy holiday weekendCase numbers coming in following the July 4 holiday weekend show concentrated enforce-

ment efforts on the state’s lakes and waterways had a significant safety impact.Starting with Operation Dry Water the weekend prior to the holiday, Texas Parks and Wildlife

Department game wardens focused on efforts to reduce the number of boat operators operating under the influence. From June 28 to June 30, game wardens arrested 15 subjects for operat-ing under the influence of alcohol. During the weekend, more than 8,000 vessels were checked and roughly 28,000 boaters were contacted.

“The Operation Dry Water Weekend is a nationwide crackdown on boaters who choose to operate under the influence and it has proven to be a significant eye-opener to the public on the weekend just prior to the nation’s largest boating weekend,” said Asst. Comm. Cody Jones, TPWD boating law administrator.

Texas boaters enjoying fireworks shows on area lakes saw large crowds and a high presence of game wardens patrolling to keep the area safe. Tragically one person did drown on Lake Possum Kingdom, prompting the cancellation of the scheduled fireworks display so that recovery opera-tions could take place. Game wardens also responded to several stranded boaters during a fireworks show on Lake Waco when high winds carried several houseboats downstream; more than two dozen children and adults were transported to shore with no reported injuries.

In Houston, game wardens working with the Harris County District Attorney’s Office con-ducted a saturation patrol on Clear Lake that netted four BWI cases. Present during the operation were an assistant district attorney, a Houston Police Department drug recognition expert and a certified nurse to draw blood.

— TPWD


NATIONALTexas man catches tagged Louisiana redfish, misses prize

The fourth STAR tagged redfish was recently caught on Lake Ponchartrain, according to Coastal Conservation Association Louisiana.

But Dr. David Nelson, of Rockwall, was not registered for the tournament and forfeited the brand new 21-foot Nautic Star boat, 150-horsepower four-stroke Mercury and the Mike Gerald’s trailer he would have collected.

“I couldn’t believe the mistake I had made when I saw the fish. I was actually a card-carrying member when it was GCCA and I lived in New Orleans,” Nelson said. “I just asked for a CCA and STAR lifetime membership just so it doesn’t happen again.”

— CCA

New bowfishing record carp in Ohio

A new Ohio record carp taken by bowfishing has been certified by the Outdoor Writers of Ohio State Record Fish Committee.

The new state record carp, weighing 53.65 pounds, was caught by Patrick Johnson of Toledo, Ohio in the Sandusky County portion of Lake Erie’s waters. Johnson arrowed the carp June 9 using a fish point tethered with 200-pound test Fast Flight line. Johnson’s record carp is 45 inches long and 32 1/4 inches in girth.

His catch replaces the previous state bowfishing record carp that was arrowed in Sandusky Bay by Rich Cady on May 28, 2008, weighing 47.65 pounds and measuring 38 inches long.

— Outdoor Writers of Ohio

EPA says more than half of rivers in trouble

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released the results of the first comprehensive survey looking at the health of thousands of stream and river miles across the country, finding that more than half — 55 percent — are in poor con-dition for aquatic life.

“The health of our nation’s rivers, lakes, bays and coastal waters depends on the vast network of streams where they begin, and this new science shows that America’s streams and rivers are under significant pressure,” said Office of

Water Acting Assistant Administrator Nancy Stoner. “We must continue to invest in protecting and restoring our nation’s streams and rivers as they are vital sources of our drinking water, provide many recreational opportunities, and play a critical role in the economy.”

— EPA

Hawaii bans spearfishing with scuba gear

The Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources has decided in a 4-2 vote to ban scuba spearfishing off West Hawaii after hearing more than six hours of testimonials. This type of fishing, assisted by scuba gear, is common by local fishermen who vocalized their opposition to the ban.

The AP reported the rules were developed over 10 years of discussion and hearings by the West Hawaii Fisheries Council community advisory group.

Tony Costa, of Hawaii Nearshore Fishermen, said banning scuba spearfishing would compromise the community’s abil-ity to gather food, as well as making it unsafe and difficult to gather food. He said the abundant fish catch of fishermen confirms stocks are healthy, the AP reported.

— Staff report

Possible world-record tarpon caught, released in Florida

On June 24, Capt. Justin Moore took four anglers off Anna Maria Island in Florida for a day of sunshine and good fishing.

According to the Bradenton Herald, the group consisted of two of Moore’s long time clients, Drew Denrick and Ron Joyce, and two Wisconsin anglers, Jeremy and Jan Tombl. The group was close to calling it a day when Jan Tombl’s bait was hit by something massive.

Moore was determined to land the fish and for 90 minutes the anglers took turns fighting to wear the tarpon down.

“When it got up to the boat we couldn’t believe the size of it. I’ve seen 200-pound fish before, and this was significantly bigger,” Moore recalled. “Everything was bigger, including the scales, eyeball, and anal fin.”

The captain used a 9-foot custom fishing rod to measure the fish’s length and a line with a bobber to gauge the tar-pon’s dorsal girth. The monster catch came in at 8 feet long and 53 inches in girth, easily the largest anyone on the boat had ever seen.

Experts believe that based on the video and Moore’s mea-surements, the tarpon could have weighed anywhere between 300 and 340 pounds. If confirmed, the catch would be both a state and world record.

— Staff report

ConvExx named new SHOT Show producer

After a national search, the National Shooting Sports Foundation has selected ConvExx as its new SHOT Show management partner. ConvExx replaces Reed Exhibitions.

Based in Las Vegas, ConvExx is privately held and has pro-duced more than 200 shows and events, working with more than a million exhibitors and attendees. ConvExx produces the annual Specialty Equipment Market Association Show, the fourth largest trade show in America.

Reed Expositions, the previous management partner for more than three decades, was terminated after it restricted the sale or exhibition of certain types of firearms at the 2013 Eastern Sports and Outdoors Show, which eventually was postponed.

— Staff report

Smith & Wesson named patriotic brand

Smith & Wesson was listed by a recent survey that listed the firearms manufacturer as one of the country’s most patri-otic brands.

The survey of 4,500 consumers was conducted by a New York-based brand research firm, Brand Keys, and published in the July 3 issue of USA Today. The survey results indi-cated that the Smith & Wesson brand is one of the 25 most patriotic brands in America, a result the company credits to its 161-year commitment to consumers, law enforcement and military customers, as well as its support of Second Amendment freedoms. Founded in 1852, Smith & Wesson is the third-oldest brand on the list and the only firearms manu-facturer to be named. The list also included a host of other industry-leading brands and top market performers across multiple product categories.

— Smith & Wesson


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whitewings that favor the giant sunfl ow-ers haven’t made the adjustment — yet.

“I know that in the Valley and other areas, the whitewings devour them, but they haven’t fi gured it out around here,” he said. “I think what we need is more time for imprinting in our area.”

The crops are a new phenomenon, said Hill County Extension agent Ryan Collett.

“They have only been here a decade,” Collett said. “And now we’re up to 4 to 5 thousand acres (in Hill County). The farmers are getting good results.”

The time of harvest may be a factor in Central Texas.

“They’ll be coming off pretty soon,” Moorehouse said. “They harvest the fl owers before the corn, so I expect the harvest to start in the next two to three weeks.”

Texas AgriLife Extension Wildlife Specialist Dr. James Cathey said there will still be some seeds left on the ground.

“Some seeds will shatter during har-vest,” he said. “But the methods of sow-ing for the crops have become very effi -cient. Whitewings like to stand and pick the seeds from the heads while mourn-ing dove pick the seed off the ground.”

Cathey said the Central Texas fl ow-ers are planted for agricultural purposes, and the harvest occurs prior to the dove opener, whereas in other portions of the state, the fl owers are planted for hunting purposes and the harvest comes later.

But you can have both.“If they left every fi fth row standing,

leaving some stocks, there would be a benefi t for leasing the land to hunters,” he said.

Moorehouse said he’s keeping his eyes open for a change in the birds’ behavior.

“I keep waiting for something great to happen, and I think the whitewings will fi nd them,” he said. “I’m glad peo-ple fi nally fi gured out that the sunfl ow-ers grow great in Central Texas.”

SunflowersContinued From Page 4

LionContinued From Page 4

For several years, the group has been funding scientifi c research on African lions. DSC adopted the position as a way to urge hunters to self-impose harvest restrictions.

According to DSC, “overharvest of young male lions could reduce lion populations overall, posing a real concern to the con-servation and scientifi c management of this species. Furthermore, such reductions in numbers would lead wildlife authorities to reduce quotas. However, research shows that hunting older male lions has no nega-tive effect on populations.”

The lion policy has been adopted by 84 countries.

Recently, Alexander N. Songorwa, direc-tor of wildlife for the Tanzanian Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, wrote an op-ed for The New York Times, and said “odd as it may sound, American trophy hunters play a critical role in protecting wildlife in Tanzania. The millions of dollars that hunt-ers spend to go on safari here each year help fi nance the game reserves, wildlife man-agement areas and conservation efforts in our rapidly growing country.”

Songorwa was alarmed that the United States Fish and Wildlife Service is consider-ing listing the African lion as endangered.

“Doing so would make it illegal for American hunters to bring their trophies home. Those hunters constitute 60 per-cent of our trophy-hunting market, and losing them would be disastrous to our conservation efforts.”

In 2011, fi ve animal rights groups peti-tioned the Fish and Wildlife Service to list the African lion as endangered, argu-ing that the population had fallen danger-ously low because of habitat loss, poach-ing, commercial hunting and new diseases associated with human encroachment.

“While that is true, the lion population in Tanzania is not endangered,” Songorwa wrote. “We have an estimated 16,800 lions, perhaps 40 percent of all lions on the continent, the biggest population in the world. Their numbers are stable here,

PLENTY OF CATS: Even though antihunting groups disagree, lion populations are stable and healthy in Tanza-nian, according to wildlife offi cials. Photo by Lili Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

and while our hunting system is not per-fect, we have taken aggressive efforts to protect our lions … We recently made it illegal to hunt male lions younger than 6 years old to ensure that reproductively active animals remained with their prides.

“And proposed amendments to our wild-life law would further crack down on the export of lions taken illegally, penalize hunting companies that violated our rules and reward those that complied.”

— Staff report


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“I probably caught seven trout over 7 pounds this spring,” Wyatt said.

Wyatt said the early summer has been a great time to catch big trout this year.

“It’s been very good for big fi sh, but we’ve caught them from Baffi n to Port Mansfi eld,” he said. “They just aren’t in one spot.”

And it pays to go fi shing with Wyatt.“I took a high school kid out the other

morning and he caught an 8.8-pound trout,” he said. “He is currently leading the Teen STAR Division.”

Below are the current standings for the CCA Texas STAR Tournament as of June 30.

Starkids Scholarship Division (ages 6-10):Flounder: Lilly Ann Kaspar; 3 pounds, 12 ouncesSheepshead: Nicholas Jackson; 5 pounds, 5 ouncesGafftop: Kayleigh Ritchey; 6 pounds, 6 ounces

Scholarship Trout Division (ages 11-17):Upper Coast trout: NoneMiddle Coast trout: NoneLower Coast trout: Cole McGrew; 8 pounds, 8 ouncesScholarship Inshore Division:Flounder: Zachary Wigginton; 4 pounds, 6 ouncesSheepshead: Hunter Wagenschein; 6 pounds, 14 ouncesGafftop: Jarren Mahon; 6 poundsMain Divisions:Upper Coast trout: Jeremy Bane; 8 pounds, 13 ouncesMiddle Coast trout: Raymond Gann; 8 pounds, 5 ouncesLower Coast trout: Dan Wyatt; 10 pounds, 2 ouncesKingfi sh: Joesph Messina III; 55 pounds, 14 ouncesDorado: Marlin Johnson; 46 pounds, 7 ouncesLing: Alan Parker; 71 pounds, 13 ouncesFlounder: Paul C. Gaylord; 7 pounds, 10 ouncesSheepshead: Jamie Ybarra; 10 pounds, 4 ouncesGafftop: Jill Yarbrough; 7 pounds, 1 ounceTagged Redfi sh: L.D. Whitehead, Caleb Morales, Bret Coggins.

CCAContinued From Page 8

I just kept the rod on him and reeled when I could. I think the kayak acted as a natural drag during the nearly two-hour fi ght.”

Butler watched the whole thing from his kayak.

“Matt fought the fi sh for 1 hour and 45 minutes before fi nally bringing him to the side of the boat where he was measured using the stern of the boat and the location of one of the handles on the kayak’s side,” Butler said.

With no gloves and no way to handle the big fi sh once it got to the side of the boat, the two anglers measured

the fi sh at approximately 6 feet in length and 15 inches wide, and estimated his weight at 145 pounds.

Then came another prob-lem — Bush had left his camera on the beach, and Butler had used his last four pictures while Bush was fi ghting the fi sh.

“We both touched the fi sh and called him landed,” Bush said. “It hurt not hav-ing any pictures, but that fi sh is seared into my mem-ory. It’s defi nitely the biggest fi sh I have ever caught.”

Bush was using a medium-weight rod with 25-pound test line set up for kingfi sh with a frozen cigar minnow. The trip in was a long paddle.

“The trip back to shore took

the better part of two hours,” Butler said. “At the shoreline, I was greeted by a man who lived in a house on the beach. He stated that he watched the whole episode through some high-powered binoculars. He claimed that he had never seen kayaks that far out and he estimated that, based on the strength of his binoculars, we were at least four miles out.”

When Bush got back to his family, they were less than impressed, according to Butler.

“Upon return to the beach house two and half hours later than expected, Matt was not lavished with praise as the heroic sportsman he had proven to be,” he said. “He was only asked to put sun block on the kids.”

TarponContinued From Page 11


There are a few still on the nests in some creeks, but they are starting to roam and search for food.

“The bluegill are super active and the redbreasted (sunfi sh) are also active.”

Dewey said he has been catch-ing all six species of panfi sh this month — bluegills, green sun-fi sh, longear sunfi sh, redbreasted sunfi sh, redear sunfi sh and war-mouth — along with good num-bers of Rios.

“We’ve been catching fi sh in

the creeks between 2 and 3 feet — really shallow,” he said. “In the lakes, we are fi nding them in the 4- to 8-foot range. If you have sunken brush piles, the bluegills are all over those, as well.

“It depends on where you fi sh, but most of the panfi sh are in 5 to 10 feet of water.”

Dewey, who holds almost a dozen panfi sh state records, including the pending catch and release record Rio Grande cichlid at 11 1/2 inches, said nightcrawl-

ers are the best bait.“Worms are the best bet, but

artifi cials like the small, curl-tailed grubs also do fi ne,” he said.

Dewey said some Rios are still on the nest, and the time to catch the trophy-sized fi sh is August and September. He said most Hill Country rivers hold good numbers of panfi sh.

In North Texas, angler Richard Daniels said the bluegill bite was going strong on Dallas Metroplex lakes.

“We have been catching some big bluegills on worms and min-nows,” he said. “Brush piles have been key, as well as fi shing arti-fi cials underneath overhanging branches on brushy shorelines. They are really biting right now, especially in the cooler morn-ings and evenings.”

Good panfi sh reports have also emerged from Lake Ray Roberts, Lake Lavon and Richland Chambers. Many urban ponds are also producing fi sh.

PanfishContinued From Page 9

RELAXING DAYS: When it gets hot, grab a cold drink, stand on the bank or get in a jonboat and enjoy some panfi sh action. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

Two killed in boating accident on Lake Fork

Game Wardens have identifi ed the victims involved in a double fatality boating accident on Lake Fork as Justin Douglas Wilcox, 34, of Oglesby, and Walter Edward Serbon Jr., 69, Yantis.

The incident involved two vessels and occurred July 1 at about 8:45 p.m. Both vessel operators were killed. A child passenger in one of the vessels was severely injured and transported by helicopter from the scene to a Dallas area hospital.

One of the vessels involved sank at the scene and will be raised with specialized lift bags and then towed to shore for further investigation.

— Staff report

Coast Guard searches for man lost in Sabine

The Coast Guard, Port Arthur Fire Department and Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department are searching for a 56-year-old man after a collision occurred between the tug and barge Father Seelos and the missing man’s pleasure craft about 500 feet west of Goat Island in Sabine Lake, July 7.

Missing is John Tran of Bridge City.The captain of Father Seelos con-

tacted Vessel Traffi c Service Port Arthur at approximately 2:30 p.m., notifying them of the collision.

“We’re utilizing all efforts possible to locate the missing person,” said Senior Chief Petty Offi cer Joshua Tidey, an operations specialist at Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston. “We currently have two surfaces assets, an air asset, and two partner agencies conducting search and rescue operations.”

— USCG


deeper and we were catching them in the 3- to 4-foot range.”

Kohleffel said the trout were all between 18 and 27 inches, with a 7 1/2-pounder being the biggest he caught.

“The fi sh were all good-sized and heavy for this time of year,” he said. “The water was really stained up around Baffi n, all the way to the 37 bridge, with a lot of algae in it. I also talked to some guys stay-ing next door to us, and they were having good success on artifi cials.

“They were catching some nice trout early on top-waters and then switching to soft plastics later in the day.”

Kohleffel said the trout bite dropped off after 10:30 a.m.

Baffi n Bay angler Dan Wyatt said salty water and low tides have made fi shing tougher around the Land Cut, but good trout can be caught.

“The Land Cut seems to have some thicker fi sh,” he said. “They are very healthy.”

Along the upper coast, Sabine

Lake has turned on recently for trout.

“The bite has improved over the past few days, especially for the live bait fi shermen fi shing the Intracoastal Waterway,” said Sabine Lake guide Dickie Colburn on his fi shing report at sabinelake.blogs.com. “The bait of choice has been fi nger mullet and shad, and even the smaller shad are work-ing just fi ne. We haven’t seen a lot of bird activity in the lake, but the shad are out there, as well, and the gafftop are right behind them, along with the trout.”

Colburn wrote the size of the trout is also improving.

“We are catching very decent trout up to maybe 5 pounds, but the numbers have been good on fi sh in the 17- to 20-inch class,” he wrote. “There have been, how-ever, some very good trout caught this week. I know of one 27-inch fi sh caught on a Super Spook and released and two others that were over 7 pounds that were caught on fi nger mullet.”

TroutContinued From Page 1

STILL BIG ONES: Anglers along the lower coast are still fi nding big trout in 3 to 5 feet of water. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

“There are lots of them,” Doxey said. “We are getting a shot or two a day on marlin right now.”

Along the midcoast, Paula Housman at Deep Sea Headquarters said the party boats are catching good numbers of Atlantic sharpnose sharks, ling and dorado.

“They have been using sardines, squid and cut bat,” she said. “The distances offshore have depended on the weather every day. It has been

different for each trip.”Other captains reported a good summer king-

fi sh bite when the weather halted boats from going too far offshore because of high seas.

On the lower coast, the offshore bite has been pretty slow, according to Capt. Todd Lohry.

“We were targeting kings near the jetties but they have disappeared,” he said. “With the weather we’ve been having and the storms, it

has been pretty slow.”Lohry said he expects the fi shing to pick up

when the shrimpers get back to business and the kingfi sh return.

Paparda Rey, (713) 253-3699Deep Sea Headquarters, (361) 749-5597Capt. Todd Lohry, (956) 299-0444

— Staff report

OffshoreContinued From Page 8

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The main character of “Finding Karawala,” written by Texas author Pirate Lanford, Johnson finds the fish he seeks. But that isn’t all he finds.

Based on Lanford’s real-life adventures, “Finding Karawala” is a fast-paced novel about the joys of slowing down, get-ting away from the world and casting to swarms of tarpon and snook, the likes of which may never be seen again.

When Johnson arrives at the small coastal vil-lage of Karawala on Nicaragua’s Atlantic coast, he meets peo-ple from a culture untouched by the out-side world, unencum-bered by the normal rigors of life, who just want to be left alone.

Johnson befriends the village and decides to build a fishing lodge to show Americans the finest tarpon and snook fishery in the world. But life isn’t all roses for Johnson.

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At its heart, this novel is about finding something in your life that makes sense and fighting to keep it. For some it would be the fishing, for others it is the prospect of leaving all that we know behind for a chance to

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“Finding Karawala” is well-written and insightful. It would be fun to sit down and have a beer with McBeth Johnson (or Pirate Lanford) and talk about the great fishing, the way it used to be and the way it will never be again. In the end, the

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lets, cut slashes in them down their lengths. Season liberally with the garlic salt and Cajun seasoning. Cover with onion slices and evenly pour the melted butter over the top. Pour a generous amount of BBQ sauce over the top. Fold and seal the foil around the fi sh making sure it doesn’t touch the top of the fi sh. Place on cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes or until fi sh fl akes easily. Let rest for a few minutes.

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Slice the top of the head of garlic off and set the garlic in a “nest” made of aluminum foil. Drizzle some olive oil into the cut cloves and seal the foil. Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside.

Bring the chicken broth to a sim-mer. Drop the quail breasts into the broth and turn off the heat. Cover the pot and let this sit for 5 to 15 min-utes. Carefully remove the cloves from the head of garlic. Toast the pine nuts in a dry sauté pan over medium-high heat, tossing them frequently to toast all sides. To compose the salad, divide all the ingredients between four plates and drizzle a little of the olive oil from the quail bowl over everything. Garnish with some pars-ley and grind black pepper over the plates. Serve at room temperature.

— Pheasants Forever

Spanish quail salad

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Freeport HarborDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightJul 12 7:33 AM 1.5H 2:53 PM 0.8L 6:12 PM 0.9HJul 13 12:07 AM 0.3L 7:52 AM 1.4H 2:57 PM 0.6L 7:50 PM 0.9HJul 14 12:48 AM 0.5L 8:11 AM 1.3H 3:16 PM 0.4L 9:33 PM 0.9HJul 15 1:39 AM 0.8L 8:27 AM 1.2H 3:48 PM 0.2L 11:19 PM 1.1HJul 16 3:00 AM 1.0L 8:37 AM 1.2H 4:30 PM 0.0LJul 17 12:53 AM 1.3H 5:20 PM -0.2LJul 18 2:05 AM 1.6H 6:13 PM -0.4LJul 19 3:02 AM 1.8H 7:08 PM -0.6LJul 20 3:52 AM 1.9H 8:03 PM -0.7LJul 21 4:38 AM 1.9H 8:57 PM -0.7LJul 22 5:19 AM 1.9H 9:51 PM -0.6LJul 23 5:55 AM 1.8H 12:03 PM 1.2L 3:04 PM 1.3H 10:43 PM -0.4LJul 24 6:26 AM 1.6H 12:29 PM 1.0L 4:25 PM 1.2H 11:35 PM -0.1LJul 25 6:53 AM 1.5H 1:02 PM 0.8L 5:47 PM 1.2HJul 26 12:28 AM 0.2L 7:16 AM 1.3H 1:42 PM 0.6L 7:15 PM 1.2H

South Padre IslandDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightJul 12 7:41 AM 1.1H 11:57 PM 0.1LJul 13 7:43 AM 1.1H 2:16 PM 0.6L 6:11 PM 0.7HJul 14 12:34 AM 0.3L 7:43 AM 1.0H 2:47 PM 0.4L 8:46 PM 0.7HJul 15 1:16 AM 0.5L 7:40 AM 1.0H 3:27 PM 0.1L 11:49 PM 0.8HJul 16 2:07 AM 0.8L 7:31 AM 1.0H 4:14 PM -0.2LJul 17 2:13 AM 1.0H 4:21 AM 1.0L 6:57 AM 1.0H 5:06 PM -0.5LJul 18 3:12 AM 1.2H 5:59 PM -0.7LJul 19 4:01 AM 1.4H 6:54 PM -0.9LJul 20 4:45 AM 1.5H 7:48 PM -1.0LJul 21 5:24 AM 1.5H 8:41 PM -1.0LJul 22 5:56 AM 1.4H 9:33 PM -0.8LJul 23 6:20 AM 1.3H 10:50 AM 1.1L 1:39 PM 1.2H 10:22 PM -0.6LJul 24 6:36 AM 1.2H 11:18 AM 0.9L 3:15 PM 1.1H 11:10 PM -0.3LJul 25 6:47 AM 1.1H 12:00 PM 0.7L 4:49 PM 1.0H 11:56 PM 0.0LJul 26 6:54 AM 1.0H 12:49 PM 0.4L 6:30 PM 0.9H

Port O’ConnorDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightJul 12 2:25 AM -0.1L 11:41 AM 0.3HJul 13 2:51 AM 0.0L 10:28 AM 0.3H 5:38 PM 0.1L 8:36 PM 0.1HJul 14 2:58 AM 0.1L 9:56 AM 0.3H 5:57 PM 0.0LJul 15 9:04 AM 0.3H 6:27 PM -0.1LJul 16 8:49 AM 0.4H 7:05 PM -0.2LJul 17 8:40 AM 0.5H 7:50 PM -0.3LJul 18 8:51 AM 0.6H 8:42 PM -0.4LJul 19 9:26 AM 0.6H 9:39 PM -0.4LJul 20 10:12 AM 0.7H 10:36 PM -0.5LJul 21 11:06 AM 0.7H 11:33 PM -0.5LJul 22 12:04 PM 0.6HJul 23 12:26 AM -0.4L 1:09 PM 0.5HJul 24 1:14 AM -0.3L 11:21 AM 0.4HJul 25 1:57 AM -0.2L 10:55 AM 0.3H 2:54 PM 0.3L 6:02 PM 0.3 HJul 26 2:31 AM 0.0L 9:52 AM 0.3H

RockportDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightJul 12 3:15 AM 0.0L 11:49 AM 0.1HJul 13 3:31 AM 0.0L 11:18 AM 0.1H 6:27 PM 0.0L 10:06 PM 0.0HJul 14 3:29 AM 0.0L 10:59 AM 0.1H 7:01 PM 0.0LJul 15 10:45 AM 0.1H 7:39 PM -0.1LJul 16 10:40 AM 0.2H 8:21 PM -0.1LJul 17 10:51 AM 0.2H 9:09 PM -0.1LJul 18 11:20 AM 0.2H 10:00 PM -0.2LJul 19 12:05 PM 0.2H 10:55 PM -0.2LJul 20 12:58 PM 0.3H 11:50 PM -0.2LJul 21 1:57 PM 0.3HJul 22 12:42 AM -0.2L 2:58 PM 0.2HJul 23 1:29 AM -0.1L 4:01 PM 0.2HJul 24 2:08 AM -0.1L 5:10 PM 0.2HJul 25 2:34 AM -0.1L 6:40 PM 0.1HJul 26 2:43 AM 0.0L 9:53 AM 0.1H 3:57 PM 0.0L 9:01 PM 0.1H

Houston2013 A.M. P.M. SUN MOONJune-July Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets12 Fri 9:07 2:56 9:29 3:18 06:28 08:23 10:25a 10:59p 13 Sat 9:56 3:45 10:19 4:08 06:29 08:23 11:19a 11:33p 14 Sun 10:46 4:34 11:09 4:57 06:29 08:23 12:15p NoMoon 15 Mon Q 11:36 5:24 ----- 5:48 06:30 08:22 1:13p 12:09a 16 Tue 12:02 6:13 12:26 6:39 06:30 08:22 2:14p 12:48a 17 Wed 12:50 7:04 1:18 7:31 06:31 08:22 3:17p 1:32a 18 Thu 1:41 7:56 2:10 8:25 06:32 08:21 4:21p 2:20a 19 Fri 2:34 8:49 3:04 9:20 06:32 08:21 5:25p 3:15a 20 Sat 3:29 9:44 4:00 10:15 06:33 08:20 6:26p 4:16a 21 Sun > 4:25 10:41 4:56 11:12 06:33 08:20 7:23p 5:21a 22 Mon > 5:24 11:39 5:54 ----- 06:34 08:19 8:14p 6:28a 23 Tue F 6:23 12:09 6:52 12:37 06:34 08:19 9:00p 7:37a 24 Wed > 7:23 1:09 7:50 1:36 06:35 08:18 9:42p 8:43a 25 Thu > 8:21 2:08 8:47 2:34 06:36 08:18 10:21p 9:47a 26 Fri 9:18 3:06 9:43 3:31 06:36 08:17 10:59p 10:49a 27 Sat 10:13 4:01 10:37 4:25 06:37 08:17 11:37p 11:49a 28 Sun 11:05 4:53 11:29 5:17 06:37 08:16 NoMoon 12:46p 29 Mon 11:55 5:43 ----- 6:06 06:38 08:15 12:16a 1:43p 30 Tue Q 12:18 6:30 12:42 6:54 06:38 08:15 12:56a 2:37p 31 Wed 1:03 7:15 1:27 7:39 06:39 08:14 1:37a 3:30p

Port Aransas, H. Caldwell PierDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightJul 12 7:31 AM 1.2H 1:50 PM 0.7L 4:50 PM 0.8H 11:59 PM 0.1LJul 13 7:38 AM 1.2H 2:17 PM 0.6L 6:56 PM 0.8HJul 14 12:36 AM 0.4L 7:43 AM 1.2H 2:53 PM 0.4L 9:30 PM 0.9HJul 15 1:19 AM 0.8L 7:45 AM 1.2H 3:35 PM 0.2LJul 16 12:22 AM 1.2H 2:28 AM 1.1L 7:38 AM 1.3H 4:23 PM 0.0LJul 17 2:02 AM 1.5H 5:14 PM -0.3LJul 18 2:55 AM 1.7H 6:06 PM -0.5LJul 19 3:41 AM 1.9H 6:59 PM -0.7LJul 20 4:24 AM 1.9H 7:52 PM -0.8L 5:03 AM 1.9HJul 21 8:43 PM -0.9LJul 22 5:37 AM 1.8H 9:33 PM -0.8LJul 23 6:05 AM 1.6H 11:25 AM 1.2L 1:47 PM 1.3H 10:21 PM -0.6LJul 24 6:27 AM 1.5H 11:45 AM 1.0L 3:24 PM 1.2H 11:08 PM -0.3LJul 25 6:44 AM 1.3H 12:18 PM 0.8L 4:57 PM 1.1H 11:53 PM 0.1LJul 26 6:57 AM 1.3H 1:01 PM 0.6L 6:36 PM 1.1H

San Antonio2013 A.M. P.M. SUN MOONJune-July Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets12 Fri 9:20 3:09 9:42 3:31 06:42 08:35 10:38a 11:11p 13 Sat 10:09 3:58 10:31 4:20 06:42 08:35 11:32a 11:46p 14 Sun 10:58 4:47 11:21 5:10 06:43 08:34 12:28p NoMoon 15 Mon Q 11:48 5:36 ----- 6:00 06:43 08:34 1:26p 12:22a 16 Tue 12:15 6:26 12:39 6:52 06:44 08:34 2:27p 1:02a 17 Wed 1:03 7:16 1:30 7:44 06:44 08:33 3:30p 1:45a 18 Thu 1:54 8:08 2:23 8:37 06:45 08:33 4:34p 2:34a 19 Fri 2:46 9:02 3:17 9:32 06:45 08:33 5:38p 3:29a 20 Sat 3:41 9:57 4:12 10:28 06:46 08:32 6:39p 4:29a 21 Sun > 4:38 10:53 5:09 11:24 06:46 08:32 7:35p 5:34a 22 Mon > 5:36 11:51 6:06 ----- 06:47 08:31 8:26p 6:42a 23 Tue F 6:36 12:21 7:04 12:50 06:48 08:31 9:12p 7:50a 24 Wed > 7:35 1:22 8:02 1:49 06:48 08:30 9:55p 8:56a 25 Thu > 8:34 2:21 8:59 2:47 06:49 08:30 10:34p 10:00a 26 Fri 9:31 3:18 9:56 3:43 06:49 08:29 11:12p 11:02a 27 Sat 10:26 4:13 10:50 4:38 06:50 08:29 11:50p 12:01p 28 Sun 11:18 5:06 11:42 5:30 06:50 08:28 NoMoon 12:59p 29 Mon ----- 5:55 12:07 6:19 06:51 08:27 12:29a 1:55p 30 Tue Q 12:30 6:42 12:54 7:06 06:52 08:27 1:09a 2:50p 31 Wed 1:15 7:27 1:39 7:51 06:52 08:26 1:51a 3:42p

Amarillo2013 A.M. P.M. SUN MOONJune-July Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets12 Fri 9:33 3:22 9:55 3:44 06:42 09:02 10:50a 11:26p 13 Sat 10:22 4:11 10:45 4:33 06:42 09:01 11:46a NoMoon 14 Sun 11:12 5:00 11:35 5:23 06:43 09:01 12:45p NoMoon 15 Mon Q ----- 5:50 12:02 6:14 06:43 09:01 1:45p 12:32a 16 Tue 12:28 6:39 12:52 7:05 06:44 09:00 2:49p 1:09a 17 Wed 1:16 7:30 1:44 7:57 06:45 09:00 3:54p 1:50a 18 Thu 2:07 8:22 2:36 8:51 06:45 08:59 5:00p 2:37a 19 Fri 3:00 9:15 3:30 9:45 06:46 08:59 6:04p 3:30a 20 Sat 3:54 10:10 4:26 10:41 06:47 08:58 7:05p 4:31a21 Sun > 4:51 11:07 5:22 11:37 06:47 08:57 8:00p 5:37a 22 Mon > 5:50 ----- 6:19 12:05 06:48 08:57 8:49p 6:46a 23 Tue F 6:49 12:35 7:17 1:03 06:49 08:56 9:32p 7:57a 24 Wed > 7:49 1:35 8:15 2:02 06:49 08:56 10:11p 9:06a 25 Thu > 8:47 2:34 9:13 3:00 06:50 08:55 10:48p 10:13a 26 Fri 9:44 3:32 10:09 3:57 06:51 08:54 11:24p 11:17a 27 Sat 10:39 4:27 11:03 4:51 06:52 08:53 NoMoon 12:19p 28 Sun 11:31 5:19 11:55 5:43 06:52 08:53 NoMoon 1:19p 29 Mon ----- 6:09 12:20 6:32 06:53 08:52 12:35a 2:18p 30 Tue Q 12:44 6:56 1:08 7:20 06:54 08:51 1:13a 3:14p 31 Wed 1:29 7:41 1:53 8:05 06:55 08:50 1:54a 4:08p

Dallas2013 A.M. P.M. SUN MOONJune-July Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets12 Fri 9:13 3:02 9:35 3:24 06:27 08:36 10:29a 11:05p 13 Sat 10:02 3:51 10:24 4:13 06:27 08:35 11:25a 11:38p 14 Sun 10:51 4:40 11:14 5:03 06:28 08:35 12:22p NoMoon 15 Mon Q 11:41 5:29 ----- 5:53 06:28 08:35 1:22p 12:13a 16 Tue 12:08 6:19 12:32 6:45 06:29 08:34 2:24p 12:50a 17 Wed 12:56 7:09 1:23 7:37 06:30 08:34 3:28p 1:33a 18 Thu 1:47 8:01 2:16 8:30 06:30 08:33 4:34p 2:20a 19 Fri 2:39 8:55 3:10 9:25 06:31 08:33 5:38p 3:14a 20 Sat 3:34 9:50 4:05 10:21 06:31 08:32 6:39p 4:15a 21 Sun > 4:31 10:46 5:02 11:17 06:32 08:32 7:34p 5:20a 22 Mon > 5:29 11:44 5:59 ----- 06:33 08:31 8:24p 6:29a 23 Tue F 6:29 12:14 6:57 12:43 06:33 08:31 9:09p 7:38a 24 Wed > 7:28 1:15 7:55 1:42 06:34 08:30 9:49p 8:46a 25 Thu > 8:27 2:14 8:52 2:40 06:35 08:30 10:27p 9:52a 26 Fri 9:24 3:11 9:49 3:36 06:35 08:29 11:04p 10:55a 27 Sat 10:19 4:06 10:43 4:31 06:36 08:28 11:40p 11:56a 28 Sun 11:11 4:59 11:35 5:23 06:37 08:28 NoMoon 12:56p 29 Mon ----- 5:48 12:00 6:12 06:37 08:27 12:18a 1:53p 30 Tue Q 12:23 6:35 12:47 6:59 06:38 08:26 12:56a 2:49p 31 Wed 1:08 7:20 1:32 7:44 06:39 08:25 1:37a 3:42p

Carolina BBQ catfi sh

*email LSON your favorite recipe to [email protected].

ACROSS1. Favorite food for deer

4. Used to wash out gundog’s eyes 9. A perch10. A fi sh to be11. Tuna is often eaten out of one12. A duck14. Constructing a fl y lure15. The wolf is one19. A good bluegill bait20. Act of scanning area for game21. Good to have in a blind25. Species of large lake trout28. Forward of a gun barrel29. A male elk30. A large plains game34. A herd’s move to new area for food36. A sight on a scope37. Term for the leader on a fl yrod38. A deer

DOWN1. A group of geese

2. Term for a wounded game 3. To lose an antler 4. A grouse 5. A part of a fi shline 6. The grommet on a fl yrod 7. Term for tiring a fi sh to land it 8. Some material in large nests13. Fish eggs16. Part of an antler17. Slang name for a really large bass

LastJuly 29Full

July 22New

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18. A wood used in arrow shafts

20. The V fl yers22. Protective aids for bow-

men23. To construct a fl y lure24. Fishing tackle

26. A favored area for game and fowl

27. The wild sheep31. Part of a fi shline32. A brand of optic33. To ensnare35. A deer resting place

3 cups chicken brothBreast meat from 8 quail1/4 cup high-quality olive oil3 to 4 preserved roasted red pep-pers, cut into strips3 green onions, sliced thin (white parts only)1/3 cup pine nuts1 head garlicParsley, salt and pepper to taste



Representatives of shotgun shell manufacturers have one recom-mendation for the 200,000-plus dove hunters thinking about the Sept. 1 opener.

Buy your shells now.Dewey Godfrey works at Bliss-

Murski Sales, Inc., which repre-sents Remington in the area, and he worked for Remington for 32 years before that.

“Hunters shoot more shells in the first 10 days of dove season that in all of the other bird hunt-ing seasons combined,” he said. “The average hunter shoots seven times to kill a dove.”

Dealers are scrambling to find inventory, Godfrey said.

“They are placing multiple large orders hoping one of them will get filled in time,” he said. “Then they will cancel the orders that aren’t filled.”

It’s a matter of high demand for other ammunition and primers used in many types of ammuni-tion, Godfrey said. And, in some instances, hoarding.

“The Remington plant is run-ning three shifts per day, five days per week,” he said. “The other two days are two shifts per day, with the third used for cleaning.”

David Deveny of Owens Outdoor Sales, who reps Fiocchi Ammunition, said he wouldn’t expect as many opening day bargains.

“Manufacturers are still running 60- to 90-days behind,” he said. “With

that kind of lapse, they may not be able to catch up by then. I wouldn’t expect the prices to drop much.”

A mass shortage isn’t expected,

but frustration could set in for the last-minute shoppers, and the selection of types and brands could be limited. Sales representa-

tives at Winchester Gallery in Fort Worth said their shotshell supply is good. But running to the store on August 31 and expecting to find

pallets of shells to choose from may be a gamble not worth taking.

“I would buy my dove loads now,” Deveny said.

LONE STAR MARKET

To advertise in this section, call Mike Hughs at (214) 361-2276 or email him at [email protected].

Play it safe, buy your dove loads early

BUY THEM NOW: Shotgun ammunition could run low during the rush before the dove season opener, so hunters should stock up now. Photo by David J. Sams, LSON.


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To advertise in this section, call Mike Hughs at (214) 361-2276 or email him at [email protected].

July 13Bass ChampsNorth Division, Cedar Creek tournament(817) 439-3274basschamps.com

July 18Coastal Conservation AssociationGreater Woodlands Chapter BanquetThe Grand Palace, Spring(281) 757-5011ccatexas.org

July 19-20Exotic Wildlife AssociationTrophy Game Records of the World Awards BanquetEmbassy Suites, San Marcos(830) 367-7761myewa.org

July 19-21Texas Hunters & Sportsman’s ExpoMcAllen Convention Centertexashunterassociation.com

July 20-21Texas Gun and Knife ShowAmarillo Civic Center(830) 285-0575texasgunandknifeshows.com

Premier Gun ShowBig Town Event Center, Mesquite(817) 732-1194premiergunshows.com

July 20Crappie Anglers of TexasLake Texoma tournament(903) 887-0334crappieanglersoftexas.com

Alamo Fly CastersLydia Ann Fly Masters TournamentTarpon Shores Marina, Aransas Passlydiaannfl ymasters.com

July 25-28Port Mansfi eld Fishing Tournament(956) 944-2354portmansfi eldchamber.org

July 25Coastal Conservation AssociationSan Gabriel Chapter BanquetUnited Heritage Conference Center, Round Rock(713) 626-4222ccatexas.org

July 26-27Deer Breeders Corporation6th Annual Convention and AuctionWestin La Cantera, San Antonio(972) 289-3100dbcdeer.com

July 27Rudy’s Texas Redfi sh SeriesFreeport tournamentredfi shseries.com

August 1Ducks UnlimitedAllen DinnerSwingin’ D Ranch, Parker(214) 455-3082ducks.org/texas

August 2-4Texas Trophy Hunters AssociationHouston Hunters ExtravaganzaReliant Center(210) 523-8500ttha.com

August 3-4Texas Gun and Knife ShowAbilene Civic Center(830) 285-0575texasgunandknifeshows.com

August 3Coastal Conservation AssociationGalveston Chapter Annual BanquetMoody Gardens, Galveston(713) 626-4222ccatexas.org

Rocky Mountain Elk FoundationLee County Bull Busters Big Game BanquetDime Box(512) 217-3608rmef.org

Deer FestMPEC Exhibit Hall, Wichita Falls(940) 704-2984deerfestwichitafalls.com

August 8Dallas Woods and Waters ClubSummertime Happy HourBass Pro Shops, Garland(214) 570-8700dwwcc.org

August 9-11SPI Chamber Ladies Kingfi sh Tournament(956) 761-4412spichamber.com

August 16-18Texas Trophy Hunters AssociationFort Worth Hunters ExtravaganzaWill Rogers Center(210) 523-8500ttha.com

August 16Operation Game ThiefClaystoppers ShootoutRio Brazos Hunting Preserve, Simonton(512) 389-4381

San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo2013 Boots ‘N Shoot Sporting Clays TournamentNational Shooting Complex(210) 255-5851sarodeo.com

August 17Crappie Anglers of TexasLake Lavon Tournament(903) 887-0334crappieanglersoftexas.com

Arabia Shrine Sportsmen2013 Shriners ShootoutAmerican Shooting Center, Houston(936) 672-3103arabiashrinesportsmen.com

Through Sept. 2Coastal Conservation Association2013 STAR Tournament(713) 626-4222

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