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Lacy Haber of Denison hashunted big game for 40-plusyears, but the 1,100-pound bullelk he bagged with a bow in NewMexico this month was one forthe record books.

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With bowhunting season for deeropening in many counties on Oct.1, hunters who want an edge thisyear can get one with a bird’s-eyeview from their favorite easychair.

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FISHING NEWSIf you think all the snapper aregone with the summer, thinkagain. With the right guide,snapper fishing can be a realitythis fall off the Texas coast.

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CONSERVATION NEWSAfter a decade of drought, rainin the western part of the statehas allowed fish and wildliferoom to recover.

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NATIONAL NEWSDucks Unlimited has pledged tohelp restore Louisiana’swetlands that were ravaged afterHurricane Katrina with $15million in aid. Marshes are animportant factor in softening theblow from hurricanes, accordingto experts.

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Volume 2, Issue 3September 23, 2005

By Mark England

Gary Taylor’s house inSlidell, La., built on 10-foot stilts, escaped thewrath of Hurricane

Katrina, but she took out herfury on everything else heowned.

Her monstrous storm surgetrashed the veteran fishing

guide’s welding machine storedunder the house and stole histools, rods and tackle. His boatalmost bought it, too. Katrinafound the 31-foot Lafitte Skiffstored on a bay a couple milesaway — knocking out the win-dows and pummeling the cabinto the point it will likely have tobe rebuilt.

Taylor would have called his

Hurricane helpFisheries devastated; Texas sends wardens

By Robert Cadwallader

Working in a San Antoniogrocery store, ChrisCuny knew he was at

the wrong end of the food pro-duction business.

“I love being outdoors, andI’ve always wanted to be inwildlife management,’’ he said.“But I never got to go to schoolfor it.’’

He’s getting a second chance— close to home.

The Colorado OutdoorAdventure Guide School plansto open a South Texas “campus,”actually it will use two ranchesnear Carrizo Springs, featuringwhat it calls a first-of-its-kind

curriculum in whitetail deer. Thefirst of six courses starts inFebruary, teaching studentsabout management, nutrition,native brush, scouting and otherbasic skills needed to become aprofessional hunting guide.

Cuny knew he was seriousabout it when he barely flinchedat the $3,500 tuition for the 100-hour, two-week course.

“I said, ‘This is a chance of alifetime,’ so I figured I’d bettertry it at least,’’ he said.

Gary Jordan, president of theguide school, said he intends tocapitalize on the popularity ofwhitetail hunting in Texas. Theprogram is unique, he said, bothin its focus and its location in

Whitetail school opens

By Bink Grimes

Teal hunters are callingthis season’s opener thebest they can rememberafter a weekend of fast

shooting and easy limits.What a difference a year makes.

A year ago, waterfowlers acrossthe state enjoyed more conversa-

tion in the field than fast-flyingbluewings.

“Everyone I have talked to gottheir birds,” said Mike Grigar,owner of Johnny’s Sport Shop inEagle Lake, a long-establishedhub for hunters. “It was foggyhere, and many hunter said theyhad to wait until the fog lifted toget their ducks.”

All of Texas, with the exception

of isolated regions in thePanhandle, saw little rainfall dur-ing the six weeks preceding tealseason, leaving dry, cracked earthwhere shallow ponds normallyexisted. With the absence of pre-cipitation, wildlife managers andoutfitters were forced to dig deepinto their pockets to pump waterto flats and leveed ponds. Some

Teal opener scores full bags

Terrifictarpon

By David Sikes

Whispers about PortO’Connor’s tarpon fish-ing have turned intoshouts recently.

Tarpon have been around the areafor years, but now they’ve becomethe bay’s stars.

El Pescador boat builder and PortO’Connor fishing lodge owner DaveKveton recalled his first accidentalencounter with a tarpon in EspirituSanto Bay 12 years ago. He evenremembers the time of day: 2 p.m. Itwas during a summer trout tripwhen someone on his boat spottedthe shadow of a big fish some 10 feetaway in a clear tide.

Continued on page 4

BIG SPLASH: A tarpon explodes out of the water in an attempt to throw the hook.

FLYING HIGH: Teal season gets a great start.

Continued on page 10

MAKING DO: Guy Buras takes a shower in a destroyed fish camp on Highway 11 inSlidell, La., on Tuesday, Aug. 30, after riding out the storm in his apartment. Photoby Mari Darr~Welch/AP.



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insurance agent, but he wasn’taround — having lost his ownhouse.

“It’s a mess,” Taylor said.“Most houses are gone. Debris ispiled up 4 or 5 feet high. Most ofmy stuff is gone for evermore. Ihave insurance. They tell you tocall an 800-number. You trythat. You try calling FEMA, too.”

Taylor rode out the storm inSouth Carolina at a relative’shouse. But he “snuck around alittle bit” and got home as soonas possible.

What he found was shocking. “You’d see what you thought

was a piece of junk still standing,and the newer houses, the moremodern houses, are gone,”Taylor said. “You see a lot of thatkind of stuff.”

Taylor’s area of expertise is theLouisiana Marsh — a maze oflagoons, bays and bayous rich introut and redfish. He estimates itwill be a year before he’s guidinganglers through it again.

“There’s no place for people tolive, much less to stay whilethey’re down here fishing,” hesaid.

The loss to the commercialand recreational fishing indus-tries could top $1 billion.Officials admit they have noimmediate way to tally the loss-es to the state’s roads, bridges,marinas, fishing camps and ice-making facilities — all of whichmade Louisiana a prime fishingspot. U.S. Commerce SecretaryCarlos Gutierrez formallydeclared a fishery failure in theGulf of Mexico. The mainaffected area stretches fromPensacola, Fla., to the Texas bor-der.

The declaration makes federalrelief funds available to assessthe impact, restore the fisheries,prevent future failure and assistfishing communities’ recoveryefforts. It also allows for directassistance to fishermen.

Two of Louisiana’s mostfamous fishing sites — theChandeleur Islands and Venice— took a direct hit from Katrina.

The Chandeleurs are a narrowstring of sandy barriers in theGulf, about 70 miles east of NewOrleans, that offer a uniqueblend of surf and grass-flats fish-ing. Half the islands were sub-

merged or washed away. A light-house on the northern end ofthe Chandeleurs vanished.

“There were a bunch ofbreaches,” said Tommy Michot,a biologist for the NationalWetlands Research Center inLafayette. “Only the big islandsremain. A lot of the beach con-necting them was completelyoverwashed.”

Michot, a pilot, flew over theislands after Katrina poundedthem. He also got a look atVenice, where the MississippiRiver long ago carved out under-water canyons that provide aninland home to tuna, wahooand marlin.

“Venice was hit really hard,”Michot said. “The human struc-tures there took a heck of a beat-ing.”

With levees on two sides,Venice has problems similar tothose of New Orleans.

“Not nearly as great becauseit’s not nearly as populated,”Michot said. “But there’strapped water, which is stag-nant; a lot of debris and materi-al that’s biodegrading, whichwill cause a biological problem;and there’s a bunch of oil leaks.”

New Orleans is the measuringstick for Katrina’s damage, ofcourse. A bunch of Texas war-dens — 53 officers with 52 vehi-cles and 50 boats — answered itscall for help in the first couple ofweeks after the hurricane hit. It

marked the first time TexasParks and Wildlife deployedgame wardens out of state. Thewardens came face-to-face withthe brutal aftermath of the hur-ricane — from rescuing topatrolling to protecting citizens,they did it all. While there, theyrescued 1,500 patients fromCharity Hospital. One womanthere begged them to save her82-year-old grandmother, aninvalid trapped nearby. Maj.Butch Shoop, the Fort Worthregional director, dispatched aboat to bring her back.

The woman, after having war-dens carry her grandmotherover to Shoop so they could beintroduced, thanked him.

“She said, ‘Mr. Butch, can Ihug your neck?’ I said, ‘I don’tsmell very good, but go ahead.’She said, ‘I don’t know you, but Ilove you and I love what you’redoing,’” Shoop said.

Most people are now out ofNew Orleans, which came closeto becoming a modern-day

Atlantis as water flooded thebelow-sea-level city. By lateOctober, it could be pumped dry.In time, the tides and theMississippi River will flush outareas like Venice and theLouisiana Marsh.

But it’s doubtful things willever get back to normal.

“Everything I knew about fish-

ing around here is going to bedifferent,” Taylor said. “Terrain-wise, I’ll have to start fromscratch. I’ll have the jump on acomplete stranger, but it’s goingto be different.”

Mark England, a Dallas-areawriter, has more than two decadesof experience as a journalist.

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TO THE EDITORWhat a coincidence. The

day after snorkeling at theSouth Jetty in Port Aransas, Iread your (Aug. 26) articleabout the resurgence of snookin the Texas Gulf Coast. OnAug. 28, we spotted a schoolof snook — 20 to 25 of them. Afriend who was snorkelingwith me is a very experienceddiver/snorkeler, and that’swhat he said they were. (Thefish) ranged from 12 inches to18 inches or so and were a sil-very/white color with a nar-row dark stripe down eachside. At first we saw a singleone that was large, maybe 24inches, and we swam in circleswith it. Then we swam fartherout along the jetty and that’swhen we saw the school ofthem.

Nancy HamiltonCorpus Christi, Texas

Ducks Unlimited pledged$15 million to helprestore coastal wetlandsin Louisiana damaged

by Hurricane Katrina.DU President Jim Hulbert called

the damage wreaked by HurricaneKatrina a “national tragedy.”

“The human loss and suffering isstaggering,” Hulbert said. “To getpeople’s lives back to normal asquickly as possible requires notonly that services and homes berestored and rebuilt but also thatthe critical coastal wetlands thathelp protect those homes and peo-ple be restored too. Wetlandsrestoration is what DucksUnlimited does best.”

In concert with partner conser-vation organizations, federal con-servation agencies and the state of

Louisiana, Ducks Unlimited plansto restore 52,000 acres along theLouisiana coast by 2008, saidExecutive Vice President DonYoung.

Young says the pledge is the cen-ter point of DU’s new LouisianaCoastal Restoration Initiative.

“We’ll leverage that money withother sources to increase funds asmuch as possible to work with ourpartners and the State of Louisianato restore America’s Wetland,”Young said.

One mile of coastal marsh canreduce a storm surge by one foot.The 29-foot storm surge recordedduring Katrina was the highestever recorded during a Gulf Coasthurricane.

—A Ducks Unlimited report

DU pledges $15 millionfor Louisiana marshes

ENFORCEMENT: (Top) Armed Texas gamewardens surround a group of peoplewho allegedly stole a mail truck toescape the flooded areas of NewOrleans East after Katrina hit. Thesuspects were freed but forced tocontinue on foot. Photo by RickWilking, Reuters.

RESCUE: (Right) Texas game wardensrescue victims in aftermath ofHurricane Katrina. Photo by EarlNottingham, Texas Parks and Wildlife.

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Every time there are wide-spread rains of half aninch or more across WestTexas, the San Angelo

Standard-Times puts a drawingof a crowing red rooster, GeneralRainz, on the front page.

Following flooding rains inmid-August, General Rainz isprobably hoarse and looking forhigh ground.

“The rains were good news forfish and wildlife,” says BobbyFarquhar of San Angelo, regionaldirector for Texas Parks andWildlife’s Inland FisheriesDivision. “We got about 10 inch-es above our average rainfall lastyear, and so far this year we arerunning about 4 inches ahead.This puts us in really good shapefor rains we may get this fall,which is normally our rainy sea-son.”

After nearly a decade ofdrought, rain began returning tothe western part of the state lastyear. In the fall of 2004, E.V.Spence Reservoir caught about 6feet of water, and O.C. FisherLake rose 12 feet. This August’srains augmented the levels ofthose lakes and caused cata-strophic flooding around LakeStamford, which rose 14 feet inless than three days. Up to 10inches of rain fell from Big Springto Temple, causing several deathsfrom highway flooding.

Many lakes within a 100-mileradius of San Angelo caught atleast a foot or two of water.Others saw much bigger rises:Champion Creek, 3.5 feet; J.B.Thomas, 6 feet; E.V. Spence, 8feet; Oak Creek, 7 feet; and O.C.Fisher, 12 feet.

“We will put the lakes thatcaught water on the priority listfor stocking,” Farquhar says.“Some that caught water lastNovember were stocked this pastspring. If a lake has new floodedhabitat, we will put it on the listto be stocked again next spring.While those fish won’t be catch-able size for a year or two, peopleare already seeing improved fish-ing in the lakes that caughtwater last November. We’re hear-ing that anglers on E.V. Spenceare catching limits of white bassand lots of small stripers for thefirst time in four or five years.That’s really good news forthem.”

Farquhar tempers his opti-mism with a bit of West Texashumor — “Like the old-timerssay, the next drought starts theday it stops raining” — but theeffect the rains have had on theregion is apparent even to thecasual observer. Normallybrown in August, roadsides andpastures are verdant and stockponds are brimming.

Timing of the rains may be

particularly important, saysMandy Scott, assistant fisheriesbiologist. “When we have heavyrains in the winter, we some-times have an outbreak of gold-en alga,” she says. “The factthese rains came in the summermay mean that won’t happen.”

Fisheries biologist Craig Bondssays monitoring of fish popula-tions and golden alga status willbe stepped up to enable TPW tomake the most of the situation.“We will be doing more thanroutine monitoring to deter-mine where the greatest need isand use that information to pri-oritize our stocking requests andto keep anglers informed onwhere the best fishing is,” hesays.

Scott added that anglers canhelp in the rebuilding of thefishery on O.C. Fisher by practic-ing catch-and-release. “We havestocked 9-inch channel catfishand adult largemouth bass, andwe encourage anglers to releasethem so they can spawn,” shesays.

Rising water levels have alsoimproved access at O.C. Fisher,where the three-lane boat rampis now usable, and Oak Creek,where the ramp near the damagain reaches the lake.

— A Texas Parks and Wildlifereport

Rains out west aid habitat

Texas Parks and Wildlifehas introduced a newbrochure that detailsprohibited species and

describes the harm to humansand the ecosystem that couldresult if each of the exotic (non-native) species makes it out intothe environment.

For example, in the case of pro-hibited tilapia: They may com-pete with native fish for resourcesand inhibit reproduction in somenative species, and also maydestroy vegetation and habitat bydigging holes for spawning.

The brochure and companionposter is being distributed toTPW law enforcement and fish-eries offices statewide. Printingwas funded through the settle-ment of a large case involvingexotic/prohibited species. TPWworked closely with the HarrisCounty District Attorney’sOffice on the project.

A total of 5,000 brochures and500 posters were printed.

“Posters will be distributed togroceries and markets wherethere have been problems in thepast with these prohibitedspecies. Texas Game Wardenswill also distribute them onpatrols and in outreach meet-ings,” said Lance Robinson inCoastal Fisheries, who dealswith exotic species and worksnear Houston.

The idea for the project hap-pened when Houston-area gamewardens found Asian swamp eelsand some prohibited tilapia, anddiscovered a huge distribution ofwater spinach, which is also pro-hibited but is a staple in the Asiandiet. More than a ton was confis-cated recently and had beengrowing for more than a decade,according to investigators. Nowwater spinach will only beallowed through a permittingprocess.

“The goal is to try and educatethe public about these prohibiteditems and try to explain why they

are prohibited,” Robinson said.The species listed in the new

brochure are: pacific oysters(unshucked), all species ofcynoscion in the drum familyexcept spotted seatrout,snakesheads, anguillidae in thefreshwater eel family, grapsidaein the mitten crab family, tilapianot from a TPW facility, syn-branchidae in the swamp eelfamily, penaeidae in the penaeidshrimp family, all species ofgiant rams-horn snails, con-volvulaceae in the water spinachfamily and a number of speciesof several Asian or Chinese carp,including piranhas.

For a complete list of prohibit-ed exotic species in Texas, visitwww.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/exotic. For abrochure, visit a TPW LawEnforcement office or call (512)389-4864.

—A Texas Parks and Wildlifereport

Prohibited species publicized


HUNTING

Scouting for deer in youreasy chair can pay off big

By Lynn Burkhead

On the ground, it maynot have looked likemuch.

But from the air — ormore appropriately, from an aer-ial photo — it looked like white-tail gold.

That’s an appropriate way todescribe the primo stand loca-tion that Texas bowhunter GaryKinard located on a ColemanCounty hunting property sever-al years ago.

“That place had about a 40-acre wheat field and it had a bigmesquite thicket next to it,”Kinard said. “The deer wouldbed up in that thicket and thentravel to that wheat field.”

Specifically, they would travelalong a creek drainage that con-tained scattered oak trees rain-ing down acorns.

As the creek neared the grainfield food source, a brushy drawjutted its way up to the wheat.And that’s where Kinard, of AllStar Archery in East Dallas, rec-

ognized a honey hole of a standlocation if he had ever seen one.

After putting a stand up atthat strategic travel corridor,the results spoke for them-selves.

“It was something that wespotted with our aerial photos,since it is easy to distinguishmesquite trees from hardwoodson such a map,” Kinard said.“We eventually killed four orfive bucks out of that stand.”

Tom Miranda, host of theESPN Outdoors’ TV show“Advantage Adventures,” is awhitetail hunting expert whoroutinely uses topographicalmaps and aerial photos to hisbig buck hunting advantage.

“I try to draw myself a littlepicture in my mind on how thedeer are moving through (anarea),” Miranda said.

Half a continent away, Indianadeer hunting expert BradHerndon remembers vividly thenight when the light bulb cameon in his head concerning maps,aerial photos and deer huntinghotspots.

That occurred as he sat in hiseasy chair looking at a topo mapof a favored hunting locale.

Suddenly, he noticed a saddlethat stood out like a sore thumbon the map. While Herndon hadindeed walked the area before,limited signs had never encour-aged him enough to hang a standthere.

Knowing that deer often takethe path of easiest and leastresistance, further map study inhis easy chair convincedHerndon to hang a stand in thelocation.

It turned out to be a goodchoice, signs or no signs.

“It was December when I firsthunted it,” Herndon said. “I saw11 deer on that first hunt.”

In fact, Herndon actuallyended up shooting at, and miss-ing, the biggest buck of hiscareer. The 12-point buck wasrun over the next year on thehighway and netted 182 inches.

That experience made it clearfor Herndon that hunters canlearn much about their hunting

MIGRATORY BIRD REPORTPANHANDLE: Hunters enjoyed a solid teal opener on playa lakes. Recentrain there has some lakes north of Abilene brim full. Outfitters reportedeasy limits on mostly bluewings over the weekend, though somegreenwings were harvested, too. Dove hunting has slowed, partly due tohunter participation, and partly due to scattered dove numbers since theopener. The region needs a cool front to push Midwest birds to the HighPlains. Prospects are fair to good.

CENTRAL ZONE DOVE: Shooting near San Antonio has been fair to goodover corn and milo. Better shoots have been had near watering holes withthe absence of rainfall. Uvalde and Hondo have scored limits of mournersand whitewings for hunters willing to hunt morning and afternoon. SouthZone fields in the area are building strong numbers of birds as pressureddoves are finding solitude in fields just across the highway. Brownwood,Waco, San Saba and fields north of Austin are fair for mourners and a fewwhitewings. Prospects are fair to good.

SOUTH ZONE DOVE: Fields near George West, Fashing, Three Rivers,Laredo, Raymondville, Tilden, Freer and other towns with solid crops lookpromising for the Sept. 23 opener. The only uncertainty is whereHurricane Rita could hit land on the Texas coast. Depending on landfall,hunters should expect steady rainfall, which could hurt bird flight. Thebag limit is 12 birds. Prospects are good.

TEAL SEASON: Reports from coastal hunters indicate, maybe, the best tealopener since the special season reopened in 1991. Waterfowlers on thecoastal prairie counties of Wharton, Jackson, Lavaca, Colorado, Brazoria,Matagorda and Chambers saw the greatest influx of birds. Early morningfog hurt decoying action over the weekend; however, once the fog lifted,hunters in Garwood, El Campo, Eagle Lake, Sealy, Katy and Midfieldenjoyed limit hunts. Marsh hunters near Anahuac, High Island, Freeport,Matagorda, Seadrift and Rockport saw steady action. Biologist ToddMerendino reported good shoots on Peach Point WMA near Freeport andMad Island WMA near Bay City. Merendino said Guadalupe Delta WMAnear Port Lavaca was somewhat slower. Fair hunts were posted on shallowflats on Lake O’ the Pines, Caddo Lake, Lake Fork and Toledo Bend.Conditions in East Texas have been dry throughout the summer and mostcounties are under a burn ban. Lack of water in backwater sloughs andtimber ponds hurt hunting there. Teal season ends at sunset Sept.25.

—Bink Grimes

DEAD AIM: Hunters who want an edge this season should map their terrain beforehand. Continued on page 11

By Bob Hood

Waterfowl decoy manufacturers aretaking the old saying that “birds of afeather flock together” to heart, andtheir new non-motorized motion

decoys are winning the affection of manyhunters.

From a hunter’s point of view, these new stand-alone motion decoys are much easier on the wal-let than the expensive battery-powered fakestersthat bring decoys to life.

What’s so important about adding a motiondecoy to your bag?

Ducks and geese, likemost game birds, aref l o c k - o r i e n t e d .Nothing says safetylouder than the sight ofa number of theircohorts moving aboutcomfortably at thewater’s edge or comingin for a landing.

Now put yourselfwhere the ducks andgeese are — high in theair and looking down atyour decoys. Even witha slight breeze, yourdecoys look more like agroup of country west-ern linedancers inultra-slow motion thana bunch of ducks or geese moving about natural-ly.

And don’t forget — those ducks and geese youare trying to lure into your spread may not havecompletely forgotten being shot at over a similarscene a day or two earlier.

Decoy manufacturers began helping hunterssolve that problem a few years ago with theirofferings of motorized decoys. There is no deny-ing that battery-powered decoys have workedwell, but the trend being noticed today is a surgein the production of non-motorized motiondecoys that do the same thing only with the helpof Mother Nature and at a more affordable price.

Here are a few: Greenhead Universal’s Motion

Stakes can be used on full-body duck decoys andgoose shells. The fiberglass stakes are 1/4 inch indiameter and 18 1/2 inches long. When mountedon the stakes, a decoy will provide excellent life-like movement in even the slight breeze or stronggust of wind. A package of 12 sells for $49.95.

Also available from Greenhead is the DecoyDancers, an effective and simple motion decoystand made for the Greenhead Gear full-bodygoose decoys. The stand causes the decoy to movevertically and horizontally in the wind, evenadjusting to changing wind conditions. The sug-gested retail price is $24.49 for a package of two.

The Glide’n Duck is just that — a decoy thatsimulates a duck gliding in for a landing 1 to 2

feet above the water. Itis completely wind-operated. The wingsmove up and downwhen they catch apocket of wind. Thecost is about $40 for apackage of two decoys(mallard hen anddrake).

From Carry-Litecomes a Flying Mallardwith a 23-inchwingspan or a flyingCanada goose with a48-inch wingspan. Thedecoys come withsprings that fit intopieces of conduit togive them added move-

ment with the slightest breeze. The duck decoysells for about $90 and the goose decoy sells forabout $80.

The Air Lucky decoy is a full-body duck decoyon a three-piece stake whose wings rotate inwinds as low as 3 mph. It sells for about $40. Thedecoy self-rights into the wind and provides thesame features of a spinning-type motorizeddecoy, only it’s powered by the wind. It operateseven in extreme conditions of up to 50 mph. Thesuggested retail price is $39.95.

Bob Hood is an outdoor writer for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and frequent contributor to Lone StarOutdoor News.

Hunters applaud decoymovement in industry

SECOND THE MOTION: Motion decoys are gaining popularity overmotorized decoys. A Greenhead Gear Real Motion pro-grade full-body decoy.

By Lynn Burkhead

Denison’s Lacy Harber isa world-class big-gamehunter who is nostranger to taking big

game animals around NorthAmerica and the rest of theworld with a bow.

But even he was a bit speech-less after his Sept. 7 hunt thatproduced what could end upbeing the largest non-typicalbull elk ever taken with archerygear in the state of New Mexico.

That bull, taken on the550,000-acre Acoma IndianReservation near Grants, N.M., isa staggering wapiti with a mas-sive 7 x 6 main frame completewith five abnormal kickerpoints.

Taped by Safari ClubInternational scorer JamesTorivio Jr., the 7 1/2-year-old bullweighed about 1,100 pounds andboasts a current SCI score of 4114/8 inches as a typical and 4252/8 inches as a non-typical.

The Harber bull could poten-tially climb atop the New MexicoSCI record books for a bow-killedelk when all is said and done.

“This was my most excitinghunt ever,” Harber said.“Hunting elk when they’rebugling with a bow is a challeng-ing and exciting hunt and I love

that above all other hunts.”Even with a number of bow-

killed elk under his belt, includ-ing some big bulls scoring wellinto the upper 300s, little couldhave prepared Harber for thewapiti he did battle with a weekago in the Land ofEnchantment.

Despite a slow start, that is.“I was hunting the third day,

(but) I hadn’t heard manybugles,” Harber admitted.

That’s when Harber’s elkhunting fortunes began tochange.

“I heard some cows mewing,talking among themselves,”Harber said.

“I had a Hoochie Mama calland I started calling and afterabout three sets of calls, I got abugle that answered me.”

While most bowhunterswould have tried to out duel theelk in a bugling contest, Harberis a big believer in doing just theopposite.

“I’ve found out over the yearsthat you only use your buglewhen you’re trying to locate thebull,” Harber said.

“I just cow call once I locatethe bull.”

Doing just that, Harber and hisguide Sam Diswood tried to lurethe lovesick elk in for about 45minutes.

With sunlight waning, the

Texas bowhunter finally got aglimpse of the unseen bull, awapiti carrying headbones thatcould take the breath away froma hunter, even a seasoned onelike Harber.

“I took my binoculars and Ilooked at him and I could see injust an instant looking at himthat it was a monster bull,”Harber said.

As the quartering giant closedto within 38 yards, Harber drewand held for nearly a minutewaiting for a shot opportunity.

When that opportunity finallycame, Harber was able to thread

his arrow through one lung andliver.

After watching the bull stop at75 yards with the arrow buriedup to its fletching, the giantwapiti slowly disappeared intothe dark timber.

Instead of giving chase, Harberand his guide decided to give theelk time to expire.

While that decision undoubt-edly led to a nervous night ofsleep for Harber, he found histrophy without much troublethe next morning.

“My wife (Dorothy) found himabout 75 yards into the trees,”

Harber said. “When the guidessaw him, they just got on theirknees. They couldn’t believe it.”

While nothing is official yet,the bull appears to be true asadvertised. It could ascend to thetop of the Pope & Young Club’sarchery listings for a non-typicalbull elk taken in New Mexico.Haber’s bull appears to be 4096/8 inches on the P&Y scale. Therecord is listed at 402 5/8 inchesfor the category, according to thenewest P&Y record book.

Also, the elk could rank in thePope & Young Club’s all-time“Top 10” list, as high as eighth.


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Josh Hill, 22, of Dallas caughtthe smallmouth buffalo onMarch 29 on a self-tied fly and

fly rod at the Pedernales River.It was certified at 20.89 poundsand 33 inches with a girth of 24inches.

Hill won the water bodyrecord and state record, receiv-ing certificates for those awardsfrom Texas Parks and Wildlife.

“It’s an interesting story howI caught the fish,” Hill said. “Ihad just graduated from UT-Austin and had to do a thesisand did it on fly fishing and thewhite bass run. I found a profes-sor there who had the recordsmallmouth buffalo (beforethis catch), Gibbs Milliken. Butwe actually went out fishing forthe white bass for my thesisproject. All of the sudden I hitsomething pretty big and waslike, ‘This is not a white bass.’ Ifought the fish for 45 minutes. Ieventually landed it by workingit into a shallow groove. Afterthat, the professor and I wentout and celebrated.”

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Dallas man captures world record on fly rod

RECORD CATCH: Josh Hill with record fish.

Surprising snapper: catch them this fall

SNAPPIN’ SNAPPERS: Scott Isbell, Andy Millovitsch hold up fish they caught 40 miles offshore from Port Aransas. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

By Brian Holden

Six bewildered anglersstood at the transom ofthe big Mickelson, rods inhand, awaiting orders

from the bridge. Their pin perchdangled in the water like lambsbeing led to the slaughter.

“Hold on, just a second. Letme move a little left. OK, I’mgonna turn the bow into thewind a little,” the captain shout-ed.

The anglers were told thatthey were making a stop forsome red snapper, but the onlyplatform in sight was a few milesaway. But there was little time towonder.

“Hang on … wait … wait … OK,drop ’em!” shouted the voicefrom the bridge.

All six anglers free-spooledtheir reels as instructed and lettheir baits drop to a depth of 175feet. A bright pink Dacron markin the line made the chore error-proof. During the 25-secondfree-fall into the depths, eachangler silently wondered if thecaptain had finally found thatfabled spot: the middle ofnowhere. Six reels were clickedinto gear, and five of theminstantly bowed to the unmis-takable weight of a formidablered snapper. The lone fishlessangler watched the others dobattle, waiting for a strike of hisown.

“Reel that one up; you lostyour bait on the drop,” came thevoice from the bridge. Five snap-per appeared near the surface, allin the 5- to 7-pound range. Itbecame obvious that the onlyviable explanation for the miss-ing sixth fish was a bare hookhanging 175 feet below the boat.

Six more baits, four moresnapper. Six more, five more. Inless than 20 minutes, everyangler on the boat had his limitof snapper ranging from 5pounds to pushing 10. They allstood staring at one another indisbelief. “I can’t believe thathappened so fast,” commentedfisherman Dan Holden. “Besidesa lot of snapper, what the heck isdown there?” The only answerhe got was a silent smirk fromthe captain. How, in a time



By Bob Lusk

Casting a chartreuse spin-nerbait next to an under-water brush pile, yourheart seems to stop for

an instant at the lunging strike of astrong, hungry largemouth bass.Rod bent double, the drag sings as4-pound test line peels offs whilethe fish heads for safety in thebrush. The fight is on. Finally, sheturns and yields. At the boat, justas you are ready to lip the monster,it turns and makes one moreplunge. Line snaps, and you areleft with a splash, two emptyhands and the vision of a grandfish.

You know, in your heart, youand that fish will cross pathsagain.

It has to. The creature lives inyour pond.

Pond management isn’t an acci-dent. It’s a thoughtful plan, an artbolstered by solid science.Thoughtful pond management

revolves around four fundamentalprinciples: habitat, food chain,genetics and harvest — in thatorder. Start with objectives. If youknow your goals, you are morelikely to hit them. Then create amanagement strategy around the“big four.”

As you plan to manage a pond,think about the best habitat foryour fish. Want a balanced fishery,with bass, bluegill and maybe afew catfish? Learn about thosefish, and the habitat they need tothrive. Then supply it. Habitat isbasically areas where that speciesof fish can live, eat, reproduce andbe safe. That’s it. But, withoutproper habitat for the fish youwant, don’t expect them to thrive.

Up next is food chain. Some fisheat fish, other fish are eaten byaforementioned fish. Know whichfish you plan to stock, and makesure their forage fish have the besthabitat.

When stocking a pond, thinkthree, four, five years ahead. What

Pond managementyields fabulous fish

Private club lakesare worth a try

By Wes Smalling

Fishing a leased lake for aday through one of Texas’fishing membership clubscan take the guesswork

out of finding where the big bassare biting this fall.

Members of The AmericanGame and Fish Club, formerlythe Great American Bass Club,have fishing access to 100 pri-vately owned lakes across Texas.

“The advantage of being amember is we catalog a hundredlakes, and if they are doing wellyou’re going to know about it,”said American Fish and GameClub president Derek Stratton.For nonmembers who aren’tsure about plunking down $250to start a membership, any ofthe club’s lakes can be fished fora day for a trial-fishing fee of$12.50.

“You can call the office andwe’ll put you on the spot (wherethey’re biting),” Stratton said.“With us you’re going to have alot more spots to go to all overthe state. No matter where youare, we’re going to have spotsyou can go to and fish.”

Flag Springs, near Dallas andBonham, and Waco Creek Lake,near Austin and San Saba, are thehot spots right now, he said.Waco Creek Lake produces bassin the 10- to 14-pound class on a

regular basis.“The fishing really picks up in

late February and March, but itcan be good in the fall,” Strattonsaid, adding that most of thetime you can have an entire laketo yourself.

Of course, public waters tendto be less crowded in the fall, too— just as the weather cools andthe fishing starts getting good,said Greg McFadin, president ofthe Bass-N-More Bass Club, astatewide bass fishing tourna-ment circuit. “It’s finally startingto pick up,” he said. “But noweverybody’s getting ready fordeer hunting.”

After deer season, The Lakes ofDanbury with its five privatelakes would be the perfect placeto go. Jim Thompson, owner ofthe secluded, private bass fisherythat’s about 40 miles south ofHouston, said the fishing is a lit-tle slow right now, but shouldget hot in a couple of months.

“It’ll probably be lateNovember before we get our fallbite,” Thompson said. “Then it’sactually as good as or better thanthe spring. Most people sayspring is the best, but that’sprobably because they’ve neverfished in the fall. This is theprime time to get in a club andget ready for fall fishing.”

An individual membership toThe Lakes of Danbury costs aninitial $795, plus monthly dues

of $169. Nonmembers can try itout for a day for $200 and a boatis provided.

“If you pay the $200 and youlike the fishing, we’ll put thatmoney straight toward yourmembership,” Thompson said.The sister company of The Lakesof Danbury is a commercial

hatchery, so the club’s lakes arewell-stocked, and 6- to 12-poundbass are common. “We try tokeep ’em fat,” Thompson said.

To learn more about the Lakesof Danbury, go to www.lakesof-danbury.com or call (979) 922-8610. For more about TheAmerican Fish and Game Club,

which also offers hunting, visitwww.gtbc.com or call (888) 303-4822.

Wes Smalling is the formeroutdoors editor for the Santa FeNew Mexican and has more than adecade of experience as a writerand reporter.

PRIVATE FISHING: Cary Garner unhooks a largemouth bass that was caught at a fishing club lease in East Texas.

FISH MANAGEMENT: Ron Gard and Allen Forshage examine a bass that waselectroshocked during a survey of his fishing pond.



Kveton remembers thinking itcould have been a shark. Heassumed sharks and tarponaccessed this mid-bay oyster reeffrom nearby Pass Cavallo, PortO’Connor’s doorway to the Gulf ofMexico. Instinctively, Kvetontossed a soft plastic toward thefish’s nose and twitched. The fishengulfed his lure and he set thehook, still unaware of its kind.

The mighty fish leaped 6 feetinto the air, darkening its would-becaptors with a broad shadow. Andthen it was over.

Kveton’s party hooked four tar-pon that day, catching none with12-pound test line.

“They might have stayedhooked for 10 seconds eachmaybe, if that,” Kveton said.“There’s no way we were going tocatch those fish on that kind oftackle. But it was fun trying.”

Many times since then Kvetonhas returned better prepared tothis shell pad that measures aboutan acre in area. He’s enjoyed about

15 hook-ups annually, the mostmemorable of which involved a120-pound fish and a 3 1/2-hourfight.

Nobody knows why tarpon areattracted to this patch of bay. But agrowing number of anglers andguides are noticing.

The fishery has become viableenough to support several fishingguides who offer tarpon trips for aspecialized clientele seeking thrills.It’s been this way for three years,according to Port O’Connor guideTom Hornby, who provides tarponopportunities to fly anglers andlight-tackle enthusiasts from Mayinto October.

Could Port O’Connor be anemerging Homosassa, whereanglers from around the worldcome to stalk 150-pound fish inclear shallow water? At it’s peak,about 40 professional guidesoffered tarpon trips in Homosassa.Today, about 20 remain, accordingto Florida fly guide Ted Johnston.

In Port O’Connor, about a half-

dozen guides offer tarpon trips.Publicity surrounding the PortO’Connor fishery has escalated,most recently in the form of twoheralded big-tarpon catches in asmany years. Stories and photos ofthese fly-caught fish spread by e-mail and Internet message boardsthroughout Texas and beyond.

Fishing guide Scott Graham,who provided this summer’s big-tarpon thrill, is among the profes-sionals promoting tarpon fishingin Espiritu Santo Bay with televi-sion and regional magazinereports. Texas Parks and Wildlifelead tarpon researcher, BrittBumguardner, a biologist based innearby Palacios, said much of theanecdotal information comes fromGraham.

Bumguardner estimates thatabout 100 tarpon are caught andreleased annually from EspirituSanto Bay each summer. Hebelieves that anglers hook and loseas many as 500-700 more annually.

Bumguardner has issued about1,000 tarpon tags to anglers andguides. About 100 have beenimplanted to learn more about thefish’s migration. So far,Bumguardner has received noreports of anglers re-catching thesePort O’Connor fish. Still,Bumguardner believes Texas tar-pon come from Mexico and areonly passing through.

Tarpon fishing contacts: Capt.Tom Hornby, (361) 983-2263 orwww.captaintomhorbey.com.;Capt. Scott Graham (512) 947-7145, www.flyfishingtexas.com.

David Sikes writes about theoutdoors for the Corpus ChristiCaller-Times.


TarponContinued from page 8

Snapperwrought with controversy aboutdeclining snapper populationsand shortened seasons, could aspot like this still exist?Especially late in August whenmost of the keeper-size snapperhave been caught?

Capt. Paul Eccleston believesone key to catching quality redsnapper out of Port Aransas is toget away from wells and surfacestructure.

“Anyone can find the stuffthat sticks up out of the water,”he explains.

“The fish get pressured by everyboat that goes by, and they eitherleave or get caught. I like thewrecks and rock piles becausethey don’t get as much traffic.Also, try live perch on a fluorocar-bon leader,” Eccleston suggested.“They will sometimes trick thebigger fish that have seen morethat their share of cut bait.”

Texas regulations for red snap-per are four per angler per daywith a minimum of 15 inches.There is no closed season, andthe guide cannot retain his limitof fish. If fishing beyond 9 miles,federal jurisdiction applies. The

limit is still four red snapper perangler per day, but they must bea minimum of 16 inches and theguide may retain his limit offish. Also, the federal seasonbegins April 21 and ends Oct. 21.There are more rules, of course,waiting to be read at Texas Parksand Wildlife’s Web site.

Lee Weidner of the SmoothFinish out of Freeport agreeswith Eccleston on the live baitissue: “For big snapper, livepiggy perch are the ticket. Hererecently, the rocks at 250 feethave been producing great snap-per catches because the fishingpressure is backing off and thewater is cooling.”

While Texas Parks and Wildlifebiologist Barbara Dorf points outthat the bigger snapper arecaught earlier in the summer,the red snapper fishery in theWestern Gulf is healthy enoughto provide snapper pay dirt.

“We have the best ‘casual’snapper fishery in the Gulf herein Texas,” she said.

Brian Holden is a fishing guide andgeneral manager of Redfish Lodge.

you do in the beginning has adirect effect on results years downyour pond’s road. Do your best todecide the best stocking rates andselect species of fish thoughtful-ly. Work with a consultant orhatchery. Resist the temptationto speed things up. Just becauseyou can buy a hamburger in 60seconds, don’t think you can“fast food” your way into a greatpond. A pond is an environment,a habitat that must develop prop-erly. Look at your short-termdecisions with long-term impli-cations. Sportfish tend to eatother fish. Food chains areimportant. Develop food chains.You will be ahead in time and

money if you develop the bestfood chain for target species ofgame fish.

If large fish are your target,genetics play a significant role.Giant largemouth bass haveFlorida strain genetics. Wanthuge sunfish? Look at copper-nose bluegill. They have thegenetic propensity, if managedproperly, to grow big as a dinnerplate. Also, plan to harvest a fewfish to keep a natural balance.

Bob Lusk is a 26-year veteran privatefisheries biologist and consultant. Heis also editor of Pond Boss magazine.Contact him at www.pondboss.com.or [email protected].


Pond management

MONSTER FISH: Cole Clarkson and Scott Graham hold a tarpon weighing anestimated 152 pounds. Clarkson caught and released the fish near Port O’Connorthis July. Photo by John Cyrier.


Texas — far from the westernstates where almost all of thenation’s dozen or fewer hunt-ing guide schools are located.

Why Texas?“I grew up in Texas,” Jordan

said. “I grew up hunting white-tail deer in South Texas andCentral Texas. Also, SouthTexas has a reasonably mildwinter climate that is con-ducive to teaching school.”

And it seems to make busi-ness sense. Texas has thelargest population of white-tailed deer in the country: 4million.

“There is a huge demand forguides throughout the coun-try,’’ said Jordan, whose cur-rent school site is on thesouthwest slope of Pikes Peak.“There’s no place for a whitetailoutfit to go for hiring someonespecialized in whitetail.”

Al Brothers, a wildlife biolo-gist and an author on wildlifemanagement, said guideschools are feeding off a grow-ing enthusiasm for betteringmanagement skills. He saidthat 30 years ago state agricul-tural services had virtually nowildlife biologists on staff. Nowthey have them at every region-al office.

“There has been an explosionin the last 15 to 20 years indemand from land owners andmanagers wanting to be moreefficient in every aspect of whatwe do, whether at the produc-ing end of management or theharvesting end of manage-ment,” he said.

Brothers will be a featuredspeaker of the whitetail guidecourse.

Jordan said too many guidesare unskilled, offering what he

calls “basically a taxicab serv-ice” to hunters.

Joe Arceneaux, a guide atSouthern Comfort Ranch inNewcastle, Texas, agrees.

“You’d be surprised at thenumber of people who comeup and say, ‘I’m a guide,’ andthey couldn’t tell age fromnothing,” said Arceneaux, 42,who has hunted since he was 8.

But he doesn’t believe that aschool can teach all someoneneeds to become a professional.

“I learned all of it from myhunting,” he said. “But thereare a lot of young guys outthere that don’t have the expe-rience.”

Jordan said his course does-n’t promise anything but athorough study of the basics.

“Two weeks isn’t enough tomake an expert out of any-body,” he said. “But it’s

enough time that you’ll be ableto get a job, working with atop-end whitetail huntingranch.”

The average guide can counton earning about $150 dailyduring hunting season, pluslodging, meals and tips. A goodguide can make $1,000 to$2,000 a month in tips, Jordansaid.

“A lot of time it takes two orthree years to get really good,”he said. “The really good dealis they get paid while they’relearning.”

For more information, visitthe Colorado OutdoorAdventure Guide School Website at www.guideschool.com.

Robert Cadwallader is a FortWorth area freelancer with morethan two decades of experience asa journalist and writer.


Whitetail


Scouting

chose not to, citing rising fuel costsand a nine-day season; however,those who did ante up the watersaw the dividends, at least withteal numbers.

“We had six groups out and sixgroups went home with full lim-its,” said Glenn Ging of Bay PrairieOutfitters in Midfield.

“It was a great opener.”Reports across the state indicate

rice-producing counties such asColorado, Jackson, Lavaca,Wharton, Brazoria, Matagordaand Chambers enjoyed fast shoots.Though the days prior to the open-er saw scattered sightings of teal,hunters said the skies were full ofwhistling wings when the shoot-ing began.

“If you have been in the businesslong enough, you know it is diffi-cult to gauge teal numbers byscouting fields,” said WesleyMorton, owner of South TexasWaterfowl in El Campo.“Sometimes you see them, some-times you don’t. You may not seeany on ponds throughout the day,then they magically appear at sun-rise the next morning.”

“New flights of teal arrived dailythis week as the moon gotbrighter,” he said. “As bright as themoon was, I believe a lot of birdsshowed up overnight.”

Marsh ponds along the coastsaw large flocks of bluewings, too.Hunters reported limit hunts inthe marsh near High Island,Anahuac, Freeport, Matagorda,Seadrift and Rockport. Thoughthose areas were also devoid of rainfor the past month, above-normaltides associated with the autumnequinox filled backwater sloughsand ponds, giving teal ample habi-tat to light.

Biologist Todd Merendinoreported steady shooting on TexasParks and Wildlife’s public wildlifemanagement areas. Peach PointWMA near Freeport averaged closeto three birds per man while MadIsland WMA near Bay City aver-aged two birds per man.Guadalupe Delta WMA near PortLavaca was somewhat slower atone bird per man.

East Texas was a different story.Condition were so dry, mostcounties in the region instituted aburn ban. As a result, timberponds, sloughs and bayous wereparched dirt and most landown-ers did not have irrigation systemsin place to pump water. The brightspots were shallow flats and coveson lakes and reservoirs. Lake O’the Pines, Caddo Lake, Lake Forkand Toledo Bend reported fairhunting at best.

Bink Grimes is a freelance outdoorswriter. He can be contacted atwww.binkgrimesoutdoors.com.


Teal

properties through desk topscouting with a collection of topomaps and aerial photos. Even onproperties they think they know.

“I still study maps of my hunt-ing areas to see if there’s some-thing I’ve missed,” Herndon said.

Herndon, a nationally recog-nized deer-hunting expert, willspeak on the topic Sept. 24 at the“Wild Beast Feast & OutdoorExtravaganza,” scheduled from 5to 8 p.m. at the First BaptistChurch in Denison.

Lynn Burkhead is a frequentcontributor to Lone Star OutdoorNews and an associate editor forESPNOutdoors.com.


ADVENTURE

By Bink Grimes

Waist-deep in a translucentfloor of sea grass andsugar sand, I turnedtoward the west and

peered over my left shoulder at theflags flying on the point.

“Are you sure we are in Texas?” Iasked my wading partner, Capt. BruceShuler.

“Did you know we are on the samelatitude line as West Palm Beach,Florida?” he asked. “We like to call itthe Texas Keys.”

Texas is a massive state. You don’tjump in the car and decide to ride fromthe northern border to the southernborder in one day; the same holds truegoing from east to west. Most NorthTexans have never ventured farthersouth than Houston, and mostHoustonians have never traveled past

Corpus Christi.When tires point east on Highway

186 in Raymondville, one thing is onmost everyone’s mind — fishing. Ifstrangers roll into town without a rodand reel in the cab, locals think you arelost.

“I tell all my fishing clients: ‘If youhave something on your mind otherthan fishing, you better bring it withyou,’” said Port Mansfield icon, Capt.Bob Fuston.

Fuston began running charters inPort Mansfield in 1981, after doctorstold him he needed to eliminate thestress of his nuclear power plant job.Known by most as “The RedBandana,” some say Fuston put PortMansfield on the map.

His creation, the Mansfield Maulerrattling cork, gained national atten-tion in fishing communities andprompted many anglers to ask,“Where is Mansfield?”

Want to tangle with a burly, copper-plated redfish? Wade the acres of firm,sandy, knee-deep flats. An afternoon atthe Saucer and Target Markers were allmy Shimano’s drag could stand. Ifblue-water fishing is your thing, youdon’t have to go far. Texas waters areidentified as being inside nine nauticalmiles from the beach. With strict redsnapper regulations enforced, manyTexans on the northern coast areforced to abide by the short seasonfrom April to October. The majority ofthe upper coast of the Gulf of Mexicodoes not drop to 30-40 feet until pastthe federal nine-mile mark. Once yourboat clears the Port Mansfield jetty, 30-40 feet of water is only a half a milefrom the rocks; and 100 feet of water isonly three miles out.

“Our red snapper season is neverclosed,” said Shuler. “You only have togo a few miles to find the crappie(snapper). On a calm day, you can hearthe car radios on the beach fromsurfers driving in from South PadreIsland.”

Amberjack, king mackerel, doradoand ling are also consistent rod-ben-ders.

“The offshore potential here isincredible,” Shuler said. “Some days inthe summer, especially when we havelight winds, it is a hard choice decidingto fish inshore or head offshore. Bothare fabulous in the summer.”

Several major airlines offer service toHarlingen International Airport, lessthan an hour from Port Mansfield.

IF YOU GO:Lodging:Capt. Bruce Shuler and his wife, Shirley, run the Getaway Adventures Lodge in Port Mansfield;Basin Drive dead-ends in front of the lodge. To make a reservation, or for more information, call(956) 944-4000 or visit their Web site (getawayadventureslodge.com). Additional lodging can befound by visiting the Port Mansfield Chamber of Commerce Web site (www.portmansfield.us) andclicking on members.

Guides: Capt. Bruce Shuler (see above); Capt. Mike McBride of skinnywateradventures.com, who can becontacted at (832) 563-3870. Many other guides can be found through the Port MansfieldChamber’s Web site.

Restaurants: Getaway Adventures Lodge offers private dining for up to six. El Jefe’s Marina y Cantina, 109 AHarbor, offers a full restaurant and cantina. Other restaurants can be found on the Port MansfieldChamber’s Web site.

Fish the Keys — Texas style


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CATCH OF THE DAY: The Big Bass Zone Book offers anglers freshideas to shift their focus from just catching fish to hookingmonster bass. Authors Michael Jones and Bill Siemantel drew onyears of practical experience to write the 288-page book, whichincludes chapters such as Finding Fish, The Mechanics ofCasting, and Sight Fishing with Sonar. The softbound book can beordered from www.stoegerpublishing.com for $24.95.

HOG HUNTER: Crimson Tracehas introduced its “HogHunter

Series” Lasergrips for hunterswho prefer large-caliber handguns.

The Lasergrips feature a rubberovermold to ease the kick of the highercalibers. According to the company, theeasy-to-operate laser sights show the shooterexactly where the shot should go. TheHogHunter Series Lasergrips fit many of theK, L and N frame Smith and Wessonrevolvers. They cost about $300. Forretailers, visit www.crimsontrace.com or call(800) 442-2406.

THE SOUND OF SUCCESS: It was the BSX FishActivator by Biosonix that Kevin VanDam creditedfor helping him win the 2005 BassmastersClassic. The device uses digitally recorded soundsignatures of baitfish that are playedback via a patented underwaterspeaker system. The sounds ofthese fish attract game fish intocasting range, according to thecompany, and also stimulate afeeding response in some species. TheBSX unit, which can be mounted on thetrolling motor, is loaded with six soundsignature files. Sound files can be added.The unit comes with AC and DC chargers, aremote foot switch and an underwater speakerwith adjustable float. It costs about $700. Forretailer information or to order, call (800) 633-4861 or visit www.biosonix.com.

DRY UP: DriDuds waterproof gear by Kappler is lightweightand breathable. It is the DuraVent technology that givesthe gear its edge, according to the company. The outerlayer is designed to repel wind and water while the innerbarrier layer allows body heat and moisture to escape.The gear includes such features as stow-away hood andelastic cuff openings. The bib/jacket set in the camopattern costs about $80. For retailers, call (800) 600-4019.

GO DEEP: Terminator’snew Football Jig isdesigned to helpfishermen search the

deep-water hauntsfavored by black bassspecies. Available in

two sizes (1/2 and 3/4ounces), the jig takes its

name from the lure’s relativelyheavy and oblong-shaped head. The shape of the head causes the jig’shook to stand at about a 30-degree angle when pulled across the bottom.This decreases snags and allows the jig to swim more freely, according tothe company. Made from black nickel, the jig has realistic red eyes and afiber weed guard. Its silicone skirt is available in six colors. The footballjig will be available Oct. 1 and will sell for about $3. For retailers, call(800) 944-4766. Visit www.terminatorlures.com for more information.

SAY CHEESE: The Rack Tracker Digital Trail Camera by Hunter’s Specialtiesfeatures state-of-the-art technology in a rugged, dependable unit. TheRack Tracker easily switches from 1.3 to 3 megapixels. It featuresremovable flash cards, a video port and computer software for editingand storing images. The Rack Tracker uses three-beam technology totrigger the camera. As the animal walks into one of two arming beams, thecamera is turned on. Then, when it crosses the trigger beam, the photo istaken. The camera comes with a 6-volt battery and charger. It costs about$500. For retailers, visit www.hunterspec.com or call (319) 395-0321.

By Mary Helen Aguirre

Scott Garrick and brother-in-law Scott Roberts areavid bow hunters.

For years, whenever theypursued their favorite game ani-mal, the white-tailed deer,Roberts would bring along a cigarbox filled with deer jaws. The var-ious jaws were from deer of differ-ent ages.

Once they harvested a deer, theduo would estimate its age bycomparing the wear patterns onthe teeth to those on the deerjaws.

Garrick said it wasn’t long untilhe was aging deer for others.Roberts, who has a master’sdegree in wildlife biology,thought about taking it a step fur-ther.

“One day I was out on the fieldand I thought, ‘Why can’t I com-mercialize this?’” said Garrick.

In a two-year process thatwould lead to Mansfield-basedG&R Products, Garrick andRoberts set about converting anidea into a viable product.

They began by seeking out thebest representations of lower jawsfrom deer of different ages. Then,

they found someone with a back-ground in biology to mold thejaws. The next step was to find amanufacturer to build the toolwith which the deer jaws wouldbe replicated.

“It was a struggle,” said Garrick.Along the way, they filed for a

patent and picked up some back-ers.

By 2004, G&R Products wasready to go into production withthe Deer Aging Tool. The three-dimensional tool consists of eightreplicated lower jaws that emulatethe tooth-wear patterns of white-tailed deer ranging from 1 1/2 to 81/2 years of age. The kit includesan instructional DVD on thetooth wear-and-replacementmethod of dating deer. Plus, it hasa laminated quick tip sheet thatcan be used as a reference whenout hunting.

G&R Products has since addedthe “Field Guide to Aging andScoring White-tailed Deer” to itsproduct line. The guide features22 color photographs by MikeBiggs that highlight key charac-teristics used to estimate agebefore harvesting a deer.

Garrick says the family-ownedbusiness is flourishing. Garrickhandles sales and marketing;

Roberts is the technical adviserresponsible for logistics and pro-duction; and Amy Roberts man-ages the office.

So far, the tool is available fromabout 100 dealers in the UnitedStates, and is also selling inCanada and Mexico.

John Shelley, owner of BrazosArchery Outfitters along withJohnny Johnson, often uses the

Deer Aging Tool to help managetheir ranch for trophy hunts. Hesays he discovered the tool at theTexas Trophy Hunters show.

“We’ve brought several ofthose,” he said. “It’s a great littletool. It helps educate yourhunters.”

Also useful, says Shelley, isthe field guide. “(Hunters)know what to kill and what to

leave alone.”For more information, visit

the company’s Web site atwww.deeragingtool.com or call(866) 653-3337 (OLD DEER).

Mary Helen Aguirre is a nativeTexan with almost 15 years ofexperience editing and writing fornewspapers, including the AtlantaJournal-Constitution.


ARKANSAS

Huge alligator gar is head-ed to the classroom

Two battered cousins donateda 7-foot alligator gar to theUniversity of Central Arkansas,where it will be used to teachstudents in biology and verte-brate biology classes.

Jonathan Atkinson ofHouston (Perry County) andJohnny Thomas of Conwaybrought in the 175-pound fish,which they caught bowfishing.The cousins work at theUniversity of Central Arkansas— Atkinson in the physicalplant and Thomas in housing.

Landing an alligator gar haslong been the pair’s goal. Theybowfished for three straightweekends on the ArkansasRiver, and had shot and missedanother alligator gar.

Thomas said the fish came tothe surface, and they missed.

“We shot it a second time,and it pulled all the slack out ofthe reel on my bow,” he said.

At that point, the fish “tookoff” and it was Thomas who ranout of slack. The fish’s powerkicked the bow back intoThomas, giving him a black eye.

After the battered and bruisedmen sat for a minute to gaintheir composure, they went upthe river looking for the floatattached to the line, Thomassaid. He said they were ready togive up when “the float poppedup right in front of the boat.”

Reid Adams, an assistant biol-ogy professor, said the alligatorgar is declining throughout itsrange, although it seems to beholding on in Arkansas.Alligator gars grow to huge sizesthere. The state record is 215pounds, a fish caught in 1964 byAlvin Bonds of Clarksville. Itcame from the Arkansas River,like the alligator gar bagged bythe cousins near Toad Suck. Theworld record is a Texas fish,weighing 279 pounds, from theTrinity River.

LOUISIANA

Preliminary estimates indi-cate Katrina may cost statefisheries’ industries $1.3billion

There could be a potential$1.1 billion loss in retail fish-eries revenue in Louisiana overthe next year, plus an additional$150 million loss in oyster rev-enue in the second year, due toHurricane Katrina, according tothe Louisiana Department andWildlife and Fisheries’ prelimi-nary estimates.

That number would representa 40-percent loss to the totalvalue of the state’s commercialand recreational retail harvestvalues based on 2003 sales levelsof $2.85 billion.

Estimates assume that the hur-ricane’s impact is limited to theparishes of Orleans, Jefferson,Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St.

Tammany and lower Lafourche.The estimates are based on avail-able historical data using previ-ous losses sustained after hurri-canes and recent retail salestotals for prior years.

“These projections are subjectto adjustment as air and watersurveys are made over the nextseveral months,” said JohnRoussel, assistant secretary forLDWF’s Office of Fisheries.

For oysters, the departmentused studies of resource mortal-ity caused by Hurricanes Ivanand Andrew to estimate themortality of existing resources.The initial estimate is a 99-per-cent loss of oyster resources inthe area from Bayou Lafourcheeast to the Mississippi state line.The retail sales losses for theoyster industry, based on recentdepartmental surveys of publicoyster grounds, reflect a two-year projected shortfall of $296million.

Potential retail sales losses forthe state’s other primary com-mercial fishing industries (overthe next 12 months) include:shrimp, $539 million; crab, $81million; saltwater fish, $79 mil-lion; menhaden, $93 million;and freshwater fish, $1.2 mil-lion.

Additionally, recreationalfisheries losses over the nextyear could total almost $200million at the retail level.Approximately 63 percent ofthe 515 licensed charter andguide vessels were registered inthe severely affected parishes.

No estimates are currentlyavailable for the percentage ofinfrastructure lost in the storm orthe long-term changes to impor-tant coastal fisheries habitat.

NEW MEXICO

Feds propose making GilaChub minnow endangered

The U.S. Fish and WildlifeService has re-opened the com-ment period on its 2002 propos-al to add the Gila chub (Gilaintermedia), a minnow native tosouthwestern streams, to the listof species protected under theEndangered Species Act.

The proposal would involvedesignating 212 miles of spring-fed and perennial streams andheadwaters in New Mexico andArizona as critical habitat.

The Gila chub is a small-finned, deep-bodied, chunky,darkly-colored minnow adaptedto low-flowing streams subject toseasonal droughts. Males reach6 inches and females can exceed8 inches in length. Gila chub arehighly elusive, preferring quiet,deeper waters, especially pools.

The Gila chub today is foundin less than 15 percent of its his-torical range; only 34 isolatedand vulnerable populationsremain.

The fish faces additionalthreats from increased ground-water pumping, growing devel-opment pressures and competi-tion from non-native fish.

The proposal is available onthe Internet at http://arizonaes.fws.gov.

Written comments can bemailed to the Field OfficeSupervisor, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, 2321 W. RoyalPalm Road, Suite 103, Phoenix,AZ 85021-4951 or e-mailed [email protected] comments on the pro-posed rule must be received bySept. 30. The Service is under acourt settlement to complete itsdetermination by Oct. 21.

OKLAHOMA

Record deer measured atOklahoma Wildlife Expo

A massive, non-typical white-tail deer rack was officially givena score of 24 points at theOklahoma Wildlife Expo, held atthe Lazy E Arena. At 248 6/8inches, the deer taken by MichaelCrossland of Grandfield is thenew No. 1 Cy Curtis entry.

Crossland took the huge buckin Tillman County.

The former non-typical CyCurtis record whitetail, taken in2003 in Hughes County, was 2403/8 inches and had a total of 29points. Crossland’s buck also sur-passes the current OklahomaBoone and Crockett record non-typical whitetail taken inJohnston County in 1970, whichwas 247 2/8 inches.

More than 45,000 peopleattended the Wildlife Expo host-ed by the Oklahoma Departmentof Wildlife Conservation.Participants were able to strollthrough more than 100 differentbooths and hands-on activitiesduring the free, two-day event.

BORDERING TEXAS

MADE IN TEXAS

FAMILY BUSINESS: Scott and Amy Roberts with Scott and Laurie Garrick sell a product that determines a deer’s age. The DeerAging Tool costs $29.99, plus shipping, and can be ordered online from the company’s Web site.

Hunters inventdeer-aging tool


WEATHER

Across1. Gas-powered light equipped

with mantles2. Firearm that is often carried

on your hip3. Type of shotgun shell6. Type of bass bait made from

pig skin8. Part of shotgun shell which

ignites the powder9. Tres Palacios Bay is the

northeast arm of what majorbay

13. A dog that fetches downedbirds

15. Shooters practice their skillshere

16. Fred Arbogast invented thislure accessory

Down1. This high voltage doesn't

travel through wires2. Leaflets three, let it be!3. County seat of Medina

County4. Home to 3,000 shrimp boats5. Baitfish ______ to the gulf

every fall to spawn7. A type of switch all out-

boards should be equippedwith

10. Leaf cutters are a type of_______

11. A thick shroud of cloud cover12. Granite bull works that pro-

tect passes

13. They spawn in the surf dur-ing the fall

14. Tasty rodents hunters bag inthe fall

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Teal on the Wild Side

Rinse cleaned teal in cool water and pat dry with a paper towel. Sprinklebirds with Chef Ralph’s (or your own combination of seasonings).Heat butter in a Dutch oven or large cast iron skillet over medium high

heat. Quickly brown seasoned ducks on all sides, turning often. Removebrowned birds to a warm plate. Stuff each browned teal with onion quarters.Add remaining ingredients to skillet and stir well. Bring mixture to a boiland reduce heat to a simmer. Return onion-stuffed birds to skillet, spooningsauce mixture over them. Cover and bake birds at 400 degrees for about 35minutes, basting with sauce about every 10 minutes.

— Ralph WininghamRecipe courtesy of Ralph Winingham’s new cookbook:“Revenge of Old Boots & BaconGrease.” To contact Ralph, e-mail him at [email protected].

2 teal, cleanedChef Ralph’s SuperSeasoning4 tablespoons butter

1 medium onion, quartered1/4 cup apple jelly1/4 cup sour cream1/4 cup brandy

Adding to the enjoyment ofmany early morning South Texasteal hunts is that the shooting isfast and furious for about 20 min-utes, and then you can get back tobreakfast.

If the tiny rockets don’t comescreaming in range of your scatter-gun as the first rays of shootinglight break over the horizon, theyprobably have headed for greenerpastures.

Being first in the shootingtimetable, it is only fitting thatteal be first among waterfowl onyour dining room table.

Properly prepared, teal are

among the best eating wild birds.Their meat is rich and dark, aslong as they are not overcooked.

The following recipe is enoughfor one of my normal dining com-panions, so increase the ingredi-ents depending upon who is com-ing to dinner.

If you only save your duckbreasts (a terrible waste of the tastylegs and thighs), be sure to pluckthe breasts rather than skin them.The skin adds excellent flavor tothe dish.

The cooking time for breastedbirds is about one-half that ofwhole birds.


BORN TO LOSE• A missing canoe landed two

men in hot water. JeffersonCounty Game Warden SteveSatchfield was called by SeaRim State Park concerning acanoe missing from the parkrental pool. Satchfield foundthe canoe with two men fish-ing in it. They stated that sincethey were in a canoe and in astate park, they did not need afishing license. The license wasthe least of their worries. Theyhad several undersized gamefish caught with a cast net, nopersonal flotation devices and

illegal knives. Both men hadjust been released from prisonand thought they would gofishing and stay out of trouble.The cases are pending.

WHAT TIPPED YOU OFF?• Tarrant County Game Wardens

Clint Borchardt and JohnPadgett filed charges on twosubjects for possession of drugparaphernalia. They werefound jumping from a 20-footcliff into shallow water. Thecases are pending.

SAME TIME NEXT YEAR?• A visit to the Texas Trophy

Hunters Extravaganza was allbusiness for Tarrant CountyGame Wardens ClintBorchardt and MichaelMcCall. One citation wasissued to a man for offeringpronghorn antelope parts forsale. He was also issued warn-ings for trying to sell gamebirds, including wild turkey,pheasant and prairie chicken.The subject was warned aboutthe pronghorn skull last year.The case is pending.

EARLY START TO SEASON• Angelina County Game

Wardens Tim Walker and

James Barge charged two menwith taking deer in closed sea-son. The men allegedly tooktwo fawns in the AngelinaNational Forest with a .22 rifle.

DAMAGE MINIMAL FROM SPILL• Nacogdoches County Game

Warden Doug Spivey respond-ed to a call regarding an 18-wheeler that overturned andspilled approximately 100 gal-lons of diesel in the AttoyacRiver. Cleanup crews arrivedshortly, and it appears theimpact was minimal. Theinvestigation is continuing.

WHO YOU GONNA CALL?• A cell phone led to the rescue of

seven teen-agers. AndersonCounty Game Warden DaveRaybin located the teens, ages15 to 18, who had been report-ed as overdue boaters on theNeches River. One teen-agerhad a cell phone and was able togive her mother a description ofher surroundings, which aidedin the teen-agers’ rescue.

DROWNING VICTIM RECOVERED• Alcohol may have been a factor

in the death of a 39-year-oldVidor man. San AugustineCounty Game Wardens Melissa

Brown and Johnny Jones andSabine County Warden ChadGartman responded to a miss-ing person call on Sam RayburnLake at Powell Park Marina. Alittle before midnight, the war-dens recovered the body of theVidor man from the swimmingarea of the marina. The victimhad been swimming alone.

NOT BY THE BOOK• Harris County Game Wardens

Derek Spitzer and KevinMitchell caught a shrimp boatcaptain with an illegal by-catch reduction device in hisnet. One thousand seven hun-dred and eighty-one poundsof shrimp were confiscatedand sold. The case is pending.

SILENT RUNNER CAN’T ELUDE LAW• A boat running without naviga-

tion lights was spotted byLubbock County Wardens DonTaylor and Quentin Terrel whilepatrolling Buffalo Springs Lake.He was arrested for BWI andtransported to the LubbockCounty Jail, where his bloodalcohol level was tested at .125.

OPEN AND SHUT CASE• Aransas County Game

Wardens Scott McLeod and

Charles Mayer helped the U.S.Coast Guard and agents withthe National Marine FisheriesService stop a commercial Gulfshrimp boat operating in fed-eral waters with turtle extrud-er devices that were sewn shut.McLeod and Mayer helpedcount and unload approxi-mately 16,000 pounds ofshrimp and 150 pounds of redsnapper fillets. The boat’s cap-tain was arrested and a deckhand was charged withassaulting a federal officer.

STEALTHY WARDEN GETS HIS MAN• A man fleeing a traffic stop

couldn’t elude Aransas CountyGame Warden Richard“Marty” Martin. DPS troopersand Aransas County Sheriff’sdeputies were looking for aman who fled the scene of avehicle stop. The man left hisvehicle in the roadway andtook off on foot. Martin heardthe traffic on his radio and pro-ceeded to the area where thesuspect was last seen. Spottingthe man, Martin was able tosneak up and capture him. Asearch of the man’s vehicleturned up a sizable amount ofcocaine. The man was on pro-bation for drug trafficking.

HOUSEGUEST WAS A BITER• A woman reported that her

ex-husband had caught a 3-foot alligator in Houstonand had it on his houseboaton Lake Texoma. Thewoman told GraysonCounty Game Warden DaleMoses that the gator had bit-ten her 6-year-old son thenight before. Moses foundthe boat and contacted theman, citing him for illegalpossession of an alligator.The man was also cited fortwo water-safety violationson the houseboat.

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FISHING REPORT

Prepared by J.P. Greeson, Bink Grimes, Kendal Hemphill, Luke Clayton and Karen Taylor for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

CENTRALBASTROP: Water stained. Black bass are fair onwatermelon soft plastics, spinnerbaits, andcrankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows andblue tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish aregood on live bait and liver. Yellow catfish areslow.BELTON: Water clear; 78 degrees; 0.08' high.Black bass are fair on soft plastic worms andRat-L-Traps. Hybrid striper are slow. White bassare good on slabs and minnows. Crappie aregood on minnows and white tube jigs. Channeland blue catfish are good on doughbait. Yellowcatfish are slow.BROWNWOOD: Water stained in the rivers, mainlake clear; 81 degrees; 0.65' low. Black bass to3 pounds are excellent on 6" June bug andgreen pumpkin soft plastics, 3/8oz. camo andblack/blue Strike Works jigs, and PersuaderStealth shad crankbaits off docks with brush-piles in 15 - 20 feet and in weedy areas. Pop-R's and buzzbaits are excellent in weeds.Hybrid striper are fair trolling and under lightsat night. White bass are excellent oncrankbaits, Li'l Fishies, and small tube jigsunder lights at night, and fair trollingcrankbaits. Crappie to 14" are good on smalltube jigs and minnows near Kirkland docks 10 -20 feet. Catfish are fair on live bait and cutbaitin the rivers.BUCHANAN: Water clear; 78-82 degrees; 4.80'low. Black bass are good on chrome/chartreuseBleeding Shad Rat-L-Traps, white 7/16oz.Terminator tungsten spinnerbaits, and wackyrigged Whacky Sticks along 3 - 6 foot creekchannel break lines at first light. Striped bassare fair on Rattlin' Rogues, ∏oz. silver PerkMinnows, and weighted Albino soft jerkbaitsaround Crystal Cove at daylight. White bass areslow. Crappie are good over brushpiles alongbluffs and off points in 10 - 15 feet. Channelcatfish are good on rod and reel in baited holes.Yellow and blue catfish are fair on juglinesalong the river channel in 25 - 40 feet.CANYON LAKE: Water gin clear; 78 - 81 degrees;0.45' low. Black bass are good on natural 4"Whacky Sticks, watermelon JDC Skip-N-Poptopwaters, and white 1/8oz. Tiny-T buzzbaits atdaylight in 3 - 6 feet. Striped bass are slow.White bass are fair but small on Spoiler Shadsand vertically jigging 1oz. Perk Minnows alongmain lake points over 40 feet at daylight.Smallmouth bass are fair to good on pumpkinDevil's Tongues on Drop Shot rigs, 3" watermel-on/chartreuse JDC Jr. Craws, and smoke/redSnap Back tubes on jigheads just before and atdaylight in 8 - 15 feet. Crappie are good onminnows in brushpiles and brushtops in 8 - 15feet. Channel catfish are fair to good in 20 - 30feet in the upper end of the lake. Yellow andblue catfish are fair on juglines.COLEMAN: Water clear; 83 degrees; 0.44' low.Black bass are fair on black/blue soft plasticworms and Rat-L-Traps. Hybrid striper are slow.Crappie are fair on live minnows. Channel andblue catfish are good on nightcrawlers, shrimp,and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow.COLORADO RIVER: (At Colorado Bend State Park)Water murky. Black bass are slow. Striped bassare slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow.Channel and blue catfish are fair on stinkbait.Yellow catfish are slow.DUNLAP/MCQUEENY: Water lightly stained; 82degrees. Black bass to 3 pounds are good on1/2oz. and 1oz. firetiger and chartreuse Rat-L-Traps near break lines and drop offs in 5 - 8feet early, and later on Texas rigged June bugand blue fleck soft plastic worms over structureand under docks in 8 - 15 feet. White bass areslow. Crappie are excellent on live minnows and1/8oz. Curb's jigs in 8 feet. Channel and bluecatfish to 5 pounds are fair on live minnows,cut shad, dead shad, and shrimp in 10 - 15feet. Yellow catfish are slow.GRANBURY: Water stained; 0.52' low. Black bassare good on watermelon red and blue fleck softplastic worms and lizards. Striped bass areslow. White bass are fair on minnows. Crappieare good on minnows. Catfish are good onstinkbait, liver, and live bait.GRANGER: Water clear; 83 degrees; 0.08' high.Black bass are slow. White bass are good onslab spoons along the flats near the dam.Crappie are good on jigs and minnows in 5 - 15feet. Blue catfish to 25 pounds are good onshad. Yellow catfish are slow. LBJ: Water stained; 77 - 81 degrees; 0.20' low.Black bass are good on black/red Terminatorrattlin' jigs, watermelon/red Whacky Sticks, andchartreuse/blue back crankbaits along creekpoints and seawalls with riprap 2 - 6 feet deep.Striped bass are fair on Spoiler Shads andwhite bucktails with white grub trailers at nightin 8 - 12 feet. White bass are fair to good onLi'l Fishies and chrome Tiny Traps at nightunder lights. Crappie are fair to good on min-nows at night. Channel catfish to 4 pounds aregood on live bait. Yellow and blue catfish areslow. NAVARRO MILLS: Water clear; 2.14' low. Blackbass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie arefair on minnows. Channel and blue catfish areslow. Yellow catfish are slow. PROCTOR: Water clear; 87 degrees; 2.77' low.Black bass are good on spinnerbaits andcrankbaits over submerged brush. Striped bassare good on white and yellow deep divingcrankbaits and jigs. White bass are slow.Crappie are excellent on minnows in 7 feet.Channel and blue catfish are good on shad andshrimp. Yellow catfish are slow.SOMERVILLE: Water murky; 1.35' low. Blackbass are fair on silver spoons. Hybrid striper areslow. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair onminnows and jigs. Channel and blue catfish arefair on minnows and stinkbait. Yellow catfishare slow.STILLHOUSE: Water clear; 84 degrees; 0.08' low.Black bass are slow. White bass are slow.Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish aregood on chicken livers, shrimp, and minnows.Yellow catfish are slow.TRAVIS: Water clear; 85 degrees; 8.90' low.Black bass to 3 pounds are good on greenpumpkin worms and topwaters early in 3 - 15feet. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow.Crappie to 1 pound are fair on minnows andblue tube jigs in 15 - 25 feet. Channel andblue catfish to 7 pounds are good on bloodbaitand nightcrawlers in 22 - 35 feet. Yellow cat-fish are slow.WALTER E. LONG: Water clear; 84 degrees. Blackbass are fair on topwaters and minnows early.Hybrid striper are good on minnows near thespillway. White bass are slow. Crappie are goodon minnows. Channel and blue catfish are fairon stinkbait, nightcrawlers, frozen shad, andminnows. Yellow catfish are slow.

WHITNEY: Water lightly stained; 0.28' low.Black bass are fair on chartreuse/white Rat-L-Traps and deep diving crankbaits, and on top-waters early. Striped bass are slow. White bassare slow. Crappie are good on minnows andgreen/white. Catfish are good on stinkbait,nightcrawlers, and shrimp.

NORTHEASTATHENS: Water stained; 82-84 degrees; 2.3' low.Black bass are fair on soft plastics in 8-12 feetaround heavy brush. Crappie are fair at night onlive minnows off docks with brush. Catfish aregood on punchbait and fresh cut bait in 15 feet.Bream are good on bits of nightcrawlers in 4-6feet. BOB SANDLIN: Water clear; 82-84 degrees; 3.45'low. Black bass are fair early on soft plasticsfished around shallow shoreline grass beds closeto deep water, switching to Carolina rigged cen-tipedes around humps in 20-24 feet later in theday. Crappie are fair on live minnows at nightunder the bridges. White bass are fair trollingHellbender/Pet spoon rigs in 18-20 feet. Catfishare good on Bill's Catfish Bait in 20 feet.BRIDGEPORT: Water clear; 82-84. Black bass arefair early on Texas rigged worms around brush in10-12 feet. Crappie are slow. White bass are fairon slabs and live shad in 15-20 feet. Hybridstriper are slow. Channel catfish are good in 15-20 feet on punchbait.CADDO: Water clear; 82-84 degrees; 0.30' low.Black bass are fair on Texas rigged worms in 6-8feet around lily pads close to the river channel.White bass are fair in the Big Lake area on shadpattern crankbaits. Channel catfish are good onpunchbait in 6 feet around the edges of lilypads. Warmouth (goggle eye) are good on wormsunder a floater fished along the edges of lilypads in 6 feet.CEDAR CREEK: Water stained; 82-84 degrees;2.26' low. Black bass are fair at first light ontopwaters, later switching to Texas rigged wormsaround shoreline vegetation. White bass aregood on TNT Lures (slabs) in 18-24 feet, laterswitching to trolling Hellbenders/Pet Spoon rigs.Hybrid striper are fair trolling Hellbender/PetSpoon rigs over the flat between the dam andCrappie Island. Crappie are slow. Catfish aregood on Danny King's punchbait in 18-22 feet.COOPER: Water stained; 83-85 degrees. Blackbass are fair during the first couple hours ofdaylight on Texas rigged worms around shorelinecover in 4-8 feet. Crappie are slow. Catfish aregood on juglines with live bait set over baitedholes and on punchbait in shallow water aroundheavy cover. White bass are fair on jiggingspoons in 20 feet along submerged channels inthe lower lake.FAIRFIELD: Water clear; 82-100 degrees. Blackbass are fair on Carolina rigged centipedesaround main lake points in 16-22 feet. Redfishare fair on live perch and shad around main lakepoints in 20-24 feet - better catches at night.Hybrid striper are fair on live shad and perchfished under balloons in 18-22 feet around mid-lake points. Catfish are excellent on fresh shadin 18-20 feet.FORK: Water clear 82-84 degrees; 2.45' low.Black bass are fair early on Pop R's and BabyBush Hogs around shallow grass beds close tocreek channels. Night fishing is fair on 10" plas-tic worms rigged Texas style and dark jigspitched to openings in hydrilla beds. Channelcatfish are excellent on punchbait in 20-22 feetaround holes baited with soured grain - bettercatches coming from holes close to creek chan-nels.GRAPEVINE: Water stained; 82-84 degrees; 3.69'low. Black bass are fair early on soft plasticsfished slowly around the outside edge ofhydrilla. Crappie are fair on live minnows in 20feet at night around docks. White bass are goodaround humps and points in 15-25 feet. Catfishare fair on punchbait in 15-20 feet in baitedholes.JOE POOL: Water stained; 83-84 degrees; 1.65'low. Black bass are fair early on shad patterncrankbaits and plastic worms in 4-8 feet.Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows around thebarges and Corps of Engineers brushpiles in 22-24 feet. White bass are fair early in 20 feetaround main lake humps and ridges, with occa-sional topwater schooling action. Channel cat-fish are good on punchbait around baited holesin 20 feet.LAKE O' THE PINES: Water stained; 83-84degrees; 2.60' low. Black bass are fair on 4"worms rigged with light weights around boatdocks with heavy brush. Crappie are slow. Whitebass are fair on slabs and jigging spoons in 18-20 feet. Channel catfish are good in 20 feet onprepared baits in baited holes.LAVON: Water stained; 82-84 degrees; 5.32' low.Black bass are slow early around lay down logsand brush on soft plastics. Crappie are fair onlive minnows in 22-28 feet around lower lakepoints with brush. White bass are fair on slabsin 20-24 feet around mid to lower lake points.Catfish are good on punchbait and fresh shad in15-20 feet around baited holes on the edge oftree lines.LEWISVILLE: Water stained; 82-84 degrees;3.70' low. Black bass are fair on soft plasticsearly and late in 6-8 feet on Rat-L-Traps andTexas rigged trick worms. Crappie are fair onminnows and jigs in 15 feet around brush andbridge columns. White bass are fair on slabs in20-24 feet around submerged humps andridges. Catfish are good on fresh shad underschooling white bass and on punchbait in baitedholes in 20-24 feet.MARTIN CREEK: Water clear; 84 degrees mid-lake, 100 at hot water discharge; normal pool.Black bass are fair to slow during the day andfair at night on dark worms fished around mainlake grass. Crappie are slow. Catfish are fair ontrotlines with small live perch.MONTICELLO: Water clear; 83 degrees upper end,101 degrees at hot water discharge; normalpool. Black bass are fair at night on large darkcolor worms fished along flats adjacent creekchannels. Crappie are slow. Channel catfish aregood on punchbait in 10-20 feet.PALESTINE: Water clear; 82-84 degrees; 1.79low. Black bass are good early on soft plasticspitched around boathouses with brush. Crappieare fair on minnows in 18-22 feet under bridgesat night. Catfish are good on prepared catfishbaits in 18-22 feet around baited holes. Whitebass are good on slabs and Rat-L-Traps aroundmain lake points - limited schooling action early.Hybrid striper are slow. Channel catfish are goodon punchbait around baited holes in 15 feet.PAT MAYSE: Water clear; 82-84 degrees; 2.5'low. Black bass are fair early on topwaters andsoft plastic on the outside edge of grass beds in8-12 feet. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on

punchbait around baited holes in 20-24 feet.White bass are fair on slabs in 20 feet aroundsteep submerged ledges. Hybrid striper are slow.RAY HUBBARD: Water stained; 82-84 degrees;1.75' low. Black bass are fair on Texas riggedworms in 10-12 feet in pockets with grass offthe main lake (lily pads on the northeast side ofthe lake are a good spot to target). Crappie areslow. White bass are fair on slabs around mid tolower lake points and humps. Hybrid striper arefair on live shad and topwaters around the sub-merged gravel pits out from the spillway and inthe open water out from the dam. Catfish aregood on punchbait in holes baited with souredgrain - better catches coming north of the I-30bridges.RAY ROBERTS: Water clear; 82-84 degrees; 1.50'low. Black bass are fair in 12-20 feet onCarolina rigged centipedes around mid to lowerlake points and humps. Crappie are fair on tubejigs in 24-28 feet around man made brushpiles.White bass are fair on spoons and slabs in 18-20 feet, with limited topwater schooling actionaround the mouth of major creeks. Catfish aregood on punchbait and fresh shad in 12-20feet.RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water stained; 81-84degrees; 2.23' low. Black bass are fair onCarolina rigged centipedes in 18-22 aroundabrupt submerged ledges. White bass are fairearly on slabs and topwaters on the 309 Flatsand out from Pelican Island. Hybrid striper arefair on large slabs on the 309 Flats. Crappie areslow. Catfish are good on prepared baits andfresh shad in 12-18 feet.TAWAKONI: Water stained; 82-84 degrees; 4.75'low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are fair atnight on live minnows in 15-20 feet. Catfish areexcellent on punchbait off the fishing barge atDuck Cove Marina and around baited holes in18-20 feet all over the lake. White bass aregood on 1oz. white or chartreuse Holiday Slabs.Striped bass and hybrid striper are fair underthe birds on 2oz. chartreuse or white HolidaySlabs, Sassy Shad and large pearl color ChugBugs.TEXOMA: Water clear; 82-84 degrees; 1.45' low.Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics arounddocks with heavy brush. Smallmouth bass arefair in 15-20 feet on crawfish pattern crankbaitsaround steep, rocky points. Crappie are slow.Striped bass are good on topwaters and liveshad - most fish landed during the first threehours of daylight. Blue catfish are good onpunchbait in 20 feet.WEATHERFORD: Water stained; 87 degrees; 3.5'low. Black bass are fair. Crappie are fair in therelocated crappie barge and on deep brushpiles.Catfish are excellent on worms, live bait, frozenshad and prepared baits. White bass are fair.Bream are excellent on worms in the marinacove and along the wall.WRIGHT PATMAN: Water clear; 82-84 degrees.Black bass are fair around shallow grass onTexas rigged worms during the first couple hoursof daylight. Crappie are fair on tube jigs and liveminnows in 15 feet around heavy cover. Catfishare good on trotlines with small perch and onrod and reel in 10-15 feet on live minnows andpunchbait.

SOUTHAMISTAD: Water clear; 85 degrees. Black bassare good on drop shot rigs and heavy jigs ingrass. Striped bass are slow. White bass areslow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfishare fair on cheesebait over baited holes in 30 -40 feet. Yellow catfish are slow.BRAUNIG: Water stained; 95 degrees. Black bassare slow. Striped bass are slow. Redfish to 21pounds are good on crawfish, perch, and tilapia.Catfish to 26 pounds are fair on cutbait,stinkbait, liver, and shrimp in 10 - 25 feet.Yellow catfish are slow.CALAVERAS: Water stained; 93 degrees. Blackbass are slow. Striped bass are slow. Redfish to15 pounds are fair on spoons and tilapia in 10 -20 feet, and on perch on the bottom. Channeland blue catfish to 22 pounds are fair on shad,shrimp, and liver. Yellow catfish are slow.CHOKE CANYON: Water clear; 86 degrees; 1.53'low. Black bass to 7 pounds are good walkingthe dog with chartreuse shiner 3/8oz. BerkleyBlade Dancers and yellow YUM Buzz Frogs atsunrise, and later on drop shot rigged blackneon smoke 5" YUM Dingers and Texas smokeYUM Zellamander lizards along the edges ofgrass lines in 15 - 25 feet. White bass are goodon live minnows and vertically jigging chartreuseshad 1/16oz. Berkley Blade Dancers aroundmain lake points in 15 - 20 feet. Crappie to 2pounds are fair on live minnows, chrome KTLures, and white Curb's crappie jigs tipped withlive minnows over brushpiles and standing tim-ber at night under lights in 6 - 15 feet. Channeland blue catfish to 15 pounds are good on cutperch, Lewis King punchbait, cut shad, andshad gizzards in 8 - 15 feet. Yellow catfish to20 pounds are good on trotlines and juglinesbaited with perch.COLETO CREEK: Water clear; 88 degrees (99degrees at hot water discharge); 1.23' low.Black bass are good on watermelon red andwatermelon seed spinnerbaits and soft plasticworms and lizards over shallow grass beds.Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow.Crappie are good on minnows and blue tube jigsin 10 - 15 feet. Channel and blue catfish aregood on trotlines baited with liver, live perch,and shad in 10 - 20 feet. Yellow catfish areslow.FALCON: Water stained north, clear south; 91degrees. Black bass are good on deep runningcrankbaits and soft plastic worms in 10 - 12feet. Striped bass are excellent near the dam.Crappie are slow. Catfish are excellent on frozenshrimp and cutbait. Yellow catfish are slow.Mexican fishing licenses and boat permits arerequired to fish in Mexican waters. Everyone inthe boat must have a Mexico Fishing Licensewhether fishing or not.MEDINA: Water clear; 85 degrees; 4.00' low.Black bass to 5 pounds are good on black spin-nerbaits before sunrise in 3 - 6 feet, and lateron pumpkin pepper green 4" YUM Ring wormsalong main lake points in 20 - 25 feet. Upriveruse white 1/16oz. spinnerbaits and whitecrankbaits along ledges and vegetation. Stripedbass are fair drifting jumbo minnows around thedam and vertically jigging fire tiger 3/8oz.Berkley Blade Dancers over main lake points atnight under lights. White bass are good on liveminnows and vertically jigging firetiger 1/16oz.Berkley Blade Dancers around main lake pointsin 10 - 20 feet. Smallmouth bass to 4 poundsare good on drop shot rigged bumble bee swirl3" YUM Dingers and alewife 3.5" YUM VibraKing Tubes along ledges and rock piles in 10 -25 feet. Crappie are good on live minnows and

white Curb's crappie jigs tipped with live min-nows around brushpiles and standing timber atnight under lights in 10 - 25 feet. Channel andblue catfish to 15 pounds are fair on punchbait,cut shad, and live minnows. Yellow catfish to 25pounds are good on juglines baited with perch.

SOUTHEASTCONROE: Water stained. Black bass are fair onwhite/red/green flake spinnerbaits andcrankbaits. Striped bass are slow. Crappie arefair on minnows and green tube jigs. Catfish arefair on shrimp, shad, and nightcrawlers. GIBBONS CREEK: Water stained. Black bass arefair on live bait and chartreuse green spinner-baits. Crappie are good on minnows andwhite/gold tube jigs. Catfish are fair on shrimp,liver, and shad. HOUSTON COUNTY: Water stained with clear shal-lows; 79 degrees; 0.21' low. Black bass to 5pounds are good on 7" Red Bug Dead Ringersnear Golden Acres subdivision in 7 - 12 feet,and on topwaters near the marina around lilypads early. Crappie are good on live minnows increek channels in 15 feet early and late. Breamare good on live worms around grass. Catfish to3 pounds are good on bloodbait near the marinain 14 feet.LIVINGSTON: Water fairly clear; 87 degrees;0.77' low. Black bass to 3.5 pounds are fair oncrankbaits and spinnerbaits. Striped bass areslow. White bass are good on Old Reliables, petspoons, hellbenders, and Charlie slabs. Crappieare fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfishare good on cutbait and prepared bait. Yellowcatfish are slow. SAM RAYBURN: Water clear; 87 degrees; 4.18'low. Black bass are fair on Carolina rigged SuperFlukes and French Fries, and on chartreuse/blueback and root beer deep diving crankbaits, overbrushpiles and ledges in 15 - 20 feet. Crappieare good on live shiners and green tube jigs overbrushtops in 25 - 30 feet. Catfish are fair onprepared bait and shiners near creek channelsand around brushtops.TOLEDO BEND: Water stained north, clear south;88 degrees; 8.63' low. Black bass are fair ontopwaters around shallow vegetation early andlate, red Texas rigged soft plastic worms and jigsaround hydrilla in 4 - 6 feet, and on watermelonand chartreuse pepper jigging spoons and dropshot rigs on deep ridges in 18 - 25 feet. Crappieare fair on blue/white tube jigs and minnowsover planted brushtops in 18 - 25 feet.

PANHANDLEBAYLOR: Water lightly stained; 80 degrees. Black4bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Catfish areslow.GREENBELT: Water lightly stained; 76 degrees;21.75' low. Black bass are good on shad-coloredsoft jerkbaits and white spinnerbaits alonggrasslines, and buzzbaits around grass andstickups. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs.White bass are good on live bait and small shad-colored crankbaits. Smallmouth bass are fair onlive bait. Walleye are good on live bait andcrankbaits. Catfish are good on stinkbait andchicken liver.MACKENZIE: Water lightly stained; 76 degrees;65' low. Black bass are fair on white spinner-baits and watermelon red soft plastics. Crappieare good on minnows and jigs. White bass andstriped bass are fair on live bait. Smallmouthbass are fair. Walleye are fair. Catfish are fair onminnows and stinkbait.MEREDITH: Water lightly stained; 75 degrees;20.55' low. Black bass are fair on white spinner-baits or Carolina-rigged watermelon soft plasticsalong humps and points. Crappie are good onjigs and minnows. White bass are good on livebait and jigs near rocky points. Smallmouthbass are fair on minnows and small crankbaits.Walleye are fair. Channel Catfish are good on cutshad.PALO DURO: Water lightly stained; 75 degrees;38.35' low. Black bass are fair on shad-coloredspinnerbaits and live bait. Crappie are fair onjigs and minnows. Smallmouth bass are fair onminnows. Walleye are fair. Catfish are fair onprepared baits.

WESTALAN HENRY: Water lightly stained; 80 degrees.Black bass are good on shad-colored soft plas-tics and black/blue jigs in the brush. Crappieare fair on minnows and jigs. ARROWHEAD: Water stained in upper end; 83degrees; 2.5' low. Black bass are slow on spin-nerbaits and Carolina rigs around rocky areasand flooded brush. Crappie are fair on minnowsand jigs suspended about 18' around derricks.White bass are very good on shad-imitation baitsand silver spoons with some topwater bites earlyand late in day. Blue catfish are good on cutshad and prepared baits. BUFFALO SPRINGS: Water lightly stained; 72degrees. Black bass are fair on minnows alongNE shores. Crappie are fair on silver minnows inCrappie House. Hybrid strippers are good on sil-ver shad near dam. Channel catfish are good onstinkbait off docks on SW shores and chickenliver near Crappie House.COLORADO CITY: Water clear; 82 degrees. Blackbass are slow. Crappie are slow. White bass areslow. Redfish are slow. Catfish are slow. FT. PHANTOM HILL: Water clear; 83 degrees; 3'low. Black bass are fair. Crappie are fair on min-nows and jigs. White bass are fair on live bait.Catfish are fair on cut shad. HUBBARD CREEK: Water lightly stained; 82degrees; 8.45' low. Black bass are fair on whitespinnerbaits and red Rat-L-Traps along rockypoints and grasslines. Crappie are good on min-nows and jigs. White bass and hybrid striper arefair on live baits. Catfish are good on minnows. NASWORTHY: Water lightly stained; 82 degrees.Black bass are fair. Crappie are fair on jigs andminnows. Redfish are fair. White bass andstriped bass are fair on white spinnerbaits andchrome/black back crankbaits. Catfish are goodon minnows. OAK CREEK: Water lightly stained; 81 degrees;18.25' low. Black bass are fair on live bait andjigs. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows.Catfish are fair on cut shad and chicken liver.No boat ramps open. 4x4 vehicles can unloadon the dirt road near the dam. O.H. IVIE: Water lightly stained; 83 degrees;15.2' low. Black bass are fair on white/char-treuse spinnerbaits and shad-colored soft plas-tics along brush lines. Crappie are good on min-nows and jigs. White bass are fair. Smallmouthbass are good on small crankbaits. Channel cat-fish are good on prepared baits.

POSSUM KINGDOM: Water clear; 85 degrees; 2'low. Black bass are fair in Rock Creek andCaddo Creek areas. Crappie are fair on live bait.White bass are good and Striped bass are fairnear lighted piers at night. Blue and channelcatfish are fair in the upper part of reservoir. SPENCE: Water lightly stained; 82 degrees;44.65' low. Black bass are fair on live bait andwhite spinnerbaits using chartreuse or orangetrailers. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs.White bass are fair on silver minnows. Stripedbass and hybrid striper are fair on live baits.Catfish are fair on minnows.STAMFORD: Water lightly stained; 80.75 degrees;Black bass are fair on white spinnerbaits andtopwater lures. Crappie are good on jigs andminnows. White and striped bass are fair on livebait and small crankbaits. Catfish are fair onminnows and cut shad.SWEETWATER: Water lightly stained; 82 degrees;30.45' low. Black bass are fair on white spinner-baits with some topwater action. Crappie are fairon minnows and jigs. White bass are fair.Catfish are fair on minnows. WHITE RIVER: Water lightly stained; 83 degrees;21.5' low. Black bass are fair on black neon orwatermelon red soft plastics along tree lines andwhite spinnerbaits worked through stickups.Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Walleyeare fair on live bait. Channel catfish are good onchicken liver. WICHITA: Water clearing; 86 degrees; Full atspillway. Crappie are slow. White bass andhybrid striped bass are fair on large minnows,white twister-tails and silver spoons along dam,near Lake Wichita Park, and near spillway.Channel catfish are fair on bait shrimp orpunchbait. North side public ramp is closed formaintenance.

COASTALNORTH SABINE: Trout are good in the Sabine andNeches Rivers on live shad and pepper/chartreuseBass Assassins and Norton Sand Eels. Trout andredfish are good in the marsh with the high tides. SOUTH SABINE: Bull redfish are good at the jettyon live bait and cut mullet. Trout are good alongthe rocks on bone Top Dogs. Croaker and sandtrout are good from the causeway pier on freshdead shrimp BOLIVAR: Trout are good along the AnahuacNational Wildlife Refuge shoreline onchartreuse/red head and black Top Dogs andglow/chartreuse Corkies. Redfish are good in thesurf and at Rollover Pass on finger mullet.Croaker are good on fresh dead shrimp at RolloverPass.TRINITY BAY: Trout are good on the East Ridge onsoft plastics and gold spoons. Redfish, trout andsand trout are good at the Spillway on live baitand red/white and pearl/chartreuse Hogies, TroutKillers, Sand Eels and Bass Assassins. EAST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are fair to good onTop Dogs and Super Spooks for waders along thesouth shoreline. Trout are good over shell on liveshrimp and pumpkinseed/chartreuse andpepper/chartreuse Bass Assassins, Trout Killers,Stanley Wedgetails and Sand Eels. WEST GALVESTON BAY: Trout, redfish, sand troutand croaker are good at the causeway and rail-road bridge on live bait and fresh dead. Bull red-fish are good at the jetty on finger mullet and cutbait. Trout and redfish are fair to good on theshell while drifting with shrimptails and liveshrimp. TEXAS CITY: Trout are good at Dollar Reef on livebait and glow soft plastics. Redfish are good inMoses Lake on live shrimp under a popping cork.Trout, redfish, sand trout and croaker are good atnight under the lights off the dike.FREEPORT: Trout, Spanish mackerel and redfishare good on live bait at the Surfside and Quintanajetty. Trout, redfish , croaker and flounder aregood at night from the piers near San Luis Passon live shrimp, mullet and glow plastics. Tarponare showing on the beach. EAST MATAGORDA: Trout and redfish are good onthe shorelines on Top Dogs, She Dogs, SuperSpooks and red shad Bass Assassins and NortonSand Eels. Redfish are fair to good in Lake Austinon live shrimp and cracked crabs. MATAGORDA: Redfish are good on topwaters andlive shrimp in Oyster Lake and the north shorelineof West Bay around Shell Island. Trout and red-fish are fair to good on black Bass Assassins,Trout Killers and Sand Eels around Green's andCotton's. PORT O'CONNOR: Trout and redfish are good on thereefs in San Antonio Bay on live shrimp and goldand silver spoons. Bull redfish are good on mulletand shrimp at Pass Cavallo. Trout and redfish aregood in the back lakes on live shrimp and topwa-ters.ROCKPORT: Trout are fair to good on Long Reef onBass Assassins, Sand Eels and live shrimp.Redfish are good on the Estes Flats on mulletand live shrimp. Redfish are good on topwaters inCopano Bay and on the backside of Mud Island.PORT ARANSAS: Trout are fair to good aroundShamrock Cove on Super Spooks, She Dogs andred shad Bass Assassins, Sand Eels and TroutKillers. Redfish are good on the East Flats on liveshrimp under a popping cork and topwaters.CORPUS CHRISTI: Bull redfish are good on thebeach on finger mullet and cut bait. Gafftop aregood on fresh dead. Trout and redfish are fair togood on the reefs in Nueces Bay on live shrimpunder a popping cork.BAFFIN BAY: Trout and redfish are good on livebait and strawberry touts along the Intracoastal.Trout are fair to good at Penescal and RockySlough on piggy perch and live shrimp. Flounderare fair to good on shrimp and jigs tipped withshrimp at the Meadows and at the mouth of theLand Cut.PORT MANSFIELD: Trout, redfish and flounder aregood on live shrimp under a popping cork andshrimptails on the grass beds near the channel.Trout and redfish are good in East Cut on mulletand piggy perch.SOUTH PADRE: Trout are fair to good from HollyBeach to Laguna Vista on Bass Assassins, TroutKillers and Sand Eels under a cork. Trout andredfish are good on topwaters at Gas-Well Flats.PORT ISABEL: Trout and redfish are good on liveshrimp under a popping cork and live shrimp onthe bottom in the Intracoastal. Flounder are goodin the same area on live bait. Tarpon are showingnear the jetty.


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SEPT. 30: Third Annual Dallas BusinessJournal Charity Bass Tournament, LakeLewisville. The event will beheadquartered at Sneaky Pete’s Resort;$150 per angler or $300 for a team. ToRSVP, call (972) 980-9800, [email protected].

SEPT. 30: Expo Conservation Banquet,Texas Parks & Wildlife headquarters,Austin. TPW Expo kicks off with abanquet, featuring a Texas feast andauctions. Presented by the TPWFoundation. Proceeds benefit the San

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SEPT. 29-OCT. 1: Oh Boy! ObertoRedfish Cup, South Padre Island. Thetournament will be the last competitionin the qualifying series. The event willbe held at the Fishbones Pier and Grill.The key areas are Three Islands, SouthBay and Gaswell Flats. To learn more,visit www.redfishnation.com.

SEPT. 30: Game Ranching Seminar, YORanch in Mt. Home, Texas. Top expertsin the game ranching industry willspeak on topics such as feed andnutrition, marketing, breed selectionand more. From noon-6 p.m.; the $25donation includes tour, dinner anddrinks. For reservations, call MistyTaylor at (830) 640-3222 or e-mail herat [email protected].

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rotational grazing. The seminar stressesan ecological approach to deermanagement. From 1:30-5:30 p.m.Reservations available but not required.For more information, call (830) 238-4483.

OCT. 8: Second Annual Lone Star FlywayShoot, American Shooting Center, westof Houston. This is a NSCA registeredevent in a team format. All shooters arewelcome. Individuals wishing toparticipate will be assigned to a team.Last year’s event broke a Texas DucksUnlimited fundraising record for a first-time shoot. For more information, e-mail Regional Director Tim Soderquistat [email protected].

OCT. 10: DU’s Houston Chapter presentsthe 2005 Wetland Sponsor of the YearAward to Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison atthe chapter’s annual banquet. Thisyear’s event will be held at theHornberger Conference Center, TexasMedical Center, Houston. In additionalto a steak dinner, the evening willinclude live and silent auctions.

Reception prior to the program.Presentation of the award will begin at7 p.m., followed by remarks from Sen.Hutchison. Contact Matthew Pattersonat (713) 843-4934 or via e-mail,[email protected].

Oct. 12: DU Northeast Tarrant Countybanquet, Oct. 12, ColleyvilleCommunity Center. This banquet isfamily friendly with many prizes for kidsonly; auctions for adults. Contact DavidHornsby, (817) 267-3484 [email protected].

OCT. 14: The Fort Worth Outdoor SportsClub Wild Game Dinner, Fort Worth. Formore information, call (817) 336-2711.

OCT. 14: Whitetail and Mule DeerManagement Conference, BairfieldActivity Center, Clarendon Jr.College, Clarendon. The programwill include wildlife nutritioninformation and talks byprofessionals. Admission is $20before Oct. 12 and $25 at thedoor. Call (210) 767-8300.

OCT. 15: Women in the Outdoors,Northeast Texas Chapter of the NationalWild Turkey Federation, Roger and CarolHorn’s Ranch, County Road 1467between Mount Pleasant and Bogata,off Highway 271, from 7:30 a.m. to4:30 p.m. Events feature hands-onactivities for women wanting to learnabout and enjoy the great outdoors.Fees are $45 before Oct. 1. The motherand daughter special is $70; ContactDorothy McCarver [email protected] or call (903)572-7179.

OCT. 15–16: Early Season Youth QuailHunt, Black Gap WMA. License, hunterorange clothing and hat needed. Datesare subject to change. Call (432) 376-2216 or (432) 837-3251.

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