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Hunting the deep

CWD detected Two of 31 mule deer tested in far West Texas have confirmed positive for Chronic Wasting Disease.

They are the first two confirmed cases in the state of Texas. Both infected deer were taken from the Hueco Mountains of northern El Paso and Hudspeth counties.

“This is definitely not a crisis,” said Clayton Wolf, Wildlife Division Director with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

“There is no need to overreact like other states have done in the past.”

The mule deer tested were part of a strategic sampling after the disease was discovered just across the New Mexico border.

The upcoming mule deer hunting season will not be affected, Wolf said.

“We plan to pick of road kills if they are fresh,” he said. “And we’ll notify landowners if they see animals with clinical symptoms so we can hopefully collect those animals.”

Mandatory check stations will be set up in the immediate area of the discovery.

“We’ll have two check stations, one in Cornudas and

By Conor Harrison

you don’t have to be able to dive really deep. I’ve shot multiple 40-pound ling while still breathRichard Justice had hunted, ing through my snorkel.” fished and scuba dived all of When Justice was first getting his life. into the sport, he hooked up When the 32-year-old League with one of the best spearfishCity resident began thinking ing guides in Texas — Keith about combining his passions, Love of Texas Bluewater Safaris. he looked offshore.

“It’s definitely a growing “I combined all of them sport,” Love said. “On a calm together and went spearfish- day, you will now see guys at ing,” he said. “It’s like spot the marina with rigs.” and stalk bow hunting in the The 27-year-old from water.”

Angleton said the maximum His first trip into the blue range he shoots fish is 15 feet. water was last July 4, and he has “If you have to aim, you are been going monthly ever since. too far,” he said. “We hunt the “The first two trips I went rigs but a lot of the bluewater scuba diving,” Justice said. “I fish won’t come right into the decided that was too much rigs. They hang 50-100 yards stuff to take, so I tried free div- off the rigs, but there is still ing and I haven’t touched a plenty to shoot on the rigs — tank since.” sheepshead and redfish.

Justice said he consis“Cobia will swim right up to tently dives down 50 feet to you.” search for the fish near rigs Love’s biggest fish is a 245that spearfishermen covet — pound yellowfin tuna. Once a wahoo, amberjack, snapper, fish is shot, the spear is connected jacks, mahi-mahi and ling. to a buoy on top of the water that “When you are free diving, detaches from the gun. the fish are a little more curious “Once you let the shot go, it then with a tank,” he said. “But detaches from you,” Love said.

The prime time to go depends on the spearfisherSPEARING A TROPHY: Wahoo are one of the many game fish spearfishermen enjoy man’s goal. chasing off the Texas coast. The bigger “The calmest, clearest days fish are usually found during the winter are in June and July,” Love

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months, but the summer months can offer easier hunting. Photo by Keith Love.

Wardens staying stealthy Lone Star Outdoor News Fish or hunt for long enough, and chances are you’ve been checked by a game warden — maybe

they pulled up in their powerboat on the lake, or stopped their truck beside yours at the boat ramp.

What you may not have experienced is

being approached by a kayaker — and having him identify himself as a game warden.

“Folks aren’t expecting See WARDENS, Page 16

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Quail counts up from last year

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SIDE BY SIDE: Some Texas game wardens are using kayaks, such as this one, as an alternate method to patrol lakes and rivers. Photo by Scott Krueger.

A familiar sound is slowly returning to the Texas landscape this summer, albeit in limited numbers.

Hunters and quail enthusiasts have reported hearing the call of the bobwhite quail more frequently this summer than the past few years, and some are beginning to see chicks trailing hens — a sight almost nonexistent last year.

“Folks all over are seeing birds paired up and hearing lots of birds,” said Robert Perez, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s quail leader. “In a bad year (like last year) you won’t hear or see that. By July 1, a lot of the nests will be hatched.”

Perez said an abundance of bugs and cover will help the birds this year.

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HUNTING

Other states working on CWD live test Texas' neighbors moving toward a solution

By Conor Harrison Lone Star Outdoor News

Chronic Wasting Disease has reared its head in El Paso and Hudspeth counties in far West Texas.

All CWD testing in Texas

to this point has been conducted on dead animals — either killed by hunters or by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department at CWD-suspected ranches.

Other states where CWD has been found, includ-

ing New Mexico and Colorado, are working to prefect live testing on deer and elk, especially in captive herds.

Texas officials have been hesitant thus far to endorse any live tests for

the disease.

According to Dr. Kerry Mower, wildlife disease specialist for the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, he has been performing live testing for CWD on deer for

the past 10 years. Mower said he takes a biopsy of tissue from the tonsil area of live deer, before testing for prions — infectious protein agents — that would See CWD, Page 7

Hot scouting Hunters can gain summer knowledge for fall

By John Keith

Lone Star Outdoor News Getting a jump-start on scouting in the summer months can be helpful in making educated decisions during hunting season, said San Antonio native John Martinez, on a lease located north of Medina in Bandera County.

“I’m hoping to see trends of when animals are showing up, if they’re showing up on specific days or times, times they eat, or just what all is out there,” he said.

July may seem like a strange time to start scouting for whitetail deer, but the well-prepared hunter can learn valuable information for fall — if he can bear the triple-digit heat.

Martinez said making sure he knows what caliber of animal is on the land will help him decide which deer to harvest in the fall.

“It’s nice to see what animals are visiting what area, and to pick or choose based on what I’m seeing on the cameras, whether to shoot a certain buck or doe, or anything else.”

He said studying trail-cam photos and comparing them with others on different areas of the lease can help him to know the difference in deer activity around the ranch, and if he needs to hunt in a different location.

Martinez said he is not afraid of the deer changing their habits too much in the coming months.

“I think when season comes around, as long as I’m careful not to spook them, most should be coming back.”

Breckenridge hunter Justin Read said he is going to be guiding on Rock Point Ranch for the first time this year, which adds

some urgency to knowing what animals are available for clients.

“We put lots of cameras up and they help, because you just can’t be there 24 hours a day,” Read said.

Read said there are a number of things a hunter can learn by scouting at this time of year.

“You can age the deer a little bit better and help see when they’re there, how many are there — you can see how many you can take off the place, and how many young deer you have,” he said.

Read said the colder months will work to split the deer from the groups they tend to be traveling in during the summer, but he believes most of the deer will continue to use the same trails.

Dr. Thomas Simpson, an associate professor of biology at Texas State University in San Marcos, said deer are focused on feeding this time of year, which can help determine where to scout.

“They’re hustling for food, and they’ll take advantage of paths to food,” he said. “But if we were to start getting summertime rain or late summer forbs start coming up — who knows how that could change them.”

Simpson said most areas have certain natural pathways deer instinctually deem safer or easier for travel, and these are the types of areas that can be better relied on than a path to a feeder.

However, trail cameras can still give a hunter a good idea of what to expect when he is in the stand, even with the size of the deer, Simpson said.

“By late summer you have a pretty good idea of what they’re going to look like.”

STRAP IT UP: Hunters are eager for dove season to start on Sept. 1 in the North and Central Zones. Early teal season will begin this year on Sept. 15. Photos by David J. Sams, LSON.

Dove, teal seasons set

By Conor Harrison Lone Star Outdoor News

SEEING POTENTIAL: Game cameras set up in the summer can give hunters a good idea of what to expect in the fall. Photo by Justin Read.

Texas bird hunting is closer then you think.

With a little more than six weeks to go before the opening of dove season, and two months before early teal season, hunters are expecting a good year afield.

According to Kevin Kraii, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s program leader for waterfowl, blue-winged teal will easily surpass the 4.7 million birds needed to trigger the 16-day early season.

“The numbers still aren’t finalized yet, but

I would venture to say they are the highest we’ve seen,” Kraii said.

“Conditions this year weren’t quite as good as last year but last year

was the best conditions we’ve ever seen. I expect the count will be around 9 million total.”

Kraii said Texas was sitting much better then

last year when it came to habitat conditions.

“The marshes, wetlands and reservoirs are in much better shape,” he said. “We have a really good response in the wetlands when you have a drought year followed by a wet year with wetland vegetation. There will be a lot of good stuff the ducks need.

“Things look really good.”

The teal season is slated to start nearly two weeks after dove season, which will begin in the North and Central Zones on Sept. 1.

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On American soil

By Conor Harrison

mouth disease. USFWS is primarily concerned with the legality of the huntEditor’s note: This is the secing in the country of origin ond part of a three-part story for violations of the Lacey on how to get a trophy from Act. Customs is looking for overseas into your trophy room. bombs.”

Many brokerage houses, You’ve taken a great trophy such as Fauna and Flora or in an exotic locale Coppersmith, can like Tajikistan, help the process Tanzania or Tibet. along, but also The animal has charge fees for their been skinned, salted service.

USFWS and packed for the charges a $93 fee to trip home. It has inspect trophies on now arrived on U.S. the CITES list, but soil, awaiting inspecthey do not charge tion and clearance for normal trophy from customs. inspection.

But what do An LSON team you have to do member recently to ensure your had animals trophy will be shipped from cleared?

There South Africa, and are several things PACKED AND READY: Getting your trophies through customs was dismayed to the hunter must and other assorted agencies can be a hassle and cost hunters find charges from money if they aren’t prepared going in. Photo by LSON. ensure to guarana local brokerage tee a smooth ride. company totaling of the relevant documents First, the hunter should from the shipper. We can more than $500 for things have all necessary per- do an inspection off of the like customs fees, airport mits from the U.S. Fish and e-mailed documents, but we transfer fees, USFWS fees and Wildlife Service. If the ani- still need to see the originals security fees. mal being imported is on the when you come to pick up If you live near an interCITES list, the hunter must the animals.” national airport that is also have applied for a special According to John Meehan, a port of entry, it will be import permit. Each hunter owner of Fauna and Flora cheaper not to use a brokerage will need a USFWS declara- Customhouse Brokerage house, but you better have all tion form, according to Kim Company, Inc. in New York, of your ducks in a row, or it Theurer at the DFW Airport several agencies come to their could cause headaches.

USFWS office.

“Many problems arise bonded warehouse to check The USFWS has a declara- trophies upon arrival from a that aren’t with the hunter,” tion form that hunters must foreign country.

Meehan said. “You can go fill out — this can be done “The first agency that you on an expensive trip with on their Web site, www.fws. want to clear is USFWS,” outfitters who don’t know gov. They also list a fact sheet Meehan said. “Then USDA what they are doing, and it about federal wildlife laws comes in and check all rumi- can cause real problems with that every hunter should read nants because of hoof and the Lacey Act.”

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before importing trophies.

“However you have your trophy shipped — by rail, air or ship — it first goes to a customs agent,” Theurer said. “We can do our inspection ahead of time with two business days notice. We ask the hunter to e-mail us all

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Summer fawn facts n For their first two weeks of life, fawns are bedded down 20-plus hours a day. The amount of time inactive declines as they age until it matches that of their mother. n Fawns begin sampling solid food at 2-3 weeks, increasing their intake exponentially, with solid food becoming especially important after 6 weeks. n They can walk shortly after birth, but wobbly.

They run pretty well at one week, and by 2-3 weeks a human cannot catch them if there is any type of cover.

n Mothers do not go more than a few hundred yards away from the fawn (estimate). n Males may leave their mom as early as 3-4 months. Doe fawns may be displaced at a year of age when their mom is giving birth to the next litter, but they often remain in the area and rejoin their mother when she allows. n Spots are lost when the fawn’s winter coat grows out. In South Texas, this is generally during October and completed during November.

Information provided by David Hewitt, Stuart Stedman Chair for White-tailed Deer Research at Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute.

Nominations sought for Capstick Award Nominations are being accepted through July 30 for a prestigious award that recognizes significant contributions to wildlife and habitat conservation, as well as sustained commitment to the heritage of hunting.

The Peter Hathaway Capstick Hunting Heritage Award is the top conservation and service award given by the Dallas Safari Club and Dallas Ecological Foundation.

“If you’re a hunter, you probably know someone who deserves special recognition for their efforts in conservation. There are thousands of sportsmen, women and organizations playing major roles in keeping America’s wildlife populations strong and habitats healthy. We’d like to hear their stories,” said Ben Carter, DSC executive director.

DSC will present the award during its annual convention and expo, Jan. 3-6, 2013, in Dallas.

— DSC

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indicate an animal has CWD. Along with New Mexico, Colorado has been developing a live test on elk by taking tissue samples from the rectal area, and Arizona has also used live testing on several Indian Reservations for the disease.

“The test is for the presence of abnormal prion proteins,” Mower said. “(In a test on dead deer) they take a biopsy of the brain and lymph nodes. We do that also because they are also in the tonsil area.”

Mower said his tests on live deer are fairly accurate, with one test in 15 or 20 coming back as a “no test.”

“That is when we don’t get sufficient amount of lymphoid follicle to make a good assessment,” Mower said. “But this test could be used on mule deer or white-tailed deer anywhere.”

However, Mower said several factors contribute to his testing not being an overall solution to CWD testing.

“The tonsil test,” he said, “is very expensive. The first cost is in catching and immobilizing a deer and the biopsy tool is very expensive. Also, their aren’t too many people out there that can administer the test. You have to have a certain level of expertise taking the biopsy before it can be viable. You also have to assess the weakness in the “no tests.”

“Another problem with all CWD testing (dead or live) occurs when you have an animal that does pick up the infective agent through oral or nasal means, there is a certain lag time between when the animals is infected and when the abnormal prions start showing up.

“This incubation period gives a little uncertainty.”

Mower said he has conducted tests on live deer for breeders in New Mexico, but the costs were worth it from a study perspective and for the deer owners. And New Mexico law currently does not allow deer to be imported into the state based on the live test.

TPWD does not believe the live deer test is ready to be brought to Texas.

According to Mitch Lockwood, TPWD’s big game leader, the test just isn’t accurate enough for use in Texas.

“There is no live test available,” Lockwood said. “We’ve looked at the tonsil biopsy and the rectal biopsy, but so far, they aren’t looking good. The deer in New Mexico exhibited a pretty high mortality rate. We are going to visit the New Mexico Fish and Game later this month to learn more about it, though.

“I’m not sure what high loss means when they talk about the number of deer lost while testing.”

Lockwood said he would welcome a viable test for live deer.

Texas deer breeders would also welcome a test that can be administered without having to kill their commodity if CWD was detected near their ranch.

“A live test would be great,” said Robert Williams, president of the Texas Deer Breeders Corp.

But Williams thinks all of the talk about CWD is much ado about nothing.

“Several deer breeders have had their deer killed and they haven’t found a spec of CWD,” he said. “I think it is purely a political disease. There are some diseases out there they should be much more concerned about, like bluetongue and EHD “I bet lightning kills more deer than CWD.”

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the other in Van Horn,” said Sean Gray, TPWD’s mule deer and pronghorn program leader. “It shouldn’t be more than 30 to 45 minutes for the hunter to travel.

We also plan to have other check stations throughout the Trans-Pecos, and those would be voluntary.”

CWD among cervids is a progressive, fatal disease caused by infectious protein agents that commonly results in altered behavior as a result of microscopic changes made to the brain of affected animals. An animal may carry the disease for years without outward indication, but in the latter stages, signs may include listlessness, lowering of the head, weight loss, repetitive

walking in set patterns, and a lack of responsiveness. CWD is not known to affect humans.

“Now that we have detected CWD in Texas, our primary objective is to contain this disease,” said Carter Smith, TPWD executive director. “Working collaboratively with experts in the field, we have developed protocols to address CWD and implementation is already under way.”

There is no vaccine or cure for CWD, but steps have been taken to minimize the risk of the disease spreading from beyond the area where it currently exists. For example, transporting wild or captive deer, elk, or other susceptible species will be restricted.

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Pheasants Forever adds Texas biologist Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever have announced the hiring of Jordan Menge as the organization’s newest Farm Bill wildlife biologist.

Located at the United States Department of Agriculture Service Center in Muleshoe, Menge will cover Randall, Deaf Smith, Bailey, Lamb, Swisher, Parmer and Castro counties.

Menge’s primary responsibility will be to work with area landowners, ranchers and farmers to implement wildlife habitat conservation measures aimed at increasing lesser prairie-chicken, pheasant, quail and other wildlife populations.

— Pheasants Forever

Bighorns dodge legislative bullet Bighorn sheep caught a break when Representative Mike Simpson of Idaho, chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and the Environment, withdrew his rider to the 2013 Interior Appropriations Bill.

The amendment would have blocked the Payette National Forest from implementing the third and final phase of its management plan to separate bighorn sheep from domestic sheep on 6,800 acres of public land through grazing reductions.

The Payette National Forest management plan was finalized in 2010 and the first phase, which banned domestic sheep from 54,000 acres, took effect this past year. The second wave of closures will have another 7,700 acres closed to grazing this year. In 2013, the final 6,800 acres will go off-line, totaling approximately 68,500 acres of closures.

Simpson proposed the new rider, which specifically mentioned the Payette National Forest and would have not allowed federal agencies to spend money to institute grazing reductions that would be implemented after July 1, 2011.

However, he decided to withdraw the amendment so that all interested parties can come to the table to discuss potential solutions.

— Staff report

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FISHING

Offshore fishing on the upswing Lower coast still feeling affects — other areas better

By John Keith

Lone Star Outdoor News Recent tropical storms which sat churning in the Gulf have some anglers reeling — in a bad way, that is.

“The storm came through and screwed up the current; the blue water disappeared,” said Port Isabel Capt. Todd Lohry.

“Right now we’re in a rut, waiting for the current to leave and get out of here,” he said.

Lohry said he will go deeper offshore to try and find better fishing, but most of the fish are scattered.

“The snapper fishing is real good — it’s not a problem catching them with anything you throw down there,” he said. “But the bluewater fish are nonexistent.”

Lohry said he is looking forward to shrimp season to start on July 15, because it will group up the fish MOSQUITO FLEET: July and August offer days for smaller crafts to get offshore. Photo by Erich Schlegel, for LSON. and give them a reason to stay in the area. month, and should keep on for the next Coroiescu said he could catch good fish “It’s just a weather issue right now, but couple of months,” he said. within 35 miles of shore last year, but this we’ll get through it,” he added.

Goodman has been trolling with both year even a 50-mile run doesn’t seem to be Up the coast, Gabe Goodman of Corpus lures and natural bait, and both are working producing big fish consistently.

Christi has been having better luck fishing right now.

“When you fish in closer you get sharks,” out of Port Aransas.

In Galveston, Cass Coroiescu of Conroe he said. “The farther, the better.”

“The fishing is pretty hot,” he said. “There has been looking farther offshore to find the Coroiescu said he regularly catches kings, are a lot of sails and blue marlin, with a great same quality of fishing as previous seasons. dorado, grouper and ling. However, he likes white marlin bite early.”

“We’ve been having to run farther to targeting big snapper during this time of the Goodman said he normally targets bill- catch the big snapper because of all the year, and will transition to blackfin tuna, fish, but has also been catching some good big seas,” he said. “It’s good fishing out of amberjack, and billfish within the next few wahoo and a few dorados.

Galveston — you just have to run far to get months.

“The smaller the structure, the bigger the “The bite has improved over the past the fish.”

Seeing is believing What colors do fish really see?

By Mark England

Lone Star Outdoor News Don’t play favorites when choosing colors for lures, according to scientists contacted by LSON. Fish don’t.

“Fish don’t have the capacity within their nervous system to form emotional attachments to certain colors,” said Dr. Keith Jones, research director at Pure Fishing, which owns Berkley and Abu Garcia. “Are some colors more significant? Colors within their visual spectrum fall into that. But do some colors automatically trigger a feeding frenzy? The answer seems to be no.”

That’s because fish don’t see things the way we do.

While many fish see color, Jones said, how much depends on their types of cone cells, the photosensitive receptor cells in the retina.

“Some catfish have one cone cell: red,” he said. “They can see differences in intensity, but there have to be two or more cone cells to see true color.”

Freshwater game fish such as largemouth bass, crappie and bluegill have two types of cone cells: red and green.

“They don’t have blue cone cells, so their ability to see blue or violet is diminished,” Jones said. “They’re limited mostly to the spectral range of red-orange and yellow-green.”

Striped bass, red drum and spotted seatrout have up to three types of cone cells, similar to humans. Their cone cells are dispersed, unlike ours, meaning they excel at seeing movement and contrast, not detail. Of the three species, striped bass respond far better to red wavelengths than red drum and spotted seatrout, according to researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.

Carp go them one better. They have four types of cone cells.

“The fourth one detects ultraviolet light,” Jones said. “They see things we don’t see. At this point, we don’t know what that is.”

Water depth and sediment can give a fish, no matter how many types of cone cells it has, a different view of a bait than what an angler sees.

Colors are quickly absorbed in the water column, said Greg Stunz, a marine biology professor at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. Red is the first to go (normally in the range of 30 feet in clear water). Cool colors such as blue hold on to their hue longer.

“Fish lose their ability to distinguish color the deeper you go in the water column,” Stunz said. “Everything turns to blue.”

When water gets muddy or heavy with sediment, however, red is often the only light spectrum available.

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snapper,” he said. “The bigger spots are lit up with fish, but they’re small snappers, and you can’t get the bait down past the little ones to get the big ones.”

Being willing to move and not being stubborn about wanting to fish one specific spot is one of the most important things, Coroiescu said.

“You can’t have the ‘I’m going to fish here today’ mentality, and that just be it,” he said. “Make moves to catch the fish.”

Capt. Todd Lohry, (956) 299-0444.

Trout hot and cold Upper coast bite better

By John Keith

Lone Star Outdoor News Call the fish crazy, but the trout bite has been “on” for many anglers along the upper coast — with anglers along the lower coast not having the same luck.

“They’re going nuts right now,” said Capt.

Adam Jaynes of Orange.

“They’re busting all over the surface, just going absolutely insane.”

Jaynes has been catching trout all the way from the Sabine River to the short rigs in the Gulf, but he says there are some specific tactics that are necessary for success — tactics other anglers have been curious about.

“It’s just one of those times of the year you can go almost anywhere,” he said. “It matters a whole lot what you’re throwing — we’ve had boats around us all day, coming onto us within casting distance.”

Jaynes said throwing plastics underneath a popping cork works well this time of year, and many of his bites are also being coaxed with a speckled trout pattern top-water crankbait. Watching the shad and ladyfish helps

NICE CATCH: Brittany Washburn of Orange caught this 7-pound trout on a lipless crankbait. Photo by Capt. Adam Jaynes.

locate the trout.

The patient angler is catching the fish right now, Jaynes said.

“Get in there and stay with them to get them to bite,” he said. “It gets going around 9, 10, 11 — the midday bite is incredible.”

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Fish deep in the heat

By Conor Harrison Lone Star Outdoor News

When the weather gets hot, bass head for deep water.

That is where Capt. Ray Hanselman has been fishing on Amistad International Reservoir this summer.

“In the main lake, the ledge stuff has been working in 40-50 feet,” he said. “It’s the usual summer pattern right now.”

Hanselman has been drop-shotting plastics and using weedless swimbaits to target deep-water bass.

However, even though a lot of bass are being caught down deep, don’t forget to target bass on the edge of grasslines in shallower water.

“The bluegill spawn is on right now and there are a lot of baby carp up shallow, so there are a decent number of fish in 15 feet or less around grass,” he said. “There is a decent top-water and grass frog bite early.”

Hanselman said the lake is 25-feet low, but is actually fishing better than it was last year when it was full.

“It doesn’t really call for a change of tactics,” Hanselman said. “It hasn’t hurt the fishing. In fact, the lake fishes better when it is lower. It makes better points and it isn’t near as rough.”

Hanselman said he and his clients are catching a lot of fish between 3 and 5 pounds.

Lake Ray Roberts guide Mark Howard has a simple solution to find bass in the summertime heat.

“The bass are absolutely set in their summertime patterns,” he said. “Early morning I’ll catch them in water 15- to 18-feet deep, but they’ll move deeper than that a little later.”

On lakes with a lot of boat docks, target the shade, according to Lake Livingston guide Simon Cosper.

“The boat-dock bite for bass has been good,” Cosper said. “We are flipping docks and having a lot of success. Use the heat to your advantage. That heat will concentrate fish in the shade or on deep HOT BASS: Largemouths are on typical lake points.” deep summer pattern right now. Photo Cosper said the fishing

by LSON. is actually tougher for him on overcast, cooler days.

“The water is 91 degrees on “On those kind of days the the surface,” he said. “When they go deep, go deeper with bait is so scattered,” he said.

“When it gets really hot, the them.”

As the bass head into bait goes deep or stays in the the deeper, cooler water, shade and stacks up. The slab Howard said he likes to fish bite works really well then.”

Along with a solid bass deeper humps, secondary points and anything with bite, Cosper said the white structure. Areas with creek bass and striper action was channels or a ditch close can also good on hot days.

“The fish are sitting on the also hold good fish.

“Big fish like access to a real thermacline,” he said. “The deep hole, real close, in the stripers are starting to consummer,” he said. “Eighteen gregate on the south end feet is shallow for me to fish of the lake and fishing deep humps and points is also in the summertime.”

Howard said most fish he working. Keep moving if you is catching are coming from aren’t catching fish.

“It’s brutal hot, but you around 28-feet deep on jigs in green pumpkin pattern have to love summertime in with a 5-inch trailing grub, Texas.” and he also has been catching fish on 10-inch blue fleck Ray Hanselman, (830) 317-9942 worms, with a 1/2-ounce to Mark Howard, (940) 367-9553 3/4-ounce weight.

Simon Cosper, (936) 355-2889

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TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT Good morning slabs LAKE TEXOMA — The stripers are biting, but you need to be at the boat ramp on time, said guide Scott Bridgess.

“They are certainly pretty active in the morning,” he said. “You want to be out there early, because they start shutting off about 10 or 11 a.m.”

White and chartreuse slabs have been reliable and soft plastic shad imitations have also been working.

Top-waters are not as dependable, but can be effective when the fish are chasing shad to the surface. Watching for egrets or herons

working over a spot on the lake can give you an idea of where to fish on top.

To contact Scott Bridgess, call (903) 6241315.

Crawdads and crappie TOLEDO BEND — The fish are cooling down, but the fishing is not, said lake guide Scott Covington.

“The bass are kind of hunkered down for summer,” he said. “But it’s really been pretty good.”

Most fish are coming between 18 and 28 feet off of main lake points and ridges, with Carolina-rigged soft plastic crawdads in cinnamon purple and watermelon gold patterns,

ALAN HENRY: Water lightly stained; 81–88 degrees; 6.98’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters early, midday switching to shaky heads, Texas rigs, jigs and drop-shot rigs.

bass are good on weightless Soft plastics around deeper docks.

Some fish being caught on dropshot rigs with soft plastics in bluegill. White bass are good on slabs.

degrees; 2.71’ low. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon soft plastics and white spinner baits.

Crappie are good on minnows over brush piles. Catfish are good on stinkbait and shrimp.

AMISTAD: Water clear; 83–87 degrees; 25.01’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, topwaters, swimbaits, soft plastics and Texas rigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on stinkbait and live perch. Yellow catfish are good on juglines baited with live perch.

BROWNWOOD: Water clear; 83–86 degrees; 11.34’ low. Largemouth bass to 4 pounds are excellent on redbug and watermelon top-waters, soft plastics, jigs and perch-colored crankbaits along shorelines in 4–6 feet.

White bass are good on lipless crankbaits under lights at night.

Crappie are excellent on white artificials and black/chartreuse tube jigs in 10–15 feet. Channel catfish to 3 pounds are good on cut bait over baited holes. Yellow catfish to 25 pounds are good on trotlines baited with perch in 5–15 feet.

COOPER: Water lightly stained; 83–89 degrees; 1.68’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on top-waters early. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass are good on slabs. Catfish are good on prepared bait and cut bait.

ARROWHEAD: Water off-color; 80–87 degrees; 9.01’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, Texas rigs and lipless crankbaits. White bass are good on slabs and Rooster Tails. Catfish are fair to good on prepared bait.

ATHENS: Water clear, 82–89 degrees; 1.97’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged soft plastic crawdads in green pumpkin or black neon. Shad color top-waters — early morning has been effective. The bite is fairly consistent throughout the day. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows.

BASTROP: Water stained; 86–89 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits and lipless crankbaits. Channel and blue catfish are good on shrimp, minnows and nightcrawlers.

BELTON: Water clear; 84–88 degrees; 0.54’ low. Largemouth bass are good on dark soft plastics in coves early and late.

BOB SANDLIN: Water lightly stained; 84–89 degrees; 3.09’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on medium crankbaits in 4–10 feet.

Deep water brush piles are best later in the day. Crappie are good on live minnows and jigs over brush piles and mid– to deep–water stickups. White bass are good on slabs. Catfish are fair to good on trotlines or juglines with scent and nightcrawlers.

BRAUNIG: Water clear.

Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits and dark soft plastic worms in reeds near the jetty.

Striped bass are good downrigging silver spoons near the jetty and dam. Redfish are good downrigging spoons near the jetty and dam. Channel and blue catfish are good on liver, shrimp, and cheesebait near the dam.

BRIDGEPORT: Water clear; 83–89 degrees; 6.35’ low. Largemouth

BUCHANAN: Water murky; 83–87 degrees; 23.37’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters and Texas-rigged watermelon soft plastics. Striped bass are good on minnows, lipless crankbaits and swim baits. Yellow and blue catfish are good on goldfish and perch upriver.

CALAVERAS: Water clear.

Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon soft plastic worms, spinner baits and lipless crankbaits over reed beds. Striped bass are good on chicken livers and shad along the shoreline. Redfish are good on live bait along the crappie wall.

CANYON LAKE: Water stained; 82–86 degrees; 5.15’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, lipless crankbaits and watermelon soft plastics along shorelines.

CEDAR CREEK: Water lightly stained; 84–89 degrees; 1.11’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on blue fleck soft plastics, shaky heads and shallow crankbaits around docks closer to main lake — crankbaits on deeper brush piles effective as well. Some fish being caught on artificial frogs in black near flooded willows. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid striper are good on live shad.

Crappie are good on minnows.

CHOKE CANYON: Water clear; 85–88 degrees; 13.53’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse spinner baits and crankbaits, and watermelon soft plastics.

CONROE: Water fairly clear; 84–88

FALCON: Water clear; 88–92 degrees; 35.49’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits off points. Crappie are good on live minnows over rock piles. Channel and blue catfish are very good on shrimp and cut bait.

FAYETTE: Water stained.

Largemouth bass are good on watermelon soft plastics, spinner baits, and crankbaits off points.

GRANGER: Water clear; 84–88 degrees; 0.54’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on black power worms upriver around shallow stumps. Crappie are good on chartreuse marabou jigs. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines baited with live perch.

GRAPEVINE: Water clear; 83–89 degrees; 2.13’ low. Largemouth bass are good on green pumpkin finesse worms Texas-rigged and on shaky heads. Top-waters and crankbaits along main lake points are good early (best bite is in 4–8 feet). Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers and cut shad.

GREENBELT: Water stained; 81–88 degrees; 37.65’ low. Largemouth bass are good on buzzbaits early, midday switching to Carolina rigs, drop-shot rigs and jigs. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs over brush piles.

HOUSTON COUNTY: Water clear; 87–91 degrees; 0.08’ low.

Largemouth bass to 8 pounds are good on black/blue soft plastic worms along banks in 10 feet.

Bream are good on live worms around grass beds. Blue catfish are good on juglines baited with perch.

HUBBARD CREEK: 79–88 degrees; 15.6’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on top-waters early and late, midday switching to Texas rigs, jigs, deep diving crankbaits and drop-shot rigs.

Crappie are fair to good on jigs and live minnows over brush

or green pumpkin on overcast days.

“The better fish are deeper, but there are some smaller fish shallow,” he said.

Crappie are doing well in the 20-foot depths, and are biting consistently on live minnows.

To contact Scott Covington, call (318) 315-3559.

Bit of a funk LAKE FORK — The fishing has not been as steady as usual, Lake Fork Lodge owner Kyle Jones said.

piles. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers and prepared bait.

JOE POOL: Water clear; 83–88 degrees; 0.66’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on green pumpkin Texas-rigged soft plastics and medium-running crankbaits in 8–10 feet. Early bite is sporadic.

White bass are good on slabs.

Catfish are fair to good on prepared baits.

LAKE O' THE PINES: Water lightly stained; 83–88 degrees; 3.61’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on green pumpkin Carolina-rigged soft plastics and medium-running crankbaits along main lake points.

Catfish are good on cut shad.

LAVON: Water lightly stained; 83–89 degrees; 1.88’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged worms — crankbaits are also productive around riprap.

Crappie are good on minnows and jigs around bridge columns.

LBJ: Water clear; 82–86 degrees; 0.43’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon soft plastic worms and lizards and on chartreuse lipless crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and blue tube jigs over brush piles. Channel catfish are good on liver and stinkbait. Yellow and blue catfish are good on trotlines baited with live perch.

LEWISVILLE: Water clear; 83–89 degrees; 1.39’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on finesse presentations in 10–15 feet along main lake points — key on larger rock along main lake points for best results. Larger isolated rock is best. Catfish are good on prepared bait.

LIVINGSTON: Water fairly clear; 84–88 degrees; 0.20’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits and lipless crankbaits. White bass are good on slabs, troll tubes, and pet spoons. Blue catfish are good on shad.

MARTIN CREEK: Water fairly clear; 83–87 degrees; 4.57’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on green pumpkin or black neon soft plastics in the flooded willows and watermelon jigs and worms in deeper water. Catfish are good on prepared bait and minnows.

O.H. IVIE: Water stained; 81–89 degrees; 41.55’ low. Largemouth bass are good on lipless crankbaits and buzzbaits early and late, midday switching to

“It’s been a funny summer so far, with the biggest problem being a lack of grass,” Jones said.

With the absence of cover and the effectiveness of electronics, Jones believes the bass are getting overpressured, and therefore are finicky.

“It’s been spotty,” Jones said. “The fishing has improved slightly but it’s still hit or miss, with the lake just fishing real small.”

Finding humps and points that are not as well-known or haven’t been hit as hard is important, he said. Deep-diving crankbaits, jigs and swimbaits have been fair in producing fish.

To contact Lake Fork Lodge, call (903) 473-7236.

— John Keith

Texas rigs, shaky heads, Carolina rigs and drop-shot rigs. Crappie are fair to good on live minnows.

White bass are good on slabs and Humdingers. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers and prepared bait.

OAK CREEK: Water stained; 80–87 degrees; 16.01’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on poppers early and late, midday switching to Carolina rigs, Texas rigs, jigs and spoons. Crappie are good on jigs and live minnows over brush piles. Catfish are good on chartreuse nightcrawlers.

PALESTINE: Water clear; 84–89 degrees; 0.30’ low. Largemouth bass are good on finesse jigs and Texas rigs in hematoma near shallow cover and docks — best bite is later in the day. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Hybrid striper are good on slabs, artificial and live shad. Catfish are good on prepared bait.

POSSUM KINGDOM: Water fairly clear; 80–87 degrees; 6.37’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on drop-shot rigs, spoons, shaky heads and Texas rigs with a decent early top-water bite.

Crappie are good on minnows and jigs over brush piles and around bridge columns. White bass are good on top-water early — midday on slabs and tail spinners.

Catfish are good on prepared bait and nightcrawlers.

PROCTOR: Water stained; 83–87 degrees; 1.42’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on small crankbaits and spinner baits. White bass are good on minnows and shad.

Channel and blue catfish are good on trotlines and juglines baited with live bait.

RAY HUBBARD: Water clear; 84–89 degrees; 0.64’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon soft plastics and football jigs along deeper brush piles.

Medium-diving crankbaits along riprap points are catching fish.

Crappie are good on minnows and Road Runners. White bass are good on humps in 17–23 feet with hybrids mixed in. Catfish are good on prepared baits.

RAY ROBERTS: Water clear; 83–87 degrees; 0.63’ low. Largemouth bass are good on 12” worms in Montezuma’s Revenge color fished near deep drop-offs in 20 –25 feet. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs on COE brush piles. White bass are excellent on

n See Saltwater fi shing reports: Page 18 clear artificials around schooling fish, with good success on slabs around humps and points in 28–32 feet after the schooling action is over. Catfish are good on punch bait over baited holes.

RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water clear; 83–89 degrees; 0.87’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on green pumpkin finesse worms on shaky heads around docks.

Carolina-rigged soft plastics and black/blue football jigs around deep brush piles have also been effective. White bass are good on slabs and live shad.

SAM RAYBURN: Water lightly stained; 83–87 degrees; 1.43’ low. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon spinner baits, crankbaits, and soft plastic worms. Crappie are good on minnows and pink tube jigs. Catfish are good on trotlines baited with live bait.

STILLHOUSE: Water murky; 83–87 degrees; 1.86’ low. Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse soft plastics and small crankbaits.

White bass are good on minnows and watermelon jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on stinkbait, chicken livers, and nightcrawlers.

TAWAKONI: Water stained; 84–88 degrees; 1.03’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on Texas-rigged black/blue soft plastics and hollow body frogs around vegetation.

White bass are good on slabs.

Striped bass and hybrid striper are good on 4” to 6” white or shad pattern artificial shad in the shallows early then suspending deep during the day — drifting live bait is also producing. Catfish are good in deep water drifting cut bait.

TRAVIS: Water stained; 85–89 degrees; 40.92’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on chartreuse soft plastic worms, white grubs, and small top-waters in 10–20 feet.

Channel and blue catfish are good on stinkbait and shrimp in 20–40 feet.

WHITNEY: Water stained; 84–87 degrees; 1.20’ low. Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse lipless crankbaits and soft plastics.

Catfish are good on shrimp and live minnows.

—TPWD

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Picky redfish Upper coast fishing hit-or-miss

By John Keith

Lone Star Outdoor News Anglers are reporting having to search around to find good redfish action.

Of course, even if you get a fish on the line and bring it up to the boat, you haven’t necessarily won.

League City angler Chris Wells was fishing in Dickinson Bayou recently when he hooked into a hard-fighting red and, after a brief struggle, managed to pull the fish alongside his kayak.

“Then the bait hit me in the chest, and there was a huge tail flap and a bath for me,” he said.

Besides the saltwater shower, Wells reported slow action until low tide. Then there are certain areas he likes to target as the water level drops.

“One thing I like is a falling tide better than a rising tide,” he said. “I want to key in on cuts and little tributaries in the marsh — fish stage there because they know that when the tide goes out, all the little shrimp and baitfish drain out.”

Wells’ best luck has been on plum-bodied plastic baits with chartreuse paddle tails, along with gold-plated spinner baits.

He said conditions this year have shown him better fishing than last summer.

“With the drought last year,

the saline condition of the water was so high, we didn’t have enough freshwater influx,” he said. “We’ve had a phenomenal start of this year — a good balance of rain and saltwater.”

Judd Barron of Beaumont also reported spotty success in the Sabine Lake area as he was out fishing with friends Jim and Cameron Boudreaux of Nederland.

Barron had been fishing the marshes around the lake heavily, but, with little to show for it, he ventured onto the main body of the lake to find better fishing, making his way to the boat channel. Once there, he still did not find much luck — until a storm rolled in.

“We were soaked, but the fishing was not good until the rain hit us,” he said.

Barron said even with the REDFISH IN THE HEAT: Marvin Murray shows off a five-spot red caught in Galvesbite turning on, getting the ton Bay. Photo by David Snell. reds to take the bait was still tive spots. heats up like it has, they’ll start tricky.

“All year up until May was moving out to the bays,” he “We were working our bait real slow because they were really good as far as redfish, said. “We covered two, three being finicky — too slow or then it kind of died off on us,” miles to get three reds — then we found some good, clear too fast wouldn’t get a bite,” he he said.

Calhoun said he looks for clear water after the wind had laid said. “It was 100 percent better water, bait movement or slicks, from the storm, and started in Sabine than in the marsh.”

Houston angler Jason and prefers to fish with either nailing the small reds.”

Calhoun said the reds he has Calhoun said the redfish bite white artificial shrimp or live has dropped off for him the shrimp. Fishing in the marsh been catching seem healthy, past couple of months in the can be tricky during the warmer but the weather needs to cooperate for him to start catching East Galveston Bay marsh, but summer months, he said.

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a largemouth bass could catch on.

“If there’s any sediment, the different color spectrums start disappearing rapidly,” Jones said. “As long as the bass sees any color at all, it’s going to be red.”

When it comes to color and fish, though, things often aren’t as they appear.

For example, that blood-red lure you’re sure mimics a dying baitfish — don’t be so sure.

“There’s no indication to suggest that fish look at red and associate it with blood,” Jones said. “That’s not to say that red on average can’t be an effective lure.

But there is no single, magical color that fish will always respond to. That’s why it’s wise to have different colors in your tackle box.”

If a fish has a favorite color, it’s the color of whatever it’s feeding on, Stunz said.

“Predator fish have what we call a search image of the prey species they’re hunting,” he said. “That could be a certain color in their image. In that case, color could make a difference. We call it ‘match the hatch.’ A redfish feeding on crabs has a different search image than one feeding on mullet.”

Color may help most in just ensuring a fish sees your lure, according to Dr. David McKee, a biology and mariculture professor at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

It can’t catch what it can’t see.

“I think you’re more likely to catch fish using two colors, say a white tail on a red swimming minnow, for instance,” he said. “Fish can see the change in color better.”

One scientist, though, thinks color is sometimes overrated.

“If you put a lure right in front of a bass’ nose and it makes a big splash, I don’t think it matters what color the lure is,” said Dr. Kevin Conway, assistant professor in Texas A&M’s Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Science.

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GAME WARDEN BLOTTER WARDENS NEVER REALLY ON VACATION While on vacation at a Corpus Christi beach, Freestone County Game Warden Craig Hernandez witnessed a group of people pull a man from a hotel’s pool.

The man’s face was purple and he was not breathing. Hernandez immediately began chest compressions while another female from the hotel began rescue breathing. After five minutes of CPR, the man began to breathe on his own for about 30 seconds and then stopped. Hernandez and the female began CPR again until the fire department arrived. The man was alive when he was taken by EMS. TOO MANY BIG FISH BUSTS GUIDE, FISHERMEN Grayson County Game Warden Dale Moses was patrolling Lake Texoma and checked an Oklahoma fishing guide fishing in Texas waters. When Moses asked the guide how his box of fish was looking, the guide replied, “I’ve got too many, not total, but big fish.” Lake Texoma’s bag limit only allows for two striped bass over 20 inches per fisherman. There were 16 stripers over 20 inches and only four fishermen. Cases and civil restitution pending.

ROAD HOG HUNTERS BAGGED Houston County Game Warden Eddie Lehr cited two subjects for criminal trespass and discharge of a firearm from a public road. The subjects had killed one hog and caught several small pigs. Cases pending.

SNAPPER VIOLATORS SNAGGED Multiple Nueces and San Patricio County game wardens encountered numerous violations that included undersized red snapper, possession of red snapper fillets, undersized trout, over the limit of red snapper and undersized gag grouper. Game Wardens Albert Flores, Lerrin Williams and Saul Aguilar boarded a vessel in the Port Aransas channel in which 24 red snapper were discovered that had already been filleted. Cases pending.

SHARK FALLS SHORT OF RECORD BUT BRINGS FINES Game Warden Nichole Spatz was contacted by a Corpus Christi police officer who had seen a headless and finless shark carcass on the beach (later identified as a scalloped hammerhead). Spatz went to Bob Hall Pier, a popular shark-fishing pier, and

interviewed many of the shark fishermen on hand.

The investigation produced a name, which led to photos and video on social media sites. It was discovered that the shark had been weighed, but had fallen short of the state record for a scalloped hammer-

EARLY MORNING KAYAK RESCUE Just after midnight, Garza/Lynn County Game Warden Drew Spencer received a call regarding three kayakers who had not returned to their shoreline campsite at Lake Alan Henry. During water safety patrols the previous day, wardens had seen the kayakers paddling into a cove on the lake. Spencer and Scurry County Game Warden Trey Kram responded and located the subjects, by boat and spotlight, on a remote shoreline of the lake at 3:30 a.m.

MOTORCYCLE LEAVES EVERYONE, INCLUDING PASSENGER, IN THE DUST Bandera County Game Wardens Mark McQueary and Jeff Carter responded to a call for assistance with a motorcycle pursuit in Bandera County that originated in Kerr County. The motorcyclist had been stopped for speeding by a DPS trooper in Kerr County. The driver of the “sport bike” stopped momentarily, then decided to leave his passenger with the trooper on the side of the road and headed south towards Bandera County. The motorcycle was clocked at speeds up to 150 mph on the winding roads in Bandera County. After pursuit by numerous law enforcement officials, the motorcycle was lost. Arrest warrants were issued for the driver.

head shark with a weight of 243.7 pounds. With the help of Bell County Game Warden Brandt Bernstein, the suspect who caught the shark was contacted and admitted to catching the shark and removing the head. The suspect said he had been feeling guilty and

RUNNING AWAY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN WISEST CHOICE Rockwall County Game Warden Clint Brown arrested a Collin County man for BWI. On the way to the marina with the suspect, his boat and his friends, the suspect took off his PFD and dove into the water.

Warden Brown called Dallas County Game Warden Martin Oviedo for assistance. The suspect got away, but Brown was still in possession of his boat, his ID and the keys to his truck. Brown had the boat and truck towed. The suspect already had warrants out for his arrest. Cases pending.

WARDENS IN RIGHT PLACE AT RIGHT TIME FOR RESCUE Dallas County Game Wardens Martin Oviedo and Jamie Sanchez were crossing Lake Ray Hubbard on I-30 when they noticed a man standing on the causeway waving a long pole. As the wardens were looking to see what he was doing, they noticed a sinking boat and people in the water. The wardens stopped and climbed over the concrete barrier, made their way to the edge of the water and retrieved seven people.

The boat had taken on water during a sudden severe storm. The boaters were transported back to the boat ramp parking lot.

was expecting a visit from game wardens and had thought about contacting them and turning himself in. The investigation also led to the identity of the individual who disposed of the carcass. Cases pending for waste of game fish and littering on a beach.

TOURNAMENT CHEATERS CHARGED At the Skeeter Owners Bass Tournament at Lake Fork, Wood County Game Wardens Derek Spitzer and Kurt Kelley, along with Rains County Game Warden Dewayne Noble, Van Zandt County Game Warden Steve Stapleton and Captain David Modgling worked the two-day event where more than 1,650 anglers entered. Five subjects were caught with illegal fish being brought to the weigh-in. Two of the fish had their tails altered or “cut” to make them under the slot of 16 inches; and the other fish, an 8-pounder, was caught on a crappie used as bait. All subjects wrote out and signed voluntary statements concerning their actions after being questioned by the wardens. Five charges were filed for fraud in a freshwater tournament — a third-degree felony.

CATFISH SNAGGER SNAGGED At about 10 p.m., Smith County Game Warden Chris Swift and Wood County Game Warden Derek Spitzer stopped a jonboat on Lake Palestine.

One of the passengers was wet and trying to hide something. Spitzer found a fishing rod with heavy line and a large treble hook. After a short interview, the operator and the wet subject admitted to snagging flathead catfish. The next day, Swift went to the subject’s house and con-

fiscated four bags of catfish fillets and three large catfish heads. Cases and civil restitution pending.

A SMELLY RETALIATION A criminal mischief complaint involving deer poaching was reported to Harris County Game Warden Kevin Malonson. After an altercation between two childhood friends, one of them decided to retaliate against the other by going out in the early morning hours to kill two white-tailed deer. The suspect then cut the deer carcasses open and placed one in the cab of his friend’s truck, while the other was placed on the front porch.

Around lunchtime, the deer were discovered. The vultures gave clues as to the carcasses being present.

Malonson tracked down the suspect and obtained a written confession.

POOR SHOOTING SAVES ONE CITATION, NOT OTHERS Concho County Game Warden Brad Clark was watching a group of hunters who had activated a deer depredation permit. While Clark was watching, a car drove down the highway between Clark and the hunters. The car then slowed down almost directly in front of Clark and fired a single shot and sped off. Clark attempted to catch the vehicle for several miles, but could never get close enough to activate his emergency lights. As the car entered town, Clark watched the vehicle turn off a highway and onto a side street. Clark found the vehicle parked at a residence with two adults and one small child passenger still inside. After a brief denial, the driver admitted to shooting at a road sign with his .357 pistol. A DPS trooper was soon on the scene and, after field sobriety tests, the driver was arrested for DWI with a child, unlawful carrying of a weapon and disorderly conduct. The driver avoided a criminal mischief charge — he missed the sign. Cases pending.

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Below are complete season dates for dove, teal and early Canada goose: Dove: North and Central Zones: Sept. 1– Oct. 28 and Dec. 22-Jan. 2.

South Zone: Sept. 21-Oct. 28 and Dec. 22-Jan. 22.

Daily bag limit: 15 mourning, white-winged or white-tipped doves in the aggregate, to include no more than two white-tipped doves.

Shooting hours: Thirty minutes before sunrise to sunset.

or white-tipped doves in the aggregate, to include no more than two white-tipped doves. During the Sept. 1-2, 8-9 open season, the 15-dove bag limit may include no more than four mourning doves.

Shooting hours: Sept. 1-2, 8-9, noon to sunset. Remainder of season, 30 minutes before sunrise to sunset.

Teal: Statewide: Sept. 15-30.

Daily bag limit: Four teal (blue-winged, green-winged, cinnamon) in the aggregate.

Shooting hours: Thirty minutes before sunrise to sunset.

Special White-winged Dove Area: Sept.

1-2, 8-9; Sept. 21-Oct. 28 and Dec. 22-Jan. 18.

Daily bag limit: 15 mourning, white-winged

Early Canada geese: Eastern Goose Zone: Sept. 15-30.

Daily bag limit: Three.

Shooting hours: Thirty minutes before sunrise to sunset.

Duck numbers at all-time high Species

2012

2011

% change from 2011

% change from LTA

Mallard

10.602

9.183

+15

+40

Gadwall

3.586

3.257

+10

+96

Wigeon

2.145

2.084

+3

-17

Green-winged

3.471

2.900

+20

+74

Blue-winged

9.242

8.948

+3

+94

Pintail

3.473

4.429

-22

-14

Shoveler

5.018

4.641

+8

+111

Redhead

1.270

1.356

-6

+89

Canvasback

0.760

0.692

+10

+33

Scaup

5.239

4.319

+21

+4

TOTAL DUCKS

48.575

45.554

+7

All numbers in millions. LTA is long-term overage.

+43 — USFWS

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Shrimp season to start July 15 As expected, the Gulf of Mexico commercial shrimp season for both state and federal waters will open 30 minutes after sunset Sunday, July 15.

The opening date is based on an evaluation of the biological, social and economic information to maximize the benefits to the industry and the public.

In making its determination, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Coastal Fisheries Division used the best available

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SWIMMING WITH THE BIG BOYS: Spearfisherman Richard Justice brings a trophy wahoo to the surface after spearing the fish near an offshore rig. Photo by Richard Justice.

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said. “When we are hunting big fish, the winter is the best. But you have to deal with the weather and the sharks. In summer they are there, but they aren’t as aggressive. If you see them, they won’t attack. It’s the ones you don’t see that will get you.

“I know a few people who have been bitten.”

One person who has had several close calls with aggressive sharks is Steven Harris.

Harris began spearfishing about four years ago.

“I finally figured out how to turn hunting and fishing into the same sport,” Harris said.

“A lot of people don’t understand how good we have it (in Texas). In places like California or Hawaii, they have been doing this for centuries, so spearfishing is tough. Here, there are so many species out there in the Gulf, we are usually limited out by 1 or 2 p.m.”

Harris said he has had run-ins with lots of big sharks.

“Last year, I missed the world record blackfin tuna (held by Love) by five pounds. When I shot the fish, I had more than 300 sharks swimming around,” he said. “The weather is more of a concern than the sharks.

“You have a spear gun, so you are a predator also.”

Startup spearfishing guns start at about $400, but could run into the thousands for heavy-duty offshore rigs. And participants don’t have to be accomplished scuba divers to have success.

“Free divers can still have a lot of success on clear days,” Love said. “On a good day, a free diver can out hunt a scuba diver.”

Harris and Love both see the sport taking off in Texas.

“Four years ago, nobody wanted to go,” Harris said. “It’s definitely blown-up now. If they leave the wells alone in the Gulf, there will always be plenty of fish.”

us, so it’s surprising to a lot of people — we’ve had some funny reactions,” said Gillespie County Game Warden Scott Krueger. “There will be a look of shock in their eye.”

With the use of a kayak, Krueger can not only keep a lower profile, but areas of a lake or river that are not as accessible can be more easily reached.

“It’s a very effective tool,” he said. “You can get into tight spots you don’t usually get to. You can also find deer camps you didn’t even know about.”

When patrolling from a kayak, Krueger said wardens still have on their normal uniform and cap, along with a life jacket that identifies them. The kayaks, however, are not marked.

Officers are using kayaks on Bernie Lake, the Llano River, the Guadalupe River and others, Krueger said.

“One time we came around a bend in the river

scientific information including samples collected by using trawls and bag seines in TPWD routine data collection.

The purpose of the closed Gulf season is to protect brown shrimp during their major period of emigration from the bays to the Gulf of Mexico until they reach a larger, more valuable size before harvest and to prevent waste caused by the discarding of smaller individuals.

Federal waters (from nine to 200 nautical miles offshore) will open at the same time that state waters will open. The National Marine Fisheries Service chose to adopt rules compatible with those adopted by Texas.

— Staff report

and a group of kids were drinking under a bridge — we pulled up to them, found out they were underage and had marijuana.”

If he had been in something other than a kayak, the kids would have hidden everything, Krueger said.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Capt. Alan Teague of Kerrville said the implementation of kayaks was to be able to access areas by water where traditional boats couldn’t go.

“The wardens are hitting areas of the river no one has ever seen, and they may find any number of things we wouldn’t have been able to before,” Teague said.

Teague said wardens generally only use kayaks on nonmotorized lakes or rivers, and there are at least a dozen counties in the Hill Country using them, in addition to some West Texas counties.

“You are more in a stealth mode because you aren’t easily recognized and are paddling with everyone else,” he said. “There’s

no noise given off, so you round the bend and there’s no telling what you’re going to come across.”

The absence of gas and oil costs is another major benefit, Teague said.

Guide Kevin Hutchinson of Bastrop has been checked by a kayaking game warden before while on the Llano River, and said it wasn’t hard for him to recognize the law enforcement officers.

“When fishing, kayakers will intentionally get out of your way, and these guys were making a beeline for us, so it was real obvious.”

Hutchinson said he is glad the wardens are out there patrolling, but is unsure if their goal is to be less noticeable or not.

“If they’re trying to be more stealthy or trying to blend in more,” he said, “then why they are wearing game warden polo shirts?

“The part of the river I was on, there was no other way to get there other than a kayak.”

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“We’re not catching a ton of redfish,” he said.

“They’ve just been kind of scarce this year. But we’ve been getting the trout every day, and they’ve been outstanding.”

Artificial shad has coaxed some bites, but drifting with live shrimp in the middle of the bay has most consistently been bringing success, Paradoski said. Wading the reefs has also been working. If there is a lot of bait on the surface in an area, top-waters can be thrown.

“The fish are staying in the middle of the bay, and have all year long,” he said.

To contact Capt. Charlie Paradoski, call (713) 725-2401.

BAFFIN BAY — The effects of the last fall’s red tide outbreak is still being felt by area anglers, said Corpus Christi guide Jon Fails.

“I’m seeing about 10 to 15 percent of the redfish I saw last year,” he said. “It’s been very tough — you can find clear water past Baffin, but in Baffin the visibility is about 12 inches.”

Fails said the weather conditions have been good, but there is no consistent food source for the fish in the bay right now, which has the fish moving out.

“The only advantage about it is if you put a shrimp out there, they’re going to hit it,” he said.

To contact Capt. Jon Fails, call (361) 949-0133.

Seatrout steady SABINE LAKE — The trout are hungry and biting well, area anglers are reporting.

Lipless crankbaits are doing very well on spots where the fish are chasing bait on the surface, but the trout are consistently hitting live shrimp across the board, and seems to be the most reliable. Soft plastic mullet, shad or shrimp, especially with chartreuse in the pattern, is also eliciting some bites.

Watching for birds working areas of open water can help find schools of feeding, and less picky, trout. If the schools of shad can be located, the trout are chasing them.

— John Keith

Trout out-biting reds MATAGORDA BAY — The trout action is overshadowing anything the redfish can provide right now, said guide Charlie Paradoski.

NORTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good under birds and pods of shad on soft plastics. Redfish are good in the marsh on small top-waters and swim baits.

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. Sheepshead are good on live shrimp tight to the rocks.

are good on live bait around the reefs. Trout are good at the wells.

EAST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are good for drifters working deep shell on limetreuse and plum plastics. Waders have taken good trout on top-waters on the south shoreline.

BOLIVAR: Trout are good on the south shoreline on artificials and soft plastics. Black drum, sand trout and redfish are good at Rollover Pass.

WEST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are fair for drifters on live bait over reefs. Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs. Offshore is good for ling, kingfish and red snapper.

TRINITY BAY: Trout are fair for drifters working pods of shad and mullet on scented plastics, and artificials. Redfish

TEXAS CITY: Trout are fair to good on April Fool’s Reef on live shrimp and croakers.

Trout are good in the channel

on croakers.

FREEPORT: Trout are good at San Luis Pass on shrimp and twitchbaits. Sand trout and sheepshead are good on live shrimp on the reefs in Christmas Bay. Offshore is good for red snapper, kingfish, ling and dorado.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are good for drifters on live shrimp over humps and scattered shell. Redfish are fair to good on the edge of the Intracoastal on crabs and mullet and in the middle of the bay on live shrimp.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are good on sand and grass humps on soft plastics and

top-waters. Redfish are good on top-waters and live shrimp in Oyster Lake and at Twin Islands.

PORT O'CONNOR: Trout and redfish are good on top-waters and live bait over sand, grass and shell in San Antonio Bay. Trout and redfish are fair for drifters working the back lakes with live shrimp. Trout are good in the surf when the wind allows.

ROCKPORT: Trout are fair to good in the guts and channels on free–lined shrimp.

Trout are fair over grass while drifting with live shrimp.

Redfish are good on the flats on shrimp and top-waters.

PORT ARANSAS: Trout, redfish and sheepshead are fair to good at the jetty on shrimp and croakers. Trout are good in the surf on top-waters and croakers. Offshore is good for kingfish and red snapper.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Trout are fair to good on the edge of the spoils on scented plastics and live shrimp. Redfish are good in the potholes on shrimp.

Trout are good on croakers in the sand holes.

BAFFIN BAY: Trout are good on top-waters around rocks and grass. Trout are good at night in the Land Cut on live shrimp. Redfish are fair to good at Yarborough Flats on top-waters.

PORT MANSFIELD: Trout are good on top-waters around sand and grass. Redfish are fair to good while drifting potholes and while anchored with natural baits at East Cut. Offshore is good for red snapper and kingfish.

SOUTH PADRE: Trout and redfish are fair to good on live bait in the shallows in South Bay and Mexiquita Flats. Trout, Spanish mackerel and sheepshead are good at the jetty.

PORT ISABEL: Trout and redfish are fair to good on the flats on live shrimp in Airport Cove and Laguna Vista. Trout are good on the deeper edges and flats on top-waters and live shrimp.

— TPWD

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age day and a very good day,” he said.

“The biggest fish we caught was at 10:30.”

Murray’s best luck has been fishing the slicks, using soft plastics with chartreuse paddle tails, and he has also been catching a few on croakers and live shrimp.

“Always look and determine which way the fish are moving,” he said.

“Ease up, but stay to the side of them with a trolling motor or drift sock and let the wind push them to you. If you cast farther and get the bait away from the boat, you improve opportunities on getting on the fish.”

Mason Thomas of Seabrook has had some luck recently fishing the middle of Galveston Bay over shell, and also around the Bolivar area.

“There is a good, aggressive bite right now — when we get hits, they’re solid,” he said. “They commit to the bite — there’s none of this finicky, soft bite.”

Thomas has been

MID-MORNING BITE: Randy Wheeler didn’t catch this 28-inch trout until 10:30 a.m.

Photo by Marvin Murray.

using croaker as well as pink soft plastics.

“I’ve been fairly successful,” he said.

“I’m steadily picking up 10 trout a trip.”

Down on the lower coast, anglers are still feeling the effects of tropical storm Debby, said Island Outfitters owner Skipper Ray of South Padre Island.

“We have been inundated with high water and high winds the last seven or 10 days,” he said.

“We were spanking them before that, on anyway you wanted to fish for them.”

Ray said anglers need the water dumped by Debby to fall before the trout will start going back

to normal. The bites Ray has managed to get are coming off 4-inch white plastic shrimp.

“Debby came through and scattered them everywhere,” he said.

“We’re catching a few, but not like we’re supposed to be doing this time of year.”

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NATIONAL LA man sentenced for gator hunting Gregory K. Dupont, 38, of Plaquemine, La., was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Baton Rouge, La., to serve six months in prison, to be followed by four months in a halfway house and two years of supervised release.

Dupont was also ordered to pay a $3,000 fine.

Dupont’s sentencing was the first ever felony conviction and prison sentence resulting from the illegal hunting of American alligators in violation of the Lacey Act, the Endangered Species Act and Louisiana law.

Dupont owned and operated Louisiana Hunters Inc., a hunting outfitting company, since 2001. His clients hired him to take them on alligator hunts in Louisiana, and they included out-of-state residents who were required to hunt with a licensed resident alligator hunter. On Feb.10, Dupont pleaded guilty to selling American alligators by providing outfitting and guiding services, knowing the alligators to have been taken illegally, on a hunt in September 2006.

According to court documents, Dupont, in violation of law, guided his clients to places in Louisiana, regardless of whether he had tags for the areas, where he hoped his clients would kill trophy-sized alligators so that they would pay him a trophy fee in addition to the guiding fees.

— Staff report

Beretta may open store, range on Vegas strip High-end Italian gun maker Beretta received approval from the Clark County Planning Commission to build a shooting range in The Shoppes at the Palazzo Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas strip.

According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, paperwork on file with Clark County show Beretta plans to build 25 shooting stations in

two live-fire rifle and pistol ranges and three virtual ranges, as well as gun sales.

“Customers will not be allowed to bring firearms or ammunition from outside the facility for use in the shooting range,” the company said.

The 19,256-square-foot, four-story retail and shooting complex is expected to open later this year.

Other neighboring casinos oppose the Planning Commission’s decision and plan to appeal.

— Staff report

Fish in White River stressed by low flows Due to low flows in the White River, Colorado Parks and Wildlife managers are requesting that anglers fish only during the cooler, early morning hours, or to look for alternative fishing locations that are not as significantly affected by the current climate conditions.

An official, voluntary closure like the one implemented on the Yampa River in Steamboat Springs last week is not currently planned for the White River. Wildlife managers hope to avoid an official closure by asking for voluntary cooperation from local anglers.

“The current situation is very stressful for fish,” said Bill de Vergie, Area Wildlife Manager in Meeker. “We ask the public to help us protect this fishery by honoring our request and avoid it during the hottest part of the day, or perhaps find a cooler, higher-altitude fishery.”

Wildlife officials have observed water temperatures approaching dangerous levels for cold-water fish in the White River during the early afternoon and evening. Although water temperatures dip into the 50s overnight, the high daytime temperatures are a source of concern. Under these stressful conditions, hooked fish may experience mortality even if released quickly back into the water.

It could take several years for an affected fishery to fully recover if a significant number

of fish die due to the drought-like conditions.

— Staff report

Mountain lion attacks CA man The California Department of Fish and Game has confirmed a mountain lion attacked a 63-year-old man who was camping northwest of Nevada City. The attack occurred in the early morning hours of July 1.

The man was traveling through Nevada County on a planned hiking trip and decided to stop for the night to sleep. He laid a sleeping bag out along a tributary to the Yuba River. Approximately 1 a.m., he was attacked in his sleeping bag for what he reported to be between 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. He said the animal attacked, bit and clawed him through his sleeping bag. He said it bit through the cap he was wearing and his clothes. The animal ceased the attack, looked at him from 15 feet away for another 15-30 seconds, then ran into the night. The man drove himself to a hospital in Grass Valley where he was treated for non-life threatening injuries and later released.

California has had 15 confirmed mountain lion attacks since 1890.

— CDFG

RMEF secures prime elk habitat in Idaho The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has completed two projects that permanently protect almost 2,000 acres of prime elk habitat in Idaho.

“We can all appreciate that this property is an important big game winter range for elk and other wildlife,” said Blake Henning, RMEF vice president of lands and conservation.

In the southeast part of the state near Soda Springs, RMEF transferred the remaining portion of a 1,657-acre tract of land to Idaho Fish

and Game after acquiring it from the Bingham family in 1991. The transaction adds an additional 907 acres to the now 3,349-acre Georgetown Summit Wildlife Management Area, which features rolling, grassy habitat critical for elk, mule deer and other wildlife, and is open for everyone to enjoy.

The project took more than two decades to complete.

“We are pleased to have worked again with Idaho Fish and Game to ensure protection of this important wildlife habitat,” Henning said.

— RMEF

Fish salvage underway on Platte River The Platte River from the Nebraska Highway 92 bridge at Clarks to its confluence with the Loup River below the U.S. Highway 81 bridge south of Columbus is experiencing a fish die-off due to low water flows and high water temperatures. Several species of fish have been found dead or dying.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will allow the harvest of stranded fish of all species in the designated area by any method, except electricity, explosives, poisons, chemicals, other fish toxicants, firearms, and seines or nets other than legal baitfish seines, dip, or landing nets through July 31.

Other legal methods of fishing include snagging, hand fishing, spearing and archery.

All daily bag limits will be maintained, but length limits will be rescinded for this area during this period. Salvaged fish cannot be sold or used for stocking purposes into either public or private water bodies.

The extended weather forecast calls for air temperatures in the mid- to upper 90s and limited chances of rain. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will monitor other stretches of the river for fish die-offs.

Anglers are having good success with rod and reel for channel catfish above and below the designated area of the Platte.

— Staff report

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HEROES Dana Huminsky, of Plano, took this mature male lion in the Kalahari, Northwest Territory in South Africa on May 2, with a 270 WSM.

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Tony Sum, of Harlingen, shot his first buck on Dec. 17, 2011. It was taken on La Oveja Ranch in El Sauz, Texas using a .243.

Javier Maldonado caught this nice wahoo 50 miles from the coast in 200feet of water.

Eighteen-year-old Kayleigh Wright of New Braunfels caught this nice red on a recent trip to the Lower Laguna Madre with her dad, Darby.

Joshua Childers caught this 8.17-pound hybrid in Lake Ray Hubbard on a chartreuse and white slab in June.

Ryan Elrod holds his nice amberjack caught 65 miles off Corpus Christi on the Fish and Fun II. The big fish was caught in 225-feet of water.

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Mr. Spotty Nearly 1,000 spots adorn angler’s catch

By John Keith

Lone Star Outdoor News You could say the red drum fishing was spot-on for this angler.

Henry Perdue, of Willis, was fishing with Bolivar Guide Service in East SPOTTY FISHING: Henry Perdue, of Willis, was surprised when he pulled in this Galveston Bay when he redfish that displayed almost 1,000 spots. Photo by Jim Harred. hooked into a fish that had him scratching his head.

“It’s very unique, very unusual,” West “We couldn’t figure it out,” Perdue said. “We could tell it was a bull said. “It’s mind-boggling.”

West has been guiding for 35 years fullred because it was in a big school of 500 to time, and had never seen another fish like it.

1,000 reds, but it just looked almost black.”

Perdue said his two previous casts had He said catching it was by pure chance.

“There were over 1,000 fish — just a big elicited bites, using a pearl white split-tail mullet with a green tail, but both fish had ball of reds,” he said. “It was just luck of the shaken off the hook before they got all the draw to catch that one.”

West said there is no way to say for sure way to the boat.

“I’d cast out, get a bite, and the hook how many spots are technically on the fish, because some seem to touch or be connected. would come off,” he said.

“Some of the spots almost look like a When Perdue saw the strange markings on the fish, he knew letting the fish off the hook chain-link fence at the top,” he said. “I counted over 470 spots on one side, and the before it got to the boat was not an option.

“The guide made it clear — we needed to other side is identical.”

According to Megan Robillard, researcher get it in,” he said.

The hook stayed set, and the 37-inch at the Harte Institute of Texas A&M-Corpus redfish was successfully landed, where every- Christi, there is no solid data on what would one on board the boat could see the hun- cause the increased spots.

“It’s probably just a neat thing of nature — dreds of spots that made the fish look black in the water. Perdue said it took a minute for a weird genetic mix,” she said. “Every once in a while you’ll catch one with four, five, or the uniqueness of the catch to set in.

“My first thought was to put it back and let it six spots — but to catch one with hundreds go, but everybody said I had to get it mounted — is very weird. I would say it’s very rare.”

Robillard said she sees redfish with a I knew I’d kick myself later if I didn’t,” he said.

Captain Jim West was guiding the trip, higher-than-average number of spots pop and was just as surprised as Perdue when the up every four to five years, but Perdue’s fish has the most spots she has ever seen. fish was brought up.

Cabela’s holds million dollar fish promotion Who ever thought catching a fish could make you a millionaire?

Cabela’s summer contest, Wanna’ Go Fishing For Millions?, ran from May 5 to July 8.

The nationwide promotion included the release of tagged fish across 19 states.

Six Texas lakes had tagged fish placed in them, including Lake Nasworthy, Canyon Lake, Eagle Mountain Lake, Lake Fork, Lake Travis, and Lake Ray Roberts, according to Emily Dietman, event

MIGHT BE A MILLION: Cabela’s pro-staffer Clark Wendlandt helped tag fish in Lake Travis for this year’s contest. Photo by Cabela’s.

and marketing manager for Cabela’s. A total of 67 tagged fish were released in the

Ceviche good anywhere

six Texas lakes, with 4,000 Texas anglers signing up for the competition, and seven of them catching tagged fish.

One of the tagged fish released in a national lake was worth $1 million, and if the angler had downloaded the Cabela’s Recon Fish app on their smartphone before the catch, the prize was doubled to a $2 million payout.

Species of fish released included largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, spotted bass, white bass, striped bass, perch, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, lake trout, walleye, crappie, wiper, bluegill and channel catfish.

— Staff report

fish, the vegetables and the lemon juice.

First, cut up several tomatoes. The size of the chunks is a personal decision. Next, do Imagine you are sitting on a deep-sea fishing the same to a red or sweet boat and have just drug a nice onion and several avacados. red snapper, mahi mahi, ling Finely cut cilantro to taste or red drum from the blue before adding the cubed waters. And you’re hungry. fish fillets.

A great summer meal on You can add a chopped the boat, dock or deck is jalapeno or Serrano pepper just a few steps away and if you want a little heat. requires minimal effort and Once the mixture is in a no cooking. bowl (or even on top of a Ceviche’s origins are cutting board if sitting on debated, but many historians the deck of a boat), squeeze believe it started in the coastal several lemons onto the regions of Western Europe or mixture, being careful to South or Central America. remove the seeds as they Ceviche is made by takare squeezed out. ing raw fish and “cooking” If you like sushi, you can them in citrus — lemon eat the mixture right then works best, but limes and and there, but Carlos recomeven oranges work, accordmends a two-hour wait for ing to Dallas seafood chef the fish to be fully cooked by Carlos Capistran.

COLORFUL FEAST: Bringing a few vegCarlos said the best cevietables onto an offshore boating trip can the acid in the citrus.

Grab a cold drink, a few pay dividends when you catch a fish. che is made from the fillets corn chips to dip and enjoy Just throw the mixture together, add of any commonly found a refreshing, cool meal. lemons and kick back for a few hours.

Texas white fish.

Photos by LSON. — Staff report His recipe is simple: the

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Sportsman's Expo bigger and better Hunters, anglers and outdoorsmen get ready.

The 22nd Annual Texas Hunters & Sportsman’s Expo is coming back to the new McAllen Convention Center July 20-22.

After record-setting attendance each of the past three years, this year’s show is once again expected to set attendance records.

“We have had solid crowds over the past 21 years and the show’s attendance continues to grow each year,” said show co-director Chris Curl. “This three-day weekend event is expected to draw several thousand hunting and fishing enthusiasts and visitors from both sides of the border.”

Exhibits for everyone, including women and children, and all types of retailers representing all price levels will be on hand for attendees to check out.

Want to go on a great hunt?

The Texas Hunters & Sportsman’s Expo is recognized as the highest-quality hunting and fishing show in South Texas, with outfitters from across the United States, Canada, Mexico and Africa booking hunts for whitetailed deer, big game, exotics, bear, moose, elk, mule deer, turkey, quail, dove and waterfowl.

Is fishing more your thing? Come and speak with trophy guides for bass and saltwater game fish. Also, a huge display of boats, motors, rods, reels, fishing lights, tackle and more are waiting for you this year.

Manufacturers and dealers will also be onhand offering special show prices on hunting blinds, ATVs, camouflage clothing, ranching equipment, tractors, hunting accessories, supplies and more.

“This is a show the whole family can enjoy,” said show co-director Justin Curl. “There is something here for everyone — wildlife art,

hand-crafted rustic furniture, barbecue pits, smoked meats, gourmet foods and jewelry are just a few of the exhibits and attractions.

Another crowd-pleasing favorite is the free samples of wild game barbecue and Pan de Campo that are handed out to visitors throughout the weekend.”

Other features include: •W orld-class whitetail taxidermy display by Los Cuernos Taxidermy • Trophy exotic exhibit by La Coma Ranch, Inc. •M cAllen Motorsports will be on hand with a large display •H ourly giveaways, including hunting trips, gear and more • CCA boat raffle Children under 12 get in free! Door prizes and giveaways could make anyone a winner.

“In a nutshell, this show is designed for the sportsman and his family by sportsmen who know what they want,” Curl said. “This is the type of show people can attend and leave with a feeling of satisfaction.

“It’s all under one roof … A sportsman’s paradise.”

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| | Sun Moon Tides Texas Coast Tides Sabine Pass, jetty Date July 13 July 14 July 15 July 16 July 17 July 18 July 19 July 20 July 21 July 22 July 23 July 24 July 25 July 26 July 27

Time 3:13 AM 3:35 AM 3:54 AM 4:12 AM 4:33 AM 4:55 AM 5:18 AM 5:42 AM 6:04 AM 6:24 AM 6:42 AM 6:56 AM 12:37 AM 1:26 AM 12:44 AM

Height 2.2H 2.3H 2.3H 2.3H 2.3H 2.3H 2.3H 2.3H 2.2H 2.2H 2.1H 2.1H 1.3L 1.8L 2.2H

Time 6:13 PM 6:47 PM 7:21 PM 7:54 PM 8:59 AM 9:05 AM 9:35 AM 10:14 AM 11:00 AM 11:50 AM 12:44 PM 1:41 PM 7:09 AM 7:20 AM 2:47 AM

Galveston Bay entrance, south jetty Date July 13 July 14 July 15 July 16 July 17 July 18 July 19 July 20 July 21 July 22 July 23 July 24 July 25 July 26 July 27

Time 4:00 AM 4:22 AM 4:41 AM 4:59 AM 5:20 AM 5:42 AM 6:05 AM 6:29 AM 6:51 AM 7:11 AM 7:29 AM 12:21 AM 1:03 AM 1:52 AM 1:31 AM

San Luis Pass Date July 13 July 14 July 15 July 16 July 17 July 18 July 19 July 20 July 21 July 22 July 23 July 24 July 25 July 26 July 27

Time 4:30 AM 4:52 AM 5:11 AM 5:29 AM 5:50 AM 6:12 AM 6:35 AM 6:59 AM 7:21 AM 12:02 AM 12:38 AM 1:17 AM 1:59 AM 12:09 AM 2:01 AM

Freeport Harbor Date July 13 July 14 July 15 July 16 July 17 July 18 July 19 July 20 July 21 July 22 July 23 July 24 July 25 July 26 July 27

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Date Time July 13 9:16 AM July 14 9:20 AM July 15 9:37 AM July 16 10:06 AM July 17 10:39 AM July 18 11:07 AM July 19 12:23 AM July 20 12:59 AM July 21 1:31 AM July 22 1:59 AM July 23 2:22 AM July 24 2:25 AM July 25 8:15 AM July 26 8:11 AM July 27 8:15 AM

Rockport

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South Padre Island Date July 13 July 14 July 15 July 16 July 17 July 18 July 19 July 20 July 21 July 22 July 23 July 24 July 25 July 26 July 27

Time 4:16 AM 4:43 AM 5:13 AM 5:41 AM 6:05 AM 6:24 AM 6:38 AM 6:49 AM 6:57 AM 7:01 AM 7:01 AM 12:34 AM 1:22 AM 2:20 AM 2:20 AM

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July 26

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Port Aransas, H. Caldwell Pier Date July 13 July 14 July 15 July 16 July 17 July 18 July 19 July 20 July 21 July 22 July 23 July 24 July 25 July 26 July 27

Legend: Major=2 hours. Minor=1 hour. Times centered on the major-minor window. F=Full Moon, N=New Moon, Q=Quarter > = Peak Activity. For other locations, subtract 1 minute per 12 miles east of a location, and add 1 minute per 12 miles west of a location.

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2012 Jul-Aug 13 Fri 14 Sat 15 Sun 16 Mon 17 Tue > 18 Wed N 19 Thu > 20 Fri > 21 Sat > 22 Sun 23 Mon 24 Tue 25 Wed 26 Thu Q 27 Fri 28 Sat 29 Sun 30 Mon 31 Tue 01 Wed >

A.M. Minor Major 1:27 7:39 2:09 8:21 2:52 9:05 3:37 9:49 4:23 10:35 5:10 11:23 5:59 ----6:50 12:38 7:41 1:29 8:34 2:22 9:27 3:15 10:21 4:09 11:16 5:03 ----- 5:57 12:37 6:51 1:31 7:46 2:25 8:40 3:18 9:33 4:12 10:26 5:05 11:19

Dallas

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San Antonio

2012 A.M. Jul-Aug Minor Major 13 Fri 1:40 7:52 14 Sat 2:22 8:34 15 Sun 3:05 9:17 16 Mon 3:49 10:02 17 Tue > 4:35 10:48 18 Wed N 5:23 11:35 19 Thu > 6:12 ----20 Fri > 7:02 12:50 21 Sat > 7:54 1:42 22 Sun 8:46 2:34 23 Mon 9:40 3:28 24 Tue 10:34 4:21 25 Wed 11:28 5:15 26 Thu Q ----- 6:09 27 Fri 12:49 7:04 28 Sat 1:43 7:58 29 Sun 2:37 8:52 30 Mon 3:31 9:46 31 Tue 4:25 10:39 01 Wed > 5:18 11:32

Amarillo

2012 A.M. Jul-Aug Minor 13 Fri 1:53 14 Sat 2:35 15 Sun 3:18 16 Mon 4:03 17 Tue > 4:49 18 Wed N 5:36 19 Thu > 6:25 20 Fri > 7:15 21 Sat > 8:07 22 Sun 9:00 23 Mon 9:53 24 Tue 10:47 25 Wed 11:42 26 Thu Q 12:13 27 Fri 1:03 28 Sat 1:57 29 Sun 2:50 30 Mon 3:44 31 Tue 4:38 01 Wed > 5:31

OUTDOOR PUZZLER | By Wilbur “Wib” Lundeen ACROSS 1. Name for trout that spawn upstream 4. A fish coloration 8. Shotgun model, over and _____ 10. Term for a group of pheasants 11. Used to wash out gundog’s eyes

12. Ova or roe 13. A good bait for brown trout 14. Something to consider when choosing lures 17. A lure that attracts game, fowl or fish 18. An art of the fly-fisherman 21. Sought after for the fur

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To adjust a scope A game hideaway Stream fishermen do this Term for a perch species A turkey call This might be in a hunter’s kit A boat that folds up for carrying Device on a fly, ____ guard A shell that fails to fire Bowhunting equipment A game pathway Color worn by hunters for safety The turkey’s feet Hunter’s quarry in the Rockies

DOWN 1. A species of deer 2. To make ready to shoot 3. The ____necked pheasant 4. Name for the large lake trout 5. Used for bait at times 6. A game resting place 7. Summer trout are found in _____ waters 9. A duty of the gundog 15. Shooting at random targets

Solution on Page 30 16. A two-legged support for shooting 17. Term for a whitetail’s tines 19. Teeth reveal this on some game 20. A bowhunter’s quarry in Florida 23. A very good walleye bait 26. To ready gun or bow for a shot 27. Excellent pheasant gun, _____ musket 28. A good thing to have in a tent 29. Hauls the catch into the boat 30. Name refers to the young wild turkey 31. Used for troll fishing 33. Old gobblers that stay to themselves 36. An action on the repeating shotgun 38. Term for a type of deer drive 41. A good grain lure for traps 42. A female bear 43. A fly lure, hares _____ 44. Said to be best lure color to attract fish

Major 8:05 8:47 9:31 10:15 11:01 11:48 ----1:04 1:55 2:48 3:41 4:35 5:29 6:23 7:17 8:12 9:06 9:59 10:52 11:45

P.M. Minor 1:51 2:33 3:17 4:02 4:48 5:35 6:24 7:13 8:05 8:57 9:51 10:46 11:42 12:11 1:06 2:01 2:55 3:48 4:41 5:33

Major 8:02 8:46 9:29 10:14 11:00 11:47 12:36 1:02 1:53 2:46 3:39 4:34 5:29 6:25 7:20 8:15 9:10 10:03 10:55 11:46

SUN Rises Sets 06:29 08:23 06:30 08:22 06:30 08:22 06:31 08:22 06:31 08:21 06:32 08:21 06:32 08:21 06:33 08:20 06:33 08:20 06:34 08:19 06:35 08:19 06:35 08:18 06:36 08:18 06:36 08:17 06:37 08:16 06:37 08:16 06:38 08:15 06:39 08:15 06:39 08:14 06:40 08:13

MOON Rises 2:04a 2:45a 3:30a 4:19a 5:12a 6:07a 7:04a 8:02a 9:00a 9:59a 10:59a 12:00p 1:03p 2:08p 3:13p 4:18p 5:19p 6:14p 7:05p 7:49p

P.M. Minor Major 1:56 8:08 2:39 8:51 3:23 9:35 4:07 10:20 4:53 11:06 5:40 11:53 6:29 12:41 7:19 1:07 8:10 1:58 9:03 2:51 9:57 3:45 10:52 4:39 11:48 5:34 12:16 6:30 1:11 7:26 2:06 8:21 3:00 9:15 3:54 10:09 4:46 11:01 5:38 11:52

SUN Rises Sets 06:27 08:35 06:28 08:35 06:29 08:35 06:29 08:34 06:30 08:34 06:30 08:33 06:31 08:33 06:32 08:32 06:32 08:32 06:33 08:31 06:34 08:31 06:34 08:30 06:35 08:29 06:36 08:29 06:36 08:28 06:37 08:27 06:38 08:27 06:38 08:26 06:39 08:25 06:40 08:24

MOON Rises Sets 2:04a 4:09p 2:44a 5:02p 3:29a 5:53p 4:18a 6:42p 5:10a 7:27p 6:06a 8:09p 7:04a 8:48p 8:04a 9:24p 9:04a 9:59p 10:04a 10:32p 11:05a 11:07p 12:08p 11:44p 1:13p NoMoon 2:19p 12:25a 3:26p 1:10a 4:31p 2:01a 5:31p 2:58a 6:27p 4:00a 7:16p 5:04a 7:59p 6:10a

P.M. Minor Major 2:03 8:15 2:46 8:58 3:30 9:42 4:14 10:27 5:00 11:13 5:47 12:00 6:36 12:48 7:26 1:14 8:17 2:05 9:10 2:58 10:04 3:52 10:59 4:46 11:55 5:41 12:23 6:37 1:18 7:33 2:13 8:28 3:07 9:22 4:01 10:16 4:53 11:08 5:45 11:59

SUN Rises Sets 06:42 08:35 06:43 08:34 06:43 08:34 06:44 08:34 06:44 08:33 06:45 08:33 06:45 08:32 06:46 08:32 06:47 08:32 06:47 08:31 06:48 08:31 06:48 08:30 06:49 08:30 06:49 08:29 06:50 08:28 06:51 08:28 06:51 08:27 06:52 08:26 06:52 08:26 06:53 08:25

MOON Rises 2:17a 2:59a 3:44a 4:33a 5:25a 6:20a 7:17a 8:15a 9:14a 10:12a 11:12a 12:13p 1:16p 2:21p 3:26p 4:30p 5:31p 6:27p 7:17p 8:02p

Sets 4:09p 5:01p 5:52p 6:41p 7:28p 8:11p 8:51p 9:28p 10:04p 10:40p 11:16p 11:55p NoMoon 12:37a 1:24a 2:16a 3:13a 4:15a 5:19a 6:23a

P.M. Minor 2:17 2:59 3:43 4:28 5:14 6:01 6:49 7:39 8:31 9:23 10:17 11:12 ----12:37 1:32 2:26 3:21 4:14 5:07 5:59

SUN Rises 06:42 06:43 06:44 06:44 06:45 06:45 06:46 06:47 06:48 06:48 06:49 06:50 06:50 06:51 06:52 06:53 06:53 06:54 06:55 06:56

MOON Rises 2:20a 3:00a 3:45a 4:33a 5:26a 6:23a 7:22a 8:22a 9:23a 10:25a 11:27a 12:32p 1:37p 2:45p 3:52p 4:57p 5:58p 6:53p 7:41p 8:24p

Sets 4:35p 5:28p 6:20p 7:08p 7:53p 8:35p 9:12p 9:47p 10:21p 10:53p 11:27p NoMoon 12:03a 12:42a 1:26a 2:17a 3:14a 4:15a 5:21a 6:27a

Major 8:28 9:11 9:55 10:40 11:26 12:13 1:02 1:27 2:19 3:11 4:05 5:00 5:55 6:50 7:46 8:41 9:36 10:29 11:21 -----

Sets 09:01 09:01 09:00 09:00 08:59 08:59 08:58 08:58 08:57 08:57 08:56 08:55 08:55 08:54 08:53 08:52 08:52 08:51 08:50 08:49

Sets 3:57p 4:49p 5:40p 6:29p 7:15p 7:58p 8:38p 9:16p 9:51p 10:27p 11:03p 11:42p NoMoon 12:24a 1:10a 2:02a 2:59a 4:01a 5:05a 6:10a

FOR THE TABLE Casserole a’la bluegill 4 cups bluegill fillets 1 stick butter 1 cup soft bread crumbs 3 tbsps. parsley, chopped 2 tsps. lemon juice 1 can cream of celery soup 2/3 cup milk 2 tsps. grated onion

1 tsp. dry mustard 1 tbsp. pimento, chopped 3 tbsps. Worcestershire sauce 1 green pepper, chopped 1 can creamed corn 1 1/2 cups crushed corn flakes 1 cup grated cheddar cheese salt and pepper to taste

Gently cook the fish in 3 tbsps. of butter. Add enough water to cover the fish and heat to a boil.

Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Drain water and set fish aside. In a large bowl, combine all of the ingredients except the corn flakes and cheese.

Mix well and fold in fish. Place into a buttered casserole dish and evenly top with corn flakes.

Sprinkle on the cheese. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Remove cover and bake for another 5 minutes.

— easyfishrecipes.com

Deer hunter’s surprise 1 1/2 lbs. venison, cubed 1 onion, chopped 1 green pepper, diced 1/2 lb. mushrooms 1/2 stick of butter 1 tsp. garlic salt Pepper Salt 1 package frozen Chinese vegetables 8 oz. can brown gravy 2 tsps. soy sauce Cooked rice

Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion, green pepper and mushrooms and simmer until soft. Add the venison, garlic salt and pepper to taste. Stir together.

Cover and simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Add the vegetables, gravy and soy sauce. Mix together.

Cover and simmer another 30 minutes, or until vegetables are tender.

Serve over rice.

— backwoodsbound.com

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expect a boom this year.

But we are building back.

The fires and drought created tough conditions from last year, but areas that lost cover are very weedy right now. That provides good brood cover but not good nest sites.

“But quail are resourceful and they will use standing prickly pear, shrubs and other things to build nests.”

Perez expects to see more birds than last year and hens “double clutching,” meaning they could nest several times.

“The hens will try to nest up to four times,” Perez said. “We could use a tropical depression that dumps some rain — that could prolong the nesting season.”

In the Rolling Plains, quail counts are also up, according to the Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch.

“I typically think of the 4th of July as a milestone when I should be seeing

quail broods,” according to Dale Rollins in the July RPQRR newsletter. “Many of you have jumped the gun this year though, with broods reported as early as late May. I’ve heard encouraging reports over the past two weeks from Fisher, Runnels, Somervell and Tom Green counties.

“Several quail watchers report broods of 15-plus chicks.”

Also, the ranch is averaging 3.2 birds per stop at their whistle count points — much better than last year but still well below previous years.

Last year, two areas of the state that had decent recruitment were the Gulf Coast and Coastal Prairie regions. Those regions seem to be primed for another good year.

“My fingers are still crossed about our degree of recovery, but I can positively say that the hatch at Encino is far superior to this time in 2011,” said Ronnie Howard of Quail

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Coalition. “I am seeing about three to four pairs for every covey I see. The coveys I am seeing are very early-hatched birds — probably late April through May — and are looking great. Twelve to 20 birds in a covey and these birds are plenty old to survive the summer. I am seeing probably two times the number of pairs I saw last year.”

Howard said even with a great year of recruitment, huntable numbers of birds will still remain low.

“If rains continue through July, we should get reproduction from at least half the pairs we are seeing and maybe more if the rains are good and continue into August,” he said. “If this best case scenario were to occur, we will not have a good or even an average number of birds this fall.

“We will still have a low population, but at least we are in position for recovery.”

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