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Cormorant hunt in the future?By Mark EnglandLone Star outdoor newS

Texas wildlife offi cials have contacted the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources about that state’s fi rst-ever public hunt for double-crested cormo-rants, an unwanted fi shing rival to some anglers.

“Right now, we have cormo-rant depredation permits,” said Clayton Wolf, director of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Wildlife Division. “If you have a

HUNTING

Opinions differ across the board on what the controversial phrase really means.

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Fair chase?FISHING

Turkey hens’ eggs serves as a meal for many species.

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Nature’s popcorn

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Young angler catches lake-record white bass at Cypress Springs.

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Drought taking a toll on fi shing out west, but good conditions are just some storms away.

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A hot commodity

Experts note the importance of panfi sh as spawns ramp up across the state

Slowridin’ into the future

Thomas a pioneer in midcoast kayak fi shing

By Conor HarrisonLone Star outdoor newS

When Capt. Dean Thomas started fishing his home waters around Aransas Pass and building his kayak guiding business, the vitriol he received from traditional boating captains would make him shake his head and hope for better days.

“I’d have guys just scream at me,” he said in his slow Texas coastal drawl. “They’d almost run me over and never give me a look.”

But times are changing for the longtime guide who was born in Houston, owned a camp in Matagorda for 15 years before starting out in a skiff, then discovered kayak fishing.

“I worked for Chris’s Marine, owned ny Chris Coulter, and he was a kayak guy,” Thomas said. “I traded a paycheck for a kayak and started explor-

See THOMAS, Page 25

AN ORIGINAL: Capt. Dean Thomas holds one of the many redfi sh he has caught from atop his kayak, where he helped pioneer an industry on the coast. Photo by George Stevens.

See CORMORANT, Page 17

By Steven SchwartzLone Star outdoor newS

Panfi sh species, along with their hybrid counterparts, are coming into their fi shing prime as conditions change across the state.

From Lake Palestine to Amistad International Reservoir, the bluegills, red-ear and green sunfi sh are beginning to spawn following recent runs by the largemouth bass and crappie.

Lake Palestine guide Tom Mayne said the panfi sh, par-ticularly bluegills, are moving into shallow water beds and have begun nesting in some northern parts of the lake.

“They’re pretty shallow right now; the bass are about done spawning and the crap-pie are moving out right now,” Mayne said.

Water temperatures are in the high 60s and low 70s throughout the eastern part of the state, and the late bloom-ers have been biting on “any-thing small” in Mayne’s area.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Regional Director Craig Bonds said the panfi sh species are essential to the aquatic envi-ronments, even if their popu-larity has been dwindling over the years.

“It’s nice to see people focus-ing on the bluegill — it’s not as popular as it once was,” Bonds said. “It’s still very important

See PANFISH, Page 17

FISH EATER: Many Texas anglers would be in favor of a cormorant hunting season to alleviate pressure on fi sh stocks. Photo by Joe Richards.

PRIME TIME: Panfi sh species are spawn-ready across the state. Photo by Chris Johnson.

Caught on camera

After reading numerous studies and hearing from experts about the use of cottonseed as a supple-mental deer feed, an often-cited advantage was that the feral hogs won’t eat it. Lone Star Outdoor

See HOGS, Page 5

Game cams show hogs eat cottonseed

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HUNTING

Nature’s popcorn


Turkey hens are a group of devoted moth-ers, until something goes really wrong.

A hen typically will lay one egg per day for up to 14 days, skipping a day every four to six days, on average.

According to Dr. Bret Collier, a wild turkey expert formerly with Texas A&M University and now at Louisiana State University, the reason hens only lay one egg per day is a turkey’s body takes longer to produce each egg.

“Typically, the average in Texas is 11 eggs per nest for a single hen,” Collier said. “On the low end it could be three eggs and I’ve seen as many as 16.”

While laying eggs, the hen will roost in a tree within a half-mile from the nest. However, once all of the eggs are on the ground, she will sit on the nest full-time except to feed and defecate.

“In most cases, the hens will leave once a day or once every other day to feed and get water,” he said. “I have seen some birds that will sit for five days straight.”

It is during this period the hens are most

vulnerable to predation.“Nesting is the most dangerous period

for wild turkey females,” Collier said. “A male turkey will either be killed by a hunter or die of old age. All they do is gobble, fly down, eat and walk around. Eighty to 85 percent of hen mortality occurs while nest-ing. Everything eats hens and poults.”

Collier said he has photographic evi-dence of hens and poults being killed by owls, bobcats, coyotes, caracaras, hogs, snakes and any other predator.

“Everything eats the eggs,” he said. “Green jays, raccoons, armadillos, skunks, bobcats — anything. They truly are nature’s popcorn.”

Texas Parks and Wildlife biologist Kyle Melton agreed. Melton did his thesis study on tracking turkeys and focused on catch-ing poults and checking nest sites for three years.

“They’d start nesting around April 14 or 15,” he said. “One day we were catch-ing poults for feather samples and as I was reaching down, a coachwhip snake struck one of the poults about three feet from my

Turkey hens most vulnerable on nests; everything eats eggs

AGAINST THE ODDS: If a turkey poult is even lucky enough to be born, a dangerous world awaits both he and his hen mother during the fi rst few months of life. Photo by Eric Shirey, for Lone Star Outdoor News.

See TURKEY EGGS, Page 6

By Steve SchwartzLone Star outdoor newS

Thinking outside of the box hasn’t been a mindset for taxi-dermists traditionally, but arti-sans are seeing more unique requests from clients for numer-ous reasons.

These “off-the-wall” ideas have been on the rise in Texas, and according to those in the field, they are as viable of a busi-ness as ever.

“I’m a business man, if there’s an opportunity there, I will do it,” said Gary Broach, owner of Rhodes Brothers Taxidermy in Kerrville. “If the client wants to be creative, I can help them be creative.”

Creativity comes in many forms.

Broach’s company has pro-duced everything from hoof gun racks, pedestals, warthog bottle openers, knives and everything in-between.

Unique mounts, alternative displays on the rise

See MOUNTS, Page 6

OFF-THE-WALL: New ideas are surfacing to commemorate outdoor experiences. Photo by Gary Broach.

Different strokes for differentfolksFair chase not the same for everyone

HOW BIG SHOULD IT BE? Many Texans have differing opinions on if hunting behind a high fence is fair chase. Some think the size of the property behind the high fence should dictate the answer, while others believe hunting anything behind a high fence is unethical. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

See FAIR CHASE, Page 21


Treading lightly might be some-thing bow hunters practice in the woods, but the club that represents the biggest number of archers in the country didn’t hold back with a recent statement condemning all hunting behind any sort of high fence as “canned.”

“The Pope and Young Club and its membership strongly condemn the killing of big game animals in artifi cial situations,” the club said in its release. “An ‘artifi cial situa-tion’ is defi ned as a situation where animals are held in captivity, game-proof fenced enclosures or released from captivity. These unethi-cal practices are often referred to as ‘canned hunts.’ This shall be considered an unethical practice devoid of fair chase hunting eth-

ics, as the animals are not free rang-ing.”

What constitutes fair chase has been a debate for years in the hunt-ing industry.

According to Kevin Hisey, exec-utive secretary for the Pope and Young Club in Minnesota, animals that are harvested behind a high fence have never been eligible for inclusion in their record book, and the statement is a response to issues that “have been building over the past year regarding the captive cer-vid industry, put and take hunting ranches, interstate movement and disease transmission impacts of that.”

Well-known bowhunter Ted Nugent took the club to task in a recent article in Deer and Deer Hunting Magazine.

“I read the offi cial P&Y state-ment on this issue and it can best be

described as ignorant and absurd,” Nugent said. “I have hunted pretty much under every imagin-able hunting experience, terrain and conditions the world has to offer, and their blanket statements about ‘ethics’ and ‘fair chase’ in high fence operations are utterly false and presumptuous at best. It greatly saddens me that the good members of P&Y are so poorly rep-resented in this instance.”

Pope and Young backtracked when pressed by Lone Star Outdoor News to clarify their all-encompass-ing statement.

“While some folks may con-sider this a subtle difference or just semantics, the position statement that you are referring to specifi cally dealt with one kind of scenario: deer farming/deer breeding/shoot-ing facilities. Thus, the terminol-


Kevin Roberts was sitting in his deer blind in 2011 during a windy day and couldn’t hear the feeder go off when it slung its daily ration of corn.

“If I couldn’t hear it, I thought the deer probably couldn’t hear it, either,” he said. “I thought there has to be a way to make it sound louder.”

Even though his wife thought he was crazy, Roberts headed to a local store and bought a bunch of pie tins.

“That did make it louder, but it wasn’t the right sound,” he said. “It was different from

Feeder product a dinner bell for deer

See Bell, Page 6

COMING SOON: Kevin Roberts fi rst debuted his feeder plates at Midland’s Great Outdoors Expo in April. Photo by Kevin Roberts, for LSON.

News reported this in its March 14 issue in the story “Cottonseed a good choice for deer.”

Lone Star Outdoor News put trail cameras on six newly placed cottonseed feeders in late February, and checked the images in late April. The fi ndings were surpris-ing, as image after image showed the hogs feeding at the V-mesh wire enclosures, with the piglets gathering seed at ground level.

Matt Reidy, a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologist in Pleasanton, said he has been getting calls tell-ing him the same thing.

“What I can tell you is that a substance, gossypol, contained in the cottonseed will cause an upset stomach in the pigs if they eat too much of it,” Reidy said. “And

it could kill them if they ate way too much. They can still eat a smaller amount of it, though.”

What the images weren’t showing at the feeders were whitetails, at least not very many, although the neigh-boring ranches that have been feeding for several years said the deer were con-

suming their cottonseed.Research at the Caesar

Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute addressed that issue.

“Like with all new feeds, it takes a while for deer to become used to eating cot-tonseed,” a presentation on the research read.

— Staff report

HogsContinued from Page 1

CHOWING DOWN: Contrary to some information available about cotton-seed, here is proof feral hogs will indeed eat the seed. Photo by LSON.


Barret Simpson, with Conroe Taxidermy, has seen an uptick in the artistry of taxidermy, while Ohio woodworker Mike Adkins has been shipping some of his unique creations to Texas — and they don’t involve the animal at all.

Broach said his business has been changing with the times, but still focuses on taxidermy.

“You can go to the same hunting shows and see the same stuff, but people are looking for something unique,” he said.

Both Simpson and Broach agreed that the taxidermy business has seen nothing but growth in recent years, just with a different empha-sis. Simpson said people are taking the art to the next level, even to the point of designing their homes around a certain piece.

“If anything we are seeing it ramped up,” Simpson said. He recently helped design the interior of a home around a sable mount. “These animals are taking prece-dence in the home, which is new.”

On the opposite side, Adkins has been woodworking for many years, but the recent demand for outdoor commemorations on plaques war-ranted a full-time effort. He now produces engraved and carved plaques that showcase a photo of a hunting or fishing expedition, including trophy animals.

“It seems like with the expense of taxidermy work, that’s the direc-tion people are going,” Adkins said.

He ships his work across the nation, including Texas.

His plaques have also taken off in the fishing circuit scene. He recently completed a series of tro-phies for the Bad Bass Fishing Circuit, and has had four requests

by other circuits since then.“It’s actually picking up; I’m get-

ting more and more requests for plaques,” Adkins said. The hunt-ing and fishing plaques include the trophy information of the fish or game, along with space for a photo.

Broach said he hasn’t seen any fewer clients requesting traditional shoulder and European mounts.

“Taxidermy is as popular as it has ever been,” he said. “I’ve sold things to people who don’t even hunt recently. But the novelty stuff is less expensive than a shoul-der mount — a lot less, in fact.”

Simpson said the nature of hunt-ing will preserve the taxidermy industry for the foreseeable future.

“You have a product there,” he said. “You keep hunting and you keep shooting — either way hunt-ing produces a product.”

As far as how the product is developed, that is up to the client, Broach pointed out, and there are more and more of them coming in to his store.

“I have seen more and more of them (people wanting alternative mounts) and I don’t know why,” he said. “People are always coming in and looking for ideas.”

The sky is the limit for the pro-ducer.

“We are seeing it ramped up,” Simpson said. “We are seeing a new side, the artistry of taxidermy has come so far.”

MountsContinued from Page 4

the corn hitting the legs of the feeder. I tried some dif-ferent metals and eventually settled on steel.”

A welder by trade, Roberts began shaping the metal to make the best sounds and attached it to his feeders. Call ’em In Deer Feeder Attachments were born.

“I’ve tried them on my feeders for three seasons,” he said. “It is simple but effective. I own a small ranch in Breckenridge and have deer hunters on all sides of me. I have noticed a big difference. I’m bringing in deer from farther away and even off of my neighbors’ properties.

“It has helped my hunting.”Roberts attended his first outdoor show in Midland

with his new product, which has a patent pending, and said the interest was great and people were impressed with the idea.

“This is the dinner bell for deer,” he said.— Staff report

BellContinued from Page 5

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX: A few hunters and anglers are moving to more nontraditional methods of commemorating their hunts and catches, like the engraved plaque held above by woodworker Mike Adkins. Photo by Mike Adkins.

hand. Scared the crap out of me, but we got some good pictures that prove snakes eat turkeys.”

The hen sits for an average of 28 days on the nest, and the eggs won’t begin to incubate until the entire clutch has been laid.

“When she is on a nest, she will never leave a circle of 100 meters,” Collier said. “I’ve done the math, and it would be the equivalent of a human spending 40 days straight in a single bathroom — she has to survive within that area.”

Once the poults are born, the hen will continue to stay on the ground and move them several hundred yards per day. At about two weeks, the young turkeys begin to grow their flight feathers, and the hen will roost in the lower branches of trees.

But, she will abandon them in a heartbeat if a predator discovers them.

Hens were about two to three weeks behind normal schedule this season to head to nests. According to track-ing data from hens carrying radio transmitters, at least 25 percent of hens are currently on nests in Texas.

“From everything I’ve seen, it should be a better than average hatch this year,” Collier said.

See LSONews.com for more photos.

Turkey eggsContinued from Page 4



FISHING


Lakes in the western part of the state are experiencing their own form of complications from the statewide drought, and things will only get worse without water.

As levels drop in larger lakes, game fi sh species are facing challenges from several different fronts.

“Some of the lakes are getting to that point, with a hot summer the oxygen levels could be getting dan-gerously low,” said John Clayton, the assistant district superinten-dent with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Lake J.B. Thomas is at .9 percent of

its water level and White River Lake is listed at 0 percent, according to waterdatafortexas.org.

Spencer Dumont with TPWD in San Angelo said some of their bodies of water are seeing low levels that will affect fi shing.

“(Lake) O.C. Fisher is completely dry,” he said. “Twin Butte Lake is extremely low, and with the long-term impacts, the numbers are start-ing to decline. Lake O.H. Ivie is hang-ing in there. It’s pretty low but there are still some fi shing opportunities out there.”

Drought epidemics affect West Texas lakes in more unique ways, Clayton said.


Twelve-year-old Sam Harrison was having a pretty good day on Lake Cypress Springs in March.

After catching a 1 1/2-pound largemouth bass and another 5-pound largemouth on consecu-tive casts, Harrison hooked into a toad of a white bass, according to his dad, Glenn.

“We were fi shing with our good friend, Chris Gilroy, on Cypress Springs and Sam had literally caught two big bass with sev-eral casts,” Glenn said. “Then he hooked into that sand bass using a red Rat-L-Trap. We’ve fi shed Cypress a bunch and that is only the third one we’ve ever seen.

“There aren’t many of them out there.”

When Sam got the fi sh to the boat, Glenn was impressed with the size.

“It was 17 inches long and 15 1/2 inches around,” he said. “I got on the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s website to see what

A RECORD SMILE: Young Sam Harrison proudly holds the 3.6-pound Lake Cypress Springs white bass he caught with a lipless crank-bait. Photo by Glenn Harrison.

Now that’s a white bassNew Lake Cypress Springs record caught in March

See WHITE BASS, Page 11

A shi� in seasons

Low water levels taking a toll on West Texas lakes, fi shing

See DROUGHT, Page 23

Dirt should begin to fl y this week as crews begin the process of opening Cedar Bayou after years of delays and fundraising efforts.

According to John Blaha of Coastal Conservation Association Texas, the mobilizing stage is underway, dredge pipe is being put together and exca-vators are beginning to dig the barges toward the beaches.

The width of the new channel will be 100 feet with a maximum depth of 6 feet.

Along with Cedar Bayou, Vincent Slough will also be dredged and is a key component of the project.

“Vincent Slough provides extra fl ow to keep Cedar Bayou open,” Blaha said. “Vincent Slough brings all the waterfl ow from Aransas Bay and those back lakes. It is a big key.”

The project’s permits specify the dredging must be completed by Oct. 15, a date Blaha said should be met.

“The contractors are confi dent it won’t be an issue,” he said.

— Staff report

Cedar Bayou restoration underway

IT BEGINS: Crews are getting dredging material in place and sand will be fl y-ing soon. Photo by Lisa Laskowski.

DRY OUT WEST: Offi cials in the western part of the state are showing some concern with low lake levels, but describe it as a cyclical issue. Photo by John Clayton.


Conditions are in a “tran-sition period” for anglers in the Sabine Lake area, which is nothing but good news for those seeking large redfish and speckled trout.

“We are in a kind of transi-tion between spring patterns and summer patterns,” said Capt. Bill Watkins. “We have had a lot of redfish, and we have had some big trout too, which is cool.”

After the lake was hit with a “double whammy” of a cold front and high winds, Watkins said the water is clearing and the fish are moving into the flats. The female trout he has picked up have been on beds in the shallow areas.

Capt. Randy Foreman said location is the key for both trout and redfish.

“You’ve got to find the shell and the mud to find the big fish,” he said. “There are trout and the redfish are mixed in heavily. The birds are starting to work on the breaks on the north end.”

Both Watkins and Foreman fish with artificial lures, and both said soft plastics are the name of the game anywhere between 1.5 and 5 feet of water.

Water temperatures are hover-ing in the high 60s and the low 70s for the most part.

Capt. Steve Davis said the trout have been hitting on top-water lures early in the morn-ing, but his clients have been going with soft plastics in the afternoon.

“When the weather gets warm, they school up in the shallows,” Davis said. “The conditions are getting right to start venturing towards the jet-

ties also.”Foreman said in the northern

areas of the lake, redfish have been showing some action.

“I’ve been up in the Neches (river) and up past Bessie Heights Marsh,” Foreman said. “I’ve been grinding it out drift-ing, and the fish are there. It’s going to explode all over the coast.”

White and chartreuse lures

New conditions producing large fi sh at Sabine Lake

FROM SPRING TO SUMMER: Guides at Sabine Lake report that changing tempera-tures and conditions have yielded large fi sh. Photo by David J. Sams, LSON

See SABINE LAKE, Page 23



Freshwater anglers in Texas love grass.The invasive species hydrilla is hated by

biologists, but loved by largemouth bass and crappie anglers because of the cover it pro-vides and the consistent fishing it produces.

According to guides and anglers on Texas lakes where grass carp have been introduced by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, the fishing will quickly head downhill.

“I’ll tell you, I don’t even do crappie trips anymore,” said Lake Conroe guide Butch Terpe. “They put them in the lake in the mid- 2000s and it took away all of the hydrilla. When that happened, the crappie all disap-peared. The grass has been gone for a long time and (the grass carp) are still here.

“I think they eat fish eggs now.”Terpe said anglers still can’t touch the carp

in the lake or bowfish for them.“They were only supposed to live for five

years,” he said. “They’ve been here at least nine years now. They were only supposed to put in 30,000, but they ended up putting in 130,000 — it was overkill.”

Terpe said the only grass currently in the lake is near the shore from when the lake filled back up last year.

“I used to average between 25 and 50 crap-pie per trip in April and May,” he said. “It’s not anywhere close to that now. We also had real good bass action in hydrilla until about 2008. It was fantastic and the grass also kept the back of coves and the lake much clearer. It acted like a filter.

“It was much easier to bass fish back then — they all stayed in the grass.”

Terpe said overall bass numbers are down BUT BASS LOVE GRASS: Some anglers are not happy when state biologists put grass carp into a lake to control hydrilla, saying the carp eat all of the grass and hurt the fishing. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

Grass carp a bane for anglersFishing deteriorates when grass goes away

See GRASS CARP, Page 15


SEE MOREn Saltwater fi shing reports: Page 18

Whites and hybridsRICHLAND CHAMBERS RESERVOIR — Good catches of white bass and hybrid stripers

are being pulled from the big lake, according to guide Royce Simmons of Gone Fishin’ Guide Service.

“We did have to cancel a couple due to the strong north winds that blew 30 mph on Tuesday and Wednesday,” he said. “The other days were absolutely great as we enjoyed the wonderful spring weather and full boxes of white bass every trip, a few hybrid stripers and, on one trip, a nice catch of crappie.”

Fish are being caught on main lake points with small jigs and spoons.“The white bass are going absolutely crazy as the biggest prob-

lem we’re incurring is catching our limit (25 per person) too quickly on many days,” he said. “What a great problem to have.”

To contact Gone Fishin’ Guide Service, call (903) 389-4117.

On fi reLAKE FORK — The most famous bass lake in Texas is beginning to come around after a

rough winter, according to guide Jason Hoffman’s Lake Fork Guide Sevice.“The fi shing on Lake Fork is nothing short of fantastic,” Hoffman said. “My clients have

caught a lot of big fi sh the past few weeks with several fi sh over 9 pounds (including one that

weighed in at 12.31 pounds), and more 7+ pound fi sh than I can count. Our big fi sh have come on a variety of baits including a Santone Piglet shaky head, an umbrella rig, a swimbait, a Santone swim jig, an LFT Magic Shad and a Strike King Sexy Dawg top-water.”

He continued, “There are tons of fi sh in less than 6 feet of water right now. Some are still on spawning beds, others are making there way in to spawn, and others have spawned and have started feeding back up. Water temps are in the upper 60s and lower 70s.”

To contact Jason Hoffman, call (903) 456-3691.

Trolling for crappie TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR — According to guide Joe Joslin, the majority of largemouth

bass have already spawned in the northern portion of the lake, although the spawn is still hap-pening in the southern end.

Many of the bass up to 7 pounds have been caught on spinner baits, although soft plastics fi shed slowly with little weight has put fi sh in the boat.

Anywhere from the bank to 14 feet is where the bass are. Top-waters are becoming more effective, as well.

Trolling on the outside of grasslines from 8 to 14 feet is working for crappie.To contact Joe Joslin, call (337) 463-3848.

— Conor Harrison

ALAN HENRY: Water stained; 62–67 degrees; 15.7’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on fl ukes, Senkos, Texas rigs and jigs. Crap-pie are fair to good on live minnows and jigs around shallow cover.

AMISTAD: Water fairly clear; 73–77 degrees; 40.96’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, jerk-baits, soft plastics, spinner baits and swimbaits. Striped bass are fair on slabs, jigging spoons and live minnows.

ATHENS: Water clear; 62–68 degrees; 0.07’ high. Largemouth bass are very good on shad-pattern square bills and small soft plastic swimbaits around docks. Crappie are good on jigs. Catfi sh are good on trotlines.

BASTROP: Water clear; 72–76 degrees. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and white tube jigs. Channel and blue catfi sh are good on live bait.

BELTON: Water clear; 70–74 degrees; 10.00’ low. Largemouth bass are good on lipless crankbaits and spinner baits.

BOB SANDLIN: Water clear; 63–67 degrees; 1.68’ low. Largemouth bass are good on white buzzbaits and spinner baits around shallow cover. Texas-rigged creature baits around shallow timber good as well, Crappie are fair on jigs. White bass are good on slabs.

BONHAM: Water stained, 63–68 de-grees; 2.17’ low. Largemouth bass are good on bladed jigs, crankbaits and spinner baits on boat docks and rocky points. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs along the bridges and boat docks. Catfi sh are good on jug lines with cut bait.

BRAUNIG: Water clear. Largemouth bass are slow. Striped bass are fair on liver and perch. Redfi sh are slow. Channel and blue catfi sh are good on shrimp, cheesebait, cut bait and liver.

BRIDGEPORT: Water clear, 61–67 degrees; 21.72’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Bahama milk color crankbaits near larger rocks along shoreline. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows.

BROWNWOOD: Water stained; 71–75 degrees; 11.16’ low. Large-

mouth bass to 5 pounds are very good on black/blue and chartreuse/white chatterbaits, and craw or shad-colored crankbaits in 2–6 feet. White bass are good on min-nows and pink tube jigs off lighted docks at night. Crappie are good on minnows and Li’l Fishies.

BUCHANAN: Water stained; 71–75 degrees; 31.86’ low. Largemouth bass are good on white/chartreuse spinner baits, pumpkin/char-treuse–tailed Whacky Sticks, and soft jerkbaits in 4–12 feet. Striped bass are good vertically jigging silver Perk Minnows in 25–35 feet. White bass are good on small lip-less crankbaits and live minnows in 15–25 feet.

CADDO: Water stained; 64– 68 degrees; 0.46’ high. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged creature baits and worms in green pumpkin. White and yellow bass are good on slabs and top-waters. Catfi sh are good on cut shad and trotlines.

CALAVERAS: Water clear. Large-mouth bass are slow. Striped bass are good on spoons and striper jigs near the dam. Redfi sh are slow.

CANYON LAKE: Water murky; 71–75 degrees; 8.92’ low. Largemouth bass are good on jerkbaits, white spinner baits, and pumpkin stick baits in 4–10 feet. Smallmouth bass are good on smoke/red tubes and root beer curl tail grubs on ledges in 10–25 feet.

CEDAR CREEK: Water clear; 62–67 degrees; 4.02’ low. Largemouth bass are good on white spinner baits and bladed jigs near docks. White bass are good on slabs.

CHOKE CANYON: Water clear; 74–78 degrees; 24.22’ low. Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse/white spinner baits, crankbaits and Carolina-rigged soft plastics. White bass are fair on Li’l Fishies. Crappie are good on min-now tipped jigs. Drum are slow.

COLEMAN: Water clear; 70–74 degrees; 16.70’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastic lizards, crankbaits, jerkbaits and electric blue worms.

COLETO CREEK: Water clear; 74 degrees in main lake, 86 degrees

at hot water discharge; 3.94’ low. Largemouth bass to 6 pounds are good on chartreuse crankbaits and spinner baits.

CONROE: Water stained; 71–75 degrees; 0.50’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on chartreuse/green spinner baits, crankbaits and soft plastics.

COOPER: Water clear; 67–71 degrees; 10.75’ low. Large-mouth bass are fair on medium crankbaits and Carolina-rigged plastics up to 15 feet deep. White bass are good on slabs and jigs.

FALCON: Water clear; 73–77 degrees; 25.99’ low. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits, crankbaits and Yum Dingers.

FAYETTE: Water stained. Large-mouth bass are good on watermel-on red Wacky Worms and Senkos and on pumpkinseed worms.

FT. PHANTOM HILL: Water clear; 62–67 degrees; 13.70’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on black/blue jigs, lipless crankbaits and Texas rigs.

GIBBONS CREEK: Water clear. Largemouth bass are fair on green pumpkin crankbaits and soft plas-tics. Crappie are fair on minnows and chartreuse tube jigs.

GRANBURY: Water stained; 72–76 degrees; 10.62’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on chartreuse/white tailed soft plastic worms.

GRANGER: Water stained; 73–77 degrees; 0.17’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on white spinner baits. White bass are fair on water-melon soft plastics and crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows in 4–10 feet.

GRAPEVINE: Water clear; 62–65 degrees; 10.13’ low. Large-mouth bass are good on shallow crankbaits in sprayed grass color fi shed slowly around shallow cover. Crappie are good on chartreuse jigs and minnows. White bass are good on slabs and minnows. Catfi sh are good on trotlines.

HOUSTON COUNTY: Water stained; 71–75 degrees; 0.07’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on white spinner baits and crankbaits, and watermelon red soft plastic worms

on the north side of the lake.

HUBBARD CREEK: Water off-color; 63–68 degrees; 24.69’ low. Large-mouth bass are good on jigs, Texas rigs and weightless soft plastics. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs.

JOE POOL: Water clear; 62–66

degrees; 1.46’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on shallow crankbaits and top-waters. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs. Catfi sh are good on trotlines.

LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water lightly stained; 63–68; degrees; 1.01’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on swim jigs and Texas-rigged creature baits.

LAVON: Water lightly stained; 62–66 degrees; 11.72’ low. Large-mouth bass are fair on bladed jigs and Texas-rigged soft plastics in blue bruiser. White bass are good on slabs and crankbaits.

LBJ: Water stained; 72–76 degrees; 0.32’ low. Largemouth bass are good on blue/white spinner baits, watermelon stick baits and green pumpkin soft plastic jerkbaits. Striped bass are fair on Spoiler Shads and white bucktails early.

LEWISVILLE: Water clear; 61–65 degrees; 7.65’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged craws in green pumpkin near shallow cover. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass are good on slabs and top-waters. Hybrid striper are good on slabs.

LIVINGSTON: Water fairly clear; 72–76 degrees; 0.24’ high. Large-mouth bass are good on buzzbaits, spinner baits and soft plastics.

MARTIN CREEK: Water clear; 70–74 degrees; 0.24 low. Largemouth bass are fair on shaky heads and drop-shot fi nesse worms. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass are good on minnows.

MONTICELLO: Water fairly clear; 64–69 degrees; 0.82’ high. Large-mouth bass are fair on hollow-body frogs and Texas-rigged green pumpkin creature baits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfi sh are good on trotlines.

NAVARRO MILLS: Water murky; 72–76 degrees; 0.22’ low. Large-mouth bass are fair on crankbaits and lipless crankbaits along banks and near the dam. Crappie are good on red/chartreuse and orange/chartreuse jigs and minnows.

O.H. IVIE: Water stained; 63–68 degrees; 47.47’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas rigs, jigs and weightless fl ukes.

OAK CREEK: Water stained; 62–67 degrees; 23.14’ low. Largemouth bass are fair Texas-rigged lizards or worms, jigs and Senkos.

PALESTINE: Water clear; 61–66 degrees; 0.25’ high. Largemouth bass are good on green pumpkin shaky heads. Catfi sh are good on trotlines.

POSSUM KINGDOM: Water fairly clear; 63–69 degrees; 14.29’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on drop-shot rigs, jigs, lipless crankbaits and Texas rigs.

PROCTOR: Water stained; 73–77 degrees; 9.10’ low. Largemouth bass are good on green pumpkin lipless crankbaits and crankbaits.

RAY HUBBARD: Water clear; 62–67 degrees; 7.66’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on medium-diving crankbaits. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid striper are good on slabs. Catfi sh are good on trotlines and cut shad.

RAY ROBERTS: Water clear; 63–67 degrees; 8.15’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged green pumpkin soft plastics and creature baits in super bug along main lake points. Crappie are good on white jigs. White bass are good on minnows. Catfi sh are good on cut shad.

SAM RAYBURN: Water murky; 71–

75 degrees; 2.02’ low. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon red Trick Worms, Senkos and Carolina-rigged soft plastics on main lake fl ats. White bass are slow.

SOMERVILLE: Water murky; 72–76 degrees; 2.61’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Hybrid striper are good on white striper jigs. White bass are good on minnows.

STILLHOUSE: Water stained; 69–73 degrees; 11.66’ low. Largemouth bass are good on pumpkinseed soft plastics and spinner baits. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and white tube jigs. Carp are good on minnows and corn.

SWEETWATER: Water murky; 63–68 degrees; 24.78’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on fl ukes and Texas rigs.

TAWAKONI: Water stained; 63–67 degrees; 9.85’ low. Largemouth bass are good on green pumpkin creature baits and bladed jigs. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on slabs. Striped bass and hybrid striper are good on slabs and top-waters.

TEXOMA: Water clear; 61–66 degrees; 8.56’ low. Largemouth bass are good on shaky heads and Texas-rigged worms near laydown timber.

TRAVIS: Water murky; 73–77 degrees; 54.73’ low. Largemouth bass are good on smoke grubs and small soft plastics.

WALTER E. LONG: Water lightly stained. Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon crankbaits and spinner baits. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are good on slabs and soft plastics.

WHITNEY: Water stained; 70–74 degrees; 12.43’ low. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon red Texas-rigged soft plastics and crankbaits.

WRIGHT PATMAN: Water lightly stained; 63–68 degrees; 6.20’ high. Largemouth bass are good on black neon Texas-rigged creature baits. Crappie are good on min-nows and jigs. Catfi sh are good on trotlines.

— TPWD

TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT

spawning beds, others are making there way in to spawn, and others have spawned and have started feeding back up. Water temps are in the spawning beds, others are making there way in to spawn, and others have spawning beds, others are making there way in to spawn, and others have


the record was and this one beat it by 3/4s of a pound. We kept it and took it to the weigh station on Bob Sandlin.”

When the group walked into the weigh station, Glenn said the surroundings were quite amusing.

“It was a Saturday night in East Texas and the place was half-karaoke bar, half-bait shop,” he said. “My son was a little shocked at some of the crowd. It made it an awesome story.”

The fish qualified for the junior lake and overall lake record.

Sam, a 7th grader in the Lovejoy School District, was thrilled with the catch.

“At first, we all thought it was another largemouth bass,” he said. “Once we got it close enough and realized it was a white bass, we were pretty excited. My dad told me to put it in the livewell and I was just freaking out.”

Glenn said the trip wouldn’t have been possible without Gilroy’s help.

“He’s a good friend and a super guy,” he said. “We fish with him a lot over there and he is nice enough to take us out in his boat.”

White bassContinued from Page 8

REELING IN A RECORD: Sam Harrison does battle with the huge white bass he caught last month. Photo by Glenn Harrison.


CAST-NETTERS CAUGHT WITH 80 WHITE BASS

Dallas County Game Wardens Jamie Sanchez and Mike Stephens received a call from a man fishing on Rowlett Creek. The man said he observed two men throwing a cast net and keeping what he thought were white bass. The wardens located a white van in the parking area and waited in the brush until the individuals made their way out with their catch. After midnight, two men wearing headlamps, with a bag, bucket and 12-gauge shot-gun walked toward the van. The wardens made contact and discov-ered the bag and bucket the men were carrying were filled with white bass, but the men had no fishing rods or reels. The men admitted to using a cast net to take all of the white bass and admitted to fish-ing without a license. A total of 80 white bass and one 6-foot cast net were seized. Multiple cases pend-ing.

DEER POACHER FINALLY FOUNDIn February, a caller advised

Medina County Game Warden Jeff Benson of a deer carcass in a pas-ture with the head removed. After collecting blood and tissue sam-ples, recovering a bullet and inter-viewing people in the area, a con-fession was obtained. Charges are pending for taking a white-tailed deer in closed season and waste of game. Restitution is pending on the 132 B&C deer.

WARDENS RECOVER BOY’S BODY AFTER TRAGIC BOATING ACCIDENTSan Augustine County Game

Wardens Lee Hall, Michael Ferguson and Jeff Cox were called to assist with a boating acci-dent on San Augustine City Lake. A small boat with four people on board sunk shortly after leaving

the boat ramp. A person fishing nearby rescued three men, but a 13-year-old boy had disappeared. Joined by Shelby County Game Warden Anthony King, the wardens began the search and recovered the body of the boy after two hours of dragging operations. The inves-tigation into the cause of the acci-dent continues.

GILL-NETTERS ON RIO GRANDE GRABBED

Cameron County Game Wardens Jarret Barker, Billy Lucio and David Stokes came upon two foreign nationals from Mexico setting out illegal gill nets on the Rio Grande River. The wardens arrested both subjects and seized 1,800 feet of gill net, a boat and outboard motor.

BAG TOSSED ON ROCKS STARTS MOVING AS WHITE BASS TRIES TO

ESCAPEAt Lake Georgetown, Williamson

County Game Warden Joel Campos observed six fishermen side-by-side fishing at the Overlook Park. One of the men saw the warden and threw a fishing rod to the ground and a plastic bag onto some rocks. Campos made contact with him and the man was unable to produce a fishing license. One white bass was

on the ground six feet away from the subject. Campos then noticed the bag was moving, and a white bass came out. A total of 11 white bass were seized. Cases pending.

CAST-NETTING FROM THE CANOEAt approximately 1:00 a.m.,

Dallas County Game Wardens Sergio Bazaldua, Martin Oviedo, Jamie Sanchez and Mike Stephens located three fishermen on a canoe using an oversized cast net to obtain game fish. The group had more than 70 white bass in their possession. The fishermen were cited for fishing by illegal means and methods, no fishing licenses and possession of undersized game fish. Charges are pending.

MONTHS OF HUNTER HARASSMENT BRINGS FELONY CHARGE

During the opening weekend of deer season, Sabine County Game Warden Sam Smith received infor-mation regarding an undersized buck being taken, and found the deer hidden under a toolbox in an industrial trash bag. After the cita-tions were issued to the subject, the father of the subject began to harass the informant. Over the course of the deer season, Smith obtained written statements from

the informant, video evidence, and witnessed the subject yell-ing at the informant from a road while the informant was in his deer stand. Electric fencing was torn down, deer stands and feeders were destroyed and a dead skunk was found in one of the infor-mant’s box stands. Yelling from the road, shooting guns, playing loud music and revving up engines were some of the acts videoed and witnessed by the informant and/or Smith. Smith presented the case to the grand jury and the father was indicted for retaliation, a third-degree felony, and hunter harassment.

BIG BLACK DRUM KEPT AT PIERAransas County Game Warden

Scott McLeod responded to a call reporting persons keeping over-sized black drum on the Copano Bay Pier. McLeod contacted two subjects with two 39-inch black drum in their possession. Both fish were unharmed and released back into the water. Cases pending.

IT’S HARD TO HIDE A 33-INCH DRUM

At the South Padre Island jetties, Cameron County Game Warden Jarret Barker observed a subject

attempting to hide a black drum in the trunk of his car. Barker found the subject to be in possession of a 33-inch black drum. Charges pending.

FISHING WAS GOOD FOR TRESPASSERS ON PRIVATE LAKEOn Titus County Fresh Water

Supply District Flood Control prop-erty, three subjects from Arkansas were caught fishing without con-sent. Titus County Game Warden Jerry Ash responded. The subjects were in possession of 20 large-mouth bass and five crappie. Cases pending for criminal trespass and fishing without consent.

ROAD HUNTERS CAUGHT WITH THREE AXIS BUCKS

While on patrol, Edwards County Game Warden Grant Moore observed a vehicle driving slowly up and down the highway and shining a light in the ditch. After making contact, Moore’s investiga-tion ended with a confession from two individuals for hunting from a public roadway. One individual did not have a hunting license. Three large axis bucks were seized. Cases pending.

EASTER MIRACLE AFTER 34-FOOT FALL FOR PWC DRIVER

On Easter Sunday, Guadalupe County Game Warden Tracy Large was called to a boat accident on Lake Placid where a personal watercraft had gone over the dam. The dam on that lake is a flow-over gate, so the water goes over the dam. The operator didn’t see the buoys warning him to stay out and fell about 34 feet into 2 feet of water covering a concrete apron. The driver only had minor scratches and bumps and he refused EMS treatment.

GAME WARDEN BLOTTERWARDEN COMES UPON,

SURPRISES ILLEGAL FISH SELLERWhile returning home from Hardin County, Jasper

County Game Warden Justin Eddins noticed a Jasper County resident parked on the side of the rural road along with another vehicle. Eddins had been conducting surveil-lance on the subject, as the subject had reportedly been catching and selling crappie at a local marina. As Eddins passed the vehicles, he noticed the subject handing a bag of what looked to be fish off to the unidentified vehicle. As

Eddins turned around, he pulled behind the unidentified vehicle and noticed the occupant hand a handful of money to the subject. As Eddins exited his vehicle, the subject that had just sold the fish was in shock. Eddins seized 32 crappie and two black bass, all scaled and on ice. The sub-ject had sold them for $3 each. Two years ago, the subject was cited for killing more than 20 white-tailed deer in one season. Multiple cases pending.



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The National Wild Turkey Federation hosted a youth hunt recently and hunters COLBY GOBERT and MICHAEL ASENAULT, along with their Texas Game Warden guides CHRIS SWIFT and DEREK SPITZER, found success.

DAVID BROOKS, right, and JOSH BARI caught these two red snapper in state waters aboard the Fish + Fun II in 50 feet of water.

TAMMYE SHIPP took this 4x4 desert mule deer near Van Horn.

Fort Worth hunter CHRIS MORRIS took this 22-inch, five-curl blackbuck antelope Jan. 4 on the historic Stowers Ranch near Kerrville.

BRANDON OBERLANDER caught this big wahoo trolling near the 42020 weather buoy.

BEN SMITH caught this 42-pound black drum near Kemah on live shrimp.


and guides struggle to put people on fi sh.“The white bass have been depleted, as

well,” he added. On Lake Dunlap, Capt. Barry Dodd said

the lake has defi nitely become harder to fi sh because of the lack of grass and the abun-dance of carp.

“I can tell you today all of the fi sh we caught were in grass,” Dodd said after a day of fi shing on Lake LBJ. “We used to catch bass all of the time on Dunlap in the grass. We had a much better fi shery when the grass was still in there.

“I don’t have a lot of respect for the grass carp.”

Dodd said one of the biggest issues he has seen is how to get the carp out of a lake once they are in there.

“I’m not sure how they get them out,” he said. “My brother put some in a private pond of his and they fi nally went away when the pond dried up. I think a lake is much better off with some grass in there.

“The fi shery is better.”Dodd said Dunlap did have a lot of grass,

and anglers are not the only ones who use the lake.

“It might have bothered the skiers but it never bothered me,” he said.

On Lake Austin, anglers are seeing the grass disappear and are worried the fi shery will go downhill.

“It is a struggle between anglers and home-

owners,” said Brian Booker, co-owner of Texas Tournament Zone on Lake Austin. “We agree in moderation but complete eradication is too much. Erosion and water quality are becom-ing an issue.”

Grass carpContinued from Page 9

According to a TPWD document written by Dr. Earl Chilton on invasive hydrilla control, grass carp have pros and cons when stocked in lakes.

Pros: • No chemicals introduced into the

water and no restrictions on the use of water for drinking.

• Usually long-term control • Plant biomass can be removed from

the system. • Triploid grass carp will not repro-

duce. Cons: • If not confi ned, grass carp will typi-

cally leave target treatment area. In some cases they have been found more than 200 miles away from tar-get treatment areas.

• Grass carp may consume nontarget plant species when available.

• Grass carp may consume vegetation in nontarget areas.

• It is diffi cult to achieve partial con-trol.

• Grass carp are not readily susceptible to conventional capture techniques and are not easily removed from water bodies if overstocked.

Mason, Dearman win TXTT

Kevin Mason, of Coldsprings, and Randy Dearman, of Onalaska, brought 19.93 pounds of bass to the scales to win the 2014 Texas Team Trail presented by Cabela’s event at Lake Livingston on May 3.

The anglers ran 15 miles to the southwest side of Livingston, fl ipping jigs and creature baits. Despite higher-than-expected winds and muddy water, the team felt they did well.

“It couldn’t have worked out better. Everything went as planned,” Mason said.

Second-place fi nishers Jeff Rood, of Livingston, and Jedidiah Holt, of San Marcos, weighed a fi ve-fi sh limit of 17.55 pounds. The anglers didn’t expect the higher winds but didn’t let it change their attitudes.

“We had bluebird skies with high winds,” Moore said. “We didn’t let the winds affect us. We just went with it and got a few of the right bites.”

The anglers made a short run to Rock Creek, fi shing poppers early for big bass before moving on to fl ipping creature baits to fi ll their limit. Although the team lost two 4-pounders at the boat, they were happy for a day on the water.

— TXTT



to have bluegill in an area to sup-port other populations. East Texas is blessed with a quality panfi sh popu-lation.”

He said anglers are fi shing less and less with a consumptive attitude and are targeting larger species — like largemouth bass. While this hasn’t had an impact on the population of the panfi sh, he said his offi ces don’t receive as much data from anglers as they have in past years.

Olin Jensen, while guiding down at Amistad, said he has seen dwin-dling populations due to low water levels.

“The bluegill have been scarce; we’ve lost a lot of grass because of the drought,” Jensen said. “The water levels have dropped; we are almost 40 feet below normal.”

The species he has seen while fi sh-ing for bass have been in shallower waters — some have been seen mak-ing their way to the nests. Water tem-peratures at Amistad are hovering in the low 70s.

The panfi sh are a resilient species, Bonds said. The cool temperatures and low water levels may have a small effect on the populations, but they are seeing healthy amounts of fi sh — even some hybrids — that have made their way into public lakes. Private owners have been stocking hybrid panfi sh for many years, he said, and in rare circumstances his crews will fi nd fi sh with “confusing” character-istics in public waters.

“The advantage of the hybrid sun-fi sh is that they exhibit ‘hybrid big’ characteristics,” Bonds said. “They are reproductively viable, and in cases where you have high turbidity or where the water is not clear, they

can cross between the nests. “There can be some confusion,

let’s put it that way.”It is rare, however. He said studies

show only about 1 percent of pan-fi sh are hybrids in public waters. Oftentimes, the hybrids are ecologi-cally pressured to revert back to a cer-tain species.

“Certain parents of the cross (hybrid) will be more reproductively fi t, and whichever that is will be more favorable for offspring,” Bonds said.

In Central Texas waters, guide Chris Johnson said spawning season

is in full swing for most species on the Llano and San Gabriel rivers.

“Not all species are on the beds, but some are in there and others are beginning to start up,” Johnson said. His company, Living Waters Fly Fishing, focuses on rivers in the area.

“If you throw an ant in the water, you will catch a redear and bluegill,” he said. “It really depends on how many you want to catch more than anything; you may get sick of it.”

Tom Mayne, (903) 279-9083Olin Jensen, (830) 734-8715Chris Johnson, (512) 828-3474

PanfishContinued from Page 1

FROM A FLY TO THE FRYER: Bluegill and redear sunfi sh are just two of the species that fl y-fi sh-erman in the Hill Country have been pulling in over the past few weeks. Spawn conditions are leaving panfi sh ripe for the picking. Photo by Chris Johnson.

ranch with a private pond, you can apply and get a permit. There’s no limit, but you do have to report how many cormorants you take. The way our rules are set up, they (permits) can’t be used on public water bodies. We’re simply investigating the mat-ter.”

South Carolina hunters earlier this year “removed” 12,113 birds, according to Derrell Shipes, chief of statewide wildlife projects for the DNR.

Double-crested cormorants are a migratory species and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must grant states permission to harvest them. States have to provide evidence the cormorants are a nuisance, said Charna Lefton, a USFWS spokesper-son.

South Carolina’s DNR argued the cormorants devastate prey fi sh such as American shad and blueback her-ring on Santee Cooper (power com-pany) lakes during the winter.

“These fi sh are stacked behind dams doing what they’re supposed to be doing,” Shipes said. “And there are thousands of cormorants around. The ones on the banks are

gorged. This lasts up to six weeks.”Federal depredation permits don’t

restrict who can enforce them.“They designate the agents to

carry out the permit,” Lefton said. “If they want to do it as a hunt, that’s a state issue.”

South Carolina hunters under-went a brief training session and were limited to taking double-crested cormorants on lakes Marion and Moultrie from Feb. 2 to March 1. DNR offi cials granted 1,225 per-mits. The 520 people who reported back averaged taking more than 23 cormorants.

“This was done largely because we didn’t have the funds or staff to do it ourselves,” Shipes said. “We were successful in removing a sub-stantial number of cormorants from South Carolina lakes. And in the face of a signifi cant law enforcement presence, it doesn’t appear we had a problem with the harvesting of other birds.”

In contrast, Texans took 2,906 cor-morants in fi scal year 2013 through approximately 140 depredation per-mits.

Texas’ interest in studying the South Carolina hunt stems from a South Texas pond owner who, after going fi shing, wrote to TPWD and complained that “We didn’t get a

bite. Cormorants had cleaned it out.” The pond owner said he had also noticed large numbers of dou-ble-crested cormorants at Lake Fork and Lake Livingston.

Wolf said a Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission member asked TPWD to determine if the issue war-ranted further investigation.

“We’re researching the literature,” Wolf said. “We’re only vaguely familiar with cormorants. What is their real impact? That’s something we need to know if we get to the point of presenting something to the commission.”

The director of TPWD’s Inland Fisheries said he didn’t know of any studies pinpointing cormorants as impairing game fi sh populations.

“I know that on small bodies of water that if they come in great numbers they can very defi nitely have an impact, but I’ve not seen any data that says cormorants sig-nifi cantly impact sport fi sheries,” Gary Saul said. “Fishing in Texas is pretty darn good right now. Our big-gest problem is we don’t have a lot of water, not birds.”

David Vance, a Lake Fork guide who’s fi shed on the Bassmaster tour, is no fan of cormorants. He calls them “water turkeys.”

“They’ve got a bill like a latch,” he said. “I’ve seen fi sh scarred up by them.”

Vance said he was looking at a cormorant as he talked to Lone Star Outdoor News last Tuesday.

“He’s probably wishing he was in the boat with us. We’ve caught 20 (bass) already. One was over 6 pounds. We caught a 9-pounder yes-terday. The biggest factor as far as fi shing this year hasn’t been birds but the crazy extended winter.”

However, if Texas offi cials decide cormorants need to be more con-trolled, Vance offered a sly solution.

“They can dive 30 feet deep,” Vance said. “We’ve had people catch them on trotlines, where the birds tried to rob them. Maybe that’s what we need to do: set out cormorant trotlines. Maybe that’s the answer.”

CormorantContinued from Page 1

A SEASON FOR WATER TURKEYS? Texas wildlife offi cials are looking into South Carolina’s recent open season on cormorants. Photo by LSON.


NORTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good on the Louisiana shoreline on top-waters and Corkies. Flounder are fair on jigs tipped with shrimp around marsh drains.

SOUTH SABINE: Sheepshead, redfi sh and black drum are good at the jetty on live shrimp. Trout are fair to good around Blue Buck Point on top-waters and live shrimp.

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

TRINITY BAY: Trout are fair for waders on the east shoreline on soft and scented plastics. Redfi sh are fair to good on the north shore-line on gold spoons and shrimp.

EAST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are good on the south shoreline on twitchbaits. Whiting and sand trout are good on the edge of the Intra-coastal on fresh shrimp.

WEST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are fair to good

for drifters working shell on live shrimp. Trout, sheepshead, redfi sh and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and croakers. Redfi sh are good in the back lakes on shrimp and scented plastics.

TEXAS CITY: Redfi sh are fair to good in Moses Lake on shrimp. Trout are fair to good on live shrimp on the reefs.

FREEPORT: Trout are fair at San Luis Pass on live bait. Sand trout, trout, redfi sh and sheepshead are good on live shrimp on the reefs in Christmas Bay and at the jetties.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout and redfi sh are fair for drifters in the back lakes on live shrimp. Redfi sh are fair to good on the edge of the Intracoastal on crabs and mullet.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY: Redfi sh are good on the edge of Oyster Lake on shrimp and crabs. Black drum and redfi sh are fair to good at the jetty and on the reefs on live shrimp.

PORT O’CONNOR: Trout and redfi sh are fair on soft plastics over sand and grass near Grass Island. Trout and redfi sh are fair for drift-ers working the back lakes with live shrimp. Trout and redfi sh are good at the jetty on mullet.

ROCKPORT: Trout are fair to good in Morris–Cummings Cut on free–lined shrimp. Black drum are good in the Lydia Ann Channel on crabs. Redfi sh are fair to good on the Estes Flats on mullet and crabs.

PORT ARANSAS: Redfi sh are fair to good at East Flats on gold spoons and small top-wa-ters. Black drum and redfi sh are fair to good in the channels on crabs and fi nger mullet. Redfi sh, trout and sheepshead are fair to good at the jetty on shrimp.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Trout are fair to good on the edge of the spoils on scented plastics and live shrimp. Black drum and redfi sh are fair

to good in the channels on crabs. Redfi sh are good on sand and grass fl ats on shrimp.

BAFFIN BAY: Trout are fair to good on sand and grass on top-waters and soft plastics. Redfi sh are fair to good at Yarborough on gold spoons and plastics. Trout are fair to good in the Land Cut on live shrimp.

PORT MANSFIELD: Trout are fair to good on top-waters around sand and grass. Redfi sh are fair to good while drifting potholes on scented plastics. Black drum and redfi sh are good on crabs at East Cut.

SOUTH PADRE: Trout are good around the spoil islands and grass fl ats on DOA Shrimp and live shrimp. Black drum, redfi sh and Spanish mackerel are fair at the jetty on live bait.

PORT ISABEL: Trout and redfi sh are fair to good at Gas Well Flats on live shrimp. Red-fi sh are fair to good in South Bay on plastic shrimp.

TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING REPORT

Dirty waterDEWBERRY ISLAND — The island

on the east side of Santo Espiritu Bay has been producing solid boxes of trout for wade fishermen, according to posts on 2coolfishing.com.

Dirty water was producing better than clear water, and anglers were catching trout in waist-deep off-colored water with about 6 inches of visibility and throwing straw-berry/white and plum/white Gamblers on a 1/8-ounce jighead.

Along with soft plastics, shrimp under a popping cork were also enticing some bites.

Jig the rigNORTH BAKER RIG — The popular oil-rig

platform off of Port Aransas has been produc-ing good catches of red snapper, jacks and jack crevalle, according to multiple anglers.

Chunk bait and jigs have worked to put nice fish in the boat.

Along with jacks and snapper, amberjack and some grouper have been caught, when an angler can keep bait down long enough without the snapper inhaling it.

Several internet posters said the grass has become thick offshore, making trolling for wahoo, tuna and other species tough this month.

Crabs andmullet

INDIANOLA FISHING MARINA — According to Sandy Kubicek at Indianola Fishing Marina, anglers on the pier are having a good month catching a variety of species.

“We are catching gafftop, good keeper redfish between 22 and 25 inches and the trout are popping at night, although they are a little small, but we are seeing a few keepers,” she said. “ The big black drum are still running at night, also.”

Kubicek said the best baits have been crabs and cut mullet.To contact Indianola Fishing Marina, call (361) 552-5350.

— Conor Harrison

— According to Sandy Kubicek at Indianola Fishing

Several internet posters said the grass has become thick offshore, making trolling for wahoo, tuna and other species


trolling for wahoo, tuna and other species


when an angler can keep bait down long enough without the snapper inhaling it.

trolling for wahoo, tuna and other species tough this month.

are popping at night, although they are a little small, but we are seeing a few keepers,” she said. “ The big black drum are still running at night, also.”



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What’s the best way to fi eld test a new line of fi shing rods? Find some big red drum and start catching. Jimmy Burns, owner of Waterloo Rods, knows something good when he sees it. He was introduced to a new fi shing adventure at the Houston Fishing Show. As most fi sher-men know, fi shing shows involve lots of talk, but Burns took the chance and squeezed his large frame and a handful of fi shing rods into an amphibious Cessna 185 piloted by fi shing Capt. Theophile Bourgeois. The plane took off and headed almost due east for about a 45-minute ride into the Gulf of Mexico.

The plane banked hard left at about 600 feet and the pilot peered down on the shores of the famous Chandelier Islands.

“Nothing down here today, let’s check another spot,” Capt. Theophile was heard say-ing over the headset. Two minutes later, the plane made another hard bank and his voice got louder. “Look at all dem mullet down there — this looks good.”

The plane’s fl oats stopped on a sand bar about 80 yards from shore and the captain and Burns put on their waders while standing on the pontoons.

“Let’s split up and see where the fi sh are,” Theophile ordered as they both took to the water.

Burns wasted no time in catching speck-led trout within 50 yards of the anchored sea-plane. One after the other on a prototype bait, but the trout were just nice trout — nothing that would give his rod a good test.

The group moved to the tip of the island and the currents were mixing well. So were the fi sh. Big red drum, just what Burns was after. One after another, the fi sh were ripping line and bending the rod to the extreme.

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See FIELD TEST, Page 29


Desert bighorn permit to be auctioned

A permit to hunt a desert bighorn ram on a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Wildlife Management Area in the mountains of West Texas will be auctioned to the highest auc-tion bidder on Sat., July 12, at WildLife 2014, the annual convention of the Texas Wildlife Association.

TWA last auctioned this permit in 2011, which brought a record high bid of $152,000 for the opportunity to hunt a desert bighorn ram in Texas. Proceeds from the 2011 permit auctioned off by TWA allowed TPWD to con-

tinue desert bighorn sheep restoration efforts in suitable unoccupied habitat. This year’s live auction item is once again being offered by the Texas Wildlife Association Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization.

TWAF is donating 90 percent of gross reve-nue from this auction item to the TPWD Desert Bighorn Sheep Program for desert bighorn res-toration, management, and research in the state of Texas.

The permit provides the opportunity for one hunter to hunt for the next available desert big-horn ram on Elephant Mountain, Sierra Diablo, or Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, as designated by TPWD.

— TWA

ogy of ‘canned shoots’ and the commentary about transportation, disease, captivity, etc. The direction of that particular position state-ment was not encompassing ALL high-fence enclosures,” Hisey responded to follow-up questions.

The statement calling all high-fenced hunt-ing canned did not sit well with some Texas hunters. Pope and Young has 300 members in Texas.

The Lone Star Bowhunters Association also has a statement on ethics, but it states that to be eligible for their records, an animal taken on a high-fenced ranch must be a minimum of 640 acres.

“Well, I’m also a member of Pope and Young,” said Bob Barnette, past president of LSBA. “I am sensitive to their stands and I know they’re trying to promote fair chase hunting, but I think they could have thought that through a little better. I’m a little disap-pointed in the wording.”

Barnette said he has noticed a trend recently with Pope and Young and the Boone and Crockett Club releasing statements and clarifying positions relating to high-fenced hunting, CWD and other issues facing the hunting community.

Many hunters commented on the LSON Facebook page with varying opinions on what constitutes fair chase.

“So, any size ‘fenced’ area? I hunted in

South Africa within a ‘fenced’ area that was over 60,000 acres,” said reader Mark Thomas. “It’s the only way they can protect their ani-mals from poaching. If you think that wasn’t diffi cult and free-range, you are sadly mis-taken. Spot and stalk hunting that covered a mountain range. It was diffi cult to say the least. There has to be room here to defi ne what a ‘canned’ hunt is — just because there’s a fence doesn’t mean it’s easy or canned.”

Other LSON readers also chimed in on what they consider fair chase.

“Well, I’ve hunted small- and large-high fence places,” said Chris Ivey Sr. “None of them were so-called canned hunts. Ninety-nine percent of the people that call it canned have never seen nor been on one. They see pictures of bucks in pens and think that’s what you’re hunting.”

“I personally wouldn’t feel right about doing it,” said Nick Conway, “cause if I got a good one, it would always have the label behind it — This one is from a high-fenced place. I know there are huge deer killed in Texas on free range but every time I see a pic-ture of a 190- to 200-inch deer, I automati-cally know/suspect it’s high fence.”

Lorraine Lowrance had a suggestion — “Simply do away with scoring all together (see if P&Y likes that idea) and it will take care of that problem. I don’t care what your deer scored. Did you enjoy and feel good about your hunt? Did you and the ones you were with make memories that will last a lifetime? Good. If anyone is out there just shooting numbers, well they might want to look into golf or bowling.”

Fair chaseContinued from Page 4


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DroughtContinued from Page 8

“We’re out here in West Texas, it’s not unusual out there that you may get 10 feet of water evaporated each summer,” he said. “We really can’t get aquatic vegetation established. We have a saying that we are chasing water lines.”

He said in some areas they have already missed three spawning sea-sons for their game fi sh, and the numbers are seeing an impact. Less space in the water means less oxygen for the remaining species.

Bass and sunfi sh will see the fi rst effects, Clayton said, but are still in good numbers at major reservoirs like Lake Alan Henry.

Guide Phillip Pool said Alan Henry is not hurting as much as other reser-voirs in the area, but the effects are trickling down to them.

“The main lake is still in good shape, Poole said. “Alan Henry is a really steep, deep-canyon lake. We’re holding our own.”

But, as other lakes’ levels drop, Alan Henry sees the migration of anglers and the pressure they bring.

“It’s all we got out here,” Pool said. “I don’t know that it affects the fi sh-ing, but what it does affect is the lake gets crowded.”

Clayton said TPWD has not issued any statement to anglers encourag-ing them to keep legal limits of fi sh they catch, because of the danger the drought poses to the species.

“If we have 5-plus feet of water, we should be fi ne,” he said. “But it’s one of those situations where we wouldn’t mind if they harvested a few.”

“We don’t encourage that one way or the other,” Dumont added. “It could rain tomorrow — just add water.”

Clayton said a sudden infl ux of water can be a challenge for the lakes as well. The fl uctuation of the water levels doesn’t give vegetation time to adapt, leaving no cover for the game fi sh. If the levels rise too quickly — in situations like a heavy fl ood — the water can kill all the vegetation, which robs the water of oxygen lev-els as well.

Dumont said access points are lim-ited in his area; many ramps just lead to dirt.

However, both Dumont and Clayton said their departments aren’t in as critical of a situation as many people think — conditions can change overnight. Dry banks give the vegetation a chance to regrow before being submerged as well.

“That’s a big factor of course, when the water drops the vegetation disap-pears,” Clayton said. “When these lakes catch come water, the fi shing can be amazing. We just need rain.”

Powroznik wins B.A.S.S. on Toledo Bend

Port Haywood, Va., angler Jacob Powroznik stormed back on the final day to win the four-day Evan Williams Bourbon Bassmaster Elite at Toledo Bend.

“I’m speechless. That doesn’t happen very often,” said Powroznik as he accepted his first Bassmaster Elite Series trophy after competing in only four events in his first year on the top-level tour — and on a fishery on which he had never before competed.

After leading on Friday, Powroznik was stumped in Saturday’s round by a dis-appearing shad spawn bite that had helped him consid-erably in the early morning hours of competition. Then he was smoked out of a prom-

ising spawning bass area by a controlled burn of Texas shoreline forest. Going into the Sunday finals, Powroznik had dropped more than 2 1/2 pounds behind the leader, two-time Bassmaster Toledo Bend champ Dean Rojas.

But Powroznik recovered nicely. In the final round, he decided to concentrate solely on bass on spawning beds. His strategy worked to the tune of 19-11, and a 79-12 tourna-ment total.

Jasper’s Todd Faircloth was the highest finishing Texan, with 68.6 pounds. He finished in ninth place.

— Staff report

State bass tourney

The 2014 Texas State Bass Tournament of Champions was held April 26-27 on Toledo

Bend Reservoir.It took more than 30 pounds

to win the Individual Division, with Aledo angler Dick Murray bringing in 31.05 pounds.

The rest of the results:Team Division — Dale

Rabe (Arlington) and Charles McFarland (Burleson) — 31.88 pounds.

Couples Division — Jeff and Michelle LeBlanc (Sugarland) — 24.95 pounds.

Senior Team Division — William and Anna Polster (Riesel) — 29.13 pounds.Adult and Boy Division — William and Hunter Muncrief (Pineland) — 26.76 pounds.

Adult and Girl Division — Mark and Natalie Wych (Huntington) — 9.87 pounds.

High School Team Division — Emily Hamilton and Lesley Sallas (Huntington High) — 23.46 pounds.

— Staff report

Sabine LakeContinued From Page 8

have been attracting both red-fish and trout, Foreman said. Watkins said he has been pull-ing in some large flounder along with them.

Foreman said smaller is bet-ter when jigging for anything in the lake right now — he and his clients caught 17 trout and four reds at the south end of the lake recently using this method.

You just need to know where to find the fish, but they are there,” he said.

Watkins said flukes and MirrOrlures have been produc-tive throughout the entire lake. He is looking for active birds in deeper waters, as well as some active fish in the surf.

Capt. Randy Foreman, (409) 719-6067Capt. Bill Watkins, (409) 673-9211Capt. Steve Davis, (409) 460-1220



ing. I had a lot of free time back in 2003. I had it all to myself. Today at the dock, there were 30 kayak trail-ers.”

Looking younger than his 49 years, Thomas said he has seen a steady rise in kayak anglers in the bays and flats the past 15 years. But along with the rise in kayak anglers, there has also been a rise in all types of anglers, and a lack of respect on the water is still an issue, along with the pressure being put on the fish.

“The five-fish (trout) limit is the best thing that could have happened,” he said. “Cedar Bayou open-ing is the second best thing. The biggest threat to this ecosystem is the amount of people out there now. There is a lack of respect for people on the water. I tell clients I almost have a dis-claimer for groups wanting to fish on Saturday.

“If something isn’t done, there isn’t going to be any seagrass left.”

The owner of Slowride Guide Services, Thomas said it is almost impossi-ble to make it as a full-time fishing guide these days, and it is impossible with-out a team behind you.

“My wife, Jennifer, runs the business and keeps the books,” the Wilderness Systems Kayak prostaffer said. “I’m a fishing guide, not a business manager, but she is. Sending out emails, returning phone calls and stuff like that is

just as important as fish-ing. I have a great team behind me. The first five years I was doing this, I’d look out the window and ask myself, ‘Why am I doing this?’ It is not an easy way to make a living — just because you are a great fisherman doesn’t mean you’ll be a great guide.”

Thomas said the major-ity of people he guides are looking to learn about kayak fishing, so he plans each trip around what the client is comfortable doing. And he never knows what each new season will bring.

“This was the worst win-ter since I’ve been in busi-ness,” he said. “It was cold. But last summer was the best summer I’ve ever had. It was like, ‘Hell yeah — Damn.’”

Thomas said he has a favorite fish for different seasons: kingfish in the summer, snook in Florida, trout for wading and red-fish from a kayak.

“That is almost unan-swerable,” he said. “If I had to pick one, it would prob-ably be redfish on a kayak. Getting tugged around by a 28-inch redfish is a brutal battle. It is so much more personal on a kayak.”

Thomas doesn’t see the kayak craze going away, and that is a good thing, he says.

“Communities are start-ing to see the value of attracting kayakers to their community,” he said. “Farther into the future, I see kids embracing it because it is ecologically friendly.”

ThomasContinued from Page 1

THE SHOP: Capt. Dean Thomas’ shop in Aransas Pass holds an impres-sive array of kayaks for clients to rent. Photo by LSON.

NATIONALAsian carp may be renamed in Minnesota

The Minnesota state senate approved a measure that would rename the undesirable fi sh “inva-sive carp.” It’s a response to concern that the current term casts people from Asian cultures in a negative light.

Senators added the proposal to a larger bill that governs Minnesota natural-resource use. The legisla-tion will return to the Minnesota House, where it passed earlier this month without the name change.

Champlin Democrat John Hoffman said on the Senate fl oor that referring to the fi sh as “Asian” was hurtful to some people.

Offi cials have been trying to block the nonnative fi sh’s progress into Mississippi River and Great Lakes ecosystems after it has over-whelmed some areas farther south. Bighead, silver, and grass carp are known to be well-established in the Mississippi River basin (including tributaries) of the United States, where they at times reach extremely high numbers, especially in the case of the bighead and silver carp.

— Staff report

Gray triggerfi sh season closes in Louisiana

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced recreational fi shing for gray trigger-fi sh closed in Louisiana waters on May 1, 2014, at 12:01 a.m. and

will remain closed until January 1, 2015.

NOAA Fisheries has determined that the annual recreational catch target of 217,000 pounds will soon be met, and the closure is necessary to prevent catch target overruns. NOAA Fisheries closed the federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico on May 1, 2014.

LDWF Secretary Robert Barham was authorized by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to change or modify the opening and closing dates for any recre-ational reef fi sh season in Louisiana waters when notifi ed by NOAA Fisheries or as he deems necessary.

— LDWF

Excalibur Matrix Mega 405 Crossbow recalled

This recall involves the Excalibur Matrix Mega 405 crossbows. Matrix 405 is printed on a label on the left side of the stock. The crossbow was sold in a mossy oak treestand camoufl age pattern. The crossbow measures about 36-inches long and was sold individually or as part of a package with a black scope, four-arrow quiver and bracket, four arrows, four 150-grain fi eld points and a rope-cocking aid.

Excalibur has received one report of the crossbow fi ring unexpectedly. No injuries have been reported.

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled crossbows and return them to the place of purchase to return to Excalibur for a free inspection and repair, or contact Excalibur for instructions on shipping the product directly to

Excalibur for a free repair. Excalibur will pay for shipping.

— Excalibur

New CWD cases in Pennsylvania

Chronic wasting disease was not detected in any of the sam-ples collected from deer harvested by hunters during the 2013-14 Pennsylvania hunting seasons, the Pennsylvania Game Commission announced.

However, two deer killed on high-ways in Bedford County late last fall tested positive for the disease. Additionally, the disease has turned up at another captive deer facility in Pennsylvania, and was detected in a free-ranging deer just south of the Pennsylvania border.

These newly confi rmed cases means the Game Commission’s use of Disease Management Areas with special regulations to manage the disease will occur over a larger area in 2014-15.

— PGC

WDFW, Wild Fish Conservancy settle lawsuit

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced it has reached an agreement with the Wild Fish Conservancy that will stop liti-gation against the department over its Puget Sound hatchery programs for 2 1/2 years and permit the release of hatchery steelhead this spring into the Skykomish River.

No early winter steelhead will be released into other Puget Sound riv-

ers in 2014.While acknowledging that cer-

tain hatchery practices may pose risks to wild fi sh productivity and recovery, WDFW offi cials denied the Conservancy’s claim and said the department has taken numerous steps based on current science to ensure its hatchery operations pro-tect wild steelhead and other listed fi sh species.

— WDFW

No change in numbers for Mich. wolves

The results of Michigan’s 2014 wolf population survey indicate no signifi cant change in the estimated number of wolves in the Upper Peninsula compared to the results of last year’s survey, Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division offi cials said.

DNR wildlife biologists esti-mate there was a minimum of 636 wolves in Michigan this winter, with a confi dence interval of plus-or-minus 42 animals. In comparison, the 2013 population estimate was 658 wolves, with a confi dence interval of plus-or-minus 56 ani-mals.

In 2013, the DNR established a wolf management hunt in the Upper Peninsula, with three des-ignated hunt units and a target harvest of 43 wolves, of which 22 were taken. The hunt was imple-mented to help reduce wolf-related confl icts in areas with persistent issues despite the use of other non-lethal and targeted lethal techniques. Wildlife managers specifi cally designed the hunt to

minimize negative behaviors dem-onstrated by packs at the local level without impacting the overall popu-lation.

“The fact that the 2014 esti-mate is 22 animals lower than the 2013 estimate is purely a coin-cidence.” said Adam Bump, the DNR’s furbearing animal specialist. “We are using an estimate rather than counting all individual wolves on the landscape. In addition, wolf numbers vary greatly within a sin-gle year due to the birth of pups in the spring, and deaths from many causes of mortality other than hunt-ing. What the estimate tells us is that the population has remained stable.”

— MDNR

Goblin shark caught in Gulf

A commercial fi sherman reeled in a unique catch in the Gulf of Mexico near Key West — an 18-foot long goblin shark.

Carl Moore was trawling for shrimp in 2,000 feet of water when he snagged the shark in his nets. He took pictures and released the big shark back into the water.

Goblin sharks are extremely rare in the Gulf of Mexico, with only one sighting ever being reported — in 2002. Most specimens have been found in the deep canyons near Japan. Goblin sharks are eas-ily identifi able by their jaws, which protrude greatly while eating. They are known as Tenguzame in Japan, where they are named after the mythical half-human and half-bird creature known as Tengu.

— Staff report


Moon Phases

FOR THE TABLEOUTDOOR PUZZLER | By Wilbur “Wib” Lundeen Solution on Page 29

Sun Moon Tides| |

1 cup cracker crumbs1/2 cup bread crumbs1/2 cup butter, melted1/4 cup parsley, diced1/4 cup onion, dicedTabasco sauce6 to 8 redfi sh fi lletsSeasoned saltButter1 cup romano cheese, grated3/4 cup Chablis wine3/4 cup cream

Mix crumbs with butter, parsley and onions. Put a layer of crumbs in but-ter of greased casserole. Place a layer of fi llets on crumbs. Put a dash of Tabasco on each fi llet; also a dab of butter and seasoned salt, and a sprinkle of cheese. Continue with lay-ers. Pour wine and cream gently over dish. Finish with crumbs. Bake at 400 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes, or until fi sh fl akes.

— cooks.com

1 pound deer back strap2 eggs, beaten1 cup milk2 tsps. honey3 tsps. brown sugar2 cups flourOil for cooking

Cut the back strap into 1/4-inch thick pieces. Beat flat with meat mallet. In a bowl, beat the eggs. Add the milk, honey and brown

sugar. Stir well. Place the flour in a shallow dish. Heat a little oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Dip chops into the egg/milk mixture then roll in the flour. Add to hot oil. Cook until cooked to desired doneness flipping as needed. These are thin and won’t take too long to cook so don’t overcook them.

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Sweet fried backstrap

Texas Coast TidesSabine Pass, northDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightMay 9 1:10 AM 1.4H 6:31 AM 0.9L 1:06 PM 1.5H 7:19 PM 0.7 LMay 10 2:04 AM 1.5H 7:27 AM 0.9L 1:26 PM 1.5H 7:45 PM 0.5 LMay 11 2:49 AM 1.7H 8:16 AM 1.0L 1:45 PM 1.5H 8:16 PM 0.3 LMay 12 3:30 AM 1.8H 8:59 AM 1.1L 2:04 PM 1.5H 8:50 PM 0.1LMay 13 4:09 AM 1.9H 9:40 AM 1.2L 2:24 PM 1.6H 9:27 PM -0.1LMay 14 4:50 AM 2.0H 10:19 AM 1.2L 2:47 PM 1.6H 10:07 PM -0.2LMay 15 5:33 AM 2.0H 10:58 AM 1.3L 3:14 PM 1.6H 10:50 PM -0.3LMay 16 6:19 AM 2.0H 11:40 AM 1.4L 3:47 PM 1.6H 11:36 PM -0.3LMay 17 7:09 AM 2.0H 12:27 PM 1.4L 4:27 PM 1.6HMay 18 12:26 AM -0.2L 8:03 AM 1.9H 1:25 PM 1.4L 5:18 PM 1.5HMay 19 1:20 AM 0.0L 9:00 AM 1.8H 2:36 PM 1.3L 6:35 PM 1.4HMay 20 2:20 AM 0.2L 9:57 AM 1.7H 3:56 PM 1.1L 8:42 PM 1.3HMay 21 3:26 AM 0.4L 10:49 AM 1.7H 5:06 PM 0.9L 10:54 PM 1.4HMay 22 4:39 AM 0.6L 11:34 AM 1.6H 6:02 PM 0.6L 12:33 AM 1.5HMay 23 5:55 AM 0.8L 12:15 PM 1.6H 6:49 PM 0.4L

Port O’ConnorDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightMay 9 7:51 AM 0.6L 2:21 PM 0.7H 9:30 PM 0.5LMay 10 5:46 AM 0.7H 9:21 AM 0.7L 12:59 PM 0.7H 9:47 PM 0.4 LMay 11 7:01 AM 0.8H 10:13 PM 0.3LMay 12 8:06 AM 0.9H 10:44 PM 0.2LMay 13 9:06 AM 0.9H 11:19 PM 0.1LMay 14 10:04 AM 1.0H 11:59 PM 0.1LMay 15 11:02 AM 1.0HMay 16 12:42 AM 0.0L 12:01 PM 1.0HMay 17 1:30 AM 0.0L 12:56 PM 1.0HMay 18 2:21 AM 0.0L 1:41 PM 1.0HMay 19 3:14 AM 0.1L 2:11 PM 0.9HMay 20 4:09 AM 0.2L 2:29 PM 0.8HMay 21 5:05 AM 0.3L 2:35 PM 0.7HMay 22 6:00 AM 0.4L 1:35 PM 0.7H 8:31 PM 0.5LMay 23 4:02 AM 0.6H 6:53 AM 0.5L 12:56 PM 0.7H 9:01 PM 0.3 L

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Rollover PassDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightMay 9 3:47 AM 1.2H 10:41 AM 0.8L 4:16 PM 1.3H 11:23 PM 0.8LMay 10 5:01 AM 1.3H 11:37 AM 0.9L 4:34 PM 1.3H 11:46 PM 0.6 LMay 11 6:04 AM 1.4H 12:33 PM 1.0L 4:53 PM 1.3HMay 12 12:07 AM 0.5L 7:03 AM 1.5H 1:31 PM 1.1L 5:09 PM 1.3HMay 13 12:30 AM 0.4L 8:01 AM 1.5H 2:32 PM 1.2L 5:25 PM 1.3HMay 14 1:00 AM 0.3L 9:01 AM 1.6H 3:36 PM 1.3L 5:43 PM 1.3HMay 15 1:36 AM 0.2L 10:08 AM 1.6HMay 16 2:17 AM 0.2L 11:27 AM 1.6HMay 17 3:05 AM 0.3L 1:03 PM 1.5HMay 18 3:59 AM 0.3L 2:21 PM 1.5HMay 19 5:04 AM 0.4L 2:53 PM 1.4HMay 20 6:29 AM 0.5L 2:57 PM 1.4H 8:57 PM 1.1L 11:38 PM 1.2HMay 21 8:02 AM 0.6L 2:53 PM 1.3H 9:26 PM 1.0LMay 22 1:53 AM 1.2H 9:21 AM 0.8L 3:00 PM 1.2H 9:59 PM 0.8LMat 23 3:51 AM 1.3H 10:33 AM 0.9L 3:14 PM 1.2H 10:34 PM 0.6 L

East MatagordaDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightMay 9 1:32 AM 0.3H 7:26 AM 0.2L 1:48 PM 0.4H 7:52 PM 0.2LMay 10 5:25 AM 0.3H 7:56 AM 0.3L 1:25 PM 0.4H 10:11 PM 0.2LMay 11 6:04 AM 0.4H 10:44 AM 0.3L 1:13 PM 0.4H 10:29 PM 0.13 LMay 12 4:57 AM 0.4H 11:10 AM 0.3L 1:33 PM 0.4H 10:33 PM 0.1LMay 13 8:30 AM 0.4H 11:10 AM 0.4L 1:54 PM 0.4H 10:55 PM 0.0LMay 14 9:10 AM 0.5H 11:23 PM 0.0LMay 15 1:05 PM 0.5H 11:56 PM 0.0LMay 16 1:13 PM 0.5HMay 17 12:58 AM 0.0L 12:33 PM 0.5HMay 18 2:40 AM 0.0L 12:59 PM 0.5HMay 19 3:15 AM 0.0L 1:26 PM 0.5HMay/20 3:49 AM 0.1L 1:49 PM 0.4HMay 21 4:32 AM 0.1L 12:57 PM 0.4H 7:15 PM 0.3LMay 22 12:28 AM 0.3H 6:29 AM 0.2L 12:59 PM 0.4H 7:38 PM 0.2LMay 23 1:15 AM 0.3H 6:55 AM 0.2L 1:17 PM 0.4H 7:56 PM 0.1L

Freeport HarborDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightMay 9 12:33 AM 1.2H 6:24 AM 0.9L 12:27 PM 1.4H 7:32 PM 0.6LMay 10 1:43 AM 1.3H 7:41 AM 1.0L 12:50 PM 1.4H 7:47 PM 0.5 LMay 11 2:41 AM 1.5H 8:52 AM 1.1L 1:09 PM 1.3H 8:06 PM 0.3LMay 12 3:31 AM 1.7H 9:59 AM 1.1L 1:25 PM 1.3H 8:30 PM 0.1 LMay 13 4:19 AM 1.8H 11:09 AM 1.2L 1:36 PM 1.3H 9:00 PM 0.0 LMay 14 5:06 AM 2.0H 9:35 PM -0.2LMay 15 5:54 AM 2.0H 10:16 PM -0.3LMay 16 6:45 AM 2.1H 11:00 PM -0.3LMay 17 7:36 AM 2.1H 11:50 PM -0.3LMay 18 8:28 AM 2.0HMay 19 12:45 AM -0.1L 9:19 AM 1.9HMay 20 1:46 AM 0.1L 10:05 AM 1.8H 5:39 PM 1.1L 8:01 PM 1.1HMay 21 2:59 AM 0.3L 10:45 AM 1.7H 5:53 PM 0.9L 10:11 PM 1.1HMay 22 4:28 AM 0.6L 11:19 AM 1.5H 6:19 PM 0.6LMay 23 12:04 AM 1.3H 6:07 AM 0.8L 11:48 AM 1.4H 6:51 PM 0.4L

South Padre IslandDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightMay 9 6:01 AM 0.6L 12:31 PM 1.0H 7:29 PM 0.5LMay 10 1:33 AM 0.9H 7:19 AM 0.7L 12:34 PM 0.9H 7:45 PM 0.4 LMay 11 2:52 AM 1.0H 8:33 AM 0.8L 12:28 PM 0.9H 8:04 PM 0.2 LMay 12 3:55 AM 1.1H 9:46 AM 0.9L 12:09 PM 0.9H 8:29 PM 0.0 LMay 13 4:51 AM 1.2H 9:00 PM -0.2LMay 14 5:46 AM 1.3H 9:37 PM -0.3LMay 15 6:42 AM 1.4H 10:19 PM -0.4LMay 16 7:39 AM 1.4H 11:05 PM -0.4LMay 17 8:36 AM 1.4H 11:54 PM -0.4LMay 18 9:28 AM 1.3HMay 19 12:48 AM -0.3L 10:08 AM 1.3HMay 20 1:46 AM -0.2L 10:37 AM 1.2HMay 21 2:50 AM 0.1L 10:57 AM 1.1H 5:44 PM 0.6L 9:12 PM 0.7 HMay 22 4:06 AM 0.3L 11:12 AM 1.0H 6:10 PM 0.4L 11:55 PM 0.7 HMay 23 5:32 AM 0.5L 11:23 AM 0.9H 6:44 PM 0.1L 2:04 AM 0.9 H

San Luis PassDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time Height May 9 1:12 AM 0.9H 6:48 AM 0.7L 1:23 PM 1.1H 8:14 PM 0.6LMay 10 2:25 AM 1.0H 7:53 AM 0.8L 1:41 PM 1.1H 8:28 PM 0.4LMay 11 3:24 AM 1.2H 8:49 AM 0.9L 1:57 PM 1.1H 8:50 PM 0.2LMay 12 4:15 AM 1.3H 9:38 AM 0.9L 2:11 PM 1.1H 9:18 PM 0.1LMay 13 5:02 AM 1.4H 10:22 AM 1.0L 2:25 PM 1.1H 9:51 PM -0.1LMay 14 5:48 AM 1.4H 11:03 AM 1.1L 2:40 PM 1.2H 10:28 PM -0.2 LMay 15 6:36 AM 1.5H 11:42 AM 1.1L 3:01 PM 1.2H 11:09 PM -0.2LMay 16 7:26 AM 1.5H 12:23 PM 1.2L 3:27 PM 1.2H 11:54 PM -0.2 LMay 17 8:18 AM 1.5H 1:11 PM 1.2L 4:00 PM 1.2HMay 18 12:43 AM -0.2L 9:11 AM 1.4H 2:16 PM 1.2L 4:39 PM 1.2HMay 19 1:37 AM -0.1L 10:03 AM 1.3HMay 20 2:36 AM 0.1L 10:51 AM 1.3H 5:38 PM 0.9L 8:33 PM 1.0HMay 21 3:43 AM 0.3L 11:32 AM 1.2H 6:23 PM 0.7L 11:00 PM 0.9HMay 22 5:03 AM 0.5L 12:08 PM 1.2H 7:04 PM 0.5LMay 23 12:57 AM 1.0H 6:35 AM 0.7L 12:39 PM 1.1H 7:44 PM 0.3L

Port AransasDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightMay 9 6:25 AM 0.7L 12:05 PM 1.1H 7:37 PM 0.7LMay 10 12:50 AM 1.0H 7:39 AM 0.8L 12:22 PM 1.0H 8:01 PM 0.6 LMay 11 2:46 AM 1.1H 8:43 AM 0.9L 12:40 PM 1.0H 8:21 PM 0.5 LMay 12 3:54 AM 1.2H 9:42 AM 1.0L 12:56 PM 1.1H 8:40 PM 0.3 LMay 13 4:47 AM 1.2H 10:36 AM 1.1L 1:09 PM 1.1H 9:03 PM 0.2 LMay 14 5:35 AM 1.3H 9:34 PM 0.1LMay 15 6:22 AM 1.3H 10:13 PM 0.0LMay 16 7:09 AM 1.3H 10:56 PM 0.0LMay 17 8:00 AM 1.3H 11:04 AM 1.2L 2:58 PM 1.2H 11:44 PM 0.0 LMay 18 8:51 AM 1.2H 11:52 AM 1.2L 3:50 PM 1.2HMay 19 12:35 AM 0.1L 9:36 AM 1.2HMay 20 1:32 AM 0.2L 10:09 AM 1.1H 4:37 PM 1.0L 6:49 PM 1.0 HMay 21 2:36 AM 0.3L 10:31 AM 1.1H 5:26 PM 0.8L 8:52 PM 0.9 HMay 22 4:01 AM 0.5L 10:50 AM 1.1H 6:12 PM 0.6L 11:01 PM 0.9 HMay 23 5:44 AM 0.7L 11:12 AM 1.0H 6:55 PM 0.4L 1:53 AM 1.0H

Galveston Bay entrance, north jettyDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightMay 9 12:59 AM 1.3H 6:33 AM 0.9L 1:02 PM 1.5H 7:16 PM 0.7LMay 10 2:00 AM 1.4H 7:18 AM 1.0L 1:12 PM 1.4H 7:41 PM 0.5LMay 11 3:05 AM 1.6H 8:02 AM 1.1L 1:08 PM 1.4H 8:13 PM 0.3LMay 12 4:01 AM 1.7H 8:58 AM 1.2L 1:25 PM 1.4H 8:52 PM 0.1LMay 13 4:45 AM 1.9H 10:10 AM 1.3L 1:53 PM 1.5H 9:37 PM -0.1LMay 14 5:26 AM 2.0H 11:00 AM 1.4L 2:30 PM 1.5H 10:23 PM -0.2LMay 15 6:10 AM 2.0H 11:42 AM 1.4L 3:18 PM 1.5H 11:06 PM -0.3LMay 16 7:05 AM 2.0H 12:28 PM 1.4L 4:04 PM 1.6H 11:49 PM -0.3LMay 17 8:05 AM 2.0H 1:26 PM 1.4L 4:45 PM 1.6HMay 18 12:38 AM -0.2L 8:53 AM 2.0H 2:20 PM 1.3L 5:25 PM 1.5HMay 19 1:34 AM -0.1L 9:34 AM 1.9H 3:06 PM 1.2L 6:31 PM 1.3HMay 20 2:28 AM 0.1L 10:14 AM 1.9H 4:00 PM 1.1L 08:53 PM 1.3HMay 21 3:20 AM 0.4L 10:55 AM 1.8H 5:32 PM 0.8L 10:57 PM 1.3HMay 22 4:25 AM 0.6L 11:37 AM 1.7H 6:27 PM 0.5LMay 23 12:37 AM 1.4H 6:01 AM 0.9L 12:15 PM 1.6H 7:03 PM 0.3L

RockportDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightMay 9 1:35 AM 0.4H 7:45 AM 0.4L 2:12 PM 0.4H 9:15 PM 0.3LMay 10 4:00 AM 0.4H 7:47 AM 0.4L 2:05 PM 0.4H 10:11 PM 0.3LMay 11 2:01 PM 0.4H 10:59 PM 0.3LMay 12 1:57 PM 0.5H 11:44 PM 0.2LMay 132:00 PM 0.5HMay 14 12:29 AM 0.2L 2:16 PM 0.5HMay 15 1:17 AM 0.2L 2:50 PM 0.5HMay 16 2:07 AM 0.2L 3:39 PM 0.5HMay 17 2:59 AM 0.2L 4:38 PM 0.5HMay 18 3:52 AM 0.2L 5:42 PM 0.5HMay 19 4:42 AM 0.2L 6:52 PM 0.5HMay 20 5:27 AM 0.2L 8:16 PM 0.4HMay 21 6:03 AM 0.2L 2:43 PM 0.4H 6:32 PM 0.4L 10:18 PM 0.4HMay 22 6:23 AM 0.3L 1:37 PM 0.4H 8:14 PM 0.3LMay 23 1:17 AM 0.3H 6:09 AM 0.3L 1:08 PM 0.4H 9:17 PM 0.3L

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ACROSS 1. Name for part of a stag’s rack 4. Gopher, mole is classed as this 8. The large bass, ____ bass 9. Hunters give this TLC10. A type of bait11. Location of wild turkey spurs12. To expel a used cartridge13. Good wood for arrow shafts14. Spotted coloration on a duck18. The shoulder hide on a deer20. The body of an arrow22. A small game predator23. The camp home24. The female deer26. Female bear28. The archer’s weapon29. The _____ Walton League30. The salty expanse31. The ring-_____ pheasant32. A duck species35. The trapper’s interest

37. Brings a catch into the boat39. The hunting area40. Wildlife having young42. A line grommet on a fishrod43. A fast-flying bird44. The trapper’s gear DOWN 1. A habitat for some trout 2. The skin-like cover on antlers 3. A grouse species 4. Oxidation on a gun part 5. Shedded antlers 6. Name for the Hawaiian goose 7. Anything that attracts fish, game 8. Term for an angler’s casting method11. License cost13. A deer food source15. The pond croaker16. Bucks usually feed _____17. To skin out a game19. Trout brings out the stream fisherman20. Act of a fish hitting

a hook21. To seek out food25. Of the deer family, prong____27. Name for the whitetail of the north30. Pelts, fur, hide33. Act of pushing deer toward hunters

34. Hunt and fish regulations36. Indian name for deer38. Part of an antler39. Some game’s teeth reveal this40. A gun organization41. The rifle

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PURSUIT CHANNEL

Prime Time | May

The Resistance TV coming soon

A new show will be airing on Sportsman Channel later this month — The Resistance TV — featuring a few Southern boys doing what they do best — hunting in the name of God, family and country.

According to Kyle Barefi eld, one of the hosts of the show, the fi ve guys involved don’t take shortcuts when it comes to hunting.

“We do it the right way, the tough way,” he said. “We hunt our own properties that we improve for wildlife and public land for ducks. We all grew up hunting — it’s a lifestyle for us.”

Barefi eld said the show will focus on game found in North America, such as deer, hogs, turkeys and waterfowl, with a little bit of Africa thrown in.

“We support the military with an African hunt each year,” he said.

One of the fi rst episodes will be on hog hunting in Texas.

“We had a real good hunt in Texas recently,” he said. “We were hunting turkeys on a big wheat fi eld and the hogs were hammering the wheat. The land-owner wanted us to shoot the pigs, so we put out some attrac-tant and right at dark, a group came out. We put a stalk on them and managed to shoot two. It was an interesting hunt.”

The attractant used was Hog Nut by In Sights Wildlife Nutrition Solutions.

The program is tentatively scheduled to air on Sundays and Mondays around lunchtime on Sportsman Channel, although the fi nal schedule has not been released.


Puzzle solution from Page 26

Bourgeois Fishing Charters has a com-fortable lodge right on a Louisiana bayou just south of New Orleans and the sea-plane adventure includes one-day guided wade-fi shing on the Chandelier Islands with Capt. Theophile Bourgeois. An after-noon of boat fi shing and a one-night stay, including meals, costs $895.

Capt. Theophile stays and fi shes with most of his clients as they wade the shal-low sand islands. During the day, the party frequently returns to the “boat” to rest on the pontoons and refuel the fi sher-

men. “The reds are here almost year-round

and the big trout move in usually in April,” Theophile said. “The fi shing pressure is light and many fl y-fi shers come to enjoy sight-casting to these big schools of fi sh.”

The seaplane really makes the differ-ence.

“It is a quick trip out here, I can fl y around until I spot the big schools and we don’t have to waste any time scouting around in a bouncing boat,” Theophile said about his charters.

Call (504) 341-5614 to book a trip.

Field TestContinued From Page 20

ABOUT THE TRIP

“I’ve got to make sure these rods live up to their expectations,” Burns shouted over the crashing wave noise.

During the major bite, Burns watched another fi sherman who was using a Waterloo Salinity Series rod. He hooked into a jack cre-valle and the fi sh tore off. Line was ripping and the rod was getting a workout in the short fi ght.

“I’ve never seen one of my rods do that, it formed a big S at the tip as the big jack made his fast run,” Burns said. “That rod should have exploded with all that pressure — I couldn’t be happier with what I just wit-

nessed.”Burns quickly turned his attention back to

his HP Slam Mag as another big red was on his line. Pumping and reeling with the stiff back-bone that Waterloo is known for, Burns sub-dued one red after another.

The modest 39-year-old has owned the 18-year-old rod company for 10 years and enjoys his time on the water. He doesn’t like the offi ce work but does like running the business.

How did he outfi sh all the other fi shermen? Was it his bait? Was it his casting tackle when others were using spinning tackle? Or was it the package of rods he sent to the lodge with the one special rod that was marked “Jimmy Burns’ Personal Rod”?

Only Jimmy will ever know.


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MAY 9National Wild Turkey FederationCorpus Christi BanquetRichard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds(361) 331-1227nwtf.org/Texas

Coastal Conservation AssociationGolden Triangle Chapter Annual BanquetBeaumont Civic Center(713) 626-4222ccatexas.org

Coastal Conservation AssociationMid Coast Chapter Annual BanquetVictoria Community Center(713) 626-4222ccatexas.org

Coastal Conservation AssociationWest Houston Chapter Annual BanquetHouston Farm/Ranch Club(713) 626-4222ccatexas.org

Houston Safari ClubHSC Sporting Clays TournamentWestside Sporting Grounds(713) 623-8844houstonsafariclub.org

MAY 10Ducks UnlimitedDripping Springs BanquetHog Heaven(512) 496-8333

Bass ChampsNorth Series, Cedar Creek Lake(817) 439-3274basschamps.com

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MAY 22Coastal Conservation AssociationLaredo Chapter Annual BanquetLaredo Civic Center(713) 626-4222ccatexas.org

Texas Deer AssociationSportsmen’s Night OutPedrotti’s North Wind RanchHelotes(210) 767-8300tdafun.com

MAY 24-25Saltwater Anglers League of Texas40th Annual Saltwater Fishing TournamentPleasure Island, Port Arthur(409) 626-2501

MAY 30-31Port-A Pachanga Saltwater Fishing TournamentRobert’s Point Park Pavilion(210) 325-9431

MAY 31Bass ChampsSouth Series, Lake Amistad(817) 439-3274basschamps.com

World Championship Bass on the Fly Fishing TournamentLake Forkbassonthefl y.org

Rocky Mountain Elk FoundationHouston Big Game Banquet(281) 389-0488rmef.org

JUNE 6-7Texas Bighorn Society26th Annual RoundupFort Worth(806) 745-7783texasbighornsociety.org

Texas Deer AssociationBrush to Bay Invitational Fishing TournamentCorpus Christbrushtobay.com

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