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Making the most of time on the water

Anglers and guides are reporting solid action for white bass on slabs and spoons. Photo by Lone Star Outdoor News.

White bass cooperating Variety of lures bringing in sandies By Lili Keys

Lone Star Outdoor News A lot of catching is happening on North Texas reservoirs, as the white bass are in feeding mode. In between the storms in North Texas, Royce Simmons of Gone Fishin’ Guide Service made the most of the variable spring weather on Richland Chambers Reservoir. “We’ve been dodging storms like everyone else,” he said. Simmons said the fishing has been good, finding most success on the main lake humps and points in about 30-35 feet of water. “Anything structural on the main lake has been good,” he said. “We’ve been catching them on 1-ounce silver or chartreuse slabs. Pretty deadly.” He also said the fish aren’t on the top-water bite just yet, unless

Coastal anglers head out whenever they can, regardless of weather forecasts or reports of fishing success. By staying positive and adapting to changing conditions, they can often land some fish. Photo by Nate Skinner, for Lone Star Outdoor News.

Weekend warriors’ choices limited By Nate Skinner

For Lone Star Outdoor News The majority of anglers along the Texas coast don’t get to pick and choose when they go fishing. Most folks take the opportunity to

hit the water whenever their schedules allow. Then, they are left to make the most of their time, as well as the conditions they are faced with. Unfortunately, these opportunities don’t always occur when the stars align for an exciting bite to take place. These anglers operate with the mindset that the best time to go fishing, is when they are able to go. They do everything in their power to achieve on-the-water success.

Kosciusko resident, Trevor Hancock, regularly travels a few hours to go fishing as much as he can. He primarily targets the upper Laguna Madre and Baffin Bay, and said even though he doesn’t live on the coast, he relies on patterns he’s learned over time as a starting point to create a game plan when he’s able to get out on the water. “Every year, the fish tend to follow similar patterns,” Hancock explained. “I try to use Please turn to page 11

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Snapper come easy for opener Getting out tough for some By Nate Skinner

Paul Marx, left, and Rick Wilkenfeld, right, landed their limits of red snapper quickly in 85 feet of water, about 35 miles offshore. Photo from Rick Wilkenfeld. Freshwater Fishing Report . Page 10 Game Warden Blotter . . . . Page 12 Heroes . . . . . . . . . . . Page 14 Saltwater Fishing Report . . Page 17 Sun, Moon & Tides . . . . . Page 18 Products . . . . . . . . . . Page 21 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . Page 22

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For Lone Star Outdoor News In almost guaranteed fashion, anglers focused on pursuing their limits of red snapper were met with varying conditions, including gusting winds and scattered thunderstorms, to kick

off the 2021 red snapper season. The consensus among all who found weather windows favorable enough to venture offshore was the snapper were more than abundant, and limits were easily attained. Jim Clawson ran offshore out of Galveston with several buddies during the first week of the season. “We had planned to go on Please turn to page 13

HUNTING

FISHING

Corn prices up (P. 4)

Port M tourney (P. 8)

Expected to continue rise.

Event combines fun, catch and release.

Axis with frostbite (P. 4)

TCU collegiate champs (P. 8)

Antlers damaged by freeze.

Team tops at nationals.

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Corn prices up Expected to rise more by fall Mature axis bucks in velvet at the time of the February freeze suffered damage to the antlers from a condition similar to frostbite. Photo from Matt Howard.

Freeze zaps axis antlers Tissue in velvet died, stunting antler growth By Craig Nyhus

Lone Star Outdoor News Checking his trail camera photos, Matt Howard noticed something unusual on the family’s 320-acre ranch near Fredericksburg after the February freeze hit Texas. The mature axis buck’s antlers, in velvet, looked terrible. “I like to watch the axis and keep an eye on them,” he said. “We maybe kill three or four each year, mostly with my girls.” Several of the older bucks had antlers that had sprouted out about six to 10 inches and then “just quit,” he said. “The young axis now have the hardest and longest antlers,” Howard said. “It will be interesting to see how that works out throughout the summer and fall. But very few of the mature bucks have fully grown frames on our place.” Howard said he normally sees about 20 different bucks that are 28 inches and up each year on the ranch. This year, he’s seen three on the cameras. “But the bucks that started growing their antlers later are looking good,” he said. Rick Taylor, a retired Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologist and now a consultant and ranch real estate agent, said when the freeze happened, the mature buck’s antlers were just beginning to grow. “It wasn’t so much the freeze as it was the rain,” Taylor said. “The antlers were

By Craig Nyhus

Lone Star Outdoor News Texas deer hunters may want to prepare for a larger hit to their wallets this season — corn prices are up, and likely to continue to rise. “Now it’s at $8.25 for a 50-pound bag,” said Lance Cote, wildlife specialist at Mumme’s, Inc. in Hondo. “And it’s going to go up.” Macy Ledbetter of Spring Creek Outdoors said global corn production is down and demand is up, and hunters can expect higher prices this fall. Drought conditions in the northern plains of the U.S., increased demand from China as the country’s hog number rebound, are expected to trigger further price hikes. “Corn prices are up 50 percent from this time last year, so hunters can expect to feel the burn this fall,” Ledbetter said. Are there alternatives? Cote said other than buying your corn now, not really. “Deer feed is up, and cottonseed is through the roof,” he said. “Like everything else, prices are through the roof — often if you can find it.” Ledbetter suggested contacting your corn provider now to order in bulk, if possible and if you have the storage. “Or you at least can pay for it via a bulk contract if your feed dealer is willing,” he said. Ledbetter said food plots, native brush management techniques like fallow disking, staggered shredding and prescribed burning can help ease the pain by reducing corn needs. “Get prepared now so the hit is more of a nudge,” he said. Filling deer feeders will likely be more costly this season. Some hunters are buying and storing deer corn now before the prices go up more. Photo by Craig Nyhus, Lone Star Outdoor News.

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Hog contraceptive hits the market Little known about contents, effectiveness By Craig Nyhus

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A new product seeks to reduce feral hog numbers through reducing the sperm count of boars. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

A new product claiming to be a feral hog contraceptive is being touted by Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller. The product, called HogStop, seeks to curb the growth of the feral hog population in Texas over time through cutting the sperm count of feral boars. Danny Loper helped develop the product with his father, Dr. Dan Loper, a longtime dairy nutritionist and inventor. “It’s an all-natural feed,” Loper said. “What we’re using impacts swine more than ruminants. In testing, we fed to feral hogs and found out it worked. After five days of feeding, it still had an impact on fertility of 60 percent.” Loper was mum on the actual contents of the feed, other than saying it was all-natural and classified as a minimum risk pesticide, therefore requiring no additional approval from the Environmental Protection Agency or the Texas Department of Agriculture. “It’s a humane option to help control the hog issue,” he said. On its website, HogStop describes its bait

as being “composed of natural feed ingredients that inhibit the fertility of the male hogs when eaten.” The product is being manufactured in Comanche by Hi-Pro Feeds. Application is recommended through special hog-specific feeders designed to decrease any environmental impact outside of feral hogs by making it difficult to reach by cattle, deer, birds and other animals. Dr. John Tomecek — Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service wildlife specialist in the Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management — and the chair of the National Wild Pig Task Force, said he had seen the release about the product but knew little about it. “We have little data on the product from the company,” Tomecek said. “There’s not a lot for us to have an opinion on. It’s not a pesticide or anything that would require a veterinarian to sign off on its use. Since we don’t know what’s in it, we really can’t give an opinion on it — our extension agents have been getting questions since the release came out.” Tomecek said companies typically come to the department to get independent data on what’s coming out, but even the industry professionals who are members of the task force didn’t know about HogStop. Please turn to page 6

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More than $2 million raised at PCQC

TEXAS AVENGER A full crowd celebrated quail conservation at the Park Cities Quail Coalition annual event at SMU’s Armstrong Fieldhouse. Photo by Lone Star Outdoor News.

By Lili Keys

Lone Star Outdoor News Park Cities Quail Coalition raised more than $2 million for quail research and conservation at its annual dinner on June 3 at the Armstrong Fieldhouse at Southern Methodist University. The group celebrated its 15th year with “Conservation’s Greatest Night.” Since 2007, it has raised more than $12 million. The event is known for its incredible auction items, and the bids that follow, including a $100,000 winning bid for the late T. Boone Pickens’ Rolex watch. Martin F. (Bubba) Wood was honored with the T. Boone Pickens Lifetime Sportsman Award. For those that know him, it was no surprise Wood kept his acceptance speech short and sweet. “I prepared a speech but all I want to say is, I’m the luckiest guy in the world and I’m so proud to be associated with the Park Cities Quail Coalition,” he remarked.

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Memorial Day didn’t start off well for Debra and Rick Merritt, the owners of Outback Wildlife Feeders in Gilmer. “A neighbor called me at 2:30 in the morning and said our building was on fire,” Debra Merritt said. “A call in the middle of the night is never good news.” Merritt said the fire started in the paint room, but they are still looking into why, and said the heat and smoke wiped out the electricity and damaged the insulation throughout the large A fire began in the paint room at Outback Wildlife Feeders, in Gilmer, on Memoshop. rial Day, and smoke and heat damage occurred in the other parts of the shop. “We’re shut Photo by Debra Merritt. down,” she said. “The heat and smoke swept through the shop. We have started repairing everything — we can do everything but the paint room until the insurance people are done.” Rick Merritt estimated it will take about two months for the shop to be up and running. “We were almost caught up on our orders, but now they are stacking up,” Debra Merritt said. “All the employees are cleaning up and still working. We need electricity, though, it’s hot and stuffy even with both ends of the shop opened up.” The company is still taking orders, and the Merritt’s still plan to attend the various shows beginning in July. “We are writing orders, but telling people it will be a while,” Merritt said. “We know sometimes men aren’t the most patient people when they are waiting on feeders. We hope it will take less than two months to get back and working.”

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Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Anna Benavides Galo to the Parks and Wildlife Commission for a term set to expire February 1, 2027. Additionally, the Governor named Arch “Beaver” Aplin as chair. The commission manages and conserves the natural and cultural resources of Texas and provides hunting, fishing and outdoor recreation opportunities for the use and enjoyment of present and future generation. Arch “Beaver” Aplin, of Lake Jackson, is president and CEO of Buc-ee’s. He has served on the Parks and Wildlife Commission since November 2018. He is a member of the Houston Methodist Hospital President’s Leadership Council, Arch Aplin lifetime Member of the Coastal Conservation Association and a board member of The Association of Former Students of Texas A&M. He is the former board president of the Brazosport Independent School District and a former member of the State of Texas Small Business Council, Lieutenant Governor’s Transportation Advisory Board, and the Brazosport Center for Arts and Sciences Board of Trustees. Aplin received a Bachelor of Science from Texas A&M University. Galo, of Laredo, is Vice President of ANB Cattle Co. and is a Co-Trustee of her family’s mineral trust. She is a member of the board of directors of the John G. and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation and the City of Laredo City Manager’s ad-hoc committee, board member of the Laredo Boy’s and Girl’s Clubs and the Angel of Hope Foundation. She is a former board member of the Laredo Center for the Arts, Border Cultural Promotion Foundation, Webb County Children’s Advocacy Center, and the City of Laredo Historic Preservation Committee. Additionally, she is a founding member and first treasurer of the Laredo Community College Education Foundation, and she was a board member and local chair of AVANCE. Galo received a Bachelor of Arts from St. Mary’s University. —Gov. Greg Abbott

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Texas Trophy Hunters produces first book Lone Star Outdoor News Texas Trophy Hunters Association completed its first book, emphasizing the history of TTHA over the past 45 years, and containing 282 pages of Texas hunting, buck contests, guns and ammo for all Texas hunting. Texas Trophy Hunters—Under One Cover also contains photography of giant bucks and hunters from the history of the organization. TTHA Journal editor Horace Gore and his colleagues selected a variety of hunting stories and accounts of Texas hunts and TTHA members, and dignitaries added original comments on white-tailed and mule deer. The book covers in the history of TTHA, the reasoning behind hunting, modern deer management, deer harvest techniques and how TTHA contributes to conservation. Chapters include the section Up on a Stump, a potpourri of stories about everything from historic events and characters

to hunted game birds and animals, deer rifles and ammo; and Blasts from the Past, short accounts of hunts, old vehicles, singing cowboys, sending armadillos to New York and famous rifles and treaties. The book closes with Kamp Kitchen, a series of tried and tested special wild game recipes. “This book will be a collector’s item and a much sought-after addition to the libraries of all Texas hunters,” said James “Dr. Deer” Kroll. Texas Trophy Hunters—Under One Cover will be available at all three Hunters Extravaganzas in Houston, Fort Worth and San Antonio. ”You’re going to like it,” Gore said. “And so will your friends.”

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already wet, and the extended freeze froze them.” Macy Ledbetter said the condition is similar to frostbite or even freezer burn. “The velvet on the antlers are basically external blood vessels,” he said. “I’ve seen some on fallow deer, too. The tissue gets damaged, turns black and falls off. It’s like a frozen pipe, when it thaws out, it bursts.” Ledbetter said he also observed nilgai with frostbitten ears. “It looks like their ear tips were cut off,” he said.

The axis that survived will rebound, but it will be next year for the antlers of those that had the tissue damage. “It will stunt the antler growth this year,” Ledbetter said. Taylor, who consults on ranches that lost much of their axis herd in the freeze, said he thought the axis deer would handle the freeze better than they did. “Axis have been around in Texas for 100 years,” he said. “I’m surprised they weren’t better acclimated. But they didn’t make the adjustment.”

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1st Annual REEL Lifesaver Invitational

Jeff Hall won the First Annual REEL Lifesaver Invitational, landing a 23 1/2-inch trout to help his total length of 113 inches at the catch-and-release event. Paul DeLorenzo landed the biggest redfish, at 30.25 inches. Left photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News. Right photo by Capt. Josh Garza.

Group of anglers find more trout than expected By Craig Nyhus

Lone Star Outdoor News There are a lot of tournaments along the coast and out of Port Mansfield. Sandra Garza, the general manager at Getaway Lodge, wanted to do something a little different.

“We’ve been looking for a different strategy,” she said. “We were hoping to get people to reduce their stringers and decided to do a catch-and-release event. That was just before the big freeze. “When we were planning it, the freeze happened,” Garza said. The plans were then cemented. Using guides from the lodge and from Wayne Davis of KWigglers, they decided to do an invitational event for the first year.

“They helped provide names of people who would like the format,” Garza said. “Of the group, 75 percent hadn’t stayed at the lodge before.” The rules were based on measurements of up to three redfish and two speckled trout. The Fishing Chaos Application was used, where the anglers uploaded photos to the App while fishing, which time stamped the photo. “It was everyone’s first time to use the App,” Garza said. “Most

everybody got it, although some were out of cell range, but we allowed an extra hour after the event ended to allow for that.” What surprised some of the anglers were the catches of speckled trout in an area devastated by the freeze. Jeff Hall, who won the event with 113 total inches, said he was thrilled to see the trout, especially since he had fished the area a few weeks earlier without much luck. “We waded the same hump

north of the harbor all morning,” he said. “We caught a lot of trout — most were around 15 inches but about half were longer. I bet we caught 100 trout — it was a promising sign.” Hall said his boat used KWiggler ball tail shad plastics for the trout, and used 3-inch red/white ball tails for redfish later in the day. “The trout were deeper,” he said. Hall won for the longest trout at 23 1/2 inches, but said his Please turn to page 15

Mangrove snapper pack aggressive bite By Robert Sloan

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Noah Skolnick and Garrett Torres of TCU captured the title at the BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship. Photo from Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship.

TCU captures Collegiate Bass title The Texas Christian University team of Noah Skolnick and Garrett Torres took the victory at the 2021 BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops with a two-day total of 32.51 pounds at South Carolina’s Lake Murray. Skolnick and Torres were in 15th place after Day 1 of tournament competition with 13.53 pounds but brought in 18.98 pounds on Day 2 to take the title. Skolnick and Torres won the grand prize of $5,000. Tim Richardson and Gerard Kelly, from Newberry College, in Newberry, South Carolina, finished second with 31.79 pounds, winning $2,500. The University of Tennessee’s Robert Gee and Chad Sentell finished third with 31.66 pounds, winning $1,500. The University of Montevallo finished the season winning the 202021 School of the Year. Back-to-back defending title holders McKendree University finished the season ranked second, and Adrian College finished third. —Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship

Considered among the tastiest fish in the Gulf of Mexico, the mangrove snapper puts up a great fight and can be caught (and kept) year-round from the middle Texas coast south to Mexico. The best months to find mangrove snapper are from now through October. South Padre Island guide Brian Barrera has been targeting mangroves for years. The heaviest one he has ever caught weighed about 9 pounds. A solid mangrove will weigh from 5 to 6 pounds, and the average weight is from 1 to 2 pounds. “They can be finicky feeders, but hit with a very aggressive bite,” Barrera said. “They like to hang out around rocks, various shoreline rip rap and in places like ship channels that offer shallow to deep water access. Some of the best places to find them right now are along the jetties, deep channels, and offshore structure like man-made reefs, wrecks and rocks.” Lately, Barrera has been putting his customers on mangrove snapper to about 5 or 6 pounds. “I like to rig up with soft plastics like a D.O.A. jerk bait or bait buster,” he said. “But there are days when the water is so clear that live baits are your best way to catch them. The water along the South Padre Island Please turn to page 11

Guide Brian Barrera holds a solid mangrove snapper caught by David Teran with a D.O.A. jerk bait. Photo by Robert Sloan, for Lone Star Outdoor News.

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A harrowing outing

Noah Koepke and his father, Steven, with his first of two fish he caught during the trip before a rough ride back to South Padre Island. Photo by Tony Vindell, for Lone Star Outdoor News.

Snapper trip turns into bumpy ride By Tony Vindell

For Lone Star Outdoor News A quick, half-day red snapper trip for the June 1 season opener in federal waters turned out to be a not-so-pleasant adventure for a group of 25 anglers who headed out from South Padre Island. Aboard a head boat owned by Capt. Murphy’s Isla Tours, the group headed out in the expected 2- to 4-foot swells in the Gulf of Mexico. The fishing was as expected, and each angler quickly had his or her two-fish limit. Then the predictions of temperatures in the high 80s and relatively calm seas was proven wrong. Heading back to shore, the rain started to fall, lightning highlighted the dark skies, the temperature dropped and swells increased to 6 to 8 feet. The short storm couldn’t have been over soon enough for many of the passengers. One 260-pound man dropped like a rock onto the deck of the boat, hitting the floor hard, after which several others, with some effort, helped him up. Another woman fell, fortunately not as hard. Other passengers were bent over, obviously seasick from the rocking and shaking of the boat. The remainder were grabbing and holding on to whatever they could. The storm subsided and, two hours later, the boat arrived at its dock, and the anglers, happy to have their feet on land, were content holding their two-fish limit for the camera and taking it to the cleaning station.

Among them were Noah Koepke, his father, Steven, and six relatives. The 9-year-old Noah caught his first two red snapper on what was his third deep sea fishing trip. “They are big and fight hard,” he said. “And they are heavy.” Steven, an information technology consultant from Mission, said he has been going on similar trips for about 10 year, but this one, with much of his family aboard, wasn’t what he had expected. Nevertheless, he said he was satisfied with the trip. “We spent four hours going back and forth,” he said. “And half an hour of fishing. Not bad.” Other anglers, including Robin Jones, of Bayview, said the trip was good overall. “It was a good day as everybody got their limit,” Jones, a veteran participant at the Ladies Kingfish Tournament and its 2018 grand champion winner, said. “It rained on us on our way out last year, too.” Patrick Murphy, whose family owns and operates one of the nearly a dozen head boats found along the Texas Gulf Coast from the Island to Galveston, including the Fisherman’s Wharf of Port Aransas, said they expect a good season. Although they are now fishing in federal waters, he said fishing in state waters for red snapper has been on the downslide since the freeze of late February. “It started getting better by the third week of May,” Murphy, whose company includes a charter boat called Miss Mona, said. “When a cold snap happened like the one we had, the red snapper tend to bury themselves into the sand just like the flounder do.”

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TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT ALAN HENRY: Water clear; 70 degrees; 1.46’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, spinner baits and plastic worms fishing rocks, flooded timber and banks. Crappie are fair on jigs. Catfish are fair on live bait, cut bait and stink bait. AMISTAD: Water lightly stained; 77-78 degrees; 49.52’ low. Largemouth bass are good on creature baits, worm rigs and crankbaits. Catfish are fair on cut bait and live bait. ARLINGTON: Water stained; 72 degrees; 1.67’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on jigs, spinner baits and plastic worms. Crappie are fair near boat docks and brush on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on punch bait and chicken livers. ATHENS: Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 0.72’ high. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, frogs and brush hogs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs near timber and boat docks. Catfish are good on punch bait and chicken livers. AUSTIN: Water clear; 76 degrees; 0.39’ low. Largemouth bass are good on skirted jigs, spinner baits, drop shots and crankbaits. Catfish are good on cut bait and live bait. B.A. STEINHAGEN: Water stained; 76 degrees; 0.82’ low. Largemouth bass are good fishing vegetation on poppers and rigged soft plastics. Crappie are good under lily pads on jigs. Catfish are good on cut and prepared baits. BASTROP: Water clear; 77 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on craws, spinner baits and buzz baits. Crappie are good on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on chicken livers and cut bait. BELTON: Water stained; 75 degrees; 5.55’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on swimbaits, wacky worms, flipping jigs and crankbaits. White bass are good on slabs. Hybrid stripers are fair on live bait. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on chicken livers, punch bait and cut bait. BENBROOK: Water stained; 70 degrees; 11.98’ high. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are slow. White bass are fair on slabs on main lake points, ridges and humps. Catfish are fair on punch bait and cut bait. BOB SANDLIN: Water lightly stained; 74 degrees; 0.75’ high. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, craws, frogs, and spinner baits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on chicken livers, cut bait and punch bait. BRAUNIG: Water lightly stained; 75 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, topwaters, Carolina-rigged plastic worms and weedless jigs. Red drum are good on crawfish and tilapia. Striped bass are slow. Catfish are good on live bait and cheese bait. BROWNWOOD: Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 1.33’ high. Largemouth bass are good on black or plum Texas-rigged plastic worms, crankbaits and swim jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass

and hybrids are good on spoons, swimbaits and live bait. Catfish are good on cut bait and nightcrawlers. BUCHANAN: Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 3.38’ low. Largemouth bass are excellent on chatterbaits, top-waters and brush hogs. Striped bass are good on live bait and swimbaits. White bass are excellent on slabs, crankbaits and swimbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Channel catfish are good on punch bait. Blue cats are excellent on cut bait. CADDO: Water lightly stained; 72 degrees; 2.89’ high. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits, frogs, jigs, and Texasrigged plastic worms. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on chicken livers and prepared baits. CALAVERAS: Water stained; 75-76 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina-rigged plastic worms, spinner baits and crankbaits. Red drum are good on crawfish and tilapia. Hybrid striped bass are slow. Catfish are good on chicken livers and cut shad. CANYON LAKE: Water lightly stained; 74-77 degrees; 4.10’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on top-waters, frogs and jerk baits. Striped bass are good on live bait. White bass are excellent on jigging spoons, swimbaits and slabs. Catfish are excellent on chicken livers, prepared baits and cut bait. CEDAR CREEK: Water lightly stained; 72 degrees; 0.04’ high. Largemouth bass are good on skirted jigs, flukes and crankbaits. Hybrids and white bass are excellent on live bait, swimbaits, slabs and jigging spoons. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait and chicken livers. CHOKE CANYON: Water lightly stained; 76-77 degrees; 18.84’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-water poppers, Texas-rigged worms, crankbaits and spinner baits. Crappie are good on jigs. Catfish are fair on dough balls, live bait and cheese bait. CONROE: Water stained; 76 degrees; 0.19’ high. Largemouth bass are good on jigs and worms. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Hybrid striped bass are good on live bait. Catfish are good on stink bait, cut bait and small minnows. COOPER: Water lightly stained; 71 degrees; 1.55’ high. Largemouth bass are good on shad crankbaits, red or purple Carolina-rigged worms and skirted jigs. White bass and hybrids are good on live bait, slabs, spoons and swimbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait and punch bait. CORPUS CHRISTI LAKE: Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 5.56’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on jigs and worms. White bass are fair on spoons. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on

cut bait and cheese bait. EAGLE MOUNTAIN: Water lightly stained; 72 degrees; 0.96’ high. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, top-waters and spinner baits. White bass are good on swimbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on chicken livers and cut bait. FALCON: Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 41.20’ low. Largemouth bass are good on square-billed crankbait and thick worms. Catfish are good on live and prepared baits. FAYETTE: Water clear; 77 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on chatterbaits, crankbaits and jigs. Catfish are good on earthworms and cut bait. FORK: Water lightly stained; 72-76 degrees; 0.84’ high. Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms, buzz baits and skirted jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs near brush piles. Catfish are fair on chicken livers and live bait. GRANBURY: Water lightly stained; 73 degrees; 0.20’ low. Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms, crankbaits, swimbaits and skirted jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on chicken livers, cut bait and punch bait. GRANGER: Water stained; 77 degrees; 2.23’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, Texas-rigged worms and skirted jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows. White bass are fair on swimbaits, jigging spoons and chartreuse slabs. Catfish are good on chicken livers, punch bait and cut bait. GRAPEVINE: Water stained; 75 degrees; 8.99’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, chatterbaits, swimbaits and frogs. White bass are good on slabs and swimbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on chicken livers, punch bait and earthworms. HOUSTON COUNTY: Water lightly stained; 77 degrees; 0.39’ high. Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms, crankbaits and spinner baits. Channel catfish are good on cut bait, hot dogs and live worms. HUBBARD CREEK: Water stained; 71 degrees; 0.51’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on plastic worms, spinner baits and jigs. White bass are good on small crankbaits and Alabama rigs. Catfish are fair on live and cut shad. JOE POOL: Water stained; 75 degrees; 6.47’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits, buzz baits and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on chicken livers, punch bait and cut bait. LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water lightly stained; 72 degrees; 7.36’ high. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged plastic worms, skirted jigs, top-waters and swimbaits. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on earthworms, chicken

livers and punch bait. LAVON: Water stained; 74 degrees; 6.45’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on jerk baits, topwaters, frogs and skirted jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows. White bass are good on slabs and swimbaits. Catfish are good on cut bait, nightcrawlers and chicken livers. LBJ: Water clear; 78 degrees; 0.89’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-water plugs, frogs, skirted jigs and crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good near main channels on swimbaits, jigging spoons and slabs. Catfish are good on punch bait and cut bait. LEWISVILLE: Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 5.18’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, frogs and crankbaits. White bass are good on swimbaits and slabs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on chicken livers, cut bait and nightcrawlers. LIVINGSTON: Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 0.62’ high. Largemouth bass are good mostly north on spinner baits. Striped bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on live bait. MARTIN CREEK: Water slightly stained; 75 degrees; 0.04’ high. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, spinner baits, buzz baits and skirted jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on chicken livers and punch bait. MEDINA: Water lightly stained; 77 degrees; 37.02’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on plastic worms, jigs and crankbaits. White bass are fair on spoons. Striped bass are slow. Catfish are fair on live bait, chicken livers and blood bait. MILLERS CREEK: Water stained; 67 degrees; 1.29’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on plastic worms, crankbaits and jigs. Crappie are fair on jigs. Catfish are fair on live, blood and liver prepared baits. NACONICHE: Water slightly stained; 75 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina-rigged worms, buzzbaits and crankbaits. Crappie are fair to good on jigs. Catfish are good on dough balls, cut and live bait. NASWORTHY: Water murky; 69 degrees; 1.12’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics and lipless crankbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs. Catfish are fair on live and prepared baits. NAVARRO MILLS: Water stained; 73 degrees; 4.50’ high. Largemouth bass are good on jigs, swimbaits, spinner baits and shad crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs, swimbaits and jigging spoons. Catfish are good on punch bait and chicken livers. O.H. IVIE: Water clear; 70 degrees; 13.44’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, plastic worms and spinner baits.

Crappie are fair on live minnows. Catfish are good on stink bait, live and cut bait. OAK CREEK: Water lightly stained; 70 degrees; 4.38’ low. Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms and jigs. Crappie are good on live bait. Catfish are fair on trotlines, nightcrawlers, live bait and cut bait. PALESTINE: Water lightly stained; 73 degrees; 1.13’ high. Largemouth bass are good on shad crankbaits, frogs, lizards and top-waters. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs and jigging spoons. Catfish are good on chicken livers, earthworms and cut bait. POSSUM KINGDOM: Water slightly stained; 69 degrees; 0.33’ low. Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms, jigs and small crankbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs. White bass are fair on Alabama rigs. Striped bass are slow. Catfish are good on cut bait, live sunfish and stink bait. PROCTOR: Water stained; 74 degrees; 8.66’ high. Largemouth bass are slow. Hybrid stripers are fair on live bait. Crappie are slow. Catfish are fair on chicken livers, cut bait and earthworms. RAY HUBBARD: Water lightly stained; 74 degrees; 0.40’ high. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits, top-waters and crankbaits. White bass are good on slabs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait and chicken livers. RAY ROBERTS: Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 3.25’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on plastic worms, crankbaits and flipping jigs. White bass are good on slabs and swimbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on worms, chicken livers and cut bait. RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water lightly stained; 73 degrees; 0.91’ high. Largemouth bass are good on double-bladed spinner baits, tubes and shad crankbaits. White bass and hybrids are excellent on live bait, slabs and spoons. Crappie are excellent on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait, punch bait and nightcrawlers. SAM RAYBURN: Water stained; 75 degrees; 10.64’ high. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters. Crappie are excellent on jigs. Catfish are good on live and stink bait. SOMERVILLE: Water stained; 76 degrees; 4.25’ high. Largemouth bass are slow.White bass and hybrids are fair on swimbaits and slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on chicken livers, punch bait and cut bait. STILLHOUSE HOLLOW: Water lightly stained; 72-75 degrees; 2.17’ high. Largemouth bass are good on chatterbaits, frogs and jerk baits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs and swimbaits. Channel catfish are good on chicken livers and cut bait.

n Saltwater reports Page 17 TAWAKONI: Water lightly stained; 73 degrees; 1.66’ high. Largemouth bass are good on skirted jigs, flukes and spinner baits. White bass and hybrid stripers are excellent on swimbaits, slabs and live bait. Crappie are good on minnows. Blue catfish are excellent on fresh-cut bait and live bait. Channel catfish are excellent on chicken livers and punch bait. TEXANA: Water stained; 76 degrees; 0.05’ low. Largemouth bass are good on tubes, jigs and spinner baits. Crappie are fair on jigs. Catfish are good on stink bait, cut bait and trotlines with live bait. TEXOMA: Water lightly stained; 73-76 degrees; 3.62’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on skirted jigs, crankbaits and topwaters. Striped bass are good on live bait. White bass are good on slabs and jigging spoons. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on earthworms, chicken livers and cut bait. TOLEDO BEND: Water slightly stained; 76 degrees; 0.41’ high. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina rigs and jigs. Striped bass are slow. Crappie are good on jigs and small minnows. Channel and blue catfish are fair on stink bait. TRAVIS: Water lightly stained; 78 degrees; 18.71’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-water lures, swim jigs and wacky worms. Striped bass are excellent on live bait. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on chicken livers, cut bait and prepared baits. WACO: Water stained; 74 degrees; 2.99’ high. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, flipping jigs and fat wacky worms. Crappie are good on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on punch bait and cut bait. WALTER E. LONG: Water lightly stained; 75 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on flipping jigs, stick baits and chatterbaits. Hybrid stripers are good on live bait and swimbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait and live bait. WHITNEY: Water stained; 72 degrees; 4.57’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on chatterbaits, topwaters, wacky worms and swim jigs. White bass are good on jigging spoons and slabs. Stripers are good on live bait. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on chicken livers and cut bait. WRIGHT PATMAN: Water stained; 71 degrees; 15.85’ high. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass are fair on swimbaits and slabs. Crappie are slow. Catfish are slow.

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those patterns to my advantage.” Hancock said one of the biggest hurdles he faces, since he doesn’t live on the coast, is relying on weather forecasts to decide on when he should make plans to go. “It seems like the weather forecast is never accurate,” he said. “It never fails — I’ll get pumped up about a forecast that is predicting light winds, only to wake up my first morning of a trip to gusty winds right from the start. When that happens, your gut reaction is to immediately become discouraged.” Hancock has learned to keep a positive attitude no matter the conditions. “My main goal is to have fun, and I love fishing,” he said “So even if it’s going to be a challenge because of the conditions, it’s still better than not going fishing at all.” The angler has learned to embrace less than ideal weather conditions. “It seems like a lot of folks are fair-weather fishermen,” Hancock said. “I’ve had some of

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jetties and the ship channel can get very clear. That’s when I’ll rig up with a live shrimp or a finger mullet that’s about 3 to 4 inches long.” Barrera prefers spinning gear and a fluorocarbon leader when fishing the clear water. “I’ll rig up with spinning gear and a 2/0 circle hook,” he said. “The braided line will be 20-pound test that’s connected to a 2- to 3-foot 20-pound test fluorocarbon leader. When the water is real clear, I’ll chum with small pieces of shrimp. Once the mangrove snapper move in on the chum I’ll start sight casting to them. That’s when they are a little easier to catch. Or, when they are up shallow feeding along the rocks, a top-water lure can be used to catch them. One of my favorites is a Colt Sniper.” The Colt Sniper, made by Shimano, has an aerodynamic shape to be easily worked in a walkthe-dog motion. They are made in translucent colors that make them ideal for clear water fishing. Barrera’s favorite color is white. “The thing about a mangrove snapper is they hit with an aggressive bite,” Barrera said. “They can easily take about 10 feet of line on the first run. They are fun to catch, especially the fish in the 5to 10-pound class.” Another good place to find mangrove snapper is in the deep water at the end of the jetties off of Port O’Connor. That’s where the bite is very consistent during the summer months. Guide Ron Arlitt said the jetties will be holding mangrove snapper until the first good cold front moves through. “The water is usually clear along these jetties,” Arlitt said. “Because of that, I like to use a small piece of a fresh dead shrimp, about the size of a dime. Put that on a No. 4 treble hook and you can catch some pretty good numbers of these fish. They won’t be real big, most are in the 1-pound class, but they are very tasty.”

my best days of fishing, when the weather kept most other recreational anglers off the water. I don’t mind a little wind or even some rain. The fish still have to eat, and if I have an opportunity to get out there and run my boat, I’m not going to waste it.” Baytown resident and Upper Coast angler, Cody Robertson, is a schoolteacher who loves to fish as much as he can. He fishes some local redfish tournament trails and tries to learn something every time he hits the water. “One of the toughest decisions I often face, is deciding where I’m going to fish when time allows for me to get out on the water,” Robertson said. “There are several different boat launches within an hour from where I live, and they all are specific to which portion of the Galveston Bay Complex or Sabine Lake area that I choose to target. The weather and conditions play a big role on where I choose to launch my boat and fish.”

Robertson surrounds himself with good folks within the angling crowd, and asks a lot of questions to try to become a better angler. “I don’t ask others for specific spots, because I know most people don’t want to give that information up,” he said. “Instead, I try to ask questions that will help me make decisions, like what the water conditions were like, what the tide was doing, and what type of water depth range was productive. These types of questions help me draw conclusions as to what I can do to be more successful.” Social media is another tool Robertson uses to make the most of his time on the water. “There’s a ton of information to be gained just from the photos and videos that people post while they are out on the water,” he said. Above all, Robertson said his on-the-water decisions are all calculated risks.

“I take the information that I have and try to put myself in the best position to catch fish,” he said. “Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t.” Jesse Drewa, of Corpus Christi, said he likes to make the most of his time on the water by keeping his options open. “I don’t get to fish as often as I’d like to, so when I am able to get out there, I like to be prepared for just about anything,” he said. “This might mean planning to fish with artificial lures, but also having some live bait in the boat, just in case the bite is tough.” When conditions are unfavorable, Drewa’s not afraid to just fish for what’s biting. “I can’t always go when the trout or redfish are feeding well,” he said. “However, I’ve got some spots where I can go chunk shrimp and catch mangrove snapper, sand trout or sheepshead. At the end of the day, I just like to catch fish.”

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the first two days when the season opened, but the forecast called for numerous squalls and rough seas, so we decided to wait until a better weather opportunity,” Clawson said. “Day three of the season turned out to be pretty nice, and we were able to run about 42 miles south of the Galveston jetties where we found swarms of snapper in about 100 feet of water.” Clawson said some of the larger fish they caught were hanging out close to the bottom, but the majority of the snapper around the structure they were fishing were suspended in the water column anywhere from 60-80 feet deep. “As we started catching the fish, the schools seemed to make their way up towards the surface,” he said. “They seemed to follow the fish that we were reeling up to about 40 to 50 feet.” The group landed two snapper in the 20-pound class, while the remainder of their limit weighed about 15 pounds each. “We caught all of our fish on jigs rigged with Z-Man soft plastics in various colors,” Clawson said. “It didn’t take longer than 20 to 30 minutes for us to catch our limit. We only saw one other boat in the area we were targeting, and they were using natural baits. They were catching fish too, but most of their snapper were smaller than the ones we were catching on jigs.” Rick Wilkenfeld also ran out of Galveston to find limits of snapper, once he was presented with a window of decent weather. “We really just had to make the call the night before whether or not we were we going to go, because the weather forecast was just so hit and miss around the opener,” he said. “When we got our opportunity, finding snapper was pretty simple.” Wilkenfeld ran about 35 miles to the southeast where he found plenty of 10-15 pound snapper in about 85 feet of water. “We ended up catching all of our fish on jigs, because live bait would only render bites from smaller snapper,” he said. “There were snapper everywhere throughout the water column surrounding the structure we targeted. They were so thick, we even caught some while trolling lures to try to catch some kingfish after we had already iced our limits.” The folks at Galveston Party Boats said their snapper trips to kick off the season were extremely consistent. They reported all of their anglers were catching their limits, with an average size of 10-15 pounds, at about 50-70 miles offshore in about 115-130 feet of water. Tyler Hass ran about 30 miles offshore south of Freeport and found limits of red snapper in about 95 feet of water. “Most of the snapper we caught were in the 10- to 15-pound range,” Hass said. “There were a few other boats fishing around popular areas known for holding snapper, but there weren’t near as many boats as I’m used to seeing. It was pretty clear that the recent inclement weather was keeping a lot of folks off of the water.” After finishing up their limits of snapper, Hass and his crew ran another 50 miles and landed a 90-pound Warsaw grouper in about 500 feet of water. Freeport guide Capt. Mike Segall said limits of snapper have been easy to come by on the days that the weather has cooperated.

“We weren’t able to run offshore on opening day due to the storms that were scattered about in the Gulf,” Segall said. “The days that followed were decent and we found 8- to 12pound snapper just about everywhere we stopped around 30 miles southeast of Freeport in 90 feet of water.” Fisherman’s Wharf, in Port Aransas, reported their snapper trips on the Scat Cat have been excellent so far this season. They have been returning with full limits every trip from about 20 miles offshore out of Port A. Most of the fish are ranging anywhere from 7 to 15 pounds. Port Aransas offshore guide Capt. Blake Rogers said the red snapper opener was great for his anglers on natural baits.

“On opening day, we landed two fish that pushed 27 pounds, and plenty of other snapper in the 15- to 20-pound range to fill out our limits,” Rogers said. “We have been running 15-25 miles out to the north or south of Port Aransas, depending on the wind, and targeting various forms of structure.”

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Isabella Bailey, 9, harvested her first buck during the youth weekend in Cottle County. The 8-point buck was about 100 yards away.

Judge G. W. Quick (rear) caught this 40-pound black drum while fishing for speckled trout with his friend, Nathan Gray, in Galveston Bay.

Jorge Bazan hunted sandhill crane at La Presita Ranch.

Jessica Weller, shot her first deer, a nice 10-pointer in Lavaca County. Her daughter Kate Lynn, 3, is still warming up to the idea of hunting but she has a great role model.

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guide landed a 26-incher. Garza, who was out in a boat with Getaway Lodge owner, Mike Sutton, to take photos of the anglers, gave in to his request to fish for a while, and they landed about 30 speckled trout, all off of a deeper bar while fishing slowly. “It was really encouraging,” she said. “At the event, it was the most trout I have heard about getting caught since the freeze.” The conditions were surprisingly calm for the event, with the rare slick, calm start to the morning, followed by a slight north wind, and then by the more typical southeast wind as the morning progressed. Lone Star Outdoor News founder David J. Sams fished with Texas Saltwater Fishing Magazine founder Everett Johnson. “There was fog along the King Ranch shoreline,” Sams said. “And a herd of nilgai watched as the fishermen waded out from the bank.” Signs of ample baitfish encouraged the anglers. “There were loads of mullet everywhere,” Anglers gathered for the first annual REEL Lifesavers Sams said. “They were so thick, they were Invitational at Getaway Lodge, a catch-and-release event in Port Mansfield. Photo by Lone Star Outdoor popping the lures.” Sams caught four reds, the longest 24 1/2 News. inches, and Johnson caught the first trout, a 17-incher, for the group. “Johnson took a break and while we were wading, he fell asleep on the boat,” he said. “Our guide, David Garza, used his remote to lift the Power Pole to wake him up. I caught three reds, and then Johnson hopped in the water and our luck stopped.” Prizes were awarded to the winners, including rods, reels and metal art instead of trophies. Paul DeLorenzo landed the biggest redfish, at 30.25 inches. “We were fishing about waist-deep on a sand bar south of the Port,” he said. “I had a Paul Brown plastic worm on, and I caught two in a row, both over 30 inches, and my friend caught a 29.” The school of redfish they found disappeared. “We searched all over and couldn’t find them,” DeLorenzo said. “Had I caught one more, even a 20-incher, I could have won the whole thing.” DeLorenzo and Hall both said the event became one of their favorites. “It was a good time and a good group,” DeLorenzo said. “Everybody had a good time, and Sandra can sure whip up some vittles.”

it’s a clear morning with a light breeze. If the conditions are right, you can find them working the surface along the south shoreline. On Lake Lavon, Carey Thorn reported the white bass are “on fire.” Noting most of his 4-hour charters are ready to leave in two hours or less. He has been using jigs. “Use as many jigs as you want to fish at a time and you will catch that many,” he said. “Everyone caught fish until they didn’t want to see another fish.” Thorn said a recent group on May 28 boated more than 300 white bass by 8:45 a.m. Angler Dennis Christian went out on Cedar Creek Lake with friends on June 3 and caught 211 fish: 170 white bass, 13 catfish and 28 hybrids, all of which were up to 25 inches.

“We had two at 25 inches, one at 24.5 inches, a bunch at 23 inches to 20 inches, and one at 19 inches,” he reported on Facebook. Christian said all of the fish were caught on the bottom on a main-lake hump on the east side of the lake in water 23 to 26 feet deep. “We used several baits, including Mepps #4 and #5 silver, Mepps gold, Mepps clone and a 2/3-ounce silver Little Cleo,” he said. “We caught most casting out and working back along the bottom, but also a bunch fishing straight down.” Lake Lewisville also is producing quick limits. Guide Steve Schiele reported quick limits of sandies with some catfish mixed in for his groups. “Lake Lewisville is on fire,” he said.

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Clarus makes acquisition Clarus Corporation will acquire Australia-based Rhino-Rack Pty Ltd, a manufacturer of automotive roof racks, carriers and accessories, for $198 million.

DOWN 2) Bait for cats 4) Reservoir in North Texas (two words) 5) River in northeast Texas 6) Maker of protein feed 7) A sinker type (two words) 10) One of the shorebirds (two words) 14) A salmon species 15) A bullet brand 18) A type of net 20) Tungsten shot size used for turkey hunting 21) A dove hunter’s org. 25) Manufacturer of clay target throwers 27) CCA’s tournament 29) Check before coastal fishing trip 30) County seat of Duval County (two words) 31) County seat of Bosque County 32) Type of plastic worm 33) Quanah’s county 35) Structure where crappie hide 36) A shotgun brand 37) Johnson City’s county 38) New director at RPQRR 41) A good hiding place for bass

Chattanooga Shooting Supplies, Inc. named Adam Crews as director of sales.

Lucas Bissett has been hired as the executive director of the American Fly Fishing Trade Association.

Vista Outdoor acquired electric bicycle company QuietKat and female apparel brand Venor.

ACROSS 1) One of the oaks 3) A worm used for bait 8) A reel manufacturer 9) A South Texas reservoir 11) Tagging deer in the future 12) The white bass 13) Texas’ state tree 16) The skunk’s defense mechanism 17) An African game species 19) Reservoir in East Texas 22) A good hybrid lure 23) A shark species 24) A Texas bay 26) A shotshell brand 28) A hunting clothing company 30) An exotic species in Texas 32) Type of crankbait bill 34) A favorite food for quail 39) A good crappie lake 40) Expo at Texas Motor Speedway 41) Type of rigging for plastic worm 42) A hawk species 43) A Panhandle county (two words) 44) Bass boat brand

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Dan Quinn was promoted to director of field promotions for Rapala USA.

Western Bass Club honored Before the start of the Bassmaster Classic, the Western Bass Club will receive the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame’s Meritorious Service Award. The club bills itself as the “oldest chartered bass club in the United States,” and was founded in 1938 by anglers from western Washington.

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TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING REPORT SABINE LAKE: 79 degrees. Speckled trout are good on shrimp and top-waters working the shorelines or around the jetties. Redfish are fair to good on shrimp and soft plastics. BOLIVAR: 77 degrees. Speckled trout are good near the bridge and along the surf on top-waters. Redfish are good on shrimp and soft plastics. Black drum are good around vegetation or structure on crabs and shrimp.

TRINITY BAY: 77 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair to good on shrimp and soft plastics over hard sandy bottoms with scattered shell. Flounder are good on mud minnows around the rocks. EAST GALVESTON BAY: 77 degrees. Speckled trout are fair to good around the reefs on

top-waters and shrimp. Redfish are fair in the surf and around the jetties on shrimp. WEST GALVESTON BAY: 77 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are fair to good over hard, sandy bottom with scattered shell on shrimp and top-waters. TEXAS CITY: 79 degrees. Redfish are good over the flats on live shrimp. Speckled trout are fair along the shoreline on shrimp. Black drum are good on blue crabs in the channels or around vegetation. FREEPORT: 78 degrees. Redfish are fair on shrimp. Speckled trout are good on shrimp around granite rock reefs. Black drum are good on blue crabs. EAST MATAGORDA BAY: 78 degrees. Speckled trout are are fair in channels around grass flats on soft plastics and shrimp. Redfish are good on soft plastics and top-waters. Black drum are fair on blue crabs around structure or vegetation. WEST MATAGORDA BAY: 78 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair to good where

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the bottom is mud and shell mix on shrimp and top-waters. PORT O’CONNOR: 77-78 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair to good on shrimp around San Luis Pass. Black drum are fair on blue crabs and shrimp. Flounder are good around the jetties on shrimp and mud minnows.

ROCKPORT: 84-85 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are good on live bait and top-waters around the shoreline and on flats. Black drum are fair to good on blue crabs and shrimp.

CORPUS CHRISTI: 84 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair to good on live shrimp and top-waters. Flounder are good on mullet and shrimp around the rocks. Black drum are fair on crab and shrimp near the jetty and over vegetation. BAFFIN BAY: 87-88 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair to good on the flats on shrimp and soft plastics. Flounder are good on mud minnows. PORT MANSFIELD: 83 degrees. Speckled trout are fair on soft plastics in deeper water. Redfish are fair on willow tails and paddle tails. SOUTH PADRE: 79 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good on soft plastics in water less than 5 feet deep over sand bars. Black drum are fair on blue crabs. PORT ISABEL: 80-81 degrees. Speckled trout are good on shrimp. Redfish are fair to good over sand bars with grass bottom on shrimp and top-waters. —TPWD

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2021 A.M. P.M. SUN MOON Jun/Jul Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets

11 Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Mon 15 Tue 16 Wed 17 Thu 18 Fri 19 Sat 20 Sun 21 Mon 22 Tue 23 Wed 24 Thu 25 Fri

6:33 12:21 7:28 1:15 8:24 2:11 9:20 3:08 10:16 4:03 11:09 4:57 11:59 5:48 12:24 6:35 1:09 7:21 1:53 8:06 2:38 8:52 3:27 9:42 4:22 10:38 5:22 11:38 6:27 12:11

6:59 7:54 8:49 9:46 10:40 11:33 ----12:47 1:33 2:18 3:06 3:57 4:53 5:54 6:59

12:46 1:41 2:37 3:33 4:28 5:21 6:11 6:59 7:45 8:31 9:19 10:12 11:09 ----12:43

06:20 06:20 06:20 06:20 06:20 06:20 06:20 06:20 06:20 06:20 06:21 06:21 06:21 06:21 06:22

08:21 08:21 08:22 08:22 08:22 08:23 08:23 08:23 08:23 08:24 08:24 08:24 08:24 08:24 08:25

7:10a 9:46p 8:01a 10:36p 8:56a 11:22p 9:54a NoMoon 10:54a 12:03a 11:55a 12:41a 12:56p 1:15a 1:58p 1:48a 3:01p 2:21a 4:07p 2:56a 5:16p 3:33a 6:28p 4:16a 7:40p 5:05a 8:48p 6:02a 9:50p 7:05a

6:39 12:27 7:34 1:21 8:30 2:17 9:26 3:13 10:21 4:09 11:15 5:03 ----- 5:53 12:29 6:41 1:14 7:27 1:59 8:11 2:44 8:58 3:33 9:48 4:28 10:43 5:28 11:44 6:33 12:17

7:05 7:59 8:55 9:51 10:46 11:39 12:05 12:53 1:39 2:24 3:12 4:03 4:59 6:00 7:04

12:52 1:46 2:42 3:39 4:34 5:27 6:17 7:05 7:51 8:37 9:25 10:18 11:15 ----12:49

06:18 06:18 06:18 06:18 06:18 06:19 06:19 06:19 06:19 06:19 06:19 06:19 06:20 06:20 06:20

08:34 08:34 08:35 08:35 08:35 08:36 08:36 08:36 08:36 08:37 08:37 08:37 08:37 08:37 08:37

7:08a 10:01p 7:59a 10:50p 8:54a 11:35p 9:53a NoMoon 10:55a 12:15a 11:57a 12:51a 1:00p 1:24a 2:03p 1:56a 3:08p 2:27a 4:16p 2:59a 5:27p 3:35a 6:41p 4:16a 7:54p 5:04a 9:03p 6:00a 10:04p 7:03a

San Antonio 2021 Jun/Jul

A.M. P.M. SUN MOON Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets

11 Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Mon 15 Tue 16 Wed 17 Thu 18 Fri 19 Sat 20 Sun 21 Mon 22 Tue 23 Wed 24 Thu 25 Fri

6:46 12:33 7:40 1:27 8:36 2:23 9:33 3:20 10:28 4:16 11:21 5:09 ----- 6:00 12:36 6:48 1:21 7:33 2:05 8:18 2:51 9:04 3:40 9:55 4:34 10:50 5:35 11:51 6:39 12:23

7:11 8:06 9:02 9:58 10:53 11:45 12:12 1:00 1:45 2:31 3:18 4:09 5:06 6:07 7:11

12:59 1:53 2:49 3:45 4:40 5:33 6:24 7:11 7:57 8:44 9:32 10:24 11:21 ----12:55

06:33 06:33 06:33 06:33 06:33 06:33 06:34 06:34 06:34 06:34 06:34 06:34 06:35 06:35 06:35

08:32 08:33 08:33 08:33 08:34 08:34 08:34 08:35 08:35 08:35 08:35 08:35 08:36 08:36 08:36

7:24a 9:58p 8:15a 10:48p 9:10a 11:33p 10:08a NoMoon 11:08a 12:15a 12:09p 12:53a 1:10p 1:28a 2:11p 2:01a 3:14p 2:34a 4:19p 3:09a 5:29p 3:47a 6:40p 4:30a 7:52p 5:19a 9:00p 6:16a 10:01p 7:19a

Amarillo

2021 A.M. P.M. SUN MOON Jun/Jul Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets

11 Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Mon 15 Tue 16 Wed 17 Thu 18 Fri 19 Sat 20 Sun 21 Mon 22 Tue 23 Wed 24 Thu 25 Fri

6:59 12:47 7:54 1:41 8:50 2:37 9:46 3:34 10:42 4:29 11:35 5:23 12:01 6:14 12:49 7:01 1:35 7:47 2:19 8:32 3:04 9:18 3:53 10:08 4:48 11:04 5:48 ----6:53 12:37

7:25 8:19 9:15 10:11 11:06 11:59 12:25 1:13 1:59 2:44 3:32 4:23 5:19 6:20 7:25

1:12 2:07 3:03 3:59 4:54 5:47 6:37 7:25 8:11 8:57 9:45 10:38 11:35 12:04 1:09

06:32 06:32 06:32 06:32 06:32 06:32 06:32 06:32 06:33 06:33 06:33 06:33 06:33 06:34 06:34

09:00 09:01 09:01 09:01 09:02 09:02 09:02 09:03 09:03 09:03 09:03 09:04 09:04 09:04 09:04

7:21a 10:29p 8:12a 11:18p 9:08a NoMoon 10:08a 12:02a 11:11a 12:41a 12:15p 1:16a 1:19p 1:48a 2:24p 2:17a 3:31p 2:47a 4:40p 3:18a 5:53p 3:52a 7:08p 4:32a 8:22p 5:19a 9:31p 6:13a 10:32p 7:16a

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 Jun 11 Jun 12 Jun 13 Jun 14 Jun 15 Jun 16 Jun 17 Jun 18 Jun 19 Jun 20 Jun 21 Jun 22 Jun 23 Jun 24 Jun 25

Time 6:24 AM 7:04 AM 7:50 AM 12:18 AM 1:04 AM 1:54 AM 2:52 AM 3:58 AM 5:11 AM 01:23 AM 2:29 AM 3:27 AM 4:20 AM 5:12 AM 6:04 AM

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Time 11:38 AM 11:36 PM

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8:41 AM 9:30 AM 10:11 AM 10:41 AM 11:05 AM 11:26 AM 6:27 AM 7:38 AM 8:41 AM 9:35 AM 10:23 AM 11:09 AM

1.65H 1.61H 1.56H 1.50H 1.45H 1.42H 0.96L 1.14L 1.28L 1.38L 1.44L 1.45L

Time 1:42 PM

Height 1.44H

Time 10:57 PM

Height -0.28L

4:59 PM 5:34 PM 6:12 PM 11:46 AM 12:09 PM 12:38 PM 1:12 PM 1:52 PM 2:36 PM

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9:46 PM 11:59 PM

1.07H 1.22H

6:54 PM 7:37 PM 8:23 PM 9:11 PM 9:59 PM 10:49 PM

-0.17L -0.49L -0.73L -0.87L -0.90L -0.81L

Galveston Bay entrance, north jetty Time 7:13 AM 8:00 AM 8:48 AM 12:12 AM 12:52 AM 1:38 AM 2:32 AM 3:33 AM 4:47 AM 1:31 AM 2:51 AM 3:59 AM 4:57 AM 5:48 AM 6:37 AM

Height 1.96H 1.93H 1.89H -0.17L -0.06L 0.09L 0.29L 0.54L 0.82L 1.44H 1.71H 1.96H 2.13H 2.20H 2.17H

Time 11:00 PM 11:36 PM

Height -0.25L -0.23L

9:28 AM 10:00 AM 10:26 AM 10:46 AM 11:02 AM 11:17 AM 6:45 AM 8:19 AM 8:20 PM 9:07 PM 10:00 PM 10:53 PM

1.85H 1.80H 1.73H 1.65H 1.56H 1.49H 1.09L 1.31L -0.61L -0.77L -0.81L -0.75L

Height 1.92H 1.92H 1.90H 1.86H -0.20L -0.06L 0.14L 0.41L 0.70L 1.34H 1.65H 1.92H 2.11H 2.19H 2.18H

Time 10:20 PM 10:54 PM 11:32 PM

Height -0.32L -0.31L -0.28L

9:27 AM 9:58 AM 10:25 AM 10:48 AM 11:06 AM 6:52 AM 9:12 AM 7:54 PM 8:42 PM 9:33 PM 10:26 PM

1.80H 1.71H 1.59H 1.44H 1.30H 0.95L 1.10L -0.62L -0.79L -0.85L -0.81L

Height -0.16L -0.17L -0.17L -0.17L -0.14L -0.07L 0.05L 0.21L 0.52H 0.60H 0.74H 0.86H 0.94H 0.97H -0.33L

Time 12:49 PM 1:47 PM 2:32 PM 3:01 PM 3:14 PM 3:12 PM 2:56 PM 1:58 PM 8:34 PM 9:04 PM 9:47 PM 10:37 PM 11:31 PM

Height 0.86H 0.86H 0.87H 0.86H 0.82H 0.74H 0.64H 0.53H 0.18L 0.01L -0.14L -0.24L -0.30L

12:39 PM

0.97H

Height 0.07L 0.06L 0.03L 0.00L -0.01L 0.02L 0.09L 0.22L 0.37L 0.35L 0.19L 0.06L -0.02L -0.07L -0.09L

Time 4:42 PM 5:15 PM 5:47 PM 6:13 PM 6:29 PM 6:16 PM 5:38 PM 5:15 PM 4:27 PM 3:38 PM 3:32 PM 3:41 PM 4:01 PM 4:31 PM 5:11 PM

Height 1.09H 1.10H 1.10H 1.08H 1.04H 0.97H 0.89H 0.82H 0.79H 0.83H 0.92H 0.99H 1.05H 1.08H 1.09H

Time

6:12 PM 6:11 PM 6:29 PM 11:31 AM 11:47 AM

Height

0.98L 0.71L 0.37L 1.45H 1.45H

Time

Height

9:33 PM 11:34 PM

1.11H 1.21H

7:00 PM 7:38 PM

-0.00L -0.34L

Time 6:54 AM 7:34 AM 8:14 AM 8:52 AM 12:14 AM 1:01 AM 1:56 AM 3:06 AM 4:42 AM 1:08 AM 2:27 AM 3:35 AM 4:37 AM 5:35 AM 6:32 AM

Time

6:19 PM 5:55 PM 6:06 PM 11:18 AM 11:15 AM

Height

0.81L 0.58L 0.28L 1.18H 1.13H

Time

Height

9:15 PM 11:28 PM

0.87H 1.05H

6:33 PM 7:11 PM

-0.06L -0.37L

Port O’Connor Date Jun 11 Jun 12 Jun 13 Jun 14 Jun 15 Jun 16 Jun 17 Jun 18 Jun 19 Jun 20 Jun 21 Jun 22 Jun 23 Jun 24 Jun 25

Time 12:39 AM 1:13 AM 1:49 AM 2:28 AM 3:10 AM 3:55 AM 4:42 AM 5:31 AM 11:50 AM 10:42 AM 8:42 AM 9:24 AM 10:18 AM 11:20 AM 12:25 AM

Time 04:37 AM 05:22 AM 06:04 AM 06:43 AM 07:19 AM 07:51 AM 08:19 AM 08:37 AM 08:33 AM 12:35 AM 01:03 AM 01:42 AM 02:28 AM 03:22 AM 04:21 AM

Date Jun 11 Jun 12 Jun 13 Jun 14 Jun 15 Jun 16 Jun 17 Jun 18 Jun 19 Jun 20 Jun 21 Jun 22 Jun 23 Jun 24 Jun 25

Time 8:32 AM 9:27 AM 10:22 AM 12:34 AM 1:27 AM 2:20 AM 3:12 AM 4:07 AM 12:02 AM 2:06 AM 3:45 AM 4:57 AM 5:53 AM 6:45 AM 7:39 AM

Time 12:43 PM 1:49 PM 3:52 PM 4:00 PM 3:32 PM 3:17 PM 3:07 PM 7:33 AM 7:57 AM 8:14 AM 11:49 PM

Height 1.41H 1.34H 1.30H 1.26H 1.22H 1.18H 1.13H 0.39L 0.65L 0.92L -0.38L

9:39 AM 10:09 AM 10:59 AM

1.44H 1.47H 1.42H

Height 1.32H 1.31H 1.30H -0.16L -0.09L 0.01L 0.16L 0.34L 0.75H 0.90H 1.09H 1.27H 1.40H 1.45H 1.43H

Time 10:59 PM 11:45 PM

Height -0.22L -0.20L

11:06 AM 11:35 AM 11:49 AM 11:48 AM 11:37 AM 5:18 AM 7:18 AM 9:12 AM 8:34 PM 9:18 PM 10:07 PM 10:59 PM

1.28H 1.23H 1.15H 1.07 1.00H 0.56L 0.78L 0.94L -0.47L -0.59L -0.62L -0.57L

Height -0.06L -0.06L -0.07L -0.06L -0.04L -0.00L 0.06L 0.14L 0.27H 0.32H 0.39H 0.44H 0.47H 0.48H -0.14L

Time 2:29 PM 3:24 PM 4:03 PM 4:34 PM 4:53 PM 4:34 PM 3:37 PM 1:21 PM 7:14 AM 8:08 AM 10:01 PM 10:48 PM 11:37 PM

Height 0.45H 0.47H 0.48H 0.47H 0.45H 0.40H 0.34H 0.31H 0.23L 0.31L -0.07L -0.11L -0.14L

2:48 PM

0.49H

Height 1.14H 1.16H 1.16H -0.14L -0.07L 0.02L 0.17L 0.35L 0.56L 0.82H 0.98H 1.13H 1.23H 1.29H 1.30H

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Texas Coast Tides

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NSSF recognizes Sen. Cramer The National Shooting Sports Foundation recognized U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer (RN.D.) as the 2020 National Shooting Sports Foundation Legislator of the Year for his commitment to protect the firearm industry against discriminatory banking practices and preserving America’s Constitutional rights. —NSSF

OREGON

Poaching from fish traps Poachers took spawning fish from the fish trap and destroyed surveillance cameras to hide their crimes during the winter steelhead run in Woodward Creek, according to Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife officials. Multiple people accessed the trap. One person, identified through surveillance footage, entered the trap to net fish, then shot one camera which was placed to monitor the traps and stole another. Troopers caught up with Kaine M. Horner, 24, formerly of Myrtle Point, while he was fishing illegally in a closed section of the South Coquille River on Feb 22. They seized his rifle, net and fishing gear. —ODFW

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Commissioners with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission unanimously approved Austin Booth, a native of Scott, to become the agency’s 19th director in its 106-year history. He will replace Director Patt Fitts when he retires from the agency June 30. Booth served as Captain in the United States Marine Corps from 2011-2019, including a 2015-2016 deployment to Afghanistan. He comes to the AGFC after 18 months as Chief of Staff and Chief Financial Officer at the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs, where he oversaw financial functions as well as internal operations of the department. —AGFC

NEBRASKA

Applications for deer, elk and pronghorn permits

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Big game hunters may begin applying for 2021 elk, antelope and deer draw permits June 14, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Elk applicants may apply for one elk permit or buy one elk bonus point. Deer and antelope applicants may apply for one deer or antelope permit or buy one deer or antelope preference point. A point may be purchased by an applicant in lieu of participating in the draw. The deadline for applications is June 25 and drawing results will be available by July 2.

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LOUISIANA

Charter guide faces charges for yellowfin tuna Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents cited an Alexandria man for alleged charter guide and tuna fishing violations. Agents cited Chandler Cataldie, 33, for failing to comply with charter guide regulations, violating tuna regulations and failing to have a recreational offshore landing permit. Agents were on a Joint Enforcement Agreement patrol with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration when they stopped Cataldie with Champion Charters for a license and creel check. Agents learned Cataldie was on a charter with six paying customers without a current U.S. Coast Guard captain’s license, charter guide license and proof of insurance. Additionally, Cataldie was in possession of two yellowfin tuna without the required required Highly Migratory Species Permit for Charter/ Headboats and Louisiana’s free recreational offshore landing permit. Cataldie will face civil restitution totaling $1,675 for the replacement value of the two yellowfin tuna. Agents seized two tuna weighing 245 pounds and donated them to a local charity. —LDWF

TENNESSEE

Raffle for conservation The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation has put together 10 outstanding outdoor experience packages, plus an additional 100 prizes will be awarded in its 2021 Tennessee Conservation Raffle. This year’s raffle is highlighted by a $50,000 voucher which can be applied to a new vehicle from any Mid-South Ford dealership. Other packages include an elk tag for the Tennessee Premier Elk Zone, a deer hunt on Presidents Island, a turkey hunting package, a waterfowl hunting package and a Tennessee Henry rifle. A single ticket is $20, three tickets for $50, and 10 for $100 and are on sale until Aug. 15. Raffle tickets may be purchased online. One hundred percent of the funds from the raffle goes to support wildlife conservation in Tennessee. —TWRF

MINNESOTA

Pope & Young to move museum Officials from the Pope & Young Club in Chatfield, Minnesota joined Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris to announce plans to relocate the Pope & Young Club/St. Charles Museum of Bowhunting and its permanent collection to the campus of Bass Pro Shops national headquarters in Springfield, Missouri. —Bass Pro Shops

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