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South rising again
Nicer than your house Turn basic into posh
All zones open, many hunters seeing lots of birds
By Craig Nyhus
Lone Star outdoor newS They might look like they hold nothing but old farm equipment or unused deer corn, but open the door and it’s like stepping into a five-star hotel. Hunting camp containers are being taken to a whole new level, thanks to some creative owners. Liz Foster of Dallas set her first container at her Archer County lease in 2008, and outfitted her container to the hilt. “I had seen pictures of some of the versions,” she said, “and bought the container from Waters Ag in Wichita Falls and took it from there.” Foster’s camp “the box” sports Please turn to page 16
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FLYING HIGH: The majority of dove hunters in the South Zone reported a great opening weekend when they weren’t dodging rainstorms that popped up. Many shot their limits, although some hunters in deep South Texas struggled to find enough birds to shoot a limit. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.
Redfish run starting
New rules affect transfer of water, not fish
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When Texas Parks and Wildlife announced tighter regulations to combat the spread of zebra mussels, many anglers thought the days of catching bait in one lake and fishing with that bait in another was now offlimits. That isn’t true, according to Ken Kurzawski, director of Information and Regulations at TPWD’s Inland Fisheries Division. “This really isn’t about
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OPEN THE FRONT DOOR: Even thought they might look plain on the outside, containers can be nice and comfortable on the inside. Photo by Liz Foster.
Wharton County Game Warden Chris Bird has seen eight previous South Zone dove openers come and go, but he can’t remember one with this many birds, and hunters shooting their limits. “It has been an awesome opener,” Bird said. “This is the most birds I’ve seen for an opener down here. Hunters are having really good shoots on sunflower fields and other agriculture fields. Those seem to be
SIGNS OF LIFE: Anglers — from fl y-fi shing guides to surf fi shermen — are starting to see success with the bull reds on the coast. Photo by “Mullethead00” on 2coolfi shing.com.
While “weird” conditions have made for tough predictions along the Gulf Coast, the proof is in the pudding for bull redfish — and reports show the big guys are starting to get active. Late spawns, inconsistent bait production and manic weather patterns have delayed much of the predicted “high points” during the season, but Rockport guide Eric Knipling is seeing the reds right on time. “The only thing I’ve really been producing
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TPWD predicts future hunting opportunities on the recently-acquired Powderhorn Ranch. Page 5
Game wardens write lots of citations during the opening weeks of dove season. Page 17
Texoma’s striper bite is still strong, but the trophy fish are tougher to come by. Page 8
Texas A&M is using a new electric method to rebuild reef systems. Page 9
on a fly rod is bull reds,” Knipling said. “Most people are catching them on the jetties, but I’ve been looking for current lines — especially where the sargassum builds up in about 14 feet of water.” That sort of visual fishing is what Knipling is keying in on, and it’s making for some exciting catches. “I’d rather catch them in 14 feet of water than 90 feet of water,” he said. “Just follow the (current) line. It seems like those reds are looking up and hunting. It’s not rocket science.” Please turn to page 14
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HUNTING
Raising Boom or bust (Just your normal teal season) hell Caddo Lake hunters not happy with TPWD
By Glenn Evans
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BIRDS ARE SPREAD OUT: Lots of food and water means hunters really need to scout to find teal during the last few days of the season. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.
By Conor Harrison Lone Star outdoor newS
A lack of birds and, surprisingly, a lack of hunters have made for a tough opening two weeks of the Texas early teal season. Even though conditions are great along the coast with recent rainfall, public hunting areas haven’t seen the influx of teal they normally see, and hunter participation is down this season. “Along the central coast, the hunting has been slow,” said Matt Nelson, who overseas several wildlife management areas for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. “It’s been very slow, actually for our normal teal season.” Nelson said at the Justin Hurst WMA,
a total of 77 hunters on the second weekend shot 146 birds. At the Mad Island WMA, 45 weekend hunters shot 1.3 teal per person, and at the Guadalupe Delta WMA, 12 hunters shot 25 birds. The Guadalupe Delta WMA only had two hunters on Sunday, a big drop from previous years. “All in all, it was very slow,” Nelson said. “There were no big flocks buzzing decoys before shooting time. I was hunting on Mad Island and we had 44 other hunters in the marsh and it was dead quiet for the first hour after legal shooting time. It was a little longer before I even saw my first bird. “But conditions are good, especially over the past month or so. We’re hoping
for a big push of birds at the end of the season.” Many hunters took to social media to lament the lack of birds on the opener, especially in parts of East Texas and along the coast. At the Thunderbird Hunting Club in Southeast Texas, owner Todd Steele reported a slower-but-steady opening weekend. However, the action picked up during the second week. “For the opening weekend, 40 guns shot 226 teal for an average of 5.65 birds/ gun,” he said. “This past Saturday 32 guns took 186 teal for an average of 5.8 birds/gun. For the previous week, including Wednesday, 63 hunters bagged 330 teal for an average of 5.3 birds/gun. On Please turn to page 19
A one-year extension on how long duck blinds will be allowed in state-owned hunting grounds at Caddo Lake did not bag any friends for the state agency chief who announced it. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Executive Director Carter Smith riled hunters last month with his announcement that permanent duck blinds in the Caddo Lake Wildlife Management Area must come down after the waterfowl season ending in January. But after catching heat at a public meeting earlier this month, the department said it was adding another year to the deadline for hunters to clear their blinds from the 8,128-acre management area — but Smith emphasized the decision does not change the department’s intent to rid the lake of the blinds. “They are just kicking the can down the road,” Dr. Randy Cox said from his ophthalmology office in Atlanta. “I don’t think that’s going to satisfy anyone, because this is something going on for 100 years.” Cox was one of about 60 hunters and Caddo stakeholders who blasted Smith’s decision during a Sept. 2 meeting at Caddo Lake State Park. Many complained of potentially losing blinds in which they grew up hunting Please turn to page 33
No changes Mule deer CWD regulations continue this season By Conor Harrison Lone Star outdoor newS
This year’s mule deer hunters in far West Texas will be required to take their harvested deer to check stations as part of continued efforts by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Chronic Wasting Disease management plan. The plan includes mandatory check stations for harvested mule deer taken inside the CWD Containment Zone, which covers portions of Hudspeth, Culberson and El Paso counties. “The regulations are all the same as the two previous seasons,” said Shawn Gray, TPWD’s mule deer program leader. “We
didn’t have any positives from last season and, hopefully, that trend continues.” Gray said the Containment Zone surrounding the Hueco Mountains, where several mule deer does tested positive for CWD several years ago, would probably remain indefinitely. “We could change the boundaries of the zones as we get more comfortable,” he added. Hunters taking mule deer inside the Containment Zone during the 2014 general mule deer hunting season, Nov. 22– Dec. 7, are required to submit their harvest (unfrozen head) for CWD sampling at mandatory check stations within 24 hours of harvest. In addi-
tion to protocols within the Containment Zone, TPWD has established check stations for voluntary CWD sampling for deer harvested in other parts of West Texas. Nearly 300 tissue samples were collected from hunter harvested deer and elk from the Trans-Pecos region during the 2013-14 season to test for CWD. None of those deer tested positive for the disease. During the past two hunting seasons, upwards of 600 deer and elk have been tested for CWD, thanks to the cooperation of hunters and landowners who HEAD TO A CHECK STATION: Hunters in far West Texas still need to submit their mule deer for have participated in the state’s testing at TPWD check stations. Photo by Lone Star Outdoor News. hunter check stations.
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PUBLIC HUNTING OPPORTUNITIES: White-tailed deer are plentiful on the Powderhorn, and Texas hunters will someday get to hunt on the recently purchased ranch. Photo by Jerod Foster, TPWD.
Hunters’ paradise could soon be public By Mark England Lone Star Outdoor News Eleven miles of new coastline fishing on Matagorda Bay will open in a few years with the donation of Powderhorn Ranch to the state. Plus, a 27-square-mile area only hunted privately since the 1930s will go public. Did someone say, “Sweet”? “You’ll have deer hunting and bird hunting, such as waterfowl and quail and
dove,” said Clayton Wolf, director of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Wildlife Division. “There’s also turkeys, Rio Grandes, and, of course, feral hogs. And there’s miles of coastline where people will be able to wade fish for redfish and trout or kayak. To me, that sounds like a pretty sweet deal.” A former cattle ranch neighboring Port O’Connor, Powderhorn was bought by a coalition of conservation groups, primarPlease turn to page 25
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the ticket.” Hunters who hunted the opening Hunters in Wharton County and many weekend over sunflower fields had mixed areas in the South Zone awoke to rain, results, with some getting limits and but the rain quickly left. Although birds others not making it to halfway. Lots of flew late, they flew well enough for most water has local birds spread out. to get a limit. Just up the road in Uvalde, the hunting Along with lots of birds, Bird noticed was good most of the weekend. another trend. In Pearsall, hunters reported a good “A lot of hunters I checked had banded opening weekend of shooting over crops. birds,” he said. “I don’t know if they’ve “I pretty much rank a day in the field been banding in this area, but at least hunting simply as good, fair, or poor, but four hunters right now our had banded dove hunting birds.” is excellent Bird said he as we have wrote a few white-winged tickets for huntdove as good ers being over it gets,” said their limit and Craig Wilson, unplugged owner of shotguns, but Whitetail he said he and Wing hasn’t checked Shooting anyone without Ranch of a hunter’s eduTexas. cation card. In Karnes “I guess the City, hunters online course said the birds is really workflew well on ing because a opening day, lot more people with consisseem to have tent shootthem this year ing at mostly than in years mourning past.” dove. After F a r t h e r a few days, south, the shooting h u n t i n g was still OK, reports became but the total more sporadic numbers of as hunters birds seen was reported spread GOOD DAY TO BE IN THE FIELD: South Zone hunters enjoyed a good down considout birds and opening weekend and plenty of local birds in most areas. Photo by erably. Like tougher hunts Lone Star Outdoor News. many places, in many places. Karnes City Reports out of Dimmit County said hunters said they were shooting local there just aren’t the usual number of birds and have not seen an influx of birds. migratory birds.
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FISHING
Small, but in numbers Texoma bite strong for box-sized stripers
By Steve Schwartz Lone Star outdoor newS
PILING UP: During what charter services call the “slow season” for striper at Lake Texoma, there are still good numbers to be had — the larger fi sh can be diffi cult to track down, however. Photo by Steve Schwartz, Lone Star Outdoor News.
For the one of the country’s premier striper fisheries, an “off week” doesn’t quite mean the same as other Texas reservoirs. Lake Texoma’s bite has been relatively strong on the top-water, according to guides fishing the lake daily, but the trophy fish are few and far between. “We are definitely spoiled up here,” said Striper Express guide Chris Carey, while casting his lure against a shallow, sandy shore. “We’ve been catching some dinks, but even at it’s worst it’s still one of the best lakes.” His charters have been catching limits of box fish — anywhere from 3 to 6 pounds — mainly on top-waters in the early morning. “It’s kind of reversed right now; the stripers are still shallow, starting to school up, and the largemouth are still very Please turn to page 28
From 5 to 3 to 5
Bass Champs going back to 5-fish limit By Conor Harrison Lone Star outdoor newS
The Skeeter Bass Champs tournament trail is going back to a 5-fish limit for the 2015 tournament season. Owner Chad Potts said the tournament trail is always trying new ways to get more people involved in tournament fishing, and to that end, he said the change to a 3-fish limit worked.
“We kind of just went that way as a trial because we are always trying to mix it up,” he said. “We wanted to gain some new anglers from people who might not have fished in a tournament series because maybe they thought they weren’t good enough. It worked great, as far as that goes.” Potts said they decided to change back to a 5-fish limit because many of the anglers they surveyed throughout the year
wanted to go back. “We really pay attention to those surveys,” he said. When asked if it took some of the skill out of tournament fishing by lowering the limit, Potts said the better anglers usually rise to the top regardless of the number of fish allowed. “There were maybe a few instances where someone caught a really big fish and it might have Please turn to page 11
DOWN IT GOES: Bystanders watch as the Kinta S makes her final plunge to the ocean floor to be used as an artificial reef eight miles offshore. Photo by TPWD.
Ship sunk for artifi cial reef
PULL IN A FEW MORE: Bass Champs has announced several changes for next season, including moving limits back to five fish and more guaranteed money. Photo by Conor Harrison, Lone Star Outdoor News.
The 155-foot Kinta S slipped to her watery grave recently in the Gulf of Mexico offshore from Mustang Island, but the nearly 40-year-old freighter will foster new marine life for years to come. Scuttled in 75 feet of water eight miles out into the Gulf as part of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s artificial reef program, the Kinta S is the largest ship to be reefed since the 473foot Texas Clipper was sunk 17 miles off South Padre Island in 2006. Launched in Japan in 1976, the formerly Panama-flagged Kinta S will enhance an existing site known as the Corpus Christi Nearshore Reef. The 169-acre reef, composed of 470 concrete pyramids and several thousand tons of concrete culverts, was begun in the fall of 2013. Officially it is known as MU 775. “The Kinta S was just a rusty, outdated cargo vessel with no historical significance, but now she will live on as underwater
habitat for marine life and an interesting destination for scuba divers,” said Dale Shively, director of the TPWD artificial reef program. The Kinta S, which once plied the Caribbean, was salvaged in Miami in June and towed to Orange Beach, Alabama, where the Walter Marine Co. readied the ship for its voyage to Texas. That process included cleaning it and cutting holes in the hull and then fitting them with marine plywood covers that when removed would cause the ship to take on water. Facing backward, the Kinta S was pushed to Port Aransas by the Walter Marine tugboat Maranatha. The vessel left Alabama on Sept. 10 and arrived in Texas ahead of schedule last weekend. In addition to improving fishing opportunities in the Gulf, the Corpus Christi reef is one of eight such sites within nine nautical miles of shore that offers diving opportunities, with more nearshore reefs being planned. The most accessible sites are six to 30 miles from major Gulf ports. — TPWD
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A ‘shocking’ development
Texas A&M using new electrical method to build artificial reef habitats By Craig Nyhus
Lone Star Outdoor News Anglers shouldn’t worry about feeling a small tingling on their legs from electrical current when they wade through Corpus Christi Bay — it’s just the start of new reef habitat. Dr. Paul Zimba, the director of the Center for Coastal Studies at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, will lead the project aimed at rebuilding hard-bottom habitat decimated the past century due to the loss of oyster beds. Texas A&M will receive $198,000 in a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Gulf of Mexico Program for the project “Use of Seawater Electrolysis to Build Artificial Reef Habitat: Comparison with Traditional Shell Reefs.” “Texas estuaries had millions of oyster shells removed in the 1900s,” Zimba said. “In many areas, the shell was 4- to 5-feet deep. The hard bottom common to oyster reefs turned to mucky areas of easily resuspended sediment that affects the water quality.” The ultimate goal of the project is to restore reefs and especially the hard bottom associated with them. “We’re trying to convert them back to reefs by hardening the bottom,” Zimba said. “We are using charged metal bars with a solar panel to create a small current that can create calcium carbonate that will quickly attract colonization by animals. The project in Corpus Christi Bay will
involve building a demonstration reef and monitoring it by studying removable tiles on the reef each month over a five-year period. “We’ll use solar cells and run current over the metal on the demonstration reef,” Zimba said. “It’s very little current — you could still wade fish there. When you pass current through metal surfaces, calcium carbonate is added to the surface by electrolysis.” The calcium carbonate helps create new hard-bottom habitat suitable for aquatic life and oyster growth and expansion, Zimba said. The oyster/bottom community can then filter the water and remove nutrients improving water quality. While the project isn’t cheap to begin with, the long-term benefit to anglers and the bay system health could be a boon. “The biggest expense is the construction,” Zimba added. “Once they are formed, they are there for the life of the solar current. It makes sense to use them as a means of colonizing new habitat.” Zimba said preliminary studies on the half-acre test site show oyster larvae colonize the metal within 30 to 60 days, and a fully functioning oyster bed should be present within two years. “The improvement of the habitat should have all types of reef fish hanging on it in a couple of months,” he said. And anglers need not worry about the effects of the electricity in the water. “Typically, the current is so low fish won’t notice it,” Zimba said. “Wade fishermen won’t even know the current is there.”
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TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT Shallow cats LAKE SOMERVILLE — According to guide Weldon Kirk with Fishtales Guide Service, the catfish bite has been good in shallow water. Kirk said he has been catching fish in 3 to 6 feet of water under a cork using punchbait in shad flavor. Fifty-fish limits have been the norm for Kirk’s clients and most of the fish are in the eating-size range of 3 to 5 pounds. Along with catfish, anglers are catching largemouth bass on lipless crankbaits and crappie jigs, and perch are excellent on worms. The water temperature has been between 81 and 85 degrees. To contact guide Weldon Kirk, call (979) 229-3103.
Suspended fi sh STILLHOUSE HOLLOW RESERVOIR — According to guide Bob Maindelle of Holding the Line Guide Service, the white bass bite has been good on Stillhouse Hollow when anglers can find the fish. It often takes some searching with the sonar to find suspended fish. On a trip last weekend, Maindell said, “around 8:45 we encountered our first suspended school of white bass well congregated and holding at 32 to 34 feet down over a deeper bottom. As the downrigger balls worked through these fish, we picked up a strike immediately, and as that fish was being reeled and as we continued traveling to the south, I noticed many, many more fish hold-
ALAN HENRY: Water stained; 85–89 degrees; 18.19’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters early, later switching to Texas rigs, lipless crankbaits and Carolina rigs. AMISTAD: Water stained; 83–87 degrees; 40.64’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on green pumpkin lipless crankbaits, crankbaits and spinner baits. ATHENS: Water clear; 81–86 degrees; 1.37’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on green pumpkin shaky heads and finesse jigs. BASTROP: Water stained; 86–90 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on chartreuse and lipless crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and white tube jigs. BELTON: Water murky; 80–84 degrees; 11.17’ low. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits in coves near structure. Hybrid striper are good on live shad. BOB SANDLIN: Water clear; 82–86 degrees; 2.17’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged creature baits and finesse worms on shaky heads. Crappie are good on minnows and chartreuse jigs. BONHAM: Water stained, 80–85 degrees; 3.28’ low. Largemouth bass are slow along creek channel and on the rocks with crankbaits, buzzbaits and Texas-rigged soft plastics. BRAUNIG: Water stained. Largemouth bass are slow. Striped bass are fair on liver and shad off points near the pier. BRIDGEPORT: Water clear, 81–85 degrees; 23.24’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits in banana milk color. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass are good on slabs and top-waters. BROWNWOOD: Water clear; 81–85 degrees; 12.47’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on green pumpkin soft plastic worms and top-waters near the
docks and over brush piles. BUCHANAN: Water murky; 80–84 degrees; 31.26’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, watermelon flukes, lipless crankbaits and watermelon red Whacky Sticks at first light along break lines of flats. CADDO: Water stained; 82–86 degrees; 0.20’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged creature baits and black and blue flipping jigs. CALAVERAS: Water stained. Largemouth bass are slow. Striped bass are good on spoons and striper jigs near the dam and the crappie wall in 15–20 feet. CANYON LAKE: Water murky; 80–84 degrees; 11.09’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, green pumpkin Whacky Sticks and Texas-rigged blue flake worms along break lines and ledges. CEDAR CREEK: Water clear; 82–85 degrees; 5.01’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on Texas-rigged craws in green pumpkin on docks and Carolina-rigged centipedes on deeper brush piles. CHOKE CANYON: Water stained; 83–87 degrees; 26.98’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon/chartreuse spinner baits, crankbaits and Carolina-rigged soft plastics early. COLEMAN: Water clear; 81–85 degrees; 18.49’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on green pumpkin spinner baits, crankbaits and soft plastics. COLETO CREEK: Water clear; 85 degrees in main lake, 99 degrees at hot water discharge; 3.63’ low. Largemouth bass to 5 pounds are good on green pumpkin soft plastics. CONROE: Water stained; 82–86 degrees; 0.81’ low. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon/white Carolinarigged soft plastics and lipless crankbaits. COOPER: Water clear;
80–85 degrees; 10.47’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on Texas-rigged worms. FALCON: Water murky; 84–88 degrees; 33.31’ low. Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse and watermelon lipless crankbaits, spinner baits and crankbaits. FAYETTE: Water stained. Largemouth bass are fair on shad-colored swim baits, Zara Spooks, and Carolina-rigged soft plastics in 14–18 feet. FORK: Water clear; 81–86 degrees; 5.32’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on medium- to deep-diving crankbaits and Yellow Magics. Best bite has been midday in 10’–20’ of water. FT. PHANTOM HILL: Water clear; 84–89 degrees; 16.24’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on medium-running crankbaits, Senkos, Texas rigs and jigs. GIBBONS CREEK: Water clear. Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse/white Carolina-rigged soft plastics, perch-colored lipless crankbaits and spinner baits. GRANBURY: Water murky; 83–87 degrees; 7.92’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon and chartreuse crankbaits and spinner baits, and on watermelon/white soft plastics. GRANGER: Water clear; 82–86 degrees; 0.70’ low. Largemouth bass are good on black/chartreuse soft plastic worms in 3–6 feet. GRAPEVINE: Water clear; 81–84 degrees; 11.08’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on Texas-rigged craws, top-waters and medium-diving crankbaits in shad patterns. HOUSTON COUNTY: Water stained; 86–90 degrees; 0.20’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon seed soft plastic worms near the dam, and on chatterbaits and poppers near the mouths of creeks. HUBBARD CREEK: Water off-
ing at the same depth. This looked like a classic situation in which working slabs vertically through these fish would produce, and so we brought in the downrigging gear, dropped the Minn Kota in the water, e-anchored over top of these fish, and proceeded to load the boat from a stationary position. “As one area would go cold, I’d move the boat a few boat lengths north or south, we would encounter more fish, e-anchor over them, catch until they went cold and then repeat the process. We did this six times and took our fish count from 8 to 55 over the duration of our trip.” Water temperature is between 82 and 86 degrees. To contact guide Bob Maindelle, call (254) 368-7411.
Blue cats, white bass LAKE LIVINGSTON — The catfish and white bass are biting on Livingston, according to multiple Internet reports on several different fishing forums. According to reports, slabs were being used to pull in white bass schooling in deeper water. Once you locate the fish, the action can be fast. Tubes and pet spoons are also catching fish. The blue catfish bite is also good, with anglers drifting for blues and catching plenty of boxsize fish, along with some in the 40-inch range. The water temperature is between 82 and 88 degrees, and the water is fairly clear. — Conor Harrison
color; 83–89 degrees; 28.48’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Yellow Magics early, later switching to jigs, Texas rigs and crankbaits. JOE POOL: Water clear; 81–85 degrees; 1.32’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters and weightless Senkos. White bass are good on slabs and topwaters. LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water lightly stained; 81–86; degrees; 0.77’ high. Largemouth bass are slow on Texas-rigged creature baits and shallow crankbaits. LAVON: Water lightly stained; 82–86 degrees; 12.33’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on square-billed crankbaits and spinner baits. White bass are good on slabs and top-waters. Crappie are good on white jigs and minnows. LBJ: Water stained; 81–85 degrees; 0.38’ low. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon jigs, perch-colored crankbaits and green pumpkin tubes around docks and laydowns. LEWISVILLE: Water lightly stained; 81–86 degrees; 6.28’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on shallow crankbaits, topwaters and small swimbaits near larger rocks near midlake area. MARTIN CREEK: Water clear; 86–92 degrees; 1.48’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on plastic worms and drop-shot finesse worms along deeper points and breaks. MONTICELLO: Water fairly clear; 93–99 degrees; 0.26’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Carolina-rigged worms, deep-diving crankbaits and drop-shot finesse worms near breaks. NAVARRO MILLS: Water stained; 80–84 degrees; 1.27’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on green pumpkin spinner baits and lipless crankbaits. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and orange/chartreuse jigs.
O.H. IVIE: Water stained; 83–89 degrees; 40.96’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-water frogs early, later switching to Texas rigs, jigs and shaky heads. OAK CREEK: Water stained; 83–89 degrees; 24.50’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on Texas rigs, shaky heads, crankbaits, Carolina rigs and jigs. PALESTINE: Water clear; 80–84 degrees; 0.83’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on green pumpkin jigs on brushed out docks. Some deeper fish being caught on football jigs and Carolina rigs in middle of the day. POSSUM KINGDOM: Water fairly clear; 84–89 degrees; 16.19’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters early, later switching to drop-shot rigs, Carolina rigs, Texas rigs and jigs. PROCTOR: Water murky; 82–86 degrees; 12.10’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on perch-colored crankbaits. Striped bass are good on silver spoons. White bass are good on slabs. RAY HUBBARD: Water clear; 81–85 degrees; 9.43’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on medium- and deep-diving crankbaits. RAY ROBERTS: Water clear; 83–87 degrees; 6.65’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on white spinner baits and bladed jigs. Some fish being caught early on top-waters. RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water lightly stained; 80–85 degrees; 9.02’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on blue fleck Texas-rigged worms. SAM RAYBURN: Water murky; 81–85 degrees; 1.53’ low. Largemouth bass are good on black/blue flake soft plastic worms and chartreuse lipless crankbaits. SWEETWATER: Water murky; 83–88 degrees; 27.41’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to
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Page 14 good on top-waters early, later switching to Carolina rigs, jigs and Texas rigs. TAWAKONI: Water stained; 81–87 degrees; 10.70’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on hollow-body frogs and black buzzbaits. TEXOMA: Water clear; 80–84 degrees; 5.94’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters and shaky head worms. Crappie are good on jigs. Striped bass are good on top-waters and slabs. TOLEDO BEND: Water murky; 82–86 degrees; 1.51’ low. Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse top-waters and redbug soft plastic worms early and late. TRAVIS: Water murky; 83–87 degrees; 58.20’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on chrome chuggers and red shad worms in 20–35 feet. Striped bass are fair on white/blue striper jigs. WALTER E. LONG: Water lightly stained. Largemouth bass are fair on chartreuse lipless crankbaits. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are good on pet spoons and Charlie slabs. WHITNEY: Water murky; 82–86 degrees; 9.34’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. WRIGHT PATMAN: Water lightly stained; 81–87 degrees; 5.02’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on hollow-body frogs and flipping jigs near shallow cover. — TPWD
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skewed the results, but we’ve had that happen in tournament with a 5-fish limit also,” he said. “In people’s minds, they might fish the tournament a little differently with a different limit, but we saw similar people on the leaderboard, regardless of limits.” Potts said the aim of the change worked. “I think the goal was to introduce people to this level of tournaments, and I think we did that,” he said. Along with the limit change, Bass Champs will have more changes to the 2015 season. “We are going to $20,000 in cash instead of trucks,” he said. “We are also going to four regional tournaments instead of five. The fifth tournament was held in the summer and it was always the poorest attended. People don’t like to fish when it gets that hot outside.” Along with fewer regional tournaments, Bass Champs will host a super team open on Sam Rayburn Reservoir with a $500 entry fee, but a $50,000 guaranteed winner’s check, regardless of the number of anglers. “That might be the biggest guaranteed payout ever,” he said. “If you are in a Skeeter boat, we’re going to add another $10,000 to that, so it could be worth $60,000 to the winner.” The Bass Champs 2014 Team Championship will be held on the Red River on Oct. 11-12, and the 9th Annual Berkley Big Bass is scheduled for Oct. 18-19 on Lake Fork.
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A much needed backup Reservoir expected to take strain off Austin lakes By Steve Schwartz Lone Star outdoor newS
The Lower Colorado River Authority will break ground on Texas’ newest reservoir this fall, and while there won’t be any new hunting or fishing opportunities, it will take some pressure off of the parched Highland Lakes. Two thousand acres of land — 1,000 of which will be taken up by the new water body — have been set aside in Wharton County near Lane City. The project is funded through the Texas Water Development Board, at a cost of $214.9 million. “There’s a lot of river miles below Lake Travis, probably 300 miles, and we don’t really have any way to capture that water,” said Karen Bondy, senior vice president for Water Resources with the LCRA said. “We have a lot of customers and water needs in that area. The agriculture and Matagorda Bay will receive a lot of the demand.” The reservoir will not be used in any recreational way, Bondy said, but will affect the Highland Lakes north of Austin — including Lake Travis and Lake Buchanan. Allen Christensen, a Lake Travis fishing guide since 1979, said the effects from a new reservoir could only be positive. “We had a big flood that came down through (Lake) Bastrop about a month ago, and we had no way to capture that water,” Christensen said. He said fishing has been as productive as usual at Travis — espe-
cially as of late — but access to the river channels has been limited for anglers looking to move up the channels. “It’s really shallow, and I’m sure the fishing is not much at all up there,” Christensen said. “It (building the reservoir) can’t hurt anything — it’s definitely a plus. We’ll have more spawning territory when the spring rolls around.” Bondy said the selection of the land for the reservoir was a tedious and in-depth process. “We looked at a lot of alterna-
tives to what the water resources could be,” Bondy said. “We really took a year to decide what the best location would be for the reservoir.” Timothy Timmerman, chair of the LCRA Board of Directors, added the reservoir would be a needed relief for the strained Austin lakes. “This will be the first new significant water supply reservoir for this region since the Highland Lakes were built in the 1930s and ’40s,” Timmerman said. “We know we
can’t fix the drought, but the key to working through the drought is conservation and development of new water supplies.” It doesn’t hurt to know where to put the reservoir, either. Bondy said the Wharton County location receives on average 45 inches of rain per year, compared to the 25 inches per year in the Highland Lakes’ area. With more water usage from the new reservoir, Bondy said the LCRA will be able to take a second look at Please turn to page 33
NO FISHING HERE: While the new reservoir being constructed in Wharton County will not allow any hunting or fi shing, it will affect the water levels at heavily fi shed lakes like Lake Travis and Lake Buchanan. Map by LCRA.
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GAME WARDEN BLOTTER CAST-NETTING OPERATION FOILED Hemphill/Lipscomb County Game Warden Mark Collins and Ochiltree/ Hansford County Game Warden Mike Wheat were patrolling Palo Duro Lake when they observed two men walking the shoreline pitching a cast net. The pair never stopped netting and kept returning to a vehicle to drop off more fish. The wardens found two vehicles and discovered two more people waist- to chestdeep in water pitching another cast net. The wardens watched for some time and positioned themselves in an area where they could intercept the vehicles when the individuals finally decided to stop netting and depart the lake. The first vehicle was contacted and was in possession of multiple species, totaling around 200 fish, including 22 undersized crappie and eight undersized channel catfish. The second vehicle was contacted and inside the vehicle were a cast net and a fish basket containing illegal undersize fish of various species. Multiple citations were issued. FROM BAR FIGHT TO BAITING CITATIONS Grimes County Game Warden Jake Cawthon assisted the Grimes County Sheriff’s Department with a disturbance involving weapons at a local bar. While talking to one of the persons involved, Cawthon observed a large amount of milo in the bed of a nearby truck. Cawthon and Walker County Game Warden Stephen Ingram returned to the property the next morning and found six individuals hunting dove over bait. Cases are pending. LITTERING LEADS TO DUI ARREST Cameron County Game Warden David Stokes received a call about two men fishing in Laguna Vista. The caller claimed the men were littering their drink cans into the Lower
HUNTING LICENSE NEEDED TO HUNT RATTLESNAKES Game Warden Ryan McGinley was sitting out looking for spotlights on a back road in Starr County. Around 2 a.m., McGinley observed a single cab pickup traveling at a slow rate of speed on the county road. The truck came back and stopped for about five minutes in front of McGinley’s location. McGinley noticed one individual get out of the truck and look around for a while. When Laguna Madre. The caller also stated he had called the Laguna Vista Police Department multiple times about this problem and they were unable to resolve the situation. A description of the vehicle including a license plate number was included in the caller’s complaint. When Stokes arrived, he observed the truck pulling onto the highway without signaling the turn. Stokes initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle. At the vehicle, he detected a strong odor of alcoholic beverages and marijuana. Stokes performed SFSTs on the driver of the truck. The driver was found to be intoxicated and was arrested. LARGE BAITING OPERATION FOILED After he located five separate properties baited for dove, Gregg County Game Warden Todd Long requested assistance from Harrison County Game Warden Darrin Peeples and Smith County Game Warden Chris Swift. Long had learned the subjects were dove hunting some of the fields days prior to dove season. Long received consent to search one of the individual’s home, and found dove in the subject’s freezer that were taken the week prior to opening day. Additional hunters were also interviewed by the wardens, resulting in citations for hunting dove over bait, placing bait to attract
the truck began to move, McGinley followed and stopped the vehicle. The two occupants said they were hunting rattlesnakes. Neither had hunting licenses. McGinley also notified the occupants that they were trespassing. The occupants said they were not aware they needed hunting licenses to hunt snakes and did not know they were on private property.
dove, hunting dove during closed season, hunting dove from motorized vehicle, unplugged shotguns, no hunting license and failure to retrieve. Approximately 125 mourning dove were seized. SON FESSES UP TO FATHER’S GUILT Bowie County Game Warden Shawn Hervey received a call about a local man who had shot a doe and a 6-foot alligator on the Sulphur River in July. The caller and other witnesses had only seen pictures of the illegal killings. Hervey and Bowie County Game Warden Daniel Kessler made contact with the suspect who denied any of the acts. However, the suspect’s son was contacted and admitted to his father’s guilt. The son was the driver of the boat when the alligator was killed. The suspect then confessed and numerous violations were filed. TOO CLOSE TO CORN FEEDER Opening weekend of dove season, Sabine County Game Warden Sam Smith was patrolling a hunting club and heard shots from a distance. When he walked in the direction of the shots, he spotted a hunter sitting in the brush. Smith watched the subject shoot dove as they came in to a corn feeder just 30 yards away. The subject continued to hunt as an
ATV began to circle the area. Smith announced his presence, interviewed the two hunters and informed them of the violations. Citations and civil restitution are pending. GROUP CAUGHT USING CHICKEN SCRATCH FOR DOVE BAIT While checking a group of people hunting dove, Wood County Game Warden Derek Spitzer and Rains County Game Warden Dwayne Noble found chicken scratch in the field. Two subjects admitted to placing the bait and two admitted knowing the bait was there and hunting over it. Citations issued and 22 dove were seized. PURSE SNATCHER RUN DOWN Cameron County Game Warden David Stokes was stopped at a red light when he observed a man sprinting across a busy intersection holding a black bag in his hands. After a short vehicle and foot pursuit, Stokes was able to detain the individual. Within a minute, a Brownsville police officer showed up in pursuit for theft of a woman’s purse. The purse was found and the subject was booked for theft. DOVE DIDN’T EAT ALL OF THE MILO Montgomery County Game Warden Bobby Apple observed a large group of dove hunters spread out along the
bank of a large pond behind several houses. One of the hunters yelled that the game warden was here and to get one of the hunters in the house. Apple observed milo spread along the bank of the pond. One of the hunters said he placed 50 pounds of milo out about a month before dove season each year. He said for some reason they didn’t eat it all this year. Cases are pending. PEOPLE TRYING TO LEAVE FIELD BEFORE BEING CHECKED IS SIGN OF TROUBLE Harris County Game Warden Cullen Stakes and Wharton County Game Warden Chris Bird received a tip of a baited field in Waller County. Harris County Game Wardens Jennifer Weaver and Ross Sidman, who were patrolling in the area, responded to the tip. They negotiated the fence and started checking the closest hunters, but noticed the hunters in the next field starting to pack up all their gear and head toward a house. The wardens jumped the wire fence to stop a vehicle leaving the house. At the field, bait was found spread across the grass pasture and rock road. Multiple citations were issued and 90 birds were seized. OFFICIALS WORK TOGETHER TO FREE BOAT STUCK IN SANDBAR Maverick County Game Wardens Cody Buckaloo, Jason Garcia and Jake Noxon received a call from two stranded fishermen on the Rio Grande. The fishermen advised their boat ran aground and they were stuck on a gravel bar approximately 20 miles north of Eagle Pass. While the wardens traveled by land, the U.S. Border Patrol marine units were called in for assistance. With the use of their airboat, the stuck boat was freed. Both fishermen were OK and were taken back to the boat ramp by the wardens.
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TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING REPORT Schools in session SEADRIFT — The redfish bite is on, according to Capt. Kris Kelley at Castaway Lodge in Seadrift. “Persistent high water has led to growing schools of foraging redfish working shallow over mud/grass flats,” he said on 2coolfishing.com. “Fishing in the rain has proved productive with all boats taking near to full limits of solid redfish pushing the upper edge of the slot. The weather has been really pleasant, with showers ever present but the lightning and thunder have been a no show. That’s kept things on the cool side as our next cold front approaches. “Deep back marsh looked pretty thin of late with airboat trips getting a good look in ultra shallow regions of the back lakes.” To contact Capt. Kris Kelley, call (888) 618-4868.
from 16 to 29 inches and flounder,” she said. “The water is murky but it has been moving. The sargassum has finally gone away, which makes fishing so much easier.” Perry said the redfish were hitting mullet and crabs, the black drum were being caught on crabs and shrimp, the best trout came off of live shrimp and the flounder were hitting soft plastics. To contact Red Dot Pier, call (361) 937-5347.
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RED DOT PIER — The popular fishing spot on the JFK Causeway near Corpus Christi is producing a little bit of everything, according to Lisa Perry. “Anglers are catching redfish from 22 to 30 inches, black drum fro 25 to 28 inches, trout
BOOMVANG OFFSHORE RIG — The yellowfin tuna bite has been going strong at the popular midcoast offshore rig, with multiple anglers reporting good catches in the past weeks. Jigging with bright-colored lures have enticed tuna to bite — both yellowfin and blackfin. The best bite has been during the early morning hours. Chunking has also been working to bring fish into the area. Along with tuna, amberjack, a few kingfish, sharks and grouper have been caught at various offshore rigs. — Conor Harrison
NORTH SABINE: Redfish are good in the marsh with high tides. Drifters have worked slicks for trout and redfish on plastics and topwaters. SOUTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good under birds and pods of shad. Trout are good at the jetty on live bait and top-waters. Bull redfish are good at the jetty. BOLIVAR: Trout are good while drifting deep reefs on soft plastics. Trout, bull redfish, black drum, sand trout and redfish are good at Rollover Pass on live bait and scented plastics. TRINITY BAY: Trout are good for drifters working pods of shad and mullet on soft and scented plastics. Redfish are good on live bait around the reefs. Redfish are good on the north shoreline on gold spoons and small top-waters. EAST GALVESTON BAY: Trout and redfish are good on soft plastics while working slicks and mud boils. Whiting and sand trout are good on the edge of the Intracoastal on fresh shrimp.
and grass humps on soft plastics and topwaters. Redfish are good on live shrimp and top-waters in Oyster Lake, Crab Lake and Shell Island. PORT O’CONNOR: Bull redfish are good in the surf and at the jetty on natural baits. Trout and redfish are fair for drifters working the back lakes with live shrimp. ROCKPORT: Redfish are good on mullet on the Estes Flats and around Mud Island. Redfish showing in large schools. Trout and redfish are good in the back of Allyn’s Bight. PORT ARANSAS: Redfish are fair at East Flats and Shamrock Cove on top-waters and plastics under rattling corks. Offshore is good for amberjack, kingfish, tuna and dolphin. CORPUS CHRISTI: Redfish are good on the shallow flats on gold spoons and small topwaters. Sand trout and croakers are good in the channels on fresh shrimp. Trout are good on DOA Shrimp on the edge of the channel.
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Trout are good for drifters on plum plastics. WEST GALVESTON BAY: Trout and redfish are good in the back lakes on live bait. Bull redfish are good in the surf and at San Luis Pass on crabs and mullet. Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetties on shrimp and crabs. Tarpon are good along the beachfront. TEXAS CITY: Sand trout and Gulf trout are good in the channel on shrimp. Redfish are fair to good in Moses Lake on crabs and shrimp. FREEPORT: Bull redfish are good on live bait and crabs on the Surfside beach. Black drum and redfish are good on the reefs. Bull redfish are good at the jetty on crabs. EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are fair for drifters on live shrimp over humps and scattered shell. Trout and redfish are fair to good on the shorelines for waders tossing small top-waters and plastics. Redfish are good in Lake Austin. WEST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are fair on sand
BAFFIN BAY: Trout are good on top-waters and plum plastics around rocks and grass. Redfish are good in the Land Cut on live bait. Redfish are fair to good in knee-deep water on gold spoons and top-waters. PORT MANSFIELD: Trout are fair to good around East Cut on top-waters. Redfish are good while drifting potholes on top-waters and soft plastics under a popping cork. Offshore is good for kingfish, ling and dolphin. SOUTH PADRE: Trout, redfish and snook are fair to good on the flats on DOAs, scented plastics and live bait. Tarpon are fair to good around the jetty. PORT ISABEL: Redfish are good at Gas Well Flats and in South Bay on Scented plastics and live shrimp. Trout and redfish are fair to good while drifting sand and grass flats on live shrimp, plastic shrimp and scented plastics under popping corks. — TPWD
Bull red activity just getting started Continued from page 1
RUNNING OF THE BULLS: The redfi sh on the Texas Coast are proving the calendar dates don’t matter as Craig and Jamie Bridges found out on a recent trip. Photo by Scott Sommerlatte, for LSON.
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Any sort of fly that resembles a baitfish or crab is doing well, he said, but he is also trying out the frog patterns on conventional tackle. An off-the-wall tactic, he said, but effective at mimicking a crab on the top-water. “Believe it or not, the crabs on conventional tackle have been working really well,” he said chuckling. “You can throw those really slow in the current, and they’re pulling them in.” Capt. Charles Newton said Estes Flats has been the choice location to hunt for the redfish with bait, and they are in shallower water than he would expect for this time of year — something he attributed to the recent stretch of high tides. “I’ve been catching big fish in 14 inches of water; that’s unreal,” he said. “They’re heading in there to eat due to the high tides, which are higher than normal — about 8 to 10 inches.” The south sides of the flats are giving up good numbers, Newton said, all the way up to the north side, where the fish are beginning to school. Finger mullet with cut tails thrown shallow has seemed to do the trick. “I had a woman catch three really nice bull reds a few days ago,” he said. “If you sit in the right place, it’s pure luck. The biggest part here is that’s it’s clear and not muddy, even with the high tide.” For Capt. Scott McCune, in Rockport, the fish are there and adhering to the normal patterns, if anglers can find the bait and the space to get the job done. “Our game fish spawn was very erratic and scattered, and the baitfish are too. They’re just not repro-
ducing how they should be.” Nancy Bachman, owner of Miss Nancy’s Bait Camp on the Bolivar Peninsula, echoed the sentiment. “It’s been a tough year overall, for mullet especially,” she said. “It’s just been a weird year overall weather-wise. I can’t keep cut bait in my freezer. I’m bought out as soon as I get it in.” Those bait numbers don’t necessarily reflect the fishing overall, McCune said, just how he is seeing the fish move around. “Right now I should be seeing bigger schools of redfish on the outside (of the flats),” McCune said. “Just in the past few days we’ve been seeing our first few (bull reds), there are some 30s and 31s in there.” Knipling spent the week fishing near Port O’Connor, and said the redfish are in “schooling mode” now, which is a good sign for an active October. As for the jetties, Bachman said her anglers have been reporting the bull reds are definitely on the move through the passes. “There’s just so many of them coming through right now,” Bachman said. “People have been having luck on live finger mullet, but we’ve also had anglers looking for the dead shrimp as well. There have been some slot fish, but we’ve been seeing some bulls.” According to reports from online forums, surf fishing near Galveston has also been producing. Capt. Eric Knipling, (361) 549-5923 Capt. Scott McCune, (361) 563-8862 Capt. Charles Newton, (361) 729-8220 Miss Nancy’s Bait Camp, (409) 286-2150
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Texas Coast Tides Sabine Pass, north
Date Time Height Sept 26 4:41 AM 1.7H Sept 27 4:53 AM 1.7H Sept 28 12:13 AM 1.4L Sept 29 12:55 AM 1.5L Sept 30 1:50 AM 1.6L Oct 01 3:13 AM 1.7L Oct 02 12:02 AM 1.9H Oct 03 12:51 AM 1.9H Oct 04 1:29 AM 1.9H Oct 05 2:01 AM 1.9H Oct 06 2:32 AM 1.9H Oct 07 3:02 AM 1.9H Oct 08 3:32 AM 1.9H Oct 09 4:01 AM 1.9H Oct 10 4:30 AM 1.8H
Time 11:26 AM 12:06 PM 5:04 AM 5:18 AM 5:39 AM 6:16 AM 5:00 AM 6:11 AM 6:59 AM 7:41 AM 8:24 AM 9:07 AM 9:50 AM 10:35 AM 11:20 AM
Height 0.5L 0.4L 1.7H 1.7H 1.7H 1.7H 1.6L 1.5L 1.3L 1.1L 0.8L 0.5L 0.3L 0.2L 0.1L
Time 6:12 PM 7:05 PM 12:51 PM 1:41 PM 2:38 PM 3:42 PM 7:44 AM 10:29 AM 12:17 PM 1:35 PM 2:42 PM 3:43 PM 4:42 PM 5:41 PM 6:41 PM
Height 1.8H 1.8H 0.3L 0.3L 0.3L 0.3L 1.7H 1.6H 1.7H 1.8H 2.0H 2.1H 2.1H 2.1H 2.0H
Time 11:34 AM 4:58 AM 5:13 AM 5:25 AM 5:31 AM 5:47 AM 5:09 AM 6:35 AM 7:07 AM 7:43 AM 8:26 AM 9:16 AM 10:07 AM 10:53 AM 11:36 AM
Height 0.6L 1.7H 1.7H 1.8H 1.8H 1.8H 1.7L 1.5L 1.3L 1.1L 0.8L 0.6L 0.4L 0.3L 0.2L
Time 6:51 PM 12:08 PM 12:49 PM 1:41 PM 2:34 PM 3:29 PM 8:52 AM 10:08 AM 12:25 PM 1:57 PM 3:17 PM 4:20 PM 5:12 PM 6:03 PM 7:04 PM
Height 1.9H 0.5L 0.4L 0.4L 0.4L 0.4L 1.7H 1.7H 1.8H 1.9H 2.0H 2.2H 2.3H 2.3H 2.2H
Time 11:46 AM 12:23 PM 5:22 AM 5:21 AM 5:26 AM 3:02 AM 5:11 PM 7:20 AM 7:40 AM 8:17 AM 8:58 AM 9:40 AM 10:24 AM 11:08 AM 4:51 AM
Height 0.5L 0.4L 1.4H 1.4H 1.4H 1.4L 0.3L 1.3L 1.2L 1.0L 0.8L 0.6L 0.4L 0.3L 1.4H
Time 7:07 PM 8:10 PM 1:05 PM 1:54 PM 2:52 PM 5:37 AM
Height 1.4H 1.4H 0.4L 0.3L 0.3L 1.5H
Time 10:59 AM 4:34 AM 4:24 AM 9:43 PM 10:57 PM
Height 0.6L 1.5H 1.5H 2.0H 2.0H
4:16 PM 5:35 PM 8:04 AM 8:15 AM 8:37 AM 9:06 AM 9:39 AM 10:16 AM 3:59 AM
0.3L 0.4L 1.4L 1.3L 1.0L 0.8L 0.6L 0.4L 1.6H
Galveston Bay entrance, north jetty Date Time Height Sept 26 4:45 AM 1.7H Sept 27 12:23 AM 1.3L Sept 28 1:09 AM 1.5L Sept 29 2:00 AM 1.6L Sept 30 2:45 AM 1.7L Oct 01 3:32 AM 1.7L Oct 02 12:01 AM 2.0H Oct 03 12:49 AM 2.0H Oct 04 1:30 AM 2.0H Oct 05 2:08 AM 1.9H Oct 06 2:47 AM 1.9H Oct 07 3:24 AM 1.9H Oct 08 3:56 AM 1.9H Oct 09 4:21 AM 1.9H Oct 10 4:39 AM 1.8H
San Luis Pass
Date Time Height Sept 26 5:10 AM 1.3H Sept 27 5:19 AM 1.3H Sept 28 12:31 AM 1.2L Sept 29 1:09 AM 1.3L Sept 30 1:54 AM 1.4L Oct 01 12:00 AM 1.5H Oct 02 1:03 AM 1.5H Oct 03 1:46 AM 1.5H Oct 04 2:17 AM 1.5H Oct 05 2:45 AM 1.5H Oct 06 3:10 AM 1.4H Oct 07 3:36 AM 1.4H Oct 08 4:01 AM 1.4H Oct 09 4:26 AM 1.4H Oct 10 12:05 AM 1.1L
Freeport Harbor
Date Time Height Sept 26 4:28 AM 1.5H Sept 27 12:12 AM 1.4L Sept 28 1:14 AM 1.5L Sept 29 12:54 PM 0.4L Sept 30 1:51 PM 0.3L Oct 01 2:59 PM 0.3L Oct 02 12:01 AM 2.1H Oct 03 12:52 AM 2.1H Oct 04 1:32 AM 2.0H Oct 05 2:05 AM 1.9H Oct 06 2:34 AM 1.8H Oct 07 2:59 AM 1.7H Oct 08 3:22 AM 1.6H Oct 09 3:42 AM 1.6H Oct 10 12:17 AM 1.4L
Rollover Pass
Date Time Sept 26 2:31 AM Sept 27 2:55 AM Sept 28 3:09 AM Sept 29 5:48 AM Sept 30 6:13 AM Oct 01 6:36 AM Oct 02 6:34 AM Oct 03 6:20 AM Oct 04 6:13 AM Oct 05 6:06 AM Oct 0612:10 AM Oct 07 1:07 AM Oct 08 2:04 AM Oct 09 3:04 AM Oct 10 4:11 AM
Height 1.0L 1.1L 1.3L 1.4H 1.5H 1.5H 1.5H 1.4H 1.4H 1.3H 0.6L 0.7L 0.9L 1.1L 1.2L
Time 7:51 AM 8:06 AM 8:19 AM 5:07 PM 6:10 PM 7:31 PM 8:58 PM 10:11 PM 11:52 AM 12:15 PM 6:10 AM 6:21 AM 6:35 AM 6:47 AM 6:58 AM
Height 1.3H 1.3H 1.3H 0.3L 0.3L 0.3L 0.3L 0.4L 1.1L 0.9L 1.3H 1.3H 1.3H 1.3H 1.3H
10:11 AM 12:19 PM 1:49 PM 3:07 PM 4:17 PM 5:23 PM 6:28 PM 11:53 AM
1.4H 1.4H 1.4H 1.5H 1.6H 1.6H 1.7H 0.2L
Time 6:27 PM 11:29 AM 12:07 PM
Height 1.8H 0.5L 0.4L
11:38 AM 1:07 PM 2:23 PM 3:32 PM 4:38 PM 5:41 PM 10:56 AM
Time 3:03 PM 3:34 PM 4:16 PM
1.6H 1.7H 1.9H 2.0H 2.1H 2.2H 0.3L
Time 11:37 PM
Height 1.2L
8:09 PM 9:26 PM 10:51 PM
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OUTDOOR PUZZLER | By Wilbur “Wib” Lundeen ACROSS 1. A duck species 4. A wounded animal or fowl 8. A useful item to have in the kit 9. A name for a type lure 10. Letters for grain measurements in shells 11. A duty of the bird dog 13. Another name for sea bass 14. A species of the bighorn 16. Home of the carp 17. Foul-weather gear 18. Letters for shotgun model 19. A feature of the wild boar 20. Doe having young 22. It is said fish can do this 23. Code for a type bullet 24. Some animals’ teeth reveal this 26. Checking on freshness of game tracks
27. Deer hunter’s spring procedure 32. Buck’s mating rituals 33. Code for a type bullet 34. A mighty oak to be 35. A diving duck 39. A predator 40. A male pheasant 41. A camp stove fuel 42. A male dall DOWN 1. Small fish for frying 2. Treats a hide 3. Part of a fishline 5. A shotgun model 6. A name for any large fish 7. A bony fish best smoked 10. Scouting an area for a game 12. A family of sunfish 14. Consider this for some fish 15. Sound of arrow leaving the bow 16. A game pathway 19. A grouse
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8:39 2:27 9:32 3:20 10:28 4:16 11:27 5:13 ----- 6:12 12:55 7:09 1:51 8:05 2:44 8:58 3:35 9:49 4:23 10:37 5:12 11:25 6:01 ----6:53 12:40 7:49 1:35 8:47 2:34 9:47 3:33 10:45 4:32 11:42 5:29 12:11 6:23 1:01 7:13
8:10 8:11 8:11 8:12 8:12 8:13 8:13 8:14 8:15 8:15 8:16 8:16 8:17 8:17 8:18 8:19 8:19 8:20 8:20 8:21
P.M. Minor Major 8:45 2:33 9:38 3:26 10:34 4:21 11:32 5:19 12:04 6:18 1:01 7:15 1:57 8:11 2:50 9:04 3:41 9:54 4:29 10:43 5:17 11:31 6:07 ----6:59 12:46 7:55 1:41 8:53 2:39 9:52 3:39 10:51 4:38 11:48 5:35 12:16 6:29 1:06 7:18
SUN Rises Sets 8:16 8:19 8:17 8:17 8:18 8:16 8:18 8:15 8:19 8:13 8:20 8:12 8:20 8:11 8:21 8:10 8:22 8:08 8:22 8:07 8:23 8:06 8:24 8:04 8:24 8:03 8:25 8:02 8:26 8:01 8:26 7:59 8:27 7:58 8:28 7:57 8:29 7:56 8:29 7:54
P.M. Minor Major 8:51 2:40 9:45 3:32 10:41 4:28 11:39 5:26 12:11 6:24 1:08 7:22 2:04 8:18 2:57 9:11 3:47 10:01 4:36 10:50 5:24 11:38 6:14 12:00 7:06 12:52 8:01 1:48 9:00 2:46 9:59 3:46 10:58 4:45 11:55 5:42 12:23 6:35 1:13 7:25
SUN Rises 8:23 8:23 8:24 8:24 8:25 8:25 8:26 8:26 8:27 8:27 8:28 8:29 8:29 8:30 8:30 8:31 8:31 8:32 8:33 8:33
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8:41 2:29 9:34 3:21 10:29 4:16 11:26 5:13 12:00 6:10 12:57 7:07 1:49 8:03 2:42 8:56 3:33 9:47 4:22 10:36 5:10 11:24 6:00 ----6:52 12:42 7:48 1:34 8:46 2:32 9:46 3:32 10:45 4:32 11:42 5:29 12:12 6:24 1:03 7:15
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Sets 8:26 8:25 8:23 8:22 8:21 8:20 8:19 8:17 8:16 8:15 8:14 8:13 8:12 8:10 8:09 8:08 8:07 8:06 8:05 8:04
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8:37 8:37 8:38 8:39 8:40 8:40 8:41 8:42 8:43 8:43 8:44 8:45 8:46 8:46 8:47 8:48 8:49 8:50 8:51 8:51
8:39 8:37 8:36 8:34 8:33 8:31 8:30 8:29 8:27 8:26 8:24 8:23 8:22 8:20 8:19 8:18 8:16 8:15 8:14 8:12
MOON Rises Sets
10:17a 9:46p 11:13a 10:28p 12:10p 11:13p 1:07p NoMoon 2:03p 12:03a 2:58p 12:57a 3:49p 1:56a 4:38p 2:58a 5:24p 4:03a 6:08p 5:08a 6:51p 6:14a 7:34p 7:20a 8:17p 8:25a 9:02p 9:29a 9:49p 10:32a 10:37p 11:33a 11:27p 12:30p NoMoon 1:23p 12:18a 2:11p 1:09a 2:55p
MOON Rises Sets 10:27a 9:48p 11:24a 10:29p 12:21p 11:14p 1:19p NoMoon 2:15p 12:03a 3:09p 12:58a 4:01p 1:57a 4:48p 3:00a 5:33p 4:05a 6:16p 5:12a 6:57p 6:19a 7:39p 7:26a 8:21p 8:33a 9:04p 9:38a 9:50p 10:42a 10:37p 11:44a 11:27p 12:41p NoMoon 1:34p 12:18a 2:23p 1:10a 3:06p
MOON Rises Sets 10:30a 9:59p 11:26a 10:41p 12:23p 11:27p 1:20p NoMoon 2:16p 12:17a 3:10p 1:11a 4:02p 2:10a 4:51p 3:12a 5:37p 4:16a 6:21p 5:22a 7:04p 6:27a 7:47p 7:32a 8:30p 8:37a 9:15p 9:42a 10:02p 10:45a 10:50p 11:45a 11:40p 12:42p NoMoon 1:35p 12:31a 2:23p 1:23a 3:07p
MOON Rises Sets
10:50a 10:06p 11:48a 10:46p 12:47p 11:30p 1:45p NoMoon 2:41p 12:19a 3:35p 1:13a 4:26p 2:13a 5:13p 3:16a 5:56p 4:23a 6:38p 5:31a 7:18p 6:39a 7:58p 7:48a 8:39p 8:55a 9:22p 10:02a 10:06p 11:07a 10:53p 12:09p 11:42p 1:07p NoMoon 2:00p 12:33a 2:48p 1:26a 3:31p
FOR THE TABLE Dove dumplings
10-12 dove breasts 1/4 cup oil Salt to taste Pepper to taste 1/4 chopped onion 2 cups flour 1 tsp. salt 1/4 cup shortening 2 eggs 1/4 cup milk 2 cubes chicken bullion Rinse and dry the dove. Brown in the oil. Drain. Place dove in a pot and
just barely cover with water. Add the salt, pepper and onion. Cover and simmer until the meat is tender. Combine the flour and the salt in a bowl. Add the shortening and mix until crumbly. Stir in the eggs and milk. Roll out the dough on a floured surface to about 1/8 thick. Cut into 2-inch squares. Remove dove from the pot. Add the chicken bullion and bring to a boil. Drop in the dumplings one at a time. Cook about 20 minutes or until tender. Add dove back to the pot, cover and simmer for about 10 minutes. — backwoodsbound.com
Marinated and grilled redfi sh
20. Name given to the Arizona whitetail 21. A time buck looks for water 23. Code for a type bullet 25. A deer lure, __ rag 28. The camp food 29. A method of hunting
30. Stream fishermen wear these 31. An area to fish 36. Field area quail are found 37. Slang name for the anchor 38. This brings catch into boat 39. It propels the boat
3 tbsps. soy sauce 2 scallions, cut into 2-inch slivers 1 tsp. dry ginger Juice of one lemon 4 cloves garlic, diced 1/4 cup Marsala wine 4 redfish fillets (or other white fish) 1/2 tsp. salt
Combine first 6 ingredients and marinate fish in the refrigerator for two hours. Remove fish from marinade and place on hot grill. Thickness of fish determines length of cooking time, but generally will be about 10 minutes. Top with scallions to serve. — NSSF
*email LSON your favorite recipe to news@lonestaroutdoornews.com.
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granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, can lighting and inverter air conditioners. “It’s still a learning curve to figure out how to fit everything in the narrow space,” she said. Foster hosts dove and deer hunters in the fall and winter, girls’ weekends in the summer and guides youngsters to their first turkey each spring. She soon learned she needed more room for people to sleep. “The guest cabin is almost finished,” she said. “It will have two bedrooms, and bath and a mud room. It won’t be quite as fancy, though.” Foster also plans to put a roof over both containers for rain collection in the parched area of northwest Texas. “An inch of rain will give me 1,000 gallons of water,” she said. Using the containers isn’t new, as Texas hunters have been using them as storage facilities for decades, with the benefits of fewer varmints gaining access and the ability to lock their gear and ATVs more securely than in other structures. Building deer camps, though, is relatively new. “It really started getting popular six or seven years ago,” said Ernie Williamson of Square 1 Containers in Channelview. “Before that, people bought them for storage — they appreciated the durability and the security of the containers, along with the ability to keep the bugs and rats out of them.” Williamson then started building offices
and fireworks stands out of the containers. “Someone asked me, ‘Do you build deer camps?’” he said. It took off from there, and now the container camps dot the landscape of rural Texas. “They have worked great,” Williamson said. “The sun hasn’t bothered them and they are still secure. There are no bugs or critters — the only way they get in is if you let them in.” J. R. McBee of San Antonio ranches near Del Rio, and was one of Williamson’s first customers. “We have a two-container configuration,” he said. “One is a kitchen and the other is a 45-footer with bedrooms and a bathroom.” McBee said there was a learning curve in being one of the first. “We haven’t had any issues and it’s so well insulated, when the A/C is on it’s like sleeping in a tomb,” he said. “There have been no break-ins and no rattlesnakes in my bed. We put it on bare ground and the ground settled a little, creating some cracks. I would put it on a concrete slab next time.” The Square 1 versions aren’t overly fancy, and range in price from $21,000-$27,000. “We build a functional, nice living area,” Williamson said. “Once it is set down, all you need to do is hook up electric, water and sewer.” There is another benefit, possibly the most important, Williamson said. “If you lose your deer lease, you can move the camp to your next lease,” he said. “I have moved some of them three or four times without any problems.”
YOU SHOULD SEE THE INSIDE: Don’t be deceived by the rustic exterior, these camps can be retrofitted with sleeping accomodations, kitchens, lighting and even outdoor showers. Photos by Liz Foster.
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Junction hotel caters to hunters How many hotels around Texas have a skinning rack out back and 24-hour access to a meat locker for visiting hunters? Not many, but the new owners at the Days Inn in Junction might be the first. The hotel was bought by Amarillo businessman Matthew Atchley and his partners in May, and the group quickly went to work making sure hunters felt welcome come fall. “We just fell in love with the place and the Hill Country,” Atchley said. “The hotel overlooks the Llano River on 5 1/2 acres and there are some big bass and catfish right there. We have an arrangement with a local meat locker to provide
24-hour access to hunters who stay at the hotel, and we have a skinning rack onsite.” Atchley said along with the skinning rack, a new clubhouse for hunters has been built with two pool tables, a bigscreen TV with all outdoor and sports channels and free weekend concerts are scheduled for entertainment. “We’ll have nightly hunter receptions with great food like chili and a free, hot hunters breakfast,” he said. “We want hunters to feel really comfortable when they stay here.” — Staff report
Dove season opens to citations It was a busy few weeks for Texas game wardens out checking dove hunters at the start of the North and Central zone seasons. According to Col. Craig Hunter with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, wardens issued a total of 1,385 hunting citations during the first few weeks of dove season. Most of the citations were of the normal variety on the opening weekend of dove season — no hunter education cards, unplugged shotguns and hunters over their limits. “It was pretty much the same stuff,” Hunter said. “We had lots of hunter ed violations, which shouldn’t happen. It isn’t hard to get certified and it is proven to be statistically safer when you have it.” A total of nine cases were filed for hunting over a baited field, two cases were filed for a felon in possession of a firearm and six were narcotics cases. — Staff report
BREAKING THE LAW: A Texas hunter gets a ticket on the opening day of dove season.
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Houston hunter ADAM FERRIS took this Texas Dall at Joshua Creek Ranch.
MIKE RAY of The Wild Life television show with a nice Texas hog he took with his bow in July.
TY GERKE caught this nice redfish in Port O’Connor in July.
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Email them with contact and caption information to editor@lonestaroutdoornews.com. High-resolution original jpegs only. Mail prints to Heroes, Lone Star Outdoor News, P.O. Box 551695, Dallas, TX 75355.
The HOGUE family, GRAYSON, 7, with a nice cichlid and LILY, 7, with her best bass all caught after a day of fishing in Kendall County. Seventeen-year-old RYAN MCKILLIP took these two toms during the spring gobbler season.
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Scout for early geese North Texas waterfowl guide JJ Kent knows early season goose hunting can be tough. “Those local birds are hard to hunt,” Kent said. “They are very hard to predict and we do a lot of moving based on our scouting. But, so far, the season has been pretty good — we’ve been shooting a lot of local birds.” Kent hunts across North Texas, from Grayson County up through Montague and Clay counties, chasing birds as they move during the season. “They are all resident birds right now,” he said. “The geese had a great hatch down here this year, so we are shooting a lot of young birds.” Many hunters on message boards reporting taking geese while teal hunting as bonus birds, as not many guides specifically target local geese during the early season, which runs from Sept. 13-28 in the East Zone. The regular season runs from Nov. 1-Jan. 25. In far East Texas, reports of sporadic goose action have come in. Guide Eric Dulin of Band of Brothers Outfitters has been teal hunting near Caddo Lake, and said they’ve been hearing geese everyday, but the birds are tough to hunt. “We are shooting them but they are a by-product of the teal we are hunting,” Dulin said. “We kill geese every year, and this year has been no different. We’ve got a 300-acre lease and they come through. We did shoot a banded bird this season — he was from Durant, Oklahoma and was a 3-year-old bird.” Early Canada goose season ends Sept. 28. Kent Outdoors, (903) 271-5524 Band of Brothers Outfi tters, (817) 428-6925
— Staff report
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Sunday we saw some new birds arriving on the north wind. This coming week is forecast to be mostly clear with north winds almost everyday. Teal should be riding the tailwinds and our last weekend could be one of the best.” Along the coast near Bay City, Larry Robinson, owner of Coastal Wings Lodge, said the hunting has been better than last year, but still not a banner season. “We are seeing pretty solid numbers,” Robinson said. “We killed a lot of adult birds the first weekend and then we started shooting some hens and young birds, which means we had a little push come in. There are decent numbers of birds but a lack of hunter partic-
ipation is hurting. If you aren’t set up in the perfect spot on a feeding flat, it can be tough because the birds aren’t moving.” Robinson said the numbers are up from last year but he knows the main push of birds have not arrived from the north yet. He’s been shooting all bluewings. “We haven’t killed a greenwing,” he said. “I’ve seen two so far. I heard they killed a few up near Garwood on the opener, but we haven’t seen many at all.” Reports continue to come in about large numbers of teal staging in Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska, with lower numbers in Texas and Louisiana. Better shooting could be on the way.
SHOOT QUICK: Teal are here one day, gone the next. Early teal season ends Sept. 28. Photo by LSON.
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NATIONAL Wisconsin selling lots of crossbow licenses Archery deer hunting licenses in Wisconsin are down 14 percent from last year, but it’s not likely because people stopped hunting — they are simply buying a different license and shooting a different type of bow. The 2014-15 Wisconsin hunting season marks the first time hunters of all legal ages and all physical abilities can use a crossbow to pursue deer. The Department of Natural Resources reported sales of 102,422 archer licenses and 36,460 crossbow licenses. The archer total is down 16,609 from the same time last year. But total deer hunting-related license sales are up. The state had sold 119,031 archer licenses as of Sept. 15, 2013. And when all deer licenses are totaled (conservation patron, gun, archery and crossbow), Wisconsin sold 288,508 through Sunday, 6 percent more than the same time last year. A change in state law last year created a crossbow season and license. The crossbow season runs concurrent with the archery deer season. The law allows hunters the option of paying $3 for an archery or crossbow “upgrade.” The feature allows them to use either a crossbow or vertical bow. — Staff report
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The National Shooting Sports Foundation released a new report demonstrating the negative effects that the state of California’s ban on the use of traditional lead ammunition in hunting will have on hunters, the state’s economy and wildlife conservation. That report, commissioned by NSSF on behalf of the firearms and ammunition industry, was presented at a public hearing of the Wildlife Resource Committee of the California Fish and Game Commission. The survey-based report by Southwick Associates quantifies the problems that this ban will cause. Non-lead ammunition is not available for about half of hunting calibers, and the report found the California ban will cause severe shortages nationwide. Due to technical and market-based constraints on manufacturers, the implementation of AB711 will at least triple the price of ammunition, driving more than one-third of the state’s hunters to hunt less or stop hunting completely. With the loss of more than 50,000 hunters in the state, California’s economy will see a loss of millions of dollars in salaries and in tax revenue. In addition, as hunters are the primary source of conservation funding in the state, a dramatic decline in hunters means fewer dollars for wildlife conservation. — NSSF
Alabama anglers guilty of cheating at tournament Two Marshall County men were convicted of cheating in a fishing tournament on Lake Guntersville in April. Gary Lee Minor Jr., 37, of Albertville and Robert Scott Gillaspie, 45, of Boaz each were convicted in a non-jury trial in Marshall County court of theft by deception and tampering with a sporting event, according to Marshall County District Attorney Steve Marshall. Each man was sentenced to 30 days in jail and ordered to pay $1,000 and court costs. They also had their fishing and hunting licenses revoked and were banned from participating in fishing tournaments. The men have appealed the conviction, Marshall said. Minor and Gillaspie were arrested in May after a man in the tournament reported he saw them remove fish from a net that was planted near the dock. — al.com
Louisiana vets get special hunting rights Honorably discharged Louisiana resident veterans will have extra hunting dates on private lands during the 2014-15 Louisiana deer hunting season. Legislative action initiated by Rep. Jeff Thompson (Dist. 8, Bossier City) during the 2014 Regular Legislative Session, and signed into law by Gov. Bobby Jindal as Act 678, provides a special deer season for Louisiana residents who are honorably discharged veterans
of the U. S. Armed Forces. This season will run concurrently with the open Youth Season in all zones, and will be restricted to hunting on private lands. The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission adopted in June the following dates for a special Resident Honorably Discharged Veterans Deer Season on private lands: Areas 1, 4, 5, 6, and 9: Oct. 25-31 Area 2: Oct. 11-17 Areas 3, 7, 8, and 10: Sept. 27-Oct. 3. — LDWF
Montana won’t offer wolf management stamp Proposed administrative rules to establish a voluntary management stamp to enable anyone to make a donation to Montana’s wolf program won’t be adopted this year, state wildlife officials said. Instead, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks will convene a diverse group of representative interests to discuss how to balance the challenges and benefits of creating a new or additional way for those who don’t hunt or fish to contribute to wildlife management. The proposed rules would have directed FWP to make available for sale a $20 wolf stamp. The rules would have defined how the voluntary donations would be allocated to wolf management activities. FWP received and reviewed more than 50,000 comments on the proposal over the course of the nearly two-month comment period. — MFWP
New rules for New Mexico sheep hunters The New Mexico Game Commission adopted new rules Aug. 28 that will provide hunters planning to enter the public drawings for 2015-season bighorn sheep licenses in New Mexico with more opportunities and more choices than ever. Beginning next year, the department estimates it will make 36 bighorn ram licenses available in the annual public drawing, an all-time high. Sixteen of those licenses will be for Rocky Mountain bighorn rams. Twenty will be for desert bighorn rams, a remarkable increase from only one desert bighorn license issued in 2011. The 2015 bighorn drawings also will see some changes in the way licenses are allocated to state residents and nonresidents. To equitably distribute the bighorn licenses and comply with state statutes requiring that 84 percent be awarded to residents, the department consolidated the available licenses for Rocky Mountain rams, Rocky Mountain ewes, Rocky Mountain ewe archery and desert bighorn rams into four individual license pools. This approach will not affect how bighorn herds are managed across the state, but it will enable the department to distribute licenses consistent with state statute such that residents will receive at least 84 percent of the licenses, nonresidents 6 percent, and hunters who use outfitters will receive 10 percent. By consolidating the licenses into the four pools, all three categories of applicants will have an opportunity to draw. — NMGC
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Poachers arrested in Kruger National Park
South African National Parks’ employees were arrested in connection with rhino poaching in the Kruger National Park. According to SANParks Acting Chief Executive Officer Abe Sibiya, the three employees based in the Lower Sabie area were found with a hunting rifle, ammunition, vehicle and poaching equipment during the arrest. He said the arrest came shortly after the discovery of a freshly killed rhino in the Lower Sabie section of the park. “The SANParks and SAPS officials who affected the arrests are congratulated for their outstanding work. These arrests send a strong message that officials alleged to be involved in poaching will be arrested and face the full might of the law,” said Sibiya. According to Sibiya, the park has been under tremendous pressure from poachers, as it is home to over 80 percent of the global population of both white and black rhino that still roam in the wild. “It is unfortunate that those trusted with the well-being of these animals are alleged to have become the destroyers of the same heritage that they have a mandate to protect,” he said. — KNP
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PURSUIT CHANNEL Double Lung TV Hartcraft Hunting Adventures The Bear Whisperer Bucket List Hank Parker 3D Wildlife Pursuit TV Bowhunting Addiction TV Shoot Straight Bob Redfern Outdoor Magazine Bloodline Spook Nation Bucket List PURSUIT CHANNEL DU TV Buttermilk TV Spiritual Outdoor Adventures Honey Brake Experience Gamekeepers of Mossy Oak Save the Habitat, Save the Hunt KT Diaries Hunt Wicked Close Open Season Sportingdog Adventures The High Road w/Keith Warren The Bear Whisperer NWTF 365 PURSUIT CHANNEL Natural Born AWA Whitetail Presents Struttinbucks Wallhanger TV Backland Outdoors Whitetail Diaries Big Boys Adventure Where in the World is Colorado Buck Ultimate Outdoors TNT Outdoor Explosion Hartcraft Hunting Carnivore Americana Outdoors PURSUIT CHANNEL The Rush Radical Hunter Trigger Time American Airgunner American Trigger Sports Gun Talk TV Championship Season Guns and Gear TV 3 Gun Nation Backland Outdoors Carnivore Americana Outdoors PURSUIT CHANNEL Honey Brake Experience Flyway Highway The Grind DU TV Avian X Sportingdog Adventure Hunting with HECS Campfire Stories Show of Support Where in the World is Colorado Buck Just Hunt Gun Talk TV PURSUIT CHANNEL Carnivore Into the Wild Headhunter Chronicles The High Road w/Keith Warren Deer Thugs Winchester & Drury’s Natural Born NWTF 365 Bloodline Brush Country Monsters Save the Habitat, Save the Hunt Just Hunt Hunting with HECS DU TV
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WORLD FISHING NETWORK The Scott Martin Challenge Kayak Bassin’ TV Jack Link’s MLF Facts of Fishing FLW Tour Bass 2 Billfish Timmy Horton Outdoors Facts of Fishing Jack Link’s MLF Facts of Fishing WORLD FISHING NETWORK Fishing with Bill Miller King of the River American Fly Guide Sportfishing on the Fly The Fish Finders Breaking Boundaries Guided with Mark Melnyk Fishing the Flats The Next Bite TV IGFA Saltwater Adventures Guided with Mark Melnyk Sportfishing on the Fly The Fish Finders WORLD FISHING NETWORK Reel Animals Big Coast Sport Fishing Angler West TV Ultimate Catch Flats Class Fishful Thinker Canadian Sportfishing Big City Fishing Fishing with Joe Bucher Facts of Fishing Angler West TV Ultimate Catch Flats Class WORLD FISHING NETWORK The Legacy Experience George Poveromo’s Saltwater Fishing Lindner’s Angling Edge Hookin’ Up with Nick and Mariko Bill Boyce’s Baja The Session Wild Fisherman Bob Izumi’s Real Fishing IGFA Saltwater Adventures Lindner’s Angling Edge Hookin’ Up with Nick and Mariko Bill Boyce’s Baja The Session WORLD FISHING NETWORK Canadian Sportfishing Jimmy Houston Outdoors Million Dollar Catch South Bend’s Lunkerville John Gillespie’s Water & Woods Fishing 411 The Next Bite TV Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction Facts of Fishing Million Dollar Catch South Bend’s Lunkerville John Gillespie’s Water & Woods WORLD FISHING NETWORK Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing Fishful Thinker Flats Class King of the River American Fly Guide Jack Link’s MLF Sportfishing on the Fly Jarrett Edward’s Outdoors Silent Invaders Flats Class King of the River American Fly Guide WORLD FISHING NETWORK Guided with Mark Melnyk Ultimate Catch Lindner’s Ultimate Angler World Fishing Journal Facts of Fishing Kayak Bassin’ TV FLW Tour Angler West TV Silent Invaders Lindner’s Ultimate Angler World Fishing Journal Facts of Fishing
On Your Own Adventures with Randy Newberg a solid show Too often in today’s hunting shows, the outcome is scripted long before the hunt even takes place. Once the “celebrity” hunter takes an animal, respect often takes a backseat to dancing, hollering and sponsor promotion. Not so with Randy Newberg, who hunts public land across the country in On Your Own Adventures with Randy Newberg. Newberg hunts in places every hunter has the opportunity to hunt — just apply for the tag. He narrates the show but doesn’t over-narrate to the point of annoyance like some shows. He is honest about his abilities and his mistakes, which happen quite often when hunting public land animals. The show is tastefully done without a lot of ad placements and obvious sponsor plugs that seem to be more and more prevalent on today’s hunting shows. Newberg doesn’t always trophy hunt. He realizes, at times, any animal on public land should be considered a trophy. The filming is very good and hunts usually take place in scenic areas of the Western U.S. The high-definition production is also very good, with good filler shots in between hunting segments. Along with being shown on Sportsman Channel, On Your Own Adventures with Randy Newberg can also be found online at onyourownadventures. com. Complete episodes of past seasons can be viewed without commercial interruption. Newberg does show kill shots, but does it in a way that hunters can relate — no hooting and hollering as the animal is dying. This show is worth watching if you like tasteful hunting shows. — Conor Harrison, LSON
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visible in numbers,” Perez said. “The government will never be able to pay enough to restore millions of acres for quail habitat. The goal is to demonstrate success in As bird hunters look to quail season various areas of the state and show that opening Oct. 25 across Texas, there is new quail habitat can be restored, to inspire and hope for bobwhite quail, and for dozens of guide private landowners throughout the other birds and animals that share the same quail range.” native grassland habitat. Fifteen grants have been awarded and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has two more are in process to various nonprofawarded grants to put $4 million worth of its, universities and others for grassland quail habitat conservation on the ground, restoration in the three focus areas. using a special appropriation by the Texas The $4 million in grants comes from the Legislature to help bring back the quail. sale of $7 upland game bird stamps pur“We chose places where quail are gone, chased by hunters. but they haven’t In addition, been gone long, Perez received a kind of the front federal Wildlife line in the battle Restoration to restore bobProgram grant for whites,” said $200,000 over Robert Perez, four years, to TPWD upland fund multi-year game bird proquail populagram leader. tion monitoring “It’s a first out, to measure the first back in impact that concept. Can these comwe bring quail bined restoration back? That’s efforts are having the question on quail populawe’re exploring tions and other in these focus grassland birds areas.” in the focus The three areas. focus areas are: “What’s dif• Southeast ferent here is Texas area — the monitoring,” close to a dozen Perez said. “That counties around scale and qualColumbus, Sealy, ity of monitoring Victoria is often left out COMING BACK: Reports of Texas quail returning this season are a • I-35 Corridor great start, and $4 million will a long way toward continuing the because there area in Navarro positive trend. Photo by Lone Star Outdoor News. isn’t enough staff and Ellis County or money to do • Rolling it. But this time Plains/Cross Timbers area — counties we are counting birds carefully in new ways, around and south of Wichita Falls before and after restoration. We’re hiring “We’re using the $4 million to consummer technicians to cover thousands of centrate efforts in certain counties, with acres, counting quail and other grassland partners, so that the funding goes on the birds that share this habitat and are also in ground, and you build up enough habitat decline.” to support viable quail populations that are — TPWD
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What awaits Texas hunters at the Powderhorn? Continued from page 5
ily The Nature Conservancy and The Conservation Fund. Plans call for the 17,000-acre site to be donated to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation in 2016, which will turn it over to TPWD. TPWD aims to turn the property into a state park as well as a WMA. “What we’re thinking is that they’ll be adjacent,” Wolf said. “They can work together in a partnership. If we have hunters who want to camp out, we could work with state park officials to accomplish that. It makes more sense than building a hunters’ camp on the WMA. It’s a more efficient use of the state’s resources.” Officials declined to speculate when Powderhorn Ranch will open to the public. For starters, the state doesn’t yet control it. And TPWD just began assessing the property with state botanists studying the plants and vegetation. Wolf described the inventory process of the property and its animals as “lengthy.” However, TPWD Executive Director Carter Smith said it’s likely that hunters and anglers will get an early crack at enjoying Powderhorn’s bounty. “I don’t see any reason not to offer some managed hunting opportunities for waterfowl and probably deer, hogs and other game, as well as affording fishing opportunities, prior to the formal opening,” Smith said. “We’re anxious to share the property with the sporting public. It’s a big catalyst for our acquiring the property.” First, work must be done. While a TPWD aerial flyover of Powderhorn showcases vast beds of seagrass resembling puzzle pieces and a grouping of live oaks looking like the entrance to an enchanted forest, significant habitat restoration is needed to transform the ranch into a state park and WMA. About 6,000 acres of dense running live oak on the ranch will be converted to native prairie and savanna as the acreage is “essentially impenetrable, with low biological diversity and productivity,” according to TPWD spokesman Tom Harvey. Also on the state’s to-do list is using the numerous water wells on Powderhorn Ranch to create a stable wetlands by ensuring the year-round flow of water to marshes and depressions. Nature, though, did most of the heavy lifting. For example, the shoreline is tailor-made for wade fishing, said Josh Harper, a TPWD natural resource specialist. “It’s a hardpack kind of beach,” Harper said. “You’re not slogging through the mud all day.” Harper characterized most of the Powderhorn coastline as “bar and guts.” “There are sandbars with guts running into them,” he said. “In the guts, there’s lots of seagrass. All of that is going to be wade fishing. We do our gill-net surveys nearby. We see good trout and lots of sheepshead, which like to run up and down those guts. We also see a fair number of sharks.” Redfish are harder to find. “There’s nowhere in the bay you won’t catch occasional reds,
but Powderhorn is not redfish shoreline,” Harper said. Plentiful redfish aren’t far away, though. You just have to venture closer to where Matagorda Bay enters Powderhorn Lake. “It’s a more marsh-like shoreline, particularly around the edges,” Harper said. “That’s where most people fish, even on the lake.” Buying Powderhorn Ranch ensures great coastal hunting and fishing for generations of Texans in an area where land is being sold by the square foot, said TPWD officials. “It’s a great piece of land and water that’s not going to go away,” said Robin Riechers, director of the Coastal Fisheries Division.
LOOKS GOOD TO WADE: Anglers are already taking advantage of the shoreline wading opportunities at Powderhorn Ranch. Photo by Earl Nottingham, TPWD.
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deep,” he said. “You’ll still see the (largemouth) boaters pounding the shore, but that must be out of habit.” Though the size wasn’t all it was cracked up to be, the midsize fish began hitting top-water plugs just prior to sunrise, sometimes taking four or five swipes at long pencil poppers twitched quickly back to the boat — aggressive retrieve for aggressive stripers. “They’re scattered across the lake really, and the size is not that good,” guide Larry Sparks said. “The top-water (bite) has been pretty good, but the big ones are tough to find, they really are. Some of our guides have been doing pretty well, others have not.” Sparks said he attributed the smaller-than-usual catches to a transition in the seasons. The cold snap in early September was indicative of the fact — as soon as a cold front came through, his clients began pulling in the big ones, including an 18-pounder on the east side of the lake. He launches out of Alberta Creek. They’ve been making the most out of the good numbers, however. “It’s always typical that the top-waters produce very well as soon as that sun begins to peek,” Sparks said. “But the cloud cover really makes the difference. The other morning we had some heavy clouds, and the pencil poppers did great into the late morning.” For those who look hard enough, there are some trophy fish to be caught. “You’ve got to fish deep and slow for the large ones, but they are catchable,” guide Aaron Sharp said. “Sometimes you’ll get them to swirl at the surface in deeper water, about 60 feet, with a topwater.” Water was moderately clear, according to the three guides. Sharp said ideally the lake would have a bit more cloudy water. “They haven’t been generating nearly as much, so there just isn’t as much water to muck it up,” he said. “It would be nice to have a little bit more ‘murk’ to the water.” He said if the water becomes much clearer, they’ll have to use longer, thinner leaders for the stripers — but that hasn’t been the case yet. “It’s a little clearer than we would like,” Sparks added. “We had a few small rains a while back, but nothing major — we haven’t had anything of note in quite a while.” The midmorning top-water bite slows down around 9 a.m., and Carey counters with a heavy jig-head on a swirl tail, still fished in less than 5 feet of water. Three more 5-pounders took the lure before the morning was over. Sharp said the shad are beginning to move around the lake,
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though not at a notable level, and he has been throwing smaller chug bugs later in the morning to imitate the small baitfish. Carey laid out a full slew of stripers across a board, ready to be filleted for his clients, and commented on the bite as of late. “Honestly, this is the slowest few weeks of the year for the trophy fish,” he said. “But even at its worst, it’s still the best up here.” Chris Carey, (903) 786-4477 Larry Sparks, (580) 916-2293 Aaron Sharp, (580) 380-5357
HSC grants money to antipoaching efforts Houston Safari Club is giving a $10,000 grant to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Operation Game Thief. “The support of antipoaching and education efforts by Houston Club is part of our mission,” said Joe Betar, HSC executive director. “Some people may not be aware that HSC is one of the original organizations that provided funding for the launch of Operation Game Thief. We are proud to continue to support their efforts.” The HSC grant will be utilized to help fund OGT’s ongoing billboard marketing program, increasing the reach and awareness of OGT. The grant was provided through HSC’s affiliate organization, The American Conservation and Education Society. “The Operation Game Thief Program is a critically important element of our efforts to conserve Texas’ rich fish and wildlife heritage,” said Carter Smith, TPWD executive director. “We are most grateful to Houston Safari Club for their longstanding support of this successful conservation law enforcement program.” — HSC
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THROWIN’ PENCILS: A longer pencil popper produced dozens of stripers for anglers when retrieved franticly and quickly, sometimes drawing three or four strikes. Photo by Steve Schwarz, Lone Star Outdoor News.
Houston Safari Club has informed their membership that a past HSC director, Jimmy Moore, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 20, following a sudden illness. Funeral services will be held in Shreveport, Louisiana. There will be a memorial service in Houston in the weeks following the funeral. For more information, please contact Steve Crawford at (713) 724-8765 or by email at scrawford1254@ mac.com. Jimmy was an active member of HSC. He was on the Shoot for the Troops Committee, 2013 Convention Silent Auction Chairman, a 2011-2013 HSC director and a dear friend to many HSC members. — HSC
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LSON Foundation to auction hunts The 4th Annual Lone Star Outdoor News Wild Game Supper is quickly approaching on October 8 at the Beretta Gallery in Dallas from 6 to 9 p.m., and this year’s auction items are the best yet. All proceeds will benefit the Lone Star Outdoor News Foundation, whose mission statement is to “create hunting and fishing opportunities, benefit youth education and support wildlife research and outdoor journalism.” The event is free for anyone to attend, with free beer, wine and wild game prepared by Cinnamon Creek Wild Game Processing. A list of the auction items is below.
Golden Triangle, South Texas buck hunt
Join the LSON crew for two days of chasing bucks in the heart of the Golden Triangle in Dimmit County. This hunt is for one hunter to har-
Anglers spend 30 hours in Gulf Four fishing buddies from San Antonio were casting from a 25-foot center console near oil rigs east of Port O’Connor when the boat began to rapidly take on water. They were in the water before they could call for help, but all were wearing life jackets. After they spent the night drifting in the Gulf of Mexico, three of them were found and rescued about 1 p.m. Sunday by the crew of the oil rig supply vessel Go America. The fourth man, a 37-year-old, had drifted away from his friends. A Coast Guard search through the rest of the day turned up nothing. About 8:30 p.m., lookouts on the tanker Pacific Marchioness heard cries for help coming from the water. The tanker quickly relayed the information to watchstanders at the Sector Corpus Christi Command Center, who diverted a crew on a rescue helicopter that already was airborne and engaged in the search for the missing angler. The helicopter arrived three minutes after the Pacific Marchioness made contact with watchstanders. After a brief search, the air crew located the man and hoisted him aboard, 30 hours after he went into the water. — USCG
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vest one 8- or 10-point point buck with the guide’s approval. There are some very big deer on this ranch and you should be able to see lots of bucks. The hunt will take place on a 2,000-acre ranch near Carrizo Springs sometime this season. Along with hunting a nice deer, enjoy a comfortable lodge with an outdoor cooking area, great food and a pond stocked with huge bluegills.
South Texas wild quail hunt for two
The Dimmit County ranch also boasts one of the best wild bobwhite and blue quail populations of any ranch in Texas. Two hunters can come and spend two days enjoying the thrill of exploding coveys and challenging shooting through the South Texas brush. Hunters can expect multiple coveys and excellent shooting on this hunt, as the ranch has received excellent rainfall and habitat conditions, along with quail populations, are outstanding. Last season, we experienced eight
covey rises in two hours of hunting. As with the deer hunt, hunters will stay in a beautiful lodge and enjoy some great South Texas cuisine.
Weekend trapping adventure
This is for the hunter that wants to experience something different — trapping predators in South Texas. The ranch has a large population of coyotes, bobcats, badgers and raccoons. Learn the best techniques for setting snares and catching these varmints. Along with trapping, the hunter who purchases this trip will also get to predator hunt on this target-rich ranch.
Doe hunt for two
Want to put some meat in the freezer? Come join the LSON crew for a 2-day doe hunt in South Texas. The ranch has high numbers of does and this will be a relaxing weekend spent in the blind. Also enjoy a great lodge, great food and fishing in the bluegill pond. — Staff report
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Cabela’s Ladies Day Out coming to Texas Cabela’s Incorporated will celebrate the growing number of women enjoying the outdoors with Ladies’ Day Out, October 4, 2014 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This event encourages women to become an outdoor enthusiast in style, focusing on the latest outdoor apparel, archery, personal firearms and more. For women seeking to expand their knowledge and expertise in other areas, such as campfire cooking and fishing, workshops featured include: · Bows Are For Girls – In Range Archery Shooting · Finding A Match for Your First Firearm Purchase · Dutch Oven Lunch Made Simple · Cabela’s Outer Wear Fashion Show · Ladies on the Fly — Fly Casting Classes will be taught by local experts and are always free of charge. “Ladies Day Out celebrates our love of the outdoors and is intended to encourage more women to try something new in the outdoors,” said Tracy Doty, Retail Marketing manager. “Cabela’s is proud to offer women not only the gear, but also the expert knowledge to pursue their outdoor passions.” — Cabela’s
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transporting fish,” Kurzawski said. “It’s about water. You can’t take water from a lake and transport fish in that water to another water body. If people want to move bait, they can catch it in one lake, transfer the bait with a net out of your boat and into your vehicle. Then, once you’re at the destination, remove the bait with a net and put it in your boat.” Kurzawski said TPWD realizes some zebra mussel larvae could still be on the fish, but it would not compare to the amount of larvae in a gallon of water, and TWPD needed to make a small allowance for anglers gathering bait. Kurzawski also said it was legal for people to transport fish from a public lake to a private pond, as long as the same procedure applied and no water was transferred between two water bodies. “Anglers can catch sunfish in one lake and use them for catfish bait on a trotline in another as long as the water used to transfer the fish is different,” he said. “The fish can transfer, not the water.” Anglers are allowed to transport and use commercially purchased live bait provided persons in possession of the bait have a receipt that identifies the source of the bait. Any live bait purchased from a location on or adjacent to a public water body that is transported in water from that water body could only be used as bait on that same water body. The rules also allow anglers participating in a fishing tournament confined to one water body to transport live fish in water from that single water body to an identified off-site weigh-in location, provided all water is drained and properly disposed of before leaving that location. Anglers are required to possess documentation provided by tournament organizers that would identify them as participants in the tournament. Movement from one access point to another on the same lake during the same day does not require draining and there is an exception for governmental activities and emergencies. Marine sanitary systems are not covered by these regulations.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A NET: According to TPWD, fish can be transported from one water body to the next, but they must be transferred with a net and with different water. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.
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Broussard, Owens take PTT on Lake Texoma The Platinum Team Trail had its season-ending event on Lake Texoma Sept. 21-22, and Brent Broussard and teammate Kelly Owens took the title with a two-day weight of 31.12 pounds. They won $38,500 for their efforts. Second place went to the team of
PAA coming to Toledo Bend The Professional Anglers Association announced the final details of the 2014 PAA Tournament Series this week. September 22-27, 2014 — Douglas Lake, Dandridge, Tennessee. October 6-11, 2014 — Kentucky Lake, Gilbertsville, Kentucky. November 17-22, 2014 — Toledo Bend Reservoir, Hemphill, Texas. To close out the season with a bang, the 2014 PAA Tournament Series will see its first return to Toledo Bend Reservoir in Hemphill since 2009. The 2014 season will close on
Robert Brooks and Gene Robertson, with 27.96 pounds. Johnny Matthews and Lowell Bennet took third place with 27.39 pounds and Angler of the Year winners Todd Castledine and Russell Cecil finished in fourth place with 27.02 pounds. A total of 391 fish were weighed over the two-day event, with a total event weight of 896.25 pounds of bass. — Staff report Toledo Bend the week of November 17-22, 2014. Hosted by Fin and Feather Resort and Hemphill Tourism, competition days will be November 20-22. Pro division entry fees for the 2014 PAA Tournament Series events will remain at $1,500. Deposits will remain at $500 per tournament and are due upon registration. The full field of pros will compete on days one and two and will be cut to the top pros on day three. A champion will be crowned at the conclusion of day three based upon the total weight of five fish per day across all three days of competition. — PAA
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Faircloth just misses Angler of the Year award Jasper native Todd Faircloth came just that close to winning the Bassmaster Angler of the Year award during the season-ending tournament on Bays de Noc, Minnesota. Faircloth had to beat out Greg Hackney and rookie of the year Jacob Powroznik to claim the title, but came up short on the final day. Powroznik won the event with a total weight of 47 pounds, 6 ounces. Faircloth entered the day in the top 10 of the event after a day-one stringer of 20 pounds, 15 ounces, but could not duplicate the feat on day two. He managed 15 pounds, 3 ounces, to finish the event in 21st place. Hackney finished in 24th place, but did enough to keep first place in the Angler of the Year standings. Hackney edged out Faircloth 741 to 727 in the updated points race. Powroznik, trying to claim Rookie of the Year and Angler of the Year in the same season, but finished third in AOY standings with 723 points. Aaron Martens, 721, and Mark Davis, 716, rounded out the top five. — Staff report
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The Great Outdoors Kids Camp Elm Fork Shooting Sports, Dallas (866) 839-3482 divawow.org Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Bluegill Family Fishing Tournament Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center, Athens (903) 670-2222 tpwd.state.tx.us Delta Waterfowl Wichita Falls Chapter Annual Dove Hunt Charlie, Texas (940) 781-2129 deltawaterfowl.org
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Outdoor Show and Sell Expo Valley Race Park, Harlingen (866) 639-8940 outdoorexpotexas.com
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Ducks Unlimited Wharton Dinner Hungerford Hall (979) 533–3360 ducks.org/texas
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Houston Safari Club Monthly Meeting Houston Racquet Club (713) 623-8844 houstonsafariclub.org Delta Waterfowl Katy Prairie Dinner Midway Barbecue (281) 254-5429 deltawaterfowl.org
Ducks Unlimited Lonestar Dinner J.L. Kuykendall Event Center, Llano (512) 755-9770 ducks.org/texas
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Ducks Unlimited Gregg County Dinner Maude Cobb Convention Center, Longview (903) 748-5488 Ducks Unlimited Matagorda County Banquet Bay City Civic Center (979) 429-0050 ducks.org/texas Mule Deer Foundation Lubbock Chapter Banquet (307) 421-5692 muledeer.org
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Coastal Conservation Association CCA Texas State BBQ and STAR Tournament Awards Bayou City Event Center (713) 626-4222 ccatexas.org Ducks Unlimited Stephenville Dinner City Limits, Stephenville (254) 592-7968 ducks.org/texas
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Texas State Rifl e Association Foundation 2014 Breaking Clays Elm Fork Shotgun Sports tsrafoundation.com
Orvis Days Orvis Plano (972) 596-7529 orvis.com/stores Orvis Days Orvis Dallas (214) 265-1600 orvis.com/stores Ducks Unlimited Marshall Dinner Marshall Civic Center (940) 372-8609 ducks.org/texas Delta Waterfowl East Texas Dinner Kellyville Community Center, Jefferson (903) 930-8054 deltawaterfowl.org Ducks Unlimited Uvalde Dinner Willie DeLeon Civic Center (210) 906-8714 ducks.org/texas
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Delta Waterfowl Collin County Dinner Wilson Barn, Prosper (214) 906-8714 deltawaterfowl.org
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Lone Star Outdoor News Foundation Wild Game Supper and Fundraiser Beretta Gallery, Dallas (214) 361-2276
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Dallas Safari Club DSC 100 Meeting (972) 980-9800 biggame.org Dallas Woods and Waters Monthly Meeting Sheraton Dallas North (214) 218-6670 dwwcc.org Delta Waterfowl South Texas Dinner Aggie Park, San Antonio (210) 305-1293 deltawaterfowl.org Ducks Unlimited Fort Worth Dinner Stockyard Station (817) 291-6696 ducks.org/texas
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Houston Safari Club Athena Gun Club HSC Membership Drive Athena Gun Club (713) 461-5900 houstonsafariclub.com
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Dallas Safari Club Monthly Meeting Royal Oaks Country Club (972) 980-9800 biggame.org
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Central Texas Chapter SCI Wild Game Dinner Chinatown Restaurant North (512) 773-5674 centexsci.org
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Dallas Safari Club Hill Country Regional Meeting (972) 980-9800 biggame.org
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Taxidermy King World Class Big Game Trophy Mount and Western Auction Will Rogers Center, Fort Worth (512) 451-7633 taxidermyking.com
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Mule Deer Foundation Odessa Chapter Banquet (970) 846-5489 muledeer.org Ducks Unlimited Corpus Christi Chapter Banquet American Bank Center (361) 249-4909
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Mule Deer Foundation Amarillo Chapter Banquet (806) 679-3983 muledeer.org
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Delta Waterfowl Brazos River Dinner Johnson County Sheriff’s Posse Grounds, Cleburne (817) 307-4468 deltawaterfowl.org
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Texas Indoor Archery League Texas Archery Academy, Plano Indoor Range (214) 960-4088 texasarchery.info
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how much water they can and need to release out of Lake Buchanan and Travis — hopefully regulating levels that have been drastically lower than normal years. The fact of the matter, TWDB Chairman Carlos Rubinstein pointed out, is that Texas’ water regulations must deal with the reality that a drought is here and plan for the future accordingly. “The impacts of this reservoir are significant and will have substantial meaning to the area and the basin,” Rubinstein said. “TWDB places a strong emphasis on the importance of planning for our state’s future water needs.” The reservoir will be an off-channel water body, with a lined dike that will surround the perimeter. A canal leading to a pump station will regulate the water flow from the Colorado River. Bondy said the decision to not build directly on the river was based on acting sooner rather than later, based on the area’s water needs. “We’ll only release water when Mother Nature doesn’t produce the water,” Bondy said. “But our goal will be to keep this reservoir empty. It’s really going to fluctuate quite a bit.” The contractors plan to break ground on the reservoir in the next month or so, Bondy said, and the LCRA hopes operations will begin in late 2017. The space will retain 40,000 acre feet of water, taking the strain off the Highland Lakes, while providing over 13 billion gallons of water to the drought-stricken southern sector. “I wish they already had it done,” Christensen said. “We’ve needed it for a long time.”
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with fathers, grandfathers and later with sons. Cox said his father-in-law built the blind he has used for 40 years. The wetlands looping the northern shores of Cypress Bayou before it empties into Caddo lake are the only wildlife management area of 52 in Texas that allows permanent duck blinds. That came about through negotiations when the state acquired the land in 1992. Each year, the director of the state parks service had extended the grandfather exemption. Smith said his reasons for ending the exemption were two-fold: to allow equal access to hunting on state land for all residents and to end disputes his agency reports occur when hunters find themselves vying for the same blind. “Every excuse they’re making just does not apply to our area,” Cox said. “I have been hunting out there forever and I’ve never had a conflict at any time. I have written the governor. I have talked to our state representative and senator, and they are both opposed to it.” The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Spokesman Steve Lightfoot said Smith evidently realized, after hearing input from the hunters, that more time would be needed to clear the blinds. A survey by state park staff indicated many more blinds were in the area than hunters believed. “I have since been to a lot of those places and seen the old
A UNIQUE TRADITION: Duck hunting on Caddo Lake is a tradition that goes back generations for many families. The majority recently bristled at a new rule by TPWD to take away permanent duck blinds. Photo by LSON.
board nailed to a tree,” Cox said. Dilapidated and abandoned blinds will be taken down during the extra year Smith has designated. “We recognize and respect the uniqueness of this situation,” he said in a statement about the extension. “We understand folks have had these structures in place for a long time. But, this extension in no way deters our obligation to provide fair and equitable use of this public resource for all hunters.” Smith said that means hunters must clear the blinds after
the 2015-16 waterfowl season or the government will. “This kind of came out of the blue, I guess, for a lot of folks,” Lightfoot said, noting his own Cherokee County ties. “I understand the culture, I’m from East Texas. Once it became public land, it kind of changed the rule. And, unfortunately, some folks got caught up in it.” Cox said he tried to call Smith. “He won’t return my calls,” Cox said. “He sends (Wildlife Division Director) Clayton Wolf to talk to me” by phone. Lake resident Duane Meyers said the state agency would
do better to address the giant salvinia invasion that’s been making navigation by boat, the only realistic alternative to blind hunting, less possible as the plant chokes waterways. A group of residents and lake supporters have raised funds to begin a salvinia weevil farm to grow the plant’s only natural predator. The state agency has not taken a role on that front but continues to spray herbicide on the state’s largest natural lake. Several hunters at the Sept. 2 meeting suggested charging them annual permit fees for duck blinds and using the money in the salvinia war. “I’ll be happy to pay a permit any day, anytime,” Cox repeated. “That’s not a problem at all.” Meyers described the lakechoking plant as “the real enemy.” “My biggest concern is, they are pitting good people against good people out here,” Meyers said. “It’s just ridiculous. I told them they need to get a (Parks and Wildlife) board meeting down here at Caddo Lake.” He noted that none of the nine members of the state parks board is from East Texas and questioned whether any of them have seen Caddo Lake, once the eastern gateway to Texas and an early commercial center. “It’s got a tradition none of the other (Wildlife Management) areas have,” Meyers said. “And they need to honor that.”
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