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September 9, 2011 Texas’ Premier Outdoor Newspaper Volume 8, Issue 2

Biggest everRead about the biggest breeder

buck in Texas’ history. Page 4

Inside

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Texas man has more than 150 records in IGFA record book.

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Record setter

Model makes switch from an anti-hunting group supporter to huntress.

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Diamond in the rough

Heat has contributed to decline of ponds, fi sh losses.

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Lakes upside down

Many animals eating grasshoppers to sustain themselves.

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Hopper buffet

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When a plan comes togetherGrandfather helps grandson land fi rst redfi sh on fl y

By Craig NyhusLONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS

Holding his fl y rod, the 7-year-old was walking to the boat dock with his grandfather when another adult fi sherman asked what he was doing.

“I’m going to get myself in the newspaper,” young Aston Hampton told him.

The grandfather, Rockport guide Alan Skrobarcek, had come up with the newswor-thy plan for his grandson to catch his fi rst fi sh on a fl y.

“He’s been fi shing since he was three,” Skrobarcek said. “He’s pretty good with a spinning rig but he said he wanted to fl y-fi sh.”

Skrobarcek ties fl ies on his porch that overlooks Port Bay and has developed some very localized patterns. He created a ballyhoo fl y for big trout. The fl oating crab pat-tern is new, designed so the

crab swims along and pushes water — perfect for the heav-ily grassed areas he fi shes.

The young angler watched the fl ies being tied over the shoulders of his grandfa-ther and listened to the sto-ries of catch-ing fi sh on these fl ies. And he saw other f i s h e r m e n come by the house to beg his grandfa-ther for some of the fl ies.

So Skrobarcek gave his grand-son some fl y-casting lessons. Then, he informed the young-ster that they would try to get a redfi sh on a fl y.

The anticipation mounted as the pair headed out on Skrobarcek’s 13-foot poling skiff.

“It’s more like a canoe with a platform,” said Skrobarcek,

who is known for tinkering with equipment from boats to lures to fl ies and trying to make things work better. “It’s a lot of fun to operate.”

Planning to sight cast and rigged with the hand-tied fl oat-

ing crab fl y, Hampton and his grandfather

observed a num-ber of small ‘rat’ reds in various pot-

holes in the clear water. Then

Skrobarcek spotted a better redfi sh in a sand pocket.

“I told him to cast and he made a good one — not long, about 25 feet,” Skrobarcek said. “Aston saw the fi sh eat the fl y but I thought it had spit it out. I told him, ‘Strip, strip, strip.’”

It turned out the fish had been moving toward the young fly

A FIRST ON FLY: Aston Hampton, 7, of Goliad shows off his fi rst redfi sh caught recently on a fl y, with expert coaching from his grandfather, Rockport guide Alan Skrobarcek. Photo by Alan Skrobarcek. See FIRST REDFISH, Page 25

Aggie carries passion from football fi eld to deer fi eld

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ON TARGET: Aggie wide receiver Ryan Swope manages to put his football schedule on hold and fi nds time to head afi eld each fall to take in some quality time in the outdoors with his family. Photo by Texas A&M.

By Conor HarrisonLONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS

Texas A&M receiver Ryan Swope remembers the fi rst deer he ever shot.

He should.On a management buck hunt

near La Pryor with friend Reed Johnson, Swope was expecting to shoot a mature 8-point.

“Sure enough, a buck walked out and he said, ‘That’s him,’” Swope said. “I shot the deer and he ended up having 14 points and was a 150-class buck. I haven’t topped that and I got kind of spoiled after that.

“But I was hooked.”Swope, a junior starting wide

receiver for the Aggies who led the team with 72 receptions last year and caught 8 balls for 109 yards and a touchdown against SMU on Sept. 4, grew up hunting and fi shing, thanks in large part to his grandparents and dad, Paul.

“Growing up in Austin, I was probably 2 or 3 years old when I fi rst picked up a fi shing rod,” Swope said. “My dad was an avid fi sherman growing up on Lake McQueeney. It is one of my true passions in life.”

Swope said those early days of bass fi shing led him to pur-sue other outdoor hobbies, like dove and waterfowl hunting and saltwater angling.

“My grandparents have a place in East Texas near Athens, and they are members of the Coon Creek Club,” he said. “So I really grew up bass fi shing. I remember

See AGGIE, Page 18

Opener hot, if you found

the spot


The fi rst guns sounded around 7:30 a.m. on Sept. 1.

The maize fi eld just east of San Antonio soon was alive with birds and the reports of shotguns ring-ing the edges.

The Texas dove season in the Central Zone was underway.

And for the nearly 300 hunters who covered the several-square-mile area, the shooting was fantastic.

Double H Outfi tters owner Daniel Hernandez had taken steps to ensure it would be by paying farmers to leave standing crops in the fi elds he had leased.

“I think everyone shot their limit this morning,” said Hernandez. “I was stressed out last night, but I’m very pleased now.”

Two Lone Star Outdoor News staff-ers were part of the group, and they reported several hundred birds passing in pairs and singles until 9 a.m. The hunters had shot

See DOVE OPENER, Page 19

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HUNTING


It used to be anything measuring more than 400 inches was considered a huge trophy.

A huge trophy elk, that is.Now, a breeder white-tailed buck on

a ranch near Somerville might just be the biggest buck ever in the history of the state.

Black BAL, a 3-year-old born and bred at the Triple JJJ Ranch, recently scored 461 in velvet, according to the ranch.

The buck is the product of years of hard work, said Chris McDaniel, ranch manager.

“He’s purely a breeder buck and he’s all our creation,” McDaniel said. “There are quite a few years of breeding, sweat-ing, working and trying to produce a deer like that.

“As far as I know, he’s the largest buck bred from the state of Texas.”

Black BAL is all Texan, with no north-ern genetics, McDaniel said.

“I never thought I’d grow a deer like this,” he said. “To get over 400 and sur-pass it by so much is incredible.”

McDaniel said the buck has potential

to reach 500 inches, but since so many factors play into antler development, it is hard to pre-dict the future.

But the deer could have been bigger this year.“We cut his antlers off,” McDaniel said.

“They were still growing, but when you have big drop tines like he did, blood can pool in the bottom of those tines and infection can set in.”

Chase Clark, owner of Artemis Outdoors, a wildlife consulting company, has worked with the Triple JJJ Ranch since 2006 and said Black BAL is the offspring of a buck and a doe that they thought would work out well — but not this well.

“His dad was over 300 inches,” Clark said. “This buck was a good 2-year-old but he dam-aged one side so it was tough to see how big he would have been. Sometimes they surprise you.”

Clark said a lot of factors would determine if Black BAL gets even bigger.

For example, he said the ranch will be breed-ing the buck a lot this year to pass on his genes, and that could actually hurt his antlers next year because of the additional stress of the breeding process on the buck.

“We’re creating diversity in the animals and the genetics,” Clark said. “We are trying to grow some pretty deer, as well as big deer. Our goal is to improve the Texas whitetails’ score and sustainability.”

Texas’ biggest deer of all time, so far

Model once supported animal rights, now hunts deer

By Bill MillerLONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS

Diamond Poole once had a low opinion of hunters.

The Dallas-area fi tness model said that when she was grow-ing up, she frequently brought home stray or hurt animals, even snakes and rodents.

In grade school she began

donating a portion of her allow-ance to animal rights groups and continued sending checks as an adult.

She joined People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. She posed in ad campaigns against fur coats and leather.

“I’ll be honest,” she said. “My idea of hunters was they were crazy, demented rednecks.”

Her life was upturned when she fi nally met one.

In January 2009, she was having wine with girlfriends at Fort Worth’s Reata Restaurant when an oil and gas landman came to their table and offered to buy a round.

Mark Watson was dressed in jeans and a jacket — no hat — but Diamond thought he was “a

crazy, redneck cowboy.”Four months later, Diamond

agreed to go out with him, but she became wary of him upon learning that he also was a part-time hunting guide who liked to fi sh in bass tournaments.

“I was not fond of his hunting

HUNTRESS: Diamond Poole presents her fi rst two white-tailed bucks, both harvested last season. A year before that, the Dallas-area model was an ardent supporter of the animal rights movement. Photo by Bill Miller, LSON.

See MODEL, Page 22

Trans-Pecos region to get only

150 permits,Panhandle to get

about 1,000

Fewer pronghorn, tags issued


Pronghorn hunters this season will see their best opportunities in the Panhandle during the upcoming sea-son, Oct. 1-9.

About 1,000 permits will be issued there, slightly more than the 953 that were issued last season.

The Panhandle pronghorn popula-tion has been “stable to increasing,” said Shawn Gray, pronghorn pro-gram coordinator for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

“We’re in good shape up there,” he said.The Trans-Pecos region, however, is

an entirely different story.Last season, 447 permits were issued

there, but this year the region will get

See PRONGHORN, Page 16

BIG BLACK BAL: This 3-year-old is the largest breeder deer in the history of the state of Texas. Photo by Triple JJJ Ranch.


Swatting at Gnats

FLY BOYS: Mike Waltrip takes aim at a remote control airplane that provides a greater challenge than most game birds. Photo by John R. Meyer.

By John R. MeyerFOR LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS

Sporting clays brought shotgun shooting to a new level of realism and diffi culty by simulating actual hunting situations.

Now shooters have a new nemesis to test their abilities to adapt to an ever-changing target.

The “Gnat” is a radio-controlled air-plane with plastic and cardboard wings with 10 small powder charges, about two inches apart, on its underbelly. The charges ignite when struck by a shotgun pellet.

Hitting something with a wingspan of about three feet sounds deceptively easy.

The real fun starts when the pilot, operating the Gnat by remote control, makes changes in its altitude, speed and placement.

Gnat has been around in Great Britain for eight years but only in the U.S. for six months.

Chris Ryan of Fort Worth is bring-ing Gnat to the U.S. He has been in the sporting clays business for 26 years.

His Retriever Sporting Clays, a mobile service, sets up shooting courses for cor-porate events and fund-raisers all over the country.

The Gnat’s speed, he said, takes chal-lenge to another level.

See GNATS, Page 6

Radio-controlled plane brings new

challenge to shotgunners

First hogs shot by hunters from the airSeptember 1 marked the fi rst day hunters could legally shoot hogs from

helicopters after the Texas Legislature passed a bill during the last session.Several groups of hunters took advantage of the new opportunity

and ventured into the skies west of Wichita Falls with Eric Lewis of Tusk and Tines Outfi tters.

“I’m worn out,” Lewis said. “We had groups all weekend and our fi rst shooter was Friday. “We killed a total of 63 or 64 hogs from the air, and another 20 during the night hunts.”

Lewis said the windy conditions during the weekend made fl ying diffi cult and the pigs stayed in thick cover. However, he said they did manage to fi nd some porkers and the cooler temperatures made the night hunting even better.

“The cold front that came through made the animals a little tough,” he said. “The pigs bedded up during the day, but we hammered them at night.”

Also new to the company is a non-negotiable, $400 cleanup fee for any client who experiences air sickness.

“Friday was a great evening, but we had a client that threw up on the fl ight crew,” he said. “We now have a new charge when that happens again, and it is non-negotiable.”

Harveson recognized with awardDr. Louis Harveson of the Borderlands Research Institute, Sul

Ross State University, was recognized at the recent convention of the Texas Wildlife Association as the 2011 recipient of the Sam Beasom Conservation Leader Award. Dr. Harveson recognizes the importance of engaging his students in practical, fi eld-related activities, and is also adept at cultivating professional development with his students through involvement with TWS chapter activities.

He has proven to be an effective fund-raiser through his Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute, and he has also been suc-cessful at deploying those research dollars into good use through the research projects that he and his faculty administer.

Also, his philosophical perspectives on wildlife and wildlife conservation align well with those of the TWA mission and spirit, according to the press release. Dr. Harveson is a wildlife profes-sional who has proven his abilities, but he is at a stage of his life where he has many positive years ahead of him to continue to con-tribute in a variety of ways, including those activities and pursuits in which TWA is involved.

S. Texas Wildlife Conference set for Sept. 28-30

The Texas Wildlife Association, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will host the 2011 South Texas Wildlife Conference Sept. 28-30 in Victoria.

This year’s conference will focus on energy development and the future of wildlife habitat.

This is an opportunity for attendees to hear from a wide range of practitioners, land managers, policy makers, wildlife biologists and wildlife researchers on the future of energy development in the South Texas region and what it means of area landowners.

To register call Courtney Brittain at (210) 826-2904.—Staff reports


Grasshoppers no pests for hungry wildlife

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Fort Worth, TX 76140(817) 478-6613 Dr. Octavio Guzman of Laredo noticed the big 10-point buck at a feeder last season on

a ranch in Webb County, so that’s where he brought his nephew, IVAN KARABANOFF, to

hunt. The Weatherford teen was 15 when he joined his uncle on the ranch a few days

before Christmas. The 10-pointer returned; Ivan used a .243-caliber to deliver a 100-

yard shot to the heart. “This is Ivan’s favorite rifl e,” said his dad, Thomas Karabanoff,

“and he is a dead shot with it.”

“The plane fl ies 60-80 mph,” he said. “Most clays are 35 to 40.”

That alone adds enough change to stifl e most shooters.

A courteous pilot usually duplicates the fl ight each time.

According to Ryan, the addi-tional speed is more than enough to keep most shoot-ers challenged. Adjustments in fl ight patterns are available as needed to keep the shooting interesting and, if needed, the shooters humble.

“The object is to explode all of the pods,” says Ryan. “We have done 750 fl ights (in 20 events so far this year), and we only have had four perfect scores.”

For the shotgunner able to accurately adjust the lead, a

direct hit results in a dramatic fl ash of fi re and smoke.

Theoretically, exploding sev-eral of the charges at one time could bring down the plane, but getting even one charge to ignite can take multiple passes.

The typical life span of a plane is fi ve rounds before it needs repair.

During a recent event near Fort Worth, a single No. 8 pel-let brought down a plane after it lodged in a fuel line.

Another plane took on much more abuse as the pilot was able to shake it like a maraca after it landed, demonstrating the num-ber of pellets trapped inside the cardboard.

The Gnat technicians work in a team of two with enough spare parts for close to 100 rebuilds at each event.

Fuel lines and propellers seem

to be the most vulnerable but, regardless, spare engines, wings, and fuselages are available for replacement as needed.

The technicians will start the day with 10 complete planes assembled and ready to fl y, ensuring nonstop action once the shooting starts.

“When hunting (season) starts, we start going to leases and ranches,” Ryan said, referring to upcoming events and the typical increase in demand each fall.

“The fi rst time I saw it was in England,” said Robert Shivers of Fort Worth at a recent shooting event. “I’m glad it’s here because it is the most incredible shooting experience you can have.

“It beats the hell out of sport-ing clays.”

To contact Chris Ryan of Gnat Shooting USA, call (817) 999-1395

GnatsContinued From Page 5


September is a time to be out-doors, tending to deer feeders, hunting dove and brushing away grasshoppers that target unwilling people for landing zones.

It’s easy to dismiss these bent-legged insects as creepy pests, but they’re also vital sources of hot-weather protein for a lot of creatures and many parts of the state are expe-riencing massive amounts this year.

The proof is the grasshopper legs and other parts protruding from coyote scat.

Grasshoppers make up 25 to 50 percent of a coyote’s hot weather diet, said Dr. Scott Henke of the

Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute in Kingsville.

Coyotes will certainly eat a fawn that is sick, heat stressed or already dead, Henke said. But, he added, pouncing on grasshoppers can produce an easier meal.

“It can take pressure off of fawns,” Henke said. “Coyotes are not the mammal predator a lot of folks give them credit for. They will exploit the easiest thing to catch and the one most prevalent.

“Coyotes are real opportunistic.” So are turkey and quail — both

big fans of grasshoppers.“Quail, in general, require high

amounts of protein to lay eggs,” said Dr. Fidel Hernandez, also of the Kleberg institute. “And the

only thing that offers that in nature, at that size, is insects.”

But quail are selective about the sizes of grasshoppers they pick, Hernandez said.

“Some are 3 to 4 inches long,” he said of the bugs. “A quail wouldn’t be able to handle those.”

Jason Hardin, upland game bird specialist for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department said turkeys like grasshoppers, “and pretty much any other insect they can catch.”

He added that a 2007 study in the Panhandle showed, “grasshoppers were the fourth most frequent item found in the samples collected.”

SHOOTING FAST: A group of shooters, including Will Bannister, Bret Burford and Cole Burford admire their aim after downing the remote controlled plane. Photo by John Meyer.

See GRASSHOPPERS, Page 16PROTEIN: Grasshoppers are important food for Texas wildlife, especially during hot-weather months. Photo by Lone Star Outdoor News.


EARLY TEAL Sept. 10-25, 2011, daily bag limit is four.

DUCKSNorth ZoneNov. 5–27, 2011Dec. 10, 2011 – Jan. 29, 2012Dusky ducks* Nov. 10–27, 2011 Dec. 10, 2011 – Jan. 29, 2012

South Zone Nov. 5–27, 2011Dec. 10, 2011 – Jan. 29, 2012Dusky ducks*Nov. 10–27, 2011 Dec. 10, 2011 – Jan. 29, 2012

High Plains Mallard Management Unit Oct. 29-30, 2011Nov. 4, 2011 — Jan. 29, 2012Dusky ducks*Nov. 7, 2011 — Jan. 29, 2012

The daily bag limit for ducks is six, to include no more than fi ve mallards of which only two may be hens; three wood ducks; two scaup; two redheads; two pintails; one canvasback; and one “dusky” duck. *Dusky ducks include: mottled ducks, Mexican-like duck (black-bellied, and fulvous whistling duck), black duck and their hybrids. For all other species not listed, the bag limit is six. The daily bag limit for coots is 15. The daily bag limit for mergansers is fi ve, which may include no more than two hooded mergansers.

Shooting hours are one half hour before sunrise to sunset.

GEESE Western ZoneLight geese Nov. 5, 2011 – Feb. 5, 2012, daily bag limit is 20 and no possession limit.

Dark geeseNov. 5, 2011– Feb. 5, 2012, daily bag limit is fi ve in the aggregate to include no more than one white-fronted goose.

Eastern ZoneLight geese Nov. 5, 2011 – Jan. 29, 2012, the daily bag limit for light geese is 20 and no possession limit.

White-fronted geeseNov. 5, 2011– Jan. 15, 2012, daily bag limit is two.

Canada geeseSept. 10-25, 2011 Nov. 5, 2011 – Jan. 29, 2012, daily bag limit is three.

LIGHT GOOSE CONSERVATION ORDEREastern ZoneJan. 30 – Mar. 25, 2012, no bag or possession limits.

Western ZoneFeb. 6 – Mar. 25, 2012, no bag or possession limits.

SANDHILL CRANEZone ANov. 5, 2011 – Feb. 5, 2012, daily bag limit is three and possession limit is six.Zone BNov. 25, 2011 – Feb. 5, 2012, daily bag limit is three and possession limit is six.Zone CDec. 24, 2011 – Jan. 29, 2012, daily bag limit is two and possession limit is four.

SPECIAL YOUTH-ONLY SEASON. There shall be a special youth-only water-

fowl season during which the hunting, taking, and possession of geese, ducks, mer-gansers, and coots is restricted to licensed hunters 15 years of age and younger accom-panied by a person 18 years of age or older.

High Plains Mallard Management Unit: October 22-23, 2011North Zone: October 29-30, 2011South Zone: October 29-30, 2011

Consult TPWD for other waterfowl regulations.

WATERFOWL SEASONS2011-2012


FISHING

By Darlene McCormick SanchezFOR LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS

For Game Warden Jim Lindeman, the hit-and-run boating fatality on that May night some nine years ago was anything but routine.

How could it be when he knew the victim, 18-year-old Justin Roberts, his family, his friends — and just about every-body else in the small town of Lampasas?

“It was beyond personal for me,” said Lindeman. “I’m friends with all of them.”

Eventually, Lindeman became lead investigator on the case, which would span nearly a third of his 25-year career as a game warden for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The search for a suspect would involve 900 tips, 10 state and federal law enforcement agencies, and last nearly a decade before an arrest was made last December.

Lindeman is one of sev-eral offi cers who received a Director’s Citation award from TPWD in August for their dedi-cation in solving the case.

But even as Lindeman and the community begin to hope for closure, he still struggles with the senselessness of it all.

Roberts was a Lampasas High School football player in the top 10 percent of his class, and an avid outdoorsman. He loved to fi sh and hunt — especially with a bow. He planned to attend Texas A&M University to study wildlife, his father said.

Lindeman remembers see-ing the young man on May 3, 2002 — along with friends Kelly Jean Corbin, and Jim Edward Daniels. They were at a local hamburger drive-in before heading out to fi sh.

The teens traded friendly ban-ter with the warden. They told him they were going on Lake Buchanan to fi sh for stripers — just a routine trip near the dam.

LIFELESS: Avery Miller surveys a red-tinged stock tank in DeWitt County. The color may have changed from algae driven to the surface by hot weather. Heat this summer has been blamed for depleting oxygen and killing fi sh in lakes and ponds big and small across Texas. Photo by Bill Miller, Lone Star Outdoor News.

Investigators commended for uncovering cold case boat wreck

Quotaexceeded

Heat robs waters of oxygen, causing fi sh kills in ponds, lakes

See COLD CASE, Page 20


Fish kills, dried lake beds, and remnant water turning blood red.

You can blame the heat, according to offi cials for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Offi cials explained that warmer water holds less dissolved oxygen. And fi sh actually need more oxygen when temperatures rise.

Other strange things happen in oxygen-depleted waters, like the growth of bacte-rium or algae that turn water red.

“Right now, if people are experiencing fi sh kills, it’s probably drought- and heat-related,” said Craig Bonds, TPWD’s regional director of inland fi sheries for East Texas. “If water is excessively warm, it can’t hold enough oxygen.”

For example, an estimated 123,360 fi sh, most of them threadfi n shad, turned belly up Aug. 30 at Grapevine Lake.

But baitfi sh weren’t the only casualties in the 6,684-acre reservoir.

Bluegill, white bass, freshwater drum, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, and white crappie also died, said TPWD fi sheries biologist Tom Hungerford.

Small ponds carried their own body counts in August, like a stock tank near Breckenridge that was being monitored by outdoor writer Bob Hood.

“It wasn’t a very deep lake but (it) had lots of largemouth bass, crappie and bream in it,” Hood said. “When I went to check on it a few weeks, ago it was virtually dry with all the fi sh in it dead and already mostly eaten by birds, raccoons and the like. Sad to see.”

Some have asked if the oxygen was robbed though a “turnover” of the

See HEAT, Page 20

BREAKTHROUGH: Game Warden Jim Lindeman helps dig up a boat in a cold case involving a 2002 hit-and-run boating fatality on Lake Buchanan. Photo by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.


Texas anglers targeting red snapper in federal waters only had a small amount of time to hit the water this past summer — just 48 total days.

They might have less time next year.

According to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, the group that over-sees the fi sheries and sets the quotas, estimates show anglers exceeded the recreational red snapper quota by 10 to 20 per-cent, once all of the data had been collected. That includes an additional 345,000 pounds of red snapper added to the quota. There will not be an additional fall season this year.

However, Texas anglers only contributed up to 20 percent of the total catch. Florida and Alabama contributed to the majority of the quota.

Robin Reichers, coastal fi sher-ies manager for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, said the news is a double-edged sword for Texas anglers.

When asked if Texas anglers are getting the short end of the stick in regards to red snapper fi sh-ing opportunities, or will Texas become the premier red snapper fi shery in the future, Reichers said, “I can agree with both of those statements to a certain extent.”

“We’ve got some big fi sh,” he said. “Texas had the highest aver-age size reported this year, but the reality is we are supporting the east Gulf Coast fi sheries because of large stocks in the west.”

Reichers said after the low point in the red snapper fi shery in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the fi sh-ery continues to rebound nicely.

“We’re pleased with the rebuilding as it’s going,” he said. “We expect it to continue to improve in the future.”

In Texas waters out to nine miles from shore, red snapper still can be caught year-round with a daily limit of four fi sh.

Red snapper season could be

shorter next year

READ MORE■ Moving fi sh story

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Texas angler with more than 150 world records trying to put Texas on the map for IGFA record fi sh

Doing his part

Check regs beforemoving fi sh

By Alan ClemonsFOR LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS

Rain from the tropical depression that moved from the Gulf of Mexico recently might help some tanks and ponds in the far eastern part of the state, but fi sh in many parts of the state still are strug-gling due to the ongoing drought.

That’s sending landowners scurry-ing for nets and tanker trucks as well as answers from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department about moving fi sh from one pond to another. It’s legal to do that on private land, but not from private ponds to public waters.

If you’re moving fi sh and are driving on public roads or to a different land-owner’s tanks, it also might be a good idea to have written documentation. There’s no offi cial form, according to TPWD offi cials.

“It’s okay to move from one pri-vate pond to another one with no restrictions,” said Dave Terre, chief of Management and Research for the TPWD Inland Fisheries Division. “There are some who move a legal limit from public water body to private waters, and as long as you don’t exceed length limits or bag limit, then that’s OK. But it is against the law to move fi sh from a private water body to a pub-lic water body.”

Terre said landowners moving fi sh on public roads could contact a TPWD game warden prior to transport to avoid any potential problems of transporting fi sh over the daily bag limit.

Moving fi sh from any water body car-ries potential risks, including the trans-mission of fi sh or wildlife diseases and invasive plant species. Landowners may not even know about a disease

in their lakes, but introduction of fi sh and those unseen problems into a new water body could somehow trip the switch that creates a bigger issue.

“There always is some risk of mov-ing fi sh due to organisms,” Terre said. “Many anglers are familiar with the largemouth bass virus, and it could be in one water body but not in another. Introduction of that disease could be disastrous for the landowner.

When moving fi sh, Terre said, land-owners can do a few things to help reduce shock and mortality during transport. Using large tanks, such as livestock water tanks, with treated and cooled water will help. If the distance between ponds is signifi cant, adding an aeration system to the tank to help gen-erate oxygen in the water during travel will be a benefi t.

Waiting until cooler temperatures arrive before moving fi sh would be a better option, he said. But with ponds getting low, that might not be possi-ble. To help the fi sh, use ice to cool the water in the transport tanks by a few degrees and a livewell treatment such as Rejuvenade or Please Release Me.

“The livestock tanks you can get at feed stores are good for transporting fi sh and we use them a lot within our department,” Terre said. “You don’t want to put too many in the tank at one time, though. If you’re able to use an aeration system, agitating the water will help.

“Also, use just enough ice to cool the water 3 to 4 degrees. If you throw in too much ice, and then put fi sh from 90-degree water into 80-degree water, that could shock and stress them more. They can handle a few degrees better than a signifi cant change.”


The Woodlands resident Stan Nabozny enjoys catch-ing big fi sh.

His more than 150 world records attest to that. They’re all recognized by the International Game Fish Association.

And he’s trying to put Texas on the map as one of the premier fi sheries in the world. So far, he has recorded 39 IGFA records in Texas.

Nabozny boated a 22.5-pound, 69-centimeter triple-tail on July 8 in Matagorda Bay, which is the pending world record for the lon-gest tripletail in IGFA’s new

catch-and-release program.“A big tripletail is a very dif-

fi cult fi sh to catch,” Nabozny said. “It’s all luck. You just have to be at the right place at the right time to catch one.

“I have been trying to get as many Texas fi sh in the books as I can. A lot of the IGFA records currently come from Florida. I’m trying to do my part.”

The tripletail was caught with the help of Capt. Dwayne Newbern.

“(Dwayne) is one of the only guides that focus on tri-pletail,” Nabozny said. “A lot of research is involved before I select a guide. He’s the guy to go with for tripletail, in my opinion.”

Nabozny does not head out

in search of a record fi sh with-out fi rst running through an extensive checklist to maxi-mize his time on the water.

“I’ll target certain fi sh at the beginning of the year,” said Nabozny, owner of an international management consulting fi rm. “I fi sh where my business takes me and I fi sh a lot in Texas. If I’m trav-eling to Europe or Africa, I’ll target a fi sh in that area.”

Some of Nabozny’s most impressive catches have come from Africa.

“I used to work in Africa and I fi shed there every chance I got because I knew I wasn’t likely to get back

TOP TRIPLETAIL: Angler Stan Nabozny holds the pending world record length tripletail he caught July 8 in Matagorda Bay. Nabozny holds more than 150 current and pending IGFA world records. Photo by Stan Nabozny.

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ALAN HENRY: Water lightly stained; 88–91 degrees; 6.45’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters and weightless soft plastics early, later switching to Carolina rigs, jigs and Texas rigs.

AMISTAD: Water clear; 86–92 degrees; 5.91’ low. Largemouth bass are good on frogs, spooks and buzzbaits. Catfi sh are good on cheesebait, shrimp and nightcrawlers over baited holes in 15–30 feet.

ARROWHEAD: Water turbid; 87–91 degrees; 8.08’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, Texas rigs and spinnerbaits. White bass are good on slabs. Blue catfi sh are good on juglines with cut shad.

ATHENS: Water clear, 89–95 degrees; 4.11’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged worms, shaky heads and medium crankbaits — midday concentrate on deeper brush piles. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfi sh are good on prepared bait.

BASTROP: Water clear; 83–86 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon Rat–L–Traps and crankbaits. Channel and blue catfi sh are very good on liver and stinkbait.

BELTON: Water clear; 82–86 degrees; 8.50’ low. Largemouth bass are good on soft plastic worms. Yellow catfi sh are fair on trotlines baited with live perch and frozen shad.

BOB SANDLIN: Water lightly stained; 88–94 degrees; 7.55’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged worms and football jigs off ledges and in brush piles. Crappie are good on live minnows. White bass are good on slabs. Catfi sh are fair to good on trotlines or juglines with Redneck’s Catfi sh Bait Soap.

BRAUNIG: Water clear. Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon spinnerbaits and soft plastic worms near the dam. Striped bass are good on liver and perch near the pier. Channel and blue catfi sh are good on liver, shrimp, cut bait, and stinkbait near the dam.

BRIDGEPORT: Water clear; 89–95 degrees; 12.43’ low. Largemouth bass are good on medium-running crankbaits in shad patterns. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid striper are good on slabs.

BROWNWOOD: Water clear; 15.36’ low. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon soft plastic worms, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits over brush piles in 15–25 feet. Channel catfi sh are good on trotlines baited with cut bait and shrimp. Yellow cat-fi sh are good on trotlines baited with cut bait and chicken livers.

BUCHANAN: Water clear; 80–83 degrees; 27.32’ low. Striped bass are good drifting live bait around Lighthouse Point, and on plastic swim baits on the surface. Channel catfi sh are good on stinkbait, minnows, and shrimp. Yellow and blue catfi sh are good on goldfi sh and perch upriver.

CADDO: Water stained; 88–94 de-grees; 1.62’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged worms and top-waters early, later switching to shallow crankbaits around isolated cover. Yellow bass are good on minnows.

CALAVERAS: Water clear. Striped bass are fair on spoons and striper jigs near the crappie wall. Redfi sh are fair down rigging silver and gold spoons in 10–25 feet. Channel catfi sh are good on liver, stinkbait, and shad. Blue catfi sh are good on liver and cut bait.

CANYON LAKE: Water clear; 78–81 degrees; 6.90’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon red soft plastics, JDC Skip–N–Pop top-waters, and Texas-rigged blue fl ake worms along grass banks. Smallmouth bass are fair on pumpkin jigs and white JDC grubs in 10–20 feet.

CEDAR CREEK: Water lightly stained; 89–95 degrees; 5.87’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged worms, shaky heads and fi nesse jigs around docks — best action is early morning on deep brush piles with Carolina rigs. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid striper are good on live shad. Crappie are fair to good on minnows.

COLEMAN: Water clear; 78–82 degrees; 14.95’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon Rat–L–Traps and spinnerbaits and on chartreuse soft plastics. Hybrid striper are fair on live shad. Crappie are good on minnows at night. Channel catfi sh are good on trotlines baited with live perch and chicken livers.

CONROE: Water fairly clear; 81–84 degrees; 4.58’ low. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon red Carolina-rigged soft plastics, spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Catfi sh are good on

stinkbait and nightcrawlers.

COOPER: Water lightly stained; 89–94 degrees; 9.35’ low. Largemouth bass are good on medium crankbaits, top-waters early and Texas-rigged worms throughout the day. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass are good on slabs. Catfi sh are good on prepared bait and cut bait.

FALCON: Water stained upriver, main lake clear; 87–91 degrees. Largemouth bass are very good on jigs and spinnerbaits. Striped bass are slow. Channel and blue catfi sh are excellent on frozen shrimp, cut bait, and stinkbait.

FAYETTE: Water clear. Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon and chartreuse Carolina-rigged soft plastics in 10–20 feet. Channel and blue catfi sh are good on shrimp and liver in 10–15 feet.

FORK: Water fairly clear; 89–95 de-grees; 5.95’ low. Largemouth bass are good early on in the shallows on top-waters and soft plastics, later switch-ing to 3/4 oz. football head jigs with LFT Hyper Freak trailers, Carolina rigs and deep-diving crankbaits in deeper water along main lake humps, drops and brush piles. Bass also reported schooling midday around bridges. The night bite has been good after midnight. Crappie are good on min-nows and jigs. Catfi sh are good on cut shad and prepared bait.

GRANBURY: Water clear; 85–88 degrees; 3.91’ low. Largemouth bass are good on pumpkinseed soft plastics, crankbaits, and Rat–L–Traps. Striped bass are fair on minnows and small crankbaits. White bass are fair on minnows and Li’l Fishies. Crappie are good on minnows and white tube jigs. Catfi sh are good on stinkbait and chicken livers.

GRAPEVINE: Water clear; 89–94 de-grees; 2.99’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged worms, fi nesse jigs and medium crankbaits along main lake points — deeper docks are productive as well. There is also a good deep crankbait and football head jig bite along offshore structure. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass are good on top-waters and Rat–L–Traps. Catfi sh are fair to good on nightcrawlers and cut shad.

JOE POOL: Water clear; 88–94 degrees; 2.61’ low. Largemouth bass are good

on Texas rigs, top-waters early and medium crankbaits. Deep brush piles are producing later in the day. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs. Catfi sh are fair to good on prepared baits.

LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water lightly stained; 88–94 degrees; 2.60’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas rigs, top-waters early and jigs later in the day off brush piles. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfi sh are good on cut shad.

LAVON: Water lightly stained; 89–94 degrees; 9.42’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged creature baits, top-waters and medium crankbaits. White bass are good on slabs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs around bridge columns. Catfi sh are good on cut shad and nightcrawlers.

LBJ: Water fairly clear; 82–85 degrees; 0.33’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on green pumpkin tubes, perch-colored spinnerbaits, and watermelon red Curb’s jigs in 5–12 feet. Striped bass are fair on minnows at night. White bass are fair on minnows at night. Crappie are good on chartreuse Curb’s crappie jigs and live minnows over brush piles. Channel catfi sh are good on liver and stinkbait. Yellow and blue catfi sh are good on trotlines baited with goldfi sh and perch.

LEWISVILLE: Water clear; 89–94 de-grees; 4.67’ low. Largemouth bass are good on medium-running crankbaits, shaky heads and Texas rigs or football head jigs on main lake points in 10–15 feet. Jackall Flick Shakes around boat stalls have also been productive. White bass are good on slabs. Catfi sh are good on prepared bait.

LIVINGSTON: Water fairly clear; 88–91 degrees; 2.43’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits and spinnerbaits. Striped bass are good but small on Rat–L–Traps and Zara Spooks. White bass are good on slabs, pet spoons, and troll tubes. Crappie are good on minnows. Blue catfi sh are good on shad.

NAVARRO MILLS: Water lightly stained; 89–92 degrees; 2.95’ low. Largemouth bass to 2 pounds are fair on minnows from docks. White bass are good near the dam early.

MONTICELLO: Water fairly clear; 68–85 degrees; 0.6’ low. Largemouth bass are good on weightless fl ukes, Rat–L–Traps, spinnerbaits and Texas rigs. Catfi sh are fair to good on prepared bait.

O.H. IVIE: Water stained; 86–89 degrees; 35.04’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on Zell Pops, Senkos, Texas rigs and Rat–L–Traps. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair to good on slabs. Catfi sh are good on nightcrawlers.

PALESTINE: Water lightly stained; 89–94 degrees; 4.97’ low. Largemouth

bass are good on medium crankbaits, Texas-rigged worms and shaky heads. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs, Sassy Shad and live shad. White bass are fair to good on slabs and minnows. Catfi sh are good on prepared bait.

POSSUM KINGDOM: Water stained; 87–89 degrees; 8.43’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters early, later switching to drop-shot rigs, Carolina rigs, Texas rigs and medium-running shad-pattern crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair to good on slabs and Little Georges. Striped bass are fair on live shad. Catfi sh are fair to good on nightcrawlers.

RAY HUBBARD: Water fairly clear; 89–95 degrees; 4.67’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged crea-ture baits, fi nesse jigs and medium to deep crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and Road Runners. White bass are excellent on humps in 17–23 feet with hybrids mixed in. Catfi sh are good on prepared baits.

RAY ROBERTS: Water clear; 89–94 de-grees; 3.45’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Gene Larew Salt Flickrs rigged on a shaky head on main lake points with rock and 3/4 oz. Revenge Football head jigs in chameleon/chartreuse. Crappie are good early and late on jigs and minnows in brush in 20–25 feet. White bass are excellent — schooling early from the dam to the marina.

RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water fairly clear; 89–94 degrees; 5.93’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged worms, deep-diving crankbaits, top-waters and shaky heads around the deeper docks. White bass are fair on slabs and live shad. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs and live shad. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfi sh are fair on prepared bait and nightcrawlers.

SAM RAYBURN: Water lightly stained; 80–84 degrees; 11.69’ low. Largemouth bass are good on water-melon soft plastic worms with char-treuse tails. White bass are slow. Crap-pie are fair on minnows over baited holes. Bream are fair on nightcrawlers. Catfi sh are good on trotlines baited with stinkbait and shrimp.

TAWAKONI: Water fairly clear; 89–95 degrees; 5.39’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters early, later switching to black/blue Firewater 1/2 oz jigs, soft plastics and square-bill crankbaits. Bladed jigs are producing on windier days. Crappie are fair on 1/16 oz. curl tail grubs and small minnows on docks, bridge pilings and deep timber. White bass are excellent on white SSS Slabs and tailspins — schooling on points early and late. Striped bass and hybrid striper are good on 4” to 6” white or shad pattern Sassy Shad in the shallows early then suspending deep during the day — drifting live bait is also producing. Catfi sh are excellent in deep water drifting cut bait and fresh shad.

TEXOMA: Water fairly clear; 89–95 degrees; 6.12’ low. The lake is cur-rently experiencing an outbreak of Blue–Green Algae. It is suggested that you check www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fi sh-boat/fi sh/recreational/lakes/texoma/ prior to planning a trip to the lake to be informed of current conditions on the outbreak. Health advisory in place to avoid contact with the water at this time in some areas.

TOLEDO BEND: Water stained; 79–82 degrees; 10.53’ low. Largemouth bass are good but small on watermelon soft plastic worms and Rat–L–Traps. Crappie are good on minnows and chartreuse tube jigs. Channel and blue catfi sh are good on trotlines baited with live bait, stinkbait, and nightcrawlers.

TRAVIS: Water stained; 82–85 degrees; 46.83’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on white spinnerbaits and watermelon worms in 15–30 feet. White bass are fair on chrome spoons in 5–15 feet. Channel and blue catfi sh are fair on perch and cut shad.

WHITNEY: Water stained; 80–83 degrees; 14.87’ low. White bass are fair on minnows and Li’l Fishies. Catfi sh are good on shrimp, stinkbait and liver.

NORTH SABINE: Trout are good under slicks and birds on soft plastics. Redfi sh are good under rafts of shad on top-waters. Redfi sh are good in the marsh on small top-waters.

SOUTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good under birds and pods of shad. Trout are good at the jetty on live bait and top-waters. Trout are good at the rigs on live mullet. Offshore is good for kingfi sh and ling.

BOLIVAR: Trout are good on the outgoing tide at Rollover Pass on soft plastics and mullet. Redfi sh have been taken in the marsh with higher tides.

TRINITY BAY: Trout are good for drifters working pods of shad and mullet on Bass Assassins, Trout Killers and Sand Eels. Trout are good on the deep shell and around the wells on live shrimp.

WEST GALVESTON BAY: Sheepshead, redfi sh and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs. Trout are good in the surf on live bait and top-waters. Offshore is good for kingfi sh, ling and dolphin. Tarpon have been cruising the beachfront.

TEXAS CITY: Trout are fair to good on the reefs and in the channel on live shrimp and croakers. Redfi sh and sand trout are fair to good in Moses Lake and Dickinson Bayou on shrimp.

FREEPORT: Trout are good at San Luis Pass on shrimp, top-waters and soft plastics. Trout, redfi sh, sand trout and sheepshead are good on live shrimp on the reefs in Christmas Bay. Offshore is good for Atlantic spadefi sh, kingfi sh and ling.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are good for drifters on live shrimp over midbay reefs. Trout and redfi sh are good over mud on live mullet.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are fair over sand and grass humps on soft plastics and top-waters. Redfi sh and black drum are fair to good at Shell Island on live shrimp. Offshore is good for ling and tuna.

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

ROCKPORT: Trout are fair over grass while drifting with live shrimp. Redfi sh are good on piggy perch and shrimp around Mud Island and Estes Flats.

PORT ARANSAS: Trout, redfi sh and sheepshead are fair to good at the jetty on shrimp and croakers. Offshore is good for dolphin, ling, kingfi sh and tuna.

CORPUS CHRISTI: rout are fair to good on the edge of the spoils on piggy perch, soft plastics and live shrimp. Redfi sh are good in the potholes on shrimp and piggies.

BAFFIN BAY: Trout are good on top-waters and soft plastics around deep rocks and grass. Redfi sh are fair to good for sight–casters on the fl ats on small top-waters. Trout are fair to good on soft plastics under a popping cork on the grass in the Land Cut.

PORT MANSFIELD: Trout are good on top-waters on the edge of the channel and around sand and grass along spoils. Redfi sh are good on the sand on small top-waters and soft plas-tics. Offshore is good for kingfi sh, dolphin, ling and tuna.

SOUTH PADRE: Redfi sh are good on the Mex-iquita Flats and in South Bay on live bait and plastics. Snook are good in the Ship Channel on DOA Lures and live shrimp. Tarpon have been hanging around the jetty.

PORT ISABEL: Trout are good at Three Islands on DOA Shrimp and top-waters. Redfi sh are good on the Gas Well Flats on shrimp and mullet.

TEXAS FISHING REPORT

HOT BITES SALTWATERSCENE

channel and around sand

rout are fair over sand

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LARGEMOUTH BASS

ATHENS: Good on Texas-rigged worms, shaky heads and medium crankbaits — midday concentrate on deeper brush piles.

CADDO: Good on Texas-rigged worms and top-waters early, later switching to shallow crankbaits around isolated cover.

CEDAR CREEK: Good on Texas-rigged worms, shaky heads and fi nesse jigs around docks — best action is early morning on deep brush piles with Carolina rigs.

JOE POOL: Good on Texas rigs, top-waters early and medium crankbaits.

LAKE O’ THE PINES: Good on Texas rigs, top-waters early and jigs later in the day off brush piles.

CRAPPIE

BOB SANDLIN: Good on live minnows.

COOPER: Good on minnows.

LBJ: Good on chartreuse Curb’s crappie jigs and live minnows over brush piles.

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CATFISH

BASTROP: Channel and blue catfi sh are very good on liver and stinkbait.

BROWNWOOD: Channel catfi sh are good on trotlines baited with cut bait and shrimp. Yellow catfi sh are good on trotlines baited with cut bait and chicken livers.

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

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

soft plastics and live

WHITE, HYBRID, STRIPER

BRAUNIG: Striped bass are good on liver and perch near the pier.

BRIDGEPORT: White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid striper are good on slabs.

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

RAY ROBERTS: White bass are excel-lent — schooling early from the dam to the marina.

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

HOT SPOT

East Galveston BayGuides have reported good number of trout being caught along the south shoreline on soft plastics, along with a good early top-water bite. Shell adjacent to the channel also is producing good numbers of trout on live bait. Drifting also has been consistent with live bait.

Photo by LSON.


STAR Tournament follows:REGULAR DIVISION■ Flounder (18-inch min. length): 7 pounds 2 ounces, Robert Goode Sr.■ Sheepshead: 9 pounds 4 ounces, Ramon Zapata.■ Gafftop: 8 pounds 4 ounces, Jerome Ard.■ Speckled trout (Upper Coast): 9 pounds 3 ounces, David Elmore.■ Speckled trout (Middle Coast): 8 pounds 14 ounces, Michael Leach.■ Speckled Trout (Lower Coast): 9 pounds 10 ounces, Nolan Casey.■ Kingfi sh (30-pound min.): 55 pounds 7 ounces, Barry Shaneyfelt Jr.■ Dorado (20-pound min.): 44 pounds 12 ounces, Darrell Rittiman.■ Ling (cobia): 84 pounds, Robert Kirschner.

ACADEMY SPORTS & OUTDOORS STARTEENS SCHOLARSHIP TROUT DIVISION (AGES 11-17)■ Speckled Trout (Upper Coast): 7 pounds 9 ounces, Sterling

Mcintosh.■ Speckled Trout (Middle Coast): 7 pounds 5 ounces, Benjamin Koehler.■ Speckled Trout (Lower Coast): 8 pounds 6 ounces, Carter Goyen.■ Flounder (18-inch min. length): 5 pounds 3 ounces, Christopher Ford.■ Sheepshead: 8 pounds 15 ounces, Robbie Laskoskie.■ Gafftop: 7 pounds 6 ounces, Brittany. Leatherwood.

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

Results are as of Aug. 29, 2011. For more information, including a list of weigh-in sta-tions and registration locations, visit www.LSONews.com.

Sweating it outAnglers awaiting fi nal results from weekend

The current leaderboard for the CCA Texas

Rocks, stumps and islands, oh myBy Ralph WininghamFOR LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS

While the devastating drought lingering over Texas has snuffed out many land-based crops, a bumper harvest of boat-damaging rocks, stumps and emerging islands in lakes across the state have wreaked havoc with anglers.

“I have sold more props this year than I did in the past 10 years com-bined,’’ said Wayne Towers of The Boat Shop in Kirby. “One guy has bought six props this year for the same boat. He keeps blaming the damage on other people running his boat.

“People are wrecking their props and losing lower units all because they are hitting rocks, stumps and running into islands as a result of low water levels.”

Lakes and reservoirs across the state are reporting lower water lev-els because of the lack of rainfall during the past year. The bad news for boaters and insurance compa-nies having to pay for repairs to damaged watercraft means lots of work for repair shops and marinas.

Towers said he has sold more than 100 props since the start of the year and regularly has his mechanics performing repairs ranging from $4,000 to $5,000 per boat.

Similar reports are surfacing across the state, particularly in areas hard hit by the drought that is sucking the life out of many lakes and reservoirs.

“The boaters are having to adjust their travel areas at Toledo Bend. You just can’t run in the same lanes as before the level dropped,’’ said Guide Butch Perrodin, known as “The Fish Whisperer” and based at Pirates Cove Marina. “A lot of people are fi nding out is it easy to make a $3,000 mistake. I know of two game war-dens who have their boats in the shop because they wrecked their lower units by hitting stumps.”

The guide, who has been working on Toledo Bend since 1970, said the low level of the lake has also driven many boaters away from the area — one fi sh-ing tournament had to be transferred to Sam Rayburn — and forced the clo-sure of most of the lake’s boat ramps.

“I can go out on a Saturday and only see two to fi ve other boats out. That is really unusual,’’ Perrodin said.

Greg Konikowski, a boat mechanic with Austin Boat Repair, said condi-tions at Lake Travis are as bad as he can remember and are causing damage to a lot of unwary watercraft operators.

“All the areas on the lake are dan-

gerous right now,” he said. “If you don’t know the lake, you can really cause damage to your lower units and props. A lot of times they run up on islands that weren’t there (when the water levels were higher).’’

Like many other lakes in the state, boat traffi c is far below normal at Lake Travis, Konikowski added.

Although conditions at Falcon Lake are less than desirable — about 20 feet below the conservation pool level — most anglers taking advantage of the South Texas fi shing action at the lake bordering Mexico are avoiding water-borne problems, said Tom Bendele, owner of Falcon Lake Tackle.

“Our big problem is that the lake has been full for the past three years, so we are just a another few feet away from (boat damage) to start happen-ing,” he said. “The lake is about 20 feet low, but it did get down to 50 feet low in the past. We just tell the boat-ers to stay in the channel when they are running.”

With the lake level down about 4 feet at Lake Fork, most boaters are using extra caution and avoiding costly damage to their watercraft, said Gary Hughes, a boat mechanic at J&J Marine.

“People just have to be a whole lot more cautious,” he said. “We’ve had a couple people bring in damaged lower units from lakes in the Dallas area, but haven’t seen a lot of that kind of thing at Fork.

“You can really see a lot of stumps on the lake — you just have to watch what you are doing.”

Boaters at Medina Lake, where the level is down about 40 feet, are dam-aging props and lower units quite a bit more this year than in the past, said Butch Taber at Marine Specialty in San Antonio.

“They are tearing up props, strip-ping gears and damaging drive shafts. None if it is cheap,’’ he said.

DOUBLE HIT: Running over rocks near the surface of an area lake caused major damage to the twin props being held by Harold McKee, a boat mechanic at The Boat Shop in Kirby. Photo by Ralph Winingham for Lone Star Outdoor News.


TRESPASSING KAYAKERS DOUBLE CITATIONS WITH CAMPFIRE

A call reporting trespassers on the Nature Conservancy property on the Devil’s River was reported to Val Verde County Game Wardens Mike Durand and Dustin Barrett and the Val Verde County Sheriff's Offi ce. Five kayakers were found to be in violation of the county burn ban and were cited by sheriff’s deputies for their campfi re. Cases pending.

DRUG SMUGGLERS NABBEDRegion 1, District 4 game war-

dens assisted Border Patrol agents in apprehending seven drug smugglers south of Marfa. All seven were appre-hended and seven backpacks of drugs were seized. Charges pending.

DEER-VEHICLE COLLISION AT WARDEN’S FRONT DOOR

Grayson County Game Warden Dale Moses observed a vehicle's brake lights come on and pull over to the shoulder about 150 yards down from his gate. Thinking they might be looking at deer, Moses approached the vehicle and a woman emerged with a stunned look on her face. The entire window of the vehicle was shattered. Moses con-tacted Grayson County deputies and advised them of the accident. The woman didn't know what her vehi-cle had struck, but Moses located a dead doe about 50 yards behind the vehicle. The woman only suffered some minor cuts.

“TELEPHONING” FISH IS A WRONG NUMBER

While attending a district meet-ing, Jasper County Game Warden Morgan Inman received a call from a local fi sherman stating that he had witnessed two boats shocking fi sh (telephoning) on the Neches River. Inman responded with the help of

Shelby County Game Warden Randy Button and Newton County Game Warden Brian Srba. After two hours of waiting, the boats fi nally landed. After a few questions, they produced a shocker and told the wardens where the shockers were purchased. The next day, the sellers were inter-viewed and two more shockers were confi scated. Cases pending.

CALL TO WARDENS BAD NEWS FOR OFFSHORE VESSEL

Brazoria County Game Wardens Joe Goff, Jason Richers, Scott Jennings and Jim Bob Van Dyke, and Fort Bend County Game Warden Mike Weiss were working on their Intermediate Boat Training in the Intracoastal Canal near Freeport. At approximately 10 a.m., Goff received a call in which the complainant reported seeing three males on an offshore fi shing vessel retaining over their limits and catching undersized red snapper. At approximately 6:30 p.m., a vessel towing what turned out to be the reported violator vessel came through the jetties. The three occupants of the towed vessel were in possession of 49 red snapper, all of which were undersized, and two undersized cobia. In addition, the vessel was unregistered. A total of 17 cases were fi led, as well as civil restitution. Cases pending.

COOLERS FULL OF FILLETS FROM OFFSHORE FIND CITATIONS FOR FIVEMatagorda County Game Warden

Aaron Koenig and Wharton County Game Warden Chris Bird encoun-tered a Louisiana crew boat coming into the Port O’Conner jetties, and because of the large number of peo-ple on the back deck decided to do a quick check to see if anyone had been fi shing while offshore. Five ice chests were packed on the back deck with all of the crew’s other belong-ings. Owners of the coolers were determined, and upon inspection the coolers were found to contain numerous bags of fi lleted fi sh. Five individuals were cited for head and tailed fi nfi sh. Cases pending.

ONCE A WARDEN, ALWAYS A WARDENUvalde County retired captain Bill

Hellums informed Game Wardens Rachel Kellner and Javier Fuentes that shotgun blasts were heard west of town. The wardens did a lot of stop-ping and listening and fi nally found two individuals shooting skeet. The wardens let them know that they had heard the shots and wanted to make sure no one was hunting dove. After a quick search of the bed of a pickup, the wardens discovered mourning doves and four other nongame birds. Hunting in closed season and minor in possession citations were issued.

OFF TO AN EARLY START WITH DADZapata County Game Wardens

Stevan Ramos and Carson Wardlow were patrolling in San Ygnacio when they saw a pickup truck stop a few blocks in front of them. Wardlow stopped his truck when he saw what appeared to be a gun barrel sticking out of the pickup’s passenger-side window. The passenger shot twice, and the driver retrieved a white-winged dove from the bushes just off the road. The passenger and driver were both juveniles. Their father was also in the vehicle “hunting” with them. Case for hunting in closed sea-son and restitution pending.

OVERDUE NIGHT FISHERMEN RESCUED

McMullen County Game Warden Bubba Shelton received a call about some overdue fi shermen on Choke Canyon Reservoir. While en route, Shelton learned that two of the individuals had walked up to a residence on the north side of the lake, but there were still three more missing. The men said their boat had swamped and cap-sized, and they swam and fl oated to the nearest shoreline. Shelton launched from Calliham State Park at midnight. By 1 a.m., all missing subjects had been located, picked up and returned to the state park.

NO FISH FOR YOUAransas County Game Warden

Scott McLeod stopped to check a man selling fi sh from his vehicle at a local intersection. The subject did not have any licenses to be selling fi sh. A citation was issued for failing to have a retail fi sh truck dealer’s license.

WARDENS ARE FIRE FIGHTERS, TOOGame Warden Justin Eddins was

patrolling the north end of Jasper County when he noticed black smoke. Eddins was the fi rst to arrive on scene of the fi re and kept the 4-acre blaze at bay until the fi re department arrived. The owners of the property were not home at the time and were very appreciative of his efforts. A faulty bearing on a tractor that was mowing the highway right-of-way started the fi re.

MILO AND CORN HELPS EXPLAIN GOOD DOVE HUNT

On opening day of dove season, Game Wardens Michael McCall and Coley Leonard were patrolling Comal County. Early in the day, they came across a group of hunters hunting a fi eld with a good concen-tration of birds. The hunters were having a good hunt with very good success compared to other hunters who had been previously checked by the wardens in the area. McCall and Leonard found the reason for the group's success. A good amount of cracked corn and milo had been spread in the fi eld. The wardens fi led cases for hunting dove over bait on 26 hunters and fi led a case of placing bait to attract dove on the property owner. A total of 127 unlawfully taken doves were confi s-cated and donated to people in the community. Civil restitution was also fi led on the group of hunters.

GAME WARDEN BLOTTER

Williamson County Game Warden Joel Campos received a call regarding people hunting dove in closed season. Campos arrived at the scene and noticed two couples outside in the backyard. There was a 12-gauge and plenty of used up 12-gauge ammunition and a skeet machine. However, next to the machine were the leftovers of several dove that had been cleaned. One man kept his hands behind his back while being inter-

viewed. Campos asked him to put his hands by his side and noticed blood on his fi ngertips. The man con-fessed to killing nine mourning dove as he was getting ready to put steaks and dove on the grill. The mourning dove were confi scated, and the man was issued cita-tions for hunting dove in closed season and hunting with illegal means and methods. Civil restitution pen-alties are also pending.

CAUGHT RED-FINGERED



HEROES

HYLAN GABELINE, 10, of Paris, harvested her fi rst buck last season on the Roberts Ranch in Lamar County. She used a Barnett Quad 400 crossbow at 15 yards.

SHARE AN ADVENTURE■ Want to share hunting and fi shing photos with other Lone Star Outdoor News readers? E-mail them with contact and caption information to [email protected]. High-resolution original jpegs only. Mail prints to Heroes, Lone Star Outdoor News, P.O. Box 551695, Dallas, TX 75355.

JACK VILLARREAL, 12, caught this 26-inch redfi sh while fi shing with his dad, Manuel, recently on the lower Laguna Madre. He is from Lozano.

HOLT DORIS, 12, of Fort Worth, used a .308-caliber rifl e to take this kudu recently while hunting with his family in South Africa. The trophy’s horns measured 51 inches. Intrepid Safaris RSA was the outfi tter.

The SMITH FAMILY of Floydada recently landed a Texas grand slam while fi shing

on the coast. KONNER (right) caught a 24-inch trout, HANNAH (left) landed a 17-inch fl ounder and SHELLY and KYLE (not pictured) caught a 25 1/2-inch redfi sh.

This redfi sh was caught last year by RHONDA CLOUGH of Marble Falls in the Laguna Madre.

ALEX RIVERA, 11, caught his fi rst gaftop while fi shing with his cousin recently out of Port Aransas.

A lever-action rifl e with open sights, and chambered

in .45-70, is what SUZANNE

HUTCHISON of Dallas used to

harvest a bison last November in

Comanche County.

EMILY WHITE of Dallas bagged her fi rst turkey while deer hunting last November in Comanche County.

EMMA RENEE LOREDO, 4, caught her fi rst fi sh, a croaker, while fi shing with her dad recently in Arroyo City.


Waterfowl plan needs comments

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking public com-ments on the draft revision of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan.

First signed in 1986 between Canada and the United States — with Mexico joining in 1994 — the NAWMP is held as a leading model for international conservation plans. The fi nal plan revision is expected to be released by mid-2012.

The draft plan revision is available for public comment by visiting www.nawmprevi-sion.org; via email to [email protected]; or by mail at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service — Division of Bird Habitat Conservation, Attn: Draft NAWMP Revision, 4401 North Fairfax Drive MS4075, Arlington, VA 22203.

Comments will be accepted until Sept. 26.

“The world is changing — challenging waterfowl con-servationists like never before to improve the way we do busi-ness,” said USFWS Director Dan Ashe. “The revision of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan will guide us toward improving water-fowl conservation in the face of social, physical, ecological and economic challenges and enable managers to focus on the things that matter most to achieving shared conservation goals. The International Plan Committee is committed to ensuring that stakeholder input is fully incorporated in this important document.”

—Staff report

Game Warden named Offi cerof the Year

Chris Bird, a state game war-den based in Wharton County, has been named Offi cer of the Year by the Association of Midwest Fish and Game Law Enforcement Offi cers.

Begun 66 years ago, the association is the oldest con-servation law enforcement organization in the nation. It is made up of 29 member agen-cies from the United States and Canada, and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Law Enforcement Division has been a member since 1995.

A game warden for six years, Bird has been sta-tioned in Wharton County all of that time. TPWD Executive Director Carter Smith pre-sented Bird the award at the Aug. 25 meeting of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission.

Said Smith, “Warden Bird has dedicated himself to not only fulfi lling his duties as a game warden in his assigned area,” Smith said, “but to also fi ll a void left in the Wharton County community after Game Warden Justin Hurst was killed in the line of duty in 2007. As a cadet in the Game Warden Training Academy at the time, Chris ... requested assignment to Wharton County. Newly commissioned Game Warden Bird reported for duty and immediately went about building a reputation similar to his predecessor, but in his own right, as ‘their game warden.’”

—Staff report

Friedkin new chair of TPW Commission; Jones named to board

Gov. Rick Perry has named Dan Friedkin of Houston to chair the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. He also appointed Bill Jones of Austin to the commission effective Sept. 1.

Perry made the announce-ments on Aug. 24. He fi rst appointed Friedkin to the com-mission in May 2005.

Friedkin was named vice chairman two years later. In February, he was reappointed to a six-year term that was to expire in 2017.

Now he will serve as chair of the commission for a term to expire at the pleasure of the governor, according to a news release.

The most recent chairman was Peter Holt of San Antonio. Holt’s six-year term on the commission has ended, so Perry had to name a successor.

Friedkin is chairman and CEO of The Friedkin Group, with responsibility for companies and investments principally in the automotive industry, includ-ing Gulf States Toyota.

He is a trustee of the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Kinkaid School, a mem-ber of the Young Presidents’ Organization, and chairman of the Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation.

He is also an advisory board

member of the Texas A&M Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute.

Friedkin received a bache-lor’s degree from Georgetown University, and a master’s degree in fi nance from Rice University.

Jones is an attorney and owner of The Jones Law Firm.

He is a member and past president of the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum Foundation, and a board mem-ber of the Austin Chamber of Commerce and Memorial Hermann Healthcare System Community Care.

He is also a past board member and past chair of the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents and a past board member of Memorial Hermann Healthcare System Foundation.

Jones received a bache-lor's degree from Texas A&M University and a law degree from Baylor University.

He is appointed for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2017.

—Staff report

CONSERVATION

CHAIRMAN: Houston businessman Dan Friedkin has been appointed by

Gov. Rick Perry to chair the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. Fried-

kin, a former vice chair, succeeds Peter Holt of San Antonio. Photo by

Dan Friedkin.


Texas, however, is home to 150 species of protein-rich grasshoppers of various sizes, said Dr. Allen Knutson, AgriLife Extension entomologist in Dallas.

And now, he added, grasshoppers are plen-tiful thanks to this year’s parched spring and summer months.

“Best we can tell, grasshoppers hatch out in spring and early summer,” he explained, “and if we have rainfall in that time, they get a dis-ease associated with wet weather and humid-ity, which keeps their populations in check.”

That doesn’t happen when the weather is hot and dry, Knutson said, although there is an exception: If it’s too dry to keep grass alive, there won’t be any food for grasshoppers.

But, with adequate food, a grasshopper lives fi ve to six weeks in immature stages and four to fi ve weeks as adults, Knutson said.

“If you’re a coyote,” he said, “you’re going to be able to fi nd a grasshopper from spring to fall.”

Gary Roberson of Menard, varmint hunter and owner of Burnham Brothers predator calls, said raccoons and foxes also like the bugs, but juvenile coyotes really go after them.

“It’s amazing how many coyote pups will eat them,” he said. “We’d see them out there mousing, chasing rodents, but they’ll chase grasshoppers like they were candy, especially the younger ones because they’re not so good at catching rabbits yet.”

There is no scientifi c proof that deer will eat grasshoppers, but stranger things have happened, said another Kleberg researcher.

Dr. Timothy Fulbright recalled hearing about a video that showed a deer munching a mouse. Other reports had bucks biting into birds, and even gut piles of former herd mates.

“So,” he concluded, “it wouldn’t be much of a stretch that they might eat grasshoppers as well.”

only 150, and most of them will be in Hudspeth County, Gray said.

Of those permits, only about 15 will be issued near Presidio, Marfa and Fort Davis, he added.

“We’re having a decline,” Gray said. “We have low fawn crops and no recruit-ment in population.

“We’re doing our best to fi gure out what’s going on, but it appears that disease and drought are the main factors going on; more spe-cifi cally, the Barber’s pole worm.”

This worm, scientifi cally know as Haemonchus con-tortus, enters the prong-horn as it eats vegetation that the parasite is clinging

to. Once inside the animal, the worm sucks blood.

A single worm doesn’t do much damage, but as many as 3,000 have been found in a single dead prong-horn, Gray said. Their total consumption can ravage a pronghorn, rendering it anemic and vulnerable to other diseases.

Good nutrition helps pronghorn resist the para-site, but range conditions choked by drought aren’t helping, Gray said.

Finding ways to improve nutrition tops the list of pos-sible remedies. There is also a drug that could be used — a “wormer” — but Gray said it is no silver bullet.

“I want to stress we’re

going to be extremely cau-tious on that,” he said, add-ing that it has already been tried in sheep and goats, but worms adapted to it.

“They become like a super worm and that’s the last thing we want,” Gray said.

The pronghorn permits are issued to landowners and outfi tters.

Hunters can fi nd the per-mit holders’ contact infor-mation on a landowner lease list that is available at TPWD offi ces in Canyon, (806) 651-3014 and Alpine, (432) 837-2051.

Gray said hunters could also check with chambers of commerce in various West Texas communities to see if they have the list.

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fi shing with my dad from morning to night. It was defi nitely one of my starting points.”

Swope said his family has a deer lease in Rock Springs, but he doesn’t have much time for hunting each fall because of the demands of being a Division I athlete.

“It’s tough when deer season rolls around to fi nd time to hunt,” he said. “The Rock Springs lease is six hours away. I get a little time during Christmas break, but it is diffi cult to fi nd the time.”

Swope said he and a few teammates would be participating in the opening of the Texas dove season.

“That’s also a passion,” he said. “We’ve all been seeing birds fl ying around College Station.”

The coast also beckons during the summer months when Swope has a little time off from the rigors of football.

“A few spring breaks ago I stepped on a stingray,” he said. “That hurt. I like going

down there, though. It’s hit or miss down there. When we can fi nd the trout and redfi sh, it’s usually nonstop action.”

When asked if he could only do one thing in the outdoors for the rest of his life, Swope said it would be deer hunting.

“I like everything about it,” he said. “From managing a place, managing the herd — it’s kind of like a game. I like how it all works out — letting deer grow and giving them what they need, like protein. It’s what I started out doing. I also love to bowhunt. ”

Swope killed a 10-point with a friend’s bow during a past season.

“I had to shoot the buck left-handed,” he said. “It was not easy.”

Swope said the thing he enjoys most about the outdoors is being with family.

“We have a good group of guys on the team that dove hunt and fi sh together,” he said. “But the outdoors for me is very family-based. I have a brother on the team, Louie (a fresh-man defensive back), and I love to hunt with him and my dad.”

AggieContinued From Page 1

TORCHED: Junior wide receiver Ryan Swope lit up the Oklahoma defense last year when he caught a 64-yard touchdown pass to ice the win for the Aggies. Swope is as passionate about deer hunting as he is about embarrassing opposing defensive backs. Photo by Texas A&M.


their limits an hour earlier, however.

Mourning doves were the fi rst to arrive, followed by larger groups of whitewings.

A common theme during the opening weekend was lots of young dove being shot — something that happens every year, but could be a good sign of a bet-ter-than-expected hatch during the drought.

Hunters at a ranch in Medina County near Hondo also reported loads of birds on irrigated crops.

However, across the state, the out-look wasn’t all wonderful.

Hunters near Denton reported good action on opening morning, but

mostly near water tanks.“Everyone who was near

a tank shot their limit,” said Dallas resident Bobby Pross. “There were not very many

sunfl owers, so the guys not positioned near the water didn’t do as well.

“I shot 10 in the morning, and I’m heading back out this afternoon to try and fi ll my limit. The birds didn’t start to fl y until later in the morning — around 8:30.”

Several hunters chimed in on LSON message boards to report slow morn-ings and not many birds.

The key this year is water and crops, and birds are bunched up in areas with both of those resources.

Several hunters reported good shoots at tanks in the Waco area, with small fl ocks passing water on the way to roosts.

Hunters reported decent shoots near Cleburne, and reports from the Hill Country were also favorable.

Dove openerContinued From Page 1

CALL YOUR SHOT: A dove hunter on a fi eld near San Antonio lines up his next shot as birds pour in overhead early opening morning. Photo by Conor Harrison, LSON.

Guide workshop on tap for Sept. 27Texans hoping to become wildlife guides get ready.The Texas AgriLife Extension Service will present a Wildlife Guide Training workshop Sept. 27

in Corpus Christi.“AgriLife Extension’s wildlife guide training is a combination of the live workshop and online

training,” said Miles Phillips, AgriLife Extension nature tourism specialist and training coordi-nator, College Station. “The purpose is to provide necessary wildlife guide training as well as confi rmation of guide skills.”

Phillips said registration is now open for the training, and the live Sept. 27 workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Municipal Marina Meeting Room of the Lawrence Street T-Head marina in downtown Corpus.

“Those successfully completing training are eligible for certifi cation by the Corpus Christi Convention and Visitors Bureau,” Phillips said.

Registration is $130 for the complete course, $95 for the online course only and $95 for the Sept. 27 workshop only. To register, call (979) 845-2604.

—Staff report


It was the last time Lindeman would see Roberts alive.

That night, another boat crashed into them; the follow-ing day, offi cers pulled Roberts’ body from the lake. Daniels and Corbin survived with injuries.

The boat that hit the teens in the dark of night was nowhere to be found, leaving investiga-tors little to go on.

“I was knocked unconscious and fl oated nine and a half hours before they found me,” Daniels said, now a game warden himself.

The case proved an elusive maze of dead-end tips. The years came and went without any answers. Lindeman and a team of investigators checked every lead, crisscrossing the state in hopes of solving the cold case.

It wasn’t until Nov. 22 of last year that they got a break.

An anonymous tip to Operation Game Thief pointed them to Travis Aaron Marburger, a Bertram man in his mid-30s. And then the dig-ging began — literally.

Investigators determined a boat was buried on Marburger’s property.

With backhoes and shov-els, they dug up a blue 1977 Checkmate speedboat, which showed damage on the hull. Chips of fi berglass and blue paint found in the victims’ damaged boat were compared to Marburger’s boat.

Marburger was charged with manslaughter and tampering with evidence. He was released on $100,000 bond. A change of venue hearing is set for Oct. 26 and a trial date has been set for Jan. 9, Lindeman said.

“Hopefully this will bring some kind of closure,” Lindeman said. But he knows that nothing can erase the pain for Roberts’

parents, David and Donna, who lost their only child.

“You’ve got to hang onto faith, that’s for sure,” said David Roberts.

While the arrest has given his wife some comfort, he said the circumstances still gnaw at him. He’ll never understand why the perpetrator didn’t take responsibility or call for help after the accident.

For Lindeman, the case may be solved, but the questions about that night will always remain: “How could you leave kids in the water and a boat out there — and live with yourself after that?”

Cold caseContinued From Page 8

ponds and lakes.This typically happens in the fall of

the year when a lake’s surface cools down and then sinks.

“It will fall into the bottom layer and just kind of fl ip,” Bonds said. “That’s called the turnover.”

Layers of water devoid of oxygen are suddenly mixed with the rest of the lake’s water, diluting the oxygen at the levels where fi sh had been surviving.

“You can have water quality issues,” Bonds said. “It will reduce oxygen levels in the entire water column, and it can be bad enough to cause fi sh kills.”

In a hot summer, the same cooling effect can happen with a rain shower, said Bobby Farquhar, regional director of inland fi sheries for West Texas.

“After a little bit of rain, like we had a couple weeks ago, the waters basically get mixed up,” he said.

Once that happens, the phones ring with reports of fi sh kills, Farquhar said.

He added, however, that lakes and ponds losing their volumes also cause fi sh kills.

As an example, he described a hypo-thetical 5-acre pond full of fi sh that shrinks to an acre with summer heat.

“Well,” he said, “now you have fi ve times too many fi sh.”

And those fi sh are now competing for the oxygen of a single acre.

Oxygen can be added with emergency agitation from something like an outboard motor, but that is not a long-term solution, Bonds said. Permanent devices like aera-tors, fountains and diffusers are effective at maintaining constant oxygen levels.

In the meantime, Bonds said peo-ple should not feel bad about catching and eating their drought-stressed fi sh. Removing them can ease pressure on a lake’s oxygen supply.

“When people start feeding cat-fi sh, you’d be surprised how many of them become pets,” he said. “But if you thought about having a fi sh fry, now is the time.”

HeatContinued From Page 8

EVIDENCE: Offi cers in November 2010 uncover the boat they believe was involved in the fatal wreck in May 2002 on Lake Buchanan. Photo by TPWD.



FIRST BUCK: Diamond Poole’s fi rst buck was taken last year on a ranch in Live Oak County. She followed that up with a second buck in Bosque County. Photo by Mark Watson.

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aspirations,” she said. But the relationship

developed, Diamond said, because she fi rst liked Mark as a person, not a hunter.

“Most of the guys in Dallas are really full of it,” she said, “but with Mark, what you see is what you get. And he made me laugh.

“I fell in love with that, and he has been the same the entire time I’ve known him.”

Mark said he too was sur-prised when he learned Diamond was a lifelong sup-porter of animal rights, but he patiently told her about hunting’s role in wildlife management, and then took her skeet shooting.

They sat together in a deer blind and watched two bucks spar until one was fatally gored. She learned that deer face lots of calami-ties in nature, including dis-ease and predators.

Poole was also amazed to learn about Hunters for the Hungry, which accepts wild game donations to help feed needy families.

Poole decided that she would try to be objective about everything Mark loved, including the outdoors.

“And,” she added, “I decided that I couldn’t bash hunting, and all that goes with it, unless I tried it myself.”

A year ago she hunted dove and bagged a couple. Then she dropped a feral hog.

“But,” she added, “I was still troubled at the idea of shooting a deer.”

Mark walked her through it last season during a hunt in Live Oak County, where a mature 10-point buck came within range of her .25-06 caliber rifl e.

“I hesitated,” she said, “and I started having this conversation in my head: ‘Are you really going to kill this deer?’”

Then she remembered

about donating the venison. Her shot hit its mark.

“I was astounded with myself,” she said.

She did it again a few weeks later in Bosque County. Her second buck, although younger than the fi rst, also had 10 points.

But hunting has given Poole more than trophies for her wall.

With Mark, she visited the Hill Country for the fi rst time, and also Baffi n Bay where, while wade fi shing, an 11-foot bull shark swam between them.

“You can see more stars in the country, and more sun-sets,” she said. “And I defi -nitely enjoy the quiet more. I couldn’t sleep at fi rst. It has been an adjustment, but a good adjustment.”

She hasn’t joined a hunting group yet, but she plans to.

“I have been to many of the exhibits — Texas Deer Association, Texas Trophy Hunters Association and the like.”

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there,” he said. “I have 66 records from Africa, and I’ve fi shed 12 differ-ent countries.”

Nabozny said a fi ve-year quest for a 200+ pound tarpon record off the coast of Africa almost came to fruition last year.

“I hooked up a 260-pound tarpon on 16-pound line last year and I lost it at the boat after a 90-minute fi ght,” he said. “The mate gaffi ng the fi sh saw the size of it and that big eye looked at him; he got spooked and missed the gaff shot. The fi sh rolled, went under the boat and broke the line.”

Nabozny said it was only later that he found out the reason for the missed gaff.

“There is a superstition among the native African’s on this river system that if you kill a tarpon after it has looked at you, the fi sh will attach itself to your soul,” he said. “Even though I didn’t land the fi sh, it was an incredible experience.”

Along with giant tarpon, Nabozny said catch-ing a goliath tigerfi sh in the Congo has been a highlight of his African fi shing adventures.

“There are fi ve different species of tiger-fi sh,” he said. “I hold the world record for the North African species — 12-pounds plus. It’s very challenging to target big tigerfi sh in

remote areas of Africa. The fi shing conditions are diffi cult.”

“The best African trip was to the Congo. I’ve yet to post a record for a goliath as I’ve not caught one big enough yet. They are widely distributed in the river system and it truly is a quest to fi nd the big ones.”

Until his next adven-ture to Africa, Nabozny will continue to fi sh

closer to home and attempt to fi ll the record books with Texas fi sh.

“The (IGFA) catch and release program is new, and a little late coming in my opinion,” he said. “The (IGFA) weight records have been around for a long time, but the catch and release records are new. I’m doing my best to put fi sh in the book from Texas. I think Texas has some of the best fi shing in the world. We are lucky to have this natural resource.”

Some of Nabozny’s Texas IGFA records include a 128- and a 140-pound alligator gar from the Trinity River, a 95-centimeter red drum, a 117-centimeter black drum and an 84-centimeter crevalle jack.

In fact, Nabozny has caught so many record book fi sh, the IGFA will award him with a Lifetime Achievement Award later this year for putting more than 100 records in the book. He will be the eighth recipient of the award.

“The challenge of hunting big fi sh is what I enjoy the most,” he said.

Texas anglerContinued From Page 9

RECORD DRUM: Stan Nabozny holds the IGFA record-length black drum he caught earlier this year on the Texas coast. Photo by Stan Nabozny.

angler and still with the fly. And once the fish realized it was hooked, more fun began.

“It was really a screamer,” Skrobarcek said. “It made several good runs and was just about to the backing.”

Over the next several min-utes, grandfather coached grandson in fi ghting the fi sh

as they waded back toward the boat where the fi sh was landed and photographed.

Aston, although excited, still was a little apprehensive about holding the fi sh. But he did sit proudly on the front of his ‘Popeye’s’ skiff and smile while holding his fl y rod.

“The whole thing was pretty cool,” Skrobarcek said. “Aston was all excited.”

And like most grandfa-ther’s, this one had a lesson

in mind for the youngster.“We had a plan, followed

through and made it work,” Skrobarcek said. “That was the lesson for that day.”

More fl y-casting lessons are in store in Hampton’s next trip to the coast from his hometown of Goliad, Skrobarcek said.

“And he’s already tying fl ies.”

To contact Alan Skrobarcek, (361) 543-6747

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State embarks on fi rst whitewing harvest studyBy Ralph WininghamFOR LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS

A four-day bag limit of 1,000 birds might be a stretch for a typical dove hunter, but that was the goal for a group of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists in Hondo Sept. 1-4.

“We’ve conducted studies on other spe-cies, but we simply don’t have the infor-mation we would like to have on white-winged doves,’’ said Corey Mason, dove program leader at TPWD. “This is the fi rst time we have put people in the fi eld to gather data on whitewings through col-lecting birds donated by hunters. This is part of a study being conducted at three sites in Texas and by state biologists at sites in New Mexico and Arizona.

“It is a great example of a cooperative effort between the states and federal offi cials that should help fi ll an infor-mation void.”

The study at the Nooner Ranch in Hondo, which typically fi nds hundreds of hunters testing their shooting skills against thousands of white-winged doves each season, involved a team of four TPWD biologists and two undergraduate students from the Texas A&M University wildlife and fi sheries program.

Hunters returning from the fi elds were asked to donate birds from their bag limit, with each of the harvested birds undergoing extensive measurements such as weight, bill length and width, wing and tail length, the color of eyes and legs and other information.

Among the main goals of the effort is to determine the ratio of juvenile birds to adult birds to learn more about the travel, migration and other patterns of the birds.

“We are collecting measurements that will determine the age of the birds to see if this is their fi rst year to come on these premises or if they are older birds,” said Mike Frisbee, one of the biologists con-ducting the study. “This study is simi-lar to ones we have been conducting

on waterfowl for years and years. The hunters are being very cooperative because they understand that we will be able to gather informa-tion that we can report back to them.”

Frisbee said “wing bees,” where waterfowl wings are donated to state biologists in states such as Missouri, have provided a wealth of infor-mation about those migra-tory birds.

“Being able to look at the birds for three to fi ve min-utes, taking measurements and then sending the birds to the lab will help us compile all kinds of statistical informa-tion,’’ said Matt Reidy, another TPWD biologist involved in the Nooner Ranch study.

Mason said the effort is being funded by TPWD and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the results from Texas will become the basis of a lion’s share of the data base.

Texas hunters harvest about 6.4 million doves each year — roughly 30 percent of all doves taken nationally — so the biologists are expect-ing to capitalize on a large resource.

“The hunters here have been very cooperative in assisting with the study,” Mason said. “Some of them have given us two or three birds, and several have given us their limits. We are fi nding there is a lot of support for our develop-ment of long-term data on whitewings.’’

Sammy Nooner, who owns the hunt-ing ranch and has been one of the state’s leading dove-hunting outfi tters since 1995, said he was eager to allow the biol-ogists to conduct the study at his facility.

“I’ve always said white-winged doves should be treated differently than

mourning doves,” Nooner said. “They don’t have the same fl ight pattern, the same eating habits or the same nesting habits.”

The outfi tter added that he has suggested that state offi cials work toward the establishment of a sepa-rate season for white-winged doves rather than include them in the same statewide seasons, divided by zones, for all doves.

“The more often (state biolo-gists) come out in the fi eld to col-lect information, the better it will be for the hunters,’’ Nooner said.

BIOLOGY CLASS: Taylor Jacobs, left, and Kyle Hand collect information on white-winged doves during the opening weekend of the Central Zone. Corey Mason, TPWD dove program leader, bottom left, accepts a pair of donated white-winged doves from a hunter. Photos by Ralph Winingham.


Solunar | Sun times | Moon timesMoon Phases

FOR THE TABLEOUTDOOR PUZZLER | By Wilbur “Wib” Lundeen Solution on Page 30

ACROSS1. A skin-like cover-

ing on antlers 4. A method of elk call 9. The cause of many

deer deaths10. Term for hunter's

method of scouting12. Object aimed at

with gun or bow13. The moray14. Movement of an

arrow in fl ight16. A type of tent17. Feathers on breast

of a turkey18. This nuisance fi sh

tangles trotlines21. Hunters give this TLC22. Fishing gear26. A cloth to sharpen

fi shhooks28. Hunters do this to

hunting routes29. A large game of

the plains33. A method of fi shing34. A large member of the deer family35. The ___white36. Term for a dropped antler37. A fi sh's breathing organ

38. The trapper's gear39. A species of perch40. A name for the strawberry bass

DOWN1. Hunter's slang for the predator

2. Part of a fi shing line 3. Most are seen in Idaho 4. The center of a target 5. Term for a fl ock of

geese 6. State where you fi nd

most elk 7. A good bluegill bait 8. Moving bait to attract

fi sh11. Fishing or hunting

equipment14. Best time to hunt the

whitetail15. Field area best to fi nd

quail16. Act of fi sh hitting a bait19. To propel the fi shing

boat20. Describes the vision of

wild turkeys23. Quail young24. Hunter's exiting event25. An animal resting place27. Name for some wild

turkeys28. Act of reading freshness of tracks30. Another name for the largemouth31. Part of the fi shing gear32. A food source for bears35. A grouse species

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

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1 egg1/2 cup all-purpose fl our2/3 cup beer1 1/2 tsps baking powder1/4 cup all-purpose fl our2 cups fl aked coconut24 shrimp3 cups oil for frying

In medium bowl, combine egg, 1/2 cup fl our, beer and baking powder. Place 1/4 cup fl our and coconut in two separate bowls.

Hold shrimp by tail, and dredge in fl our, shaking off

excess fl our. Dip in egg/beer bat-ter; allow excess to drip off. Roll shrimp in coconut, and place on a baking sheet lined with wax paper. Refrigerate for 30 min-utes. Meanwhile, heat oil to 350 degrees F in a deep-fryer.

Fry shrimp in batches: cook, turning once, for two to three minutes, or until golden brown. Using tongs, remove shrimp to paper towels to drain. Serve warm with your favorite dipping sauce.

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1 1/4 cups Italian dressing1 cup sweet red wine1 tsp ground thyme1/2 tsp seasoned salt1/4 tsp cayenne pepperFreshly ground black pepper to taste12-20 fresh dove breasts

In bowl large enough to hold all of the dove, com-bine dressing and

wine. Add the ground thyme, seasoned salt, cayenne pep-per and pepper. Add dove breasts, cover and refrigerate for four to fi ve hours.

Remove dove breasts. Pour mari-nade in a skillet or roasting pan and boil for 10 minutes while the doves are cooking.

Preheat grill to 350 degrees, making sure

grill is well oiled.Grill dove until

golden brown, about three minutes per side.

Add doves to pan of boiled marinade. Place pan on the unheated side of the grill and simmer for 15 minutes.

Remove doves. Pour sauce into gravy boat and serve with birds.

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Texas Coast TidesSabine Pass, jettyDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightSep 09 3:12 a.m. 2.9 H 8:26 a.m. 2.3 L 12:38 p.m. 2.7 H 8:07 p.m. 0.5 L Sep 10 3:23 a.m. 2.7 H 8:46 a.m. 2.1 L 1:42 p.m. 2.7 H 8:42 p.m. 0.9 L Sep 11 3:33 a.m. 2.7 H 9:07 a.m. 1.8 L 2:41 p.m. 2.7 H 9:11 p.m. 1.3 L Sep 12 3:43 a.m. 2.7 H 9:30 a.m. 1.6 L 3:38 p.m. 2.7 H 9:36 p.m. 1.4 L Sep 13 3:53 a.m. 2.7 H 9:56 a.m. 1.3 L 4:35 p.m. 2.7 H 10:01 p.m. 1.8 L Sep 14 4:04 a.m. 2.7 H 10:26 a.m. 1.1 L 5:34 p.m. 2.7 H 10:26 p.m. 2.0 L Sep 15 4:13 a.m. 2.7 H 10:59 a.m. 0.9 L 6:35 p.m. 2.7 H 10:54 p.m. 2.3 L Sep 16 4:18 a.m. 2.7 H 11:37 a.m. 0.9 L 7:44 p.m. 2.7 H 11:22 p.m. 2.5 L Sep 17 4:10 a.m. 2.7 H 12:19 p.m. 0.7 L 9:05 p.m. 2.7 H 11:48 p.m. 2.5 L Sep 18 3:49 a.m. 2.9 H 1:07 p.m. 0.7 L Sep 19 3:38 a.m. 2.9 H 2:04 p.m. 0.7 L Sep 20 3:41 a.m. 3.0 H 3:07 p.m. 0.7 L Sep 21 3:21 a.m. 3.0 H 4:13 p.m. 0.5 L Sep 22 1:46 a.m. 3.0 H 5:15 p.m. 0.5 L Sep 23 1:54 a.m. 3.0 H 6:46 a.m. 2.7 L 10:03 a.m. 2.9 H 6:12 p.m. 0.7 L

Galveston Bay entrance, south jettyDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightSep 09 3:59 a.m. 2.3 H 8:52 a.m. 1.9 L 1:25 p.m. 2.1 H 8:33 p.m. 0.4 L Sep 10 4:10 a.m. 2.1 H 9:12 a.m. 1.7 L 2:29 p.m. 2.1 H 9:08 p.m. 0.7 L Sep 11 4:20 a.m. 2.1 H 9:33 a.m. 1.4 L 3:28 p.m. 2.1 H 9:37 p.m. 1.0 L Sep 12 4:30 a.m. 2.1 H 9:56 a.m. 1.3 L 4:25 p.m. 2.1 H 10:02 p.m. 1.1 L Sep 13 4:40 a.m. 2.1 H 10:22 a.m. 1.0 L 5:22 p.m. 2.1 H 10:27 p.m. 1.4 L Sep 14 4:51 a.m. 2.1 H 10:52 a.m. 0.9 L 6:21 p.m. 2.1 H 10:52 p.m. 1.6 L Sep 15 5:00 a.m. 2.1 H 11:25 a.m. 0.7 L 7:22 p.m. 2.1 H 11:20 p.m. 1.9 L Sep 16 5:05 a.m. 2.1 H 12:03 p.m. 0.7 L 8:31 p.m. 2.1 H 11:48 p.m. 2.0 L Sep 17 4:57 a.m. 2.1 H 12:45 p.m. 0.6 L 9:52 p.m. 2.1 H Sep 18 12:14 a.m. 2.0 L 4:36 a.m. 2.3 H 1:33 p.m. 0.6 L Sep 19 4:25 a.m. 2.3 H 2:30 p.m. 0.6 L Sep 20 4:28 a.m. 2.4 H 3:33 p.m. 0.6 L Sep 21 4:08 a.m. 2.4 H 4:39 p.m. 0.4 L Sep 22 2:33 a.m. 2.4 H 5:41 p.m. 0.4 L Sep 23 2:41 a.m. 2.4 H 7:12 a.m. 2.1 L 10:50 a.m. 2.3 H 6:38 p.m. 0.6 L

San Luis PassDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time Height Sep 09 4:29 a.m. 1.4 H 9:48 a.m. 1.1 L 1:55 p.m. 1.3 H 9:29 p.m. 0.3 L Sep 10 4:40 a.m. 1.3 H 10:08 a.m. 1.0 L 2:59 p.m. 1.3 H 10:04 p.m. 0.4 L Sep 11 4:50 a.m. 1.3 H 10:29 a.m. 0.9 L 3:58 p.m. 1.3 H 10:33 p.m. 0.6 L Sep 12 5:00 a.m. 1.3 H 10:52 a.m. 0.8 L 4:55 p.m. 1.3 H 10:58 p.m. 0.7 L Sep 13 5:10 a.m. 0.3 H 11:18 a.m. 0.6 L 5:52 p.m. 1.3 H 11:23 p.m. 0.9 L Sep 14 5:21 a.m. 1.3 H 11:48 a.m. 0.5 L 6:51 p.m. 1.3 H 11:48 p.m. 0.9 L Sep 15 5:30 a.m. 1.3 H 12:21 p.m. 0.4 L 7:52 p.m. 1.3 H Sep 16 12:16 a.m. 1.1 L 5:35 a.m. 1.3 H 12:59 p.m. 0.4 L 9:01 p.m. 1.3 H Sep 17 12:44 a.m. 1.2 L 5:27 a.m. 1.3 H 1:41 p.m. 0.3 L 10:22 p.m. 0.3 H Sep 18 1:10 a.m. 1.2 L 5:06 a.m. 1.4 H 2:29 p.m. 0.3 L Sep 19 4:55 a.m. 1.4 H 3:26 p.m. 0.3 L Sep 20 4:58 a.m. 1.5 H 4:29 p.m. 0.3 L Sep 21 4:38 a.m. 1.5 H 5:35 p.m. 0.3 L Sep 22 3:03 a.m. 1.5 H 6:37 p.m. 0.3 L Sep 23 3:11 a.m. 1.5 H 8:08 a.m. 1.3 L 11:20 a.m. 1.4 H 7:34 p.m. 0.3 L

Freeport HarborDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightSep 09 3:21 a.m. 2.0 H 8:49 a.m. 1.2 L 12:47 p.m. 1.8 H 8:30 p.m. 0.3 L Sep 10 3:32 a.m. 1.8 H 9:09 a.m. 1.1 L 1:51 p.m. 1.8 H 9:05 p.m. 0.5 L Sep 11 3:42 a.m. 1.8 H 9:30 a.m. 0.9 L 2:50 p.m. 1.8 H 9:34 p.m. 0.6 L Sep 12 3:52 a.m. 1.8 H 9:53 a.m. 0.8 L 3:47 p.m. 1.8 H 9:59 p.m. 0.7 L Sep 13 4:02 a.m. 1.8 H 10:19 a.m. 0.6 L 4:44 p.m. 1.8 H 10:24 p.m. 0.9 L Sep 14 4:13 a.m. 1.8 H 10:49 a.m. 0.5 L 5:43 p.m. 1.8 H 10:49 p.m. 1.0 L Sep 15 4:22 a.m. 1.8 H 11:22 a.m. 0.5 L 6:44 p.m. 1.8 H 11:17 p.m. 1.2 L Sep 16 4:27 a.m. 1.8 H 12:00 p.m. 0.5 L 7:53 p.m. 1.8 H 11:45 p.m. 1.3 L Sep 17 4:19 a.m. 1.8 H 12:42 p.m. 0.4 L 9:14 p.m. 1.8 H Sep 18 12:11 a.m. 1.3 L 3:58 a.m. 2.0 H 1:30 p.m. 0.4 L Sep 19 3:47 a.m. 2.0 H 2:27 p.m. 0.4 L Sep 20 3:50 a.m. 2.1 H 3:30 p.m. 0.4 L Sep 21 3:30 a.m. 2.1 H 4:36 p.m. 0.3 L Sep 22 1:55 a.m. 2.1 H 5:38 p.m. 0.3 L Sep 23 2:03 a.m. 2.1 H 7:09 a.m. 1.4 L 10:12 a.m. 2.0 H 6:35 p.m. 0.4 L

South Padre IslandDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightSep 09 3:55 a.m. 1.7 H 8:24 a.m. 1.5 L 12:07 p.m. 1.6 H 8:17 p.m. 0.4 L Sep 10 4:03 a.m. 1.6 H 8:41 a.m. 1.4 L 1:38 p.m. 1.6 H 9:06 p.m. 0.6 L Sep 11 4:06 a.m. 1.5 H 9:06 a.m. 1.2 L 2:52 p.m. 1.7 H 9:51 p.m. 0.8 L Sep 12 4:04 a.m. 1.4 H 9:33 a.m. 1.0 L 3:58 p.m. 1.7 H 10:34 p.m. 1.0 L Sep 13 3:57 a.m. 1.4 H 9:59 a.m. 0.8 L 5:00 p.m. 1.6 H 11:16 p.m. 1.1 L Sep 14 3:43 a.m. 1.3 H 10:27 a.m. 0.7 L 6:02 p.m. 1.6 H 11:59 p.m. 1.2 L Sep 15 3:22 a.m. 1.3 H 10:56 a.m. 0.6 L 7:07 p.m. 1.6 H Sep 16 12:49 a.m. 1.3 L 2:49 a.m. 1.4 H 11:29 a.m. 0.5 L 8:24 p.m. 1.6 H Sep 17 12:08 p.m. 0.4 L 10:04 p.m. 1.7 H Sep 18 12:55 p.m. 0.4 L Sep 19 12:01 a.m. 1.8 H 1:52 p.m. 0.4 L Sep 20 1:09 a.m. 1.9 H 2:58 p.m. 0.4 L Sep 21 1:47 a.m. 2.0 H 4:07 p.m. 0.4 L Sep 22 2:13 a.m. 2.0 H 5:16 p.m. 0.5 L Sep 23 2:30 a.m. 2.0 H 6:22 p.m. 0.5 L

Port O’ConnorDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightSep 09 9:34 a.m. 0.9 H 11:38 a.m. 0.8 L 1:30 p.m. 0.9 H 11:47 p.m. 0.2 L Sep 10 8:49 a.m. 0.8 H 11:34 a.m. 0.7 L 4:09 p.m. 0.9 H Sep 11 12:36 a.m. 0.3 L 8:24 a.m. 0.8 H 12:01 p.m. 0.7 L 5:44 p.m. 0.9 H Sep 12 1:23 a.m. 0.4 L 8:02 a.m. 0.7 H 12:28 p.m. 0.6 L 7:03 p.m. 0.9 H Sep 13 2:10 a.m. 0.6 L 7:30 a.m. 0.7 H 12:54 p.m. 0.6 L 8:18 p.m. 0.9 H Sep 14 3:05 a.m. 0.6 L 6:33 a.m. 0.7 H 1:21 p.m. 0.5 L 9:39 p.m. 0.9 H Sep 15 1:51 p.m. 0.4 L 11:31 p.m. 1.0 H Sep 16 2:27 p.m. 0.4 L Sep 17 3:37 a.m. 1.0 H 3:10 p.m. 0.4 L Sep 18 4:52 a.m. 1.1 H 4:05 p.m. 0.4 L Sep 19 5:44 a.m. 1.2 H 5:13 p.m. 0.4 L Sep 20 6:32 a.m. 1.2 H 6:34 p.m. 0.4 L Sep 21 7:18 a.m. 1.3 H 7:58 p.m. 0.4 L Sep 22 8:04 a.m. 1.3 H 9:11 p.m. 0.4 L Sep 23 8:52 a.m. 1.2 H 10:15 p.m. 0.4 L

RockportDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightSep 09 1:47 p.m. 0.50 H 11:14 p.m. 0.26 LSep 10 2:57 p.m. 0.47 H 11:38 p.m. 0.31 LSep 11 4:26 p.m. 0.45 H 11:52 p.m. 0.35 LSep 12 6:13 a.m. 0.41 H 11:53 a.m. 0.37 L 6:31 p.m. 0.43 H 11:49 p.m. 0.4 LSep 13 5:50 a.m. 0.45 H 1:20 p.m. 0.35 LSep 14 5:45 a.m. 0.48 H 2:21 p.m. 0.32 LSep 15 5:53 a.m. 0.52 H 3:13 p.m. 0.30 LSep 16 6:12 a.m. 0.54 H 4:01 p.m. 0.29 LSep 17 6:42 a.m. 0.56 H 4:51 p.m. 0.29 LSep 18 7:24 a.m. 0.58 H 5:43 p.m. 0.29 LSep 19 8:14 a.m. 0.60 H 6:38 p.m. 0.30 LSep 20 9:08 a.m. 0.61 H 7:32 p.m. 0.30 LSep 21 10:01 a.m. 0.62 H 8:25 p.m. 0.31 LSep 22 10:55 a.m. 0.63 H 9:13 p.m. 0.33 LSep 23 11:56 a.m. 0.62 H 9:57 p.m. 0.36 L

Houston2011 A.M. P.M. SUN MOONSep Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets09 Fri 3:31 9:43 3:54 10:06 07:01 07:35 5:54p 4:33a 10 Sat 4:12 10:23 4:34 10:45 07:02 07:33 6:26p 5:28a 11 Sun > 4:52 11:03 5:13 11:24 07:02 07:32 6:57p 6:22a 12 Mon > 5:33 11:43 5:54 ----- 07:03 07:31 7:27p 7:15a 13 Tue F 6:16 12:05 6:36 12:26 07:03 07:30 7:57p 8:07a 14 Wed > 7:00 12:50 7:22 1:11 07:04 07:29 8:29p 9:00a 15 Thu > 7:48 1:37 8:10 1:59 07:04 07:27 9:04p 9:54a 16 Fri 8:37 2:26 9:00 2:49 07:05 07:26 9:41p 10:47a 17 Sat 9:28 3:17 9:52 3:40 07:05 07:25 10:23p 11:41a 18 Sun 10:21 4:09 10:46 4:33 07:06 07:24 11:08p 12:35p 19 Mon 11:14 5:01 11:39 5:27 07:06 07:22 NoMoon 1:27p 20 Tue Q ----- 5:54 12:07 6:20 07:07 07:21 NoMoon 2:18p 21 Wed 12:32 6:45 12:58 7:11 07:07 07:20 12:54a 3:06p 22 Thu 1:21 7:35 1:48 8:01 07:08 07:19 1:53a 3:51p 23 Fri 2:09 8:23 2:36 8:49 07:09 07:17 2:56a 4:33p 24 Sat 2:56 9:09 3:22 9:35 07:09 07:16 4:00a 5:12p 25 Sun > 3:42 9:55 4:08 10:21 07:10 07:15 5:05a 5:51p 26 Mon > 4:30 10:43 4:56 11:09 07:10 07:14 6:12a 6:30p 27 Tue N 5:21 11:34 5:48 12:02 07:11 07:12 7:20a 7:10p 28 Wed > 6:17 12:03 6:45 12:31 07:11 07:11 8:29a 7:53p

Port Aransas, H. Caldwell PierDate Time Height Time Height Time Height Time HeightSep 09 3:52 a.m. 1.8 H 8:31 a.m. 1.0 L 1:18 p.m. 1.7 H 8:12 p.m. 0.2 L Sep 10 4:03 a.m. 1.7 H 8:51 a.m. 0.9 L 2:22 p.m. 1.7 H 8:47 p.m. 0.4 L Sep 11 4:13 a.m. 1.7 H 9:12 a.m. 0.8 L 3:21 p.m. 1.7 H 9:16 p.m. 0.5 L Sep 12 4:23 a.m. 1.7 H 9:35 a.m. 0.7 L 4:18 p.m. 1.7 H 9:41 p.m. 0.6 L Sep 13 4:33 a.m. 1.7 H 10:01 a.m. 0.5 L 5:15 p.m. 1.7 H 10:06 p.m. 0.8 L Sep 14 4:44 a.m. 1.7 H 10:31 a.m. 0.5 L 6:14 p.m. 1.7 H 10:31 p.m. 0.8 L Sep 15 4:53 a.m. 1.7 H 11:04 a.m. 0.4 L 7:15 p.m. 1.7 H 10:59 p.m. 1.0 L Sep 16 4:58 a.m. 1.7 H 11:42 a.m. 0.4 L 8:24 p.m. 1.7 H 11:27 p.m. 1.1 L Sep 17 4:50 a.m. 1.7 H 12:24 p.m. 0.3 L 9:45 p.m. 1.7 H 11:53 p.m. 1.1 L Sep 18 4:29 a.m. 1.8 H 1:12 p.m. 0.3 L Sep 19 4:18 a.m. 1.8 H 2:09 p.m. 0.3 L Sep 20 4:21 a.m. 2.0 H 3:12 p.m. 0.3 L Sep 21 4:01 a.m. 2.0 H 4:18 p.m. 0.2 L Sep 22 2:26 a.m. 2.0 H 5:20 p.m. 0.2 L Sep 23 2:34 a.m. 2.0 H 6:51 a.m. 1.2 L 10:43 a.m. 1.8 H 6:17 p.m. 0.3 L

San Antonio2011 A.M. P.M. SUN MOONSep Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets09 Fri 3:44 9:55 4:07 10:18 07:14 07:47 6:07p 4:46a 10 Sat 4:25 10:35 4:46 10:57 07:15 07:46 6:39p 5:41a11 Sun 5:05 11:15 5:26 11:36 07:15 07:45 7:10p 6:35a 12 Mon > 5:46 11:56 6:06 ----- 07:16 07:43 7:40p 7:28a 13 Tue F 6:28 12:18 6:49 12:39 07:16 07:42 8:10p 8:20a 14 Wed > 7:13 1:02 7:34 1:24 07:17 07:41 8:43p 9:13a15 Thu > 8:00 1:49 8:22 2:11 07:17 07:40 9:17p 10:06a 16 Fri 8:50 2:38 9:12 3:01 07:18 07:38 9:55p 11:00a 17 Sat 9:41 3:29 10:05 3:53 07:18 07:37 10:36p 11:54a 18 Sun 10:34 4:21 10:58 4:46 07:19 07:36 11:22p 12:47p 19 Mon 11:27 5:14 11:52 5:39 07:19 07:35 NoMoon 1:40p 20 Tue Q ----- 6:06 12:19 6:32 07:19 07:34 12:13a 2:30p 21 Wed 12:44 6:57 1:11 7:24 07:20 07:32 1:08a 3:18p 22 Thu 1:34 7:47 2:00 8:14 07:21 07:31 2:07a 4:03p 23 Fri 2:22 8:35 2:48 9:01 07:21 07:30 3:09a 4:45p24 Sat 3:08 9:21 3:35 9:48 07:22 07:29 4:13a 5:25p 25 Sun > 3:55 10:08 4:21 10:34 07:22 07:27 5:19a 6:04p 26 Mon > 4:42 10:55 5:09 11:22 07:23 07:26 6:25a 6:42p 27 Tue N 5:33 11:47 6:01 12:14 07:23 07:25 7:32a 7:23p 28 Wed > 6:30 12:16 6:58 12:44 07:24 07:24 8:42a 8:07p

Amarillo2011 A.M. P.M. SUN MOONSep Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets09 Fri 3:57 10:09 4:20 10:31 07:24 08:03 6:27p 4:52a 10 Sat 4:38 10:49 5:00 11:10 07:25 08:02 6:56p 5:50a 11 Sun > 5:18 11:29 5:39 11:50 07:26 08:01 7:24p 6:47a 12 Mon > 5:59 ----- 6:20 12:09 07:26 07:59 7:52p 7:42a 13 Tue F 6:42 12:31 7:02 12:52 07:27 07:58 8:20p 8:37a 14 Wed > 7:26 1:16 7:47 1:37 07:28 07:56 8:49p 9:33a 15 Thu > 8:14 2:03 8:35 2:24 07:29 07:55 9:21p 10:29a 16 Fri 9:03 2:52 9:26 3:14 07:29 07:53 9:57p 11:25a 17 Sat 9:54 3:43 10:18 4:06 07:30 07:52 10:37p 12:21p 18 Sun 10:47 4:35 11:12 4:59 07:31 07:51 11:22p 1:15p 19 Mon 11:40 5:27 ----- 5:53 07:31 07:49 NoMoon 2:08p20 Tue Q 12:09 6:20 12:33 6:46 07:32 07:48 12:12a 2:58p 21 Wed 12:58 7:11 1:24 7:37 07:33 07:46 1:08a 3:45p22 Thu 1:47 8:01 2:14 8:27 07:34 07:45 2:09a 4:28p 23 Fri 2:35 8:48 3:02 9:15 07:34 07:43 3:13a 5:07p 24 Sat 3:22 9:35 3:48 10:01 07:35 07:42 4:21a 5:44p 25 Sun > 4:08 10:21 4:34 10:47 07:36 07:40 5:29a 6:19p 26 Mon > 4:56 11:09 5:22 11:35 07:36 07:39 6:39a 6:54p 27 Tue N 5:47 ----- 6:14 12:28 07:37 07:38 7:50a 7:31p 28 Wed > 6:43 12:29 7:11 12:57 07:38 07:36 9:03a 8:12p

Dallas2011 A.M. P.M. SUN MOONSep Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets09 Fri 3:37 9:48 4:00 10:11 07:05 07:42 6:03p 4:34a 10 Sat 4:18 10:28 4:39 10:50 07:06 07:40 6:34p 5:31a11 Sun > 4:58 11:08 5:19 11:29 07:06 07:39 7:03p 6:26a 12 Mon > 5:39 11:49 5:59 ----- 07:07 07:38 7:32p 7:21a 13 Tue F 6:21 12:11 6:42 12:32 07:08 07:36 8:01p 8:15a 14 Wed > 7:06 12:55 7:27 1:17 07:08 07:35 8:31p 9:09a 15 Thu > 7:53 1:42 8:15 2:04 07:09 07:34 9:04p 10:04a 16 Fri 8:43 2:31 9:05 2:54 07:10 07:32 9:41p 10:59a 17 Sat 9:34 3:22 9:58 3:46 07:10 07:31 10:21p 11:54a 18 Sun 10:27 4:14 10:51 4:39 07:11 07:30 11:07p 12:48p 19 Mon 11:20 5:07 11:45 5:32 07:11 07:28 11:57p 1:41p 20 Tue Q ----- 5:59 12:12 6:25 07:12 07:27 NoMoon 2:31p 21 Wed 12:37 6:50 1:04 7:17 07:13 07:26 12:53a 3:18p 22 Thu 1:27 7:40 1:53 8:07 07:13 07:24 1:53a 4:02p 23 Fri 2:15 8:28 2:41 8:54 07:14 07:23 2:56a 4:43p 24 Sat 3:01 9:14 3:28 9:41 07:15 07:22 4:02a 5:21p 25 Sun > 3:48 10:01 4:14 10:27 07:15 07:20 5:09a 5:57p 26 Mon > 4:35 10:48 5:02 11:15 07:16 07:19 6:18a 6:34p 27 Tue N 5:26 11:40 5:54 12:07 07:17 07:18 7:27a 7:13p 28 Wed > 6:23 12:09 6:51 12:37 07:17 07:16 8:39a 7:54p

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GILA FURY JIG:Glo Crazy Lures’ newest jig uses a “Glo-Stick” that increases visibility — even in dark and cloudy waters. This glow technology enables larger strike

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