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May 27, 2011 Texas’ Premier Outdoor Newspaper Volume 7, Issue 19

In bags and bulkProtein feed supplementing

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Inside

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TCU athlete takes expert aim.Page 4

Hunter-shooter❘❚ HUNTING

Texans are reeling in lots of bluegills and one angler from Katy is canning them.

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Panfi sh palooza

Acclaimed “gun dog” artist returns to the easel.

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Jane Metz is back

Shorter season this year, but Gov. Rick Perry seeks bigger quota.

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Snapper

❘❚ FISHING

Big bass program has

critics,supporters

By Conor HarrisonLONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS

Only four of 19 bass turned into the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s ShareLunker program spawned this sea-son — equaling the number of fi sh over 13 pounds that died.

Three of the four fi sh that died were from Falcon Reservoir, a number that has some on the lake wondering just how much the program actually helps the fi sh-ing in South Texas.

“One of the biggest issues I have is three out of the six fi sh turned in this year from Falcon died, and only one was a pure Florida strain bass,” said James Bendele, co-owner of Falcon Lake Tackle. “That has been the trend down here.

“I think it is great publicity and gets more people to fi sh in Texas, but if the goal is to grow bigger fi sh, it’s not working.”

Bendele said fi sh from South Texas spend a lot more time in holding tanks, which contributes to mortality rates.

“These old fi sh are delicate,” he said.

SPORT OR FASHION?: Rose Eliz, manager of Lure Salon in Dallas, models the new feathered hair extensions that are consuming feathers used by fl y-tiers, like the ones shown (below) by Matt Jones of Dallas’ Tailwaters Fly Fishing Com-pany. Photos by Bill Miller, LSON.

Trout action solid along lower coast

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See CRITICS, Page 19

TPWD waiting for Legislature to appropriate money for wildlife projects


The speckled trout haven’t seemed to notice the high winds along the lower Gulf Coast the past few weeks.

Guides near Port Mansfi eld and the Upper Laguna Madre reported the trout bite has

been going strong the past few weeks, along with the wind.

“The trout fi shing has been excellent,” said Capt. Terry Neal of Terry Neal Charters. “There are lots of big fi sh out there right now.”

Neal said he spoke with a friend at the docks near Port Mansfi eld during a recent tour-

nament and the friend told him he’d never seen so many big trout brought to the dock.

Fashion craze puts pinch on

fly-tier feathersBy Bill MillerLONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS

Late last year, tackle shop operators in Texas began noticing some new customers — hair stylists and jew-elry designers with tattoos, piercings and spiked hair.

But they weren’t looking for the latest rods and reels. They wanted feathers, and lots of them — the kinds used by fl y-tiers.

They’re called “saddle” hackles because they come from a rooster’s back, and they are in hot demand for a new style of feathered hair extensions.

Celebrities Miley Cyrus and Jennifer Love Hewitt have See FASHION CRAZE, Page 19


Hunters and anglers who don’t understand why all of the money they spend on Texas Parks and Wildlife Department hunting and fi shing licenses doesn’t go

right back into conserva-tion need to speak with Gene McCarty.

McCarty, deputy execu-tive director for adminis-tration at TPWD, said that, while confusing, money from hunting stamps and the sale of super combo

licenses is easy to track — and most conservation groups don’t understand the process on how the money is allocated.

“It’s not hard to track at all,” McCarty said. “The Legislature does not appro-priate all of the revenue, so

the excess money is held in fund balances. We (TPWD) can’t spend that money until it is allocated by the Legislature.”

McCarty said TPWD polls approximately 5,000 super combo license buyers annually to fi nd out what

species they are hunting or catching.

“We get a reasonable rate of return from those sur-veys,” he said.

Currently, TPWD receives

See PROJECTS, Page 5

BITE ON: Trout are being caught along the lower coast in large num-

bers, despite high winds hampering fi shermen. Photo by LSON.

See TROUT ACTION, Page 19

CATCH AND CALL?: Some anglers don’t call TPWD to come get their big bass when they catch a fi sh that qualifi es for the ShareLunker program. Photo by David J. Sams, LSON.

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HUNTING

Springing for supplemental feed

By Craig NyhusLONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS

Poor range conditions are a deer’s worst nightmare, and while feed stores enjoy the temporary benefi ts of sales of supplemental feed follow-ing a winter of drought and fi res, they, too, pray for rain.

“We’re moving a lot of protein,” said Gabriel Cantu at Mumme’s, Inc. in Pearsall. “Both in bulk and bags of our own brand and other brands.”

Cantu said corn sales are steady, but sales of alfalfa bales and cotton-seed hulls also are up.

“The deer are really picky when they eat the alfalfa, though,” he said.

Studies dating back decades revealed that while the alfalfa leaves are benefi cial and provide good nutrition, the stems can cause stom-ach irritation in deer.

However, South Texas has a nutri-tional benefi t that other parts of the state don’t, Cantu said.

“The landowners are telling me the deer are already eating the mes-quite beans,” he said. “It’s very good for them.”

Has the price of the different choices been a factor this year?

“They fuss about it,” Cantu said. “But just like with the cattle, they know the deer need it this year.”

For those who may be hesitant to provide protein through sup-plemental feed due to the cost, Purina is promoting its Deer Browse Extender as a lower cost alternative for drought-stressed deer.

It’s a high-fi ber, 15-percent protein pellet with a vitamin and mineral package designed to supplement and extend browse in habitats of free-ranging deer and other herbivores.

“And the price is barely more than a bag of corn, maybe 15 to 25 cents,” said Lance Coté at the Mumme’s home store in Hondo.

Cantu said supplemental feed sales have hit all-time highs each month this year.

Gerald Eckel at Lyssey & Eckel, with stores in Poth, George West and Hondo, said sales are way up, and the difference

in cost when compared with corn has shrunk considerably, making the cost of protein less of a factor.

“Corn is up to $8.50 a bag,” he said. “You can buy pro-tein for $9.90 a bag and you’re getting 20-percent protein instead of eight.”

Eckel said the landowners and leaseholders are stepping up out of necessity.

“They’re trying to keep the deer alive,” he said. “There’s not much brush out here for browse — the frost got it twice.”

And the fi res in West Texas have made it more important to feed.

“The deer moved away from the fi res and congregated in smaller areas,” Eckel said. “Then they eat up all the browse.”

Eckel has noticed an increase in customers new to supple-mental feeding.

“At hunting leases where they normally just feed corn leading up to and during the season, they are buying pro-tein to try to help the deer survive,” he said.

While sales of protein and cattle feed are off the chart, both Eckel and Coté said they would much rather see it rain.

“When ranchers have to sell off their cattle, we all lose,” Coté said.

Record sales after drought, fi res

Shooting skills put to good use by TCU athlete, hunter

By Bill MillerLONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS

An eight-point whitetail inspired Sarah Beard to change the colors in her room.

The rich coat of the shoul-der mount, made from her fi rst buck, clashed with the lime green walls.

“A guy probably wouldn’t have lime green walls to begin with,” said Sarah, a student at Texas Christian University. “But I changed mine to a medium green and beige.”

Now the walls comple-ment the trophy mount, and she has added a turkey fan and a goose.

But there are other awards to display.

Sarah, 20, is a key member of TCU’s top-ranking wom-en’s rifl e team.

The Horned Frogs were undefeated this season

under the guidance of Coach Karen Monez, and they fi n-ished third at the NCAA Rifl e Championships.

Sarah, from Danville, Ind., is one of four members of the team who were named All-Americans at the end of the championships.

It was her second year to receive that honor; she also was named an Academic All-American this year.

Sarah, who shoots small-bore and air rifl es, credits her dad, William Beard, for introducing her to shooting sports. He was a member of the U.S. men’s rifl e team at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.

He also immersed his fam-ily in the outdoors. She has two brothers, Christopher and Stephen, and her mother, Karen, is a physician specializ-

TROPHY: Sarah Beard, a junior at Texas Christian University, shows off her fi rst buck, an eight-point whitetail. Her shooting skills are being put to use as she competes for the TCU women’s rifl e team. Photo by Beard family. See TCU SHOOTER, Page 6

STEADY AIM: Competitive shooting challenges an athlete to constantly think, like in a hunting situation, said TCU student Sarah Beard. She does both. Photo by USA Shooting.

HELPING HAND: To combat drought and habitat loss due to fi res, landowners are buying more supplemental feed this year. Photo by David J. Sams, LSON.


Metz back at the easel

By Tony DolleFOR LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS

Jane Metz had found an artistic niche.

Her lifelong passion for sporting dogs, especially pointing dogs, inspired a painting technique that evokes the classic, old-world style.

The work of this Fort Worth-area artist has appeared on just about

every major gundog magazine cover in the U.S. and in major galleries in New York, Dallas, Atlanta and Denver.

She has even painted former President George W. Bush’s Scottish terrier, Barney.

But a three-year absence from working — she was caring for an ailing father — nearly forced her out of the business.

“He was the biggest supporter of my deci-sion to follow my art and see where it could take me,” she said. “His death took me away from this full-time and set me back a bit.”

Earlier this year she got back to the basics and reacquainted herself with her passion.

A friend invited her to an event at the National Bird Dog Museum in Grand Junction, Tenn., and she eagerly accepted.

Hall of Fame members greeted her like she was one of them. In a way, she is. A hunter, dog breeder, trainer and even a top-ranked national show-ring handler, Metz knows dogs.

“I’ve really missed this,” she said, shaking hands with and getting hugs from handlers and dog owners from around the country.

“Being away from this has been hard.”But with all the attention, this Kansas native

(she’s a graduate of Kansas State University) is just about as down-to-earth as they come.

Besides, she said with a laugh, “My mother wouldn’t allow me to be stuck-up.”

Metz never took an art class in high school or college.

“My art is just a refl ection of my experi-ences with sporting dogs throughout my life,” she explained. “As a former breeder and trainer, I know what makes them tick and I know what a good dog looks like.

“I love the classic, old-world poses and my art refl ects that.”

Acclaimed sporting dog artist painting again

Sporting dog breedersmight be exempt from‘Puppy Mill’ bill

The controversial “Puppy Mill” bill cleared the Texas Senate during the fi nal week of the Legislature, with amendments aimed at placating sport-ing dog breeders who felt they were needlessly targeted by the law.

Exemptions approved by the Senate would cover dogs bred for pointing, fl ushing, retrieving, tracking or compet-ing in fi eld or show trials. Livestock dogs and racing dogs would also be exempt.

The new law is meant to crack down on squalid conditions at puppy mills.

The Senate voted 22-9 on May 23 to approve the bill with an amendment that would exempt breeders of hunting dogs.

However, the bill, according to proto-col, was sent back to the House which would either approve or deny amend-ments.

Offi cials with the Ohio-based U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance, which vigorously opposed the bill, said they would wait to see what emerges from the House before declaring victory.

Final votes had not yet been taken by press time.

—Bill Miller

CLASSIC: Jane Metz’s painting style refl ects classic old-world scenes of sporting dogs. Photo by Jane Metz.

estimated revenue of $3.1 million annually from the migratory game bird stamp, but only has appropriated expenditures of $2.5 million. The remaining $600,000 goes into a fund bal-ance. Along with the upland game bird stamp and other license sales, the total fund balance is around $14 million.

Upland game bird hunters are actively lobbying for the release of that $14 million in unused funds they say should go directly into conservation. McCarty said the state uses the excess funds to help balance the state budget, although the money can only be allocated to TPWD’s wildlife division for conservation, habitat projects and research.

“All of our dedicated accounts have fund bal-ances in them,” McCarty said. “Fund 9, the game, fi sh and water safety account, has a fairly signifi cant balance as a whole. Total appropria-tions are less than the revenue, so we build fund balances.”

The excess balance from freshwater fi shing currently is about $700,000, while the saltwater fund has more than $4.5 million, McCarty said.

The state counts those dollars in other areas to balance the budget, but can’t really touch the money. Some would call that fuzzy math.

“The value of the money is used,” McCarty said, “not the money itself. It’s like overdraft pro-tection for a checking account. It’s very confus-ing and arcane.

“We absolutely expect to use that money (for conservation projects) once the state comes out of this budget crisis. We will be making requests to the Legislature to spend that money.”

JANE METZ

ProjectsContinued From Page 1

The Texas Legislature isscheduled to adjourn Monday,

May 30. Check www.lsonews.com for updates.



Jay Johnson and Robert Shive grew up in dif-ferent parts of the country, but they had this in common: neither hunted as kids.

They settled in the same East Dallas neighbor-hood — Jay is a lawyer and Robert works in real estate — but lifelong hunters surrounded them.

The stories told to them were enthralling.“Hunting,” said Jay, “just feels like a Texas

thing to do, like buying a pair of boots or eating a jalapeño. And these guys did all that.

“They wore the boots. They opened doors for women and they went hunting.

“I wanted to be part of that, too.”Robert grew up in the Rio Grande Valley

before getting a degree in accounting from Texas A&M University.

His family camped and fi shed, although they never hunted.

“But,” he added, “I always wondered about it.”

As a kid, Jay lived in several states and Washington, D.C. He graduated from the Naval Academy; after a stint in the service, he earned a law degree at the University of Oklahoma, then settled in Dallas.

In 2002, a member of his law fi rm invited him to hunt deer in Concho County.

Jay said he “jumped all over it” because it was a chance to learn some skills before hunting with his neighbors. That way, he explained, “I wouldn’t look like an idiot in front of them.”

Jay downed a doe on that trip, but he was hooked, so he arranged a return visit a few weeks later.

“Right before dark a big old four-point buck came out, so I got ready to shoot,” Jay said. “Then there was a six-point buck and

then an even bigger eight-point buck. I got the jitters, the whole works.”

But his shot was true on the biggest deer.

“Of course I had him mounted,” Jay said. “He turned out to be a pretty decent buck for my fi rst one.”

Robert had a similar introduc-tion 10 years ago. He was invited to hunt in San Saba County, and he, too, shot a doe. With him was his son, Gentry, who was 5 then.

“Sitting in that deer blind with my 5-year-old son was the coolest thing I’d ever done,” Robert said.

Jay and Robert together lease

another ranch in San Saba County, and they’re no longer neophytes. They speak with authority about proper buck-doe ratios, supplemen-tal feeding and rattling during the rut.

And they’re sharing the experi-ences with their kids. Jay purchased lifetime hunting licenses for him-self and his 15-year-old son, Brooks.

Robert’s son, Gentry, now 15, also hunts, as does 11-year-old son, Landry.

Even daughter Jordan, 16, likes to go to the lease.

“She’ll sit in the blind all day and read a book and not complain once,” Robert said. “But now she thinks she wants to do the hunt-ing, so this is going to be her year.

“I cherish the time with the kids.”

Neophytes to seasoned sportsmenInspired by neighbors, Dallas men

master hunting

ing in family medicine. “We grew up hunting every-

thing: squirrels, ducks, dove, geese and deer,” she said. “Just yesterday I went out turkey hunt-ing with my dad.

“We didn’t get anything, but it was really fun.”

Sarah became interested in shooting sports while watching her dad organize his gear. Then she went to one of his matches and thought that she’d like to try it.

She won the Indiana state championship at age 13 and, six years later, she was shooting for the Frogs. In her freshman year, she helped TCU win the national championship.

Sarah is studying biology and Spanish at the campus in Fort Worth, and is considering a career in wildlife management. Later this summer, she will compete at the World Cup Championship in Munich, Germany.

And following her dad to an Olympic team has crossed her mind.

But with such a hectic sched-ule, there is little time for the out-doors, although she hopes she’ll be able to accept some of the invi-tations to hunt with new friends from Texas.

Not all of her teammates hunt, but, she said, the two pur-suits benefi t each other.

“Shooting, they say, is 99 per-cent mental,” Sarah said. “You have to train hard and train smart.

“You’re always thinking, and I’d say hunting is the same way. The setup, the wind — you’re always thinking, how can I improve my situation and improve my chances at getting something?”

TCU shooterContinued From Page 4

NOVICES NO MORE: Jay Johnson (above) and Robert Shive (below) learned to hunt as adults after becoming enthralled with stories from lifelong hunters in their Dallas neighborhood. Photos by Robert Shive.



FISHING

Legislators vote to legalize noodling in TexasBy Conor HarrisonLONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS

Texans who wish to stick their hands into dark, murky water and wait for a big catfi sh to latch onto them became a happy bunch in the fi nal days of the Texas Legislature.

Often called noodling or grap-pling, hand fi shing for catfi sh is pop-ular in other states such as Oklahoma and Louisiana. But in Texas it had been a class C misdemeanor punish-able by a $500 fi ne — until now.

The so-called “noodling bill” that would legalize hand fi shing passed May 19 in the Texas Senate.

“Most people didn’t know it was against the law,” said Houston-area Rep. Gary Elkins, author of the bill.

“Initially there was opposition with Texas Parks and Wildlife, but we worked it to allow them to write the rules, including creating a season.

“We also gave them authority to create a stamp and charge a fee and put a bag limit on it.”

Some recreational anglers and guides worry the new law could deplete the bigger fi sh, something Elkins doesn’t think will happen.

“The number of people really doing this is pretty small,” he said. “ I am a fi sh-erman and I’m not going to do this.”

The bill passed the Texas house almost unanimously on May 3.

According to Ken Kurzawski, regu-lations and information director for TPWD, the bill will become law as soon as Gov. Rick Perry signs it.

“Right now, (noodling) will go under normal recreational bag limits,” Kurzawski said. “We’ll consider addi-tional restrictions if we feel a need, but that would have to go through the normal regulations process.”

Kurzawski said the only concern he had would be for older, breed-ing fl athead catfi sh in rivers where the bigger fi sh could be targeted by noodlers.

“It could have localized impacts, but I’m not sure how we would get accurate data on that,” he said.

Catfi sh easy to handle, easy to cleanBy Conor HarrisonLONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS

Longtime catfi sh guide Jackie Kennedy knows what it’s like to have your hand torn up by a large catfi sh.

“It feels like a belt sander,” he said. “I had a 30-pound fi sh grab my thumb and twist one-and-a-half times, and I squealed like a little girl.”

Kennedy said there are several things he does to ensure safe handling of catfi sh — both for the fi sh and his clients.

“If I’m going to keep the fi sh, I put it in a cooler with

ice immediately,” he said. “It slows their metabolism and makes them much easier to handle at the dock. It also tends to draw the blood into their organs, and he’ll have less blood near his skin.

“It is easier for me to clean and makes the meat taste better in my opinion.”

To pick the smaller fi sh up, many guides grab the leader and then grab the top of the fi sh with their two fi ngers with the thumb underneath the fi n.

New law passed to foil

tournament fraud

The Texas Legislature is scheduled to adjourn Monday, May 30.

Be checking www.lsonews.comfor up-to-date reports on bills

related to Texas outdoors.

See CATFISH, Page 14


Cheating at fi shing tourna-ments with high-dollar prizes can bring felony charges with the passage of a new bill in the Texas Legislature.

The bill outlaws fraud at

fi shing tournaments, either on Texas lakes or the Gulf Coast.

Rep. Dan Flynn, R-Van, authored the bill.

“You can lie about the size of your fi sh to me, but not at a tournament,” Flynn said. “It’s like anything else —

some people will always be trying to fi gure out how to beat the system instead of playing the game fair.”

Flynn agreed to work on the bill after game wardens and state prosecutors told him about an October 2009 fi sh-fraud incident on Lake

Ray Hubbard, which made national headlines.

Robby Rose, a semi-pro angler, fi shing in the Bud Light Trail’s First Annual Big Bass Tournament, admitted

See NEW LAW, Page 14

Angler savors canned panfi sh


Donald C. Puckett tends to gross out his coworkers when he tops a saltine with the bluegills that he crammed into a glass jar a year ago.

Maybe it’s because the whole idea of “canned” fi sh reminds them of a school sci-ence project pre-served in formal-dehyde.

But, Puckett, or “Puck” to his fi shing buddies,

proudly says that the same people devour his fi sh croquettes.

Then they’re surprised to learn that he substituted salmon with the canned bluegills that he caught months ago with his grandkids.

The angler from Katy said his fi sh are no different from grocery store salmon that is packaged in cans or pouches.

Actually, he asserts, they’re better.“I like the taste of bluegills made

into patties or fi sh loaves,” he said. “It’s local, it’s fresh and you know what’s in it.

“And if you harvest them with a couple kids, it’s a lot of fun.”

Puck retired several years ago from the Army as a sergeant fi rst class. Now

he’s an engineer in training, helping to troubleshoot design issues at a new refi nery being built near Port Arthur.

He swears off commercial TV, which gives him plenty of time to pursue his interests: cooking, baking, fl y-fi shing, fl y-tying and, yes, can-ning — the method of preserving food in airtight containers.

First, Puck dabbled with “pickled” fi sh in his hometown of Park River, N.D.

He grew up thinking freshwater drum were trash fi sh, until he met “an old Norwegian gentleman who taught me how to pickle them.”

He enjoyed the delicacy, but there was one drawback to the preserving method.

“Pickled fi sh only lasts for a few months,” he said. “If you put them in the fridge, and if you didn’t eat them fast enough, they’d turn to mush.”

Later, while stationed in Germany, he started practicing the canning method he uses today.

Puck avoids using oily fi sh like Spanish mackerel because they leave a fi shy taste.

Instead, he prefers small bluegills because they fi t best in the canning jars. But, he added, any lean fi sh, like crappie, work well, although they might have to be cut up to fi t into the jars.

But fi rst, he has to catch the fi sh.“They should be only about three

fi ngers wide,” he said of the bluegills.

“Who catches the most of them? My grandkids!

“For them it’s all about fun.”The bluegill squad, armed with

cane poles, includes his grandson, 6, a granddaughter, 4, and a 9-year-old “neighbor kid I borrow.”

“I have a guy who has a pond and he says take out all you want of those little cheaters,” Puck said. “We’re able to leave the ones that are going to breed for you — the big bulls and the big females — and we’re taking out the little runts.

“We quit when the kids get bored. That can be anywhere between 30 minutes and two hours.

“The whole time, all I’m doing is baiting the hooks and taking the fi sh off.”

Next, Puck removes the heads, guts and scales. He then slips the fi sh into the containers.

He uses wide-mouth pint jars, straight, with no shoulders on the side, made by Ball or Mason — just like the ones grandma used.

“I cram each jar with as many fi sh

as possible — no water, no oil — with a touch of black pepper and touch of salt.”

He closes the jars and puts them in a large canning machine, about seven at a time. The device applies pressured steam that radiates 250-degree heat through the jars, killing bacteria.

“The fi sh is completely cooked,” Puck said. “The bones are completely dissolved. And if you left a scale or two in there, they’re gone, too.”

Canned fi sh, he added, “can last for years” on a pantry shelf.

CRACKER TOPPER: Small panfi sh make great fodder for canning, says angler Donald “Puck” Puckett of Katy. He uses the bluegills to make fi sh croquettes, but he also likes to snack on them with crackers. Photo by Donald Puckett.

DONALD C. PUCKETT

SAFE HANDLING: Many anglers use the side of the boat to help secure smaller catfi sh. Photo by David J. Sams, LSON.


Shorter snapper season this yearBy Conor HarrisonLONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS

Despite large numbers of red snapper in Texas’ Gulf Coast waters, according to area guides, the season this year has been set at 48 days — the shortest season since limits were placed on the snapper fi shery.

The 2011 season begins June 1 and ends July 18 in federally controlled waters, mean-ing anything outside of nine miles from the Texas coast.

The National Marine Fisheries Service set the 2011 quota at 7.185 million pounds — up from 6.954 million pounds a year ago. Recreational angler’s allotment came to 3.525 million pounds.

The same limits for recreational anglers remain in place from last year — two snapper per day per person with a 16-inch minimum.

The reason given for the shorter window to catch snapper is that the average weight of the snapper being brought to the docks is up the past several years, presumably as anglers cull smaller fi sh with a two-fi sh limit.

Texas anglers used Internet message

boards to express outrage over the shortened seasons, calling the new regulations “ridic-ulous” and “an overreach of a government agency.”

Gov. Rick Perry sent a letter to Dr. Robert Shipp, chairman of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, on April 13, requesting that last year’s uncaught quota be added to this year’s harvest. He joined Governors Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and Rick Scott of Florida in the effort.

A decision on that request had not yet been made by press time.

“As you know, the 2010 recreational har-vest season for red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico was dramatically impacted by the Deepwater Horizon tragedy and the ensuing closure of fi sheries in certain portions of the Gulf of Mexico,” Perry wrote. “Some esti-mates show over one million pounds of red snapper, or almost a third of the 2010 recre-ational quota, was not harvested.

“Adding this amount to the 2011 quota will supply much needed economic oppor-tunities to our recreational fi shermen and tourism industry along the Gulf Coast.”

CATCH THEM QUICK: A shorter red snapper season, 48 days, means anglers have fewer opportunities to catch the fi sh this year. The season runs from June 1-July 18 in federal waters. Photo by David J. Sams, LSON.


ALAN HENRY: Water lightly stained; 65–69 degrees; 3.04’ low. Largemouth bass are good on white spinnerbaits, Texas rigs and shallow-running crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfi sh are good on live bait.

AMISTAD: Water clear; 74–77 degrees; 0.29’ high. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, spinnerbaits, jerkbaits and soft plastics. Striped bass are good on large top-waters. White bass are fair on live minnows, jigging spoons, and small white crankbaits. Crappie are slow. Catfi sh are good on cheesebait, shrimp, and nightcrawlers in 6–15 feet. Yellow catfi sh are very good on trotlines and droplines baited with live perch.

ATHENS: Water lightly stained; 66–72 degrees; 1.12’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged craws, jigs and shallow crankbaits. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfi sh are good on prepared bait.

BASTROP: Water clear; 73–75 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on minnows and pumpkinseed soft plastics. Crappie are good on min-nows and blue tube jigs. Channel and blue catfi sh are very good on live bait, frozen shrimp and stinkbait.

BELTON: Water clear; 70–72 degrees; 3.47’ low. Largemouth bass are good on spinnerbaits in coves early and late. Hybrid striper are fair on live shad. Crappie are good on minnows and light-colored jigs under lights at night. Channel and blue catfi sh are good on stinkbait, doughbait and hot dogs.

BOB SANDLIN: Water stained; 68–74 degrees; 3.66’ low Largemouth bass are good on Texas rigs, jigs and shal-low crankbaits. Crappie are good on live minnows. White bass are fair on slabs and Little Georges. Catfi sh are fair to good on trotlines or juglines.

BRAUNIG: Water clear. Largemouth bass are fair on minnows. Striped bass are good on liver and perch, and down-rigging spoons near the dam and jetty. Channel and blue catfi sh are very good on shrimp, cheesebait and cut bait.

BRIDGEPORT: Water lightly stained; 66–72 degrees; 5.17’ low; Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits and Texas-rigged worms. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on slabs and live shad. Hybrid striper are fair on live bait. Channel catfi sh are good on cut and prepared bait on shallow fl ats.

BROWNWOOD: Water clear; 11.14’ low. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon spinnerbaits, crankbaits and Rat–L–Traps. White bass are good on Rat–L–Traps, spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Crappie are good on crankbaits, spinnerbaits, and jigs over brush piles. Channel catfi sh are good over baited holes.

BUCHANAN: Water clear; 68–72 degrees; 10.95’ low. Largemouth bass are good on shad-colored lipless cranbiats, white spinnerbaits, and weightless wacky-rigged watermelon worms in creeks and pockets in 5–15 feet. Striped bass are fair. Channel catfi sh are good on live bait and cut bait. Yellow and blue catfi sh are good on juglines and trotlines.

CALAVERAS: Water clear. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon soft plastic worms and crankbaits over reed beds. Striped bass are fair on char-treuse spoons and striper jigs near the dam. Channel catfi sh are excellent on liver, shrimp, cheesebait and shad. Blue catfi sh are good on cut bait and liver near 181 Cove and the railroad bridge.

CANYON LAKE: Water clear; 68–71 degrees; 3.25’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters and fl ukes in feeder creeks, and on blue/chartreuse Baby Brush Hogs along deep fl ats in 10–20 feet. Crappie are fair on jigs and live min-nows around submerged brush piles. Channel catfi sh are fair on stinkbait and shrimp. Yellow and blue catfi sh are fair on juglines and trotlines in creeks.

CEDAR CREEK: Water stained; 66–74 degrees; 3.17’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas rigs and shallow crankbaits. White bass are good throughout the day on slabs. Hybrid striper are good on live shad.

CHOKE CANYON: Water clear; 70–73 degrees; 7.33’ low. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon spinnerbaits

and Texas-rigged soft plastic worms and lizards. Crappie are fair on minnow-tipped jigs. Channel and blue catfi sh are fair on punchbait and stinkbait. Yellow catfi sh are fair on trotlines baited with live perch.

COLETO CREEK: Water fairly clear; 1.52’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, spinnerbaits and Rat–L–Traps in 8–15 feet. Crappie are good on minnows and green tube jigs. Channel and blue catfi sh are fair on perch and shrimp. Yellow catfi sh are fair on trotlines baited with live perch in 12–20 feet.

CONROE: Water fairly clear; 68–71 degrees; 2.28’ low. Largemouth bass are good on green pumpkin Carolina-rigged soft plastics, spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on min-nows and green tube jigs. Catfi sh are good on stinkbait, liver and cheesebait.

COOPER: Water stained; 66–72 degrees; 6.29’ low; Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, spinnerbaits and Texas rigs. Crappie are good on minnows with movement towards the shallows. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid striper are fair to good on live shad. Catfi sh are good on prepared bait.

FAYETTE: Water clear. Largemouth bass are good on shad-colored crankbaits, spinnerbaits, and Carolina-rigged soft plastic worms along the outside edges of grass. Channel and blue catfi sh are fair on shrimp and doughbait.

FORK: Water fairly clear; 68–76 degrees; 3.47’ low. Largemouth bass are good on bladed jigs, Texas rigs and watermelon/green pumpkin jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfi sh are good on cut shad and prepared bait.

GRANBURY: Water clear; 68–71 degrees; 0.43’ low. Largemouth bass are good on pumpkinseed soft plastics, crankbaits and spinnerbaits. Striped bass are fair on minnows and chartreuse striper jigs. White bass are fair on minnows and chartreuse spinnerbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and green tube jigs. Catfi sh are good on stinkbait, shrimp and liver.

JOE POOL: Water off-color; 66–72 degrees; 0.09’ high. Largemouth bass are good on Texas rigs, spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs. Catfi sh are fair to good on nightcrawlers and prepared baits.

LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water stained; 66–74 degrees; 0.21’ high. Largemouth bass are good on Texas rigs, top-waters and jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfi sh are good on cut shad..

LAVON: Water stained; 66–74 degrees; 3.36’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas rigs, top-waters and shallow crankbaits. White bass are good on

slabs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs around bridge columns. Catfi sh are good on cut shad and nightcrawlers.

LBJ: Water fairly clear; 66–69 degrees; 0.16’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, watermelon fl ukes, and green pumpkin tubes along fl ats in 5–12 feet. White bass are fair on Shad Raps and Tiny Traps. Crappie are good on minnows and crappie jigs over brush piles in 10–20 feet. Channel catfi sh are good on live bait and doughbait. Yellow and blue catfi sh are good on trotlines baited with live bait.

LEWISVILLE: Water stained; 68–74 degrees; 0.32’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, worms and Texas-rigged craws. White bass are good on slabs. Catfi sh are good on prepared bait and chartreuse nightcrawlers.

LIVINGSTON: Water fairly clear; 70–73 degrees; 0.27’ high. Largemouth bass are good on spinnerbaits, crankbaits and soft plastics. Striped bass are good on crankbaits. White bass are good on pet spoons, slabs and troll tubes. Crappie are fair on minnows. Blue catfi sh are excellent on shad. Yellow catfi sh are fair on live bait.

MACKENZIE: Water stained; 69–71 degrees; 79.58’ low. Largemouth bass are good on minnows and red/gold Rat–L–Traps. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on live bait. Smallmouth bass are fair on live bait and white spinnerbaits. Walleye are good on minnows. Catfi sh are good on pre-pared baits and cut liver.

MEREDITH: Water fairly clear; 67–71 degrees; 90.01’ low. Largemouth bass are good on minnows, watermelon pepper soft plastics, jigs and white/blue spinnerbaits around rocky points with some top-water action along grass lines. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on live bait and Little Georges. Smallmouth bass are good on live bait and white/black crankbaits. Walleye are good on live bait along north end. Channel catfi sh are good on live bait.

O.H. IVIE: Water stained; 66–70 degrees; 29.32’ low. Largemouth bass are good on shad-pattern crankbaits, chatterbaits and watermelon red soft plastics, with limited early morning top-water action. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on live bait. Channel catfi sh are good on cut bait.

PALESTINE: Water lightly stained; 66–72 degrees; 1.83’ low. Largemouth bass are good on shallow crankbaits, Texas rigs and jigs. Crap-pie are good on minnows and jigs. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs and live shad. White bass are fair to good on slabs and minnows. Catfi sh are

good on prepared bait and chartreuse nightcrawlers.

POSSUM KINGDOM: Water stained; 65–71 degrees; 2.27’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas rigs, jigs and Rat–L–Traps. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair to good on Little Georges and slabs. Striped bass are fair to good on live shad. Catfi sh are fair to good on cut shad and live bait.

RAY HUBBARD: Water fairly clear; 66–73 degrees; 1.23’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas rigs, jigs top-waters and swimjigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and Road Runners. White bass are fair on slabs. Catfi sh are good on prepared baits.

RAY ROBERTS: Water clear; 68–71 degrees; 1.27’ low. Largemouth bass are good on shad-pattern Zara Spooks early, 12” worms in Sooner Run or Jalapeno and Carolina-rigged french fries along secondary points and around standing timber in 8–15 feet. Crappie are very good on pumpkinseed/chartreuse Slab Slayers over brush piles in 20–25 feet. White bass are excellent on Rat–L–Traps over shallow humps and across windy points (watch for the Herons lined up on the bank early). Catfi sh are good over baited holes in shallow water.

RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water off-color; 68–74 degrees; 2.77’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas rigs, crankbaits and top-waters. White bass are fair on slabs and live shad. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs and live shad. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfi sh are fair on prepared bait and nightcrawlers.

SAM RAYBURN: Water lightly stained; 68–71 degrees; 8.53’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on chartreuse Senkos, lizards and Brush Hogs. White bass are fair on jigging spoons. Crappie are good on min-nows and tube jigs in shallow areas. Bream are good on nightcrawlers and crickets. Catfi sh are good on trotlines baited with live bait.

SOMERVILLE: Water murky; 70–73 degrees; 3.35’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on spinnerbaits, crankbaits and lipless crankbaits. White bass are good on min-nows and pet spoons. Crappie are fair on minnows and blue tube jigs. Channel and blue catfi sh are good on shrimp.

TAWAKONI: Water lightly stained; 68–74 degrees; 2.95’ low. Largemouth bass are good on shallow-running crankbaits, swimjigs and top-waters. Crappie are good on 1/16 oz. jigheads with Tiny Assassins in and around docks. White bass are fair in the upper end of the lake on chartreuse grubs on a 1/4 oz. jighead (spawn has begun). Striped bass and hybrid striper are good in 8–15 feet on slow-rolled 4” Sassy Shad on a 3/4 oz. jighead. Catfi sh are excellent in 3–6 feet on cut bait and fresh shad.

TEXOMA: Water off-color; 68–74 degrees; 2.90’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, Texas rigs and top-waters. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Striped bass are good on live shad and large Road Runners. Catfi sh are good on cut and live shad.

TOLEDO BEND: Water stained; 69–72 degrees; 8.09’ low. Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse crankbaits, spinnerbaits and soft plastics. White bass are fair on silver spoons and slabs in the river. Crappie are good on min-nows and chartreuse jigs. Channel and blue catfi sh are good on trotlines baited with live bait, cut bait, and shrimp.

TRAVIS: Water stained; 68–71 degrees; 28.22’ low. Largemouth bass are excel-lent on silver top-waters, watermelon Brush Hogs, and white grubs in 5–10 feet. White bass are fair on silver jigging spoons and blue/white jigs in 5–15 feet.

WHITNEY: Water stained; 69–72 degrees; 9.99’ low. Striped bass are fair on minnows and green striper jigs. White bass are fair on minnows and small spinnerbaits. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfi sh are good on shrimp and cheesebait.

NORTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good on the Louisiana shoreline on top-waters and Corkies. Redfi sh are good in the marsh and the Louisiana shoreline on live bait.

SOUTH SABINE: Sheepshead and black drum are good at the jetty on live shrimp. Trout are fair to good around slicks and pods of shad.

BOLIVAR: Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on soft plastics. Black drum, sand trout and redfi sh are good at Rollover Pass.

TRINITY BAY: Trout are good for drifters working pods of shad and mullet on soft plastics. Waders have taken better trout on the shell along the east shoreline.

EAST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are good on the south shoreline on Catch 5s, MirrOlures and Catch 2000s. Whiting and sand trout are good on the edge of the Intracoastal on fresh shrimp.

WEST GALVESTON BAY: Sheepshead, redfi sh and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs. Sand trout are good in the ICW on fresh shrimp.

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

FREEPORT: Trout are fair to good at San Luis Pass on shrimp. Sand trout and sheepshead are good on live shrimp on the reefs in Christ-mas Bay. Trout and redfi sh are good at the jetties on live shrimp and fi nger mullet.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are fair to good for drifters 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: Redfi sh are fair to good on the edge of Oyster Lake on shrimp and crabs. Trout are fair on shell and grass on soft plastics and live shrimp. Redfi sh are fair to good at Shell Island on shrimp.

PORT O’CONNOR: Trout and redfi sh are good on top-waters over sand and grass in the guts in San Antonio Bay. Trout and redfi sh are fair for drifters working the back lakes with live shrimp. Trout are good on the reefs in San Antonio Bay on shrimp and croakers.

ROCKPORT: Trout are fair to good in the guts and channels on free–lined shrimp. Trout are fair over grass while drifting with live shrimp.

PORT ARANSAS: Redfi sh are fair to good at East Flats and around Dagger Island on shrimp and crabs. Trout, redfi sh and sheepshead are fair to good at the jetty on shrimp and croakers.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Trout are fair to good on the edge of the spoils on plastics and live shrimp. Redfi sh are good in the potholes on shrimp.

BAFFIN BAY: Trout are fair to good in the sand and grass guts on top-waters and plastics. Trout are good at night in the Land Cut on live shrimp. Redfi sh are fair to good in the grass on small top-waters..

PORT MANSFIELD: Trout are good on top-wa-ters and plastics under popping corks around sand and grass. Redfi sh are fair to good while drifting pot holes and while anchored with natural baits at East Cut.

SOUTH PADRE: Trout are good around the spoil islands, channel edges and color changes on DOA Shrimp and live shrimp. Redfi sh are fair while drifting sand and grass on plastics and live shrimp under a popping cork.

PORT ISABEL: Trout and redfi sh are fair to good on the fl ats on live shrimp. Redfi sh are fair to good in South Bay on top-waters and plastics.

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BRIDGEPORT: Good on crankbaits and Texas-rigged worms.

CONROE: Good on green pumpkin Car-olina-rigged soft plastics, spinnerbaits and crankbaits.

FORK: Good on bladed jigs, Texas rigs with and watermelon/green pumpkin jigs.

GRANBURY: Good on pumpkinseed soft plastics, crankbaits and spinnerbaits.

LAKE O’ THE PINES: Good on Texas rigs, top-waters and jigs.

TRAVIS: Excellent on silver top-waters, watermelon Brush Hogs, and white grubs in 5–10 feet.

CRAPPIE

ALAN HENRY: Good on minnows and jigs.

COLETO CREEK: Good on minnows and green tube jigs.

LBJ: Good on minnows and crappie jigs over brush piles in 10–20 feet.

WHITNEY: Good on minnows.

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CATFISH

AMISTAD: Yellow catfi sh are very good on trotlines and droplines baited with live perch.

CALAVERAS: Channel catfi sh are excellent on liver, shrimp, cheesebait and shad.

TAWAKONI: Excellent in 3–6 feet on cut bait and fresh shad.

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WHITE, HYBRID, STRIPER

BRAUNIG: Striped bass are good on liver and perch, and down-rigging spoons near the dam and jetty.

CEDAR CREEK: White bass are good throughout the day on slabs. Hybrid striper are good on live shad.

LIVINGSTON: Striped bass are good on crankbaits. White bass are good on pet spoons, slabs and troll tubes.

SOMERVILLE: White bass are good on minnows and pet spoons.

HOT SPOT

Falcon ReservoirAccording to area guides, Falcon is fi shing better than it has in

years. Large numbers of bass are being caught on crankbaits and Carolina-rigged plastics. Many guides aren’t even taking pictures of fi sh less than 7 pounds on outings with clients because anglers are

catching so many 7-plus pound fi sh. The lake’s temperature is fl uctu-ating between 78 and 82 degrees. Photo by David J. Sams, LSON.


Pond options: steps can be taken when a plant becomes a weed


Question: When does a plant become a weed?

Answer: Just as soon as it creates a problem.

So said Trent Lewis, a consultant who helps landowners improve their bass ponds.

But Lewis, who operates Prosper-based Pond Medics, was not being fl ippant with his answer.

Most plants help provide habi-tat for bass, but too much of any-thing can be bad, be it water lilies, chara or coontail, to name a few.

“We don’t like to see anything that is 30 percent coverage on the pond,” he said. “If you have too much, bass can’t fi nd forage fi sh.”

Worse yet, an overabundance of plants can deplete oxygen in the water, resulting in a fi sh kill.

When weeds increase, sediment accumulates, water levels shrink and the pond disappears.

“If you’re not able to fi sh the pond, even though it’s a beauti-ful plant, you need to control the plant,” Lewis said.

Basically, there are three options: mechanical, or physically remov-ing plants with devices like rakes; biological, by introducing species like grass carp or Mozambique tilapia; and chemical herbicides.

Lewis said that carefully applied herbicides are very effective because they are not as labor inten-sive as raking.

Also, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department requires landowners to go through a permitting process to stock grass carp.

But herbicides also require special attention.“First, identify the plant properly,” he said. “There are a lot of plants that look similar, but

they are different.”For example, coontail, a multi-leafed plant, and chara look similar, but chara is a form of

alga, Lewis said.

LOTS OF LOTUS: Andy McSwain of Waco applies chemicals sup-plied by Lochow Ranch to control an outbreak of American lotus on his McLennan County pond. Photo by LSON.

See POND OPTIONS, Page 14

Panfi sh fun for allBy Nicholas ConklinLONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS

Most anglers can remember their fi rst out-ings, usually with Zebco reels, bobbers and hooks baited with night crawlers.

While these techniques have proven effective for decades, many panfi sh anglers around the state have turned to slightly more advanced ways to fi ll their livewells with dinner.

But Robert Abel of San Antonio said that you don’t have to change very much to catch good numbers of blue-gill, redears and sunfi sh.

Fishing mostly on Live Oak Lake, 12 miles southeast of Goliad, Abel said that he has found success the past two months throwing live bait under a fl oat.

“They have got some amazingly sized panfi sh in that Live Oak Lake, typically anywhere from 5 inches up to 9 inches,” Abel said.

Abel suggested bank fi sh-ing because he has caught more fi sh near the creek channels that empty into the lake.

He explained that boats are prohibited on the lake, so anglers should focus on the creeks that fl ow into the main body.

He has also used artifi cial baits (minnows and grubs) to catch a variety of panfi sh.

Abel also reported good catches of bluegill, using similar methods, during a recent trip to Lake McQueeney near Seguin.

Floats and bobbers are also effective when fi shing for redear, which tend to stay close to the bottoms searching for food, so it is important to keep bait at a consistent depth.

Fly anglers can also get in on the action,

said Dusty Abney, who reported success on Lake Athens.

“Athens is a really good bream lake,” Abney said. “It’s often overlooked and seen predomi-nately as a bass lake. But most people have too big of an ego to fi sh for bream.

“I guess that’s better for me.” He uses patterns for hand-tied fl ies, simi-

lar to that of the KDM rat. He has modifi ed the fl y with skirt material from a spinnerbait.

Abney said that most patterns he ties utilize the rubber from spinner bait skirts because it provides a unique pulse and swim-ming action.

Although catching a variety of fi sh on the mod-ifi ed KDM, he has also had success with size 6 to 8 wooly bugger patterns. Also tied with the rubber material instead of mara-bou, the bigger hooks help separate the bigger pan-fi sh from the smaller ones, Abney found.

Most of the fi sh in Athens were caught between 5 to 7 feet on the outside of weed edges. The modifi ed frog pattern has also proven very produc-tive in and around the lily

pads in the lake. Anglers have also reported good numbers

of bluegill and sunfi sh on Cibolo Creek in South Central Texas while fi shing with curly tail jigs and artifi cial grub baits.

Jigs in the 1/16-to-1/32-ounce range in yel-low or red have been most effective. Because of the large clumps of moss and weeds on the creek, using a fl oat has helped anglers keep their baits in ideal positions, away from the thick vegetation.


MEN CAUGHT USING PICKUP TO KILL DEERA caller reported to Eastland

County Game Warden Lee Dycus that two deer had been intentionally run over with a truck and the suspects had the meat in a cooler. Dycus con-tacted Brown County Game Warden Travis Allen and Kimble County Game Warden Lee Morrison. Allen and Morrison made contact with the driver of the pickup, who was reluctant to tell the story, but when confronted with the report, con-fessed. The driver stated that he and another subject had run over two deer and that the meat was at a third sub-ject’s house. The deer was retrieved, but the meat was not kept in edible condition. Cases pending, including restitution on the two deer.

TOO SMALL TO BE A MOUNTAIN LIONFreestone County Game Warden

Craig Hernandez received a call from the sheriff's department about a mountain lion bedded down behind a landowner’s house. Hernandez responded to the call within minutes, and after a search of the area was able to obtain a confi rmed sighting of a 12-pound calico house cat.

SQUATTERS AT A DEER CAMP ARRESTED

Acting on a tip, Shelby County Game Wardens Mike Hanson and Randy Button arrested three subjects at the scene after they apparently broke into a camp house in a hunting lease and began living there. Charges are pending for the suspects’ unau-thorized entry into both the deer lease and the camp house — an investiga-tion continues into three other camp house break-ins on the same lease.

MAN DIES IN BOAT WHILE FISHINGBell County Game Warden Billy

Champlin responded to a call on Stillhouse Hollow Lake, where a boat was fl oating with a deceased man

onboard. Champlin located the boat with the man at the front and fi sh in a bucket in the back. It did not appear that foul play was involved. Bell County is investigating the death.

TRESPASSERS BRING GILL NETONTO RANCH

Willacy County Game Wardens Luis Sosa and Oscar Castaneda noticed a pickup truck halfway covered with thick brush along the fence line of a local ranch. Both game wardens entered the ranch and came across fi ve men trespassing and fi shing ille-gally. Three of the individuals were working a gill net that stretched out about 100 feet. The group was escorted out of the ranch and arrested. Cases are pending.

TOO MANY CATFISH FROMSTOCKED POND

Two men were reported taking more than their limit of catfi sh at a TPWD-stocked community pond. Tarrant County Game Wardens Patricia O’Neill and David Vannoy responded and located the vehicle and the owner. The man stated that his three fi shing buddies had left to go to the store and all the fi sh were theirs because he was not fi shing. Eighteen catfi sh were con-fi scated and citations were issued.

EXTRA CRAPPIE WERE STOREDON SHORE

Nacogdoches County Game

Wardens Randy Stovall and Heath Bragg fi led on a local man for exceed-ing the daily bag limit of crappie. Bragg checked the man at the boat ramp, and he was under his legal limit. Stovall was then informed from a witness that the man stashed an ice chest full of fi sh in the woods after seeing the warden’s boat. Bragg was able to apprehend the man several miles down the road. Citations and restitution pending.

WATERMELON EATING DEER SHOTAfter suspecting the illegal killing

of deer over farm crops, Frio County Game Warden Mike Morse observed an irrigated watermelon fi eld at night. Near midnight, he witnessed a spot-light working and heard gunshots. Morse apprehended a farmer and two companions killing deer in an irri-gated watermelon fi eld. The farmer and companions confessed, claiming the deer were depredating the water-melon crop. Morse recovered three freshly killed buck deer carcasses in the fi eld. Charges of hunting deer in closed season and failure to retrieve/waste of game were fi led. Civil restitu-tion and criminal charges are pending.

WARDEN LOCATES DOUBLE MURDER SUSPECT

The Young County Dispatch Center requested that Game Warden Brent Isom attempt to locate a suspect in a double murder incident that was still

unfolding. Dispatch had GPS coor-dinates from the cell phone used to call 911. The suspect was reported to be on foot traveling near a creek. A short search revealed the suspect running across a county road. Isom was able to apprehend the suspect and hold him until backup offi cers arrived. The suspect is being held for capital murder.

TWO VEHICLES CAUSE DOUBT TO CLAIM OF BEING ALONE

A landowner who had previous problems with trespassers searching for arrowheads reported two vehicles parked along his property. Travis County Game Warden Christy Vales responded and entered the property. One man said he was alone and fi shing. Vales escorted him back to his vehicle with all his fi shing gear. Vales and the land-owner then heard branches breaking in the woods from which they had just come. Vales secured the man and re-entered the property. Two more men were located holding their fi shing gear. Vales escorted them back to their vehicle and picked up where she left off. Several charges were fi led. Cases pending.

TRESPASSING DEER TASERED AFTER DAMAGING BANK

Travis County Game Warden Jeff Hill responded to a call that a white-tailed deer had crashed through a large plate glass window at a bank.

The mortally wounded deer was contained in an offi ce and was caus-ing substantial damage. Austin PD assisted with rounds fi red from their tasers as Hill hog-tied the deer and removed it, wrapped in a heavy tarp.

TIRE PRINTS A TREAD GIVEAWAYSan Patricio County Game

Wardens Kevin Mitchell and Laura Peterek fi led charges on two sub-jects for taking deer in a closed season. The wardens made the case by matching tire prints in a fi eld to a truck parked at a school. The young adults gave a full statement.

MAN TAGGED WITH ILLEGAL HUNTINGA Comal County employee

observed a freshly killed turkey car-cass near a boat ramp at Canyon Lake. Game Warden Michael McCall was notifi ed and discovered that the shooter failed to remove the tag from the carcass prior to dumping it. The information contained on the tag led McCall to a residence where he learned that the homeowner’s son had hunted the turkey. McCall also found a European mount of a white-tailed deer skull and antlers with the tag attached. Both animals were illegally killed in a subdivision near Canyon Lake. The son received citations for the illegal killing of the turkey and the white-tailed deer, and also for not completing a Hunter Safety Course. Charges are pending.

HIGH-RIDING WARDEN SAVES OWL FAMILYMitchell County Game Warden

Randy Bullard temporarily halted blasting at a construction site to res-cue a family of great horned owls. Due to the location of the owls, Bullard had to ride in the bucket of a commercial front-end loader to make the rescue. The family of owls — a mother with two youngsters — was removed approximately 25 feet up a bluff line.

GAME WARDEN BLOTTER

Menard County Game Warden Clint Graham received a call from the Menard County Sheriff's Offi ce indi-cating that two subjects from the night before stole a vehicle, ran over 17 road signs, 19 mail boxes, three deer and wrecked the stolen vehicle. Graham called Kimble County Game Warden Lee Morrison to help with the investigation. Both wardens traveled the road

where the deer were run over. The wardens found the fi rst three deer and continued to look at the other dam-age. They found two more deer that had been run over. Both subjects were brought in for questioning. The driver admitted that they ran over a total of fi ve deer. Several citations were issued to both subjects. Cases pending.

VANDALS DAMAGE PROPERTY, RUN OVER FIVE DEER



Kennedy said holding the fi sh against the boat while it fl ops is a good way to anchor it.

“If the fi sh is more than 6 pounds, I always use a dip net underneath him,” he said.

But if Kennedy is going to release a catfi sh, he avoids touching its slimy coating by using a lip grip.

“Even when taking pic-

tures, I use that lip grip so clients don’t remove the slime,” he said. “We take a quick picture and get him back in the water quickly.”

Once at the dock, clean-ing catfi sh can be a simple, three-step procedure.

First, cut at a slight angle from the dorsal fi n on top to the pelvic fi n on the underbelly. Cut through the ribs but stop at the vertebrae.

Second, cut down the fi sh until the tail, stopping

just before the meat ends.Finally, fl ip the fi llet

over with the skin still attached and fi llet the meat away from the skin.

Repeat the process on the other side.

Once you’ve cleaned the catfi sh, thoroughly wash the fi llets and either eat them fresh or freeze them.

Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfi sh Guides offered a simple method for preventing freezer burns on catfi sh fi llets.

To start, put the cleaned

fi llets in a Ziploc bag. Then fi ll the bag with water up to the top of the fi sh. Remove all of the air from the bag and seal the bag well.

Date the bag with a pen and place in the freezer. He said the fi llets will keep for more than a year without getting freezer burn using this method.

To contact guide Jackie Kennedy, call (903) 603-3793.To contact guide Chad Ferguson, call (817) 522-3804.

to forcing a 1-pound lead weight down the throat of a 9.5-pound bass.

He later pleaded guilty in April 2010 to attempted theft. The competition’s grand prize was a $55,000 bass boat.

The angler served 15 days in jail, and was placed on fi ve years probation. He also was banned from hav-ing a fi shing license during his probation.

Fishing tournament fraud, under the new law, would start out as a Class A misdemeanor.

But, in tournaments that offer prizes worth $10,000 or more, the crime could be upgraded to a third-degree felony.

The Senate voted 30-1 to approve bill, and the House passed it by a 142-4 vote.

Although the law moved through both houses with little opposition, some Internet commentary questioned the need for another law, considering fraud is already illegal in Texas.

“I can understand why someone might think that, and I support limited gov-ernment,” Flynn said.

But, he explained, pros-ecutors told him they needed a law that dealt with the unusual potential for fraud that could happen at fi shing tournaments.

The new law makes it illegal to alter the weight or length of a fi sh at a tour-nament.

But it also allows crimi-nal charges to be fi led if someone offers or sells fi sh to tournament anglers who, in turn, use the catch toward their own totals.

A tournament offi cial who knows about any such offense, and does not report it, also commits an offense, according to the law.

“The main thing,” Flynn said, “is we wanted to be sure Parks and Wildlife had suffi cient tools to be sure that when fi sh tourna-ments happen, they know that people who come here know they’re being prop-erly regulated.”

New lawContinued From Page 8

TOO MUCH, TOO SOON: Some plants are good for fi shing at fi rst, but spread too quickly on smaller ponds and must be controlled. Photo by LSON.

They are not be controlled by the same chemical, but thinking that they do could result in wasted money, Lewis said.

Next, be sure to use the right equipment because, Lewis said, the effectiveness of spraying “is 10 per-cent related to the herbicide and 90 percent (of) how it is applied.”

He explained that a liquid algi-cide dispensed with a hand-held sprayer would kill top layers of an alga mat, but not the lower ones.

“So,” he added, “we use a high-volume but low-pressure pump, which applies force to break up the mat while the 3-inch stream applies the algicide.”

Finally, read the label to prevent dangerous chemicals from entering the water.

One such chemical is Karmex, a herbicide used on land. However, Lewis said people in his business have been trying to debunk a rumor that it can be used in ponds.

“When it comes to fi sh, there are a lot of wives’ tales out there,” Lewis said, “and not all of them are truthful.”

Lewis said business is good for

consultants like him, and not just for plant control.

His company and others like it help landowners with bank mainte-nance and research on other features, like fi sh feeders, docks or aerators.

But he also encourages would-be clients to seek advice from state agencies like the local county exten-sion offi ce or a federal group like the National Resource Conservation Service.

“We partner with extension agents, NRCS and TPWD,” Lewis said. “Any time a property owner can use (them), I encourage them to. That’s why they pay taxes.”

Pond optionsContinued From Page 11

Gulf shrimping closed until July; specifi c date to reopen not yet set

The Gulf of Mexico commercial shrimp season closed May 15 for both state and federal waters until an unspecifi ed time in July.

While the statutory opening date for the Gulf season is July 15, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will be sampling shrimp populations to determine the optimum opening date for both the shrimp and the shrimp-ers.

The May 15 closing date was based on samples collected by TPWD's Coastal Fisheries Division using trawl, bag seine and other information gathered from the shrimping industry.

Typically, once the shrimp reach about 3 1/2 inches long, they begin their migration back to the Gulf.

No announcement will be made concerning the reopening until June data are collected.

—Staff report

CatfishContinued From Page 8

HONORED: The 29-foot P.V. Shane Detwiler was commissioned recently near Anahuac. Detwiler, a decorated veteran of the Iraq War, was a game warden for several years and, later, a Chambers County Sheriff’s deputy. He was fatally shot in 2009 while responding to a disturbance. Photo by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.



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ETHAN COX, 5, of Canton fi shed with his dad, Bill, recently at Lake Fork where the young angler caught his fi rst slot fi sh. The 3-pound largemouth was hooked on a Smithwick Devil’s Horse in about 2 feet of water.

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Most of the bigger fi sh were caught on croakers, he said.

Neal also said the wind was howling.

“The wind has been blowing 40 mph today,” he said. “It blew 40 mph yesterday and will prob-ably blow 40 mph tomorrow. We just haven’t had a break yet, and that is the only thing hold-ing back the fi shing right now.

“I’m using soft plastics and, when the wind allows it, top-water lures.”

Neal said he has focused his efforts recently in the Land Cut and areas near Port Mansfi eld.

“The fi sh have been spread out on both sides of the chan-nel,” he said.

Several guides along the mid-coast reported the trout fi shing was as good as they had seen it in May in a long time.

But guide Kevin Cochran

of Trout Tracker Guide Service said he has been catching large numbers of trout in the Baffi n Bay, Upper Laguna Madre areas.

“The fi shing is good,” he said. “Some days there is a lot of top-water action and some days there isn’t, but there is a lot of fi sh to be caught.”

Cochran said the water quality in the southern bays is “as good as it gets.”

“You have a little bit better chance when it isn’t windy, but that certainly hasn’t stopped us from catching fi sh,” he said. “The trout fi shing has been excellent.”

Cochran said fi ve days fi sh-ing in early May produced 350 fi sh for his clients.

“We’ve caught quite a few big fi sh,” he said. “You’re never going to catch as many really big fi sh now as you do in January or February fi shing with artifi -cials, but one day this month we caught 25 trout over 20 inches.”

To contact Capt. Neal, call (956) 642-7357.To contact Capt. Cochran, call (361) 688-3714.

Trout actionContinued From Page 1

“When they come from this far south, they may or may not make it. It just doesn’t look like it is worth the invest-ment. Most of the bass down here aren’t pure Florida strains anyway. These big fi sh aren’t a product of the ShareLunker pro-gram in Falcon.”

Although Falcon Lake Tackle isn’t an offi cial holding sta-tion, Bendele said he is encouraging people to release fi sh that weigh more than 13 pounds, once they have taken pictures. He’s even offering them a shirt and a cap as incen-

tive to do so.However, not every-

one agrees with Bendele’s views, like Brian W. Loy, owner of the Callaham Store near Choke Canyon — an offi cial hold-ing station for the ShareLunker program.

“The only problem I have with it is I had 11 (bass entered) two years ago and none this year,” Loy said in jest.

Loy said his only real complaint is TPWD allows entries caught with live bait, something he called “not fair.”

“Outside of that, I have no prob-lems with it and I’ve sent 20-some fi sh up there,” he said. “They have treated me well and provided me with information when I

needed it. And they get down here in a timely manner.

“Nobody is twist-ing anybody’s arm to turn their fi sh in. I think it’s a great incentive program for anglers to take care of those big fi sh. I think TPWD does a good job.”

Ken Bull, owner of Minnow Bucket Marina, an offi cial holding station on Lake Fork, agreed with Loy.

“I believe it’s a good program that generates a lot of interest in the lake,” Bull said. “It’s been good for bass here on Lake Fork.”

Fork leads all lakes in Texas by a large margin with 247 total entries. Second on the list is Lake Alan Henry with 25.

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Fashion crazeContinued From Page 1

been photographed wearing them, and they regularly dangle from the head of rocker Steven Tyler.

But the style is so popular, designers have been buying up the feathers in mass quantities, which has put a hurt on tackle shops like Tailwaters Fly Fishing Company in Dallas.

“I was selling to hairdressers for a standard price,” said Travis Moore, general manager. “Well, they wiped me out pretty fast.

“This is a niche store, but the fl y-tying is a niche within the niche. But now it has been expanded to every 14-year-old in the country.”

An entire saddle of about 200 feathers used to cost as much as $35, Moore said, but he has seen the prices for the same quan-tity grow “exponentially” into the hundreds of dollars on some Internet sites.

He has also noticed some Internet sites charging $70 for just a dozen feathers.

Meanwhile, tackle shops like his have adjusted feather packag-ing specifi cally for hair extension designers. These “fashion packs” now run about $25, but only for about 20 feathers, Moore said.

Farmers who supply hackles are trying to make sure they don’t run out completely, said Greg Welander of the fl y-fi shing department at Sportsmen’s Finest in Austin.

The roosters, he explained, are killed before their feathers can be taken.

“These birds aren’t your typi-cal barnyard chickens,” Welander said. “They’re grown for the pre-mium shape of their feathers. (But) it takes about a year for a bird to mature out for its feathers.”

Moore said his supply of feath-ers has been replenished some-what, but he is trying to balance sales between designers and long-time fl y-tying customers.

“We’ve been putting people on a waiting list,” he said.

Included is jewelry designer Ashlee Starrett of Dallas. She learned about the extensions last year from another designer she met on a fl ight that stopped in California.

“She told me I got to buy my feath-ers now,” Starrett said, “but when I got home I tried looking, and, sure enough, they were sold out.

“Honestly, I’m not trying to knock the fl y-fi shers, but right now I’m scavenging.”

And she has achieved some suc-cess. Her designs are available about a mile up the street from Tailwaters at a salon in Dallas’ trendy West Village called “Lure.”

It’s not so named to attract anglers, but manager Rose Eliz hopes the hair extensions — with prices starting at about $35 for an application and two feather bun-dles — will attract more customers.

“We want to lure them in so that they’ll be more aware of the other services in the salon,” she said. “Like the fi shermen, we want the big ones.”

STYLE: Esther Ibarra of Dallas’ Lure Salon says she can run a comb through her feathered hair extensions, and wash them with shampoo. Photo by Bill Miller, LSON.


CONSERVATION

Cougars on the moveBy Bill MillerLONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS

Drought in West Texas is likely pushing moun-tain lions into urban areas, offi cials said.

A mountain lion made national headlines May 10 as it was chased through downtown El Paso, just hours before a visit from President Obama.

Animal control offi cers tried to tranquilize the 102-pound male cat (offi cials had earlier said it was a125-pound female), but the chase culminated with

Lois Balin, a biologist for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in El Paso, said dry conditions have withered food for wildlife.

“First we had a protracted, severe freeze that

damaged native plants, cacti in particular, and now we have a prolonged drought,” she said.

Consequently, she said, animals are showing up in urban areas, especially mule deer. Predators are following them.

“We’re getting more calls about deer and bob-cats in the city,” Balin said. “I’m sure they’re look-ing for water or food.

“And we have had several incidents with moun-tain lions, but never in the downtown area.”

A similar incident happened nine days later in neighboring New Mexico, when a cougar was spot-ted in a residential area of Ruidoso, a popular tour-ist destination for Texans.

That cat was also killed by a game warden because it showed no fear of humans, and had been chased

off a few times earlier, but returned to the neighbor-hood, according to the El Paso Times.

An offi cial for the New Mexico Game and Fish Department told the Times that drought could be contributed to increased sightings of cougars or bears in several New Mexico cities, including Alto, Capitan, Roswell and Silver City.

Balin said taking certain steps could minimize human-wildlife encounters in any community.

The biggest precaution is to not leave food and water for pets in the yard.

Also, Balin said, don’t plant landscaping that attracts wildlife. A “native” scheme featuring high-desert plants works well In El Paso.

“Nonnative plants are like ice cream to mule deer,” she said. “And if you attract deer, you might attract a mountain lion.”

Offi cials believe drought is pushing predators into cities

PREDATOR: Wildlife offi cials be-lieve drought is forcing mountain lions into urban areas to look for food. Photo by TPWD.

Cabela’s helps ‘Adventures’ program in Texas schools

Cabela’s has donated $20,000 to the Dallas Ecological Foundation’s Outdoor Adventures physical educa-tion program, which aims to encour-age outdoor recreation among youth.

The contribution came from pro-ceeds of a Jack Ingram concert cele-brating the grand opening of the com-pany’s Allen, Texas store last month.

The donation will be used to provide four area high school districts with equipment for the National Archery in Schools Program — which includes target training in physical educa-tion classes with the goal of increas-ing extracurricular opportunities and participation in shooting sports — as well as Shakespeare fi shing rods and

Cabela’s Dutch oven cooking gear for similar outdoor learning sequences.

“Over 200 students at the Allen Independent School District’s Lowery Freshman Center have signed up for the Outdoor Adventures class offered this fall. They are extremely excited to have all of their outdoor equipment furnished by the newest Cabela’s store in Texas,” said Scot McClure of the Dallas Ecological Foundation, a non-profi t charitable organization affi liated with the Dallas Safari Club.

Benefi tting schools include: Allen High School, Allen Ninth Grade High School, Plano High School, Plano East High School, Plano West High School, McKinney High School, McKinney

North High School, McKinney Boyd High School and Lovejoy High School.

The remaining funds will be applied toward equipment for any other Collin County secondary schools adopting the Outdoor Adventures education program.

“The young people taking up out-door recreation today will be the stew-ards of America’s natural resources tomorrow,” said Cabela’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Offi cer Michael Copeland. “So the more we can help educate them about the outdoors, the better. We’re proud to support the Outdoor Adventures program.”

—Staff report

Dallas Safari Club helps pay for trip to championships

The Dallas Safari Club announced it is helping underwrite the cost of sending U.S. junior ath-letes to the 2011 World Shotgun Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, Sept. 3-14.

The DSC grant, presented to the USA Shooting Team Foundation, will support 15 USA Shooting Team members and Olympic hopefuls competing in junior women's skeet and trap as well as men's skeet, trap and double trap.

DSC Executive Director Ben Carter said the spon-sorship is a way for the club to help America's rising stars make their marks.

“It's great to sponsor the junior shooters because they represent the next generation of sportsmen and conser-vationists,” Carter said. “USA Shooting does a super job of preparing them to represent our country in inter-national competition.”

—Staff report

the animal being shot and killed.


Texas youth artists in national competition

Winners of the Texas division of the “Wildlife Forever State-Fish Art Contest” were announced recently.

First-place winners advance to the national Wildlife Forever State-Fish Art Contest Expo, June 24-25, at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens.

Texas winners in the 4-6 grade division are: First Place, Samuel Beltran, Pasadena; Second Place, Candace Ma, Sugar Land; Third Place, Maggie Maddison, Duncanville.

Winners in the 7-9 grade division are: First Place, Brady King, Livingston; Second Place, Sun Yiming, Katy; Third Place, Lillian Chen, Sugar Land.

Topping the 10-12 grade division are: First Place, GiGi Barker, Village Mills; Second Place, Bonnie Leung, The Woodlands; Third Place, Lorenzo Leya, Del Rio.

Honorable Mentions: Grades 4-6: Mitchell Glover, Lake Jackson; Evett Makenzie, Corsicana; Emmy Emmons, Paige; Allison Killgore, Bremond; Jessica Schroeder, LaVernia; Seanna McCarty, Katy; and Riley Dean Merritt, Copperas Cove.

Grades 7-9: Ghenica-Rose Delfi n, Del Rio; Nasa Xu, Katy; Karli Boyd, Athens; Rachel Reed, Sugar Land; Lauren Millard, Sugar Land; Jonathan Criner, Mertzon; and McKenzie Flowers, Hardon.

Grades 10-12: Madison Johnson, Dallas; Caroline Zurmely, Dallas; Peyton McCown, Willow Park; Elissa Weaver, Richwood; Judit Aguilera, Liberty; Fabian Galvan, Liberty; and Jennifer Lipscomb, Liberty Hill.

—TPWD

Ed Harte, publisher and conservationist, dies

Edward H. Harte, who helped create a lead-ing research institute for saltwater fi sheries and other issues related to the Gulf of Mexico, died May 18, at age 88.

Harte was a former publisher of the Corpus Christi-Caller Times and other newspapers.

But he also was a conservationist.In 2000, Harte donated $46 million to the Harte

Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies (HRI) at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

It quickly became “a recognized authority on the world’s ninth-largest body of water,” accord-

ing to a news release from the university.“Ed Harte understood the economic and

social importance of building a nationally respected research-intensive university in South Texas and at the same time assur-ing the health and productivity of the Gulf of Mexico,” said Dr. Flavius Killebrew, president of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

“A quiet, unassuming man, his actions spoke louder than words,” Killebrew added. “Through his generosity, Ed and his family have enriched the university and the Coastal Bend community beyond measure.”

Last year, the HRI became an international source of expertise for worldwide media cover-ing the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform off the Louisiana coast.

“The Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies would not exist but for his commitment and forethought,” said Dr. Larry McKinney, HRI executive director.

—Staff report

TPWD honors land stewardsNative habitat restoration for the benefi t of

wildlife is a common thread among the recipi-ents of this year’s Lone Star Land Steward Awards.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Sand County Foundation recently recog-nized these model land stewards and others, who have shown exemplary efforts to manage property for wildlife.

Among this year’s recipients are:Blackland Prairie – Warbler Woods Bird Sanctuary, Guadalupe County

Warbler Woods covers 124 acres of diverse Blackland Prairie habitat. For more than 15 years, owners Susan and Don Schaezler have managed the property to provide maximum diversity of native plants and wildlife. Known throughout the nation, Warbler Woods became a charitable foundation in 2008. Volunteers partic-ipate in habitat enhancement and bird banding.Cross Timbers and Prairies – Lodge Creek Ranch, Jack County

Since 2003, Bryan Mitchell and his family have worked to improve the habitat diversity on their Lodge Creek Ranch primarily to benefi t white-tailed deer. Prescribed burning and brush management has been used to improve plant quality and diver-sity, resulting not only in improved antler quality, but also helping expand turkey populations. Edwards Plateau – Blue Mountain Peak Ranch, Mason County

In 2001, with goals of increasing plant and

animal diversity and putting more water in the ground, Richard Taylor began restoring land heavily dominated by juniper. Brush man-agement, grazing deferment and prescribed burning have been used. The Taylors also man-age deer through TPWD’s managed land deer permit program.Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes – A Country Life Ranch, Austin/Colorado Counties

The Cary Dietzmann family has improved plant and animal diversity through rotational grazing, invasive species control, prescribed burning, strip disking, and wetland/riparian zone enhancements. Deer are managed coop-eratively with neighboring landowners and bird diversity is enhanced using supplemental nest structures and water features. Pineywoods – Clear Creek Ranch, Sabine County

With state and federal assistance, Mike Howard has restored his Clear Creek Ranch. Prescribed fi re is used to control yaupon and create an open longleaf pine forest that provides habitat for a diversity of wildlife. The ranch is one of the few places in the Pineywoods where you can hear bobwhite quail whistle. Post Oak Savannah – Trinity Bluff Wildlife Ranch, Navarro County

Since 2002, the Brian Smith family has worked to transform overgrazed uplands through livestock deferment, prescribed burning and native grass seeding. White-tailed deer quality has improved as a result of population control and enhanced plant diversity. Rolling Plains – Hailey Ranch, Jones and Shackelford Counties

Described as “the hardest working man in wildlife management,” Rob Hailey has implemented discing, livestock deferment, prescribed burning, food plots, and water troughs to enhance wildlife habitat. South Texas Plains – Halff Brothers Ranch, Frio County

Jim Halff and his family use prescribed burning and aerial herbicide to manage brush and enhance native grasses, resulting in a robust turkey population and quality white-tailed deer. They also participate in programs that help bobwhite quail.Trans Pecos – O2 Ranch, Brewster and Presidio Counties

This 275,000-acre ranch began major restora-tion efforts in 1998 with ranch-wide deferment from grazing. Over the years, Charles P. Lykes Jr. and ranch operator Homer Mills have partnered with Sul Ross State University, and state and federal agencies to protect, restore and monitor riparian areas and associated uplands.

—TPWD

AQUATIC ART: GiGi Barker of Village Mills took fi rst place for grades 10-12 in the Texas division of the Wildlife Forever State-Fish Art Contest with her draw-ing of a bluegill. Other fi rst-place winners are Samuel Beltran, bottom, Pasadena, grades 4-6; and Brady King, middle, Livingston, grades 7-9. Photos by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.


TEXAS BIG BITES

Gargantuan alligator gar pulled from the Trinity

When Joseph Williams of Cleveland went fi shing in the Trinity River below Lake Livingston dam April 14, 2011, he was pre-pared to catch a big fi sh — a big alligator gar, the biggest freshwater fi sh in Texas.

“I was out for a big fi sh,” Williams said. “I caught several and lost several that day. I had some that I couldn't turn that broke off. I think they were bigger than the one I caught — I have sure seen bigger.”

But Williams did catch a 7-foot, 9-inch monster so big it had to be weighed at a truck stop, where it was offi cially recorded as an even 200 pounds. “We did weigh the fi sh on uncertifi ed scales we know to be reliable that showed it to be 230 pounds,” Williams said, “but the truck stop scales only read in 50-pound increments, so that was the weight we had to use for the record.”

Williams hoped to release the fi sh alive and capture the state catch-and-release record for alligator gar, but it could not be revived when put back into the water. The fi sh is now the rod-and-reel record for the Trinity.

—Staff report

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Lure maker Bill Dee dies at homeLake O.H. Ivie guide Tommy Hagler never met Bill Dee in person, but in 30 months of tele-

phone calls — some lasting for hours — they became close friends. Hagler saved the last voice mail Dee left him the afternoon of May 18 and will keep it for a

long time to listen to his pal’s raspy voice and joking nature. Dee, the founder of the popular home-grown SOB Lures spinnerbaits and buzzbaits, died

suddenly later that night at his home in Lytle while watching television with his wife, Lana.“He was a friend to everybody whether he’d ever met them or not,” Hagler said. “I truly will

miss him and am still in disbelief he’s gone.” Several posts on the Texas Fishing Forum were from anglers who had purchased Dee’s lures

and talked with him on the phone, but never met him in person. Dee founded SOB Lures more than 15 years ago in his home, building it into a small but

well-known company. Orders were placed from across the nation for his jigs, spoons, buzzbaits and spinnerbaits,

including his signature “Mini-Me” spinnerbait. It features a hidden weight along the shank under the skirt, giving the package some heft but

with a smaller presentation than a regular quarter-ounce spinnerbait. —Alan Clemons

Marina on Toledo Bend going on the marketAfter more than 40 years of operation, the Huxley Bay Marina on Toledo Bend Reservoir may

soon have new owners.Bob and Stacey Vandrovec, the third owners, have operated it for 18 years.“It may seem like a strange time to sell it,” Stacey said, “(but) our kids are in horse shows,

which happen on the weekends, so it really is a big confl ict.”The marina is in a protective cove on the north end of the reservoir, near the original channel

for the Sabine River. It has an RV park, motel, restaurant, and wet and dry slips.“It has a lot of character, and a lot of characters come down there,” Stacey said.

—Staff report

Yamaha moving most ATV manufacturing to Newman, Ga.Yamaha has announced it is moving production of new all-terrain vehicle models from over-

seas markets to its plant in Newman, Ga. Offi cials said the company’s long-term strategy is to move most of its worldwide ATV manu-

facturing to the U.S. This month’s transfer to the Georgia plant is the fi rst step in that process.The factory already employs 1,100 people in Newman and 90 of them are assigned to the

new ATV production.The transfer is expected to add 200 jobs to that plant and possibly create another 125 jobs

at various parts suppliers, Yamaha offi cials said.As many as 1,000 jobs could result from the move, “depending on market conditions,” offi cials said.

—Staff report


DATEBOOKMay 28Third Coast Fishing TournamentBluff’s Landing MarinaCorpus Christiwww.winthirdcoast.com

May 28 - Sept. 5CCA Texas StarAngler's RodeoTexas Gulf Coast(713) 626-4222www.ccatexas.org

June 3-4Texas Deer AssociationBrush to Bay Invitational Fishing TournamentBluff’s Landing MarinaCorpus Christi(210) 767-8300www.brushtobay.com

June 4Safari Club International HoustonCasino Night(281) 353-2771www.scihouston.org

National Wild Turkey FederationKaufman County Double BeardsBanquet(972) 533-7823www.nwtf.org/texas

June 4- July 10Bass Pro Shops Family Summer CampAll Bass Pro Shopswww.basspro/summercamp.com

June 7-10TWA Wildlife ConventionJW Marriott, San Antoniowww.texas-wildlife.org

June 8Houston Safari ClubMonthly Meeting(713) 623-8844www.houstonsafariclub.org

June 9Ducks UnlimitedFort Worth Fun ShootAlpine Shooting Range(817) 291-6696www.ducks.org

Dallas Woods and Water ClubMonthly meeting and dinnerSheraton North Dallas Hotel(214) 570-8700www.dwwcc.org

June 10-11Fourth Annual Texas Trio Classic Fishing TournamentMatagordawww.Texastrioclassic.com

June 11Lone Star Bowhunters Association37th Annual Awards Banquet and ExpoPedrotti’s North Wind Ranch Heloteswww.lonestarbowhunter.com

National Wild Turkey FederationHopkins County LongbeardsBanquet(903) 885-6237www.nwtf.org/texas

Ducks UnlimitedMadison County crawfi sh boil(979) 255-1124www.ducks.org

June 18Mako Boats Owners TournamentAransas Passwww.mako-boats.com/owners

Dallas Safari ClubSummer Fun ShootElm Fork Shooting RangeDallas(469) 484-6774www.biggame.org

July 7-10TWA Wildlife ConventionJW Marriott, San Antoniowww.texas-wildlife.org

July 14Dallas Woods and Water ClubMonthly meeting and dinnerSheraton North Dallas Hotelwww.dwwcc.org(214) 570-8700

July 15-17Texas Trophy Hunters Association2011 Hunter’s ExtravaganzaAlamodome, San Antoniowww.ttha.com

July 16-17Texas Gun and Knife AssociationAmarillo Show, Amarillo Civic Center(830) 285-0575www.texasgunandknifeshows.com

July 17-23Texas Chapter of The Wildlife SocietyWildlife Conservation CampWelder Wildlife Refuge, Sintonwww.tctws.org

July 28-3137th Annual Port Mansfi eld Fishing Tournament(956) 944-2354www.portmansfi eldchamber.org

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Solunar | Sun times | Moon timesMoon Phases

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

ACROSS1. Term for trout that spawn

upstream4. A fi sh coloration8. Shotgun model, over and

_____10. Term for a group of pheas-

ants11. Solution used to wash out

a gundog's eyes12. 1 across lay hundreds13. A good bait for brown trout14. Consider this when choos-

ing lures17. Lure that attracts game,

fowl, fi sh18. An art of the fl y-fi sherman21. Sought after for the fur22. To adjust a scope24. A game hideaway25. Stream fi shermen do this30. A term for a perch species32. A turkey call34. Might be in a hunter's kit35. Boat that folds up for

carrying37. Device on a fl y, ____ guard39. A shell that fails to fi re40. Bowhunting equipment45. A game pathway46. Color worn by hunters for

safety47. The turkey's feet48. A hunter's quarry in the

Rockies

DOWN 1. A species of deer 2. To make ready to

shoot 3. The ____necked

pheasant 4. Name for a large

lake trout 5. Used for bait at

times 6. A game resting

place 7. Summer trout

are found in ____ waters

9. A duty of the gundog

15. Shooting at ran-dom targets

16. A two-legged sup-port for shooting

17. Term for a white-tail's tines

19. Teeth determine this on some game

20. A bowhunting quarry in Florida

23. A very good walleye bait

26. To ready gun or bow for a shot

27. Excellent pheasant gun, _____ musket

28. A good thing to have in a tent

29. Hauls a catch into the boat

30. Name refers to the wild turkey

31. Used for troll fi shing33. Old gobblers that stay to

themselves36. An action on a repeating

shotgun38. Term for a method of deer

drive41. A good grain lure for traps42. A female bear43. A fl y lure, hares ____44. Best lure color to attract

fi sh

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

Sun Moon Tides| |

1 pound wild turkey breastOlive oilFresh squeezed lemon juiceFresh ground pepperSaltWatercress sprigsCilantro sprigsCucumber stripsTomato, thinly slicedCarrot stripsLettuce leavesThai rice spring roll wrapperSweet chili saucePeanuts crushed

Lightly pound wild turkey breast to 3/4-inch thick. Season with salt, pepper and lemon juice. Panfry it in olive oil until both sides are lightly

browned and meat juices run clear. Let cool, slice into 1/2-inch strips and soak turkey breast in dressing made from three parts lemon juice, one part extra-virgin olive oil, pepper and salt. Refrigerate meat until chilled.

Soak one rice wrapper in water until soft, lay on plate or cutting board and assemble roll. Use turkey meat, watercress, cilantro, cucum-ber, tomato and carrot combinations as fi lling and use lettuce and rice paper as the outer layers of the spring roll wrap. Chill spring rolls in refrigerator and serve with sweet chili sauce and crushed peanuts.— National Shooting Sports Foundation

Thai turkey spring rolls

1 lb. panfi sh fi lets cut into 1-inch strips1 cup tempura mix1 cup ice water1 tsp garlic powder1 tbsp ground pepperPanko breadcrumbsOil heated to 375 degrees FCitrus Aioli1 tbsp frozen orange juice concentrate1/2 tbsp freshly grated orange zest1/2 tbsp freshly grated lemon zest1 tbsp fresh orange juice1 tbsp fresh lemon juice1 clove garlic fi nely diced

1 cup mayoCombine aioli ingredients in

bowl, mix thoroughly and chill in refrigerator until cool.

Mix batter by combining tem-pura mix, water, garlic powder and ground pepper. Dip fi sh strips in batter and toss battered fi lets in panko breadcrumbs until coated. Fry in oil until golden brown. Drain on paper towels and season with salt to taste.

Serve hot crispy fi sh with cool aioli. Serves two.— National Shooting Sports Foundation

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Texas Coast TidesSabine Pass, jettyDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightMay 27 1:36 a.m. 2.1 H 6:43 a.m. 1.8 L 11:15 a.m. 2.1 H 6:49 p.m. 0.4 LMay 28 2:36 a.m. 2.3 H 7:56 a.m. 2.0 L 11:23 a.m. 2.1 H 7:10 p.m. 0.2 L May 29 3:19 a.m. 2.5 H 8:59 a.m. 2.0 L 11:28 a.m. 2.1 H 7:34 p.m. -0.2 L May 30 3:55 a.m. 2.7 H 8:01 p.m. -0.4 L May 31 4:30 a.m. 2.9 H 8:31 p.m. -0.5 L Jun 01 5:06 a.m. 2.9 H 9:04 p.m. -0.5 L Jun 02 5:44 a.m. 2.9 H 9:40 p.m. -0.5 L Jun 03 6:25 a.m. 2.9 H 10:19 p.m. -0.5 L Jun 04 7:08 a.m. 2.7 H 11:00 p.m. -0.5 L Jun 05 7:49 a.m. 2.7 H 11:44 p.m. -0.2 L Jun 06 8:25 a.m. 2.5 H Jun 07 12:30 a.m. 0.2 L 8:54 a.m. 2.3 H 3:19 p.m. 1.6 L 6:14 p.m. 1.8 H Jun 08 1:23 a.m. 0.5 L 9:18 a.m. 2.3 H 3:58 p.m. 1.3 L 9:27 p.m. 1.6 H Jun 09 2:25 a.m. 1.1 L 9:38 a.m. 2.1 H 4:40 p.m. 0.5 L 11:40 p.m. 2.0 H Jun 10 3:51 a.m. 1.6 L 9:56 a.m. 2.1 H 5:23 p.m. 0.0 L

Galveston Bay entrance, south jettyDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightMay 27 2:23 a.m. 1.7 H 7:09 a.m. 1.4 L 12:02 p.m. 1.7 H 7:15 p.m. 0.3 L May 28 3:23 a.m. 1.9 H 8:22 a.m. 1.6 L 12:10 p.m. 1.7 H 7:36 p.m. 0.1 L May 29 4:06 a.m. 2.0 H 9:25 a.m. 1.6 L 12:15 p.m. 1.7 H 8:00 p.m. -0.1 L May 30 4:42 a.m. 2.1 H 8:27 p.m. -0.3 L May 31 5:17 a.m. 2.3 H 8:57 p.m. -0.4 L Jun 01 5:53 a.m. 2.3 H 9:30 p.m. -0.4 L Jun 02 6:31 a.m. 2.3 H 10:06 p.m. -0.4 L Jun 03 7:12 a.m. 2.3 H 10:45 p.m. -0.4 L Jun 04 7:55 a.m. 2.1 H 11:26 p.m. -0.4 L Jun 05 8:36 a.m. 2.1 H Jun 06 12:10 a.m. -0.1 L 9:12 a.m. 2.0 H Jun 07 12:56 a.m. 0.1 L 9:41 a.m. 1.9 H 3:45 p.m. 1.3 L 7:01 p.m. 1.4 H Jun 08 1:49 a.m. 0.4 L 10:05 a.m. 1.9 H 4:24 p.m. 1.0 L 10:14 p.m. 1.3 H Jun 09 2:51 a.m. 0.9 L 10:25 a.m. 1.7 H 5:06 p.m. 0.4 L Jun 10 12:27 a.m. 1.6 H 4:17 a.m. 1.3 L 10:43 a.m. 1.7 H 5:49 p.m. 0.0 L

San Luis PassDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time Height May 27 2:53 a.m. 1.0 H 8:05 a.m. 0.9 L 12:32 p.m. 1.0 H 8:11 p.m. 0.2 L May 28 3:53 a.m. 1.1 H 9:18 a.m. 0.9 L 12:40 p.m. 1.0 H 8:32 p.m. 0.1 L May 29 4:36 a.m. 1.2 H 10:21 a.m. 0.9 L 12:45 p.m. 1.0 H 8:56 p.m. -0.1 L May 30 5:12 a.m. 1.3 H 9:23 p.m. -0.2 L May 31 5:47 a.m. 1.4 H 9:53 p.m. -0.3 L Jun 01 6:23 a.m. 1.4 H 10:26 p.m. -0.3 L Jun 02 7:01 a.m. 1.4 H 11:02 p.m. -0.3 L Jun 03 7:42 a.m. 1.4 H 11:41 p.m. -0.3 L Jun 04 8:25 a.m. 1.3 H Jun 05 12:22 a.m. -0.3 L 9:06 a.m. 1.3 H Jun 06 1:06 a.m. -0.1 L 9:42 a.m. 1.2 H Jun 07 1:52 a.m. 0.1 L 10:11 a.m. 1.1 H 4:41 p.m. 0.8 L 7:31 p.m. 0.9 H Jun 08 2:45 a.m. 0.3 L 10:35 a.m. 1.1 H 5:20 p.m. 0.6 L 10:44 p.m. 0.8 H Jun 09 3:47 a.m. 0.5 L 10:55 a.m. 1.0 H 6:02 p.m. 0.3 L Jun 10 12:57 a.m. 0.9 H 5:13 a.m. 0.8 L 11:13 a.m. 1.0 H 6:45 p.m. 0.0 L

Freeport HarborDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightMay 27 1:45 a.m. 1.5 H 7:06 a.m. 0.9 L 11:24 a.m. 1.5 H 7:12 p.m. 0.2 L May 28 2:45 a.m. 1.6 H 8:19 a.m. 1.0 L 11:32 a.m. 1.5 H 7:33 p.m. 0.1 L May 29 3:28 a.m. .7 H 9:22 a.m. 1.0 L 11:37 a.m. 1.5 H 7:57 p.m. -0.1 L May 30 4:04 a.m. 1.8 H 8:24 p.m. -0.2 L May 31 4:39 a.m. 2.0 H 8:54 p.m. -0.3 L Jun 01 5:15 a.m. 2.0 H 9:27 p.m. -0.3 L Jun 02 5:53 a.m. 2.0 H 10:03 p.m. -0.3 L Jun 03 6:34 a.m. 2.0 H 10:42 p.m. -0.3 L Jun 04 7:17 a.m. 1.8 H 11:23 p.m. -0.3 L Jun 05 7:58 a.m. 1.8 H Jun 06 12:07 a.m. -0.1 L 8:34 a.m. 1.7 H Jun 07 12:53 a.m. 0.1 L 9:03 a.m. 1.6 H 3:42 p.m. 0.8 L 6:23 p.m. 1.2 H Jun 08 1:46 a.m. 0.3 L 9:27 a.m. 1.6 H 4:21 p.m. 0.6 L 9:36 p.m. 1.1 H Jun 09 2:48 a.m. 0.5 L 9:47 a.m. 1.5 H 5:03 p.m. 0.3 L 11:49 p.m. 1.4 H Jun 10 4:14 a.m. 0.8 L 10:05 a.m. .5 H 5:46 p.m. 0.0 L

South Padre IslandDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightMay 27 2:12 a.m. 1.1 H 6:17 a.m. 1.0 L 10:15 a.m. 1.1 H 6:41 p.m. 0.2 L May 28 3:25 a.m. 1.3 H 7:08 p.m. 0.0 L May 29 4:18 a.m. 1.3 H 7:37 p.m. -0.2 L May 30 5:02 a.m. 1.4 H 8:07 p.m. -0.4 L May 31 5:42 a.m. 1.5 H 8:39 p.m. -0.5 L Jun 01 6:23 a.m. 1.5 H 9:14 p.m. -0.6 L Jun 02 7:05 a.m. 1.6 H 9:51 p.m. -0.7 L Jun 03 7:47 a.m. 1.6 H 10:31 p.m. -0.6 L Jun 04 8:26 a.m. 1.6 H 11:14 p.m. -0.6 L Jun 05 8:58 a.m. 1.6 H 11:59 p.m. -0.4 L Jun 06 9:21 a.m. 1.5 H Jun 07 12:47 a.m. -0.2 L 9:34 a.m. 1.4 H Jun 08 1:40 a.m. 0.1 L 9:37 a.m. 1.2 H 4:37 p.m. 0.6 L 9:05 p.m. 0.8 H Jun 09 2:42 a.m. 0.5 L 9:32 a.m. 1.1 H 4:54 p.m. 0.2 L Jun 10 12:14 a.m. 0.9 H 4:06 a.m. 0.8 L 9:17 a.m. 1.0 H 5:28 p.m. -0.2 L

Port O’ConnorDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightMay 27 7:02 a.m. 0.5 H 10:10 p.m. 0.1 L May 28 8:04 a.m. 0.6 H 10:34 p.m. 0.0 L May 29 8:53 a.m. 0.7 H 11:03 p.m. -0.1 L May 30 9:43 a.m. 0.8 H 11:36 p.m. -0.2 L May 31 10:36 a.m. 0.8 H Jun 01 12:10 a.m. -0.3 L 11:35 a.m. 0.9 H Jun 02 12:47 a.m. -0.3 L 12:36 p.m. 0.9 H Jun 03 1:25 a.m. -0.4 L 1:38 p.m. 0.9 H Jun 04 2:03 a.m. -0.4 L 2:36 p.m. 0.9 H Jun 05 2:41 a.m. -0.3 L 3:27 p.m. 0.8 H Jun 06 3:16 a.m. -0.3 L 4:07 p.m. 0.7 H Jun 07 3:48 a.m. -0.2 L 4:14 p.m. 0.6 H Jun 08 4:07 a.m. 0.0 L 1:40 p.m. 0.4 H Jun 09 3:43 a.m. 0.2 L 11:46 a.m. 0.4 H 8:34 p.m. 0.1 L Jun 10 10:40 a.m. 0.5 H 8:50 p.m. -0.1 L

RockportDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightMay 27 12:33 p.m. 0.41 H 9:43 p.m. 0.20 LMay 28 12:39 p.m. 0.43 H 10:27 p.m. 0.16 LMay 29 12:53 p.m. 0.45 H 11:09 p.m. 0.13 LMay 30 1:16 p.m. 0.45 H 11:51 p.m. 0.11 LMay 31 1:46 p.m. 0.45 HJun 01 12:36 a.m. 0.09 L 2:22 p.m. 0.45 HJun 02 1:22 a.m. 0.08 L 3:04 p.m. 0.44 HJun 03 2:10 a.m. 0.07 L 3:49 p.m. 0.44 HJun 04 2:57 a.m. 0.07 L 4:33 p.m. 0.42 HJun 05 3:42 a.m. 0.07 L 5:14 p.m. 0.40 HJun 06 4:22 a.m. 0.09 L 5:43 p.m. 0.36 HJun 07 4:55 a.m. 0.12 L 2:36 p.m. 0.31 HJun 08 5:14 a.m. 0.16 L 1:07 p.m. 0.29 H 8:05 p.m. 0.23 L 11:20 p.m. 0.24 HJun 09 4:54 a.m. 0.21 L 12:15 p.m. 0.30 H 8:35 p.m. 0.16 LJun 10 1:46 a.m. 0.34 H 9:16 p.m. 0.08 L

Houston2011 A.M. P.M. SUN MOONMay-June Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets27 Fri 1:49 7:59 2:10 8:20 06:23 08:13 2:55a 3:48p 28 Sat 2:25 8:36 2:47 8:57 06:22 08:14 3:26a 4:42p 29 Sun 3:03 9:14 3:26 9:37 06:22 08:14 3:59a 5:37p 30 Mon > 3:44 9:56 4:08 10:20 06:22 08:15 4:35a 6:33p 31 Tue > 4:28 10:41 4:54 11:06 06:21 08:15 5:17a 7:30p01 Tue 9:47 3:36 10:10 3:58 06:21 08:16 NoMoon 10:28a02 Wed 10:36 4:26 10:58 4:47 06:21 08:17 12:10a 11:23a03 Thu 11:22 5:12 11:43 5:32 06:21 08:17 12:42a 12:17p04 Fri Q ----- 5:54 12:04 6:14 06:20 08:17 1:11a 1:09p05 Sat 12:24 6:34 12:44 6:54 06:20 08:18 1:39a 2:01p 06 Sun 1:02 7:13 1:23 7:33 06:20 08:18 2:07a 2:55p07 Mon 1:40 7:51 2:02 8:13 06:20 08:19 2:37a 3:51p 08 Tue 2:19 8:31 2:43 8:55 06:20 08:19 3:10a 4:50p 09 Wed 3:01 9:14 3:27 9:40 06:20 08:20 3:47a 5:51p 10 Thu > 3:48 10:02 4:16 10:30 06:20 08:20 4:31a 6:55p11 Fri N 4:41 10:55 5:10 11:25 06:20 08:21 5:22a 7:57p 12 Sat N 5:38 11:54 6:09 12:24 06:20 08:21 6:20a 8:57p 13 Sun > 6:40 12:25 7:11 12:56 06:20 08:21 7:24a 9:51p 14 Mon > 7:45 1:30 8:14 1:59 06:20 08:22 8:32a 10:40p 15 Tue 8:48 2:34 9:17 3:03 06:20 08:22 9:41a 11:22p

Port Aransas, H. Caldwell PierDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightMay 27 2:16 a.m. 1.4 H 6:48 a.m. 0.8 L 11:55 a.m. 1.4 H 6:54 p.m. 0.2 L May 28 3:16 a.m. 1.5 H 8:01 a.m. 0.8 L 12:03 p.m. 1.4 H 7:15 p.m. 0.1 L May 29 3:59 a.m. 1.6 H 9:04 a.m. 0.8 L 12:08 p.m. 1.4 H 7:39 p.m. -0.1 L May 30 4:35 a.m. 1.7 H 8:06 p.m. -0.2 L May 31 5:10 a.m. 1.8 H 8:36 p.m. -0.2 L Jun 01 5:46 a.m. 1.8 H 9:09 p.m. -0.2 L Jun 02 6:24 a.m. 1.8 H 9:45 p.m. -0.2 L Jun 03 7:05 a.m. 1.8 H 10:24 p.m. -0.2 L Jun 04 7:48 a.m. 1.7 H 11:05 p.m. -0.2 L Jun 05 8:29 a.m. 1.7 H 11:49 p.m. -0.1 L Jun 06 9:05 a.m. 1.6 H Jun 07 12:35 a.m. 0.1 L 9:34 a.m. 1.5 H 3:24 p.m. 0.7 L 6:54 p.m. 1.1 H Jun 08 1:28 a.m. 0.2 L 9:58 a.m. .5 H 4:03 p.m. 0.5 L 10:07 p.m. 1.0 H Jun 09 2:30 a.m. 0.5 L 10:18 a.m. 1.4 H 4:45 p.m. 0.2 L Jun 10 12:20 a.m. 1.3 H 3:56 a.m. 0.7 L 10:36 a.m. 1.4 H 5:28 p.m. 0.0 L

San Antonio2011 A.M. P.M. SUN MOONMay-June Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets27 Fri 2:02 8:12 2:22 8:32 06:36 08:25 3:08a 4:01p 28 Sat 2:38 8:49 2:59 9:10 06:35 08:25 3:39a 4:54p 29 Sun 3:16 9:27 3:38 9:50 06:35 08:26 4:12a 5:49p 30 Mon > 3:56 10:08 4:20 10:32 06:35 08:27 4:49a 6:45p 31 Tue > 4:41 10:54 5:06 11:19 06:35 08:27 5:30a 7:42p 01 Tue 9:59 3:48 10:22 4:11 06:34 08:28 NoMoon 10:42a 02 Wed 10:49 4:38 11:10 5:00 06:34 08:28 12:23a 11:37a 03 Thu 11:35 5:24 11:55 5:45 06:34 08:29 12:54a 12:30p 04 Fri Q ----- 6:07 12:17 6:27 06:34 08:29 1:23a 1:22p 05 Sat 12:37 6:47 12:57 7:07 06:34 08:30 1:51a 2:14p 06 Sun 1:15 7:25 1:35 7:46 06:33 08:30 2:20a 3:07p 07 Mon 1:52 8:03 2:14 8:25 06:33 08:31 2:50a 4:03p 08 Tue 2:32 8:43 2:55 9:07 06:33 08:31 3:23a 5:02p 09 Wed 3:14 9:27 3:40 9:53 06:33 08:31 4:01a 6:04p 10 Thu > 4:01 10:15 4:29 10:42 06:33 08:32 4:44a 7:07p 11 Fri N 4:53 11:08 5:23 11:37 06:33 08:32 5:35a 8:09p 12 Sat N 5:51 ----- 6:21 12:36 06:33 08:33 6:34a 9:09p 13 Sun > 6:53 12:38 7:23 1:08 06:33 08:33 7:38a 10:03p 14 Mon > 7:57 1:42 8:27 2:12 06:33 08:33 8:46a 10:52p 15 Tue 9:01 2:47 9:29 3:15 06:33 08:34 9:55a 11:35p

Amarillo2011 A.M. P.M. SUN MOONMay-June Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets27 Fri 2:15 8:25 2:36 8:46 06:36 08:51 3:18a 4:20p 28 Sat 2:51 9:02 3:13 9:23 06:36 08:52 3:46a 5:16p 29 Sun 3:29 9:40 3:52 10:03 06:35 08:53 4:17a 6:13p 30 Mon > 4:10 10:22 4:34 10:46 06:35 08:53 4:51a 7:12p 31 Tue > 4:54 11:07 5:20 11:32 06:35 08:54 5:31a 8:10p01 Tue 10:13 4:01 10:36 4:24 06:34 08:55 12:13a 10:45a02 Wed 11:02 4:52 11:24 5:13 06:34 08:55 12:45a 11:43a 03 Thu 11:48 5:38 ----- 5:58 06:34 08:56 1:14a 12:39p 04 Fri Q 12:06 6:20 12:30 6:40 06:33 08:56 1:40a 1:34p 05 Sat 12:50 7:00 1:10 7:20 06:33 08:57 2:05a 2:29p 06 Sun 1:28 7:38 1:49 7:59 06:33 08:57 2:31a 3:26p 07 Mon 2:06 8:17 2:28 8:39 06:33 08:58 2:58a 4:25p 08 Tue 2:45 8:57 3:09 9:21 06:33 08:59 3:28a 5:27p 09 Wed 3:27 9:40 3:53 10:06 06:32 08:59 4:03a 6:31p 10 Thu > 4:14 10:28 4:42 10:56 06:32 08:59 4:44a 7:36p 11 Fri N 5:07 11:21 5:36 11:51 06:32 09:00 5:33a 8:40p12 Sat N 6:04 ----- 6:35 12:50 06:32 09:00 6:31a 9:39p 13 Sun > 7:06 12:51 7:37 1:22 06:32 09:01 7:36a 10:32p 14 Mon > 8:11 1:56 8:40 2:25 06:32 09:01 8:47a 11:17p 15 Tue 9:14 3:00 9:42 3:28 06:32 09:01 9:59a 11:57p

Dallas2011 A.M. P.M. SUN MOONMay-June Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets27 Fri 1:55 8:05 2:15 8:25 06:21 08:26 2:59a 3:57p 28 Sat 2:31 8:42 2:52 9:03 06:21 08:26 3:28a 4:52p 29 Sun 3:09 9:20 3:31 9:43 06:20 08:27 4:00a 5:48p 30 Mon > 3:49 10:01 4:13 10:25 06:20 08:27 4:35a 6:45p 31 Tue > 4:34 10:47 4:59 11:12 06:20 08:28 5:15a 7:43p01 Tue 9:52 3:41 10:15 4:04 06:19 08:29 NoMoon 10:28a 02 Wed 10:42 4:31 11:03 4:53 06:19 08:29 12:21a 11:25a 03 Thu 11:28 5:17 11:48 5:38 06:19 08:30 12:50a 12:20p 04 Fri Q ----- 6:00 12:10 6:20 06:19 08:30 1:18a 1:14p 05 Sat 12:30 6:40 12:50 7:00 06:18 08:31 1:44a 2:08p 06 Sun 1:08 7:18 1:28 7:39 06:18 08:31 2:11a 3:03p 07 Mon 1:45 7:56 2:07 8:18 06:18 08:32 2:39a 4:00p 08 Tue 2:25 8:36 2:48 9:00 06:18 08:32 3:11a 5:01p 09 Wed 3:07 9:20 3:33 9:46 06:18 08:33 3:47a 6:04p 10 Thu > 3:54 10:08 4:22 10:35 06:18 08:33 4:29a 7:09p 11 Fri N 4:46 11:01 5:16 11:30 06:18 08:34 5:19a 8:12p12 Sat N 5:44 11:59 6:14 12:29 06:18 08:34 6:17a 9:11p 13 Sun > 6:46 12:31 7:16 1:01 06:18 08:34 7:21a 10:05p14 Mon > 7:50 1:35 8:20 2:05 06:18 08:35 8:31a 10:51p 15 Tue 8:54 2:40 9:22 3:08 06:18 08:35 9:42a 11:32p


Yamamoto uses his plastics for fi fth at Red River

Pro angler and custom bait maker Gary Yamamoto was the only Texan to place at the Walmart FLW Tour May 19-22 on the Red River in Shreveport, La.

Yamamoto, of Palestine, came in fi fth, with 20 bass weighing 37 pounds, 11 ounces. His winnings were $18,553.

First place was won by John Cox of DeBary, Fla., whose four-day total of 20 bass weighed 48 pounds, 8 ounces.

As expected, Yamamoto threw his own soft plastics, including a Texas-rigged 4-inch Yamamoto Craw, a Yamamoto Hula Swimmer and a 5-inch prototype craw with a double tail. All were colored black and blue.

Cox won fi rst place by fi shing a Dandy Baits 1/2-ounce jighead with a green-pumpkin/green-glitter skirt and then a ChatterBait and swimbait. He also used a Producto Buzztail shad.

Strong winds can’t stop Shriner tournament

Powerful winds hammered the Texas coast May 21, but it couldn’t stop the Arabia Shrine Sportsmen’s 7th Annual Fishing Tournament at Matagorda Harbor. Results follow.

Five trout stringer over 15 inches: fi rst place, the team of John Calhoun, San Antonio, 19 pounds, $1,000; second, the team of Steven Peoples, El Campo, 17.6 pounds; third, the team of Tom and Lisa Perilloux, hometown unavail-able, 17.5 pounds.

Largest trout: fi rst place, John Calhoun, 6.9 pounds, $500; second, Jason Zbranek, El Campo, 6.5 pounds; third, Steven Peoples, 5.3 pounds.

Three slot redfi sh stringer: fi rst place, Marty Van Dyke, Bay City, fi sh-ing alone, 23.6 pounds, $1,000; second, the team Perilloux, 23.5

pounds; third, Dustin Koreba, Houston, 23.5 pounds (tie was decided by fi sh length, which favored the Perillouxs.)

Largest slot redfi sh: fi rst place, the team of Charles Barton, hometown unavailable, 8.8 pounds, $1,000; second, the team of John Gully, Cyprus, 8.5 pounds; third, Marty Van Dyke, 8.4 pounds.

Flounder pot, $1,100, split between the Shriner club and angler Matthew Wood, Austin, who caught a fi sh that weighed 2 pounds, 4 ounces. Both received $550.

American Rodsmiths awarded fi sh-ing rods to all the fi rst-place winners.

Tutt takes top spotat Texoma

Pro angler Jim Tutt of Longview weighed a fi ve-bass limit totaling 19 pounds, 4 ounces May 14 to win the FLW EverStart Series Texas Division event on Lake Texoma.

Tutt’s three-day total of 13 bass weighed 44 pounds.

His prizes were $26,722 and a boat and motor.

“I tried to catch them on a spinnerbait all week but just couldn’t do it,” said Tutt. “I threw a Gambler Giggy Head and got a lot of bites.”

Other top fi nishers were: second, Gary Vining, Morgan City, La., 15 bass, 40-2, $9,162; and third, Todd Castledine, Nacogdoches, 12 bass, 40-0, $7,635.

Four boats awarded at ‘Legend of Lake Fork’

The 7th Annual Legend of Lake Fork Open Big Bass Tournament awarded four boats May 13-15 at Lake Fork Marina.

The Legend boats went to: Joe Poole, of Gilmer, for heaviest bass over slot, 10.96 pounds; Shawn McKinney, of Hughes Springs, sec-ond heaviest bass over slot, 10.05 pounds; Jerry Sumner, Melbourne, Ark., heaviest bass under slot, 2.61 pounds; and Robert Tatomirovich, Martinsville, Ind., early entry draw winner.

—Staff reports

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