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w w w. l o n e s t a r o u t d o o r n e w s . c o m
Anglers called to help
Katrina victims
INSIDE
FISHING NEWS
By John N. Felsher
fter
Hurricane
Katrina
slammed into the Gulf Coast,
Americans watched horrified
as thousands begged for food,
water, shelter and rescue from rising
waters.
With formal rescue efforts lagging,
authorities called on sportsmen with
flat-bottomed boats for help. The
Louisiana Department of Wildllife and
Fisheries Web site listed a number for
boat rescue volunteers. Anglers and
A
If catching monster fish at night
with a bow and arrow sounds like
your kind of adrenaline rush,
then you’ll want to read this
story on bowfishing devotees.
See page 8
boaters from many states, including
Texas, responded to the call, plucking
desperate people from rooftops, trees
and other places still above water. But
the problems that plagued formal
relief efforts would complicate anglers’
efforts as well. A fisherman contacted
by Lone Star Outdoor News in
Hackberry, La., said Sept. 1 that a caravan of sportsmen with boats trying to
help rescue efforts in New Orleans was
turned away.
But people were determined to help
the victims in what has been called
Continued on page 10
IMPACTED: National Wildlife Refuges hit by Katrina. Map by the USFWS.
Just dovey
Dove opener scores
well with many
Some fans at the Top Gun fishing
tournament held near Fort Worth
this summer weren’t keen on the
weigh-in procedure on the final
day, but a top tournament official
said he was happy with the
competition and would like to
see a repeat next year.
See page 8
By Ralph Winingham
he telltale signs of the
annual ritual known as
the opening of dove season in the Lone Star State
were readily apparent across
rural communities on the first
day of the 2005 season.
Normally deserted rural roads
were packed with ribbons of
vehicles, their headlights and
taillights cutting through the
pre-dawn darkness like airport
runway lights.
At each small town convenience store or grocery, parking
lots were loaded with camou-
T
HUNTING NEWS
A bumper crop of mesquite
beans means bucks will get
plenty of nourishment this fall
despite the dry conditions that
prevail in South Texas.
See page 6
Getting your dog trained to avoid
snakes while you’re hunting
takes work. Find out what one
expert recommends to
snakeproof your hunting dog this
season.
See page 7
CONSERVATION NEWS
A businessman’s proposal to buy
a large chunk of the Big Bend
Ranch State Park was turned
down by the Texas Parks and
Wildlife Commission after media
scrutiny and a public outcry.
See page 5
Cell phones gone wild
A good tuna
run awaits
fall anglers
Animal ringtones find niche market
By Mark England
The Ducks Unlimited Expo to be
held in Tennessee this month
will offer competitions, games
and fun for the whole family —
including the dog! The price is
family-friendly, too.
See page 4
DEPARTMENTS
Product Picks
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Heroes’ Corner
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Bordering Texas
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Weather
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Wild in the Kitchen
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Crossword
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Game Warden Blotter
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Fishing Report
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Outdoor Datebook
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s the 43-foot All Good
broke the jetties at Port
Aransas at 5:30 a.m., the
most important instrument on the bridge in the predawn twilight was the radar
screen.
Capt. Paul Eccleston skillfully
navigated his vessel out of danger from platforms, buoys, and
other ships as the moonlight
danced off the nearly calm Gulf.
An hour and a half, a sunrise,
and some 40 miles later, Capt.
Paul still ignored his GPS, depth
sounder, and a myriad of other
electronic devices for his radar
screen. He is one of the best in
the business at finding tuna in
the Gulf of Mexico, no easy task
considering “honey holes” pack
up and move as much as 20
miles overnight.
Fleets of deep-water shrimp
uccess didn’t exactly
knock at Kevin Riddles’
door. It was more like a
rap.
Listening to teen-agers’ cell
phones play the latest hits by
Eminem or 50 Cent, the
Lubbock entrepreneur and avid
hunter decided there had to be a
market for ringtones aimed at
sportsmen like himself.
“I thought it would be cool to
S
By Brian Holden
NATIONAL NEWS
A DAY IN THE SUN: Sally Farley shoots at dove over a sunflower patch in South Texas.
A
BIG RUN: Brian Holden poses with a
blackfin tuna caught 45 miles offshore.
Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star
Outdoor News.
boats, a tuna hunter’s bread and
butter, change locations searching for shrimp, and the tuna
move with them. To find the
fleets, Capt. Paul studies blips on
the radar screen. He skillfully
differentiates between platforms, other sportfishing vessels, and even undesirable
shrimp boats with the skill and
accuracy of a doctor reading an
EKG monitor. When asked what
he is looking for in a place to
fish, Capt. Paul responded: “I
do moose calls and such,”
Riddles said. “A lot of people,
though, have older phones that
just play preprogrammed beats. I
had to wait for the cell phone
market to catch up with the idea.
Most of the newer phones now
are capable of playing true tones
or actual sounds.”
Riddles — along with partners
Danny Newton and Paul
Dockter — launched Hunttones
two months ago. They’re hoping
to get a slice of an American ringContinued on page 11
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NATIONAL NEWS
DU Expo keeps family and Fido in mind
veryone in your family,
including your dog, can
compete for great prizes
in the outdoor skills
competitions at the new Ducks
Unlimited Expo coming to
Memphis, Tenn., at Agricenter
International Sept. 17-18.
Competitions for shooters,
archery target shooting, along
with a duck-calling contest and
the U.S. Open Goose Calling
Championship will be held at
the expo.
In the Ford Archery Village,
you’ll find novice competitions for new shooters, both
young and old. Experienced
archers can shoot 3-D animal
targets in the fast-paced and
E
exciting Bowhunter Challenge.
The Shooting Village will be
a favorite spot for expo fans.
This year features fast and furious “dove flurry” shooting
competitions. Test your skills
in the Promatic one-shooter
flurry or team with a partner in
the Benelli two-shooter flurry.
Benelli shotguns are among
the prizes in these competitions.
For only $20, a family of five
can enjoy exhibits and activities featured at the expo at
Agricenter International in
Memphis. The expo features a
series of villages, modeled after
the centuries-old European
game fairs that guide both
novice and experienced outdoor enthusiasts.
The Ducks Unlimited Expo
offers lots of fun events for
your youngsters, too. Visit the
News Channel 3 Outdoors
Family Fun Station and let the
kids participate in the casting,
washer toss, BB gun and sleeping bag roll-up contests. Prizes
go to all participants, with special awards for the winners.
Most consider dogs as members of the family. The expo
offers fun competitions for
them, too. The Big Air contest
offers both amateur and professional divisions. The exciting Speed-Dog competition is
open to all dogs. Bring your
canine best friend to the GMC
Hunting Dog Village and enjoy
the fun.
Avery Outdoors will sponsor
two waterfowl-calling contests
this year. The world championship duck-calling contest on
Saturday features junior, twoman team and individual divisions, with valuable prizes in
each.
On Sunday, we’ll host the
U.S. Open Goose Calling
Championship. Even if you
don’t compete, listen and learn
from the experts in the air-conditioned comfort of the
Agricenter amphitheater.
To register for duck calling,
log on to www.ducks.org/spe-
cialevents/dux. There are only
a few spots left for the goosecalling competitions. Please email Bill Cooksey at [email protected] for more information.
The Ducks Unlimited Expo
also features a 5K trail run and
an exciting multi-discipline
Adventure Race. The Adventure
Race includes running, cycling,
canoeing and mystery events. To
register for both races, visit
www.ducks.org/specialevents/d
ux.
For expo hours, tickets and
more information, go to
www.ducks.org/specialevents/dux.
— A Ducks Unlimited report
USFWS approves
non-toxic shot
he U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service approved a nontoxic shot type composed
of iron, tungsten and
nickel for waterfowl and coot
hunting in the United States. In
addition, the service will publish
in the Federal Register a proposed
approval for four additional nontoxic shot types.
The approved shot, manufactured by ENVIRON-Metal Inc. of
Sweet Home, Ore., is composed
of 62 percent iron, 25 percent
tungsten and 13 percent nickel
(ITN).
“The service’s approval of ITN
shot and its proposal to approve
the four other shot types demonstrates our determination to
make it easier for hunters to comply with restrictions on lead shot.
Hunters now have more choices
of shot types that will continue to
reduce waterfowl’s exposure to
lead,” said Matt Hogan, acting
service director. “The service
appreciates the efforts of the
companies that have developed
alternatives to lead shot.”
The four shot types under consideration are:
• Tungsten-iron-copper-nickel
(TICN) shot, comprising 40-76
percent tungsten, 10-37
percent iron, 9-16 percent
copper and 5-7 percent nickel
T
and made by Spherical
Precision, Inc. of Tustin, Calif.
• Iron-tungsten-nickel (ITN)
alloys, composed of 20-70
percent tungsten, 10-40
percent nickel and 10-70
percent iron, manufactured by
ENVIRON-Metal Inc. of Sweet
Home, Ore.
• Tungsten-bronze (TB) shot,
made of 60 percent tungsten,
35.1 percent copper, 3.9
percent tin and 1 percent iron
by Olin Corporation of East
Alton, Ill.
• Tungsten-tin-iron (TTI) shot,
composed of 58 percent
tungsten, 38 percent tin and 4
percent iron, from Nice Shot,
Inc., of Albion, Pa.
Waterfowl can ingest expended
lead shot and die from lead poisoning. Efforts to phaseout lead
shot began in the 1970s, and a
nationwide ban on lead shot for
all waterfowl hunting was implemented in 1991. Canada instituted a complete ban in 1999.
A study in the mid-1990s suggested that the nationwide ban in
the United States on the use of
lead shot for waterfowl hunting
has had remarkable success.
—A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
report
LOOKING FOR A COMEBACK: Quail hunters are worried that the number of birds is declining.
New quail group hits the ground running
ust days after Pheasants
Forever announced in August
the launch of Quail Forever,
the first two chapters were
formed in St. Louis, Mo., and
Bunker Hill, Ill.
The first chapter was the
Gateway Chapter in Missouri,
formed Aug. 13.
“I’ve been hunting quail my
whole life and have seen their
populations plummet over the
last two decades,” said Missouri
founding member David Bub.
“Quail are in serious, serious
trouble and I believe Quail
J
Forever is the vehicle to help
prevent their demise.”
QF was launched as a division
of Pheasants Forever. Dedicated
to quail conservation and education, QF will build on
Pheasants Forever’s track record
of successful local chapter
development, localized habitat
initiatives and national public
policy leadership and advocacy.
The new quail group will use its
parent group’s model where
local chapters control 100 percent of locally raised funds, and
make decisions on how to spend
those funds.
“We are very pleased to
announce our first Quail Forever
chapter,” explained Jim Wooley,
QF’s director of field operations.
“The announcement of Quail
Forever forming has been
extremely well-received. I think
everyone knows the plight of
our country’s quail populations
and are excited for us to begin
working locally, as well as
nationally, for quail and quail
hunters.”
— A staff report
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September 9, 2005 Page 5
CONSERVATION NEWS
TPW commissioners nix
Big Bend Ranch deal
he Texas Parks and
Wildlife
Commission
rejected an offer to buy
part of Big Bend Ranch
State Park, citing concerns that
there were no guarantees the
complicated transaction would
improve public access and
resource conservation consistent with the agency’s mission.
The offer from a neighboring
landowner was to buy a mostly
inaccessible part of the northern
“panhandle” of Big Bend Ranch
and use proceeds from the sale
to buy inholdings (privately
owned parcels within the park)
and boundary parcels from willing sellers. A conservation easement was included to protect
the northern property after the
sale, with a goal to limit development and insure water flow
and habitat restoration in an
important creek corridor.
“Our mission is to manage
and conserve natural and cultural resources and to improve
public access to the outdoors
for all Texans,” said Joseph B.C.
T
Fitzsimons, commission chairman. “The offer was to
exchange inaccessible park
land for accessible park land,
but the offer was rejected
because it did not guarantee
that we would be able to obtain
the new park land within a reasonable time period. Although
I realize many people were concerned about a lack of public
information on the proposal,
it’s important to note that the
landowner’s offer did not exist
in final form until yesterday, so
we were not able to discuss
specifics until today.”
Fitzsimons emphasized that a
key goal of the Land and Water
Conservation and Recreation
Plan, the strategic plan that
guides the Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department, is to
improve access to the outdoors.
“As everyone saw in (the)
public hearing, Big Bend Ranch
State Park has unique access
problems,” Fitzsimons said.
“One of our goals is to improve
access, and the offer presented
to us today was meant to
address those problems. We
appreciate our neighbor’s offer,
but it did not guarantee that
new park land would be available to the people of Texas.”
The commission’s vote followed a public outcry over the
proposed sale. Dozens of people, from average citizens who
love the Big Bend country to
legislators to leaders of other
state agencies and conservation
groups, sent hundreds of emails or letters. More than 50
people spoke at a public hearing. An attorney sent a letter
offering to buy the property in
question and donate it back to
the state — a proposal that
commissioners instructed staff
to pursue immediately.
“We are not surprised by the
public interest in our state parks,
and in this park in particular,”
said Robert L. Cook, TPW executive director.
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— A Texas Parks and Wildlife
report
Farmers needed to save quail
obwhite quail supporters
from Texas and other
southeastern states presented a case study on a nationwide push to save quail at the
White House Conference on
Cooperative Conservation, one
of only a handful of wildlife case
studies to make the conference
agenda.
Here in Texas, row-crop farmers
may hold the key to frontline
quail conservation through a
new federal habitat buffer program personally endorsed by
President Bush last year. So far,
only about 1,000 acres out of a
possible 20,000 have been signed
up in Texas. Looking at the glass
half full, that means there’s still
plenty of opportunity for Texas
to get engaged before the 2007
deadline.
Throughout their range, bobwhite quail populations nationwide have declined from an estimated 59 million birds in 1980
to about 20 million in 1999.
“What’s really happening here
is not the loss of one bird, but
the steady loss of a type of prairie
grass and savannah habitat that
supports many other birds and
animals,” said Steve DeMaso,
B
Texas Parks and Wildlife upland
game bird program leader.
DeMaso and quail counterparts from other states and universities spoke at the White
House Conference, which took
place in St. Louis Aug. 29-31.
They told attendees that all
through the 35 states in the
southeastern United States
where quail once thrived, concrete and cropland have been
replacing native range, and quail
are becoming “recreationally
extinct,” meaning they’re so few
that landowners and hunters are
hard pressed to find any.
The fact that the quail cause
has shown up on White House
radar is no accident. It follows
years of work building grassroots
and government support, resulting in the National Bobwhite
Conservation Initiative, a recovery plan for quail published in
2002. Texas this year unveiled its
own plan, “The Texas Quail
Conservation
Initiative:
A
Proactive Approach to Restoring
Quail Populations by Improving
Wildlife Habitat.”
Last August, the president
announced CP-33–Habitat Buffers
for Upland Birds as part of the
Continuous
Conservation
Reserve Program under the federal farm bill. The goal is 250,000
acres of grass buffers along agricultural field borders nationwide.
“This isn’t a complete solution,
and it’s not the only tactic urged
by the quail plan, but it’s a key
first step to make agricultural
landscapes more quail friendly,”
DeMaso said.
The CP-33 program will pay
farmers to plant 30- to 120-foot
wide buffers around their fields
with native warm-season grasses,
legumes, wildflowers, forbs and
limited shrub and tree plantings,
as specified in the program plan.
Participants get incentive payments of up to $100 per acre just
for signing up. They get more payments after planting the buffers,
and again annually during the 10year contract. The deadline to
sign up is Dec. 31, 2007.
“We’re hoping this will provide hunting opportunities and
revenue for landowners,” said
Chuck Kowaleski, TPW farm bill
coordinator.
— A Texas Parks and Wildlife
report
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HUNTING
Deer beef up with mesquite
By Wes Smalling
body weight’s definitely heavier
in those years when you’ve got a
bumper crop of mesquite
beans.”
During dry years, trees that are
stressed try to reproduce, so they
produce more seeds than usual.
“In parts of South Texas we’re
in a pretty severe drought this
year,” Rutledge said. “You tend
rought
conditions
across much of South
Texas this summer
won’t
necessarily
mean skinnier deer this hunting
season.
White-tailed deer are getting
more than enough to eat
thanks to a bumper crop of
mesquite beans this summer — meaning that some
very big bucks could be
roaming the brush country
this fall.
“South Texas has exploded in mesquite beans from
here to Laredo,” said Jim
Wheeler, a rancher and
hunter in the San Antonio DEER DELICACY: Mesquite beans are a favorite of
white-tailed deer.
area. “All the old timers say
(white-tailed deer) grow big on to get your biggest mesquite
mesquite beans and pear crops when it’s dry.”
apples.”
This summer’s outburst of
The sweet, high-carb beans of mesquite beans, however, probathe mesquite tree, which are bly won’t have much effect on
seeds that grow in slender pods, antler size because by mid-sumare a favorite food of white- mer a deer’s antlers have more or
tailed deer. They’re high in ener- less grown as big as they’re going
gy so deer tend to fatten up on to get, he said.
them, especially in places where
“Most of our beans this year
there isn’t a lot of other forage, came from the second bloom in
said Jimmy Rutledge, Texas Parks mid- to late July,” Rutledge said.
and Wildlife technical guidance “The first bloom came in April,
biologist for the South Texas but it didn’t really stick. When
region.
they bloomed the second time
“It definitely puts the weight around, we got a really good
on them,” Rutledge said. “The bloom from that and it’s proba-
D
bly carried us for about 45 days
now.”
More good news for hunters
with the dry weather is that by
hunting season, the scarcity of
vegetation should make deer
easier to find, Rutledge said.
“They’re going to be hungry
so they’re going to come to corn
readily. There are going to be
exceptions to every rule,
because there are going to
be pockets that are wet
where they’ve got all they
need to eat. But throughout the majority of South
Texas they ought to be
easier to find.”
Deer, cattle and horses
will eat mesquite beans
right off the tree, but prethe
fer to eat them after they
have dropped to the
ground when they’re sweeter,
said Joe Paschal, livestock specialist for the Texas Cooperative
Extension office in Corpus
Christi.
“Unlike deer, cattle will tend
to gorge on them,” Paschal said
“Deer are browsers and the
beans are pretty much something they’ll eat along with the
rest of their diet.”
Wes Smalling is the former
outdoors editor for the Santa Fe
New Mexican and has more than a
decade of experience as a writer
and reporter.
Fishing, hunting, wildlife featured at TPW Expo
he 14th annual Texas
Parks and Wildlife Expo
Oct. 1-2 in Austin will
debut more than a halfdozen new exhibits and activities
this year. The free outdoors festival will give tens of thousands of
visitors a chance to try fishing,
shooting, kayaking, mountain
biking and rock climbing.
A new exhibit features a “dive
master” leading visitors through a
simulated undersea exploration
of the Flower Gardens, a famed
natural reef favored by scuba
divers about 100 miles offshore.
Along the way, visitors will learn
about the challenges and choices
facing Texans regarding one of
our most precious natural
resources.
T
Expo visitors can travel an
entire watershed in the new
“Texas Water Ways: Ranches To
Reefs” area. They’ll hear the
sounds of trickling springs, rushing rivers and crashing surf as
they move through the tent with
exhibits about freshwater springs,
rivers, and lakes, then on to
coastal bays and estuaries, Gulf
beaches and out to deep water
reefs.
The TPW Expo began in 1992
as a tribute to the role of hunters
in wildlife conservation. TPW
produces the event, which is held
at their headquarters in southeast Austin, at 4200 Smith School
Road. The event remains free to
the public through sponsors.
Expo visitors will find a com-
pletely revamped Hunting and
Wildlife Management area. It will
showcase the five basic tools of
habitat management: axe, cow,
plow, fire and gun. Large photos
on 8-foot banners will be
grouped into new kiosk exhibits.
One set will cover the five tools,
with others about private land
conservation, public hunting
and wildlife management areas.
A new “Living With Wildlife”
exhibit will show how people can
safely coexist with wildlife,
including tips for homeowners. A
rainwater simulator will show
how rain on well-managed land
percolates slowly through the
soil,
making
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Other new activities include an
exhibit on the world’s tallest freestanding masonry obelisk, the
San Jacinto Monument, and a
new air gun challenge as well as
demonstrations by three-time
Olympic gold medalist Kim
Rhode.
Those who want to keep cool
in the Texas heat may check out
the fishing and aquatic events.
Thousands of children catch
their first fish at the expo each
year. Bait, gear and guidance will
be provided. Coastal touch tanks
allow visitors to get up close and
personal with live marine life.
There’s also a boater safety program and an 8,100-gallon
square-foot tank aptly named
“The Wet Zone” where expo visitors can try kayaking.
The Law Enforcement exhibits
allow visitors to meet game wardens, look at confiscated illegal
hunting and fishing equipment
and learn about the laws of the
land. The popular “Who
Dunnit” activity puts visitors in
the roles of game wardens, trying
to spot violations committed by
wardens posing as lawbreakers in
a mock hunting camp.
All events are free. Water is provided; parking is free and a shuttle is provided.
For more information about
the expo, visit the TPW Web site
or call (800) 792-1112.
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Bird dogs need
training to avoid
snake danger
By Lynn Burkhead
t’s a beautiful sight — the
stylish point of a hardcharging bird dog locked up
with a snootful of bobwhite,
an image that for a Lone Star
State wingshooter is something
straight out of a John Cowan
painting.
But being mindful that there’s
danger lurking beyond that
image could help save your dog
from serious harm.
Jason Smith, a North Texas
resident who frequently chases
bobwhites on both sides of the
Red River with his father, knows
all about trying to keep bird dogs
safe in snake country.
“My dad has had several dogs
get bit,” Smith said. “And once
one of the pointers gets bit,
you’ve got to stop the hunt right
then and make sure the dog
receives medical attention.”
Comptom Kennels owner and
chief bird dog trainer Higdon
Comptom Jr. knows full well
what Smith is talking about.
That’s because the San
Antonio trainer hunts and trains
a dozen or more bird dogs each
year in the covey-rich, brushy
landscape of LaSalle and
Dimmitt counties in South
Texas.
“I have seen it (snake bite on a
dog) and it’s the ugliest thing,”
said Comptom. “The whole
recovery process is the ugliest
thing I’ve ever seen.”
And that’s exactly why
Comptom prefers to go to great
lengths to ensure that all of his
dogs have been trained properly
and that every precaution has
been taken to eliminate or
severely reduce the odds of a
snake encounters in the field.
How does the trainer do that?
First, Comptom won’t even
run a young bird dog in snake
country if he believes that rattlers are active and the weather is
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warm – it’s not worth the risk in
his mind.
Next, the bird-dog handler
will put a mature dog that has
completed nearly all other training paces through what is commonly called “snakeproof”
training.
That’s training a dog to avoid
snakes through the use of highenergy jolts from an electronic
shock collar.
“It’s high and nasty intensity,
so I don’t recommend a dog
going to snake training until he’s
gone through all of his formal
training,” Comptom said.
While acknowledging an amateur bird dog trainer can snakeproof his or her own dogs,
Comptom doesn’t recommend it.
That’s because trainers must
deal with handling snakes and
shock training.
“A professional handler would
be the best,” Comptom said.
“Plus, it’s intense. You don’t want
the owner around while this
training is going on so that the
dog will not learn to associate that
(big jolt) with the owner.”
Third, the San Antonio trainer
also sees to it that his hard-charging canines get a special dosage of
antibody building snake venom
via a specially prepared injection
— see your vet on this one.
And finally, that same advice —
seeing your vet — quickly comes
into play should all snakeproofing precautions fail and a dog is
actually bitten in the field.
“If a dog gets hit, cool him
down and seek medical attention
ASAP.”
For more information on snakeproofing dogs, contact Compton
Kennels at (210) 275-1961, www.com
tonkennels.com, or Landmark
Kennels at (972) 878-2600, www.
landmarkretrievers.com.
RATTLE TRAP: Dog trainers teach dogs to avoid contact with poisonous snakes.
Lynn Burkhead is a frequent
contributor to Lone Star Outdoor
News and an associate editor for
ESPN Outdoors.com.
Katy outdoorsman wins
Texas duck-calling title
ard McGee of Katy
proved once again that
he’s the best duck
caller in the state.
McGee, a 34-year-old sales
representative for Acme Brick
in Houston, won the Texas
State Championship Duck
Calling Contest in Lewisville
last month, according to news
and Web site reports. He
received a $1,250 gift certificate from the event’s sponsor,
Sportsman’s Warehouse in
Lewisville.
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He beat 14 competitors to
win this year’s contest. He also
won the right to represent
Texas in November at the
annual World’s Championship
Duck Calling Contest in
Stuttgart, Ark, according to the
Houston Chronicle. To win,
McGee used a Rich-N-Tone
MVP call that he altered. He
also was state champ in 2001
and 2004.
The event’s organizer, Newell
Cheatheam of Katy, started
holding the contest in 2001.
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FISHING
Top Gun contest
draws cheers, jeers
By Bob Hood
BIG FISH: Alex Liukin holds a buffalo shot while bowfishing at night. Photo by Donald Lee
Bowfishing offers
midnight thrills
By Diana Kunde
“Come on, big fish. Come on,
big fish.”
It’s just shy of midnight on a
Friday at Lake Ray Hubbard, and
Donald Lee is reciting his fish chant.
Suddenly he spots something off
the bow of the lighted boat, draws
back just as quickly on his compound bow, and shoots. Seconds
later, a 40-inch longnose gar is
splashing and writhing on top of
the water, trying to shed his arrow.
It’s this adrenalin rush, this
action — not to mention the
chance at a trophy — that is
attracting more Texans to bowfishing, say Lee and his 19-year-old son,
Hunter.
“This is the only kind of fishing I
do,” Hunter says. “It’s more exciting, and you don’t have to sit in the
hot sun all day.”
Lee, the 48-year-old owner of
Lee’s Tile and Plumbing in Plano,
remodels kitchens and bathrooms
by day and guides bowfishing parties by night during the summer,
spring and fall through his
Donald Duck Guide Service. His
son acts as deckhand for most
bowfishing parties.
Lee, a one-time tournament bass
fisher, got turned on to shooting
fish with a bow and arrow several
years ago — and it’s been a nonstop
love affair ever since.
More guides are joining him
all over the state, says Ron
Ricketts, co-owner of the Huntin
Post, a retailer in Sunset, near
Bowie. “A whole lot more bowfishing outfitters are popping
up.”
The sport is a natural for
bowhunters looking for an offseason pastime. They have a builtContinued on page 11
The BassFan-Cabela’s Top
Gun Championship tournament at Eagle Mountain Lake
in August may have surprised
some people with its unusual
weigh-in format, but it was so
successful in the mind of
BassFan executive director Scott
Laney that he wants to bring
another one back to the area
next year.
The tournament, held near
Fort Worth, was won by Brent
Chapman of Shawnee, Kan.
and was different from other
professional bass tournaments
in many ways.
First, the tournament turned
the normal rules upside-down.
Pros were not required to pay
an entry fee. Instead, each was
given a $4,000 “appearance
fee,” and those who belong to
the
Professional
Anglers
Association received an additional $1,000 appearance fee.
Secondly, the pros were
allowed to fish out of their own
boats and could openly give
credit and thanks to their sponsors throughout the event.
As for the fans, it was an
unusual weigh-in that prompt-
ed complaints at West Bay
Marina on Eagle Mountain
Lake where the fish were actually weighed, but praise from
those who attended the weighin ceremonies at the new
Cabela’s store north of Fort
Worth.
During each of the three days
of competition, the anglers’
fish were weighed at West Bay
but their weights remained
unannounced until a few hours
later at Cabela’s. There the
anglers were brought to the
stands and their weights
announced by emcee Fish
Fishburn.
Some fans on the final day
apparently did not know the
weights
would
not
be
announced until the pros gathered at Cabela’s later in the
evening.
“I did not hear of any complaints at all,” said Laney. “We
were very satisfied with how
everything went, although I
feel we were a little late out of
the box (with announcing the
event). I was not disappointed
at all with the (size of) the
crowds but I was a little disappointed with our ability to get
the word out.”
Laney said he was so pleased
TOP GUNNER: Brent Chapman won the
Top Gun Championship held near Fort
Worth. Photo by BassFan.com.
with the way the tournament
went that he wanted to suggest
to Cabela’s that the tournament should come back to the
Fort Worth area again next
year.
If the Top Gun does return to
the area, it likely will be on
another lake “because there are
a lot of other really good lakes
in the area where we could hold
it,” Laney said, adding that an
October date is likely.
Bob Hood is an outdoor writer for the
Fort Worth Star-Telegram and
frequent contributor to Lone Star
Outdoor News.
Reservoir reds
Fish continue to survive without generator heat
By Todd Nafe
he prospect of fishing for redfish conjures up images of bent rods and
singing reels. But for many inland Texas
anglers, it also brings with it the less
exciting vision of a day-long drive to the coast.
Never fear. There’s a way to ditch the drive
and have your redfish, too. Hidden away in the
rolling farmland just east of Waco is a littleknown lake that offers good fishing for reds
without the time and expense of a trip to the
Gulf.
Tradinghouse Creek Reservoir is a 2,010-acre
lake that was impounded in 1968 and built to
serve as a water source for an electricity generating plant. The hot-water discharge, created
through the generation process, happens to create just the right water conditions redfish need
to survive through the colder months. Since
1981, Texas Parks and Wildlife has been stocking these exciting and tasty sport fish into the
lake, and today it’s home to a thriving redfish
population.
According to TPW Inland Fisheries biologist
Michael Baird, roughly 300,000 reds per year
have been stocked in Tradinghouse since the
stocking program began. Most have been fingerlings, but some fry and even some adults have
been stocked. Catching redfish in the 10- to 20pound range is not unusual on Tradinghouse,
and the lake record, set in 1991, was a 29.5pounder that measured 40 inches in length.
Tradinghouse redfish guides Larry Kelley and
Butch Harvey, who operate the Bandanna
Guide Service, said that during the warmer
months, they find the most success from tightlining shrimp, crawfish, shad and small sunfish
early in the morning around points. Mid-morning and afternoon bites have come through
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BIG RED: A boy fishes for redfish on the shores of Tradinghouse Creek Reservoir near Waco.
BASS introduces new series,
big money to attract anglers
ASS has announced major
enhancements to its tournament structure, creating the
all new Bassmaster Elite Series —
its highest level of competition featuring the world’s top anglers —
and offering $11 million in prize
money.
Additionally, BASS is introducing the Bassmaster Northern and
Southern Tours — events that
qualify anglers for the Elite Series.
The changes mean a total payout of more than $11 million in
2006, exclusive television coverage
on ESPN and ESPN2 and innovative ways to enhance the brand of
individual anglers and the overall
sport of bass fishing.
“BASS’ strategy is to elevate tournament fishing to an all-new
level,” said Don Rucks, BASS vice
president and general manager.
“The Elite Series will be like nothing else offered in bass fishing. And
we’re replacing the Bassmaster
Opens with a higher level of competition with the two Bassmaster
Tours.”
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The Bassmaster Elite
Series
Kicking off in March 2006, the
Bassmaster Elite Series will establish a competition for the world’s
best anglers. BASS is matching the
Elite Series’ prestige with a handsome payout. The 2006 payout
schedule pays down to 50 places
with a $100,000 first-place prize
and 50th place paying $10,000.
The first-place non-boater takes
home $45,000 in merchandise.
Beginning in 2007 and beyond,
the Elite Series will consist of a 100angler field. Because both the
Bassmaster Classic and Bassmaster
Angler of the Year titles are held in
the highest regard, the five previ-
ous Classic winners and Anglers of
the Year automatically qualify to
compete in the Elite Series.
Other invited anglers
include:
The top 70 in total point standings from the prior year; the top 5
anglers on the Northern Tour; the
top 5 anglers on the Southern
Tour; and the top 10 anglers in a
second-chance qualifier tournament. Next year will be a transition year that could result in more
than 100 anglers competing in the
Bassmaster Elite Series season.
BASS is inviting the world’s top
anglers to compete.
Anglers who fish the Bassmaster
Elite Series earn an Elite Series
card, which gives them access to a
cache of benefits that will aid in
sponsor recruitment and retention as well as provide access to a
series of career-building success
classes.
The schedule for Texas and
Oklahoma competitions for the
series are:
• March 9-12, Battle on the
Border —Lake Amistad, Del
Rio, Texas
• March 16-19, Lone Star
Shootout — Sam Rayburn
Reservoir, Jasper, Texas
• June 1-4, Sooner Run —Grand
Lake, Grove, Okla.
The final leg of the series will be:
• Aug. 10-13, Capitol Clash —
the Potomac River, Charles
County, Md.
• Sep. 14-17, The Rock—Table
Rock Lake, Kimberling City,
Mo.
Entry fees into the Elite Series are
$5,000 per event. Non-boater
entry fees are $750.
A Bassmaster.com. report
trolling and down-rigging deep-diving
crankbaits (crawfish is a top-producer) and RatL-Traps along the dam and in deeper areas of
the reservoir. Although it’s a small lake, the fish
do have seasonal movement patterns, and Baird
says tracking studies found adult reds away
from the power plant during warmer months
and near the plant outflow in the winter.
One issue that concerns biologists and
anglers alike is that the lake’s power plant hasn’t
been operating on a full-time basis for over a
year and a half, meaning that the redfish population could be in jeopardy if water temperatures drop below the fish’s survival threshold.
Biologists estimate that red drum begin to stress
and die off when water temperatures reach
between 48.2 degrees and 41 degrees, but studies haven’t been conducted in inland waters.
Central Texas has experienced mild winters
over the past couple years and no redfish dieoffs have been reported on Tradinghouse since
full-time generation stopped.
TXU Power spokesperson Tom Kleckner said
while the plant is in use on an as-needed basis,
there is more demand in the summer, rather
than during the cold months when the redfish
would benefit from the hot-water discharge.
Unless a major die-off takes place, though, TPW
plans to keep the stocking program, Baird said.
While there’s no slot limit on Tradinghouse
like there is along the coast, there is a minimum
size limit of 20 inches and a daily bag limit of
three. The lake has two boat ramps and there’s a
convenience store that sells live bait.
Tradinghouse Creek Reservoir is located on FM
2957 near Hallsburg. Guides Larry Kelley and
Butch Harvey can be reached at (254) 715-8396.
Todd Nafe is the outdoor writer for the Waco
Tribune-Herald and can be reached at
www.centexoutdoors.com
Continued from page 1
Hurricane
Dove
the worst natural disaster in
the country’s history. Texans
reached out to their neighbors
in Louisiana offering shelter,
supplies
and
money.
Thousands were bused into
Houston, Dallas and San
Antonio. Anglers did their
part as well. One angler and
guide, Scott Sommerlatte of
Port O’Connor, pledged to
donate 10 percent of his gross
fees to relief efforts through
the end of the year. The SCI
Foundation has launched the
Hurricane Katrina Sportsmenwomen Relief Fund, www.scifoundation.org/humanitarian.
All Katrina donations will go
to the law enforcement divisions of state fish and game
departments involved in
search and rescue efforts for
the purchase of much-needed
fuel and drinkable water.
“Gulf State fish and game
department resources are rapidly being depleted as a result
of the utter destruction of the
region,” said Mike Simpson,
SCI Foundation president.
“The SCI Foundation has
already committed $25,000 to
help ease the monumental
suffering occurring in those
southern states blasted by
Katrina, and is now seeking
immediate donations through
the mail or the SCI
Foundation Web site to support fish and game rescue
efforts.”
Beyond the human tragedy
that continues to unfold, fish
and wildlife suffered dramatically. The U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service announced
flaged men, women and children —
sometimes representing three generations— stocking up on drinks,
snacks and ice.
These participants of the largest
family-orientated hunting event of
the year moved to their hunting
fields with high hopes. This Sept. 1,
most North and Central Zone dove
hunters were not disappointed.
“The recent hot temperatures
seem to have moved some of the
birds out of the area, but we are
expecting a pretty good season,’’
said Sammy Nooner of Hondo, who
has been called the “Duke of
Doves.’’
White-winged doves filled the sky
in numbers that rivaled scenes from
Mexico and Argentina as the Duke
discussed the 2005 season.
Some of his hunters had limits in
less than 10 minutes.
“With the expansion of the special white-winged dove zone, it is
like we can have three opening days.
That is great,’’ he added.
Nooner’s last comment was concerning a decision by the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Department to expand
the special whitewing dove zone up
to U.S. 90 from Del Rio to San
Antonio; along Loop 1604 to
Interstate 35 south of San Antonio;
down I-35 to Texas 44 at Encinal;
and across to U.S. 83.
The decision expanded the special
zone by about 20 percent during the
weekends of Sept. 3-4 and 10-11 for
afternoon-only hunting with a limit
of 12 birds, to include no more than
four mourning doves.
Texas Parks and Wildlife officials
anticipate that the expansion will
increase the mourning dove harvest
by about 9 percent.
Although not impacted by the
new hunting area, Bryan Moore of
Texas Hunting Company out of
Young County said his North Zone
hunters were seeing good numbers.
“Last year was just horrible
RUINS: Delta National Wildlife Refuge headquarters (center) survived
Hurricane Katrina largely intact, but its boathouse lies under the barge crane
shown at right. Photo by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
that it closed 16 national
wildlife refuges in Louisiana,
Mississippi and Alabama.
Rising waters killed or displaced thousands of deer,
squirrels, rabbits and other animals. Louisiana’s Wildlife and
Fisheries officials allowed dove
season to open as scheduled
Sept. 3, but hunters were
advised to cooperate with
authorities and stay out of
parishes most severely impacted by the hurricane.
Fisheries were damaged as
well. The salty storm surge
flooded prime bass areas.
“It’s going to be a long time
before people start fishing
again in some parts of southeast Louisiana,” said Harry
Blanchet, the finfish program
manager in the Marine
Fisheries Division of the LDWF.
“We will see fish kills in habitat
where trapped fish could not
move out. Fish in the bays and
sounds fared better than those
in bayous, ponds and marshy
lakes.”
A hurricane can devastate
wildlife and fish stocks, but fortunately, nature rebounds
quickly. If most of a population
disappears, survivors from
adjacent areas move in to take
over that habitat.
“Nature can recover quickly
once conditions return to normal,” said Mark Fisher, the science director and a marine
biologist with the Coastal
Fisheries Division of Texas
Parks and Wildlife.
“Of
course, Katrina is an extreme
case. In the short term, fish
populations will receive little or
no fishing pressure. That might
actually give fish populations a
slight bump in numbers.”
Nutrients flowing into an
estuary cause shrimp, crabs
and baitfish to bloom after a
severe storm. After the Florida
storms of 2004, sportsmen
found record catches of
shrimp and crabs in the areas
hardest hit. With an abundance of bait, game fish follow. While fishing may suffer
severely in parts of the Gulf
Coast right now, the rich fisheries are expected to rebound.
John N. Felsher is an outdoor
writer based in Lake Charles, La.
because we had a tornado come
through during the nesting season
and three cold fronts in August,’’ he
said. “This year there are birds, but a
big flight will be six or eight birds
rather than 20 or 30.’’
Closer to San Antonio, the hundreds of hunters being guided by
Butch Roberson of R&R Trap Service
and Sales experienced mixed results.
“Some of them were melting
down their barrels because the
shooting was so fast and furious,’’
Roberson joked. “Other areas were
good, but not as good as in the
past.”
The successful outfitters were taking advantage of bird-attracting
food plots, which often mean the
difference between bringing in lots
of birds and sitting around watching
empty skies.
Scott Rankin of Ultimate Hunts
reported some of the best hunting
in six or seven years: “Working the
flyways between food and roosts is
really getting the hunters some
good shooting.”
Both Rankin and Nooner pointed
out that while the expanded whitewing dove zone provided new hunting opportunities west of I-35 and
will allow a shift in hunting pressure
from the normal fly zones, property
owners east of the interstate are
being left out.
Dove hunting will continue in the
North and Central Zones through
Oct. 30. The bag limit in the North
Zone (generally north of Interstates
30 and 20) is 15 per day to include no
more than two white-tipped doves;
and the daily limit in the Central
Zone is 12 birds, to include no more
than two white-tipped doves.
Opening day for the South Zone is
Sept. 23 and the season runs
through Nov. 10. The daily bag is
the same as in the Central Zone.
Ralph Winingham is a San Antonio
writer and cookbook author.
Tuna
Bowfishing
like a few shrimp boats in a small
area in 200 to 300 feet of water.
The water has to be good and
clean, and the boats have to be
dragging. If they are culling and
dumping, it is too late.”
As Capt. Paul moved the All
Good into position off the starboard boom of the shrimp boat,
mate Jared Camehl baited rods
and explained the strategy.
“When I say go, drop the bait
in the water and slowly feed out
line, letting the bait drop naturally in the current. When you see
the line going tight, put the reel
in gear and start reeling.” Jared
threw some chum overboard and
said “go,” and four anglers started
feeding line out. Within 30 seconds, angler Dan Holden had an
8-pound dorado, while angler
Bob Millovitsch was doing battle
with a nice blackfin tuna about 20
pounds.
“I can't believe it, the way that
Ringtones
tone market estimated to top $400
million, according to Jupiter
Research.
Hunttones boasts 12 tones, soon
to be 24, that range from the bugle
of a bull elk to the gobble of a
turkey. Customers can order ringtones online from www.hunttones.com for $2.49 each. The
company then sends a text message to the customer’s cell phone.
By following the link in the message, customers can download the
ringtone.
Just in its infancy, Hunttones is
getting about 15 calls a day.
“We are already national,”
Riddles said. “We’re selling in just
about every state.”
Ringtones are a national fad,
said James Munch, a marketing
professor at the University of Texas
at Arlington.
“Having a current ringtone says
you’re tuned into what’s going on
with your group,” Munch said.
“That can be said for outdoorsmen
as well as teenagers. They’re good
for some laughs. They also connect
you with your particular group,
make you feel more a part of it.”
Hunters are already finding the
humor in Hunttones. On the
Texas
Trophy
Hunters
Association’s
forum,
a
Georgetown man gave the product
his seal of approval — calling it
“great.”
“It scared my wife to death when
the tone started gobbling last
night,” he wrote.
Riddles had his own misadventure testing a rattler ringtone.
“I was checking out a dove field
and my phone went off,” Riddles
said. “It nearly scared me to death.
I didn’t realize what it was for a second.”
Hunters have talked to Riddles
about using the ringtones to call
wildlife. Riddles thinks the ringtones are authentic enough to fool
even experts.
“I played with the quail ringtone, just messing around with my
phone,” Riddles said. “I had heard
a quail in a vacant lot. He actually
came around the corner to see
what it was.”
So far, the bull elk’s bugle has
proved to be Hunttones’ hottest
ringtone.
“A lot of hunters really identify
with that sound,” Riddles said.
“It’s like the call of the wild.”
Mark England, a Dallas-area
writer, has more than two decades
of experience as a journalist.
fish fought I thought it would be a
hundred pounds,” Bob said.
Another drift off the same
shrimp boat came up empty, so
Capt. Paul moved the All Good to
another shrimp boat still dragging its nets. Some chum, four
baits, four tuna. “That's more like
it,” Capt. Paul shouted from the
bridge. When all four fish were
gaffed, Capt. Paul moved in for
another drift and the rods bent
just as quickly as the last drift.
This time three were tuna, the
other a beautiful dorado. Another
try lured seven more tuna. Before
the day was over, anglers hauled
in 15 blackfin tuna, two dorado,
and 24 snapper.
Capt. Paul said he expected the
tuna to pick up even more after
Labor Day as the water starts to
cool.
Brian Holden is a fishing guide and
general manager of Redfish Lodge.
in advantage in learning the sport,
guides say. Lee also takes his share of
families and couples out on North
Texas lakes such as Lavon, Ray
Hubbard, Cedar Creek and
Grapevine. He favors the Trinity
River or the Brazos River for trophy
alligator gar.
This recent Friday night is a Lee
family affair — with Lee and
Hunter teaching a novice and Lee’s
wife, Robin, spotting fish.
The Lees use Matthews Genesis
Pro compound bows that can be
adjusted to allow for repeated
shots over the long course of an
evening. Recurve bows are also
popular. The line is 200-pound
test, made of Kevlar, tied to a fiberglass arrow. The reel is a
Shakespeare Synergy. For larger,
trophy fish, Lee uses a slotted reel
that allows for quick release of
more line, with a float at the end to
mark these fish —which can top
200 pounds — for stalking.
They launch at dark, about 9
p.m., and typically stay out until
2:30 a.m., longer if a client has the
staying power. The longer the
night goes on, the more the big,
rough fish that are the bowfisher’s
target tend to cluster near the shallow banks.
While regulations differ by state
and sometimes by lake, non-game
fish, such as gar, buffalo and carp,
are legal to shoot with a bow in
freshwater. While some go farther
south for giant gar, there are plenty
of large fish in North Texas lakes,
including the 58.5-pound lake
record grass carp Hunter shot at
Lake Lavon.
For a novice, the hardest part of
this sport is adjusting for light
refraction in the water. Lee tells
first-timers to aim about a foot
below the fish’s belly, and to shoot
quickly and instinctively. That, and
practice, practice.
Spotting the fish can be tough in
murky water churned up by a day’s
worth of fast boaters and jet-skiers.
But Hunter takes quick aim at a
blurry image and comes up with a
10-pound buffalo.
This isn’t the best night for seeing fish, as it turns out. Lee calls it
“low average,” with about 25 fish
shot and twice as many seen
before an early quit at 12:30 a.m.
The following night, a party of
three with Lee will take 40 fish,
including a 35-pound buffalo, on
the same lake.
Still, the night has its own
rewards: a pudgy raccoon, a large
beaver, a south breeze and an
orange crescent moon.
“It beats being out all day in 103degree weather,” said Lee, who can be
reached at www.gobowfishing.com.
Diana Kunde, dikunde
@sbcglobal.net, wrote for the Dallas
Morning News and has 30 years of
writing and editing experience.
ADVENTURE
Wildwood Resort
offers fishing fun
By Todd Duncan
s the busy school year was
on the horizon, we were
determined to take the
kids for one last summer
hurrah. So we grabbed our fishing
poles and headed about four hours
east of Dallas to the Wildwood
Resort in Zwolle, Louisiana, which
is on the Toledo Bend Reservoir.
From pond fishing to pulling
perch from the pier, there was
plenty to entertain our family. Our
kiddos reeled in their limit of
perch as we watched the boats
dock with stringers full of bass and
crappie. Stocked ponds also provided great fishing as well.
The fully furnished air-conditioned cabin makes Wildwood all
the more enjoyable. Activities
include: stocked-pond fishing,
lake fishing, guided fishing excursions, swimming, kayaking,
canoeing, paddle boating and
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wildlife viewing.
“The whole idea is to just show
up, relax and have a great time,”
says Randy Ziegler, owner of
Wildwood Resort. The resort is
geared to family vacations,
romantic getaways, and even
large events, where the conference center comes in handy.
We watched the sun set from
our cabin’s wrap-around porch as
the kids took in a little satellite
TV, a much needed break from all
their outdoor activities. The
resort also had a pool and playground that helped keep the kids
happy. The gift shop located in
the office also serves as a convenience store, stocked with souvenirs, beverages and snacks.
No need for a Louisiana fishing
license, your Texas license will
pull dual duty at the Toledo Bend
Reservoir. If you are looking for a
fun, family getaway that
includes good fishing, give
Wildwood Resort a shout.
IF YOU GO:
Lodging:
To make reservation and view rates visit www.wildwood-resort.com
or call the resort at (800) 341-3668.
Guides:
Veteran guide Mark Stewart specializes in crappie fishing. He can
be contacted at (318) 645-7274.
Restaurants:
None close — pack your own food. Grocery store within 10 minutes.
PRODUCT PICKS
CATCH CONTROL:
The Lip 26 by Lipper
Tools gives anglers more
control as they land and weigh
those struggling, flopping fish. The 9inch-long gripper uses a cock-and-lock mechanism that allows anglers to position the stainless-steel
jaws on the fish’s mouth, depress the release button and grab
hold of a fish weighing up to 26 pounds. It costs about $100, plus shipping. To order, or for more information on how to use the Lip 26, go to
www.lippertools.com or call (305) 271-9896.
COMMERATIVE EDITION: Winchester Ammunition is offering a
limited edition collector’s tin of its AA light target load shotshells in celebration of their 40th anniversary. The company introduced its innovative plastic clay target shotshell
load in 1965. Each tin contains 25 of the shotshells in 12gauge, 2 3/4 inches, 1 1/8-ounce, #8 shot. The tin will cost
about $10. For information on where to buy it, go to
www.winchester.com.
SAVVY NAVIGATOR: Outdoor enthusiasts will always
know where they are going with the Magellan eXplorist
XL by Thales. The GPS handheld has a built-in base map
that includes major roads, parks, airports and waterways. It also features 30 MB of memory for downloading optional maps from compatible software. This
means hunters can download and store specific routes or
favorite destinations. The eXplorist XL features a 3.5inch color display and delivers WAAS-enabled threemeter accuracy. Measuring 6.4 by 2.9 by 1.3 inches, this
high-tech device is water-resistant. It costs about $450
and will be available by late September. For retailers, or to
learn more about the eXplorist XL, visit www.magellangps.com or call (800) 707-5221.
HATS OFF: What makes StreamWorks’
sport cap so handy is its hat tail,
which features a retractable tether
that attaches to a shirt or jacket. So
when the wind blows, the cap
doesn’t fly away. It’s available in
a variety of hues and
fabrics, including
microfiber and cotton.
The cap costs about $20. To
find a retailer, visit the company’s
Web site at www.streamworks.com or
call (800) 333-6304.
PRETTY IN PINK: The Mermaid rod and reel combo by FisherGirl was designed
with women in mind. The Canadian company describes its 6-foot fiberglass rod as compact and cute with a handle made for a woman’s
touch. Its reel has a 5:2:1 ratio and a top spool drag adjuster. It is
available in pink or steel blue. The Mermaid, which won
ICAST’s best-of-show award in the rod and reel category, costs about $50, plus shipping. It can be
ordered from www.fishergirl.com, where
10 percent of sales benefit breast
cancer research.
LITTLE NIPPER: The Lighted Nipper Plus Multi-Tool by
StreamWorks helps fishermen attach fly to leader. The
ergonomically designed 3-inch-long tool features a waterproof light that illuminates
the eye of the hook and a built-in
magnet that grabs hold of
those flies. It retails for about
$18. To find a retailer, visit
the company’s Web site at
www.streamworks.com
or call (800) 333-6304.
DECOY BAGS: Hunter’s Specialties has introduced
a new line of bags for waterfowl hunters who
have to tote around several decoys. Eleven
models ranging in size from 30 by 38 inches to
42 by 58 inches will be available in mesh or
PVC-coated polyester. All of the bags feature
shoulder straps. Prices range from about $13
for the 30-inch by 38-inch mesh bag to about
$50 for the 40-inch by 50-inch floating bag.
For retailers, visit www.hunterspec.com or call
(319) 395-0321.
GUN GUIDE: The 97th edition of The
Shooter’s Bible has been released.
The book, which was first printed
in 1925, is an invaluable firearms
reference guide. It contains information on new products, specifications and up-to-date prices on
thousands of firearms and accessories.
Published by Stoeger
Publishing, the softcover book
costs about $25. Call (877) 4862665 (GUNBOOK) or visit
www.stoegerpublishing.com to
order the 576-page book, which
was edited by Wayne Van Zwoll.
HEROES’ CORNER
FEATURED HERO
Buckskin brigade
Travis Kuehler
f you are looking for a week
to go WILD (Wildlife
Intensive
Leadership
Development), then come
to the Buckskin Brigade camp.
The wildlife learning camp is for
boys and girls ages 13-17 with at
least a B average. The camp is
specifically for people interested in learning about whitetailed deer. In addition to the
Buckskin brigade, there are
three other types of brigade
camps for quail, turkey, and
bass. The Buckskin brigade is
located near Abilene, Texas. At
this camp, cadets (as they are
called) will learn, study, compete and be tested on anatomy,
botany, habitat management,
population dynamics, watershed conservation, biology,
photography, entomology, art
and firearm safety. If that is not
enough to keep you busy, this
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camp emphasizes team building, critical thinking, leadership skills and communication.
Cadets competed in a contest
called “Deer Trivia.” This is a
game in which each of the
“herds” worked as a team using
their knowledge of deer. Deer
Trivia was like a quiz bowl in
which each herd had a buzzer
and the instructors asked the
herds questions about what
they had been studying. The
first herd to answer the question received a point. The herds
needed teamwork and good
note-taking skills to win this
contest.
Most of the cadets had not
done any critical-thinking exercises before coming to the
Buckskin brigade. Critical thinking exercises showed
cadets that the answer to a
problem might be right in front
of them, but they could not see
it. The instructors showed the
cadets how to look around a
problem.
The cadets had to be organized since they had to give
many presentations throughout the week. The cadets had to
be confident and bold to help
lead the herd. They had to have
a “get-it-done attitude.” All the
cadets had a chance to lead dur-
ing the week. This camp concentrates on communication.
The cadets also did mock TV
interviews. Cadets sat in front
of a camera and the instructor
sat beside the cadets and they
asked questions about the
camp. If a cadet plans on
returning to the Buckskin
brigade, he or she needs to
know how to communicate
with other people. Cadets are
expected to use the communication skills that they learned
to do talks promoting the camp
on radio and TV. Along with all
the other information that this
camp provides cadets, you will
learn about the white-tailed
deer. A few of the subjects that
are covered at the camp are:
deer anatomy, behavior and
habitat management.
All the cadets that I talked to
said they had fun, and that they
never thought that there was so
much to learn about the whitetailed deer. The cadets said they
would like to come back as assistant herd leaders. The camp was
more work than the cadets
thought it would be. This is not
a Girl Scout camp. It is the boot
camp of the outdoors!
For more information on
brigade camps, visit www.texasbrigades.org.
Want to share your great hunting or fishing adventure
with the Lone Star Outdoor News family? E-mail your
photo, phone and caption information to
[email protected], or mail to:
Heroes’ Corner, Lone Star Outdoor News, 9304 Forest Lane,
Suite 114 South, Dallas, TX, 75243.
BRENDA GOMEZ poses with her prize fish from a fishing trip in Freeport. She and her
husband, Norman, went out on Capt. Elliot’s fishing boat, catching 52 red snapper
during their 12-hour trip.
HUGO FLORES II, 7, along with his dad, Hugo Sr.,
took a fishing trip with Capt. Ernest Cisneros,
tightlinescharters.com, to catch this trout.
JORDAN STRICKLAND, 11, shows off
a nice turkey. Jordan took his firstever bow kill in Sabinal.
BORDERING TEXAS
ARKANSAS
AGFC solicits comments for
2006 turkey season
Turkey hunters will get to
voice their opinions about the
2006 Arkansas spring turkey
hunting regulations and seasons at one of six public meetings around the state.
Following declines in turkey
harvest numbers in Arkansas
(27 percent decline since 2003),
in combination with consecutive years of poor reproduction
(including preliminary data for
2005), the Arkansas Game and
Fish Commission would like
feedback from turkey hunters
around the state regarding their
receptiveness to possible restrictions for the 2006 season, AGFC
assistant chief of wildlife Brad
Carner explained.
“Specifically, we would like to
gather hunter comments on
two key issues including the
possibility of shortening the
2006 spring season even further
than the 28-day season in 2005
and the possibility of moving to
a later opening date for 2006,”
Carner said. “From a biological
standpoint, a shorter spring
turkey season would be an
attempt to increase gobbler carryover and thereby serve to stabilize recent and anticipated
declines in turkey numbers and
harvest. Additionally, a later
opening date would allow more
hens to be bred prior to the
spring season, thereby increasing the likelihood for better
reproduction.”
Written comments may be
mailed to the AGFC, attn: Spring
Turkey Hunting Regulations
Proposals, 2 Natural Resources
Drive, Little Rock, Ar. 72205.
They may also be emailed to
[email protected].
LOUISIANA
Meth lab busted in
Kisatchie National Forest
Agents with the Louisiana
Department of Wildlife and
Fisheries Enforcement Division
teamed with state and federal
agents to arrest six people in
connection with a methamphetamine laboratory alledgedly hidden inside the Kisatchie
National Forest in rural
Natchitoches Parish.
After receiving a tip, the
Vernon Parish Drug Task Force
contacted LDWF agents and the
U.S. Forest Service, both of
whom later received their own
information.
The Natchitoches Parish
Drug Task Force was contacted
after it was determined the
location of the camp was in
Natchitoches Parish.
Seized were several cylinders
of anhydrous ammonia, a quantity of suspected methamphetamines, other dangerous chemicals, a three-wheeler, weapons
and a power generator.
Charles L. Basco, 34, of
Flatwoods, Krystal D. Jeane, 27,
of Port Barre, Michael J. Keller,
34, of Leesville, and Jesse W.
Williams, 29, of Leesville, were
arrested and charged with manufacturing crystal methamphetamine, creating and operating a
clandestine laboratory, possessing a Schedule II controlled dangerous substance (CDS II) crystal
methamphetamine with intent
to distribute and reckless handling of hazardous materials.
Justin W. Williams, 24, of
Leesville, and Charre L. Chabot,
38, of Hineston were also arrested in connection with the case.
Williams was booked for possession of CDS II crystal methamphetamine and possession of
drug paraphernalia and Chabot
for conspiracy to manufacture
crystal methamphetamine.
NEW MEXICO
State seeks to restore
native trout
The New Mexico Game
Commission this week authorized the Department of Game
and Fish to proceed with plans
to restore native Rio Grande cutthroat trout to 126 miles of
streams in the Rio Costilla
watershed in northern New
Mexico.
At its meeting in Santa Fe, the
commission directed the department to use a variety of methods, including poison as a last
resort, to remove non-native
fish from streams in the watershed, then restock the waters
with pure strains of Rio Grande
cutthroat trout — the state fish.
Chairman Guy Riordan says
the commission will review the
project every six months and
could nix the use of poison at
any time.
Department officials say the
restoration project should take
eight years to complete.
The objective is to increase
the numbers of native fish,
increase fishing opportunities
for them and reduce the likelihood of New Mexico’s state fish
becoming listed under the federal Endangered Species Act.
The listing would be “devastating to our communities,’’
Commissioner Alfredo Montoya
said. “We need to use all the
tools available to us to prevent
that.’’
The Rio Grande cutthroat,
once common in northern New
Mexico and southern Colorado,
has been reduced to less than 7
percent of its historic range.
Everything from the loss of
good habitat to competition
with introduced nonnative
trout has been blamed.
OKLAHOMA
Young deer hunters get
chance at controlled hunt
A drawing this month will
give beginning hunters a
chance to participate in six
controlled anterless deer hunts
on private land in several
Oklahoma counties.
The hunts will be held in
either October or January.
This year, 70 bonus antlerless
deer-gun licenses will be drawn
for youth 12-16 years of age
who have completed their
hunter education requirements.
The hunts will be offered in
Craig County (Oct. 9); Ellis
County (Oct. 7-8); Ellis County
(Oct. 14-15); Osage County
(Oct. 14-16); Roger Mills
County (Oct. 14-15); and Alfalfa
County (Jan. 14-15).
Selected youth will need to
purchase a $10 resident youth
deer gun antlerless license,
unless
they
possess
an
Oklahoma resident lifetime
hunting or resident lifetime
combination license. The nonhunting adults accompanying
the youths do not need a
license. Any antlerless deer harvested during the controlled
hunt will be considered a bonus
deer and will not count against
the youths’ combined season
limit.
WEATHER
MOON PHASES
First
Sep 11
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SOLUNAR TABLE
Full
Sep 17
Last
Sep 25
New
Oct 3
TIDES
High
Sabine Pass
9/7
5:00 a.m.
9/8
4:43 a.m.
9/9
4:11 a.m.
9/10
3:47 a.m.
9/11
3:32 a.m.
9/12
2:59 a.m.
9/13
2:49 a.m.
9/14
3:00 a.m.
9/15
3:14 a.m.
9/16
3:28 a.m.
9/17
3:42 a.m.
9/18
3:55 a.m.
9/19
4:08 a.m.
9/20
4:19 a.m.
9/21
4:22 a.m.
9/22
4:01 a.m.
9/23
—9/24
12:39 a.m.
9/25
1:47 a.m.
9/26
2:25 a.m.
9/27
2:48 a.m.
Port Bolivar
9/7
7:15 a.m.
9/8
6:58 a.m.
9/9
6:26 a.m.
9/10
6:02 a.m.
9/11
5:47 a.m.
9/12
5:14 a.m.
9/13
5:04 a.m.
9/14
5:15 a.m.
9/15
5:29 a.m.
9/16
5:43 a.m.
9/17
5:57 a.m.
9/18
6:10 a.m.
9/19
6:23 a.m.
9/20
6:34 a.m.
9/21
6:37 a.m.
9/22
6:16 a.m.
9/23
12:06 a.m.
9/24
2:54 a.m.
9/25
4:02 a.m.
9/26
4:40 a.m.
9/27
5:03 a.m.
San Luis Pass
9/7
6:09 a.m.
9/8
5:52 a.m.
9/9
5:20 a.m.
9/10
4:56 a.m.
9/11
4:41 a.m.
9/12
4:08 a.m.
9/13
3:58 a.m.
9/14
4:09 a.m.
9/15
4:23 a.m.
9/16
4:37 a.m.
9/17
4:51 a.m.
9/18
5:04 a.m.
9/19
5:17 a.m.
9/20
5:28 a.m.
9/21
5:31 a.m.
9/22
5:10 a.m.
9/23
—9/24
1:48 a.m.
9/25
2:56 a.m.
9/26
3:34 a.m.
9/27
3:57 a.m.
Low
High
Low
12:13 p.m.
12:11 a.m.
12:39 a.m.
2:44 p.m.
3:55 p.m.
5:11 p.m.
6:22 p.m.
7:25 p.m.
8:53 a.m.
9:01 a.m.
9:33 a.m.
10:12 a.m.
10:55 a.m.
11:40 a.m.
12:24 a.m.
1:20 a.m.
2:19 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
4:48 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
6:59 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
8:36 p.m.
——————11:32 a.m.
1:13 p.m.
2:35 p.m.
3:53 p.m.
5:10 p.m.
6:31 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
9:51 p.m.
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—12:54 p.m.
1:44 p.m.
—————8:21 p.m.
9:13 p.m.
10:02 p.m.
10:49 p.m.
11:36 p.m.
—12:28 p.m.
1:20 p.m.
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12:28 a.m.
12:58 a.m.
1:26 a.m.
3:31 p.m.
4:42 p.m.
5:58 p.m.
7:09 p.m.
8:12 p.m.
9:40 a.m.
9:48 a.m.
10:20 a.m.
10:59 a.m.
11:42 a.m.
12:23 a.m.
1:11 a.m.
2:07 a.m.
3:06 p.m.
4:17 p.m.
5:35 p.m.
6:47 p.m.
7:46 p.m.
9:15 p.m.
10:51 p.m.
——————1:47 p.m.
3:28 p.m.
4:50 p.m.
6:08 p.m.
7:25 p.m.
8:46 p.m.
10:15 p.m.
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1:00 p.m.
1:41 p.m.
2:31 p.m.
—————9:08 p.m.
10:00 p.m.
10:49 p.m.
11:36 p.m.
—12:27 p.m.
1:15 p.m.
2:07 p.m.
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12:10 a.m.
12:40 a.m.
1:08 a.m.
3:13 p.m.
4:24 p.m.
5:40 p.m.
6:51 p.m.
7:54 p.m.
9:22 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
10:02 a.m.
10:41 a.m.
11:24 a.m.
12:05 a.m.
12:53 a.m.
1:49 a.m.
2:48 p.m.
3:59 p.m.
5:17 p.m.
6:29 p.m.
7:28 p.m.
8:09 p.m.
9:45 p.m.
——————12:41 p.m.
2:22 p.m.
3:44 p.m.
5:02 p.m.
6:19 p.m.
7:40 p.m.
9:09 p.m.
11:00 p.m.
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12:42 p.m.
1:23 p.m.
2:13 p.m.
—————8:50 p.m.
9:42 p.m.
10:31 p.m.
11:18 p.m.
—12:09 p.m.
12:57 p.m.
1:49 p.m.
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High
Freeport
9/7
5:01 a.m.
9/8
4:44 a.m.
9/9
4:12 a.m.
9/10
3:48 a.m.
9/11
3:33 a.m.
9/12
3:00 a.m.
9/13
2:50 a.m.
9/14
3:01 a.m.
9/15
3:15 a.m.
9/16
3:29 a.m.
9/17
3:43 a.m.
9/18
3:56 a.m.
9/19
4:09 a.m.
9/20
4:20 a.m.
9/21
4:23 a.m.
9/22
4:02 a.m.
9/23
—9/24
12:40 a.m.
9/25
1:48 a.m.
9/26
2:26 a.m.
9/27
2:49 a.m.
Pass Cavallo
9/7
6:18 a.m.
9/8
6:01 a.m.
9/9
5:29 a.m.
9/10
5:05 a.m.
9/11
4:50 a.m.
9/12
4:17 a.m.
9/13
4:07 a.m.
9/14
4:18 a.m.
9/15
4:32 a.m.
9/16
4:46 a.m.
9/17
5:00 a.m.
9/18
5:13 a.m.
9/19
5:26 a.m.
9/20
5:37 a.m.
9/21
5:40 a.m.
9/22
5:19 a.m.
9/23
—9/24
1:57 a.m.
9/25
3:05 a.m.
9/26
3:43 a.m.
9/27
4:06 a.m.
Port O’Connor
9/7
6:05 a.m.
9/8
12:09 a.m.
9/9
4:54 a.m.
9/10
5:41 a.m.
9/11
6:32 a.m.
9/12
7:27 a.m.
9/13
8:24 a.m.
9/14
9:27 a.m.
9/15
10:42 a.m.
9/16
1:21 p.m.
9/17
4:28 p.m.
9/18
7:40 a.m.
9/19
6:29 a.m.
9/20
5:38 a.m.
9/21
4:50 a.m.
9/22
4:25 a.m.
9/23
4:51 a.m.
9/24
5:31 a.m.
9/25
6:14 a.m.
9/26
6:58 a.m.
9/27
7:42 a.m.
Low
High
Low
11:43 a.m.
12:24 p.m.
12:09 a.m.
2:14 p.m.
3:25 p.m.
4:41 p.m.
5:52 p.m.
6:55 p.m.
8:23 a.m.
8:31 a.m.
9:03 a.m.
9:42 a.m.
10:25 a.m.
11:10 a.m.
11:58 a.m.
12:50 a.m.
1:49 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
4:18 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
6:29 p.m.
7:01 p.m.
8:37 p.m.
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Corpus Christi
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South Padre Island
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Low
High
Low
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Major/Minor periods:
Houston
Dallas
San Antonio
Amarillo
2:27a/8:38a
2:49p/9:00p
3:16a/9:28a
3:40p/9:52p
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SUN AND MOON
Sunrise/set
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Dallas
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Moonrise/set
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2:40p/none 2:56p/none
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none/2:55p none/3:11p
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2:51p/none 3:24p/none
3:54p/12:52a 4:27p/12:46a
4:51p/1:56a 5:22p/1:51a
5:41p/3:07a 6:09p/3:04a
6:24p/4:20a 6:48p/4:20a
7:02p/5:32a 7:22p/5:36a
7:36p/6:42a 7:52p/6:50a
8:09p/7:49a 8:20p/8:03a
8:42p/8:56a 8:49p/9:14a
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none/2:13p none/2:46p
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TEXAS TIDBITS
TEXAS WORD TREASURES
WILD IN THE KITCHEN
The Best Dove Pie
For crossword puzzle solution, see page 18
Across
1. Designated areas in coastal
bays where the operation of
outboard engines is prohibited
4. Fresh water baitfish
8. Small, bushy tree featuring
sharp thorns and seed pods
9. Seawater with a salt content
higher than 30 parts per
thousand
11. Bucks make these to mark
their range
12. Flying insects which frequently build nests in deer
blinds
14. Exploring a hunting area
before hunting season
15. This succulent is a thorny
problem if you bump into
one
16. Shotgun shells loaded with
the largest amount of shot
17. These air masses put birds
and game on the move
18. Tasty member of the jack
family
Down
1. The lowest of tides
2. Popular fishing knot
3. Nickname for menhaden
(plural)
4. Done to a gun barrel with a
cleaning rod and patch
My dad was your basic meat-andpotatoes kind of guy, raised in the
Missouri Ozarks where native game,
birds and fish were common fare.
His first experience with “exotic”
wild game dishes came when he visited
me in the late 1970s for a white-winged
dove hunt in Mexico.
After a successful trip about 50 miles
across the border, we came back to
Laredo for an evening meal prepared
by my mother-in-law.
The featured dish was her “Bird Pie,”
which she created to handle the limits
12-15 doves, cleaned
6 cups water
1 teaspoon sage
1 teaspoon Chef Ralph’s Super
Seasoning
1⁄ 2 cup chopped onion
1 stick butter
of birds we brought back from our regular Mexico trips.
Dad took his first bite and exclaimed
“This is the best pie and the best pie
crust I’ve ever tasted.”
Unfortunately, my mom (an excellent cook and baker) was sitting right
across the table from him as he spoke
those fateful words. Her glare would
have melted solid steel.
For the rest of his life, my mom
cooked a lot of wonderful meals for
dad and our family, but she never
made him another pie.
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons ground comino
1 teaspoon sage
1⁄ 2 teaspoon oregano
2 tablespoons flour
1 can (8-ounces) tomato sauce
1 pie crust, top and bottom
over cleaned birds with water in a large pot. Add first two spices
and onion. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer about
90 minutes. Remove and debone cooked doves. Reserve about 1/2cup broth. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic,
comino and sage. Add deboned meat. Mix flour with broth and add to
mixture. Simmer, stirring often, for about five minutes. Stir in tomato
sauce, reduce heat to low and simmer uncovered for 15 minutes. Spoon
mixture into prepared pie crust, cover and seal with top crust. Bake at
350 degrees for about 30 minutes.
C
Copyright 2004 Texas Word Treasures, Greg Berlocher. All Rights Reserved.
5. Native grapevine, often found
around rivers and streams
6. Black bass and children are
found in these during
September
7. Portable housing for shiners
10. Noisy float used by saltwater
anglers
13. Wild fruit tree
— Ralph Winingham
Recipe courtesy of Ralph Winingham’s new cookbook:“Revenge of Old Boots & Bacon
Grease.” To contact Ralph, e-mail him at [email protected].
GAME WARDEN BLOTTER
TEACHER GETS AN F
• Two men doing some early
dove hunting got the attention of Denton County
Game
Warden
Ron
VanderRoest. After he
recovered the dove that had
been shot, one of the men
said he was teaching his
brother how to hunt properly. The cases are pending.
NICK OF TIME
• A severe thunderstorm hindered Coke County Game
Warden Jim Allen’s rescue of a
man and his two young children from a disabled boat on
Lake Spence. The storm prevented Allen from towing the
boat to shore. However, after
the storm had passed, he
retrieved the boat.
HIGH ON HUNTING
• Reagan County Warden Matt
Adams received a call from a
Reagan County deputy asking
how to get to a hunting camp.
An oilfield worker had picked
up a man wearing nothing but
a pair of shorts and shoes.
Adams was informed that the
man claimed that two other
men from the camp tried to
murder him, and he had
escaped while they were digging his grave. An inspection
of the camp turned up two
dead turkeys, killed during
closed season. Further inspection of the camp revealed
what looked like methamphetamine in a clear plastic
bag. The men were then taken
to Ozona for further questioning, where officers discovered
another bag of meth on one of
the men. The three men were
arrested on charges of possession of methamphetamine
and six hunting charges.
ESCAPEES CAUGHT
• Grayson
County
Game
Warden Dale Moses, while
patrolling near Pottsboro, was
advised by dispatch that a
Grayson County inmate had
stolen a van belonging to the
county while working on a
maintenance detail. The
inmate pulled a knife, forced
the guard and all but one
other inmate out of the van
and left the area. Moses, along
with numerous other law offi-
WITH THAT?
• Newton
County
Game
Warden Ellis Powell assisted a
Newton County deputy trying
to stop a vehicle containing
four men who would not
yield. Once the vehicle was
stopped, a half-ounce of
cocaine, 35 Xanex pills and
marijuana were found. One of
the men fled into nearby
woods. Powell tackled the
man and the two began to
scuffle. While wrestling with
the man, Powell sprayed him
with pepper spray and placed
handcuffs on the man. The
charges pending include evading arrest, resisting arrest and
several felony drug charges.
cers, rushed to the area to look
for the escapees. About 45
minutes after the escape,
Moses found the stolen van on
a back road west of Pottsboro
and gave chase. Moses kept the
vehicle in sight while calling
in its location. A Grayson
County deputy intercepted
the suspect vehicle at an intersection where he took over the
pursuit. The escapees eventually turned onto a dead-end
road, where they attempted to
cut through a field, but
crashed into a tree. One of the
inmates gave up, and the other
fled into the woods where he
was captured. When the
stolen county van was
checked, it was found that the
suspects had burglarized a residence shortly before Moses
encountered them. A pistol,
two rifles and some clothes
were taken from the residence.
Grayson County is investigating whether the second
inmate was a victim or a willing participant. The primary
suspect, a convicted felon,
faces several felony charges.
WARDENS TARGETED
• Patrolling the Nueces River in
Uvalde County by ATVs,
Uvalde County Game Warden
Mark McQueary and Kinney
County Game Warden Henry
Lutz observed the front end of
a white- or light-colored truck
sticking out of the brush
below a bridge. Two men were
standing on the riverbank by
the truck. By the abrupt movement of the men, it appeared
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that they had seen the wardens at the same time.
McQueary observed one of the
men raise his arms as if he was
looking through binoculars at
the wardens. About that time,
a bullet hit the water about 20
yards from the wardens and
ricocheted off the surface. A
second shot was fired and the
bullet hit in the same general
area. The wardens scrambled
for cover, called for assistance
and headed toward the bridge.
The men, though, had fled the
scene in their vehicle.
DO YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO
ARREST ME?
• Making an appointment at a
salon helped Lubbock County
Game Warden Andy Carr and
Lamb County Game Warden
Brent Satsky arrest a Lubbock
man on outstanding warrants.
Carr got a tip the man was
working at a nail salon. An
administrative
technician
called the salon for the wardens and made an appointment. The two wardens
showed up instead.
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FISHING REPORT
CENTRAL
BASTROP: Water stained. Black bass are slow.
Crappie are fair on live minnows. Channel and
blue catfish are good on stinkbait, shrimp, and
live minnows. Yellow catfish are slow.
BELTON: Water murky; 91 degrees; 1.03' high.
Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are slow.
White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel
and blue catfish are good on stinkbait and liver.
Yellow catfish are slow.
BROWNWOOD: Water clear; 84 -85 degrees;
0.39' low. Black bass to 5 pounds are excellent
on dark soft plastics, 3/8oz. camo Strike Works
jigs, and Persuader Stealth Hag special
crankbaits off docks with brushpiles in 15 - 20
feet and in rocky areas. Pop-R's and buzzbaits
are excellent in weeds early. Hybrid striper are
fair trolling and under lights at night. White
bass are good on crankbaits, Li'l Fishies, and
small tube jigs under lights at night. Crappie to
14" are good on small tube jigs and minnows in
near Kirkland docks 10 - 20 feet. Catfish are
fair on live bait and cutbait in the rivers.
BUCHANAN: Water clear; 86 degrees; 3.40' low.
Black bass are fair on wacky rigged natural
Whacky Sticks, camo Strike Grubs on jigheads,
and Carolina rigged watermelon Skeet Reese
creature baits along bluff ledges at first light in
8 - 15 feet. Striped bass are slow drifting live
bait near the dam, and on white Spoiler Shads
and chrome Tiny Traps at night under lights.
White bass are fair on 1oz" Li'l Fishies at night
under lights. Crappie are fair at night on minnows. Channel catfish are fair. Yellow and blue
catfish are slow.
CANYON LAKE: Water clear; 87 degrees; 0.06'
low. Black bass to 5 pounds are good on wacky
rigged natural Whacky Sticks, Carolina rigged
watermelon Snap Back tubes, and root beer JDC
Drop Shot Worms from first light to midmorning
along main lake points and break lines of flats
with stickups in 3 - 10 feet. Stripers are slow.
White bass are fair on No. 3 Terminator In-Line
spinnerbaits, 1oz" Li'l Fishies, and Spoiler
Shads. Smallmouth bass to 2 pounds are fair on
3" green/pumpkin JDC Craws and 4" Scoundrel
worms on drop shot rigs in 10 - 20 feet. Crappie
are slow. Channel catfish are fair. Yellow and
blue catfish are slow.
COLEMAN: Water clear; 83 degrees; 0.20' low.
Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are slow.
Crappie are fair on live minnows. Channel and
blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.
COLORADO RIVER: (At Colorado Bend State Park)
Water murky. Black bass are slow. Striped bass
are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow.
Channel and blue catfish are excellent on shad.
DUNLAP/MCQUEENY: Water stained; 85 degrees.
Black bass are fair on chartreuse heavy jigs with
red craw trailers. White bass are fair on live
minnows and 1/8oz white marabou jigs in 15 20 feet. Crappie are good on live minnows and
green crappie jigs around brushpiles. Channel
and blue catfish are good on cutbait, liver, and
stinkbait. Yellow catfish are slow.
GRANBURY: Water stained; 0.44' low. Black bass
are slow. Striped bass are slow. White bass are
fair on minnows and jigging spoons. Crappie are
fair on minnows. Catfish are fair on stinkbait,
shrimp, and live bait.
GRANGER: Water clear; 84 degrees; 0.13' high.
Black bass are fair on buzzbaits and crankbaits
up the river among shad. White bass are good
on slab spoons along the flats near the dam.
Crappie to 2 pounds are good on minnows and
yellow jigs. Blue catfish are good on prepared
baits and fresh shad. Yellow catfish are fair on
live perch.
LBJ: Water stained; 87 degrees; 0.20' low. Black
bass are fair on black Terminator buzzbaits,
Texas rigged watermelon/red Whacky Sticks, and
chrome Zara Spook Jr's at night and at first light
in 4 - 15 feet. Striped bass are fair on 3"
Spoiler Shads and white JDC Grubs. White bass
are good on 1oz" Li'l Fishies and Tiny Traps at
night in 5 - 20 feet. Crappie are good on minnows at night. Channel catfish are good. Yellow
and blue catfish are fair.
NAVARRO MILLS: Water clear; 1.75' low. Black
bass are fair on black/blue fleck deep diving
crankbaits. White bass are fair on Little Georges
and pet spoons. Crappie are fair on minnows.
Channel and blue catfish are fair on stinkbait.
PROCTOR: Water clear; 88 degrees; 2.37' low.
Black bass are fair on dark soft plastics. Striped
bass are good on silver spoons on the bottom.
White bass are good on Charlie slabs on the bottom. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish
are good on shad and shrimp. Yellow catfish are
slow.
SOMERVILLE: Water clear; 1.10' low. Black bass
are slow. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are
slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish
are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.
STILLHOUSE: Water murky; 86 degrees; 1.52'
high. Black bass are good on blue/black flake
Rat-L-Traps with fluorescent tails in 6 - 8 feet.
White bass are good on minnows late. Crappie
are slow. Channel and blue catfish are good on
live minnows. Yellow catfish are slow.
TRAVIS: Water clear; 86 degrees; 7.70' low.
Black bass to 8 pounds are good on crawfish
Radar 10 crankbaits and watermelon Finesse
worms in 5 - 18 feet. Striped bass are slow.
and blue catfish to 6 pounds are good on minnows, bloodbait, and nightcrawlers in 20 - 38
feet. Yellow catfish are slow.
WALTER E. LONG: Water stained; 84 degrees.
Black bass are good on topwaters and minnows.
Hybrid striper are good on minnows and topwaters. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on
minnows in isolated spots. Channel and blue
catfish are good on shrimp, cutbait, and minnows. Yellow catfish are slow.
WHITNEY: Water stained; 0.72' low. Black bass
are slow. Striped bass are slow. White bass are
slow. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are
good on stinkbait, shrimp, and liver.
NORTHEAST
ATHENS: Water stained; 82-85 degrees; 2' low.
Black bass are fair on Carolina rigs fished off
main lake points with brush. Crappie are slow.
Catfish are good on punchbait and fresh cut bait
in 15 feet. Bream are good on red wigglers and
small pieces of nightcrawler around docks in
shallow water.
BOB SANDLIN: Water clear; 82-86 degrees; 3.33'
low. Black bass are good on topwaters on the
outside edge of grass beds early, switching to
Carolina rigs fished parallel to the grass beds
later in the day. Crappie are fair on live minnows
at night under the bridges. White bass are fair
on slabs around humps and ridges 20 feet deep.
Catfish are good on a variety of catfish baits
over baited holes in 18-20 feet.
BRIDGEPORT: Water clear; 82-86. Black bass are
fair early morning on Texas rigged worms around
brush in 10-12 feet. Crappie are slow. White
bass are fair on slabs and live shad around submerged ridges in 15-24 feet. Hybrid striper are
fair on live shad in 15-20 feet in the lower lake.
Channel catfish are good in 15-20 feet on prepared baits.
CADDO: Water clear; 82-86 degrees; 0.20' low.
Black bass are fair on Texas rigged in 6-8 feet
around isolated groups of cypress trees. White
bass are good in the Big Lake area on shad pattern crank baits, trolling is a good way to locate
the scattered schools. Channel catfish are good
on cut bait in water 6-8 feet deep close to channels. Warmouth (goggle eye) and bream are good
on worms under a floater fished along the edge
of lily pads in 6 feet.
CEDAR CREEK: Water stained; 82-86 degrees;
1.90' low. Black bass are fair at first light on
topwaters, switching to Texas rigged worms
around shoreline vegetation. White bass are
good on TNT Lures (slabs) in 18-24 feet,
switching to trolling with Hellbenders with Pet
Spoon. Hybrid striper are fair on Sassy Shads
and live shad in the lower lake. Crappie are fair
on tube jigs under shaded boat docks in water
8-12 feet. Catfish are good in 18-22 feet.
COOPER: Water stained; 81-86 degrees. Black
bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good
on juglines with live bait and in baited holes in
shallow water around heavy cover. White bass
are fair on jigging spoons in 20 feet along submerged channels in the lower lake.
FAIRFIELD: Water clear; 82-100 degrees. Black
bass are fair early and late on dark worms
around main lake points with vegetation.
Redfish are fair on live perch and shad around
main lake points in 20-24 feet - better catches
are at night. Hybrid striper are fair on live shad
and perch fished under balloons in 18-22 feet
around mid-lake points. Catfish are excellent on
punchbait in 18-20 feet.
FORK: Water clear 82-86 degrees; 2.22' low.
Black bass are fair early around shallow grass
beds close to creek channels - the mouths of
creeks have been very productive. Night fishing
is good on 10" plastic worms rigged Texas style
and black spinnerbaits around main lake grass
beds. Channel catfish are excellent on punchbait in 12-20 feet around holes baited with
soured wheat and milo.
GRAPEVINE: Water stained; 82-86 degrees; 3.30'
low. Black bass are fair early and late on plastic
worms in shallow water with vegetation close to
deep water. Crappie are fair on live minnows in
20 feet. White bass are good on TNT Lures
around humps and points in 15-25 feet. Catfish
are fair to good on prepared baits and fresh
shad in 15-20 feet in baited holes.
JOE POOL: Water stained; 82-86 degrees; 1.43'
low. Black bass are fair early on Rat-L-Traps and
spinnerbaits around main lake points with vegetation. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows
around the barges and Corps of Engineers
brushpiles in 22-24 feet. White bass are fair
early on TNT Lures in 20 feet around main lake
humps and ridges. Channel catfish are good
around baited holes in 15 feet. Flathead catfish
are fair in 12 feet on trotlines with live perch.
LAKE O' THE PINES: Water stained; 82-86
degrees; 2.30' low. Black bass are fair early on
topwaters in 8 feet around submerged grass
beds and lily pads. Crappie are slow. White bass
are fair on slabs and jigging spoons in 18-20
feet. Channel catfish are good on prepared baits
in baited holes.
LAVON: Water stained; 82-86 degrees; 4.64' low.
Black bass are fair early on plastic worms and
topwaters around shoreline vegetation close to
deeper water. Crappie are fair on live minnows
in 24 feet around brush on submerged main
lake points and out from the dam. White bass
are fair on slabs in 20-24 feet around mid to
lower lake points. Catfish are good on fresh shad
in 15-20 feet around baited holes and drift fishing on main lake points.
LEWISVILLE: Water stained; 82-86 degrees;
3.14' low. Black bass are fair on soft plastics in
10-15 feet around tire breakwaters, bridge
columns and docks with brush. Crappie are fair
on minnows and jigs in 15 feet around brush
and bridge columns. White bass are fair on
slabs in 20-24 feet around submerged humps
and ridges. Catfish are good on fresh shad under
schooling white bass and on punchbait in baited
holes in 20-22 feet.
MARTIN CREEK: Water clear; 84 degrees midlake, 100 at hot water discharge; normal pool.
Black bass are fair at night on dark worms
fished around main lake grass. Crappie are fair
on minnows at the fishing pier. Catfish are fair
on trotlines baited with small live perch.
MONTICELLO: Water clear; 84 degrees upper end,
100 degrees at hot water discharge; normal
pool. Black bass are fair at night on large dark
color worms fished close to creek channels
around shallow grass close to creek channels
and around the Railroad Bridge. Crappie are
slow. Channel catfish are good on punchbait in
10-20 feet.
PALESTINE: Water clear; 82-86 degrees; 1.56'
low. Black bass are good early on soft plastics
pitched around boathouses with brush. Crappie
are fair on minnows in 18-22 feet under bridges
at night. Catfish are good on prepared catfish
baits in 20 feet around baited holes. White bass
are good on slabs and Rat-L-Traps around main
lake points - some schooling occurring early.
Hybrid striper are fair on Rat-L-Traps and Sassy
Shad early around points and humps in 12-20
feet. Channel catfish are good on Bill's Catfish
Bait around baited holes in 15 feet.
PAT MAYSE: Water clear; 82-85 degrees; 2' low.
Black bass are fair early on topwaters and soft
plastic on the outside edge of grass beds in 812 feet. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on
punchbait around baited holes in 15-22 feet.
White bass are fair on slabs in 20 feet around
steep submerged ledges. Hybrid striper are slow.
RAY HUBBARD: Water stained; 82-86 degrees;
1.43' low. Black bass are fair on Texas rigged
worms in 10-12 feet in pockets with grass off
the main lake. Crappie are slow. White bass are
good on slabs and Rat-L-Traps around The
Peanut and near the end of the Jetties. Hybrid
striper are good on live shad and topwaters
around the submerged gravel pits out from the
spillway and in the open water out from the
dam. Catfish are good in holes baited with
soured grain.
RAY ROBERTS: Water clear; 82-85 degrees; 1.16'
low. Black bass are fair in 12-20 feet on
Carolina rigged centipedes around mid to lower
lake points and humps. Crappie are good on
tube jigs in 24-28 feet around man-made brush
piles. White bass are good on spoons and slabs
in 18-20 feet, with limited topwater schooling
action around the mouth of major creeks.
Catfish are good on fresh shad in 12-20 feet.
RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water stained; 81-86
degrees; 1.94' low. Black bass are fair on
Carolina rigged Centipedes in 18-22 around
abrupt submerged ledges. White bass are good
early on slabs and topwaters on the 309 Flats
and out from Pelican Island. Hybrid striper are
fair on large slabs and Rat-L-Traps on the 309
Flats. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on prepared baits and fresh shad in 12-18 feet.
TAWAKONI: Water stained; 82-86 degrees; 4.39'
low. Black bass are fair early on plastic worms
and shad pattern medium running crankbaits.
Crappie are fair at night on live minnows in 1520 feet. Catfish are excellent on punchbait off
the fishing barge at Duck Cove Marina and
around baited holes in 18-20 feet all over the
lake. White bass are good on 1oz. white or chartreuse Holiday Slabs. Striped bass and hybrid
striper are good under the birds on 2oz. chartreuse or white Holiday Slabs, Sassy Shads and
large pearl color Chug Bugs.
TEXOMA: Water clear; 82-85 degrees; 1.68' low.
Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics around
docks with heavy brush. Smallmouth bass are
fair in 15-20 feet on crawfish pattern crankbaits
around steep, rocky points. Crappie are slow.
Striped bass are good on topwaters early and
live shad. During the first couple hours of daylight, large schools of white bass are chasing
shad in close to the shoreline. Blue catfish are
good in 10-20 feet.
WEATHERFORD: Water stained; 86 degrees; 2.9'
low. Black bass to 8 pounds are good. Crappie
are fair. Catfish are excellent on live bait, frozen
shad and prepared baits. White bass are good fish are schooling in the marina cove and along
the southeastern shore. Bream are excellent on
worms in the marina cove and along the wall.
WRIGHT PATMAN: Water clear; 82-86 degrees.
Black bass are fair around shallow grass on
Texas rig worms during the first couple hours of
daylight. Crappie are fair on tube jigs and live
minnows in 15 feet around heavy cover. Catfish
are good on trotlines baited with small perch
and on rod and reel in 10-15 feet on live minnows.
SOUTH
AMISTAD: Water fairly clear; 85 degrees. Black
bass to 13 pounds are fair on drop shot rigs and
heavy jigs in 20 feet. Striped bass are slow.
and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are
slow.
BRAUNIG: Water stained; 97 degrees. Black bass
are slow. Striped bass are slow. Redfish to 12
pounds are fair on crawfish, perch, and tilapia.
Channel and blue catfish to 12 pounds are fair
on cutbait, stinkbait, liver, and shrimp in 10 25 feet. Yellow catfish are slow.
CALAVERAS: Water stained; 96 degrees. Black
bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. Redfish to
16 pounds are good on shad, perch, spoons,
and Rat-L-Traps. Channel and blue catfish to 22
pounds are fair on shad, shrimp, and liver.
CHOKE CANYON: Water clear; 88 degrees; 1.31'
low. Black bass to 7 pounds are good on chartreuse shad Lucky Craft Live Pointers and chartreuse shad Lucky Craft Flat CB-SR's at sunrise,
and later on drop shot rigged smoke red pepper
6" YUM Dingers, 1oz. camouflage Falcon jigs
with pumpkinseed All-Terrain Baby Creature bait
trailers, and Texas smoke YUM Zellamander
lizards, along the edges of grass lines in 15 - 25
feet. White bass are good on live minnows and
vertically jigging Fle-Fly minnow slabs along
main lake points at night under lights in 12 20 feet. Crappie to 2 pounds are fair on live
minnows, chrome KT Lures, and white Curb's
crappie jigs over brushpiles and standing timber
at night under lights in 6 - 15 feet. Channel and
blue catfish to 15 pounds are good on live minnows in 6 - 18 feet, and on trotlines baited with
Redneck soap bait. Yellow catfish to 20 pounds
are good on trotlines and juglines baited with
goldfish.
COLETO CREEK: Water clear; 89 degrees (99
degrees at hot water discharge); 1.06' low.
Black bass to 9.5 pounds are good on spinnerbaits and soft plastic worms and lizards in shallow grass beds. Striped bass are slow. White
bass are slow. Crappie to 1 pound are fair on
minnows in 10 - 12 feet. Channel and blue catfish to 8 pounds are good on trotlines baited
with live perch and shad in 10 - 12 feet. Yellow
catfish are slow.
FALCON: Water clear, 91 degrees. Black bass are
good on deep running crankbaits and soft plastic worms. Striped bass are fair near the dam.
Crappie are slow. Catfish are excellent on frozen
shrimp, shad, and cutbait. Yellow catfish are
slow. Mexican fishing licenses and boat permits
are required to fish in Mexican waters. Everyone
in the boat must have a Mexico Fishing License
whether fishing or not.
MEDINA: Water clear; 86 degrees; 3.18' low.
Black bass to 5 pounds are fair on chartreuse
shad Lucky Craft CB-001's, white Norman Little
"N's," and summer craw Lucky Craft Flat CBSR's at sunrise, and later on watermelon shad
4" Ring Worms and drop shot rigged June bug
Super Fluke Jr.'s along main lake points in 20 25 feet. Upriver, use weightless baby bass 4"
Yamamoto Senkos and motor oil 4" Power
Worms along ledges and trees. Striped bass are
fair drifting jumbo minnows around the dam and
trolling 2oz. white Curb's spinner striper jigs
over main lake points at night under lights.
White bass are good on live minnows, vertically
jigging Fle-Fly minnow slabs, and trolling silver
#5 Shad Raps across main lake points in 10 20 feet. Smallmouth bass to 4 pounds are good
on drop shot rigged baby bass Zoom Tiny Flukes
and alewife 3.5" YUM Vibra King tubes along
ledges and rock piles in 10 - 25 feet. Crappie
are good on live minnows and white Curb's crappie jigs around brushpiles and standing timber
at night under lights in 10 - 25 feet. Channel
and blue catfish to 15 pounds are fair on Lewis
King punchbait, cut shad, and live minnows.
Yellow catfish to 25 pounds are good on juglines
baited with comets.
SOUTHEAST
CONROE: Water stained. Black bass are fair on
watermelon/red spinnerbaits and crankbaits.
Striped bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are fair on shrimp, stinkbait, and
cutbait.
GIBBONS CREEK: Water stained. Black bass are
fair on live bait and silver striper jigs. Crappie
are good on minnows and green tube jigs.
Catfish are fair on shrimp, liver, and stinkbait.
HOUSTON COUNTY: Water stained with clear shal-
Prepared by J.P. Greeson, Bink Grimes, Kendal Hemphill, Luke Clayton and Karen Taylor for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
lows, 87 degrees; 0.01' high. Black bass to 10
pounds are good on Texas rigged June bug red
worms near the dam and near Golden Acres subdivision in 12 - 14 feet. Crappie are slow.
Bream are good on live worms off piers and near
the islands. Catfish are slow.
LIVINGSTON: Water fairly clear; 91 degrees;
0.21' low. Black bass are fair on crankbaits and
spinnerbaits. Striped bass are slow. White bass
are good on Old Reliables, pet spoons, hellbenders, and Charlie slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are very good on
cutbait and prepared bait. Yellow catfish are
slow.
SAM RAYBURN: Water clear; 88 degrees; 3.39'
low. Black bass are fair on Carolina rigged soft
plastics and deep diving crankbaits around deep
breaks and brushtops, and on topwaters and
small spinnerbaits around shoreline vegetation
early and late. Crappie are good on live shiners
and jigs over brushtops. Catfish are fair on prepared bait under noodle rigs near creek channels.
TOLEDO BEND: Water stained north, clear south;
87 degrees; 7.34' low. Black bass are fair on
jigging spoons and drop shot rigs along deep
structure, and on black/blue and black neon
heavy jig and craw combos and Sweet Beavers
along outside hydrilla lines. Crappie are good
over planted brushtops.
PANHANDLE
BAYLOR: Water lightly stained; 81 degrees. Black
bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Catfish are slow.
GREENBELT: Water lightly stained; 80 degrees;
22.4' low. Black bass to 6 pounds are good on
shad-colored soft jerkbaits and spinnerbaits with
topwater action along grass lines and main lake
points. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs.
White bass are good on live bait and crankbaits.
Smallmouth bass are good on live bait and small
crankbaits near dam. Walleye are good on live
bait. Catfish are good on minnows.
MACKENZIE: Water lightly stained; 77 degrees;
66' low. Black bass are fair on shad-colored
spinnerbaits and dark jigs. Crappie are good on
minnows and jigs. White bass and striped bass
are good on live bait and chrome jerkbaits.
Smallmouth bass are fair on live bait. Walleye
are fair on live bait. Catfish are fair.
MEREDITH: Water lightly stained; 77 degrees;
20.25' low. Black bass are fair on white spinnerbaits or watermelon red soft plastics along rocky
points. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows.
White bass are good on live bait and small
crankbaits near rocky points. Smallmouth bass
are fair on jerkbaits and minnows near main
lake points. Walleye are fair on minnows.
Channel Catfish are fair on minnows and chicken liver.
PALO DURO: Water lightly stained; 75 degrees;
38.75' low. Black bass are fair on white spinnerbaits and shad-colored small crankbaits. Crappie
are fair on jigs and minnows. Smallmouth bass
are fair on minnows. Walleye are fair. Catfish are
fair on minnows and cut shad.
WEST
ALAN HENRY: Water lightly stained; 80 degrees.
Black bass are good on shad-colored soft jerkbaits and dark jigs near the brush or spinnerbaits along brush line. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs.
ARROWHEAD: Water stained in upper end; 83
degrees; 2.5' low. Black bass are slow on spinnerbaits and Carolina rigs around rocky areas
and flooded brush. Crappie are fair on minnows
and jigs suspended about 18' around derricks.
White bass are very good on shad-imitation baits
and silver spoons with some topwater bites early
and late in day. Blue catfish are good on cut
shad and prepared baits.
BUFFALO SPRINGS: Water lightly stained; 73
degrees. Black bass are fair on minnows in cattails on NE shores and on perch near Crappie
house. Crappie are fair on minnows and worms
in Crappie House. Hybrid strippers are fair on
crankbaits and Rat-L-Traps near dam on NE
shores. Catfish are good on chicken liver and
stinkbait near Party House and dam.
COLORADO CITY: Water clear; 83 degrees. Black
bass are slow. Crappie are slow. White bass are
slow. Redfish are slow. Catfish are slow.
FT. PHANTOM HILL: Water clear; 81 degrees; 3.1'
low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are fair on
minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on minnows. Catfish are fair.
HUBBARD CREEK: Water lightly stained; 84
degrees; 8.8' low. Black bass are fair on white
spinnerbaits and watermelon red jigs along main
points and red flake soft plastics in the reeds.
Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White
bass and hybrid striper are fair on live baits.
Catfish are good on minnows and chicken liver.
NASWORTHY: Water lightly stained; 82 degrees.
Black bass are fair on white spinnerbaits and
small crankbaits. Crappie are good on jigs and
minnows. Redfish are fair. White bass and
striped bass are fair on cut shad and minnows.
Catfish are good on chicken liver and minnows.
OAK CREEK: Water lightly stained; 82 degrees;
18' low. Black bass are fair. Crappie are fair on
jigs and minnows. Catfish are fair on minnows
and worms. No boat ramps open. 4x4 vehicles
can unload on the dirt road near the dam.
O.H. IVIE: Water lightly stained; 82 degrees;
15.3' low. Black bass are fair on white spinnerbaits and junebug jigs and soft plastics along
brush lines. Crappie are good on minnows and
jigs. White bass are fair on live baits.
Smallmouth bass are fair. Channel catfish are
good on prepared baits.
POSSUM KINGDOM: Water clear; 85 degrees; 2'
low. Black bass are fair in Rock Creek and
Caddo Creek areas. Crappie are fair on live bait.
White bass are good and Striped bass are fair
near lighted piers at night. Blue and channel
catfish are fair in the upper part of reservoir.
SPENCE: Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; 44.7'
low. Black bass are fair on shad-colored soft
plastics and live bait. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair. Striped bass
and hybrid striper are fair on live baits. Catfish
are fair on minnows.
STAMFORD: Water lightly stained; 82 degrees;
Full at spillway. Black bass are slow. Crappie are
fair on jigs and minnows. White and striped
bass are fair on live bait. Catfish are fair on cut
baits.
SWEETWATER: Water lightly stained; 82 degrees;
30.3' low. Black bass are fair on live bait and
white spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows
and jigs. White bass are fair. Catfish are good on
cut baits and minnows.
WHITE RIVER: Water lightly stained; 80 degrees;
21.5' low. Black bass are fair on cotton candy
soft plastics and live bait along tree lines.
Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Walleye
are fair. Channel catfish are good on cut baits
and worms.
WICHITA: Water clearing; 86 degrees; Full at
spillway. Crappie are slow. White bass and
hybrid 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 or
punchbait. North side public ramp is closed for
maintenance.
COASTAL
NORTH SABINE: Trout and redfish are good in the
middle of the lake under the birds and on live
shad under a popping cork. Trout are good for
waders fishing the humps off the Intracoastal on
chartreuse and black Top Dogs. Expect higher
tides associated with Hurricane Katrina.
SOUTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good on Top
Dogs at Lighthouse Cove. Trout and redfish are
good under the birds on live shad and soft plastics. Flounder are good on jigs and live bait in
the bayous and cuts.
BOLIVAR: Trout are fair to good on the south
shoreline of East Bay on chartreuse and bone
Top Dogs, Super Spooks and Ghosts. Trout and
redfish are good in the surf on glow and plum
Bass Assassins, live shrimp and Top Dogs.
TRINITY BAY: Trout and redfish are good under
the birds throughout the bay on shrimptails and
topwaters. Trout, redfish, croaker and sand trout
are good at the Spillway on live shrimp. Trout
are fair to good around Fishers Reef on chartreuse and bone Top Dogs and live shrimp.
EAST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are good at Hannas
and Deep Reefs on live shrimp under a popping
cork, croaker and black plastics. Trout are good
in the Ship Channel on croaker and live shrimp.
Trout are fair to good in the Bolivar Pocket on
Top Dogs and Super Spooks.
WEST GALVESTON BAY: Trout, redfish and flounder are fair and scattered around the railroad
and causeway bridge on live bait. Some bird
activity has occurred in the bay system. Trout
are fair to good on the shell on glow/chartreuse
and strawberry/white Hogies, Sand Eels, Bass
Assassins and live shrimp under a popping cork.
Offshore is good for kingfish, dorado, ling and
shark. Tarpon are showing near the beach.
TEXAS CITY: Trout and sand trout are good at
night on the lighted piers off the dike on live
shrimp. Redfish are fair on cut-bait. Trout are
fair to good on croaker at Todd's Dump and April
Fool's Reef.
FREEPORT: Trout and redfish are good at Bryan
Beach, Cold Pass and San Luis Pass on live
shrimp and finger mullet. Trout are fair to good
at night under the lights at San Luis Pass on
live shrimp and white Bass Assassins and grubs.
EAST MATAGORDA: Trout are fair to good over
deep shell reefs on plum, morning glory and fire
tiger Bass Assassins, Trout Killers and Sand
Eels. Trout are fair to good in the surf on
red/white, plum, pumpkinseed/chartreuse and
pepper/chartreuse Bass Assassins and Sand Eel
Jr's.
MATAGORDA: Trout and redfish are fair to good at
the wells and on the south shoreline on topwaters, red shad and pumpkinseed/chartreuse Bass
Assassins, Sand Eels, live shrimp and croaker.
Trout and redfish are good on the shell on live
shrimp under a popping cork and soft plastics.
PORT O'CONNOR: Trout are good on the shell in
Espiritu Santo and San Antonio Bay on croaker,
live shrimp under a popping cork and topwaters.
Trout are good on the Community Bar on pepper/chartreuse and pumpkinseed/chartreuse
Bass Assassins and Sand Eels.
ROCKPORT: Redfish are good on the Estes Flats
and around Traylor Island on mullet, croaker and
piggy perch. Trout are good on croaker in 4-6
feet of water over the shell in Copano and
Aransas Bays.
PORT ARANSAS: Trout are fair along the Ship
Channel and around Pelican Island on croaker,
shrimp and piggy perch. Redfish are fair to good
on the East Flats on live finger mullet and cut
mullet. Trout are fair to good at the jetty and in
the San Jose surf on live bait and Top Dogs.
CORPUS CHRISTI: Trout and redfish are good on
piggy perch around the causeway and under the
power lines. Trout are fair to good on live bait in
the Intracoastal. Trout and redfish are fair to
good around Fish Pass.
BAFFIN BAY: Trout are good on Top Dogs, strawberry/white and pumpkinseed/chartreuse Bass
Assassins and live shrimp under a popping cork
in the Land Cut. Redfish are good near Bird
Island on live shrimp and gold spoons. Trout are
fair to good at the Tide Gauge on live bait and
topwaters.
PORT MANSFIELD: Trout and redfish are good on
live shrimp under a popping cork on the edges
of the Intracoastal. Trout are good on topwaters
over the grass beds in the Land Cut. Redfish,
sheepshead, whiting, flounder, pompano, mangrove snapper and tarpon are good at the jetty
on live bait.
SOUTH PADRE: Trout and redfish are good on
Long Bar and Laguna Vista on red/white Hogie's,
Bass Assassins and Sand Eels. Redfish are good
at Holly Beach on live finger mullet and live
shrimp under a popping cork.
PORT ISABEL: Trout, redfish, flounder and mangrove snapper are good on live bait in South
Bay. Trout, redfish and black drum are good at
Twin Bars and Un-necessary Island on live
shrimp and finger mullet.
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