Texas Fishing Spring Annual 2011

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2 | LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS ✯ Texas Fishing Spring Annual 2011

ight-fi shing for spring largemouths can be one of the most diffi cult ways to catch them, even

though the fi sh are usually in very shallow water and clearly visible to anglers.

That’s why fi shermen like Yamaha pro James Niggemeyer have developed alternative techniques that often tempt these stubborn bass.

“It takes years of experience to learn how to ‘read’ a bass you can see and determine if it is even going to bite,” explained Nigge-meyer, a Bassmaster Elite contender who perfected his shallow fi shing strategies on Lake Fork.

“So,” he continued, “instead of spending a lot of time trying to coax one fi sh I can see, I look for dingy, off-colored water that holds bass I can’t see.

“That sounds a little strange, perhaps, but it allows me to fi sh in a totally different style with different lures.”

Niggemeyer normally uses three different lures under these conditions: a spin-nerbait, a swim jig and a soft plastic stick worm. He concentrates in water depths of 3 feet or less, and fi shes

each lure very slowly.“I like to use the spinner-

bait on days that are windy or rainy when the surface has a ripple so bass react more to noise and vibration,” he said. “I slow roll it just above the bottom and paral-lel to the shoreline, barely

pumping my rod tip to create different vibrations.

“I usually use a 3/8- or 1/2-ounce model with a chartreuse/white skirt, and with Colorado and willow leaf blades.”

When days are calm and brighter, Niggemeyer chang-es to a swim jig, a lure that

features a small blade just in front of the jig head that causes the lure to wobble.

Again, he emphasized the key to success is using a very slow retrieve.

“I cast as shallow as I can get the lure, then reel back steadily so the jig is just

barely wobbling,” he said. “It vibrates totally differently than a spin-nerbait, and I like to fi sh it close to anything that creates an edge, be it a grass line, a log, some rocks, even a boat ramp.

“Bass seem to feel an edge provides some security since nothing can come from that side to rob their nests and they don’t have to watch it as closely.

“That means the fi sh will see my swim jig coming in front of that edge and hope-fully they’ll be more likely to strike it.”

If he’s fi shing fairly open water, Nigge-meyer may rig a plastic stick worm wacky-style, in which the hook is

inserted through the middle of the bait.

“When I raise my rod and the worm starts vibrating on its way back down, the bass just can’t resist it,” he said.

Consider these optionswhile fi sh are spawning

Yamaha Marinewww.yamaha.com

James Niggemeyer


n 1961, Dick Cabela discovered a vendor selling bulk fi shing fl ies while he and his father were attending a furniture trade show in Chicago.

A lifelong hunter and fi sherman, Cabela purchased a couple thousand fl ies, thinking he would be able to sell them in the family furni-ture store in tiny Chappell, Neb.

But that plan didn’t work, as customers ap-parently weren’t going to happen into the store in western Nebraska. So Cabela decided to take the fl ies to anglers, via mail-order service. The fi rst ad, placed in a Casper, Wyo., newspaper, generated one response.

Undeterred, Cabela revised the ad to read “FREE introductory offer!!! 5 popular Grade A hand tied fl ies. Send 25 cents for postage and handling to…” and placed it in Sports Afi eld, a national hunting and fi shing magazine. Orders began fl ooding in almost immediately.

Dick and his wife, Mary, fi lled each fl y order at their kitchen table. They used the money from the fi rst wave of orders to buy a small collection of assorted fi shing gear. Cabela

continued placing ads in sport-ing magazines, and when new orders came in the fl ies were shipped with several mimeo-graphed pages offering the other products for sale.

The Cabelas’ list of custom-ers grew steadily over the next few years, and in 1963 Dick and Mary persuaded Dick’s younger brother, Jim, to join the company. That same year, the Cabela brothers produced and mailed their fi rst catalog.

Hard work, dedication to superior customer service and a commitment to quality prod-ucts drove the Cabelas in the early years. Those same ideals became the foundation upon which they built the company

that would carry their name, the company that was destined to become revered by hunters and anglers all around the globe: Cabela’s, the world’s foremost outfi tter of hunting, fi shing and outdoor gear.

Fifty years later, Cabela’s is a $2.7 bil-lion per year company, with thriving catalog, Internet and retail businesses, and more than 14,000 employees, who are passionately upholding the values established by their company founders.

As the company prepares for the grand opening of its Allen store in April, Cabela’s is honored to make its legendary gear and service even more accessible to Texans by building a third store in the Lone Star State.

And it’s all possible because Dick Cabela happened upon a vendor selling fi shing fl ies at a furniture show 50 years ago.

Cabela’swww.cabelas.com

Statewide Bag and Length Limits for Freshwater Fish

Species Daily Bag Length (minimum)

5 (in any combination)


25

Bass:

• largemouth and smallmouth

• spotted and Guadalupe

Bass, striped and hybrid striped (also known as palmetto or sunshine bass)

Bass, white

Bass, yellow

Catfi sh: channel and blue, their hybrids and subspecies

Catfi sh, fl athead

Crappie: white and black, their hybrids and subspecies

Paddlefi sh

Gar, alligator

Saugeye

Sunfi sh: various species including bluegill, redear, green, warmouth and longear

Trout: rainbow and brown, their hybrids and subspecies

Walleye

No limit

5

No harvest allowed

1

3



No limit


5 (only two can be less than 16 inches in length)

2011 Consult www.tpwd.state.tx.us for additional regulations.

14 inches

No minimum

10 inches

No minimum

18 inches

No minimum

18 inches


18 inches

12 inches

10 inches

No minimum

No minimum

No minimum

Cabela’s 50-year legacy grows

to ‘World’s Foremost Outfi tter’

Jim, Mary and Dick Cabela


Dreaming of drumhe rod tip bent twice sharply toward

the water.I was fi shing with

my friend Dan Kelly, and we both noticed the double tap.

I quickly picked up the spinning rod with 15-pound test line and opened the bail to let line free spool as the big fi sh took the cracked crab resting on the bottom 35 feet below the boat.

As the line played out, I fl ipped the bail back, slowly reeled the excess line and set the hook. Hard.

At the set, the brute took off toward the deeper por-tion of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel and the fi ght was on.

It was a fi ght a year in the making.

I had come to Ingleside one year before, during the annual black drum run, to catch one of these behe-moths. That weekend, a howling wind reaching 30 knots out of the northwest blew along the Texas coast. Although we fi shed for two mornings, the cold-water temperatures and rough seas forced us to abandon our original plans.

We did manage to catch

our limit of redfi sh both days in other spots around Rock-port, but the big drum I had come to catch would have to wait another year.

So there I was, on March 19, back in the same spot where I had been unmercifully bounced around the year before.

Dan and I had arrived around 10:30 a.m., baited our lines and began the wait. The wind was again howling, but this time it blew warm air out of the southeast and the boat wasn’t tossed as badly as the year before.

Around 1:30 p.m., the big fi sh ate the crab, and the fi ght I’d thought about the past 12 months was on.

The big drum made several

runs, stripping huge amounts of line each time. But after each run, I was able to retrieve more and more line. After 30 minutes, the fi sh surfaced 50 yards from the boat.

He was wrapped in the line, and thoughts of him breaking off quickly went through my mind as I gingerly played him to the boat.

As he approached and Dan reached into the water and hauled the fi sh aboard, I let out a big sigh of relief.

High fi ves and a few war whoops were shared between friends as we admired the big fi sh.

A quick measure-ment put the drum at

44 inches and 52 pounds. They come bigger, but that didn’t matter in the least as I hoisted the fi sh for a few quick pictures.

Dan popped the big drum’s air bladder and settled the brute back in the water. Still holding the tail, he moved the fi sh back and forth to force water over its gills.

After several minutes, the big guy gave a strong push and swam back into the murky depths.

A great fi sh caught with a great friend. In the end, it was worth the wait.

Conor HarrisonLone Star Outdoor News

Conor Harrison


ufi x®, the leader in precision-engi-neered superior premium fi shing line, in partnership with GORE®, the makers of GORE-TEX® Fabrics, has created a brand new breakthrough in fi shing line

technology: Sufi x 832.Sufi x 832 fi shing line offers

stealth technology that will shake the fi shing line industry to its core. The combination of GORE’s expertise in advanced materials, Sufi x’s capabil-ity and know-how with fi shing lines and new R8 Precision Braiding Technology, results in the ultimate advanced technical fi shing line, Sufi x 832.

“Over the years, there have been few break-throughs in fi shing line,” says Al Lindner, Sufi x enthusiast and legend-ary angler. “Sufi x 832 has broken that mold and set the standard with its groundbreaking technology.”

Sufi x 832 is comprised of three main technology features. The fi rst is Dyneema® fi bers, which contribute to the small diameter, high strength and sensitivity of the fi shing line. The GORE Performance Fibers add improved abrasion resistance, noise and vibration reduc-tion, along with improved casting length and accuracy. Lastly, the R8 Precision Braiding and fi ber technology add superior strength, round-ness and line consistency.

GORE has the best rope tester in the world. Using the rope tester, test after test, GORE 832 performed above all others. In fact, Sufi x 832 retained 95 percent of its rated strength, the only fi shing line in the world that does this.

Formulated with eight fi bers — seven Dyneema and one GORE — at 32 pics (weaves) per inch, Sufi x 832 is the only fi sh-ing line to combine both Dyneema and GORE polytetrafl uoroethylene (ePTFE) fi bers.

“The composition of these two fi bers coming together creates the stron-gest, most abrasion-resistant, fastest-sinking, UV-protected, roundest fi shing line on the

market,” says Lindner. Six years in develop-

ment, Sufi x 832 allows anglers for the fi rst time to have a fi shing line designed with all of the characteristics to match any application worldwide.

Sufi x 832 features the highest knot

and tensile strength to diam-eter, the roundest profi le of any fi shing line and

improved durability and

abrasion resistance. Anglers will immediately notice longer, more consistent casting in part due to the reduced friction, high sensitivity, low stretch and quiet, low vibration when casting.

“This fi shing line is the most durable, small diameter braid, cast-after-cast,” says Lindner.

Spool it on and experience the revolution.

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ioline is the fi rst, 100 percent biodegradable fi shing line on the market. Made from a special formula of poly butyl-

ene succinate or PBS, bioline is engineered to retain its strength and durability for the fi rst 10-12 months of use and then com-pletely degrade in water or on land within fi ve years. Standard monofi lament fi shing line lasts more than 600 years.

bioline performs as well as mono-fi lament with outstanding abrasion resistance and knot strength while having the clarity of fl uorocarbon. bioline is the choice for weekend

warriors and avid anglers looking for a more earth-friendly alternative.

The degradation process starts at the surface of the line. Microorganisms begin breaking down and digesting bioline with the aid of sunlight and moisture. bioline becomes a combination of CO2, H2O and biomass. After the initial 10-12 months of use, the line begins to lose its tensile strength.

The loss of tensile strength allows wildlife caught in lost line to break free. Monofi lament does not degrade for 600 years and discarded line entangles birds, turtles and other wildlife.

Eagle Claw strives to be the leader in green fi shing gear for anglers around the world and looks for opportunities to work with other organizations committed to conserve our natural resources and waterways.

Supports Green Fishing

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Statewide Bag and Length Limits for Saltwater Fish

Species Daily Bag Length


2011 *Consult www.tpwd.state.tx.us for additional regulations.

1

(minimum-maximum)


5

Amberjack, Greater

Bass: striped, its hybrids and subspecies

Catfi sh: channel and blue catfi sh, their hybrids and subspecies

Catfi sh, fl athead

Catfi sh, gafftopsail

Cobia

Drum, black

Drum, red

Flounder: all species, their hybrids and subspecies

Gar, alligator

Grouper, gag

Grouper, goliath (formerly called Jewfi sh)

Mackerel, king

Mackerel, Spanish

Marlin, blue

Marlin, white

Mullet: all species, their hybrids and subspecies

Sailfi sh

Seatrout, spotted

Sharks:• Atlantic sharpnose,

blacktip, bonnethead

• Other allowable shark species

• Prohibited species

Sheepshead

Snapper, lane

Snapper, red

Snapper, vermilion

Snook

Tarpon

Triggerfi sh, gray

Tripletail

No Limit

2

5

3

5 / 2 (in any combination)

1

2

0

215

No limit

No limit

No limit

No limit

*10 (5 in LLM)

1

0

5No limit

4No limit

11

20

3

34 - No Limit

18 - No Limit

12 - No Limit

18 - No Limit

14 - No Limit37 - No limit

14 - 30 inches *

20 - 28 inches *

14 - No limit *

No limit - No limit

22 - No limit

Catch and release only

27 - No limit

14 - No limit

131 - No limit

86 - No limit

No limit - 12

84 - No limit

15 - 25 inches *

24 - No limit

64 - No limit

Catch and release only

15 - No limit8 - No limit

15 - No limit10 - No limit

24 - 28 inches

85 - No limit

16 - No limit

17 - No limit

Lone Star Outdoor News, a publication of Lone Star Outdoor News, LLC, publishes twice a month. A mailed subscription is $30 for 24 issues. Newsstand copies are free, one per person. Copyright 2011 with all rights reserved. Reproduction and/or use of any photographic or written material without written permission by the publisher is prohibited. Subscrib-ers may send address changes to: Lone Star Outdoor News, P.O. Box 551695, Dallas, TX 75355 or e-mail them to [email protected].

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ith the introduction of the Clackin’ Rap®, Rapala® sent anglers on high with a versatile bait that did it all. This year is no exception

with the introduction of the Clackin’ Crank and Clackin’ Minnow.

The Clackin’ Crank comes in two sizes: 53, which is 2 inches long, weighs 5/16 ounce and has a running depth of 3 feet; and size 74, which is 2 3/4 inches long, weighs 5/8 ounce and has a running depth of 4 feet.

“The Clackin’ Crank’s angled fat lip and rounded body style produce a wide rolling action, all while portraying a large profi le as it works its way through the water,” explains Tom Mann Jr., Rapala pro angler. “On the pause, the Clackin’ Crank slowly rises, triggering the strike.”

Like the original Clackin’ Rap, the new Clackin’ Crank and Clackin’ Minnow feature a single stainless steel ball that transmits a loud cadence rattle that fi sh not only hear but feel as it produces vibrations through the water. Built for long cast-ing, the Clackin’ Crank sports

a translucent textured body with internal holographic foil and is available in 16 color patterns.

To hook and hold the big boys, the Clackin’ Crank size 53 displays a number 8 VMC® SureSet® Treble Hook on the tail and a number 8 VMC® Round Bend Treble Hook on the belly, while the Clackin’ Crank 74 features a number 4 VMC SureSet Treble Hook on the

tail and a number 4 VMC Round Bend Treble Hook on the belly.

Nicknamed Triple Threat, the Clackin’ Minnow combines characteristics from three tried-and-true Rapala lures: the Clackin’ Rap, X-Rap® and Flat Rap®. Those actions, combined with Rapala’s classic wounded-minnow action, give the Clackin’ Minnow its aggressive, hard-fl ashing action that induces strike after strike.

“As the name indicates, the Clackin’ Min-now is shaped just like a minnow. Combine that with its unique action and 16 color patterns and you have a lure that imitates baitfi sh found all over the world,” Mann said.

Designed for long casting, the Clackin’ Minnow upon retrieve darts from side-to-side with a twitching or jerking action, or anglers can simply apply a steady retrieve and let the lure do the work.

Get ready for a clackin’ good time.

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lano StowAway® boxes are the standard by which all utility tackle organizers are measured. The

company’s new-for-2011 improvements to its StowAway waterproof models have left the competition, well, all wet.

The fi ve waterproof StowAways are com-pletely redesigned to provide anglers with total protection for their tackle against the elements in freshwater and saltwater.

For starters, all waterproof versions feature the Plano DriLoc™ O-ring seal. Add to that, three tight sealing cam action latches and the lids are pulled down tight and held there upon closure. The latches are as durable as the boxes them-selves, and stay affi xed through all the rigors of abuse by anglers during a day on the water.

Among the different models are sizes and compartment confi gurations to fi t most every need of anglers, from cell phone

and wallet storage to taking care of today’s new high-dollar crankbaits

and fi shing accessories. All waterproof StowAway models allow

360-degree viewing of contents inside for easy distinction among different boxes and for quick selection of the items in need. Of course, being a Plano, rugged durability is a given with this being made by the company that introduced molded-plastic tackle storage systems more than 50 years ago.

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ith trash on the banks and old trotlines and rusty

hooks in the water — why go back?

One has to guess why people return to familiar fi shing haunts even though the settings are less than spectacular.

Maybe it’s just that fi shing styles and preferences are as varied as people themselves.

One can pay a tidy sum to go after redfi sh, speckled trout or black drum from a lodge on the Texas Gulf Coast.

Or two anglers can split costs on a couple bags of minnows, launch a johnboat on a Texas river and hit the brush piles for crappie.

It’s an affordable way for a lot of people without a lot of money to get out and fi sh.

That was my situation on a chilly Saturday morning in November when I joined my friend, Robert, on the Trinity River, northwest of Fort Worth, in the stretch of river between Eagle Mountain Lake and Lake Worth.

A slight mist hovered on the surface when we launched from a place called Vance’s Camp.

Robert has been fi sh-ing from there since he was teenager when the camp was a business that rented boats and sold tackle and bait.

These days it’s closed to the public. But during our trip the only money spent by us was when Robert dropped off a few dollars at the door of an old house so that we could use the boat ramp.

It was the honor system, and you can also bet that Robert’s the kind of guy who keeps his own trash from go-ing into the river.

Others were not so care-ful; aluminum cans, plastic bottles and wrappers littered the banks.

But nobody would come here if there weren’t any fi sh.

In those days, I was a gen-eral assignment reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and Robert remarked that the newspaper’s former outdoors writer, Bob Hood, had written about this place quite a bit.

Later I called Bob to get the history.

“Johnny Vance, before he died, had the place, prob-ably going back to the ’40s and ’50s,” Bob recalled. “He rented boats and he had a lot of old motors — Wizards and Evinrudes — and he sold bait and small tackle.

“He lived right there beside that store, right on the banks of the Trinity.”

Up the river, right behind the dam for Eagle Mountain Lake, is a popular area called the “Blue Hole,” Bob said.

“I caught quite a few sand bass and crappie out of that Blue Hole,” he said.

“And anywhere behind there, you get a fl ow, and the fi sh will move in there.”

Robert and I didn’t get that far up in his aluminum boat with a small motor because he knew exactly where we should drop our lines.

We stopped at one log and watched a couple paddle past us in a canoe. Robert ex-changed greetings with them.

“I’ve been seeing those folks every Saturday for the past few years,” he said.

We didn’t get a nibble. Rob-ert said, “They’re not here, my friend.”

We reversed course, and headed downriver a short dis-tance beyond the camp, where a bunch of the old boats were still tied.

Robert put us along a favorite brush pile, which

was also popular with another “regular.”

“Hey,” the man called, speeding past us in his boat, “you’re in my spot!”

Robert just smiled and told the man not to worry; we wouldn’t be there long, and he was right.

We dropped our lines in a hole and started enjoying the simplicity of crappie fi shing.

One after another, we pulled them out, released the ones less than 10 inches, and kept going. We didn’t reach our limits (25), but we each had a half-dozen to take home, and we called it a morning.

Robert pointed the boat back to the ramp.

“I wouldn’t want to fall into this water,” he said. “Over the years so many lines have been broke off; there’s no telling how many rusty hooks are down there.”

We grabbed up some of the fl oating trash, but it seemed that you could spend days just doing that.

“Some people are trashy and just don’t care,” Bob Hood said. “They make it bad for everyone else.”

So why do they go back? Preferences surely have some-thing to do with it, but it’s more likely that the fi shing is good.

The experience would be better if we all just picked up after ourselves.

Familiar haunts still draw,

despite ‘trashy’ conditions

Bill MillerLone Star Outdoor News


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AprilApril MayMay JuneJune JulyJuly AugustAugust SeptemberSeptember OctoberOctober NovemberNovember DecemberDecember

Times given above are for Dallas. For other locations, subtract 1 minute per 12 miles east of Dallas, and add 1 minute per 12 miles west of Dallas. The table below gives adjustments for some Texas cities. Information provided is the longitudinal distance from Dallas and the time adjustment for sunrise and sunset.

Abilene . . . . . . . . . . 165 miles west . . . . add 14 minutesAlpine . . . . . . . . . . . 405 miles west . . . . add 24 minutesBeaumont . . . . . . . . . 160 miles east . . . . subtract 13 minutesCorpus Christi. . . . . . 35 miles west . . . . . add 3 minutesAustin . . . . . . . . . . . 55 miles west . . . . . add 5 minutesDel Rio . . . . . . . . . . . 235 miles west . . . . add 20 minutesEl Paso*. . . . . . . . . . 555 miles west . . . . subtract 23 minutes

Houston . . . . . . . . . . 170 miles east . . . . subtract 5 minutesLaredo . . . . . . . . . . . 160 miles west . . . . add 14 minutesLubbock . . . . . . . . . . 280 miles west . . . . add 24 minutesSan Angelo. . . . . . . . 215 miles west . . . . add 18 minutesSan Antonio . . . . . . . 95 miles west . . . . . add 8 minutesTyler . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 miles east . . . . . subtract 6 minutes*El Paso is in Mountain Time Zone.

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orden’s Rooster Tail, one of the world’s most popu-

lar spinners, is now available in four new “Nature Series” colors, as well as three new colors with copper blades and three new colors featur-ing UV coating on the blades.

The new Nature Series colors are: Rusty Mayfl y, White Stonefl y, Olive Mayfl y and Yellow Damselfl y. Each features a unique design of a natural

fl y on the body with coordi-nating colors on the body and famous hackle tail. The new Nature Series lures will be very effective for trout, bass and other fi sh that feed on natural insect life.

The new UV Rooster Tails are Tinsel Brown, Tinsel Rooster Tail and Tinsel Gold. The UV coat-ing on the Rooster Tail’s willow leaf spinner will make the lure more attractive in off-colored

water condi-tions and on cloudy days.

The new copper bladed Rooster Tails are: Copper Glitter Rainbow, Copper Glit-ter Chartreuse and Copper Glitter Fire Tiger.

All of the new colors will make the Rooster Tail even more enticing to trout, bass, perch, crappie and other gamefi sh.

The 10 new colors are available in all 10 Rooster Tail sizes, from 1/32 of an ounce to 1 ounce, and they are available in all Super Rooster Tail spinners as well.

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orld Fishing Network has been searching for the Ultimate Fishing Town USA! No matter how big or small, towns across the U.S. have stepped up and told us why they deserve the title and the $25,000 community dona-tion that comes with it. Check www.WFNFishingTown.com to see all the towns from Texas that were nominated and now in the running to become

WFN’s Ultimate Fishing Town USA. WFN teamed up with baseball hall-of-famer and

avid angler Mike Schmidt to search for fi shing towns. WFN asked Schmidt where his love for fi shing came from and here is what he had to say; “My love for fi shing came kind of slow, as I experienced more things in the sport. We’re talking about a 25-year pe-riod of my life after I retired from baseball. I’ve spent a lot of my hours on the water and as well as on the golf course, but fi shing is my number one love.” says Schmidt.

When asked about which town he would consider being the Ultimate Fishing Town, Schmidt said “Well, I have my favorite town and it’s right where I live. The town is Jupiter, Florida and you can fi nd just about any type of fi shing you want here.”

Along with all of the contributions Mike has made in the baseball world, he also hosts the annual Ba-hamas Winner Circle Invitational Fishing Tournament to benefi t the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Schmidt explains, “I’ve been involved for 12 years now in a fund-raising event that benefi ts Cystic Fibrosis. We’ve raised over a million and a half dollars, and I’ve sort of dedicated my fund-raising time to that to helping fi nd a cure for the disease.”

Over his baseball career, Mike Schmidt played in fi ve League Championship Series and two World Se-ries. He was voted National League MVP three times and an All-Star 12 times, nine as a starter. In May, 1990, the Philadelphia Phillies retired Mike’s uniform number, 20, in a fi tting tribute to one of the game’s all-time hardest competitors.

An avid angler and outdoorsman, Mike jumped at the chance to join WFN on the search for the Ultimate Fishing Town USA.

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Baseball Hall of FamerMike Schmidt

Unexpected complications

always wanted to go wade fi shing on the coast, but opportuni-ties always seemed to fall through. So I

jumped at the chance to head to Port Mansfi eld with friend Tim Kohn of Waco and two of his Aggie buddies.

I had fi shed enough in saltwater, always from a boat, and thought I had all the right equipment. Wade fi shing just didn’t look that tough.

Until you catch one, that is.On a mile-long wade in

thigh-deep water, I hooked my fi rst keeper trout of the day. I was too far away from my fi shing partners to ask for help, but I did manage to get him in the net.

It was then I realized the reason for all the gear the others had strapped around their waists.

My fi shing rod under my armpit, a net in one hand, trying to remove the hook and get the fi sh on the stringer was a task for which I was

unprepared.The fi sh lunged and I man-

aged to hold on. My needle-nosed pliers, however, sank to the bottom.

“At least nobody has a video camera,” I thought.

By the time I managed to string the fi sh and consider going back to fi shing, one of the others came near.

“Need any help?” he asked, while I soaked my arm retrieving the pliers.

“I got it,” I replied. “Hey, you don’t happen to have an extra wading belt with a rod holder, do you?”

The next trout swam free while I fumbled to fi gure out the right succession of steps to make this seemingly easy task manageable.

“You might put him on the stringer before you remove the hook,” my neighboring fi sherman chuckled.

“Good idea,” I mumbled.Fortunately, we have the

ability to learn, and the rest of the morning went without

a hitch. Not on a catch-and-release venture, the group was nearing its fi ve-fi sh limit on the fi rst day.

“Let’s head back to the boat for lunch,” Kohn said. “We’ll get the last fi ve fi sh in no time.”

We ate and I listened to more talk about Aggie football.

The fi sh must have gone elsewhere for lunch, too. After a fruitless wade, we headed to another spot nearer a deeper gut, fi nished the limits and headed to the cleaning station.

Wind cut short the second day, but wade fi shing is now a new favorite, and we’ll try again this spring.

But fi rst I’ll call Forev-erLast and order the G2 Pro Wader Belt with all the accessories, including a rod holder.

Craig NyhusLone Star Outdoor News


Black Crappie Blue Catfi shBlue Marlin

Striped Bass

Bull Shark

Chain Pickerel Channel Catfi sh Cobia Flathead Catfi sh

White Crappie

Swordfi sh Tarpon

Tripletail Wahoo

Red Drum

Sailfi sh

Sand Trout

Sharpnose Shark

Walleye

Smallmouth Bass Snook Spanish MackerelSpotted Bass Spotted Sea Trout

White Bass

White Marlin Yellow Bass

King Mackerel Largemouth Bass Rainbow TroutGuadalupe Bass

Illustrations by TPWD

Documents

Texas Fishing Spring Annual 2011