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October 22, 2021
Volume 18, Issue 5
Impressive, heavy bucks Andree Tobias, 16, caught this blue catfish while fishing with guide Michael Houston on Lake Waco. Photo by Michael Houston.
Lakes still in transition By Nate Skinner
For Lone Star Outdoor News Freshwater fish are in a transition period between summer and fall patterns, and guides have been employing multiple strategies to keep their clients hooked up on catfish, crappie, white bass, stripers and largemouth bass across the state. Michael Houston said the blue catsfish are beginning to move from deep to shallow water as fall action emerges on Lake Waco. “A lot of catfish are starting to stage in 1-3 feet of water,” Houston said. “Fresh cut shad, carp and buffalo have been the best baits for targeting blues.” Houston has been catching blue cats up to about 26 pounds, but expects even larger fish to become easier to find as water temperatures cool. “A similar pattern for catfish is taking place on Richland Chambers,” Houston said. White bass also have been abundant on Lake Waco, according to Houston.
Jake Mort, J.T. Bowman and Wade Montgomery (left to right) harvested three big whitetails with their bows during opening weekend in Shackelford County. Photo from Lindy Hudman.
By Nate Skinner
For Lone Star Outdoor News The results of excellent range conditions and timely spring and summer rains are being experienced by hunters across the state. Both Managed Lands Deer Program and bow seasons are in full swing, and whitetail bucks sporting heavy body weights and impressive antlers are hitting the ground. South Texas is known for producing trophy monarchs, and
the 13-point, approximately 206 7/8-inch buck Clark Cadwallader harvested in La Salle County is proof. He was hunting on his family’s MLD ranch on opening weekend in pursuit of this particular deer, and on the second day of the season, the stars aligned for him to get an opportunity with his rifle. “We had known about this buck for the last three years, but we had only captured maybe a half dozen trail camera photos of him at a protein feeder over that
period of time,” Cadwallader explained. “He always showed up during the pre-season in a particular area of the ranch, not far from the neighboring property’s border. Each year, he would disappear, never to be seen again, once the season opened.” Cadwallader’s dad caught a glimpse of this buck late in the season last year, but didn’t take a shot at him because the buck had a broken main beam. “He has always been a typical 12 point, but this year his ant-
lers blew up even more, and he grew a drop tine,” Cadwallader said. “We had a few trail camera photos of him around a protein feeder he had seemed to be favoring, so I set out on opening weekend in hopes that he would show up. We felt like the early season was our best bet of encountering him in person, before he disappeared.” Cadwallader hunted both the morning and afternoon on opening day, but the deer didn’t show. The next morning, luck was on
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Reds grouping up near jetties Best baits change day to day By Robert Sloan
The Port O’Connor jetties have come to life with lots of reds, steady numbers of black drum and a fair number of speckled trout, and chumming helps stir the bite. “The jetties are tough to figure out, but when you can determine what the fish want to eat, it can be some of the best fishing you’ll ever experience,” said Dodd
Anglers have found chumming helps stir up the bite while fishing near jetties. Photo by Robert Sloan, for Lone Star Outdoor News.
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Coffey, a long-time guide along the Port O’Connor jetties. “During the second week of October, I had two older gentlemen out on my boat for a two-day charter. The first day started out pretty slow. I had both live shrimp and Spanish sardines for bait. We fished the first three hours and scratched out a couple of slot reds. But on the first day of that two-day charter I couldn’t get anything on a shrimp – alive or dead. But as the day progressed I started chumming with diced sardines, and that’s what they wanted. That’s when it all came together.”
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Doctor staples own hand during sheep hunt.
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Being prepared
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During a Wyoming bighorn hunt, Dr. Mark Wayne fell from his mule and cut his hand, requiring the physician to staple the cut. Photo from Dr. Mark Wayne.
Medical bag and supplies save bighorn hunt By Craig Nyhus
Lone Star Outdoor News For Dr. Mark Wayne, a Mansfield pediatrician, a Wyoming Rocky Mountain bighorn hunt was a unique experience. Fortunately, he carries his medical bag on his excursions, and what might have ended a hunt for most, was able to continue. Wayne has hunted all over the world, he’s hunted all 29 North American Big Game Animals, and won Dallas Safari Club’s Outstanding Hunting Achievement Award in 2020. He scheduled the trip for late September after a long hunting layoff due to travel restrictions. “With the whole COVID-19 thing, I was going crazy, and decided to apply for the Wyoming sheep tag,” Wayne said. “I had 21 preference points, so I figured I had a good shot to get drawn with everyone staying home.” He was drawn, scheduled the trip, and flew to Cody on Sept. 28 to hunt with Trails West Outfitters. “We were in Wyoming’s Area 5,” Wayne said. “Chris Scheer was my guide and he picked me up with the horses. We rode 1 1/2 hours to the trailhead and another 1 1/2 hours to camp.” After setting up camp, they went to scout for rams. “We spotted a ram with another younger ram and another group of four rams within the first 30 minutes,” Wayne said. “We also saw a grizzly bear and two cubs. There was no way to go after the ram that afternoon, so we headed back to camp.” The next morning, they returned to the same area and found the ram 1,000 feet lower down the mountain. “Chris left a guy there to watch the ram and we went around to other side,” Wayne said. “We got to the ridge next to the one the ram was on, but he was on the other side below the edge of the ridge, so we couldn’t see him.” On the ride back, things went awry. “The guide went right around a tree, but the pack mule behind him went left. My mule was next and went left, following the other mule, and there was a large branch I knew I couldn’t get under. Fortunately, my feet slid out of the stirrups and I fell off the back of the mule.” When he hit the ground, Wayne thought he had remained unscathed, until he looked at his left thumb. “I tore it pretty good,” he said. “We cut some strips out of a game bag to wrap it and stop the bleeding. I cleaned it up and taped it up when we got back to camp.” Later, Wayne thought the tape job would work, but it didn’t, and his thumb was still wide open. “I had a skin stapler in my bag, so I took some deep breaths and stapled the cut closed,” he said. “Chris turned white as a sheet and said, ‘I can’t watch this.’” The next morning, it was back to the hunt. “We found the ram after glassing for about 45 minutes on the same hillside,” Wayne said. “We followed the same plan as the day before, but this time the ram was right on the ridgeline. We were able to get within 300 yards from him and got set up.” Like many hunts, something keeps the hunter from being able to take the shot. “The first time the ram stood, there was a dead Please turn to page 6
When taking a deer, some landowners submit samples to test for chronic wasting disease, while others don’t want to risk the consequences of a positive test. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.
Analyzing the risks of a positive finding By Craig Nyhus
Lone Star Outdoor News Recently, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department sent a survey to holders of Managed Lands Deer Program permits seeking input on whether MLDP holders were willing to submit deer for testing for chronic wasting disease. In the most recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission meeting, the department was asked to evaluate using MLD holders to provide additional deer samples for testing. Since 2002, TPWD has been testing hunter harvested deer, road-killed deer, deer held in captivity by special
permit and samples from deer being live captured and moved within the state. TPWD has tested more than 220,000 deer in Texas and to date, approximately 260 have tested positive, a positive rate of 0.118 percent. During the same time period, estimates of the total number of white-tailed deer in Texas has increased from 4.4 million to 5.6 million. What happens in the unlikely event that one of your deer tests positive for CWD? According to a guideline produced by TPWD, “the chances of finding CWD on your ranch are very slim and additional surveillance efforts by TPWD this hunting season should not be cause for any alarm.” Plenty of MLDP ranch owners have
been willing to take the risk of testing, and according to TPWD, 27 percent of the deer tested have come from MLDP ranches. Some landowners, though, feel there is cause for alarm, potentially leaving them with added restrictions for a single positive test. Mark Greco owns a ranch in Maverick County, and said although he agreed to submit some deer for testing last year, he won’t be doing it again. “There’s no upside,” he said. “Where they have found it, there’s not a winner. The state doesn’t win, the deer don’t win, and certainly the landowner doesn’t win. I would be more prone to help if they offered a solution to the problem.” The TPWD guidelines set out that Please turn to page 19
“Y’all can go home – I’m going hunting” By Craig Nyhus
Lone Star Outdoor News Houstonian John Toomey is 93 years old, but wanted redemption when he booked his pronghorn hunt. The owner of two Toyota dealerships in Houston and San Antonio last hunted pronghorn when he was in his early 30s. “I couldn’t shoot very well, and I missed several times,” he said. “I finally got one, but the horns were small. I wanted to make up for it.” The night before his Trans-Pecos hunt, Toomey was having dinner at the Gage Hotel in Marathon when he “started having a spell of some kind,” he said. His son and daughter-in-law, thinking it was stroke-like symptoms, took him to the hospital in Alpine, where he was checked out. “They thought it was dehydration or something,” Toomey said. “They couldn’t find anything
wrong with me.” He was released, and his traveling companions suggested going back to Houston. “The fellow we hunted with was a paramedic,” Toomey said. “And I definitely wanted to hunt. I told my family, ‘Y’all can go home, but I’m going hunting.’ I’m kind of hard-headed.” The hunt the next morning was quick. “We left the camp house and drove for about a half hour,” Toomey said. “I can’t stalk anymore, and I use a cane when I walk. We came around a bend and there he was — he stood right there at about 50 yards, and I shot him.” He returned home to work on his new venture, a barbecue restaurant in downtown Houston called J bar M. “We have a real good pitmaster,” Toomey said. “And we’ll have lots of live music.”
At 93, John Toomey, of Houston, took this pronghorn in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas. Photo from Wildlife Systems, Inc.
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The third annual youth hunt in Port Mansfield is coming soon, and any youngster from 9 to 17 years of age can apply for what could be a one of a kind hunt. Eligible prospects will be allowed to harvest a white-tailed doe and buck that fit the regulations criteria, with a few additional changes to be implemented for the upcoming hunts. The goal is to reduce the deer herd by as many as 200, compared to a little more than 100 deer taken during each of the previous two hunts. To reach that number, organizers have added one more weekend hunt for the 2021-22 season. Although the deadline for the first hunts (Nov. 5-6 and Nov. 6-7) was Oct. 8, and the deadline for the second hunts (Nov. 19-20 and Nov. 20-21) is Oct. 22, youngsters can still apply. Kim Hodges, with the Texas Wildlife Association, said she will review late applicants after one or more selected hunters are unable to make a hunt for unexpected reasons. The youth hunts in Port Mansfield have become popular due to the hundreds of deer living within the boundaries of the Willacy County Navigation District. This has caught the attention of animal lovers who believe the deer have a right to live and continue to attract tourist. The district board of commissioners voted early this year to ban feeding deer because of health hazards but some residents are opposed and have posted signs against the order.
Other critics claim that the hunts aren’t inclusive of all local youths. Guidelines state that a qualifying youth, ages 9 to 17, has to meet certain criteria, which includes paying a $100 fee, plus $50 for an accompanying adult, and must have a hunter’s education certificate. Some community members feel the fee is too high for one hunter, let alone several coming from one family, and that aquiring certification in this part of the state is another challenge. There has not been a hunter’s education instructor available for kids in the last two years the hunts were held and the same goes for this season. In the last two years, local education instructors have not been available for kids to obtain their certificate, and the same goes for this year. Chris Mitchell, director of the Texas Youths Hunt Program, or TYHP, said parents can apply for financial assistance, and that the hunter’s education issue needs to be resolved. In the meantime, those interested can apply to any of the 12 hunts scheduled in Port Mansfield from November through January. In addition to the two aforementioned dates, additional hunts are scheduled for the following dates: Dec. 3-4 and Dec. 4-5 (deadline for both hunts is Nov. 5); Dec. 17-18 and Dec. 18-19 (deadline for both hunts is Nov. 19); and Jan. 7-8 and Jan. 8-9 (deadline for both hunts is Dec. 10). For more information go to TYHP.org or Texas-wildlife.org for the Willacy County or for the hundreds of other youths hunts statewide.
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tree between us and his vitals,” Wayne said. “We moved 50 yards up the hill and waited an hour and a half. Then, when he stood up there was a younger ram right behind him.” The ram laid back down and the younger ram wandered away, but then came back and laid right behind the old ram. “Finally, the ram stood up and took two steps,” Wayne said. “I made the shot and he fell a quarter of the way down the mountain.” Then the work began. “There’s a lot of enjoyment when you pull the trigger and make the shot,” Wayne Dr. Mark Wayne, a physician, used a skin stapler he said. “After that it’s all work — it was a good had in his medical bag to seal up a large cut on his hand after falling from his mule. Photo from climb to get to him.” Dr. Mark Wayne. And how is the thumb? “It’s pretty well healed,” he said. “I took the staples out Monday [Oct. 11]. It did mess up my ability to bowhunt when I got back, though.”
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Walter Matia to receive Lifetime Sportsman Award Lone Star Outdoor News Walter Matia, regarded by many as the greatest living sporting art sculptor, will receive the T. Boone Pickens Lifetime Sportsman Award at the 2022 Park Cities Quail Coalition Dinner & Auction. PCQC members recognize Matia, as he creates and donates a sculpture to the organization each year and attends each dinner. His works also grace the homes of numerous PCQC patrons. Matia has a setter named ‘Pip’ and enjoys West Texas quail hunts at every opportunity. Raised near a wooded park in a Cleveland suburb, his boyhood days were filled with “bird-watching, botanizing, log flipping, and collecting.” As an avid duck hunter, he has experienced “a lifetime of icy mornings, blistered feet, mosquitoes, torrid afternoons, chapped hands, wonderful dinners and the companionship of great and knowledgeable friends” all of which he translates into his art. Matia was educated at Williams College in Massachusetts, where he earned degrees in Biology and Art Design. Much of his early training was attained during a long apprenticeship in the Exhibits Department of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. After leaving the Cleveland Museum, Matia worked with the Nature Conservancy for 11 years, eventually as vice president in charge of land management. Matia began casting bronze sculptures in 1980, initially concentrating on bird life, and over the years working on sporting dogs and other mammals. In 1989, the Blair House Restoration Committee placed one of his fountains in the formal garden of the President of the United States’ Guest House. Among his larger-than-life-size commissions is the bull logo of the Merrill
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Quail numbers The Matador Wildlife Management Area quail forecast for the upcoming season still looks poor. Its roadside counts were only 0.93 birds per mile which compares in contrast to 1.95 birds per mile last year. “These numbers are 2 to 10 times better than numbers during the drought of 2011-2013,” the management area noted on Facebook. The fall covey call counts for the area have also been disappointing with only 1.77 coveys calling per point, which is down from 3.5 coveys per point last year. “With the average spring whistle count numbers Photo from Matador Wildlife this past spring, adequate and timely rainfall for Management Area most of the spring and summer, and cooler than normal temperatures in early and mid-summer we had anticipated better nest and brood rearing success than what has appeared to have panned out.”
Sculptor Walter Matia will receive the T. Boone Pickens Lifetime Sportsman Award at the Park Cities Quail Coalition dinner in March 2022. Photo from PCQC.
Lynch Corporation headquartered in New York City and the Spanish fighting bulls in front of NRG Stadium, home of the Houston Texans. Outdoor writer Tom Davis described Matia’s art: “When you study a Walter Matia sculpture, it dawns on you, perhaps not all at once but at some point, that you are in the presence of uncommon mastery. There is nothing accidental; everything is there for a reason…and so is everything that is not. Someone described Walter’s work as having a “labored intensity,” and I keep coming back to that.” Matia is a Fellow of the National Sculpture Society and has been awarded the Please turn to page 20
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Reds shallow, trout hanging deeper By Nate Skinner
For Lone Star Outdoor News Coastal anglers are anxiously waiting for water temperatures to drop, in hopes that it will put fish into a fall feeding frenzy. Schools of redfish are being found in passes and channels, as well as along shallow flats. Speckled trout have been hanging out in adjacent deeper areas. Capt. Chris Munoz, a Baffin Bay guide, said the fishing action has been picking up. “We’ve had some really high tides lately that have kept the reds and trout pretty scattered,” Munoz said. “The redfish have been feeding up shallow on the flats, and speckled trout have been hanging out over deeper grass bed edges, sand pockets and rocks.” While wade-fishing, most of the trout have been in water waist to chest deep. “When I’ve been fishing out of the boat and drifting, most of the fish have been over grass beds with sand pockets in 2-4 feet of water, all the way to the edges of deeper water where the depths reach 6-8 feet deep,” Munoz said. “I’ve been mostly concentrating on areas near the mouth of Baffin.” Soft plastics rigged under a popping cork have produced the best results. At Port Mansfield, Capt. Steve Ellis said there are hoards of redfish over shallow sand flats on the east side of the Lower Laguna Madre. “Knee- to thigh-deep water has been the best water depth to target, and any areas where a long sand flat transitions to the edge of a grass bed have been productive,” he said. “Top-waters, soft plastic jigs and gold spoons have all
been drawing strikes from reds of all sizes.” Mikael Lerma has been fishing the Lower Laguna Madre out of Port Mansfield and Arroyo City, and has been catching quite a few trout with some reds mixed in. “I’ve been starting out shallow early in the morning and working my way out deeper as the day wears on,” Lerma said. “Spoil islands have been pretty hot.” Lerma said the fish are feeding along the edges of the spoils early in the mornings and later stacking up in the guts. Top-waters and soft plastic paddle tails have produced best. Brad Skloss and his dad, Donald Skloss, found schools of redfish feeding around the Port Aransas jetties, where they reported the action was nonstop. “There were a ton of boats around the ends of both the north and south jetties, and it looked like a parking lot,” Skloss said. “We initially tried fishing some other spots along the beachfront, before deciding to join the crowd. As I used the trolling motor to get into position near the end of the north jetty, I noticed a huge school of fish on my sonar in about 35 feet of water. We quickly realized the anglers on one of the other boats near us were constantly hooking up on redfish, so we started dropping baits to get in on the action.” It didn’t matter what type of bait was used — as long as the bait made it to the bottom, it was going to catch a red. “We were using cut bait, and each time our baits made it down to the bottom, we would have a solid fish on
Mikael Lerma lands a speckled trout on a top-water lure while wading near the edge of a spoil island along the Lower Laguna Madre. Photo by Martin Carrasco.
Fairfield Lake to be sold By Craig Nyhus
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Fairfield Lake, billed as the largest private lake in Texas, is for sale. The lake was built in 1969 when the Texas Power and Light Company constructed a dam on Big Brown Creek that served Fairfield Lake, the largest private lake in Texas, is for sale, as a cooling res- along with acreage and a state park. Photo from Hortenervoir for the Big stine Ranch Company. Brown Power Plant. The lake became a popular fishery for largemouth bass, redfish and blue tilapia, which survived in the lake’s warm waters. The power plant was retired in 2018, but fishing remains good for largemouth bass, and ample white-tailed deer and other wildlife live on the remote and mostly untouched landscape. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department opened Fairfield Lake State Park on the property in 1976. The offering, listed by Hortenstine Ranch Company, consists of 5,025 acres, including the 2,400-acre reservoir and the 1,800acre state park. With 21 miles of elevated shoreline and a mature hardwood forest, the property also includes 825 acres on the lake’s north side which includes two private islands connected by a land bridge. The park property is leased to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Please turn to page 12
Located on the Texas-Louisiana border is Sabine Lake, a bay where many anglers along the Gulf Coast have never fished. This time of year, when the first cold fronts start moving through, reds and trout are all over the lake feeding on shad and shrimp. And they are easy to find — just follow the gulls. Paul Falgout has been fishing Sabine Lake for decades and said this is the finest time of year to be on this bay. “It’s easy fishing,” he said. “Just fill up your boat with gas and chase the birds all day long. The bird action is just beginning, and as the cold fronts move through and water temperatures begin to fall, lots of shad and shrimp will be leaving the bayous and entering the lake. That’s when the reds and trout will feed heavily on them.” Jerry Norris has been guid-
Gulls are showing the way to the speckled trout on Sabine Lake. Photo by Robert Sloan, for Lone Star Outdoor News.
ing here for more than 30 years, and said the bird action has been slowly increasing. “The only problem is that they are holding over trout in the 12- to 15-inch range,” he said. “It’s just a matter of time before the bigger trout will start holding under the birds. At times there will be huge
flocks of gulls hovering over shad and shrimp being pushed to the surface by hungry trout and reds.” Norris said the only things needed are a box full of soft plastic jigs and a pair of binoculars to scan the lake for birds. Once the birds are spotted, he’ll run to them and move in close Please turn to page 12
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Bass Champs champions Rick Scheen, of Austin, and Mike Harman, of Bastrop, anchored their two-day limit with the biggest bass, an 11.32-pounder, caught from Lake O.H. Ivie in the two-day Bass Champs Team Championship held Oct. 8-9, to finish with 10 bass weighing 49.77 pounds. For beating a record field of 300 other teams in the tournament, they took home a Skeeter boat with Yamaha motor, plus $950 for the big bass. The father-son team of Wendell Ramsey Sr., of San Angelo, and Wendell Ramsey Jr., of Pflugerville, finished second with 43.18 pounds, also winning a boat and motor. Shane Moore, of Argyle, and Bret Stafford, of Temple, finished third with 42.88 pounds, winning $8,500. —Staff report
Foraker wins big bass event Chad Foraker topped more than 1,200 other anglers at Lake Fork during the Berkley Big Bass Open on Oct. 16. The Kemp resident landed a 10.89-pound largemouth to win the event, winning a Skeeter boat and Yamaha SHO 200 motor. Henry Jones, of Hosston, Louisiana also won a boat and motor for the heaviest “under” on the slot-limit lake, with his 3.16-pounder. —Bass Champs
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Ben Christensen landed this 31.55-pound blue catfish on fly on the Perdenales River, a pending waterbody record. He caught the big cat on an olive creek damsel fly tied on a size 10 hook, with a 12-pound tippet and a 4WT fly rod. “I sight casted to the fish and watched it take the fly,” Christensen said. “Then fought it for 40 minutes.” —Inland Fisheries San Marcos/Austin District
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Lone Star Outdoor News Ben Tabor, guide and owner of Fatties on the Fly, based out of Granbury, said clients are catching largemouths on the Brazos and other surrounding rivers near Dallas and Fort Worth. But Tabor isn’t just a guide, he’s a fly fanatic. He started guiding hunting trips and the occasional fishing trip while in college at The University of Texas at San Antonio. After col- Ben Tabor started Fatties on the Fly as a more personalized fly sublege, a move and a series of scription box for anglers. Photo from Ben Tabor. corporate jobs, Tabor realized he didn’t have a passion for The initial business idea eventually climbing the corporate ladder. morphed into other offerings. For instance, He started a fly-fishing company where a wholesale business selling bulk flies to fly the primary focus was offering regional, shops and outfitters across the country and seasonal and species specific fly patterns, Fatties Guide Co., a guide service. hand-picked by Tabor and his staff, pack“I love taking people fishing and guiding aged and shipped to the consumer. The them,” Tabor said. “And guiding helped company was named Fatties on the Fly. validate our monthly fly selection.” The company name was inspired by The guide service was started in late handwritten letters left for Tabor’s wife, 2019, with just Tabor leading the helm. Gerrico, on his way out the door to go fishAfter the first season was a success, he ing on Saturday mornings. ramped up business and found some local “What started as a “Gone fishing” note guys who could guide. left on the floor outside the bedroom slowToday, Fatties Guide Co. focuses on flyly transitioned into “Gone chasing fatties,” fishing rivers like the Brazos and Paluxy in and eventually “Chasing fatties on the fly, North Texas. be back later,’” Tabor recalled. Tabor noted clients have been catching There were other subscription companies bass in 6 to 10 feet of water along the Brawith a similar concept, but Tabor sought to zos with top-water flies with a popper in make the subscription model better, more the morning. personal and more effective. Who wants to If lake fishing is your thing, Tabor sugget a box of flies that they can’t use due to gested looking for the “bird bombs” as region or species? most white bass and stripers have been “No matter where you live or what you feeding on the baitfish below the birds. are fishing for, we’ve got a box of handpicked flies that we can mail to you,” he said.
Gunters win Fall Bass Classic Seven Coves Bass Club hosted its 14th annual Fall Bass Classic charity tournament on Oct. 16 on Lake Conroe. Lake Conroe had been producing some big limits, but a cold front hampered the bite. The team of Randy and Clayton Gunter took the event with 19.33 pounds, topping 43 other teams. The father-son due also had the big bass, at 7.33 pounds, winning a total of $2,596. Mason Roach and Jason Griffin finished second with 18.40 pounds, winning $702, and Mark Goetzman and Collin Bode finished third with 17.81 pounds, winning $330. Hosted by Stow-A-Way Marina and Rv Park, the annual tournament benefited the Kids Unlimited Foundation. —Seven Coves Bass Club
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TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT ALAN HENRY: Water clear; 70 degrees; 1.96’ low. Largemouth bass are good on football jigs, top-water poppers and trolling with crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair on live bait, cut bait and stink bait. AMISTAD: Water clear; 75-77 degrees; 46.28’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Ned rigs, Texas rigged worms and craws. Catfish are fair on stink bait and cut bait. ATHENS: Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 0.15’ low. Largemouth bass are schooling and are fair on small swimbaits. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on live bait and earthworms. AUSTIN: Water clear; 81 degrees; 0.66’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on drop shots, football jigs, craws and crankbaits. Catfish are good on chicken livers and punch bait. B.A. STEINHAGEN: Water stained; 75 degrees; 0.79’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to slow on jigs, worms and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on cut and prepared baits. BASTROP: Water clear; 74 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair to good on football jigs, crankbaits and purple or black Carolina-rigged plastic worms. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on nightcrawlers and punch bait. BELTON: Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 1.13’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass are good when schooling on slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on chicken livers, live bait and cut bait. BENBROOK: Water lightly stained; 72 degrees; 6.78’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on jerk baits, shaky-head jigs, crankbaits and blue or purple Carolina-rigged worms. Crappie are excellent on minnows. Hybrid striped bass are fair on live bait and swimbaits. Catfish are good on chicken livers and cut bait. BOB SANDLIN: Water clear; 70 degrees; 1.35’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, shaky-head jigs and Texas-rigged plastic worms. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on chicken livers, punch bait and cut bait. BRAUNIG: Water stained; 84 degrees. Largemouth bass are slow. Red drum are good slow-trolling spoons and crankbaits and on tilapia and perch. Catfish are fair on cheese bait and earthworms. BROWNWOOD: Water lightly stained; 72 degrees; 0.56’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on perch crankbaits, brown or green Texas-rigged plastic worms and shaky-head jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass and hybrids are good on slabs, swimbaits and live bait. Catfish are good on chicken livers and live bait.
BUCHANAN: Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 2.43’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on blue, black, or purple Texas-rigged plastic worms, white swimbaits and whitebladed spinner baits. Striped bass are good on live bait and top-waters early in the day. Channel catfish are good on live bait, nightcrawlers and punch bait. Blue catfish are good on fresh cut bait and live bait. CADDO: Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 0.20’ high. Largemouth bass are good on jigs, buzzbaits and drop shots. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on live bait, nightcrawlers and punch bait. CALAVERAS: Water stained; 85 degrees. Largemouth bass are slow. Red drum are good on tilapia, perch and shrimp. Catfish are fair on cut bait and cheese bait. CANYON LAKE: Water lightly stained; 77 degrees; 3.02’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on red or green Texasrigged plastic worms and white spinner baits. Striped bass are good on live bait. White bass are good on chartreuse jigging spoons and silver slabs. Catfish are good on punch bait and live bait. CEDAR CREEK: Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 1.10’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass and hybrids are good on slabs and cut shad. Crappie are excellent on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut or live shad. CHOKE CANYON: Water lightly stained; 70 degrees; 17.04’ low. Crappie are good on minnows and white jigs. Largemouth bass are fair on jigs and flukes. Catfish are fair to good on cut bait and live bait. CONROE: Water stained; 84 degrees; 1.24’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on jigs and Texas-rigged creature baits. Crappie are slow. Hybrid striped bass are fair on heavy jigs and jigging spoons. Catfish are good on chicken livers and catfish bubblegum. COOPER: Water lightly stained; 70 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, black or red plastic worms and chatterbaits. White bass and hybrids are good on silver or white slabs and chartreuse swimbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on punch bait and chicken livers. CORPUS CHRISTI: Water lightly stained; 74 degrees; 1.81’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, spinner baits and worms. White bass are good on crankbaits and swimbaits by the dam. Catfish are good on shad in deeper water. EAGLE MOUNTAIN: Water
lightly stained; 72 degrees; 1.33’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on purple Texasrigged plastic worms and football jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs. Catfish are fair drifting with fresh shad. FALCON: Water stained; 81 degrees; 42.35’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, jigs and Texasrigged finesse worms. Catfish are good on live bait. FAYETTE: Water lightly stained; 75 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on shaky-head jigs, squarebilled crankbaits and purple or black drop shots. Catfish are good on earthworms, punch bait and cut bait. FORK: Water lightly stained; 77 degrees; 1.92’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on top-waters, chatterbaits and shaky-head worms. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on dough bait. GRANBURY: Water lightly stained; 70 degrees; 0.01’ low. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits, crankbaits and Texas rigs. White bass are good on slabs. Striped bass are fair on live shad and slabs. Crappies are good on small minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut shad. GRANGER: Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 0.11’ high. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon Carolinarigged plastic worms and pearl or chartreuse swimbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on jigging spoons and slabs. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers and cut bait. GRAPEVINE: Water lightly stained; 73 degrees; 1.11’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits, Texasrigged plastic worms and swimbaits. White bass are good on jigging spoons. Catfish are fair on chicken livers, live bait and earthworms. HUBBARD CREEK: Water clear; 74 degrees; 1.24’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged worms. White bass are excellent on Rooster tails. JOE POOL: Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 0.54’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Carolina rigs and red shad. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on chicken livers, punch bait and cut bait. LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water lightly stained; 78 degrees; 0.35’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on Carolina or Texas rigs and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on punch bait or cut bait. LAVON: Water lightly stained; 78 degrees; 3.72’
low. Largemouth bass are good on worms, creature baits and crankbaits. White bass are fair to slow on 1-ounce white slabs. LBJ: Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.67’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on plastic worms, football jigs and swimbaits. White bass are fair to good on live bait, swimbaits, and slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows and chartreuse jigs. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers, live bait and cut bait. LEWISVILLE: Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 1.21’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged plastic worms, drop shots, crankbaits and flutter spoons. White bass are good on jigging spoons. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on fresh-cut shad. LIVINGSTON: Water slightly stained; 72 degrees; 0.25’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on chartreuse or white spinner baits, silver and blue lipless crankbaits and topwaters. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid bass and stripers are slow. Blue catfish are fair on cut bait. MARTIN CREEK: Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 1.64’ low. Largemouth bass are good on red or purple Texas-rigged plastic worms, spinner baits and football jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait and punch bait. MEDINA: Water lightly stained; 70 degrees; 43.46’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, spinner baits, worms and jigs. White bass are fair on spoons. Catfish are fair on live bait, chicken livers and blood bait. MILLERS CREEK: Water stained; 72 degrees; 0.88’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on plastic worms, top-water frogs and weedless jigs. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair on live bait and blood bait. NACONICHE: Water stained; 77 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on as chatterbaits, Texas rigs and jerk baits. Catfish are slow. NASWORTHY: Water murky; 72 degrees; 1.11’ low. Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms, spinner baits and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs. Catfish are fair on live and prepared baits. NAVARRO MILLS: Water lightly stained; 68 degrees; 0.91’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on blue or purple plastic worms, swimbaits and shaky-head jigs. Crappie are good on jigs tipped with minnows. White bass are good on white slabs, chartreuse swimbaits and live bait. Catfish are fair on
chicken livers, punch bait and nightcrawlers. O.H. IVIE: Water clear; 70 degrees; 14.85’ low. Largemouth bass are good on swimbaits, jerk baits and topwaters. Crappie are fair on jigs. Catfish are good on stink bait, live bait and cut bait. OAK CREEK: Water lightly stained; 71 degrees; 4.76’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, Texasrigged worms and crankbaits. Crappie are good on live minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers, live bait and cut bait. PALESTINE: Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.56’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait and stink bait. POSSUM KINGDOM: Water lightly stained; 73 degrees; 0.53’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Striped bass are fair on pony head jigs and live shad. Catfish are fair on cut bait. PROCTOR: Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 0.99’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass and hybrid stripers are fair on slabs. Crappie are fair on jigs. RAY HUBBARD: Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 1.75’ low. White bass are good on 3-inch swimbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. RAY ROBERTS: Water lightly stained; 74 degrees; 0.67’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, spinner baits and jigs. White bass are good on top-waters, slabs and jigging spoons. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on chicken livers and cut bait. RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water lightly stained; 77 degrees; 1.38’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass and hybrids are slow. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait and punch bait. SAM RAYBURN: Water stained; 74 degrees; 2.32’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on top-water frogs, spinner baits and Carolina rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows. SOMERVILLE: Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 0.21’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on wacky rigs and crankbaits. White bass and hybrids are good on white/ chartreuse jigging spoons, slabs and live bait. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on punch bait, chicken livers and cut bait. STILLHOUSE HOLLOW: Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 0.75’ low. White bass are fair on slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Blue catfish are good on fresh-cut bait and live bait.
n Saltwater reports Page 20 TAWAKONI: Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 1.09’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and Texasrigged plastic worms. White bass are fair on swimbaits. Blue catfish are good on fresh cut bait and live bait. Channel catfish are good on punch bait and cut bait. TEXANA: Water stained; 74 degrees; 1.27’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and jigs. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on stink bait, cut bait and live bait. TEXOMA: Water lightly stained; 70 degrees; 2.08’ low. Striped bass are good on top-waters and 2-ounce slabs. TOLEDO BEND: 68-72 degrees; 4.09’ low. Largemouth bass are fair in deep water on crankbaits, plastic worms and drop shots. Crappie are fair on small minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on punch bait and fresh shad. TRAVIS: Water clear; 71 degrees; 18.22’ low. Largemouth bass are good on red, purple, or black Carolinarigged plastic worms. White bass are good on jigging spoons, slabs and live bait. Striped bass are fair on live bait. Catfish are fair on punch bait, chicken livers and live bait. TYLER: Water lightly stained; 78 degrees; 0.55’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on tubes and Carolina-rigged plastic worms. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait and punch bait. WACO: Water lightly stained; 77 degrees; 1.38’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters and plastic frogs, Carolina-rigged plastic worms and football jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on chicken livers, punch bait and cut bait. WHITNEY: Water lightly stained; 74 degrees; 1.58’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on plastic worms and crankbaits. Striped bass are fair on swimbaits and lipless crankbaits. WRIGHT PATMAN: Water lightly stained; 77 degrees; 3.83’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on drop shots, shad crankbaits and football jigs. White bass are fair on live bait and slabs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on punch bait and live bait. —TPWD
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GAME WARDEN BLOTTER AS LUCK WOULD HIVE IT A swarm of bees attacked a rancher utilizing an open top bulldozer to clear brush from his property when he inadvertently ran over their hive. Unable to be removed from his vehicle, a ranch hand covered him in blankets and called emergency services for assistance. Schleicher and Sutton County game wardens also responded. The volunteer fire department sprayed down the area to remove some of the bees. One of the responding wardens, an avid beekeeper in his spare time, donned his personal beekeeping suits and helped to remove the man from the dozer. Since the area was inaccessible to EMS vehicles, the wardens cleared their truck and transported the operator to EMS vehicles who were waiting to take him to the hospital. He recovered from his injuries. LOST ON THE RIVER Real and Uvalde County game wardens received a call about a 67-year-old man who had been separated from his family while tubing down the river. After interviewing the family and the outfitter, wardens determined that the man failed to exit at the designated area and continued downstream. One of the wardens drove to a nearby ranch where he launched a drone in an attempt to locate the man. At
POACHERS TAKE FIVE PRONGHORN Texas game wardens are requesting the public’s help to identify individuals responsible for killing five pronghorn between Sept. 24 and Sept. 26. The animals were discovered east of Adrian. The carcasses were dumped on private land with the skull and horns missing. “This is a considerably egregious crime, not just in the manner in which it was committed but also due to the significance of the animal that was harmed,” said Oldham County Game Warden Wesley Driskill, who is overseeing
the same time, the other warden spoke to the foreman of the ranch and requested assistance. The foreman spoke to a group of tubers who said they saw the individual. Based off their tips, the wardens located the individual and returned him to his family. SCHOOL HOUSING THREATENED TORTOISES A warden was contacted by a state biologist after an inquiry made by a local elementary school regarding rehabilitating Texas tortoises. The warden determined the school was keeping approximately 24
the investigation. Wardens encourage anyone with information about the individuals responsible to call the Operation Game Thief hotline. Relevant information may include anything out of the ordinary like strange gunshots, unfamilar vehicles in the area, headlights in a field on those nights or observing a truck with a bloody tailgate. Information leading to the arrest and conviction of the persons responsible will be eligible for a $1,000 reward.
tortoises inside a small atrium on school property. Unfortunately, the tortoises were a threatened species and unable to be possessed by any individual or entity. Several years earlier, school staff had acquired two tortoises. Over the following years, students brought more tortoises into the facility. The warden arrived at the school to collect the tortoises for department assisted relocation, and made use of the attention from students by turning the removal into an educational discussion of tortoises and their natural habitat. The tortoises were later released at a nearby ranch.
A BIRD-BRAINED IDEA Videos of a man jumping off a boat and harassing and capturing a Canada goose were sent to the Texas game wardens. Despite efforts to locate the boat and the individuals involved, wardens were unable to track them down. Two months later while conducting a water safety check on a different boat, the same wardens who initially received the videos noticed several of the occupants on the vessel wearing identical hats to those in the video. One of the wardens asked about the hats and if they knew the individual who had caught the goose in the
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Good season ahead for waterfowl hunters With millions of ducks in the Central Flyway and promising conditions in many parts of the state, TPWD biologists suggest these factors could indicate that a good waterfowl season is ahead for Texas hunters. “Duck production in prairie potholes of North Dakota, South Dakota, Saskatchewan, and Alberta were reported to be below average due to extensive drought this summer,” said Kevin Kraai, TPWD waterfowl program leader. “With that said, there are still millions of ducks in the Central Flyway and we are on the heels of multiple excellent breeding seasons for ducks Photo by Lone Star Outdoor News over the last few years.” “We are already hearing good reports of birds building in many flooded rice fields and coastal marshes along the Texas coast,” Kraai added. Coastal Texas conditions are looking better than average across much of the coast. Landowners and managers are currently busy pumping and managing water, and growing foods in the rice prairies. Ducks and geese will concentrate quickly on these locations and hunting success should be excellent in these areas. East Texas has seen above average rainfall most of the summer. Soil moisture is high and any new rainfall this winter will begin to pond quickly creating conditions important to duck populations. Reservoirs are higher than normal for this time of year and the shallow shorelines and river mouths will be a big draw to ducks. The playa wetlands of the Panhandle experienced a good amount of rainfall this summer. Unfortunately, some of the hottest and driest weather of the season was in late August and September. Temperatures exceeding 100 degrees, coupled with high winds, has caused a loss in surface water over the last few weeks. Canada geese will likely still be abundant in this area due to their newfound attraction to waters in urban areas. Hunters hunting grain fields closest to towns with multiple city lakes and ponds will have higher success. Habitat conditions in the Winchester Lakes region in Knox and Haskell counties are once again very good. This area had timely rain events and many of the natural wetlands are currently holding water. Early reports from Canada indicate the light goose and white-fronted goose hatch may be better than previous years. Light and dark goose season starts in the East Zone on Nov. 6 and Nov. 13 in the West Zone. The light geese conservation order season begins in the East Zone on Jan. 31, 2022 and on Feb. 14, 2022 in the West Zone. Regular duck season in the High Plains Mallard Management Unit opens Oct. 30, in the South Zone on Nov. 6 and the North Zone on Nov. 13. The special youth-only duck season occurs in the High Plains Mallard Management Unit Oct. 23 - 24, followed by youth-only duck season in the South Zone Oct. 30 – 31 and the North Zone Nov. 6 - 7. —TPWD
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Department and may be continued or canceled with sufficient notice to TPWD. The asking price for the property is $110,550,000, or $22,000 per acre. Hortenstine said Fairfield Lake is a once in a generation opportunity, and future development of the 150-acre and 30-acre islands is limited only by one’s imagination. “This property is a blank canvas offering massive development potential,” he said. “Ownership uses could range from a private ranch or hunting and fishing club to residential, commercial, leisure or resort development.” Fairfield Lake is located in Freestone County, just east of Interstate 45, in Texas’ Post Oak Savannah Region.
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with his trolling motor so as not to spook the fish. “Usually, the first boat on the birds will catch the heavier trout,” he said. “That’s when they will actually be feeding on the surface, providing a good top-water bite. A Heddon Super Spook Jr. or a MirrOLure She Dog will catch the heavier trout. Bone and chartreuse are good colors. But don’t give up when the feeding action slows down. Fish a 1/4-ounce jig on bottom and you’ll likely find some reds.” Falgout said using a pair of binoculars to find schools of reds is fun for all. At times, groups of reds will be pushing a wake on the surface as they roam around looking Speckled trout under birds have been biting on for pods of shrimp and shad. That’s when top-waters and plastics. Photo by Robert Sloan, for you’ll see just a few gulls moving while Lone Star Outdoor News. dipping and diving trying to pick shrimp off the surface. “Once I locate a school of reds it’s just a matter of getting out in from of them and dropping a big soft plastic jig on them,” Falgout said. “I’ll almost always be fishing a 3-inch Deadly Dudley tail rigged on a 1/4-ounce jig head. I like to use the shad tails a lot of the time. They have a lot of action and vibration when moving though the water. Since the water on Sabine is mostly a little tea colored, the best colors are pink/ yellow, silver/chartreuse and brown/chartreuse. There are times when you need to make long casts. That’s when you might want to rig up with a heavier jig head.” Norris said the action under the birds will be all over the lake. “Now some of the best fishing is on the upper end of the lake,” he said. “But as the water temps begin to fall the best action will be on the lower end of the lake between Blue Buck Point and the Causeway bridge.”
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Amy Grace landed this 28-inch redfish while fishing with Dillon Beck in the Laguna Madre outside of Corpus Christi.
Kody Knowlton, of Portland, caught this 44-inch bull red while wade-fishing the surf in Port Aransas. He was guided by Clint Howland.
Andrew Johnson, 16, of Colorado, came to Texas to visit family and ended up catching and releasing a great alligator gar. The family had been trying to catch the fish for months in their canal.
Madeline and Jon Pesek caught a sheepshead and red drum on a couple of cane poles and dead shrimp off a pier in Palacios.
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22 Fri 23 Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30 Sat 31 Sun 01 Mon 02 Tue 03 Wed 04 Thu 05 Fri
22 Fri 23 Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30 Sat 31 Sun 01 Mon 02 Tue 03 Wed 04 Thu 05 Fri
6:53 12:42 7:43 1:31 8:35 2:23 9:29 3:16 10:23 4:10 11:17 5:04 ----- 5:56 12:34 6:46 1:21 7:33 2:05 8:17 2:48 9:00 3:30 9:42 4:13 10:26 5:02 11:15 5:57 -----
7:15 8:06 8:59 9:53 10:48 11:42 12:09 12:59 1:45 2:29 3:12 3:54 4:39 5:29 6:26
1:04 1:54 2:47 3:41 4:35 5:29 6:21 7:11 7:58 8:41 9:24 10:06 10:51 11:42 12:40
07:26 07:27 07:28 07:28 07:29 07:30 07:31 07:31 07:32 07:33 07:34 07:34 07:35 07:36 07:37
06:43 06:42 06:41 06:40 06:39 06:39 06:38 06:37 06:36 06:35 06:34 06:33 06:33 06:32 06:31
8:07p 9:12a 8:44p 10:08a 9:25p 11:04a 10:11p 11:59a 11:01p 12:50p 11:56p 1:39p NoMoon 2:23p 12:53a 3:04p 1:54a 3:41p 2:55a 4:16p 3:57a 4:49p 5:00a 5:22p 6:05a 5:57p 7:13a 6:36p 8:25a 7:19p
6:59 12:48 7:48 1:37 8:40 2:28 9:34 3:22 10:29 4:16 11:22 5:10 ----- 6:02 12:39 6:52 1:27 7:39 2:11 8:23 2:54 9:06 3:35 9:48 4:19 10:32 5:08 11:21 6:02 -----
7:21 8:12 9:05 9:59 10:54 11:48 12:15 1:04 1:51 2:35 3:17 4:00 4:45 5:34 6:31
1:10 2:00 2:53 3:47 4:41 5:35 6:27 7:17 8:03 8:47 9:29 10:12 10:57 11:48 12:46
07:35 07:36 07:37 07:38 07:38 07:39 07:40 07:41 07:42 07:43 07:44 07:44 07:45 07:46 07:47
06:46 06:45 06:44 06:43 06:42 06:41 06:40 06:39 06:38 06:37 06:36 06:35 06:34 06:33 06:32
8:07p 9:23a 8:43p 10:21a 9:23p 11:18a 10:09p 12:13p 10:59p 1:05p 11:54p 1:53p NoMoon 2:37p 12:52a 3:16p 1:54a 3:52p 2:57a 4:25p 4:01a 4:56p 5:06a 5:28p 6:13a 6:01p 7:23a 6:37p 8:36a 7:19p
San Antonio
Amarillo
2021 A.M. P.M. SUN MOON Oct/Nov Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets
2021 A.M. P.M. SUN MOON Oct/Nov Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets
22 Fri 23 Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30 Sat 31 Sun 01 Mon 02 Tue 03 Wed 04 Thu 05 Fri
22 Fri 23 Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30 Sat 31 Sun 01 Mon 02 Tue 03 Wed 04 Thu 05 Fri
7:06 12:54 7:55 1:43 8:47 2:35 9:41 3:29 10:35 4:23 11:29 5:17 ----- 6:09 12:46 6:59 1:33 7:46 2:18 8:30 3:00 9:12 3:42 9:54 4:26 10:39 5:14 11:28 6:09 -----
7:28 8:18 9:11 10:06 11:01 11:54 12:21 1:11 1:58 2:42 3:24 4:06 4:51 5:41 6:38
1:17 2:07 2:59 3:53 4:48 5:42 6:34 7:23 8:10 8:54 9:36 10:19 11:04 11:55 12:53
07:38 07:39 07:40 07:40 07:41 07:42 07:42 07:43 07:44 07:45 07:45 07:46 07:47 07:48 07:49
06:56 06:55 06:54 06:53 06:52 06:52 06:51 06:50 06:49 06:48 06:47 06:46 06:46 06:45 06:44
8:21p 9:24a 8:58p 10:20a 9:39p 11:16a 10:25p 12:10p 11:16p 1:02p NoMoon 1:50p 12:10a 2:35p 1:08a 3:16 2:07a 3:53p 3:09a 4:28p 4:11a 5:02p 5:14a 5:35p 6:18a 6:10p 7:26a 6:49p 8:37a 7:33p
7:19 1:08 8:09 1:57 9:01 2:49 9:54 3:42 10:49 4:36 11:43 5:30 12:11 6:22 1:00 7:12 1:47 7:59 2:31 8:43 3:14 9:26 3:56 10:08 4:39 10:52 5:28 11:41 6:23 -----
7:41 8:32 9:25 10:19 11:14 ----12:35 1:25 2:11 2:55 3:38 4:20 5:05 5:55 6:52
1:30 2:20 3:13 4:07 5:01 5:55 6:47 7:37 8:24 9:07 9:50 10:32 11:17 12:08 13:06
07:58 07:59 08:00 08:01 08:02 08:03 08:03 08:04 08:05 08:06 08:07 08:08 08:09 08:10 08:11
07:03 07:02 07:01 07:00 06:59 06:58 06:56 06:55 06:54 06:53 06:52 06:51 06:50 06:49 06:48
8:23p 9:49a 8:58p 10:48a 9:37p 11:46a 10:22p 12:41p 11:12p 1:33p NoMoon 2:21p 12:08a 3:04p 1:07a 3:42p 2:10a 4:16p 3:15a 4:48p 4:20a 5:18p 5:27a 5:48p 6:36a 6:19p 7:47a 6:54p 9:03a 7:35p
Legend: Major=2 hours. Minor=1 hour. Times centered on the major-minor window. For other locations, subtract 1 minute per 12 miles east of a location, and add 1 minute per 12 miles west of a location.
Sabine Pass, north Date Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Nov 1 Nov 2 Nov 3 Nov 4 Nov 5
Time 3:51 AM 3:41 AM 12:10 AM 12:47 AM 1:50 PM 2:47 PM 12:43 AM 1:15 AM 1:35 AM 1:52 AM 2:06 AM 2:19 AM 2:33 AM 2:48 AM 3:05 AM
High Island Height 1.64H 1.64H 1.56L 1.65L 0.27L 0.32L 1.82H 1.83H 1.82H 1.79H 1.75H 1.71H 1.69H 1.69H 1.71H
Time 11:04 AM 11:39 AM 3:27 AM 3:15 AM 11:36 PM
Height 0.24L 0.19L 1.66H 1.69H 1.79H
3:51 PM 4:56 PM 5:58 PM 7:49 AM 7:56 AM 8:22 AM 8:55 AM 9:33 AM 10:15 AM
0.36L 0.40L 0.44L 1.19L 0.93L 0.60L 0.25L -0.07L -0.34L
Height 1.87H 1.85H 0.18L 0.21L
Time 11:37 PM
Height 1.46L
8:26 PM 9:49 PM
1.82H 1.79H
12:35 PM 1:48 PM 2:49 PM 3:47 PM 4:44 PM 5:42 PM
1.43H 1.59H 1.77H 1.94H 2.08H 2.14H
6:55 PM 7:48 PM 8:38 PM 9:27 PM 10:15 PM 11:02 PM
0.50L 0.61L 0.77L 0.96L 1.16L 1.36L
Time 11:15 AM 11:46 AM
Height 0.38L 0.29L
Time 7:09 PM 8:14 PM
Height 2.06H 2.06H
Galveston Bay entrance, north jetty Date Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Nov 1 Nov 2 Nov 3 Nov 4 Nov 5
Time 12:13 AM 1:04 AM 12:19 PM 12:56 PM 1:41 PM 2:33 PM 12:47 AM 1:26 AM 1:48 AM 2:05 AM 2:19 AM 2:31 AM 2:44 AM 2:59 AM 3:15 AM
Height 1.49L 1.63L 0.25L 0.26L 0.31L 0.37L 2.06H 2.04H 2.00H 1.94H 1.87H 1.81H 1.77H 1.75H 1.76H
Time 4:06 AM 4:05 AM 9:24 PM 10:27 PM 11:37 PM
Height 1.69H 1.71H 2.07H 2.07H 2.07H
3:31 PM 4:33 PM 5:44 PM 8:25 AM 8:25 AM 8:36 AM 9:01 AM 9:36 AM 10:17 AM
0.43L 0.51L 0.59L 1.39L 1.19L 0.91L 0.57L 0.23L -0.07
Height 1.48L 0.38L 0.36L 0.36L 0.38L 0.41L 0.46L 2.13H 2.09H 2.01H 1.90H 1.77H 1.63H 1.53H 1.49H
Time 3:06 AM 7:39 PM 8:39 PM 9:47 PM 10:56 PM 11:53 PM
Height 1.52H 2.10H 2.11H 2.12H 2.13H 2.14H
4:02 PM 5:18 PM 8:46 AM 8:24 AM 8:23 AM 8:38 AM 9:05 AM 9:40 AM
0.51L 0.58L 1.30L 1.16L 0.92L 0.62L 0.31L 0.04L
11:36 AM 1:36 PM 2:57 PM 4:07 PM 5:09 PM 6:08 PM
1.51H 1.62H 1.81H 2.02H 2.21H 2.34H
6:51 PM 7:48 PM 8:44 PM 9:52 PM 11:08 PM
0.69L 0.83L 1.01L 1.23L 1.44L
Time 10:31 AM
Height 0.44L
Time 6:45 PM
Height 2.08H
Time 12:49 AM 10:57 AM 11:27 AM 12:04 PM 12:49 PM 1:43 PM 2:48 PM 12:35 AM 1:06 AM 1:30 AM 1:50 AM 2:07 AM 2:21 AM 2:31 AM 2:33 AM
11:50 AM 1:19 PM 2:32 PM 3:39 PM 4:43 PM 5:48 PM
1.40H 1.58H 1.81H 2.05H 2.25H 2.41H
6:30 PM 7:40 PM 8:49 PM 10:02 PM 11:26 PM
0.68L 0.81L 0.98L 1.17L 1.37L
Port O’Connor Date Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Nov 1 Nov 2 Nov 3 Nov 4 Nov 5
Time 1:17 PM 1:17 AM 2:41 AM 3:26 AM 4:04 AM 4:36 AM 5:03 AM 5:25 AM 5:41 AM 5:47 AM 5:38 AM 4:50 AM 3:01 AM 11:36 AM 12:16 PM
Time 2:32 AM 3:43 AM 4:29 AM 5:12 AM 6:00 AM 7:00 AM 8:08 AM 9:09 AM 9:54 AM 9:47 AM 12:17 AM 12:54 AM 1:32 AM 2:10 AM 2:56 PM
San Luis Pass Date Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Nov 1 Nov 2 Nov 3 Nov 4 Nov 5
Time 1:12 AM 11:37 AM 12:14 PM 12:57 PM 12:16 AM 1:04 AM 1:46 AM 2:21 AM 2:44 AM 2:55 AM 2:54 AM 2:46 AM 2:42 AM 2:48 AM 2:59 AM
Height 0.23L 1.68H 1.72H 1.74H 1.73H 1.70H 1.68H 1.66H 1.63H 1.59H 1.54H 1.49H 0.92L 1.13L 1.33L
Height 1.32L 0.38L 0.36L 0.37L 1.60H 1.61H 1.60H 1.57H 1.52H 1.45H 1.36H 1.30H 1.27H 1.27H 1.30H
Time
Height
3:22 PM 3:51 PM 4:33 PM 5:40 PM 6:53 PM 7:55 PM 9:00 PM 10:07 PM 11:03 PM 1:16 PM 1:21 PM 6:15 AM 6:19 AM 6:20 AM
0.18L 0.21L 0.27L 0.35L 0.39L 0.41L 0.43L 0.47L 0.56L 0.99L 0.74L 1.45H 1.43H 1.43H
Time 3:42 AM 9:24 PM 11:13 PM
Height 1.37H 1.56H 1.58H
1:47 PM 2:44 PM 3:49 PM 5:01 PM 6:17 PM 9:00 AM 8:55 AM 9:02 AM 9:21 AM 9:49 AM 10:24 AM
0.40L 0.43L 0.46L 0.50L 0.54L 1.16L 1.01L 0.81L 0.56L 0.31L 0.10L
Time
5:11 6:24 1:35 1:55 2:22
PM PM PM PM PM
Height
Time
Height
1.23H 1.33H 0.47L 0.21L -0.01L
11:54 PM
0.72L
7:42 PM 8:54 PM 9:56 PM
1.46H 1.60H 1.70H
Time 11:07 AM
Height 0.43L
Time 7:54 PM
Height 1.54H
11:50 AM 1:34 PM 3:04 PM 4:21 PM 5:30 PM 6:37 PM
1.22H 1.27H 1.37H 1.48H 1.60H 1.68H
7:27 PM 8:29 PM 9:30 PM 10:36 PM 11:53 PM
0.61L 0.72L 0.87L 1.03L 1.19L
Date Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Nov 1 Nov 2 Nov 3 Nov 4 Nov 5
Time 12:51 PM 1:20 AM 2:59 AM 3:41 AM 4:16 AM 4:47 AM 5:12 AM 5:29 AM 5:31 AM 5:06 AM 3:55 AM 3:10 AM 2:56 AM 2:52 AM 12:11 PM
Height -0.03L 0.42H 0.43H 0.43H 0.42H 0.41H 0.40H 0.39H 0.36H 0.33H 0.30H 0.29H 0.31H 0.34H -0.06L
Time
Height
1:24 PM 2:00 PM 2:40 PM 3:34 PM 4:53 PM 6:17 PM 7:19 PM 8:08 PM 9:44 AM 9:44 AM 10:11 AM 10:47 AM 11:27 AM 11:02 PM
-0.03L -0.01L 0.02L 0.05L 0.07L 0.07L 0.07L 0.09L 0.28L 0.22L 0.15L 0.07L -0.01L 0.43H
Height 0.84L 0.01L -0.03L 1.06H 1.07H 1.08H 1.08H 1.05H 0.99H 0.89H 0.81H 0.79H 0.81H 0.86H 0.93H
Time 2:55 AM 11:06 PM
Height 0.87H 1.03H
12:37 PM 1:22 PM 2:12 PM 3:10 PM 4:27 PM 5:56 PM 8:29 AM 8:10 AM 8:19 AM 8:34 AM 9:02 AM 9:42 AM
-0.04L -0.03L 0.00L 0.05L 0.12L 0.18L 0.76L 0.64L 0.46L 0.25L 0.04L -0.14L
Height 0.47L 0.39L 0.34L 0.34L 0.35L 2.00H 1.99H 1.95H 1.86H 1.73H 1.59H 1.47H 1.40H 1.40H 0.10L
Time 7:25 PM 8:55 PM 10:29 PM 11:41 PM
Height 1.88H 1.91H 1.95H 1.98H
1:48 PM 2:50 PM 3:57 PM 5:08 PM 6:19 PM 7:57 AM 7:51 AM 8:09 AM 8:41 AM 6:10 PM
0.39L 0.44L 0.50L 0.59L 0.71L 1.25L 0.99L 0.68L 0.37L 2.08H
Time
Height
Time
Height
12:55 PM 2:54 PM 4:14 PM 5:27 PM 9:42 PM
0.30H 0.32H 0.34H 0.36H 0.39H
8:54 PM 9:42 PM 10:38 PM 11:46 PM
0.12L 0.18L 0.24L 0.32L
Time 10:45 AM
Height 0.07L
Time 10:06 PM
Height 0.99H
11:16 AM 12:40 PM 2:01 PM 3:21 PM 4:37 PM 6:04 PM
0.82H 0.86H 0.93H 1.01H 1.08H 1.13H
7:04 PM 8:01 PM 8:55 PM 9:52 PM 10:59 PM
0.26L 0.37L 0.52L 0.69L 0.86L
Port Aransas Height -0.08L 0.76H 0.79H 0.81H 0.81H 0.82H 0.82H 0.81H 0.77H 0.70H 0.59H 0.49H 0.47H -0.04L -0.17L
Time
Height
1:48 PM 2:21 PM 2:59 PM 3:47 PM 4:46 PM :49 PM 6:47 PM 7:41 PM 8:37 PM 9:41 PM 10:52 AM 11:05 AM 9:39 PM 10:59 PM
-0.10L -0.09L -0.07L -0.05L -0.04L -0.04L -0.02L 0.03L 0.12L 0.25L 0.31L 0.13L 0.76H 0.85H
Time 3:27 PM 4:28 PM 5:44 PM 7:01 PM 8:14 PM 9:20 PM 10:14 PM 10:59 PM 11:39 PM 11:49 AM 7:58 AM 6:53 AM 5:24 AM 5:07 AM
Height 0.17L 0.16L 0.18L 0.19L 0.20L 0.18L 0.15L 0.13L 0.13L 0.58L 0.51H 0.46H 0.49H 0.57H
Time
Height
5:57 PM 8:09 PM
0.50H 0.63H
Time
Height
Time
11:01 PM
Height
0.40L
Nueces Bay Date Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Nov 1 Nov 2 Nov 3 Nov 4 Nov 5
Time 2:59 PM 12:01 AM 4:30 AM 5:04 AM 5:32 AM 5:55 AM 6:06 AM 6:11 AM 6:16 AM 6:17 AM 6:14 AM 6:12 AM 12:54 AM 2:06 AM 3:16 AM
East Matagorda
Freeport Harbor Date Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Nov 1 Nov 2 Nov 3 Nov 4 Nov 5
Date Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Nov 1 Nov 2 Nov 3 Nov 4 Nov 5
Date Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Nov 1 Nov 2 Nov 3 Nov 4 Nov 5
Time 12:30 AM 11:18 AM 11:56 AM 12:01 AM 1:06 AM 2:12 AM 3:04 AM 3:44 AM 4:14 AM 2:46 AM 1:54 AM 1:16 AM 1:29 AM 1:44 AM 1:56 AM
South Padre Island Height 0.74H 0.79H 0.81H 0.79H 0.77H 0.74H 0.72H 0.70H 0.66H 0.59H 0.18L 0.28L 0.40L 0.54L -0.04L
3:10 PM 12:08 PM 12:44 PM 1:23 PM 2:06 PM
0.62H 0.47L 0.33L 0.18L 0.05L
Time
4:56 PM 7:39 PM 9:32 PM 11:19 PM
Height
0.59H 0.59H 0.63H 0.67H
Date Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Nov 1 Nov 2 Nov 3 Nov 4 Nov 5
Time 10:08 AM 10:40 AM 11:18 AM 12:01 PM 12:52 PM 12:37 AM 1:22 AM 1:55 AM 2:14 AM 2:14 AM 1:58 AM 1:43 AM 1:32 AM 1:22 AM 9:21 AM
Time
12:42 PM 2:16 PM 3:38 PM 4:54 PM
Height
Time
Height
1.49H 1.63H 1.80H 1.96H
7:27 PM 8:37 PM 9:53 PM
0.87L 1.06L 1.27L
Texas Coast Tides
Time 6:36 PM 7:26 PM 12:17 PM 1:00 PM
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Large bucks down Continued from page 1
his side. “I caught a glimpse of a hugeframed buck in the early morning light, so I got my gun up and out of the window of the blind,” he said. “I was watching the buck through the scope and was pretty sure it was the deer I was after, but wanted to get a little more light, just to make sure.” By the time Cadwallader had enough light to be sure that he had his target buck in his sights, the deer trotted off. “I immediately thought I had blown my chance at harvesting this deer,” Cadwallader said. “But then he showed back up a few minutes later.” When the shot opportunity finally presented itself, Cadwallader didn’t wait and harvested the once-in-a-lifetime buck. In Gonzales County, Brandon Skinner also harvested his personal best whitetail buck on the second day of the season. He was bow hunting on his family’s 20acre property in hopes of getting a shot at a mature 11-pointer he had been watching on his game cameras for the previous two seasons. “After seeing very little deer activity on opening day, I wasn’t too optimistic that I would see him during that trip,” Skinner said. “The next morning, I had a few deer show up early before shooting time, and after looking at them
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in my binoculars, I realized that one of them was the buck I was pursuing. I waited until legal light and then picked up my bow. He turned broadside, and I let an arrow fly.” Skinner’s buck taped out in the mid 140s, but even more impressive was the body mass. “He weighed 226 pounds on the hoof and had a layer of fat on him thicker than I’ve seen on any other deer that I’ve ever cleaned,” he explained. In Shackelford County, Jake Mort, J.T. Bowman and Wade Montgomery all harvested monster bucks with their bows on the same low fence property Montgomery manages on opening weekend. Collectively, the bucks accounted for approximately 582 inches of antler. Bowman and Montgomery both arrowed their bucks during an afternoon hunt on
opening day. Bowman’s buck scored 185 7/8 inches and Montgomery’s scored 198 4/8. Mort is a game warden in Shackelford County, so he was working on opening day and was unable to hunt. He was able to make it out during the evening of the next day, when he arrowed his 197 6/8-inch deer. “We just felt like our best opportunity at harvesting these behemoth deer was going to be during the early season while they were still patterning in particular areas on the ranch,” Mort said. “We got it done, and it really is unbelievable that three bucks of that caliber were shot on the same ranch, during the same weekend.” All three bucks weighed more than 200 pounds on the hoof, which Mort said is 20-30 pounds heavier than a mature, Shackelford County buck normally weighs.
Clark Cadwallader shows off the 206 7/8-inch whitetail buck he shot on opening weekend in La Salle County. Photo by Tanner Catalini.
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INDUSTRY MarineMax to buy Intrepid Powerboats
Positions at U.S. LawShield
MarineMax entered into an agreement, expected to close before Dec. 31, to acquire Intrepid Powerboats.
U.S. LawShield is hiring more than 75 sales positions, both fulland part-time, across the country.
Mafia Outdoors sold House of Outdoors acquired Mafia Outdoors, including its subbrands; including tackle storage solutions brand, Bass Mafia.
Chanda to lead RBFF The Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation named Dave Chanda as the organization’s president and chief executive officer.
Russell named brand manager BPI Outdoors/Bergara Rifles promoted Dakota Russell to brand manager for the Bergara division.
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Colorado job at MDF The Mule Deer Foundation is looking for candidates for its regional director position in the state of Colorado.
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Daniels to be honored Marty and Cindy Daniel, of Daniel Defense, will be honored at the Charlie Daniels Patriot Awards Dinner at Nashville, Tennessee’s City Winery.
DOWN 2) An exotic hunted in South Texas 3) Field dressing the deer 4) Fruit of the oaks 6) Imitating the sound of battling bucks 8) A sound made by does 9) Cousin of the redfish, used for bait 11) A favorite deer food 12) Smallest hawk in U.S. (two words) 13) A bass boat brand 15) One of the teal 17) Fishing area on TX/LA border 20) A food plot grain 22) Lake near Abilene 23) A tuna species 25) A dove-hunting destination 28) Command for dog to hand over the bird 31) An African game species 32) Brownwood’s county 33) The horizontal bow 35) A bunch of frogs 36) Texas’ state food dish 38) Shot size used in duck hunting 41) A salmon species
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Marinated duck breast with Creole peach pepper jelly 1 tsp. butter 1 cup onion, diced 1 small jalapeño, minced 1 tsp. ginger, minced 1 tsp. garlic, minced 1 tsp. Tony’s No Salt Seasoning Blend 3 ripe peaches, peeled and chopped with juices 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar 1/4 cup pepper jelly 4 duck breasts, skin on 1 cup Tony’s 30-Minute Wild Game Marinade Creole peach pepper jelly: In a small stainless steel saucepan, melt the butter and add the onion, jalapeño, ginger and garlic and sweat over medium-low heat for about 5 minutes. Stir in seasoning blend, peaches, sugar and apple cider vinegar and bring to a simmer. Cook for about 15 minutes until mixture starts to thicken. Stir in the pepper jelly. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Duck: Score the skin of the duck breasts in a crosshatch pattern, being careful not to go all the way through the skin. Place breasts in a sealed plastic bag and pour in marinade. Refrigerate for 2 hours. When ready to cook, remove duck breasts from bag and blot off excess marinade. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place duck breasts skin side down in a warm skillet and let simmer over medium-low heat to crisp the skin, about 5-7 minutes. Turn duck breasts and cook for about 2 minutes on the other side, then remove to a baking pan. Place pan in oven and roast for about 5-7 minutes, until breasts feel firm to the touch. Take out of the oven and let rest. Slice duck breasts into about 5-6 pieces and serve with the jelly. —tonychacheres.com
Parmesan garlic crumbed crappie 2 crappie fillets 2 tsp. Dijon mustard Olive oil spray Salt and pepper Crumb 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs 1 tbsp. parsley, finely chopped 2 tbsp. Parmesan grated 1 garlic clove, minced 1 tbsp. olive oil Pinch of salt
Preheat grill/broiler on high. Combine the crumb ingredients and mix well to combine. Season each fillet with salt and pepper, then spread the mustard on the top of each fillet. Press the crumb mixture onto the mustard on each fillet. Press down firmly to make it stick. Spray an oven proof fry pan with olive oil and place on stove over high heat. Place the fillets in the pan and cook for 1 1/2 minutes, then place under the broiler for 5 minutes or until crumbs are golden brown. —North Carolina State University
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Wolf quota set The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced the statewide quota for the fall of 2021 wolf season has been set at 130 wolves. In determining the quota, the department considered the best available information and scientific modeling, as well as the input from the Wolf Harvest Committee, the Natural Resources Board, and the many groups and members of the public who provided comments. State-licensed hunters and trappers will be authorized to harvest 74 wolves within the six zones established in the department’s regulations. The department will honor the Ojibwe Tribes’ treaty right within the Ceded Territory of 56. A total of 370 applicants will be allowed to purchase a wolf hunting license for the season, which opens Nov. 6. —WDNR
MINNESOTA
Deer movement prohibited The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources issued an emergency rule that temporarily prohibits the importation and movement of farmed white-tailed deer into and within Minnesota. This action aims to reduce further spread of chronic wasting disease, according to the department. The move is in response to the discovery that a CWD-positive farm in Wisconsin shipped 387 farmed white-tailed deer to farms in seven states, including Minnesota. Three farms in Minnesota ultimately received a total of five deer from the infected farm. This temporary movement ban will provide time to track the movement of deer from the infected farm and understand the potential risk to other herds. The rule provides exemptions for deer being transported to slaughter and those being transported on a direct route through the state. Two of the Wisconsin deer were returned to the state. The other three deer were moved to a farm in Minnesota. Two of those deer were killed and tested, and did not test positive for CWD. —MDNR
UTAH
Mule deer poachers sought Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers are seeking information from the public about a deer that was illegally killed and left to waste in Rich County. On Sept. 4, conservation officers received information about a large mule deer buck that had been shot and killed in Meadowville. An officer responded to the scene and located the dead deer. After investigating, the officer determined the deer had been shot with archery equipment, and the hunter had likely been trespassing when the animal was shot and killed. —UDNR
FLORIDA
Record butterfly peacock bass Felipe Prieto, of Hialeah, caught a butterfly peacock bass weighing 9.11 pounds and measuring 23 5/16 inches long from a Broward County lake. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission fisheries biologists certified the fish as a new state record. This new catch supersedes the previous state record of 9.08 pounds that has stood since 1993. Peacock bass are unique among freshwater fish as the only nonnative species to be legally established in Florida. The FWC stocked peacock bass in coastal southeast Florida canals in 1984 to help reduce the number of undesirable exotic fishes, especially spotted tilapia. —FWC
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Bass for food The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is seeking public input on largemouth bass aquaculture for food. Recent statutory changes allow the in-state production and sale of aquaculture Florida largemouth bass as a food fish. The FWC is hosting several public meetings on rule changes to protect the genetic integrity of Florida largemouth bass. Fisheries management staff will draft rule language to allow for production and sale of Florida largemouth bass; incorporate genetic authentication standards; establish documentation, verification and inspection processes; and prohibit the importation and transport of live largemouth bass into Florida except for genetically authenticated Florida largemouth bass. —FWC
LOUISIANA
Licenses to be required for hunting guides The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission passed a Notice of Intent requiring licenses for hunting guides beginning with the 2022-23 hunting season during its October meeting. The notice was in response to legislation passed during the 2021 session of the Louisiana legislature requiring the licenses. The action will establish and define who needs a hunting guide license in the state. A portion of the notice said, “A hunting guide license is required for any person or entity who publicly represents himself to be a hunting guide or who transports, aids or provides assistance to another individual(s) in the act of taking, or attempting to take, any wildlife species for compensation on a transactional or for-hire basis. For purposes of this rule, a hunting guide license is not required for any person or entity employed or contracted by a private hunting club to provide hunting guide services exclusively for the club’s private members and its invited guests.’’ —LWFC
ARKANSAS
Poachers keep deer skull garden Two Arkansas wildlife officers, after reports of poachers road-hunting at night, attempted for years to catch the culprits. A call from a concerned citizen advised officers of antlers of many deer heads had been seen sticking out of a stack of old tires outside a residence. Further investigation indicated five suspects possibly being involved in the illegal taking of deer throughout the county. All of the deer heads were neatly “planted” in a row with antlers protruding from the ground, likely to create European mounts. In all, 30 illegally harvested deer heads were collected, as well as portions of illegally harvested turkeys and the talons of an owl and a hawk, which are illegal to possess. Officers confiscated all illegally taken game as well as 14 guns, three bows and a set of night-vision goggles as evidence in the case. The five suspects pleaded guilty to a total of 122 charges and received $11,250 in fines, six years of hunting and fishing license suspensions, two years of probation and 160 hours of community service. —AGFC
a landowner would be contacted in the event of a positive test and additional testing will likely be recommended. Although testing through hunter harvest is preferred, the department could recommend additional testing outside of the hunting season if traditional hunting “is unsuccessful at acquiring a sufficient number of samples.” Also, CWD zones could be established, including restrictions on live-animal movement (native or exotic), carcass movement and mandatory CWD sampling. Finally, a list of other possible strategies is provided, including the possibility of restrictions on baiting or feeding; and, in exPhoto by Lone Star Outdoor News treme cases, elimination of a deer population on a ranch or specific area; and agency officials using sharpshooters to reduce deer numbers. For hunters providing samples, antlers may be retained and trophies may be taken to the taxidermist. Some landowners believe the risk, however slight, is too great, since a 5-mile radius around a positive test could be placed into quarantine, which could affect their neighbors, as would mandatory testing at check stations. “It’s a one in a million chance they will find it,” Greco said. But if they do, your land is worthless. Texas hunters and landowners are the most diligent conservationists in the world. We should be proud of that, but regulations put that at risk.” There are currently seven CWD zones in Texas because of positive CWD cases. Some landowners have demanded their lease hunters refrain from testing deer. If a lease hunter supplies a positive test, they can move on to another lease, but the landowner is left with restrictions in the event of a single voluntary sample. “I’m not willing to take that chance,” another landowner, who asked not to be identified, told Lone Star Outdoor News. Greco offered an alternative he believes would get greater participation in testing from MLDP ranches. “They should anonymize it,” he said. “You can donate a deer, but you don’t have to give ranch name, just the county. People want their deer to be well, but you can’t put your entire ranch at risk due to one positive test.”
Proposed CWD, TTT rules open for comment The TPWD proposed comprehensive CWD rule package is now published in the Texas Register and TPWD is accepting public comment. While many of the proposed rule changes apply to deer breeders, a proposed suspension of Trap, Transport and Transplant permits indefinitely also is open for public comment, as are revisions to proof of sex requirements for deer and pronghorn. The TTT rules proposals also include a provision which would “create provisions prohibiting the issuance of Triple T permits authorizing the trapping of deer at sites that have ever received breeder deer.” Comments are accepted until Nov. 3 at tpwd.texas.gov/business/feedback/public_ comment/proposals/202111_cwd_manage.phtml. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission will consider the rule changes at its Nov. 4 meeting in Austin. —Staff report Phone Mount
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Hunters charged by grizzly While processing an elk, a small group of hunters shot and killed a grizzly bear in the backcountry east of Gardiner on Oct. 3. The hunters were processing a harvested elk near Bull Mountain during an early-season rifle hunt when the bear appeared nearby and charged at the group. The hunters shot and killed the bear during its charge and were not injured. The bear was a 3- to 5-year-old female without cubs. State and federal wildlife officials met with the hunters and confirmed the bear mortality. The incident is still under investigation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. —MFWP
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Reds by the rocks Continued from page 1
The customers caught limits of redfish, a bull red and a few black drum. On the the second day of fishing, the group started out with sardines, thinking that would be a sure bet, but the same tactics didn’t work. They switched to live shrimp and loaded the cooler. “You just never know,” Coffey said. “But what I don’t do is leave the dock without live shrimp and a few boxes of frozen sardines. The sardines come in handy when I’m chumming. That’s a big part of being successful at the jetties on any given day, especially during the fall run.” Coffey has a plastic whiffle ball bat that he uses to chum with. It’s cut in half and filled with chunks of sardines and maybe some dead shrimp. Another really important thing about fishing the jetties is having a trolling motor that can hold the boat over structure that you plan to fish. “Not too many people use an anchor at the jetties anymore,” Coffey said. “Being able to pull up to a proven spot and hold right there will definitely put more
fish in the cooler.” The best structures along the POC jetties are along drops and ledges. “I like to fish along the edge of rocks in about 4 feet of water that drops off into 15 to 20 feet of water,” Coffey said. “That’s like a highway for both trout and reds. Two of the best areas to fish along these jetties are at the end of the rocks. That’s where the water is 25-35 feet deep. “I especially like to fish the end of the jetties when the tide is moving, but not ripping out,” Coffey said. “The reds and trout will feed down-current behind a pile of rocks, so they can ambush baitfish like mullet, crabs, shrimp and shad.” Coffey uses a 4/0 croaker hook for fishing croaker and chunks of Spanish sardines. With shrimp, he’ll go with a smaller 3/0 croaker hook. The hooks are fished about 8 inches above a 2-, 3- or 4-ounce egg sinker. “I like to use a stout leader and line so they won’t fray on the jagged rocks along the jetties,” he said. “Plus, you want to be able to reel in the big bull reds.”
TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING REPORT SABINE LAKE: 80 degrees. Redfish are schooling and are good on scented plastics and live shrimp under a popping cork. Speckled trout are fair to good on soft plastics. BOLIVAR: 81 degrees. Redfish, including bull redfish, are good on live finger mullet, fresh cut bait and squid. TRINITY BAY: 84 degrees. Speckled trout are good but small under birds on soft plastics. Redfish are fair on shrimp. EAST GALVESTON BAY: 81 degrees. Speckled trout are good under birds on soft plastics. Redfish are fair to good when schools are found on shrimp and soft plastics. WEST GALVESTON BAY: 81 degrees. Speckled trout are fair to good on scented plastics. Redfish are fair on shrimp and soft plastics. FREEPORT: 81 degrees. Flounder and redfish are good on shrimp under a popping cork, following the shrimp migrating from the marshes into the back lakes to the bay. Speckled trout are good but small under the birds.
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James Earl Fraser Award for best sculpture three times and the General Pittman Award for Wildlife three times by the Prix de West Art Show at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Center. The Bird Dog Hall of Fame, in Grand Junction, Tennessee, features Matia’s life-size English Springer Spaniel commissioned by the English Springer Spaniel Field Trial Association. The American Kennel Club Museum, in New York City, commissioned his life-size Airdale “Blue” mascot of the Blue Buffalo Pet Food Corporation.
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EAST MATAGORDA BAY: 82 degrees. Redfish are good under birds and along shorelines on shrimp and soft plastics. WEST MATAGORDA BAY: 82 degrees. Redfish are good in the surf and along the shoreline, with reds schooling and biting on shrimp and soft plastics. Speckled trout are fair in the bay on soft plastics. PORT O’CONNOR: 82 degrees. Bull redfish
are good on sardines, shrimp and live piggy perch by the jetty. Speckled trout are slow. Black drum are good on dead shrimp. ROCKPORT: 82 degrees. Redfish are good in the flooded grass on finger mullet. Redfish and scattered trout are fair along the jetties and surf on free-lined croaker and mullet.
PORT ARANSAS: 84 degrees. Bull redfish are good at the jetties on live and cut mullet. Speckled trout are fair along the jetties and in the surf on free-lined croaker and mullet. CORPUS CHRISTI: 83 degrees. Redfish are good by the east flats in the grass on finger mullet. Speckled trout are fair by the gas wells on live shrimp. BAFFIN BAY: 82 degrees. Redfish, speckled trout and black drum are fair to good on cut bait, shrimp and soft plastics. PORT MANSFIELD: 85 degrees. Redfish are good south of the pass on flats in scattered grass and potholes on top-waters and paddle tails. Flounder are fair to good in the east cut on on ball tail shads. Speckled trout are slow. SOUTH PADRE: 81 degrees. Speckled trout are fair on live shrimp under popping corks. Redfish are good on shrimp and cut mullet. PORT ISABEL: 81 degrees. Speckled trout are fair on live shrimp under popping corks, with keeper redfish mixed in. Redfish are good on cut mullet. —TPWD
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“They are pretty scattered during the early morning hours until the sun comes up,” he explained. “During the midday hours when the sun is high in the sky, the sandies are stacking up along the roadbeds in 17 to 18 feet of water. Slabs have been my go-to lure choice. Most of these fish have been in the 12- to 13-inch range.” On Lake Buchanan, Ken Milam said the striped bass bite has been a little tough. “Most of the stripers we are catching are hanging out over the treetops in 25 to 32 feet of water,” Milam said. “I have been using live shad, but trolling with umbrella rigs with white jigs has been productive once the fish are located.” Milam said schools of white bass have been coming up to the surface and busting shad early in the mornings and late in the evenings. “Spoons and jigs chunked right in the middle of the schools of whites will produce plenty of hookups,” he said. “These schools have been totally random. You never really know where you’re going to see them from one day to the next.” Milam said water depths of 15-25 feet around the edges of main lake humps have been holding plenty of catfish. Cut shad and cut bluegill have been producing the most bites. Jordan Sanders has been finding plenty of crappie on Lake Fork and Lake O’ the Pines. “On Fork, I’ve been targeting the main lake creek channel in water depths of 18 to 24 feet,” the guide said. “Most of the crappie are suspended in the 10- to 16-foot range around timber, and the bigger fish are holding a little bit deeper around the base of the trees. Jigs have been the ticket, and color has not mattered. The bite has been that good.” Sanders also said his anglers are catching, on average, at least 6-10 fish in the 2-pound range each trip. “On Lake O’ the Pines, areas along the main lake creek channel and ditches off of
John Spagnola, right, landed this 2-plus-pound crappie while fishing on Lake Fork with guide Jordan Sanders. Photo from Jordan Sanders.
the main channel with timber in about 18 feet of water are all loaded with crappie,” Sanders said. On Fayette County reservoir, Rick Denton said varying wind directions have kept him on the move and focusing on different ends of the lake. “Most of our bass are staging on the edges of flats near deep water,” he said. “Areas adjacent to 30 to 40 feet of water with flats in 18 to 20 feet have been the hotspots.” Denton said Carolina-rigged soft plastics have been the best bait presentation. “Slow retrieves have been the ticket,” he said. “You almost have to just twitch the bait, and then let it sit for several seconds. The bite has been super light and almost just feels like a slight weight on the end of your line, rather than a distinguishable thump.”
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Packed house for LSONF The Beretta Gallery was packed on Oct. 6 for the Lone Star Outdoor News Foundation’s Wild Game Supper. The phrase “It feels good to be back out socializing and having events to go to,” was heard over and over. Nearly 300 people filled the Dallas gallery. There was excitement in the air for the 10th annual event which raises money to support the mission of “Creating hunters for a lifetime,” by providing hunting and fishing opportunities to young adults who have the desire but have lacked the opportunity. Mike Flanagan and Channing Boone attended the event and will be hunting with the foundation in December for, hopefully, their first deer. Cory Henderson with Delta Waterfowl was also in attendance. Delta Waterfowl’s HunteR3 program and LSONF are working together to take a group of students in the wildlife management program at A&M Kingsville duck hunting in November. Cameron Mills entertained the crowds with live music, the folks from Tahwahkaro poured Texas whiskey and Cinnamon Creek fired up the grills with all kinds of wild game. Excitement filled the room as Billy Kinder announced the raffle winners. Rita LeBlanc won the nilgai hunt with the East Foundation, Buddy Campbell snagged the Beretta A300 and Dan Rhodes won the fallow deer hunt, just to name a few of the highlights. “We tried a new fundraising approach this year, and went with all raffle items, which seemed to help build the exciting atmosphere in the room,” Mimi Sams, LSONF Executive Director noted. “One guy won the duck hunt and two cases of HEVI-Steel shot shells. How lucky is that?!” The foundation was able to raise more than $20,000. Thank you to our sponsors, donors and everyone who attended, we are already looking forward to next year’s event.
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DUCKS UNLIMITED Lonestar Banquet John L. Kuykendall Arena & Events Center Llano (512) 756-3655 ducks.org
NOVEMBER 2
DELTA WATERFOWL North Texas Clay Shoot Elm Fork Shooting Sports (469) 363-1622 deltawaterfowl.org
DELTA WATERFOWL North Houston Banquet Sawyer Park Icehouse, Spring (337) 322-8088 deltawaterfowl.org
STEWARDS OF THE WILD DALLAS State of Conservation Dinner Dallas Arboretum tpwf.org/sotw
DUCKS UNLIMITED Tyler Fall Banquet Tyler Rose Garden (903) 570-5124 ducks.org
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NOVEMBER 3
DUCKS UNLIMITED Waco Dinner The Exchange Event Center (254) 366-2160 ducks.org
COASTAL CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION Hays County Banquet Dripping Springs Ranch (713) 626-4222 ccatexas.org
DUCKS UNLIMITED Victoria Banquet Victoria Community Center ducks.org
NOVEMBER 4
NOVEMBER 12-14
DUCKS UNLIMITED Lake Grapevine Banquet Grapevine Convention Center (817) 601-7357 ducks.org
CINNAMON CREEK RANCH Couples by the Creek Roanoke (817) 439-8998 Ext. 400 cinnamoncreekranch.com
COASTAL CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION Brush County Banquet Knights of Columbus Hall, Kingsville (713) 626-4222 ccatexas.org
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DUCKS UNLIMITED Aggieland Dinner Brazos County Expo (979) 450-8864 ducks.org
NOVEMBER 5–7
STEWARDS OF THE WILD Member Devils River Camping Trip tpwf.org/sotw
NOVEMBER 6
MULE DEER FOUNDATION Greater San Antonio Banquet Leading Edge Archery, Boerne (817) 565-7121 muledeer.org
NOVEMBER 9
HIGGINS BRANCHINI SHOOTING FOUNDATION Quail Hunt Fundraiser Greystone Castle hbshootingfoundation.org
NOVEMBER 13
MULE DEER FOUNDATION Kimble County Banquet Back Door Café, Roosevelt (817) 565-7121 muledeer.org
NOVEMBER 18
DALLAS SAFARI CLUB DSC Store Sale and Packing Party DSC Headquarters (972) 980-9800 biggame.org
DUCKS UNLIMITED Johnson County Dinner Cleburne Convention Center (817) 357-2665 ducks.org
DUCKS UNLIMITED Weatherford Dinner Parker County Sheriff’s Posse (817) 929-7061 ducks.org
NOVEMBER 11
NOVEMBER 20
MULE DEER FOUNDATION Permian Basin Banquet Odessa Country Club (817) 565-7121 muledeer.org
COASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION Rio Grande Valley Hooked on Clays Mission Skeet and Trap (956) 379-4344 ccatexas.org
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