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Toledo Bend uprising Largemouth ﬁshing never been better on border lake with Louisiana

By Conor Harrison LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS

It has been one heck of a spring for bass anglers on Toledo Bend Reservoir. The border lake has seen an incredible number of bass over 8 pounds caught in the past few months, and anglers and biologists are taking notice. According to Todd Driscoll, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Inland Fisheries biologist for the region, several unique factors have helped Toledo Bend in the past few years. “No doubt, Toledo Bend is arguably fishing as good as any reservoir in the country right now, for both total numbers and large fish,” Driscoll said. “I would attribute this to habitat conditions, forage abundance, routine Florida largemouth bass stockings and the sheer size of the reservoir.” Driscoll said year after year, Toledo Bend has an abundance of favorable habitat (primarily aquatic vegetation) that provides cover for fingerling bass to hide in and escape predation. “This allows for abundant and stable year classes of bass nearly every year, which eventually results in high numbers of fish available

for angler catch,” he said. “Aquatic vegetation also provides habitat for adult bass, positions them in more predictable places for anglers to target and typically results in higher angler catch rates. Favorable habitat conditions, along with productivity of the watershed, also results in high forage abundance (primarily threadfin shad, gizzard shad and sunfish).” Ample forage equates to good growth rates of bass and increased numbers of trophy-sized fish. Both TPWD and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fish stock Florida largemouth bass nearly every year, which has also helped produce good numbers of big bass. Longtime guide Greg Crafts said this has been one of the craziest springs he can remember. “It really has been a great spring,” Crafts said. “I think 75 bass have been submitted to the Louisiana lunker program this year, and all of those bass are over 10 pounds. I think the spawn was spread out this year. We had warm weather in January and February; then we got the cold fronts and the rain. The bass started moving shallow and then it kept knocking those fish back and extended the spawn.” Crafts said the north end of the

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Aiming high

African hogs likely escapees from ranches that import exotics By Craig Nyhus

LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS Biologist Daniel Walker saw an unusual although not totally unexpected sight when flying a helicopter survey over the Chaparral Wildlife Management Area near Cotulla. A warthog was running beneath the chopper. “We knew some were on the property,” he said, “A neighboring ranch had released some last spring and I had seen one on the ground at the WMA so we figured we might see him as we flew over this area.” How did the African pig that gained fame in the U.S. in the movie The Lion King get there? “There are warthogs around,” said Stephen Lange, area manager at the Chaparral WMA. “Most likely they Please turn to page 6

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FINDING THE BIG ONES: Anglers are heading to Toledo Bend Reservoir this spring for excellent bass ﬁ shing, which can be attributed to several factors such as low overall pressure and lots of forage. Photo by David J. Sams, LSON.

Warthogs in Texas

CONTENTS Classiﬁeds . . . . . . . . Crossword . . . . . . . . Freshwater Fishing Report For the Table . . . . . . . Game Warden Blotter . . . Heroes. . . . . . . . . . Outdoor Datebook . . . . Saltwater Fishing Report . Sun, Moon and Tide data .

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SMALL GIRL, BIG TARGET: Chloe McNeese, 9, from Haslet, takes aim at a giraffe target at the Rinehart 100 at Cinnamon Creek. Photo by LSON.

Archers descend on Cinnamon Creek Ranch UNUSUAL SIGHTING: Warthogs, native to Africa, have been spotted at some South Texas ranches and at the Chaparral WMA. Photo by Conor Harrison, LSON.

HUNTING

Smartphone tagging Toms responding Turkeys this year, could big game tags on your phone be next? Page 4

Nearly 500 archers from all over the South arrived at Cinnamon Creek Ranch in Roanoke for the Rinehart 100 3D Archery Shoot April 18-19. The shoot featured 100 targets supplied by Rinehart Targets along courses through the woods in North American and African ranges. Please turn to page 5

FISHING

Mixed bag offshore

Is it worth it?

Hunters having better success as season Big bass dying at a bad ratio in Some kingfish showing up offshore, along progresses. TPWD program. with an invasive species. Page 4 Page 8 Page 8

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HUNTING Will the smartphone replace tagging deer, turkey? By Craig Nyhus

LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS Imagine using your smartphone to immediately report any deer or wild turkey you shoot — no worries about whether in your pocket there is a pen, a knife to try to cut out the tiny square for the month and date, a light in the event it is dark and reading glasses to read the tiny type. The day of the mobile tag isn’t near, but it may be in Texas hunters’ future. Eastern turkey hunters are using a mobile app, called My Texas Hunt Harvest, this season to report the harvest to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department TAGLESS FUTURE? The development of the within 24 hours of harvest. Although the mobile My Texas Hunt Harvest mobile app may reporting does not remove tagging requirements, lead to Texas deer and turkey hunters being the hunter who does electronic reporting is issued a able to report their harvests electronically, conﬁrmation number after completing the registrabut ofﬁ cials say there is no timetable to do tion process. And next season, the physical check staaway with tagging requirements. Photo by tions will go away and all reporting will be online or TPWD. by telephone.

Just a few days into the eastern turkey season, TPWD turkey program leader Jason Hardin said the app is working well, although most reports have come from the voluntary reporting of Rio Grande turkey harvests. “We get a feel for what is happening as they report it,” he said. “We can check it at any time.” Is the day coming where all of the tags on the hunting licenses will be a thing of the past? Maybe, ofﬁcials say. “Someday, the smartphone may be the way we report our harvest,” said TPWD Wildlife Division Director Clayton Wolf. “We’re not even in the early stage yet, but the wildlife harvest app is one of our ways of testing the waters and seeing how things work. We are discussing where we can take it and how much will it cost.” Wolf said the information obtained if all animals were reported would be costly, but also would save Please turn to page 7

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Full speed ahead

Gobblers responding to calls better as season goes on By Conor Harrison LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS

WORTH THE WAIT: Dallas hunter Phil Lamb harvested this double-bearded tom with his bow on April 20. He watched the gobbler for more than an hour slowly work his way into Lamb’s setup before committing. Photo by Conor Harrison, Lone Star Outdoor News.

The turkey hunting is picking up across Texas. In Central Texas, the wind blew hard last weekend and that, combined with rain, had the gobblers hunkered down and not talking. However, by the end of the weekend, the birds in Coryell County began to respond and make up for lost time. Dallas hunter Phil Lamb spent a morning watching a lone tom circle him before committing and coming to the jake and hen decoys in front of his popup blind. He harvested the double-bearded tom at 12 yards with his bow. “It was an awesome hunt,” Lamb said. “I watched this bird make a big loop around my blind 300 yards out for an hour. He finally decided to come and he came right in strutting.” The other hunters in the group had better success calling lone toms in the afternoon, finding fired-up birds willing to come to calls. The hunters reported good gobbling on the roost, but lots of toms unwilling to break from hens early in the morning. Down south, the birds are responding to calls but coming in quietly for many. According to hunters who hunted a large ranch near Tilden last week, the birds are active and much more spread out than they have been in the past few seasons. “There was lots of high grass, the turkeys were hard to see, as were the snakes,” one hunter reported. “The birds gobbled very well on the roost, but they still had plenty of hens and I believe the tall grass had an affect on gobbling once they hit the ground. I think the threat of predation has them a little quieter once they are on the ground.” Hunters said to remain very still, as most of the toms came in silently and snuck in from the back. Good age classes of birds are being seen and the birds are much more spread out this season due to an abundance of water. The past few years, the majority of the action was around the

BRI and TPWD help secure funding for pronghorn Sul Ross State University’s Borderlands Research Institute and Texas Parks

and Wildlife Department will collaborate on a $2 million, four-year grant extension to assist landowners with pronghorn habitat improvement. According to a recent announcement by the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alpine, funding will be extended for another four years under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program Pronghorn Priority Area. The Trans-Pecos Pronghorn Working Group is also a full partner with the BRI, TPWD and NRCS in the project. “All partners are excited about extending this popular and successful program another four years,” said Haley Babb, NRCS District Conservationist. “Through the shared commitment to conservation in the Trans Pecos, pronghorn habitat will be improved for many years to come.” Funds will be disseminated to help landowners’ cost-share habitat improvement in the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. Improvements will include installation of pronghorn-friendly fences, as well as brush management, grazing deferment and water improvements. “I’m very proud of the synergy our partnership has created to benefit pronghorn,” said Dr. Louis Harveson, Sul Ross professor of Natural Resource Management and BRI director. “This funding will help landowners improve habitat for not only pronghorn, but for many other wildlife species.” — BRI

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Longtime DSC supporter dies Longtime hunter and Dallas Safari Club life member Jimmy “Jimmy Boy” Watson died April 15th at the age of 83. Watson was an avid sportsman and hunted several times in Africa, Portugal, New Zealand, Canada and Alaska, collecting many outstanding trophies along the way. He became a life member of DSC in 1998, assumed several leadership positions and assisted with DSC’s annual convention for several years. “A wonderful man I was fortunate to meet through the Dallas Safari Club. Y’all get all those hunters together in heaven to remember the good times,” said friend Sherrie Lewis. Watson is survived by his wife of 33 years, Belinda Watson, of Dallas. IMPROVING: Landowners will receive beneﬁ ts from the most recent grant. Photo by LSON.

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STRAIGHT AS AN ARROW: Kaci Geraci of Winnsboro takes aim at a bear target at the Rinehart 100 shoot at Cinnamon Creek Ranch, while Cole Brockway, also of Winnsboro, watches. Geraci was the top female archer on the North American Range at the event. Photo by Craig Nyhus, Lone Star Outdoor News.

“It’s a traveling tour with 18 stops across the country,” said Cinnamon Creek Ranch store manager Kyle Chambers. “We’re the only one in this part of the country. The 100 targets are all outdoors, and include an African range with an elephant, kudu and a lifesize giraffe.” The giraffe was one of the favorites for Chloe McNeese of Haslet. The 9-year-old had to be lifted up by her father to retrieve the arrows. “Each course is set up with shooting points from different distances for archers from the pros to the kids,” Chambers said. The Rinehart targets included bears, turkeys, deer, pigs and caribou in the North American range, and the popular large African targets. “We even have a few dinasaurs and gargoyles,” said Charles Yardley, Cinnamon Creek Ranch events and marketing manager. “They aren’t African, but the kids like those. The highlight for the shooters was the bears, especially the campsite with signs saying ‘Don’t feed the bears.’” The site included a tent and a man (a mannequin) who had fled up a tree a hair too late, as the bear by the tent had part of a pant leg in his mouth. There is a competition, but the event is primarily a family affair, Chambers said. “The competition is mainly for bragging rights,” he said. — Craig Nyhus

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Big tusks on those boars Continued from page 1

WARTHOGS IN TEXAS: The African hogs are dotting the South Texas landscape. During the heat of the summer, warthogs need to cool off in water several times per day. Photo by Daniel Walker, TPWD.

were released behind high fences, and those usually hold them in. But warthogs burrow, like a big badger. It was probably a matter of time before some of them got out. “I’ve also heard that they were the rage to have as pets at one time, kind of like the Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs.” Lange said, similar to the axis deer roaming the Texas Hill Country, the warthogs began to move across the South Texas landscape. “We told our hunters about them and that as a nonnative, like a feral hog, they could be shot. Only one of our hunters saw one this season,” he said. “He got too excited and missed.” Near Encinal, about 35 miles south of the Chap, one of the hunters at the Snowden Ranch did connect with a warthog. “It’s the only one we have seen so far,” said ranch owner Mickey Snowden. “I hope it’s the only one — it was the nastiest thing. The buzzards wouldn’t eat it — even the ants wouldn’t eat it.” A few other warthog sighting have been reported. James Newport at Mesquite Creek Taxidermy in Pearsall has one in the shop. “It was killed in Woodward,” he said. “And I heard of another that popped up southwest of Cotulla.

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Warthogs, native to sub-Saharan Africa, aren’t nocturnal like feral hogs. They feed on roots, tubers and graze on short grasses, and they burrow in cavities or holes at night, facing outward. During hot weather, they will go to waterholes to cool off. At the Chaparral WMA, the 15,200-acre high-fenced ranch owned by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for research and demonstration areas, several have been seen but Lange thinks they come and go under the fence. “We saw the one by helicopter in September (2014), Lange said, and we’ve seen a half-dozen at any one time since. We’ve had 5 inches of rain in April, though, and it’s plenty wet here. We may not see another one until August.” Lange said he doesn’t believe the warthogs originated from the same exotic ranch. “They have been seen on our adjacent ranches and 35 miles to the south,” he said. “They are at enough places that they probably didn’t all come from one place or ranch.” Lange is unsure if the species can take hold in South Texas. “We haven’t noticed reproduction, yet,” he said, “and all the ones we have seen are about the same size with the exception of one large boar.”

Creating new hunters, and more One young man and a college-aged woman shot their first white-

tailed buck with the Lone Star Outdoor News Foundation this past season. Both are continuing their new passion. Liz Oaster, a graduate student at Sul Ross State University, had never hunted before her hunt with LSONF in January. She sent an email on April 9 that read: “Just wanted to let you know that you have created a monster... I am now a turkey slayer as well as a deer slayer. I killed this two-yearold tom yesterday morning about 7 miles south of Alpine. Thanks to you and your program, I am now definitely a hunter for life!” Isaac Garcia, 13, of Italy was the top cadet at last year’s Rolling Plains Bobwhite Brigade, and after an invite from LSONF shot his buck the day after Christmas. His lengthy story describing his experience with the Brigades, learning about writing and communicating, and his hunting adventure was published in the May/June issue of Texas Trophy Hunters magazine. The Lone Star Outdoor News Foundation is 501(c)(3) charitable organization. For more information or to donate, call (214) 361-2276 or visit lsonews.com/lson-foundation. — Craig Nyhus

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Paperless tags Continued from page 4

agency time in estimating harvest numbers. For both practical and scientiﬁc purposes, the actual and real-time data would be invaluable. “For deer, we work locker plants and use surveys for a sample of the harvest,” he said. “There’s no doubt electronic reporting would help on data collection and getting better harvest data.” Hardin agreed. “I would love to see it for both deer and turkeys,” he said. “We would get 100 percent harvest response instead of the much lower response we get now through the surveys, and we could better manage the populations.” Last season’s online-only applications for public hunting was another effort to become more user-friendly. “It went relatively well,” Wolf said. “We had only a few complaints and tons of compliments.” Issues to be resolved, other than the cost, would include issues with connectivity. “Parts of Texas still have real spotty service,” Wolf said. “The app would have to be designed so a hunter could enter the data on your phone and it would show when the information was entered, then forward the information when there is a signal.” Last-minute license purchases could be another beneﬁt for hunters. “The last-minute folks can get a license online if they are hunting on MLDP property, but otherwise the hunter needs a tag,” Wolf said. “There would need to be a seamless way to get an online license.” Whether Texas hunters will be able to hunt without a pocketful of equipment to properly complete tagging requirements is still up in the air, and probably some time off. “It’s a conversation,” Hardin said. “It’s not going to be quick — it’s one step at a time.”

Hunter, rancher Arthur “Buddy” Temple III dead at 73 Buddy Temple, the former state representative from East Texas, died April 14 at his home in Lufkin. Temple was elected to the Texas Railroad Commission in 1980 and served as chairman from 1985-1986. He was a past chairman of the advisory board of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute in Kingsville. Temple, an heir to the family-owned Temple Industries, served four terms as state representative for his East Texas district. He ran for governor in 1982 and was part of a sixcandidate Democratic primary field and received 31 percent of the vote to Attorney General Mark White’s 45 percent. Temple withdrew before the runoff against White and White defeated Republican incumbant Bill Clements in the election. Temple, along with his wife, Ellen, received numerous conservation awards in Texas, including the Lifetime Achievement Award for Conservation given by the Texas Conservation Alliance, the Aldo Leopold Award, and the Big Thicket 50th anniversary award. In 2007, the Temples received the Lone Star Land Steward Ecoregion award for conservation efforts at the Temple Ranch in Duval County. — Staff report

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FISHING

Kings beginning to show

Head boat reports kingﬁsh, vermilion snapper, lionﬁsh in offshore catches By Conor Harrison LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS

The kingfish have begun to arrive along the midcoast of Texas, according to several head boat charters in the past few weeks. “The offshore boats have been doing real well on red snapper as part of the pilot program,” said Hollis Schuessler at Dolphin Docks in Port Aransas. “They are also catching a few amberjack, vermilion snapper and the king mackerel have just begun to show up.” Schuessler said the main bait has been squid and cut bait. Along with the kings, another fish has been showing up recently on the end of angler’s lines — invasive lionfish. “We caught two lionfish the past week,” he said. “They seem to be showing up all of a sudden.”

The lionfish is an aquarium species that has devastated areas of the Florida keys. They were found offshore of Texas in the past few years, although experts have no idea how many there are. Another head boat in Port Aransas, Capt. Kelly’s Deep Sea Headquarters, reported solid catches of sharks and snapper. “The 8-hour trips are catching a lot of Atlantic sharpnose sharks, and we caught the first few kings of the season this week,” said Dan Hillburn, manager at Capt. Kellys. “The 12-hour trips are catching limits of vermilion snapper, amberjack and some barracuda. “We’ve also seen a few ling here or there, which is definitely a good sign. The water is warming up.” Farther north in Galveston, the weekend report A LITTLE EARLY: KIngﬁ sh usually don’t show up until early summer, but offshore boats are picking up a few already here or there, along with another exotic species — lionﬁ sh. Photo was much the same as down south — vermilion by Lone Star Outdoor News. snapper, sharks and a few kings.

Not a good ratio

Four out of six lunkers caught this season have died — lipping ﬁsh blamed By Conor Harrison LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS

TOUGH TO SWALLOW: Four of the bass turned in to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s program this year have died before they could be spawned and returned to the lake, including this Lake Conroe lunker caught by David Perciful. Photo by TPWD.

Hill and Mott catch 27 pounds on LBJ Lake LBJ has been on an upswing recently, and that trend continued Saturday when 173 teams battled it out in the third Bass Champs Central Region event of 2015. When the final fish had been weighed, Matt Hill and Berry Mott had outslugged the competition and won the tournament with an impressive 27.36 pounds. The duo, from Cedar Park and Liberty Hill, respectively, took home a check for more than $20,000 of the 103-percent total paid back to the anglers. Thirty-two teams brought sacks to the scales weighing more than 15 pounds. The winning pair chased schools of shad in the shallows during the afternoon, targeting their fish with an assortment of shad imitations. “We didn’t really use one particular bait,” Hill said. “The shad were really shallow later in the day and we were throwing moving baits at bass following them.

We could see the black clouds of shad; actually thought it was grass for a while. Then it moved. We started the day fishing about 10 feet, and later in the day we were fishing in 2 to 3 feet. “The bass were really pushing them shallow.” The two anglers targeted the fish with crankbaits, swimbaits, an Alabama rig and flukes. “Anything shaddy,” Hill said. Their big bass, around 8 pounds, came at midday. The anglers saw fish on their beds and said many other teams caught a lot of fish on beds. The second place check for $3,500 went to San Marcos angler Charles Whited and Canyon Lake angler Bill Polkinghorn, who caught a 5-bass limit for 22.04 pounds. The pair targeted grasslines with big plastics. “We were throwing swimbaits and 10-inch Ol’ Monster worms off the edge of the grass,” Whited said. “We started off shallow but worked our way out. We had a limit 30 minutes into it. We caught 22 keepers. It was a good day — LBJ is fishing good.” — Staff report

Four out of six largemouth bass weighing more than 13 pounds and entered into Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Sharelunker program this season have died. That’s 66 percent for the nonmath majors. Not the best number when trying to keep these big fish alive and spawn them for future offspring. The program released this statement on its Facebook page, saying the cause of death has been improper handling of the fish. “Three of this year’s five ShareLunkers have come in with broken jaws,” the program said in a statement. “Two have died. The other has been returned to the lake. The only explanation we have for the broken jaws is fish being held vertically by the lower jaw. Broken jaws can kill fish in two ways. An infection can start at the break and invade other organs. Or, the fish may not be able to feed and will starve. To prevent broken jaws, big fish should always be supported with two wet hands, one gripping the lower jaw and the other under the tail.” Many anglers responded on Facebook with negative and positive comments about the program. “You guys will notice a decline in Sharelunkers,” said Chris Jacobus. “I’ve talked to many, many anglers and they are not going to report them because they die all the time. (I’d) rather put them back in the lake to live for another day.” “All programs will have a bad time,” said Wes Gustin. “If it was the handling from the angler that caught them before (they were) picked up by program that is the cause of death, then even if let go back they would still die, you just won’t hear about it. I for one still think that the program does more good than bad. I will continue to support it and the many that I ﬁsh with still love the program.” “I think the program has many more positive outcomes than negative,” said Jack Campbell. “Hopefully, they can ﬁnd the problem and Please turn to page 19

Norman Land takes Big fish at Crappie Fest home Big Bass Bash The Crappie Anglers of Texas recently Cleveland, Texas angler Norman Land caught a 9.98-pound largemouth bass to claim the 2015 Sam Rayburn Big Bass Splash championship on Sam Rayburn Reservoir. A total of $545,000 was paid out in cash and prizes at the three-day event. It was in the last hour of the second day when Land brought in the biggest fish in his livewell. Big numbers of bass over 7 pounds were weighed in. Fifteen places were paid each hour over the course of three days, plus there was a $5,000 bounty for exact weight bass of 3, 4 and 5 pounds weighed in each day. — Staff report

held their annual Crappie Fest Tournament on Lake Fork. The weather cooperated and the fish bit better Saturday than Friday. The winning fish was 2.51 pounds and caught by Mark Standridge using the new Slab Commander in Mississippi Flash from Crazy Angler. Crazy Angler just came out with this bait about two months ago. Second place was Raul Sandoval with a 2.45-pound crappie fishing from his kayak. Most of the big fish were caught in 5 to 8 feet of water. Some females still had eggs and some were spawned out, with some of the smaller males caught in 3 to 5 feet of water. — Staff report

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Fishing for the hatchery Trout Rodeo catches seatrout for coastal hatchery

KEEP YOUR TACKLE

ON DECK

By Conor Harrison LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS

Here’s a fishing tournament with a twist. On April 11, the Saltwaterfisheries Enhancement Association, along with biologists from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, held their first annual Trout Rodeo to bring live seatrout back to the dock for transport to the hatchery in Corpus Christi. According to Leland Stennett, president of the San Antonio chapter of SEA, no one known by SEA has ever held this kind of conservation activity, at least not in Aransas Bay. The SEA invited anglers of all ages to come out to Aransas Bay and catch their allotted five legal trout as prescribed by the regulations and bring them in alive to Redfish Bay Boat House, where the SEA and TPWD awaited with oxygenated tanks to transport the trout. “These trout will produce juveniles, which then will be returned with the juveHELPING THE FUTURE OF ARANSAS BAY: Members of the SEA dump live niles to Aransas Bay and seatrout into a holding tank headed for the hatchery in Corpus Christi. released in areas prescribed Photo by Leland Stennett. by the TPWD’s fish surveys,” Stennett said. “Despite the rainy weather, this event still attracted 40 hardcore participants who endured the weather and brought in 25 live trout of various sizes.” Stennett said fisheries biologists want to study why trout in Aransas Bay are smaller on average than trout in other bays farther south. According to Ruben Chavez, a TWPD hatchery biologist, this type of trout roundup has happened in the past, although this was the first specifically targeting trout in Aransas Bay. “This was a grassroots effort by SEA,” Chavez said. “It is a more economical way to collect fish, but the handling and transport of the fish is always a big concern.” Chavez said three of the trout died in transport. “One came in bellied-up, so we didn’t have high hopes for that one,” he said. “It was a mixture of males and females.” The fish have been placed in a hatchery holding tank, with hopes to have them begin spawning this year. “We’ll put them in a photoperiod that simulates conditions, hoping for some production in the fall,” Chavez said. “If not, we’ll spawn them in the spring of 2016.”

Good between storms Flounder action excellent along coast, when the weather permits

FINDING THE FLATFISH: The ﬂ ounder gigging has been good this month when giggers can get out between storms. Look for ﬁ sh on hard bottoms. Photo by LSON.

By Conor Harrison LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS

According to multiple guides and anglers, the flounder fishing and gigging has been picking up in April when the wind dies down enough to allow anglers to get on the water. Capt. Rick Hammond of Night Stalker Guide Service in Rockport, said the recent storms and very high water has had a positive impact on life on the flats. “The last of the spring run of flounder has poured into the back bays and flats, and Please turn to page 16

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TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT Cool water, big bass BRAZOS RIVER — The Brazos River below the Lake Whitney Dam has been picking up for anglers looking for largemouth bass up to 6 pounds. Multiple reports have emerged during the past 10 days of kayak anglers catching nice fish, even though the water temperatures are still cool. According to the anglers, the bite has turned on recently and should only get better as water temperatures heat up. Bass have been caught around structure — mostly deadfalls and other downed timber in the river — and in river bends where deeper, slow-moving water is near faster current. Along with largemouth bass, some smallmouth bass have also been caught. Soft plastics in current has been the ticket for aggressive smallies. For largemouths, soft plastics, small spinner baits and jigs have worked well.

Proof is in the livewell POSSUM KINGDOM RESERVOIR — After a recent fish survey by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and speaking with local guides, all signs are pointing up at Possum Kingdom for big largemouth bass. According to Devin Bushland, a member of the Allen High School Fishing Team, on TexasFishingForum.com, the experts are correct. “Went to Possum Kingdom for the first time on Saturday to prefish and it was better than I expected,” Bushland posted. “We got to the lake a lot later than we wanted to, and

ALAN HENRY: Water stained; 63–66 degrees; 9.88’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Senkos, Lipless crankbaits, shaky heads and Texas rigs. AMISTAD: Water murky; 65–69 degrees; 28.75’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, jerkbaits, soft plastics and jigs. ATHENS: Water lightly stained; 63–67 degrees; 0.48’ high. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged soft plastics and hollow-body frogs. BASTROP: Water stained; 64–68 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on dark soft plastics, crankbaits, and spinner baits. BELTON: Water murky; 62–66 degrees; 11.70’ low. Largemouth bass are good on lipless crankbaits and spinner baits. Hybrid striper are good on spoons. White bass are fair on minnows. BOB SANDLIN: Water murky; 62–66 degrees; 0.35 high. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged lizards and craws. White spinner baits effective as well. BONHAM: Water stained, 63–68 degrees; 0.13’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, spinner baits and chatterbaits, jigs and soft plastics. BRAUNIG: Water stained. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits and dark soft plastic worms in the reeds and near the jetty and dam. Striped bass are good on liver and shad near the pier. BRIDGEPORT: Water stained, 62–67 degrees; 23.99’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Megabass S Cranks in fire craw and secret gill.

BROWNWOOD: Water stained; 66–70 degrees; 12.67’ low. Largemouth bass to 7 pounds are excellent on crankbaits, spinner baits, and shaky heads and Bass Hogg jigs in 4–10 feet. BUCHANAN: Water murky; 62–66 degrees; 31.79’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on pumpkin jigs, jerkbaits, and Carolina-rigged lizards along break lines in 15–25 feet. CADDO: Water stained to muddy; 63–68 degrees; 1.95’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits and bluegill pattern swim jigs. White and yellow bass are good on slabs. CALAVERAS: Water stained. Largemouth bass are good on dark soft plastic worms and crankbaits in reed beds. CANYON LAKE: Water murky; 64–68 degrees; 11.01’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on buzzbaits, watermelon jigs, and watermelon red soft plastic worms in 20–25 feet. CEDAR CREEK: Water stained to muddy; 63–67 degrees; 0.04’ high. Largemouth bass are good on square-billed crankbaits and Texas-rigged creature baits. CHOKE CANYON: Water stained; 62–66 degrees; 28.10’ low. Largemouth bass are good on white spinner baits and heavy jigs in grass. COLEMAN: Water clear; 60–64 degrees; 19.51’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics and lipless crankbaits. COLETO CREEK: Water murky; 75 degrees in main lake, offline at hot water discharge; 0.49’ high. Largemouth bass to 8 pounds are good on soft plastics and crankbaits in 4–8 feet.

CONROE: Water murky; 63–67 degrees; 0.07’ high. Largemouth bass are good on pumpkinseed soft plastic worms and spinner baits. FALCON: Water murky; 60–64 degrees; 22.88’ low. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon red Brush Hogs, crankbaits and spinner baits. FAYETTE: Water stained. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits, lipless crankbaits, Senkos, flukes, and soft plastics. FORK: Water stained; 63–68 degrees; 2.72’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on shallow crankbaits, swimbaits and hollow-body frogs. FT. PHANTOM HILL: Water clear; 61–66 degrees; 16.83’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on flukes, lipless crankbaits and Texas rigs. GIBBONS CREEK: Water clear. Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse soft plastics, spinner baits, and lipless crankbaits. GRANBURY: Water murky; 63–67 degrees; 8.81’ low. Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse/black soft plastics and lipless crankbaits over grass. GRANGER: Water murky; 62–66 degrees; 0.27’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon jigs and lipless crankbaits in timber. White bass are slow. GRAPEVINE: Water clear; 62–65 degrees; 8.07’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on shallow and medium shadpattern crankbaits. HOUSTON COUNTY: Water stained; 67–71 degrees; 0.20’ high. Largemouth bass to 8 pounds are very good on watermelon red Senkos, soft plastic worms, and weedless frogs.

after getting the boat ready, we were finally on the water at a little past 12. Within 10 minutes of dropping the trolling motor we boated a 7.0 and a 6.3. We fished until about 3 and had eight other fish between 2 and 3 pounds until the bad storm kicked us off. Got back on the water around 7 and dumped another 7-pounder right at the boat. Definitely one of my favorite lakes to fish.”

Up and down LAKE TEXOMA — With the stripers spawning on the northern border lake, the bite has been up and down, according to guide John Blasingame with Adventure Texoma Outdoors. “The past few days have been a roller-coaster ride for me,” he posted on TexasFishingForum.com. “We started out on Friday (and) it was slow for us early. We only had about 10 fish at 11:30, but then after most everyone went in because of the pending storms we hammered the fish and ended with 43 fish and a box so full I could hardly shut the lid. Then Saturday morning, my guys got to the dock late and most of the guys that caught fish got them early, but I never got them to go and ended up with zero fish. It was a tough morning for most, but it was still embarrassing. I put my trip on Sunday off until 2, thinking the afternoon would be better, but it was still tough. We caught a handful but that was it.The artificial bite has been tough the last few days, but most of our fish are on spawn, and when they get back they’ll be hungry.” To contact guide John Blasingame, call (903) 814-5566. — Conor Harrison

HUBBARD CREEK: Water offcolor; 62–67 degrees; 30.5’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on drop-shot rigs, lipless crankbaits and Texas rigs. JOE POOL: Water lightly stained; 63–66 degrees; 0.54’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits and swim jigs. LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water stained to muddy; 64–68; degrees; 5.77’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on flipping jigs and bladed jigs. LEWISVILLE: Water lightly stained; 62–65 degrees; 2.85’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on medium crankbaits and small plastic swimbaits. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass are good on minnows. Hybrid striper are good on slabs LIVINGSTON: Water fairly clear; 64–68 degrees; 0.33’ high. Largemouth bass are very good on green pumpkin lipless crankbaits and soft plastics. Crappie are good on minnows. Blue catfish are good on shad. MARTIN CREEK: Water clear; 63–67 degrees; 0.04’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters and hollowbody frogs. MONTICELLO: Water clear; 63–66 degrees; 0.56’ high. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged craws and hollow-body frogs. NAVARRO MILLS: Water stained; 61–65 degrees; 0.17’ high. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass are fair on minnows and Li’l Fishies. O.H. IVIE: Water stained; 62–67 degrees; 44.85’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on shallow-running crankbaits, lipless crankbaits and Texas rigs.

OAK CREEK: Water stained; 61–66 degrees; 25.77’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits and Texas rigs. PALESTINE: Water stained; 62–65 degrees; 1.23’ high. Largemouth bass are good on swim jigs and bladed jigs. Crappie are good on minnows. Hybrid striper are good on slabs. PROCTOR: Water murky; 62–66 degrees; 12.73’ low. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon soft plastic worms with chartreuse tails. Striped bass are good on shad. RAY HUBBARD: Water clear; 63–66 degrees; 5.18’ low. Largemouth bass are good on shallow/medium crankbaits and weightless wacky worms. RAY ROBERTS: Water clear; 62–65 degrees; 3.78’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged worms and craws near shallow cover. RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water lightly stained; 61–65 degrees; 5.96’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and spinner baits. SAM RAYBURN: Water murky; 63–67 degrees; 4.28’ high. Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse/black soft plastics, crankbaits and spinner baits. SOMERVILLE: Water murky; 63–67 degrees; 0.43’ high. Largemouth bass are slow. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are fair on slabs. TOLEDO BEND: Water murky; 64–68 degrees; 0.35’ high. Largemouth bass are good on green pumpkin soft plastics, crankbaits and lipless crankbaits. TRAVIS: Water murky; 62–66 degrees; 52.47’ low. Largemouth bass are good on brown jigs, smoke grubs and

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Page 16 crawfish crankbaits in 8–20 feet. Striped bass are fair on white spoons in 20–40 feet. White bass are fair on white spoons and chrome crankbaits. WALTER E. LONG: Water lightly stained. Largemouth bass are good on shallowrunning crankbaits and chartreuse soft plastics. Hybrid striper are good on chartreuse striper jigs. White bass are excellent on minnows. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are slow. WEATHERFORD: Water clear; 61–65 degrees; 7.54’ low. No report available. Please call ahead as low water is making launching difficult. WHITNEY: Water murky; 62–66 degrees; 9.25’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Striped bass are fair on silver spoons and striper jigs. White bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are good on minnows and blue tube jigs. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and stinkbait. WRIGHT PATMAN: Water stained to muddy; 63–67 degrees; 11.05’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on flipping jigs and bladed jigs near shallow cover. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on trotlines. — TPWD

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lake has been more hit and miss because of the muddy water coming in from the Sabine River, while the south end is still seeing some spawning action. “Most of the fish have pulled off,” he said. “There are still some fish shallow, but not right on the bank. We are catching most of ours off of secondary points and humps in coves. They haven’t moved to their summer haunts yet.” Although Toledo Bend does receive high fishing pressure, according to Driscoll, its large size (182,000 surface acres) distributes this pressure well and allows it to support a very large population of bass overall. “When compared to much smaller lakes with similar fishing effort, the overall proportion of the bass population removed each year via fishing mortality — harvest, tourney-related mortality — is lower at Toledo Bend,” Driscoll said. “Eventually, lower over-

all fishing mortality will result in increased numbers of trophy bass.” According to fishing guide Joe Joslin, anglers have to be ready to adapt to any water conditions. “Multiple patterns continue to catch fish and we are catching a good many fish but we have had some days where we have had to be creative and adapt to catch some bass. We continue to get heavy rains, so the lake is almost different every day. We are catching bass on lots of patterns and lures, but 75 percent are still on soft plastics. We use darker colors in the early part of the day and then move to more translucent colors (more light penetration) as conditions get lighter. “These color changes make a lot of difference, especially in the very clear water where I work.” Joslin added he is fishing deeper as more and more bass spawn out and leave the shallows.

ONE BIG FISH AFTER ANOTHER: Even though anglers are having to quickly adapt to changing conditions, big bass are being caught in big numbers this month on Toledo Bend. Photo by Lone Star Outdoor News.

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GAME WARDEN BLOTTER SEARCH FOR DRUGS FINDS POACHED DEER While executing a search warrant for narcotics, the Polk County Sheriff’s Department uncovered evidence of multiple illegally taken white-tailed deer. A Polk County game warden was called in to investigate. One individual confessed to taking at least four deer on his own property, though the evidence suggested other individuals took several more deer. None of the individuals had hunting licenses. The investigation concerning other deer taken on the property is ongoing. CROWD OF UNINVITED ATVS ON RANCH A Jasper County game warden received a call from a deer lease member who reported several people trespassing on his lease. When the warden arrived, he immediately saw about 50 trespassers on ATVs. Most fled when they saw the warden. Other wardens were called in and tracked the trespassers across the 18,000-acre deer lease, eventually apprehending 15 individuals. CATFISH FINS SINK RAFT A Bosque County game warden and Bosque County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call to rescue two fishermen whose inflatable raft was sinking. A deputy located the fishermen offshore while the warden launched the patrol boat. The warden was able to quickly reach the fishermen, who were in the water at this point, clinging to the mostly deflated raft. The warden helped both men get into the patrol boat and safely returned them to the boat ramp, where emergency medical services provided medi-

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A Guadalupe County game warden received a call from a Gonzales County game warden with some information about a potential illegal deer harvest teenagers posted to Instagram. The warden found the teenagers who posted their harvest and interviewed them. After making several excuses about why the warden found deer hair and blood in the bed of one teenager’s truck, the teenagers confessed to shooting a deer off the road in Wilson County two nights prior. The warcal attention to both men, since they had been in the 63-degree water for more than an hour. Both men said some of the catfish they caught must have finned the raft, causing it to deflate. They also said the stringer they used had wrapped around the trolling motor, disabling control of the craft. Both fishermen put on lifejackets before going into the water. WARDENS LEAD PURSUIT THROUGH RANCH Two Zapata County game wardens received a call from a Zapata County Sheriff’s deputy for assistance with a pursuit of two suspicious vehicles. The deputy initiated a traffic stop on one of the vehicles, while the wardens attempted to stop the other. The vehicle pursued by the wardens fled from the officers, and during a chase that lasted several miles, crashed through a fence and fled onto a ranch. The wardens pursued the vehicle through the property and were joined by deputies. The wardens and deputies lost the truck, which was eventually located, but abandoned, having sustained severe damage from busting through

den contacted a Wilson County game warden, who said he’d received a call about a shot that night in the same area and a description of a vehicle that matched the teenager’s truck. The teenagers then showed the Guadalupe County warden where they shot the deer. There was still fresh blood on the road and on the nearby fence. The teenagers were charged with 10 Class C misdemeanor violations. A rifle, spotlight and meat were confiscated.

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Nikon’s SNAPSHOT now open to hunters of all ages Lone Star Outdoor News, along with our friends at Nikon, have been awarding a free pair of binoculars to a youth hunter with the best Hero shot for years. Now, we’ve opened up the competition to hunters of all ages! “It was an idea we came up with to help promote the Nikon brand of hunting optics, and it has been very successful,” said Waylan Owens of Owens Outdoor Sales, who represents Nikon in the southern region of the USA. Now, the promotion has been expanded, and is open to hunters of all ages. “That doesn’t mean the kids won’t get a little extra preference, though. Nikon is all about supporting the future of our industry with our youth,” Owens said. This Nikon SNAPSHOT promotion started in 2012, and 47 pairs of binoculars have been given by Nikon to fine shooting youngsters who took time to send in a picture of their trophy they were proud of. “Keep in mind, the contest is a photo contest, not a trophy contest and big is not always equal to great,” said David J. Sams, founder of Lone Star Outdoor News. “It’s about setting up the animal in a respectful way with good lighting and a nice background. It’s nice to have a partner like Nikon, which is so active in promoting hunting in Texas with both kids and adults alike.” Just send the best photo of you and your trophy to news@lonestaroutdoornews.com and we’ll feature the winner each month in the newspaper. — Staff report

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tanks. This year, the birds were spread all over the ranch because of the abundance of water. Speaking with other South Texas hunters, almost everyone is seeing and hearing birds, although hunting has been tough in some places because of henned-up gobblers and little gobbling on the ground. TPWD turkey experts said the gobbling in Archer County was hit or miss the past few weeks, with birds gobbling well one morning and going silent the next. They also saw lots of henned-up birds, as well, noting, “We saw lots of toms with hens — great for turkey numbers, not so great for turkey hunters.” Guides reported lots of gobbling the past few weekends around the Coleman County area. Double Barrel Outfitters reported their clients harvested multiple birds in the past few weeks during morning hunts. Also, Internet reports have been strong for most places with turkeys, including hotspots like Menard and Junction, along with places in the Panhandle along the Canadian River. Many of the reports said the same thing lots of other hunters have been seeing — good numbers of mature birds, not a lot of gobbling once the birds come off the roost, but if you find a gobbler after about 10 a.m., there is a good chance to kill him.

HAPPY HUNTER AT MIDDAY: Henned-up gobblers, especially in the North Zone, have been tougher to hunt for many hunters in the morning hours. Those with patience to wait out the birds have been ﬁ nding good success at midday. Photo by Conor Harrison, Lone Star Outdoor News.

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TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING REPORT On ﬁ re PORT ISABEL — The fishing has been outstanding, according to reports from Capt. Andrew Marikos of Captain Andrew Inshore Charters. He reports a mixed bag of fish, along with a good sign this early in the season — ling. “Fishing last week was on fire,” he said. “Caught a bunch of reds in shallow, shallow water. I looked back in my logbook and knew ling would be moving around. Well, we caught four or five this last week in two days. (We) also caught a bunch of huge jacks, which wear you out.” Several of his clients commented on how hard the jacks fight. To contact Capt. Andrew Marikos, call (956) 434-9890.

Steady trout bite SAN ANTONIO BAY — The weather has remained fishable, even though weather forecasts the past week warned otherwise, according to Capt. Chris Martin at Bay Flats

things off, ample numbers of redfish were landed in the privacy and protection of some the back lake areas for a number of our guests who were willing to grind it out.” Many of the trout were slot-sized fish in the 18-22 inch range. A few flounder and oversized black drum have been caught, as well. To contact Capt. Chris Martin, call (888) 6774868.

Personal bests COPANO BAY — According to one poster, sgrem, on 2coolfishing.com, the action in Copano Bay has been good the past week, with several of his personal-best fish caught while wading. “Friday evening, made the entire loop around Copano wade fishing with plastic jig tails,” he said. “Water was clear on the protected shoreline and a little stained on the windy shoreline — stained is where they were.” During the next several days, he dodged rainstorms to catch a few more trout in the stained water, along with several slot redfish.

Lodge in Seadrift. “Slowly tapering shorelines with a mixture of sand, grass, and shell produced good numbers of trout yesterday for those who faced the stiff morning winds,” he said. “To top

NORTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good on the Louisiana shoreline on top-waters and Corkies. Flounder are fair on jigs tipped with shrimp around marsh drains. Redfish are good on scented plastics. SOUTH SABINE: Sheepshead and black drum are good at the jetty on live shrimp. Trout are fair to good around Lighthouse Cove on top-waters. Trout and redfish are fair to good at the jetty on live shrimp and shad. BOLIVAR: Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on soft plastics and plugs. Black drum and redfish are good at Rollover Pass. TRINITY BAY: Trout are fair to good for waders tossing top-waters around Smith Point. Redfish are fair along the grass line on scented plastics. EAST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are good on the south shoreline on Norton Sand Shad, Bass Assassins, Tidal Surges and Down South Lures. Whiting and sand trout are good on

the edge of the Intracoastal on fresh shrimp. WEST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are good for waders tossing She Pups and Top Dogs on the incoming tide. Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs. Black drum are good in the channel on crabs. TEXAS CITY: Trout are fair to good on the reefs on live shrimp. Redfish are fair in Moses Lake on mullet and shrimp. FREEPORT: Trout are fair to good at San Luis Pass on shrimp. Sand trout and sheepshead are good on live shrimp on the reefs in Christmas Bay. Black drum are good at the jetties on cracked blue crabs. EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are fair for drifters on live shrimp over humps and scattered shell. Redfish are fair to good on the Intracoastal reefs on crabs and live shrimp. WEST MATAGORDA BAY: Redfish are fair to good in Oyster Lake on shrimp and crabs.

— Conor Harrison

Trout are fair on shell and grass on soft plastics. Black drum and redfish are fair to good at the jetty on crabs. PORT O’CONNOR: Trout and redfish are good on top-waters over sand and grass in San Antonio Bay. Trout and redfish are fair for drifters working the back lakes with live shrimp. ROCKPORT: Trout are fair to good in Morris– Cummings Cut on free-lined shrimp. Trout are fair over grass while drifting with live shrimp. Trout are fair to good in St. Charles Bay on top-waters while working reefs. PORT ARANSAS: Redfish are fair to good at East Flats on shrimp. Redfish and sheepshead are fair to good at the jetty on shrimp. CORPUS CHRISTI: Trout are fair to good on the edge of the spoils on scented plastics and live shrimp. Redfish are good in the potholes on shrimp. Black drum are good on crabs in the Packery Channel. BAFFIN BAY: Trout are fair in the grass on

Corkies and top-waters. Black drum are good in the Land Cut on crabs. Trout are fair to good in the Land Cut on live shrimp. PORT MANSFIELD: Trout are good on topwaters around sand and grass at Green Island and the Saucer. Redfish are fair to good while drifting potholes on scented plastics and soft plastics under corks. SOUTH PADRE: Trout are good around the spoil islands, channel edges and color changes on DOA Shrimp and live shrimp. Trout, black drum, redfish and jack crevalle are fair at the jetty. Trout are good while wading over grass with top-waters. PORT ISABEL: Trout and redfish are fair to good on the flats on live shrimp, Scented plastics and DOA Shrimp under a popping cork. Redfish are fair on small top-waters and soft plastics under rattling corks in the coves on the incoming tide. — TPWD

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they are eager to feed along shallow mud/shell shorlines,” he said. “Plenty of reds and some bigger trout have also made an appearance in very shallow water over the last few nights. On the falling tide in the evening, the bait is pouring out of the flooded grass — easy pickings for hungry predator fish. “Gigging has been exceptional the last few nights, with clear water still holding, despite heavy rains.” Hammond said he is finding fish scattered along hard shorelines, and on some nights they are schooling near ideal ambush spots with strong currents from the rain runoff. “The action was fast and furious in some areas, with plenty of doubles and triples (when they are schooled up like that),” he added. Hammond has been gigging limits most nights well before midnight. In Matagorda, Capt. Troy Keen also reported good nights gigging. He said the gigging is heating up in the shallows around Matagorda, with limits being taken. For rod and reel anglers, the action has been just as good between storms. Multiple anglers on Internet message boards have submitted reports the past few weeks of a very good flounder bite. Classic spring patterns are the ticket — soft and scented plastics fished over potholes and sand bottoms.

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TEXAS SUN, MOON AND TIDES Moon Phases Houston

2015 A.M. April-May Minor Major

P.M. Minor Major

24Fri 25Sat 26Sun 27Mon 28Tue 29Wed 30Thu 01Fri 02Sat 03Sun 04Mon 05Tue 06Wed 07Thu 08Fri 09Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed

11:43 12:09 12:55 1:43 2:34 3:22 4:11 5:01 5:54 6:50 7:50 8:51 9:51 10:49 11:43 12:09 12:55 1:38 2:18 2:55

11:18 ---12:33 1:16 2:06 2:55 3:43 4:33 5:26 6:22 7:22 8:23 9:24 10:23 11:18 ---12:33 1:16 1:56 2:34

5:06 5:57 6:44 7:29 8:20 9:09 9:57 10:47 11:40 12:08 1:08 2:09 3:11 4:10 5:06 5:57 6:44 7:27 8:07 8:45

5:31 6:21 7:07 7:57 8:47 9:36 10:25 11:15 12:08 12:36 1:36 2:37 3:38 4:36 5:31 6:21 7:07 7:49 8:28 9:06

First

Last

Full

April 25

New

May 11

May 3

May 17

Solunar Sun times Moon times SUN Rises Sets

6:45 6:44 6:43 6:42 6:41 6:41 6:40 6:39 6:38 6:37 6:36 6:35 6:35 6:34 6:33 6:32 6:32 6:31 6:30 6:30

7:52 7:53 7:53 7:54 7:55 7:55 7:56 7:57 7:57 7:58 7:59 7:59 8:00 8:01 8:01 8:02 8:03 8:03 8:04 8:05

Dallas

MOON Rises Sets

11:55a 12:48p 2:20a 3:08a 3:54a 4:39a 5:23a 6:06a 6:51a 7:37a 8:26a 9:16a 10:08a 11:01a 11:55a 12:48p 1:41p 2:33p 3:24p 4:15p

12:53a 1:38a 1:29p 2:32p 3:37p 4:43p 5:49p 6:55p 8:02p 9:07p 10:10p 11:09p NoMoon 12:04a 12:53a 1:38a 2:19a 2:56a 3:32a 4:06a

2015 A.M. April-May Minor Major

P.M. Minor Major

24Fri 25Sat 26Sun 27Mon 28Tue 29Wed 30Thu 01Fri 02Sat 03Sun 04Mon 05Tue 06Wed 07Thu 08Fri 09Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed

11:49 12:15 12:56 1:49 2:39 3:28 4:16 5:06 5:59 6:56 7:56 8:57 9:57 10:55 11:49 12:15 1:01 1:44 2:23 3:01

11:24 ---12:28 1:21 2:12 3:01 3:49 4:39 5:31 6:28 7:27 8:29 9:30 10:29 11:24 ---12:38 1:22 2:02 2:40

5:11 6:03 6:42 7:35 8:26 9:14 10:03 10:53 11:45 12:14 1:13 2:15 3:16 4:16 5:11 6:03 6:50 7:33 8:12 8:50

5:36 6:26 7:10 8:03 8:53 9:42 10:30 11:20 12:13 12:42 1:42 2:43 3:43 4:42 5:36 6:26 7:12 7:54 8:34 9:12

SUN Rises Sets

6:47 6:46 6:46 6:45 6:44 6:43 6:42 6:41 6:40 6:39 6:38 6:37 6:36 6:35 6:35 6:34 6:33 6:32 6:31 6:31

8:01 8:02 8:03 8:04 8:04 8:05 8:06 8:07 8:07 8:08 8:09 8:10 8:10 8:11 8:12 8:13 8:13 8:14 8:15 8:16

MOON Rises Sets

11:55a 12:49p 2:31a 3:18a 4:03a 4:46a 5:29a 6:11a 6:54a 7:40a 8:27a 9:16a 10:08a 11:01a 11:55a 12:49p 1:43p 2:36p 3:28p 4:21p

1:05a 1:49a 1:30p 2:34p 3:40p 4:47p 5:55p 7:03p 8:11p 9:17p 10:21p 11:21p NoMoon 12:15a 1:05a 1:49a 2:29a 3:05a 3:40a 4:13a

San Antonio 2015 April-May 24Fri 25Sat 26Sun 27Mon 28Tue 29Wed 30Thu 01Fri 02Sat 03Sun 04Mon 05Tue 06Wed 07Thu 08Fri 09Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed

A.M. Minor Major 11:31 5:18 ---- 6:10 12:45 6:57 1:28 7:42 2:19 8:33 3:08 9:21 3:56 10:10 4:46 11:00 5:39 11:52 6:35 12:21 7:35 1:20 8:36 2:22 9:37 3:23 10:36 4:23 11:31 5:18 ---- 6:10 12:45 6:57 1:29 7:40 2:09 8:19 2:47 8:57

P.M. Minor 11:56 12:22 1:08 1:56 2:46 3:35 4:24 5:13 6:06 7:03 8:03 9:04 10:04 11:02 11:56 12:22 1:08 1:51 2:30 3:08

Major 5:43 6:34 7:19 8:10 9:00 9:49 10:37 11:27 12:20 12:49 1:49 2:50 3:50 4:49 5:43 6:34 7:19 8:02 8:41 9:19

SUN Rises 6:58 6:57 6:56 6:55 6:55 6:54 6:53 6:52 6:51 6:50 6:49 6:49 6:48 6:47 6:46 6:46 6:45 6:44 6:43 6:43

MOON Sets Rises Sets 8:04 12:08p 1:06a 8:05 1:02p 1:51a 8:06 2:33a 1:42p 8:06 3:21a 2:46p 8:07 4:07a 3:50p 8:08 4:52a 4:56p 8:08 5:36a 6:02p 8:00 6:19a 7:08p 8:10 7:04a 8:15p 8:11 7:51a 9:20p 8:10 8:39a 10:23p 8:11 9:30a 11:22p 8:12 10:22a NoMoon 8:13 11:15a 12:16a 8:13 12:08p 1:06a 8:14 1:02p 1:51a 8:15 1:54p 2:31a 8:15 2:46p 3:09a 8:16 3:38p 3:44a 8:17 4:29p 4:19a

Amarillo

2015 A.M. April-May Minor Major

24Fri 25Sat 26Sun 27Mon 28Tue 29Wed 30Thu 01Fri 02Sat 03Sun 04Mon 05Tue 06Wed 07Thu 08Fri 09Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed

11:44 12:11 12:59 1:42 2:32 3:21 4:09 4:59 5:52 6:48 7:48 8:49 9:50 10:49 11:44 12:11 12:59 1:42 2:22 3:00

5:32 6:23 7:10 7:53 8:46 9:35 10:23 11:13 ---12:34 1:34 2:35 3:37 4:36 5:32 6:23 7:10 7:53 8:33 9:11

P.M. Minor Major

---12:35 1:21 2:04 3:00 3:48 4:37 5:27 6:20 7:16 8:16 9:17 10:17 11:15 ---12:35 1:21 2:04 2:43 3:21

5:57 6:47 7:33 8:15 9:13 10:02 10:51 11:41 12:34 1:02 2:02 3:03 4:04 5:02 5:57 6:47 7:33 8:15 8:54 9:32

SUN Rises Sets

7:04 7:03 7:02 7:01 7:00 6:58 6:57 6:56 6:55 6:54 6:53 6:52 6:51 6:50 6:49 6:49 6:48 6:47 6:46 6:45

8:25 8:26 8:27 8:28 8:28 8:29 8:30 8:31 8:32 8:33 8:33 8:34 8:35 8:36 8:37 8:38 8:38 8:39 8:40 8:41

MOON Rises Sets

12:12p 1:30a 1:06p 2:14a 2:01p 2:53a 2:55p 3:29a 4:27a 3:59p 5:09a 5:08p 5:50a 6:17p 6:31a 7:26p 7:13a 8:35p 7:57a 9:42p 8:44a 10:47p 9:33a 11:47p 10:24a NoMoon 11:17a 12:42a 12:12p 1:30a 1:06p 2:14a 2:01p 2:53a 2:55p 3:29a 3:48p 4:02a 4:41p 4:34a

Legend: Major=2 hours. Minor=1 hour. Times centered on the major-minor window. For other locations, subtract 1 minute per 12 miles east of a location, and add 1 minute per 12 miles west of a location.

Sabine Pass, north Date Time Apr 24 2:20 AM Apr 25 3:23 AM Apr 26 4:32 AM Apr 27 5:42 AM Apr 28 1:04 AM Apr 29 2:01 AM Apr 30 2:49 AM May 01 3:29 AM May 02 4:06 AM May 03 4:42 AM May 04 6:11 AM May 05 7:09 AM May 06 6:37 AM May 07 1:23 AM May 08 12:43 AM

Height 0.2L 0.4L 0.5L 0.7L 1.4H 1.5H 1.6H 1.7H 1.8H 1.8H 2.0H 2.0H 1.9H 0.1L 0.0L

Time Height 10:41 AM 1.7H 11:51 AM 1.7H 12:07 PM 1.6H 12:54 PM 1.6H 1:32 PM 1.6H 7:29 AM 0.4L 8:26 AM 0.5L 9:20 AM 0.6L 10:11 AM 0.8L 11:01 AM 1.0L 11:51 AM 1.1L 12:43 PM 1.3L 8:13 AM 1.9H 9:23 AM 1.8H 8:19 AM 1.8H

Galveston Bay entrance, north jetty

San Luis Pass

Date Time Apr 24 2:12 AM Apr 25 3:15 AM Apr 26 4:36 AM Apr 27 5:58 AM Apr 28 12:07 AM Apr 29 12:32 AM Apr 30 2:26 AM May 01 3:27 AM May 02 4:13 AM May 03 4:50 AM May 04 5:28 AM May 05 6:13 AM May 06 7:17 AM May 07 8:30 AM May 08 12:20 AM

Freeport Harbor Date Time Apr 24 1:36 AM Apr 25 2:32 AM Apr 26 3:33 AM Apr 27 4:49 AM Apr 28 12:22 AM Apr 29 12:39 AM Apr 30 1:58 AM May 01 3:08 AM May 02 4:14 AM May 03 5:15 AM May 04 6:16 AM May 05 7:20 AM May 06 6:52 AM May 07 7:43 AM May 08 12:01 AM

Rollover Pass

Date Time Apr 24 6:46 AM Apr 25 8:07 AM Apr 26 9:15 AM Apr 27 1:25 AM Apr 28 3:05 AM Apr 29 4:28 AM Apr 30 5:41 AM May 01 12:18 AM May 02 12:51 AM May 03 1:29 AM May 04 2:12 AM May 05 3:00 AM May 06 3:57 AM May 07 5:12 AM May 08 6:46 AM

Height 0.2L 0.4L 0.5L 0.7L 1.3H 1.4H 1.5H 1.6H 1.8H 1.8H 1.9H 0.1L 1.9H 0.0L 0.0L

Time 10:25 AM 11:20 AM 12:20 PM 12:53 PM 1:40 PM 7:30 AM 8:25 AM 9:32 AM 10:36 AM 11:28 AM 12:19 PM 7:46 AM 8:45 AM 9:35 AM 9:16 AM

Height 1.8H 1.7H 1.7H 1.6H 1.7H 0.5L 0.6L 0.8L 1.0L 1.1L 1.2L 2.0H 2.0H 1.9H 1.9H

Height 0.3L 0.3L 0.3L 0.7L 1.1H 1.2H 1.2H 1.3H 1.3H 1.4H 1.4H 1.5H 1.5H 1.5H 0.2L

Time 11:18 AM 12:17 PM 12:56 PM 1:08 PM 6:54 AM 7:37 AM 8:32 AM 9:50 AM 10:49 AM 11:43 AM 12:43 PM 1:52 PM 11:39 PM

Height 1.4H 1.4H 1.3H 1.3H 0.7L 0.5L 0.9L 0.8L 0.9L 1.0L 1.1L 1.2L 0.2L

9:23 AM

1.5H

Height 0.2L 0.4L 0.5L 0.7L 1.2H 1.4H 1.5H 1.7H 1.9H 2.0H 2.0H 2.0H 2.0H 2.0H 0.0L

Time 10:53 AM 11:45 AM 12:25 PM 12:51 PM 1:26 PM 7:30 AM 8:51 AM 10:01 AM 11:07 AM 12:10 PM 1:13 PM 2:17 PM 11:16 PM

Height 1.8H 1.7H 1.7H 1.7H 1.6H 0.4L 0.6L 0.7L 0.9L 1.0L 1.1L 1.2L 0.0L

8:42 AM

1.9H

Height 0.4L 0.5L 0.6L 1.2H 1.2H 1.3H 1.4H 0.6L 0.4L 0.3L 0.2L 0.2L 0.3L 0.3L 0.4L

Time 4:32 PM 5:09 PM 5:29 PM 10:14 AM 11:11 AM 12:04 PM 12:56 PM 6:48 AM 7:53 AM 8:59 AM 10:11 AM 11:41 AM 1:37 PM 3:24 PM 4:32 PM

Height 1.4H 1.4H 1.3H 0.3L 0.4L 0.5L 0.6L 1.5H 1.5H 1.5H 1.5H 1.5H 1.5H 1.5H 1.4H

Height

7:23 PM 5:29 PM 6:25 PM 7:11 PM 2:06 PM 2:38 PM 3:10 PM 3:42 PM 4:15 PM 4:47 PM 5:20 PM 1:44 PM 3:16 PM 1:40 PM

1.2L 1.3L 1.1L 0.9L 1.7H 1.7H 1.7H 1.7H 1.6H 1.6H 1.6H 1.4L 1.4L 1.4L

Time

Height

Time

Height

6:53 PM 6:17 PM 7:31 PM 7:23 PM 2:16 PM 2:53 PM 3:28 PM 3:58 PM 4:22 PM 4:45 PM 1:22 PM 2:24 PM 1:53 PM 2:37 PM

1.2L 1.3L 1.0L 0.8L 1.6H 1.6H 1.6H 1.6H 1.6H 1.6H 1.3L 1.3L 1.3L 1.4L

9:15 PM 9:30 PM

1.3H 1.4H

7:42 PM 8:02 PM 8:48 PM 9:41 PM 10:31 PM 11:16 PM 10:54 PM 5:09 PM

0.8 L 0.6 L 0.3 L 0.1L 0.0L 0.1 L 0.1 L 1.5H

4:45 PM 5:03 PM

1.5H 1.5H

Time

Height

Time

Height

1.3H 1.0L 1.2H 1.2H 1.2H 1.2H 1.2H 1.2H 1.2H

7:29 PM

1.0 L

7:46 PM 8:04 PM

0.8 L 0.7L

9:21 PM 10:07 PM 10:50 PM 11:32 PM

0.4 L 0.2 L 0.1 L 0.1 L

12:53 PM 7:25 PM 1:27 PM 1:39 PM 1:39 PM 2:36 PM 3:07 PM 3:37 PM 4:02 PM

Time

Height

10:12 PM 1.3H 9:42 PM 1.4H 7:53 PM 7:55 PM 8:39 PM 9:23 PM 10:08 PM 10:54 PM 11:42 PM 11:16 PM 5:50 PM

0.9L 0.6L 0.4L 0.2L 0.0L -0.1L -0.1L 0.0L 1.5H

4:59 PM 1.5H

Time

Height

7:30 PM 7:51 PM 8:03 PM 1:58 PM 2:28 PM 2:56 PM 3:23 PM 3:47 PM 4:09 PM 4:28 PM

1.0L 1.1L 1.0L 1.5H 1.4H 1.3H 1.3H 1.3H 1.3H 1.3H

11:00 PM

1.1H

8:14 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:37 PM 10:19 PM 11:04 PM 11:52 PM

0.8 L 0.6 L 0.3 L 0.1 L 0.0 L 0.1 L 0.0 L

Time

Height

Time

Height

10:52 PM 5:59 PM 5:50 PM 5:52 PM 6:04 PM 1:50 PM 2:46 PM 3:47 PM 4:57 PM

1.0L 1.2H 1.1H 1.1H 1.1H 0.7L 0.9L 1.0L 1.1L

Time

Height

11:02 PM 11:26 PM 11:51 PM

1.0 L 0.9 L 0.7 L

6:19 PM 6:35 PM 6:51 PM 7:07 PM

1.1H 1.1H 1.2H 1.2H

Port O’Connor

Date Time Apr 24 4:19 AM Apr 25 5:15 AM Apr 26 6:12 AM Apr 27 7:07 AM Apr 28 8:03 AM Apr 29 4:41 AM Apr 30 3:59 AM May 01 6:38 AM May 02 8:17 AM May 03 9:39 AM May 04 12:42 AM May 05 1:34 AM May 06 2:27 AM May 07 3:22 AM May 08 2:37 AM

Rockport

Date Time Apr 24 5:27 AM Apr 25 6:19 AM Apr 26 7:08 AM Apr 27 7:51 AM Apr 28 12:41 AM Apr 29 2:19 AM Apr 30 4:17 AM May 01 2:44 PM May 02 2:51 PM May 03 12:11 AM May 04 12:57 AM May 05 1:42 AM May 06 2:29 AM May 07 3:18 AM May 08 4:09 AM

Port Aransas Date Apr 24 Apr 25 Apr 26 Apr 27 Apr 28 Apr 29 Apr 30 May 01 May 02 May 03 May 04 May 05 May 06 May 07 May 08

Time 1:49 AM 2:50 AM 4:05 AM 5:20 AM 6:26 AM 7:24 AM 1:14 AM 2:38 AM 3:59 AM 5:17 AM 6:35 AM 7:54 AM 7:18 AM 8:16 AM 9:24 AM

Height 0.2L 0.3L 0.4L 0.4L 0.5L 0.6H 0.7H 0.8H 0.8H 0.9H 0.1L 0.1L 0.1L 0.2L 0.2L

Time 3:57 PM 4:06 PM 4:17 PM 4:33 PM 4:46 PM 9:03 AM 10:55 AM 12:11 PM 11:53 PM

Height 0.9H 0.9H 0.8H 0.8H 0.7H 0.6L 0.5L 0.6L 0.2L

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For solo hunters on the move

For solo hunters who like to stay mobile could solve this problem, though. and camp where night finds you, another For added stability, small cords can be option to the standard one-man bivouac tent attached to all four corners. This is helpful, is the Lawson Hammock Blue Ridge Camping especially in times of higher winds. The hamHammock. mock is somewhat sturdy, but for bigger huntThis hammock is lightweight at only 4.25 ers and backpackers, more stability is definitely pounds, so hunters can carry it up a mountain needed. easily. The whole thing packs into a 22x6-inch The hunter setting up the hammock also size, making it convenient to throw in a needs to be aware of how high each end is conmedium-sized backpack without taking up too nected to the trees. Sleeping with your head much space. and feet above the rest of your body can make The tent hammocks are made of good-quality for an uncomfortable morning when you wake materials, including a nylon pack cloth bed, ripup. Make the hammock as level as possible for stop nylon rain fly and no-see-um netting. The the greatest comfort. BEATS THE GROUND: Hunters backpacking into wet or muddy terrain will appreciate the camping hammaterial is a little slick, so a lightweight sleepOverall, this is a good product for the right mock’s ability to get off the ground and keep a person dry and comfortable. Photo by Lawson. ing pad is recommended to put directly beneath situation. Hunters in far West Texas may have someone going to sleep. an issue finding suitable trees. tent hammock is the ability to get off the ground when We found the hammock easy to set up, with minimal water begins to pour down, especially on a hillside, where But for the solo hunter chasing deer or turkeys across effort required to hook the hammock between two trees. hunters sleeping on the ground in a traditional tent will much of Texas, this tent hammock is worth checking out Lightweight metal spreader arms on either side of the ham- often get wet. and trying. mock keep it flat — this is not a traditional hammock that The price of the hammock is $169.99, and One issue we had with the tent was the slippery matewraps a person up in a cocoon. Instead, the design feels rial. When a sleeping pad is placed on the tent, it has to additional, heavier-duty straps may be purmore like a camp cot, except off the ground and out of the be secured, or any movement makes the pad slip and slide chased online. elements. — Conor Harrison around on the material. Adding a nonslip adhesive liner The rain fly works well, and the huge advantage of this

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solve it. Education and care for the ﬁsh is the most important thing.” “Yep, I’m not happy with this program either,” said Glen Douglas. “I have a passion for bass ﬁshing and I am catch and release, take a picture and let them go.” TPWD recommends that any fish weighing 7 pounds or more be handled with two hands. Yet, in an advertisement for the Toyota Texas Bass Classic in Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine, it shows a pro angler holding a huge bass in each hand vertically by their mouths. In the 2015 online Fishing Forecast, two other pro anglers are lipping big bass — doing exactly the same thing generations of anglers have done. The TPWD “Take me Fishing” online brochure drops the recommended weight from 7 to 3 pounds. According to the TPWD Outdoor Annual Hunting and Fishing Regulations, the recommended maximum weight is 5 pounds. Many anglers aren’t going to change the way they’ve traditionally handled fish, especially when the available recommendations are conflicting. Multiple calls to Juan Martinez, TPWD’s big bass program leader, were not returned.

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Preheat oven to 400F. Lightly grease a 9-inch deep pie dish. Season venison with salt and pepper. Roll in flour to coat. Heat butter in a large skillet over medium. Add venison and brown on all sides, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Add onions, carrots, and garlic; cook until softened, stirring, about 5 minutes. Add wine, peas, broth, and bay leaves; bring to a boil over high heat. Cover and simmer over mediumlow 20 minutes. Transfer mixture to prepared pie dish. Cover with prepared pastry dough and bake 20 to 25 minutes, until top is golden and juices are bubbly. — venisonrecipes.com

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HEROES

This big blue catfish was caught on a jug by Bo and Linda Black on Lake Tawakoni March 14.

The Egenolf grandkids enjoyed a September dove hunt with their grandpa Bob on the Santa Lupita Ranch in Wimberley. Pictured left to right are: April Egenolf, Bob Egenolf, friend Caden Dodson, Andrew Egenolf and Travis Egenolf.

SHARE AN ADVENTURE ■ Want to share hunting and ﬁ shing photos with other Lone Star Outdoor News readers? Email them with contact and caption information to editor@ lonestaroutdoornews.com. Highresolution original jpegs only. Mail prints to Heroes, Lone Star Outdoor News, P.O. Box 551695, Dallas, TX 75355.

Andrew Silva, 11, shot his first doe at his family’s lease in Rio Grand City with his dad and used his late granddad’s .25/06.

Seventeen-year-old angler Anna McCutchen caught this bass on near White Rock Lake in Dallas.

Austin Respondek took this big gobbler with an 11inch beard on April 5.

Robin Chisea of Hills of Texas Taxidermy in Llano with a 160-class buck taken with friends Frosty and Vicki Miller.

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NATIONAL State record rainbow trout in Oklahoma The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation has certified a new staterecord rainbow trout. Paul Glover of Sallisaw caught the new record on April 4, in the Lower Illinois River below Tenkiller Ferry dam. The trout weighed 11 pounds 4.32 ounces, measured 29 3/16 inches in length and 16 9/16 inches in girth. Glover’s catch bested the previous staterecord rainbow trout, which weighed 10 pounds 10.56 ounces, caught Nov. 17, 2013, at Lake Watonga by Mark Reed of Blanchard. Glover, a geography teacher at Sallisaw Middle School, was using a fly rod with 2-pound test line and a 1/80-ounce marabou jig that he had tied himself. Glover told the Tulsa World newspaper that he battled the big trout for about 15 minutes. “It was a good fight. It didn’t jump out of the water, but it fought hard,” he said. “I always kind of dreamed about catching a state record down there.” — ODWC

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More than 100 hunting, fishing, and conservation organizations, including the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, the National Wild Turkey Federation, Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever, Trout Unlimited, Dallas Safari Club, Pope & Young Club, the American Fly Fishing Trade Association, and more than 80 state-based groups, have released a letter to local and national decisionmakers opposing the sale or transfer of federally-managed public lands. Recipients include House members who met recently, and Senators who recently passed a budget resolution that could encourage the sale or transfer of public lands. “We’re calling on lawmakers to end this conversation now,” said Whit Fosburgh, TRCP’s president and CEO. “Nothing galvanizes sportsmen like the loss of access for hunting and fishing, and continuing to indulge this controversial idea is keeping us from the real task of managing our public lands.” Since late last year, efforts to wrest public lands from the federal government and put them under state ownership have been matched by the unanimous outcry of sportsmen across the country. — TRCP

Reese gets help to win on Guntersville When Skeet Reese arrived in Alabama last week for the Diet Mountain Dew Bassmaster Elite at Lake Guntersville, he had a solid plan in place for how he wanted to fish. His plan didn’t work. So instead, he just followed the lead of his friend and roommate on the tour, Byron Velvick. Velvick told Reese about the 7-inch Basstrix Swimbait — the largest version of a 15-year-old soft plastic bait that has seen a recent resurgence in popularity — and Reese used it to win with a fourday catch of 92 pounds, 11 ounces. He entered the final round in second place, more than 2 pounds behind Michael Iaconelli, but vaulted himself to the $100,000 victory with a Sunday catch of 25-5. His buddy, Velvick, placed second with 88-1. “You just couldn’t have scripted this any better,” said Reese, a California native who now has eight victories in B.A.S.S. events, including two on Guntersville. “I had a really tough practice. I was going out with the anticipation of catching 13 to 14 pounds a day — unless maybe I could find a big bite and come in with 16 to 17. But Byron turned me on to a bait, and it evolved into something special, a win.” — B.A.S.S.

Rhode, Hancock highlight World Champ roster in skeet Having missed out on the medal performance put forth by USA Shooting’s Shotgun Team at the 2014 World Shooting Championships, Kim Rhode and Vincent Hancock assured themselves another opportunity later this year by dominating Selection Match performances. Those two highlight the additional six athletes named to the team for World Cup Azerbaijan and the World Championships on the final day of USA Shooting’s Spring Selection Match at the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit in Fort Benning, Georgia. Joining them will be Caitlin Connor (Winnfield, Louisiana) and Morgan Craft (Muncy Valley, California) on the women’s side, the same team that has competed in this year’s first two World Cups. Joining Hancock on the men’s side are a couple of Texas natives in second-place finisher TJ Bayer (College Station, Texas) and Dustin Perry (Lovelady, Texas). — USA Shooting

Wisconsin wrestling coach fatally stabbed in fishing argument An argument that started on opposite banks of the St. Croix River led to a fatal stabbing at Interstate State Park in Wisconsin on April 14. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has identified the stabbing victim as Peter S. Kelly, 34, of St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin. Kelly was a married father of five children under age 9. He also was head youth wrestling coach for St. Croix Falls schools and a volunteer coach in the high school wrestling program. Officials still were seeking information Wednesday evening to identify the man who stabbed Kelly. “It’s a sad deal,” said Polk County Sheriff Pete Johnson. “I think it just started from chirping over the water.” The dispute began about 6:30 p.m., when Kelly and another Polk County man who were fishing on the Minnesota shore began arguing with three men on the Wisconsin side. The argument escalated for hours until Kelly and the other man got into a vehicle and drove over the U.S. 8 Bridge into Wisconsin to confront the other men, according to the sheriff’s office. An altercation took place in the southern part of the state park near a boat landing at about 9:45 p.m., and Kelly was stabbed by one of the three men who had been fishing on the Wisconsin side. He died at the scene, the sheriff’s office said. — PCSO

INTERNATIONAL Well-known African PH killed Chifuti Safaris professional hunter Ian Gibson was tragically killed by an elephant bull earlier this month while guiding an elephant hunt in Chewore North (lower Zambezi Valley). The details are just starting to emerge, however, it appears that Ian and his client had been on the tracks of an elephant bull for approximately five hours when they decided to take a break and allow the client to rest. Feeling he was quite close to the elephant, Ian and his tracker, Robert, continued to follow the tracks in hopes of getting a look at the ivory as the client, stayed with the game scout to rest. Robert indicated the bull was in musk. They eventually caught up to the bull, spotting him at about 50-100 meters. The bull instantly turned and began a full charge. Ian and Robert began shouting in order to stop the charge. At very close range, Ian was able to get off one shot before the bull killed him. — Safari Classics

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CROCKETT COUNTY $300 per hunter — Includes 2 nights lodging and meals. Spring turkey and wild hog hunters. Trophy blackbucks, $1,500 each. CALL (325) 392-5823 OR (325) 656-5449

RANCHO SIERRA VIEJA Aoudad Hunters — World class — not hunted in 20 years in Sierra Vieja mountains. (432) 386-7702. Ask to speak with Antanicio. Mule deer in Sierra Vieja Mountains below Marfa in Presidio County. (512) 327-5753. Ask to speak with Bob. 1.23.15TPWD

COTTON SEED FOR SALE Approx 200, 50-lb. bags stacked in barn. Must pick up, no delivery. 5 miles south of Carrizo Springs. Call (214) 361-2276 Ask for David.

DALLAS SAFARI CLUB MEMBERS Are you 21 to 40 years old? Join the new Conservation Society (a young professional group) We are a fun group and want you to learn about us. Contact Crystal at (972) 989-9800 or Crystal@biggame.org dscconservationsociety.org

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SPANISH IBEX CAPE Full body Southeastern spanish ibex cape for sale. Replace your old mount with a rare, hard to find, perfect condition cape. Call Gary at Rhodes Brothers Taxidermy (830) 896-6996

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BASS FISHING TOURNAMENTS Century Bass Club, Since 1976… Accepting new members anytime. Boater and Non-Boater draw format. Monthly tournaments: East Texas Lakes. B.A.S.S. Nation Affiliate. CenturyBassClub.com 214-507-7435

BOATS 2012 NAUTIC STAR 1910 Bay Boat Over $5k in add-ons $3k under NADA value. Jack or Barry (254) 662-0676

FISHING TROPHY STRIPERS Lake Texomal Guided fishign trips and cabins available. Complete packages also available. Visit CFAFISHING.COM TROPHY BASS AND BIRD HUNTING Fish famous Lake Guerrero. Hunt Dove, Quail, Ducks. Please contact Lago Vista Lodge today! dickyn@ lagovistalodge.com (713) 376-3938 or (281) 495-9296 SABINE LAKE FISHING Trout, flounder, reds. Captain Randy’s Guide Service running multiple boats. Check for specials at www.fishsabine.com (409) 719-6067 SOUTH PADRE FISHING Reds, Trout, Flounder, Snook. Everything supplied but food and licenses. Multiple trip discounts. Call Capt. Thomas for details or CDCT12005@aol.com. CustomSportsAnglers.com (956) 551-1965 COVERYOURBASS. COM Privacy, sun shade and rain shield — on a boat, back of truck or on the ground — in 60 seconds. The Bassroom

COLORADO RIVER FISHING Located in east Austin on the north bank of the Colorado River,  Latitude: 30.256179 Longitude: -97.634178 1-acre leased-access fishing, boating, and camping area. It offers 225 feet of bank access and serves as a boat launch, and overnight campground. Call for rates (512) 2890750. 1.23.15TPWD

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MISC. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS & MAPPING RANCH & HUNTING, AGRICULTURE, ENVIRONMENTAL, 2014 IMAGERY AVAILABLE BalboaMapCompany.com (806) 777-8840 ARROWHEADS AND ARTIFACTS I buy and sell authentic Texas artifacts. Please call Nick. (210) 557-9478 DECOYS WANTED WOODEN Duck and Goose. Top prices paid. Ask for David. (214) 361-2276

VEHICLES 2012 SKEETER FX 20

Dual 8’ Power Poles. Two Lowrance HDS 8 Gen 2. Motorguide 36V Trolling Motor. Yamaha 250 SHO. Call/Text Dustin For More Info (316) 655-8788

LOOKING FOR A FORD F-150 OR F-250 SUPER DUTY? I’m a lifelong hunter and can help you hunt for your next truck. Call Bobby at Rockwall Ford, (214) 632 7963.

I have a great selection of preowned trucks, as well. 2013 Ford F-150 SuperCrew Cab 4x4 5.0L — $30,999 2012 Ford F-150 SuperCrew Cab 4x4 — $31,999 2013 Ford F-250 Crew Cab 6.7L — $48,999

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National Wild Turkey Federation Rusk County Gobblers Banquet Henderson Civic Center (903) 595-4567 nwtf.org

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Taxidermy King Big Game Trophy Mount and Western Auction Will Rogers Center, Fort Worth (512) 451-7633 taxidermyking.com

APRIL 25

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Permian Basin Big Game Banquet Midland (432) 352-7051 rmef.org Dallas Safari Club Conservation Society Annual Crawfish Boil Lee Harvey’s (972) 980-9800 biggame.org Bass Champs South Region #4 Falcon International Reservoir (817) 439-3274 basschamps.com

APRIL 30

Ducks Unlimited San Angelo Dinner San Angelo Knights of Columbus Hall (325) 245-5137 ducks.org/texas Ducks Unlimited Texas State University Banquet Hill Country Event Center, San Marcos (469) 955-4919 ducks.org/texas

Coastal Conservation Association Fort Worth Banquet Joe T’s (713) 626-4222 ccatexas.org Coastal Conservation Association Central Houston Chapter Banquet Bayou City Event Center (713) 626-4222 ccatexas.org

MAY 1

Operation Game Thief Clay Stoppers Shootout Capitol Trap and Skeet Club, Austin (512) 389-4381 ogttx.org Ducks Unlimited Stephen F. Austin Dinner Party N Things, Nacogdoches (409) 383-8644 ducks.org/texas Coastal Conservation Association Texas A&M Chapter Banquet The Brazos Center, Bryan (713) 626-4222 ccatexas.org

MAY 2

Bass Champs North Region #2 Cedar Creek Reservoir (817) 439-3274 basschamps.com Bass on the Fly Lake Fork Tournament tedwarren@peoplescom.net bassonthefly.org

MAY 2-3

Tejas Bowmen “Buc Days” Tournament tejasbowmenarcheryclub.com

MAY 5

Ducks Unlimited Islander Banquet Bluff’s Landing Marina, Corpus Christi (361) 207-1770 ducks.org/texas

MAY 14 MAY 6

Ducks Unlimited West Houston Dinner Chateau Crystale (713) 724-2237 ducks.org/texas

MAY 7

National Wild Turkey Federation Cottonwood Creek Chapter Banquet Stonebriar Country Club, Frisco (972) 436-4179 nwtf.org Houston Safari Club Sporting Clays Tournament Greater Houston Gun Club (281) 437-6025 houstonsafariclub.org Coastal Conservation Association Austin Chapter Banquet Palmer Events Center (713) 626-4222 ccatexas.org Coastal Conservation Association Mid Coast Banquet Victoria Community Center (713) 626-4222 ccatexas.org

MAY 9

Dallas Safari Club 8th Annual Big Bore Shoot Trinity Outfitters, Ennis (972) 980-9800 biggame.org

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Bass Champs East Region #4 Toledo Bend Reservoir (817) 439-3274 basschamps.com

Coastal Conservation Association San Antonio Chapter Banquet Freeman Coliseum Grounds (210) 599-3690 ccatexas.org

MAY 16

Bass Champs Central Region #4 Lake LBJ (817) 439-3274 basschamps.com

MAY 16-17

Texas Gun and Knife Shows Abilene Civic Center (830) 285-0575 texasgunandknifeshows.com

MAY 21

Mule Deer Foundation Fort Bend Chapter Banquet Knights of Columbus Hall, Houston (832) 868-4182 muledeer.org

MAY 22

Texas Dove Hunters Association 2nd Annual TDHA Texas Tea Shootout Windwalker Farms, Stanton (210) 764-1189 texasdovehunters.com

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