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Gone Fishing By Fred Rodriguez Its time to go fishing but before we do its time to check our equipment. From fishing rods and reels and your tackle box. Of course if you own a boat be sure and check your boat equipment out and you might want to get your boat motor and trailer checked out. At Bayside Marine, located in Laguna Heights they service all kinds of boats and motors. Maintenance is the key in most everything, even your tires and if you need new tires Pueblo Tires Valley wide can handle that. It’s very exciting to head on out to go fishing and catch some fish, having a great time with family and friends. When you finally get to your fishing spot and start catching fish, if you are experienced in fishing help out you first timers. You see when I take sponsors, friends and family I always teach them to work on their drag, keep that rod up always having pressure on the fish. Another important tip is to follow the fish I have seen so many times where the person has a hook up but they
stand at the front of the boat and the fish goes to the back of the boat and they stand in one spot on the boat, move around and follow the fish. One more thing when fight a fish as you are trying to catch it go ahead and put your rod in the water in case your fish goes under the boat . Move around keep your line tight and reel it in. Another major thing to watch on fishing trips is the weather, you are going to want to follow the weather and check to see if there is rain in the forecast or a cool front coming in. As the summer gets close to us SAVE THE DATE JULY 14 and 15th for our FISHING TOURNAMENT // FISHING FOR FERIA // GOING TO BE A BIG ONE. CHECK OUT fishingforferia.com Follow us on Facebook and watch the Texas Sportsman on Fox at 11:30am on Saturdays and Sunday mornings at 5:00am on CW. Until next time... Gotta Have It!!!
ON THE COVER Eddie Vasquez Owner of El Dorado Sporting Clays
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Flounder Tips and Tactics By Brian Joseph Spencer
With the difference in between the time in my articles there is lots of new info for everyone. The cold fronts had finally stopped, so I thought . Day before yesterday it was near eighty degrees and within two hours it was barely breaking fifty. It really has not affected floundering too much as there are flounder everywhere again, not just in the deep channels anymore. They have started working their way up the narrow passageways and creeks headed for the flats for the late spring and summer, where they will reside until the next migration. For now and until late September you can go and search closely to the shorelines by the roseau cane looking for that beautiful delicate white meat that is shaped like a flat goldfish. When I take friends out on the boat and we are trying to find a few flatties the best way to describe it to them is to keep an eye out for a fish outline and a couple of eyes. Once you lay your eyes on one they are hard to miss on a nice sandy floor, I would say they stick out like a sore thumb. At this point in the season most of the flounder you will find should be between 14 and 20 inches and when we get back into the run you can find some saddle blankets. Not saying it is impossible to find a good sized fish right now it is just a better chance when the spawn is on. The fish I have been finding the last month or so were in maybe a foot of water or less and very close to the shoreline. My favorite tides to follow at this time of year are an incoming tide and some of the outgoing. The fish will work their way in as the water rises and find a perfect ambush spot near the bank, lay and wait for the tide to switch and watch as their dinner comes straight to them with no effort. This is how they have earned the name of an ambush predator. Finally they are also back in the rod and reel fishing spots that I frequent, there are usually a couple year round but right now I could lose a pack of gulps in an hour due to them biting the tails off. I like to rig up the 3 inch swimming mullet or the brand new chickenboy lures bone colored bubba cluckers which I run tandem 75 percent of the time. Two one eighth jig heads will keep you on the bottom where you need to keep your bait. Whether you like to use artificial or live bait I am sure you can entice a hungry flounder in to biting, just work the baits slowly on the bottom and wait for the thump. Give it a ten count and 12- TEXAS SPORTSMAN - APRIL 2018
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El Dorado Sporting Clays is the Rio Grande Valley’s premier sporting clay range and complex. Their goal is to provide top quality service, entertainment and most importantly fun for shooters of all calibers. El Dorado Sporting Clays sits on a 130 acre facility. It’s a pleasant walk-through offering 10 stations. Each station has 2 Promatic Skeet Trap machines that are moved throughout the season as to provide variety for the shooter. The shooter calls for the first target and when the shooter fires, the second target is thrown (on the report of the shotgun). Sporting Clay emulates hunting using clay targets instead of live game. Clay targets can be automatically thrown to simulate the flight patterns of local game. Sporting Clay can be comparable to golf in two ways. 1) Just as a golfer goes from hole to hole, a Sporting Clay shooter goes from one station on the course to another. 2) At each station, the shooter encounters a different kind of shot which mirrors the local wild game. Each station provides its own challenges for the shooter. El Dorado can host events such as family reunions, private parties, political and private fund raisers, etc. They can also provide a place for youth such as Scouts or FFA to work on 20- TEXAS SPORTSMAN - APRIL 2018
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their skills. For those who just want some practice, let El Dorado Sporting Clays be your go-to spot. They also have BBQ pits, smokers, tables, unlimited seating and plenty of parking. They’ll handle everything from preparation to clean-up. All you have to do is bring your “A” game and enjoy the sweet sound of breaking clays! Eddie Vasquez owner of El Dorado Sporting Clays started this whole operation for his son Anthony E. Vasquez who suffers from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). He started with one machine and within a year his son outgrew it. Together, they created everything from the platforms to the gun racks. They were not looking to make a business out of it, Mr. Vasquez was
doing it for his son. Not cutting any corners, they got the best equipment for the job by consulting with the guys at Promatic and getting some Skeet Trap machines. Eventually, it expanded to what is now known as El Dorado Sporting Clays, and they want to share it with people that are interested in competing and/or learning. Join one of the fastest growing sports the whole family can enjoy. It’s something different, new and a lot of fun. El Dorado Sporting Clays welcomes and encourages organizations that promote awareness for ALS, Diabetes, Autism, Cancer, Alzheimer’s and any other fundraising or awareness organization to contact them to discuss how they can help spread
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Falcon Bass Fishing, Flaco Jimenez and Cold Beer in Zapata By Brent Johnson
Our latest adventure to Falcon Lake took place on the upper end of the lake in Zapata. Normally we stay on the south end at the state park or Falcon Heights, but this time we opted to stay at Beacon Lodge. It was nice having a boat ramp just a stone’s throw away from our cabin, but what I liked most was the “watering hole” there at the lodge after a long day of fishing. Cold Beer and country music mixed in with Tejano is just what the doctor ordered. The staff and patrons could not have been friendlier, and it was here I got to meet the proprietor of Beacon Lodge Mr. Robert “Speedy” Collett. As it turns out Mr. Collett you might say is a local legend around these parts having won and competed in countless tournaments such as Skeeter Bass Champs, FLW, and BASS to name a few. I got the pleasure of chatting with Speedy after eating a huge dinner his family had prepared for all the guests and anyone lucky enough to walk in to the cantina that night. There was fried fish, barbeque ribs, beans, potatoes, hush puppies you name it and it was damn good. Needless to say I came out of there with a full stomach and more fishing knowledge than when I’d entered. According to Speedy you have to have an open mind when fishing Falcon. The lake is basically 3 lakes: lower, mid, and upper lake. “The fish are there, but if they are not biting on one side of the lake it may be time to pick up and hit the other side of the lake,” said Speedy. “Falcon is full of big bass the trick is knowing where to find em.” Speedy told me “The big girls are never far away from the dinner table and once you figure out where that is chances are you will find them at that spot time and again.” The thing about a good honey hole is that it offers something big predator fish like, an ambush spot where the fish don’t have to work too hard to get an easy meal. Learning to fish slower is also a tip I picked up from the guy whose name would suggest otherwise. “Big fish like slow presentations because it takes a lot of energy to swim fast and therefore the big fish may ignore fast moving baits. Sometimes you may have a lunker bass on the line and not even know it because the fish will be swimming at the same speed you are reeling,” he added. “This is where the mental part of the game comes into play as you always need to watch your line in these cases to know what you can’t feel.” “If you see the line going in a different direction then it is time to pause a second and set the hook.” Speaking of bass fishing I did a little of that 3 of the 4 days I was there. I pulled out the whole arsenal of what I know, and what I found out to work best was looking on the sonar for rock piles in 20 feet of water. A lot of the rock piles are actually 26- TEXAS SPORTSMAN - APRIL 2018
old house foundations along the river before the reservoir was built some 65 years ago. Usually these old piles will rise 6-10’ from the surrounding area. Crank baits and Carolina Rigs are the go to lures for this type of fishing with the second option as the best. A 6” salamander or 10” worm in pumpkin chartreuse was what I was throwing that seemed to produce the most. If I wasn’t fishing the humps, rocky points were my second favorite option to fish. I took a guy named Steve Johnson (no relation) I had met at Speedy’s bar out for a quick ride to a spot. He showed me one such point close to the camp where the bass were schooled up eating threadfin shad. Within an hour we caught 12 bass all around 2 pounds with the largest being 3. If we drifted out of the spot we would troll our way back into position and keep hammering em’. The interesting thing about Steve is he is a retired fireman and cattleman from Wyoming who loves to fish and has been coming down to Zapata since 2008. Jim Klick from Minnesota is another fishing guide I met at the Beacon Lodge cantina who also now calls this area home. Jim says he loves the people and the fishing and thinks he has already died and gone to heaven as he could not imagine a better place to be. Back in 2012 Falcon Lake was ranked No. 1 for bass fishing in the United States. If that fact doesn’t do it for you then perhaps the fact that Jim from the land of 10,000 lakes chooses this one lake in South Texas should convince any serious bass fisherman Falcon is where it’s at. Not only is this lake phenomenal for big bass, but all the other species are big and numerous too. The limit on alligator gar is back up to 5 from 3. While I didn’t see any six footers this trip I did see a few four footers rolling on top back in the creeks. Crappie was real good at the Veleno bridge back in October, but the bridge is closed off with a floating barricade as parts of the bridge are being demolished. Brush piles in the Tigers are the best bet for schools of crappie. I wasn’t seeing lots of white bass where we fished, but we did manage 3 or 4 over the rock piles. I hear jigging spoons of the old submerged Veleno bridge will produce big white bass. Also if you want to catch white bass and catfish call Mike Stuard of Whiskers Guide Service @ 325-6363275. Mike is catching loads of white bass and monster catfish on cut carp bait. Mike is a super friendly guy and very knowledgeable when it comes to catching the big ones on Falcon. If you are looking for a bass guide then look no further than Mark Pena. Mark is a protégé and nephew of Speedy Collett and he knows where the “dinner table” is for the big bass in Falcon. You can reach Mark @ 956-326-9717. Another bass guide I’d like to mention is
Jim Klick @320-260-9770. Both of these guides catch big bass on a regular basis. If you need to pick up some lures, or the latest fishing report then check out Falcon Lake Tackle of Hwy 83, this store has everything. And if you plan on fishing out of Zapata be sure to give my friends at Beacon Lodge a call at 956-765-4616. This time of the year is about my favorite time to fish Falcon, the air is the perfect temperature, and the brush country is in bloom. Opportunities exist at the end of each cast. You just never know when that next big fish is going to take your lure. See you on the water my friends.
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Take a Hike! All Washed Up By Steve Hathcock
John Singer, arguably Padre Island’s best known beach-comber and finder of great treasures, was shipwrecked on the shores of Padre Island sometime in the early 1850s. He is said to have made his living the first year by crafting shingles from a cargo of cypress logs that washed ashore during the same storm that stranded him and his family. In 1854, following a Texas cyclone, Singer and his eldest son Alexander stumbled upon the carcass of an ancient ship that had wrecked upon these shores many years before. It had only been revealed due to the action of the waves created by the cyclone. Amid the timbers, the two found a partially buried strong box containing well over 60,000 Spanish silver dollars or eight reale coins that were of the same size and weight as our American silver dollar. Singer left the Island at the onset of the Civil War but before departing, he and his sons buried a fortune including the Spanish coins and other priceless artifacts gathered from the shores of Padre. In a 1935 interview, Alexander, now in his 80s, related how he and his father had made several clandestine returns to the spot where their treasure was buried, each time removing several thousand dollars in coins. It was a couple of years after the war before the two made another trip to the Island. But they were too late. A great hurricane in1867 swept in and totally inundated the Island, washing away their landmarks in the process. The treasure is supposedly still awaiting some lucky beachcomber. But don’t for a minute think that John Singer’s is the only treasure hidden under the sands of the Padre’s Island. In the June 6, 1869 issue of the Indianola Bulletin, the editor reported: “Mr. H. Seeligson has shown us some old coins that were washed ashore on Padre Island by the motion of the sea. We learn that fully a barrel full was picked up by the people of the Island. They are much worn by the sea. About a hundred years back, an old Spanish galleon sank off of Pass Cavallo loaded with money and wax for the missions. The wax has been floating up on the beach for years and now the loose coins with a salt incrustation are washed up. They are much blackened by and resemble the old pistareen or Spanish two reale coin similar in size and value to our silver quarter. It is strange but never the less true.” 30- TEXAS SPORTSMAN - APRIL 2018
The Corpus Christi Advertiser reported seeing several half and quarter dollar sized coins gathered up on the shores of Padre Island that are more than three hundred years old.” An editor of the Cincinnati Daily Enquirer wrote in an article dated 1869, “Similar coins have been picked up from time to time in the vicinity of the same spot for about two or three miles. Judge Curry, a resident of Padre, has seen some eighty dollars of similar coins picked up there at one time. All are quarters or halves.” (in size) In today’s coin market, such antiquities could command anywhere from five to ten dollars to several thousand dollars for exceptionally nice specimens. .
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Alpha Dog
By: Manuel Noel Perez Jr. Today’s article was inspired by one of our readers. The reader was concerned about her dogs having trouble getting along. Even more concerning, the reader was wanting to look for a way to interject and help establish hierarchy in the pack. Simply put, the reader was asking if I could train her dog to not exhibit this behavior. I would like to start by addressing the question and talking about my opinion on resolving this matter. I would also like to mention other options and expectations when dealing with this situation. In this article I will share my experience, as well as what I have done when confronting this situation. Dog fighting is usually a result of hierarchy in the pack. However, understanding a dog fight is much more scientific than most people realize. Often times a dog fight is a result of establishment for alpha. The way to recognize this type of fight is through body posture (e.g., erect tail, hackles, exposed teeth, and snarling). Also, this fight is usually not a fight to the death, rather a fight into submission. Once the dominant dog wins and establishes alpha, the hierarchy in the pack is established and this situation will rarely re-occur. Now, let’s talk about the interjection of the dog owner or even a dog trainer. When the subject of getting a human involved in the mix comes up, we really begin to complicate things. I will do my best to explain this, in this short article, in hopes of educating instead of confusing. Humans must serve as alpha in the pack, even a single dog and its owner are considered a pack, as far as I’m concerned. Human is alpha, and dog is submissive to its human, therefore creating a pack. It is important for this establishment of command to take place to ensure order of command and respect. So, let’s look at adding a new dog to the pack. Now we have two dogs and their owner. Regardless of how well the two dogs get along, there will absolutely be chain of command established quickly. So as the pack continues to grow, and new dogs are introduced to the pack, a new struggle for chain of command begins. Experiencing a dog fight is not very fun to watch. Often times they can be killed or maimed during this experience. Again, all fights are different and it is very difficult to know if it’s a fight for alpha or something else. I have seen dogs fight simply because they sense 32- TEXAS SPORTSMAN - APRIL 2018
a weak link in the pack. I have also seen an injured dog get attacked for being sick and injured. Dog packs, like wolf packs, strive for health and a strong team or hunting party. No matter how many ways humans genetically change dogs, you will see the wolf instincts show up when forming a pack. After many failed attempts at correcting dog fights in my life, including many a dog bite for getting involved, I have learned that humans getting involved will not only get hurt but will also leave unresolved issues between dogs. This often results in another dog fight, another day. We humans are only left with a couple of options to help resolve this matter, when an extreme version arises. One is to allow dominance to be established and let nature take its course. This has proven to work best, but is difficult to deal with and many times seems inhumane. So, of course, locating the source of the problem and separating them for life is an easy alternative. And as far as a trainer fixing this problem? I still have not found the magic potion. The trainer would need to be on site and available to help the dogs co-exist through proper introduction and protection wearing muzzles. We have used the muzzle technique, many times, with great results. This allows the dogs to muzzle fight, only to establish body position and submission. We then teach these dogs to co-exist. This is extremely tedious work, but can be done. So, in a nutshell, humans getting involved in dogs establishing alpha is a very difficult task, both emotionally and ethically. This, of course, is my experience and opinion. I do not condone dog fighting in any form or fashion. But, I can say that if it is not established with the help of humans, dogs will absolutely take matters into their own hands and nature will take its course.
Manuel Noel Perez Jr. “Manny� has been an outdoor enthusiast for most of his life. He began training his own hunting dogs at the early age of nine. He has been guiding deer and quail hunts for over twenty years and has a wealth of dog knowledge in the field. When not on a hunt of his own, Manny would rather be found working behind a blood trailing dog, a water dog, or a well-trained pointer. -CEO of Coastal Concepts,
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DEEP IN THE GULF OF MEXICO BY: Captain James Stewart
The Gulf of Mexico touches our shores and brings our only industry to this area. That industry is tourism. Most often, we don’t recognize the richness this brings to us. We need to protect and research this to keep everything at an even keel (so to speak). Our Gulf generates food and energy for Texas and to South Padre Island. What happens below it is our future. Believe it or not, there are over 15,000 species in the Gulf. This is why we need to study the dead zones in the Gulf. This is done by the ROV (research observation vehicle) at the surface of the Gulf. Sampling of the bottom is done and seismic reflections are delivered to the mother ship called The Okeanos Explorer. The Ocean Conservancy has created RESTORING THE GULF BEYOND THE SHORE. It will reduce human impact and other sources of stress and give marine species the best opportunity to recover on their own. This approach is called natural recovery. Restoration funds are available to do this by the government and from BP (British Petroleum) . Remember the oil disaster. They are still paying up the nose for restoration as they should. They are only a multi-billion dollar company. Basically, all you guys that like to go off shore and fish, this will help keep those blues, Marlin and Sails always available. FISH ON!!!!!! A healthy ocean means more than beautiful coasts and vibrant ocean wildlife. If the ocean isn’t healthy, neither are we. Because the food we eat, the water we drink and the air we’re breathing this very second comes from our ocean. Their work is focused on solving some of the greatest threats facing our ocean today. From the Arctic to the Gulf of Mexico, we bring people, science and policy together, to champion innovative solutions and fight for a 36- TEXAS SPORTSMAN - APRIL 2018
sustainable ocean. That’s why for over forty years they have worked to protect vital ecosystems, defend critical legislation, enforce accountability of leaders and legislators and rally the world’s largest effort to remove trash from our beaches. Because a healthy ocean means a healthy planet.
There is a way you can help with this project. Contact the Ocean Conservancys program by going to www.oceanconservancy.org As always, be safe and see you on the water.
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