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Sabine flounder bite best in years By Robert Sloan
For Lone Star Outdoor News
Jerry Norris has been finding numbers of flounder on Sabine Lake, more than he has seen in a long time. Photo by Robert Sloan, for Lone Star Outdoor News.
Longtime Sabine Lake guide Jerry Norris has changed his tactics this summer, and targeting flounder has become a routine. Sabine Lake is known for its flounder fishing, but over the past few years the numbers of fish have not been what it’s been in the past, accord-
ing to Norris. But during the first week of June, he and a customer were fishing at the mouth of a bayou on the upper end of the lake and ended up with two limits of flounder in the 2- to 2 1/2-pound class. “We were just kind of moving around looking to catch some reds and started hooking up with some really nice flounder,” Norris said. “We came back the next morn-
ing and they were still there. I’ve been fishing here for decades and have noticed over the past several years that the catches of flounder have slowly slacked off. But based on what I’ve seen lately, there is no shortage of flounder now. I don’t know if this is part of the late spring run or just a whole lot of them moving into the lake from the Gulf. What I do know is that they are here now
and the fishing is very good.” During the second week of June, the flounder moved up shallow and were stacked up along the flooded grass in the bayous and on the south end of the lake. “The water has been higher than normal,” Norris said. “What I’m doing is just easing along the flooded grass and pitching soft plastics to pockets along the shoreline Please turn to page 13
Hill Country stripers on the fly By Nate Skinner
For Lone Star Outdoor News
Kelli Prescott landed this 25-pound striper while fly-fishing on Canyon Lake. Fly anglers have been finding some fish schooling and others suspended. Photo by John Shank.
According to fly-fishing guide John Shank, striped bass are a smart species of fish than can be quite picky or finicky at times. The owner and operator of Lone Star Fly Fishing, based in New Braunfels, argues on certain bodies of water, these fish have seen countless amounts of lures and baits from fishing pressure. For that reason, he prefers pursuing stripers with fly tackle in hopes that the more subtle, finesse-like presentation will draw more strikes. “Stripers are predictably
unpredictable,” Shank said. “We have a year-round fishery for them here in the Hill Country, both on Canyon Lake and in the Guadalupe River, but catching them isn’t just as simple as waking up and planning to chase after them on any given day.” Shank said Canyon Lake stripers have been pretty consistent. “We’ve been catching a lot of fish schooling lately, and then we’ve also found some larger fish suspended down below the surface in deep water,” he said. “Schooling fish are a little bit more straightforward in regards to pursuing them, while suspended Please turn to page 16
Federal challenge expected on supressors By Craig Nyhus
Gov. Greg Abbott signed House Bill 1927, the constitutional carry bill, which removes licensing and training requirements for Texans over 21 to carry a pistol. The bill goes into effect Sept. 1.
Explosives before paying a $200 tax. The bill also establishes a class of suppressors (made in Texas) that will be declared exempt from federal regulation. The bill states in part, “A firearm suppressor that is manufactured in this state and remains in this state is not subject to federal law or federal regulation, including registration, under the authority of the United States Congress to
regulate interstate commerce.” However, the exemption is likely headed for a challenge in federal court, and dealers don’t expect they will be selling supressors without the NFA permit anytime soon. Firearms dealers, if they sell to someone without them being registered, could lose their ATF license. For individuals, local law enforcement may not knock on their door,
but the ATF might, leaving the person facing up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine. In 2013, Kansas passed a similar measure that was found unconstitutional by federal courts, after two men were sentenced to federal prison for selling and possessing an unregistered supressor. Other gun-related bills signed by Abbott: Senate Bill 19: Prohibits companies contracting Please turn to page 6
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Bringing bobwhites back to the Pineywoods Project seeks to restore quail in East Texas By Craig Nyhus
Lone Star Outdoor News Many quail hunters would like nothing more than to pursue wild bobwhites through the timber of the East Texas Pineywoods, either on private or public land, without having to travel to Georgia or Florida. Historically, the region held quail, and Tall Timbers, a research station
based in Tallahassee, Florida, plans to bring them back. It won’t be a quick process, though. Tall Timbers announced the creation of a new permanent program to restore bobwhite quail populations to parts of the Pineywoods ecoregion of Texas and beyond, using scientifically based management and landowner outreach. The Tall Timbers’ Western Pineywoods Quail Program is being launched with support from dedicated quail hunters, Tall Timbers, the Park Cities Quail Coalition and Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department. With decades of historically high wild quail populations and hunting success in its project areas from Albany, Georgia to Tallahassee, Florida, Tall Timbers has expanded to establish quail programs in the Carolinas, central Florida, Alabama, and now the Pineywoods of East Texas, southern Arkansas, and western Louisiana. The Pineywoods region once supported vibrant wild bobwhite populations but has attracted little research or management attention to restore the Please turn to page 11
Brad Kubecka, the Western Gamebird Project director for Tall Timbers, releases bobwhite quail as part of a translocation project. Photo from Tall Timbers.
Hog hunters staying busy By Nate Skinner
For Lone Star Outdoor News
Daniel Kemp shot this feral hog with his .308 rifle during a morning hunt on a friend’s property near Sonora. Photo from Daniel Kemp.
With lush, green range conditions across much of the state, wild hogs have been on the move, tearing up fields and hammering deer feeders. Hunters have been doing their part to mitigate the hogs’ destructiveness while handling offseason chores on properties where they deer hunt. They’ve had their work cut out for them. Owner of Texas Strap Company, Daniel Kemp, recently made a hunt on a buddy’s property near Sonora and harvested a heavy boar. “I was actually invited out to the property to go axis hunting,” Kemp said. “I was set up under a shade tree on a hillside, overlooking the edge of a draw that wildlife tend to use as a highway. As I was waiting for an axis to show up, a single boar came roaming through and stopped to eat some of the corn that I had thrown out. I quickly put him in my scope, took a shot, and dropped him.” Kemp shot the pig around 7 a.m. with his .308 rifle at about 125 yards. The boar was estimated to weigh around
190 pounds. “We saw some other groups of hogs moving through some thicker stuff while covering trails on the property throughout the trip,” Kemp said. In the Junction area, Jacob Bielefeldt said the hogs have been hitting corn feeders and roads he has been feeding on a new deer lease for his family. “The pig traffic has been pretty consistent on the property,” he said. “We are just trying to get the pig numbers under control before deer season rolls around.” Late evening hours have been the best for encountering numbers of hogs. “Corning the roads has worked almost every time we’ve tried it,” Bielefeldt said. “Like clockwork, they’ve been coming out just before dark to eat the road feed.” On their most recent trip to their lease, Bielefeldt and his family harvested three boars and one sow. “There’s no shortage of pigs on that place right now,” he said. In Jacksboro, Kelsey Slusser of HB Hunting Ranch said the hogs have been pretty prolific across their ranch. “We have been trying to
keep the hog population in check,” she said. “The pigs are hitting our corn feeders hard, and there’s also been a lot of night activity from them as well. We’ve been using green lights around feed set ups to hunt them at night.” Rafael Gutierrez harvested a large sow with his recurve bow on friend’s ranch in Duval County. “I was hunting during the afternoon, about 7 feet off of the ground in a tree stand fixed to a mesquite tree that was overlooking a feeder,” he said. “The sow came out with another large female hog that had several smaller pigs with her. They showed up right after the feeder went off and I took the shot at about 20 yards.” Outfitter Corey Johnson said the pigs in the Bowie area on the properties he hunts on are out of control. “The hogs have been hitting big open hay fields and food plots right after dark,” Johnson said. “We have been able to spot them at night using a red spotlight. From sunset to about 11 p.m. has been the best time to chase pigs.”
Most effective hog traps studied By Craig Nyhus
Lone Star Outdoor News After three years of examining different types of hog traps on properties in southern Oklahoma, a study, called Effectiveness and Efficiency of Corral Traps, Drop Nets and Suspended Traps for Capturing Wild Pigs, has been released. The study was completed by the Noble Research Institute, Oaks and Prairies Joint Venture, East Foundation and Texas A&M Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences. The research took place to evaluate the various trap types, including on a ranch along the Red River. Three types of traps were studied: corral traps, which are animal activated and involve hogs entering through gates; drop nets, large human-activated traps which
drop a net on the group of hogs when activated by line-of-sight remote control; and suspended traps, which are elevated with ropes, pulleys and winches and are activated remotely. The hogs enter underneath the walls of the traps, and when activated, the entire enclosure drops around the hogs. Each of the traps were baited with corn for several days to give the hogs time to acclimate. The suspended traps and the drop nets were found to be the most effective in the study. Suspended traps removed 88.1 percent of the estimated population of wild feral hogs on the properties; drop traps 85.7 percent and corral traps 48.3 percent. The studied said the best success was primarily accomplished through entire sounder removal. Both drop nets and suspended traps captured sounders as large as
30 animals. Suspended traps also took the least amount of time per pig removed because of real-time notifications and remote activation from cell phones. The study did note that corral traps can be retrofitted with cellular communication and remote monitoring and trigger systems to increase efficiency and capture larger groups of hogs. John Tomecek, the chair of the National Wild Pig Task Force and Texas AgriLife Extension Service wildlife specialist, said some landowners find issues with remoteactivated traps. “The biggest impediment is the middle of the night alerts,” Tomecek said. “They are fun and exciting at first, but people get tired of their phones buzzing at 3 in the morning after a while.” Tomecek recommended using a young employee, if you have one, or a child or
grandchild who tends to live on his or her phone, to keep track of the alerts. Emmitt Woods, who traps hogs primarily in the Possum Kingdom area, was aware of the study but still prefers the corral traps. “I think they do just as well,” he said. “The others are radio controlled. That won’t work at Possum Kingdom — there’s no cell service. And it’s tough to put a drop net or suspended trap in Hill Country-like areas.” Woods, who trapped 417 hogs last year, uses corral and box traps, placing corn on both sides of the trap with a trip wire in between. Woods agreed the alarms on traps needed cell service can wear on a trapper quickly. “Raccoons set the alarm — they can drive people crazy,” he said.
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Roaming redfish Fish scattered and moving deeper By Nate Skinner
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Hank Cherry flips to flooded trees at Lake Ray Roberts. Photo by B.A.S.S.
Fish care the big winner Only eight of 495 fish died after two-hour trip By Craig Nyhus
Lone Star Outdoor News When the super bowl of bass fishing moved from March until June, the questions started pouring in. The event, at Lake Ray Roberts in northern Denton County, held its weigh-ins at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, a drive of more than an hour each way. Fishing forums were loaded with comments wondering how officials would keep the bass alive for the drive to and from Fort Worth in the Texas heat. Todd Driscoll, a district supervisor and biologist with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, was in charge of the procedures to protect the bass and to reduce the number of bass being transported by more than half. “It went exceptionally well,” Driscoll, also a tournament angler, said. “Mother Nature helped us some — it didn’t get really hot until the week of the event. Water temps were only 80 degrees, and concerns go up the warmer the water is. There’s a big difference between 80 and 85 degrees.” Driscoll and biologists worked with B.A.S.S. to put together the fish care plan. “Ice was given to each angler each morning,” he said. “They used it appropriately.” As soon as the boats came in and got onto the trailer, two biologists checked the pumps and livewell temperature, adding more ice if necessary. “The optimal temperature is 5 to 8 degrees below the lake temperature,” Driscoll said. “The cooler water holds more oxygen.” Once the boats arrived in Fort Worth, six more biologists were there, doing the same thing, and also adding pure oxygen to the livewell while the anglers were in the waiting line. “The oxygen does wonders for the fish,” Driscoll said. “It gets the livewell oxygen level to 100 percent.” The first two days of the event, each angler’s bag was weighed at the lake and up to two of their Please turn to page 13
Many anglers are focusing their efforts more on pursuing redfish instead of speckled trout this summer. From the middle to lower coast, red drum are spread out and roaming. Folks are not reporting many large schools of fish, and anglers are having to cover water. Port O’Connor area angler, Scott Lavender, has been spending some time on the water with his two sons, Jered and Logan, and they have experienced mixed success while chasing reds. “We’ve really just been covering a lot of water,” Lavender said. “From the back lakes to main bay flats, we have had to cover plenty of ground to find slot-sized redfish.” Lavender said they have caught reds anywhere from undersized to 27 inches. Light colored, scented soft plastics, gold spoons, shrimp imitation baits and live shrimp have all produced strikes. “The fish seem to be holding tight to the bottom and lower in the water column in most areas,” Lavender explained. “During the heat of the day, drop-offs adjacent to flats have been pretty good.” On one of their most recent outings, Lavender’s oldest son, Jered, caught a tagged redfish, but he was unfortunately not entered in the CCA STAR tournament. “Jered was a great sport about it,” Lavender said. “He elected to release the fish in order to give someone else a chance to catch it, and decided he would get signed up for the tournament and try again.” Capt. Preston Long has been targeting the waters around Rockport, where he has been finding some quality, upper slot reds.
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with baitfish activity has had a few redfish lurking nearby,” Long said. “A paddle tail soft plastic, rigged on a 1/8-ounce jig head has been the ticket. Smaller profile baits seem to be working better.” Baffin Bay guide, Capt. Justin Brodnax, said tide levels have been falling recently, which has distributed redfish across shallow grass flats adjacent to drains. “Areas holding lots of bait
have been attracting their fair share of redfish,” Brodnax said. “With the water running out of Baffin Bay, there are less places for them to hide, and most of them will be found up shallow along shorelines. Getting skinny and keeping your eyes peeled for activity along shallow stretches is the best bet for targeting reds right now.” Port Mansfield angler Erica Hirsch has been chasing
Fishing the Brown & Root flats By Robert Sloan
It’s fish stocking season in many Texas reservoirs, but not all of the fish are fingerling size. At Cooper Lake, biologists placed 197 retired brood stock Florida largemouth bass from the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center hatchery. The fish had been used to produce fingerlings in East Texas lakes for the last 10 years. At Lake Grapevine, the last of 50,000 smallmouth bass fingerlings were stocked by the Dallas-Fort Worth Inland Fisheries Division; and at O.H. Ivie Reservoir, more than 60,000 fingerlings from 13-plus-pound bass along with 53,000 other hatchery fingerlings.
“There are definitely some heavy slot fish in the 27- to 28-inch range to be caught, but they are not concentrated in small areas,” Long said. “You’ll find one or two in an area, and then have to move on to a different location to look for more.” Large grass flats in a foot or so of water have been holding scattered reds pretty consistently. “Pretty much any grass flat
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Erica Hirsch landed a mid-slot redfish while wade-fishing a grass flat near Port Mansfield. Photo from Erica Hirsch.
For Lone Star Outdoor News The combination of ginclear water, thousands of acres of turtle grass and sand pockets set up the perfect summer skinny-water fishing adventure out of Port Aransas on the lower Texas coast. Located just south of the Hwy. 361 causeway, the Brown & Root flats connect Aransas Pass with Port Aransas. This summer fishing hotspot is very popular among kayakers, but shallow-running skiffs can take you off the beaten path
here, on flats with an average depth of 6 inches to 2 feet. This is where Capt. Sutton Schoonover makes a living as a full-time guide. “The Brown & Root flats set up some first-class fishing throughout the summer months,” he said. “I do both wade- and drift-fishing trips. Being able to do that gives my customers the opportunity to work a variety of lures for reds, trout and flounder.” Schoonover said the turtle grass mixed in with pockets of white sand is perfect for targeting both reds and trout. One of his go-to lures is a bone-colored Super Spook Jr. that he works in a pretty unusual way. But one that drives
Soft plastics like this D.O.A. paddle tail have been fooling redfish in the clear water near Port Aransas. Photo by Robert Sloan, for Lone Star Outdoor News.
reds bonkers. “A few years ago, I had a man and his young son on my boat,” Schoonover said. “His son was too young to fish a Super Spook Jr. with a walk-the-dog retrieve. So he would cast the lure out and
reel it in just like you would do with a spinner bait for bass. Next thing you know he’s getting all the strikes and catching a lot of reds. That’s been my go-to lure and retrieve for years. It works by kicking up a wake on a steady Please turn to page 12
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Kayakers battle winds at Port M tourney By Tony Vindell
For Lone Star Outdoor News The Port Mansfield Chamber of Commerce held its first annual kayak fishing tournament after a long break. November 2019 was the last time when the chamber either hosted a tourney or sponsored its own fishing event. Wayne Davis, the vice president of the board of directors of the membershipfunded organization, said 20 anglers registered for the event held June 12. “This is a blackjack type of tournament,” he said as he waited for the first kayaker to arrive at the chamber’s pavilion. “This means we are following the 21inch rule.” Davis said a redfish caught by an angler had to exceed 21 inches in length. According to the tournament rules, a kayak angler was allowed to bring in only two redfish and one flounder. Many tournaments in the area are excluding speckled trout in an effort to let this fish recover from the impact of this year’s freeze. Davis said up to $3,000 in prizes were up for grabs, including a $1,300 Hoodoo kayak to be raffled among the participants. As the tournament approached the start of the weigh-in period, a kayaker was at the small craft ramp on South Port Road while two others could be seen in the bay paddling their way along the murky and rough waters. “I did not catch a single redfish or a
flounder,” San Benito resident Santos Davila said. “I caught two trout that did not qualify.” A few minutes later, Albert Rivera and Lee Roy Recio, both from Brownsville, arrived at the dock. “We got skunked,” Recio said. “We didn’t catch a single fish.” Rivera said they tried every lure they had with them. “Nothing seemed to work today,” he said. “It was tough.” The anglers said they paddled for several miles to the south of the ramp, adding the morning was beautiful but it turned ugly later on. Daniel Rodriguez, who was among the anglers that showed up at the tournament, said he caught a redfish that he thought measured 21 inches. “I was measuring the fish while the waves kept hitting my kayak,” he said. “I got wiped out by the waves but I thought I had won the tournament.” To his surprise, the fish measured 19 1/2 inches after he measured again by the ramp, and the fish was released. But once at the pavilion, Rodriguez’s ticket number matched the number Davis called as the winner of the kayak raffle and he immediately started yelling and jumping with joy. Davis said it was good to witness such excitement. “We are not so disappointed,” he said in reference to the turnout and the lack of fish brought in. “This is our first kayak tournament.”
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Activities in Cedar Bayou and Vinson Slough are restricted, including boat and foot traffic. According to an Aransas County news release, remaining in or on the waters of Cedar Bayou and the lands nearby, including Vinson Slough, are prohibited while dredging activities are underway. Access is prohibited in the area, and signs have been posted at the entrances to the restricted areas. The restrictions will remain in effect until Nov. 1. The pass at Cedar Bayou was opened in 2014 but closed again after Hurricane Harvey in 2017. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved a request to reopen the pass and agreed to fund the project at a cost of approximately $8.9 million. —Staff report
Kayakers Alberto Rivera and Lee Roy Recio return to the small craft ramp on the south end of Port Mansfield in less than ideal conditions. Photo by Tony Vindell, for Lone Star Outdoor News.
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TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT ALAN HENRY: Water clear; 74 degrees; 0.49’ high. Largemouthbass are good on plastic worms, spinner baits and crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair on live, cut bait and stink bait. AMISTAD: Water lightly stained; 79-82 degrees; 49’ low. Largemouth bass are good on large plastic worms and crankbaits. Catfish are fair on cut and live bait. ARLINGTON: Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 0.10’ high. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, jigs and drop shots. Crappie are fair near boat docks and brush on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on live bait and chicken livers. ATHENS: Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 0.51 feet high. Largemouth bass are good on spinner baits, crankbaits, frogs and brush hogs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on punch bait and chicken livers. AUSTIN: Water clear; 82 degrees; 0.78’ low. Largemouth bass are good on flukes, spinner baits, pumpkinseed drop shots and crankbaits. Catfish are good on live bait, punch bait and chicken livers. B.A. STEINHAGEN: Water stained; 76 degrees; 0.06’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on topwaters and spinner baits. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait and prepared baits. BASTROP: Water clear; 79 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on flukes, spinner baits and buzz baits. Crappie are good on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on live bait, chicken livers and cut bait. BELTON: Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 9.62’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged craws, swimbaits and crankbaits. White bass are good on slabs and live bait. Hybrid stripers are fair on live bait. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on punch bait and cut bait. BENBROOK: Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 12.25’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on buzzbaits, swimbaits and flukes. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Hybrid striped bass are fair on live bait. White bass are fair on slabs. Catfish are fair on punch bait and cut bait. BOB SANDLIN: Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.24’ high. Largemouth bass are good on flipping jigs, crankbaits and frogs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait and live bait. BRAUNIG: Water lightly stained; 76 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, Carolinarigged 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; 82 degrees; 0.21’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on wacky worms, Texas-rigged plastic worms, crankbaits and swim jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass and hybrids are good on slabs, swimbaits and live bait. Catfish are good on cut bait and nightcrawlers. BUCHANAN: Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 1.27’ low. Largemouth bass are good on chatter baits, drop shots, crankbaits and brush hogs. Striped
bass are good on live bait and swimbaits. White bass are good on slabs and swimbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Channel catfish are good on punch bait and chicken livers. Blue catfish are good on cut bait. CADDO: Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 1.89’ high. Largemouth bass are good on frogs, crankbaits, flipping jigs and drop shots. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on chicken livers and cut bait. CALAVERAS: Water stained; 77-79 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina-rigged plastic worms, spinner baits and crankbaits. Red drum are good on crawfish, tilapia and silver spoons. Catfish are good on chicken livers and cut shad. CANYON LAKE: Water lightly stained; 81-86 degrees; 3.11’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, frogs and jerk baits. Striped bass are good on live bait and swimbaits. White bass are good on live bait, swimbaits and slabs. Crappie are good on live minnows and jigs. CEDAR CREEK: Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 0.03’ high. Largemouth bass are good on finesse jigs, drop shots 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 earthworms. CHOKE CANYON: Water lightly stained; 78-79 degrees; 15.98’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged worms, crankbaits and spinner baits. White bass are good on small crankbaits. Crappie are good on jigs. Catfish are fair on dough balls, live bait and cheese bait. CONROE: Water stained; 76 degrees; 0.10’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Hybrid striped bass are fair to good on live bait. Catfish are good on stink bait and cut bait. COOPER: Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 0.95’ high. Largemouth bass are good on shad crankbaits, Carolina-rigged worms and football 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; 2.02’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits and plastic worms. White bass are fair on small lipless crankbaits. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait and cheese bait. EAGLE MOUNTAIN: Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 0.20’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, top-waters and spinner baits. White bass are good on slabs and live bait. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs near docks, submerged brush and timber. Catfish are good on chicken livers and live bait. FALCON: Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 39.77’ low. Largemouth bass are good on deep-diving crankbaits and thick worms. Crappie are good in brush on jigs. Catfish are good
on live and prepared baits. FAYETTE: Water lightly stained; 82 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, crankbaits and plastic worms. Catfish are good on earthworms and cut bait. FORK: Water lightly stained; 79-85 degrees; 0.23’ high. Largemouth bass are good on frogs, top-waters, Texas-rigged plastic worms and football jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on chicken livers and live bait. GIBBONS CREEK: Water stained; 78 degrees. Largemouth bass are good over structure on plastic worms, spinner baits and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs. Catfish are fair on live bait. GRANBURY: Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 0.11’ low. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits and blade baits. Crappie are good around boat docks and bridge pilings on minnows and jigs. Striped bass are good on live bait and swimbaits. Catfish are good on chicken livers, cut bait and live bait. GRANGER: Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; 2.01’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on buzzbaits, drop shots and spinner baits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs in brush piles. White bass are good on swimbaits, jigging spoons and chartreuse slabs. Catfish are good on chicken livers, punch bait and cut bait. GRAPEVINE: Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; 10.19’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, chatter baits, swimbaits, craws and frogs. White bass are fair on slabs and swimbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs in marinas and brush piles. Catfish are fair on chicken livers, punch bait and earthworms. HOUSTON COUNTY: Water lightly stained; 77 degrees; 0.39’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on drop shots and crankbaits. Crappie are good on live minnows. Channel catfish are good on cut shad and perch on trotlines. HUBBARD CREEK: Water stained; 74 degrees; 0.11’ high. Largemouth bass are slow to fair on crankbaits and jigs. Crappie are good on jigs. Catfish are fair on live and cut shad. JOE POOL: Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 5.78’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on buzzbaits 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; 81 degrees; 5.54’ high. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged plastic worms, crankbaits, top-waters and swimbaits. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on earthworms, chicken livers and cut bait. LAVON: Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 7.81’ high. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs and live bait. Catfish are fair on live bait, nightcrawlers and chicken livers. LBJ: Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; 0.65’ low. Largemouth bass are good on finesse worms, drop shots, football jigs and crankbaits. Crappie are good on
minnows and jigs around brush piles, rock ledges and docks. White bass are good on live bait and slabs. Catfish are good on punch bait and cut bait. LEWISVILLE: Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 5.63’ high. Largemouth bass are good on drop shots, frogs, double bladed spinner baits and crankbaits. White bass are fair to good on swimbaits and slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait and nightcrawlers. LIVINGSTON: Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 0.94’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics and crankbaits. Crappie are good on jigs in shade. White bass are fair on swimbaits. Catfish are fair on live bait. MARTIN CREEK: Water slightly stained; 82 degrees; 0.08’ low. Largemouth bass are good on drop shots, chatter baits and football jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on earthworms and punch bait. MEDINA: Water lightly stained; 78 degrees; 37.11’ 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; 70 degrees; 1.26’ high. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina-rigged worms and spinner baits. Crappie are good in the timber on minnows. Catfish are good in the upper lake on live bait and prepared baits. NACONICHE: Water slightly stained; 75 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on soft plastic worms and spinner baits. Crappie are fair on jigs. Catfish are good on dough balls, cut and live bait. NASWORTHY: Water murky; 74 degrees; 1.12’ low. Largemouth bass are good in bullrushes on worms and vertically fishing minnows. Crappie are good beneath larger docks on jigs. Catfish are fair on live and prepared baits. NAVARRO MILLS: Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 5.85’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on chatter baits and shad crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. White bass are good on slabs, swimbaits and jigging spoons. Catfish are good on punch bait and chicken livers. O.H. IVIE: Water clear; 74 degrees; 13.64’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on worms and spinner baits. Crappie are good on jigs. Catfish are good on stink bait, live and cut bait. OAK CREEK: Water lightly stained; 73 degrees; 4.29’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina-rigged plastic worms and buzzbaits. Crappie are good on live minnows. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers, live bait and cut bait. PALESTINE: Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 0.55’ high. Largemouth bass are good on shad crankbaits, brush hogs, flipping jigs and top-waters. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Hybrid stripers are good on live bait and swimbaits. White bass are good on live bait, slabs and jigging spoons. Catfish are good on punch bait, earthworms
and cut bait. POSSUM KINGDOM: Water slightly stained; 73 degrees; 0.14’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters. White bass are good on Alabama rigs. Striped bass are slow. Catfish are good on cut shad. PROCTOR: Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 9.16’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters, swimbaits and crankbaits. Hybrid stripers are fair on live bait. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs near timber and brush. Catfish are fair on chicken livers, live bait and earthworms. RAY HUBBARD: Water lightly stained; 79-84 degrees; 0.02’ high. Largemouth bass are good on flukes, top-waters, buzzbaits and crankbaits near rocky banks, flats, drop-offs and timber. White bass are good on slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs in brush piles. Catfish are good on cut bait and chicken livers. RAY ROBERTS: Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 4.27’ high. Largemouth bass are good on drop shots, crankbaits, frogs and flipping jigs. White bass are good on slabs and swimbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on worms and cut bait. RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water lightly stained; 79-85 degrees; 0.36’ high. Largemouth bass are good on double bladed spinner baits, flipping jigs, frogs and shad crankbaits. White bass and hybrids are good on live bait, slabs and spoons. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on punch bait and nightcrawlers. SAM RAYBURN: Water stained; 76 degrees; 10.44’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on topwaters, spinner baits and worms. White bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are excellent on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on live and stink bait. SOMERVILLE: Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 5.11’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on brush hogs, crankbaits and drop shots. White bass and hybrids are good on swimbaits and slabs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on chicken livers, punch bait and cut bait. STILLHOUSE HOLLOW: Water lightly stained; 79-84 degrees; 2.13’ high. Largemouth bass are good on chatter baits, frogs and jerk baits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs in brush piles and timber. White bass are good on slabs and live bait. Channel catfish are good on chicken livers and cut bait. Blue catfish are fair on fresh cut bait. TAWAKONI: Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; 1.21’ high. Largemouth bass are fair to good on crankbaits, drop shots and spinner baits. White bass and hybrid stripers are good on swimbaits, slabs,and live bait. Crappie are good on minnows. Blue catfish are good on fresh cut or live bait. Channel catfish are good on punch bait. TEXANA: Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.01’ high. Largemouth bass are good on tubes, jigs and spinner baits. Crappie are fair on jigs. Catfish are good on stink bait and on trotlines with live bait.
n Saltwater reports Page 11 TEXOMA: Water lightly stained; 78-82 degrees; 3.83’ high. Largemouth bass are fair to good on wacky worms, shaky head jigs, square-billed crankbaits and top-waters. Striped bass are good on live bait and swimbaits. White bass are good on slabs and jigging spoons. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on earthworms and cut bait. TOLEDO BEND: Water slightly stained; 76 degrees; 0.25’ high. Largemouth bass are good on Carolina rigs, deep-diving crankbaits and jigs. Crappie are good on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are fair on stink bait. TRAVIS: Water lightly stained; 88 degrees; 14.76’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, frogs, chatter baits and drop shots. White bass are good on slabs and swimbaits. Stripers are good on live bait. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on chicken liver, live and prepared baits. TYLER: Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 0.25’ high. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, jigs, drop shots and frogs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on chicken livers, punch bait and earthworms. WACO: Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 7.50’ high. Largemouth bass are good on chatter baits, flipping jigs and craws. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on punch and cut bait. WALTER E. LONG: Water lightly stained; 82 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on flipping jigs, stick baits and chatter baits. Hybrid stripers are good on live bait and swimbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut and live bait. WHITNEY: Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; 11.00’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on chatter baits, top-waters, wacky worms and swim jigs. White bass are good on jigging spoons and slabs. Stripers are good on live bait. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on chicken livers and cut bait. WORTH: Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 0.33’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on topwaters, football jigs, crankbaits and jerk baits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on chicken livers and punch bait. WRIGHT PATMAN: Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 15.70’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on frogs, swimbaits and top-waters. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are fair on chicken livers, punch bait and live bait.
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TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING REPORT SABINE LAKE: 80 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good along the shorelines and around the jetties on shrimp and topwaters. Flounder are good around rocks on scented plastics.
BOLIVAR: 77 Degrees. Speckled trout are good near the bridge and along the surf on live shrimp. Redfish are good on shrimp and soft plastics. Black drum are good around vegetation or structure on crabs. TRINITY BAY: 82 degrees. Speckled trout are good over shell reefs on live shrimp. Black drum are good around structure on crabs and shrimp under a popping cork. EAST GALVESTON BAY: 85 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are good near Seawolf Park on shrimp. WEST GALVESTON BAY: 85 degrees. Redfish are good on shrimp along the shoreline. Speckled trout are good on topwaters and shrimp. TEXAS CITY: 85 degrees. Redfish are fair to good along the shoreline on live bait. Speckled trout are good in the shallows along the shoreline on shrimp and soft plastics. FREEPORT: 85 degrees. Redfish are fair to good on shrimp. Speckled trout are good on shrimp near the pass or in the shallow water. EAST MATAGORDA BAY: 84 degrees. Speckled trout are fair to good over reefs on shrimp and soft plastics. Redfish are good on soft plastics and top-waters. Black drum are good on blue crab or dead shrimp.
WEST MATAGORDA BAY: 84 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair to good over mud and shell on live shrimp and topwaters. Black drum are good on blue crabs and shrimp. PORT O’CONNOR: 85 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good in 8-10 feet of water using red/white soft plastics and black spoons. Black drum are fair on blue crabs. ROCKPORT: 85 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair to good on shrimp under a popping cork. Black drum are good around vegetation on blue crabs and shrimp. CORPUS CHRISTI: 84 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are good in Nueces Bay on live shrimp under a popping cork.
BAFFIN BAY: 88 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair to good on darker soft plastics. PORT MANSFIELD: 86.5 degrees. Speckled trout are fair on ball tails. Redfish are fair on paddle tails in red and white, spoons and top-waters. SOUTH PADRE: 82 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair to good in water less than 5 feet deep over sand bars and on KWigglers. PORT ISABEL: 82 degrees. Speckled trout are fair where grass is thick on shrimp. Redfish are fair to good on shrimp and top-waters. —TPWD
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species for several decades. In addition to habitat restoration, reintroduction of wild birds will also be a part of the project. “When the habitat is right but the wild birds are not there, researchers turn to reintroduction as an option,” said Dr. Bill Palmer, president of Tall Timbers. “By strategically moving wild quail from source areas with high populations to qualifying areas that have invested in the necessary habitat improvements, we have helped create over 80,000 acres of new wild quail lands.” Tall Timbers has been refining the quail translocation process for decades and has moved more than 7,000 wild quail to date. The Pineywoods project will fine-tune management for quail in East Texas by studying radio-tagged wild quail moved from Florida to explore their habitat use, survival rates, breeding success and other important demographics. An 8,000-plus acre private property in Polk County provides a core for the program. Habitat improvements including timber thinning, mulching, prescribed fire and herbicide application began in 2019 and continue. The project is led by Brad Kubecka, a Texas native with a Master of Science in Range and Wildlife Management at Texas A&M-Kingsville, and currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Georgia. Kubecka is bridging quail recovery efforts in Texas as the Tall Timbers Western Gamebird Director, and as the new executive director of the Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation. “Restoring habitat takes time — it’s a process,” Kubecka said. “But it’s possible to see Georgia-style wild quail hunting in East Texas as an end result.” Kubecka said the program has two goals — research and sharing the results with hunters and landowners. “The management we have done provides a good baseline for East Texas,” he
Habitat restoration includes timber thinning and prescribed burns. Photo from Tall Timbers.
said. “There hasn’t been much research in East Texas in the last 30 years.” The researcher said East Texas has some advantages once the habitat is improved. “East Texas has similar rainfall each year to the red hills of Florida and Georgia,” Kubecka said. “And there are similar sandy soils in Georgia.” Prescribed burning along with thinning will be keys in habitat improvement in much of the Pineywoods, where fire hasn’t been used in a long time. “It’s critical,” Kubecka said. “The ground needs to see fire every few years. There are old accounts in East Texas when there were black bears and ocelots. The timber was a lot different then.” Kubecka is excited about improving some of the public lands in East Texas, as well as private property, and has been coordinating with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists. “There is stability in East Texas because of the rainfall,” he said. “If we get the habitat right, we can get a more stable population. A bad year in South and West Texas could be a good year in East Texas.” Tall Timbers has secured over half of a $4 million endowment campaign to secure the Pineywoods project positions in perpetuity.
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GAME WARDEN BLOTTER PET POSSUM FOR SALE Texas game wardens and U.S. Fish and Wildlife agents inspected antique resale stores containing alligator skulls, black bear mounts, waterfowl mounts, raptor mounts and migratory bird mounts for sale. During the inspection of one store, an individual entered with a pet possum. In order to possess, sell, or purchase a furbearer, a person must have a valid Fur-bearing Propagation Permit. The possum was confiscated and relocated to a licensed rehabilitator. Citations were issued and cases are pending. GIGGING, SPEARING CATFISH A Uvalde County game warden found an unaccompanied vehicle at a Nueces River crossing. Believing the occupants got into another vehicle and drove down the river, the warden drove to a hill overlooking the river a couple of miles away. Four individuals were walking down the river, three with gigs and spears and one with a fishing rod. Two of the individuals with snorkeling gear dove into the river with the gigs. Another person in the group waved to the divers, who proceeded to dive and emerged with a catfish at the end of a gig. The warden drove down to the group and discovered a fishing
RIDE GONE, WARDENS ESCORT TO JAIL On Calaveras Creek, a Bexar County game warden was patrolling by boat and observed a person trespassing and then hiding in the mesquite brush. The warden called for backup and two additional wardens and a K-9 officer arrived to assist. The subject was located. One of the wardens continued father north into the creek when they spotted someone walking on the other side. The subject was stopped and told he was trespassing. He said he didn’t have any fish or fishing gear and was walking back to the roadway where his van was parked. The subject said his friend brought him to the property but had already left and was waiting at the van. The
rod but no other fishing, gigging or snorkeling equipment. After searching the area, the warden found the gigs and spears, which had been thrown in the water and concealed. The gigged catfish were nowhere to be seen. None of the men had a fishing license. One finally admitted to gigging a catfish and leaving it at their last fishing spot some distance away. The catfish was retrieved and seized along with three gigs and spears.
warden exited the vessel and walked along the subject’s path where they found an ice chest with six tilapia, one black bass and a cast net. The man said he left the ice chest on the trail because he got scared. The K-9 handler contacted the warden to let them know the other suspect and van were gone. The man said, “How am I supposed to get home?” He told the warden his phone, wallet and money were in the van and his friend was supposed to wait for him and take him home. The warden arrested the man for criminal trespass, had him board the vessel and transported him to the Bexar County Jail.
Multiple citations were issued with civil restitution. RADIO CONTROLS TOO DIFFICULT Near Lake Waco, Coryell and Falls County game wardens noticed a vehicle pulled over to the side of the road. When the wardens attempted to pass the vehicle, a truck cut them off, driving down the wrong side of the road. The vehicle pulled back over to the side of the road and waved the wardens to drive by.
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SELLING A STOLEN BOAT Three Bell County game wardens were patrolling Lake Belton checking crappie, white bass and tournament fishermen when they came across a vessel hull identification number that did not conform to the U.S. Coast Guard standards. The wardens ran the TX number and the vessel was flagged for a mandatory boat inspection. The man operating the vessel had purchased the boat several days ago from another person who didn’t put the vessel in their name and failed to provide a title to the boat. The wardens contacted the current registered owner who said the boat had been stolen from Belton in 2009. A police report was never made. The vessel was seized and citations were issued to the subject who sold the vessel.
During the traffic stop, the wardens noticed the driver was unable to turn down the music on his radio. When asked what he was doing, the driver said, “I was just trying to…” The driver then picked up his beer and handed it to the wardens. The driver’s was unable to keep his balance as he exited the vehicle. The driver was transported to the McLennan County Jail and was booked into jail for a DWI.
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retrieve. Drives reds crazy.” One thing to keep in mind when fishing the B&R flats is the very clear water. “With such clear water we have some great sight-casting opportunities, especially for reds. But we also can see trout laid up in the sand pockets,” Schoonover said. “And occasionally there will be a flounder laying in ambush in the pockets. The fish here will be feeding on mud minnows and shrimp during the summer months.” The guide’s favorite soft plastics on the flats are a 3-inch D.O.A. paddle tail in copper/new penny and pearl and a 5-inch Assassin with a straight tail in watermelon with red flake. “I’ll rig the paddle tail on a 1/16- to 1/32-ounce jig head,” Schoonover said.
“That allows me to fish the lure slowly in and over the grass and sand pockets as it darts around from side to side. With the Assassin tails, I’ll rig them on a long shank 1/16- or 1/32-ounce jig head.” Because of the clear water, he uses 15-pound braid with a 20-pound fluorocarbon leader. Tides also are important on these flats. “You need a strong current with tide swings to keep the fish on the move and feeding,” Schoonover said. “The best trout bite on a moving tide is going be along a ledge with varying breaks. On the lower tide you’ll be able to see and catch more reds. The key is to have wind, current and a rising or falling tide. On big tide swings, fish will be very active in the clear water.”
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in about 2 to 3 feet of water. It’s a lot like flipping jigs for bass. I’ve got the trolling motor in the water and slowly moving down the bank.” Norris said his best bait right now is a scented soft plastic. “I’ve used other soft plastics like Assassins, but the flounder seem to hold the Gulp longer, making it a lot easier to get a good hook set,” he said. “I’ve done best with a Swimming Mullet. It’s got a curl tail with lots of vibrating action. The best colors are chartreuse, white and orange.” Norris has been fishing the tails on 15-pound test monofilament. He prefers a little bit of stretch in the mono so it won’t rip the jig out a flounder’s mouth. “At times flounder have a real soft bite,” he said. “But in this warming water they are pouncing on the tails with a solid bite. Once you figure out how to flip the jigs up into the pockets of grass,
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you’ll start catching more fish.” Norris also has had success with micro spinner baits along the shoreline and at the mouths of bayous and coves. “The flounder are feeding heavily on tiny shad right now,” he said. “They see the flash of the spinner blade and eat it. What I’m doing is fishing them in about 3 feet of water on a slow and steady retrieve.” Norris said he doesn’t know how long the flounder run will last, but for the time being, he’s taking full advantage of it.
Bass care Continued from page 8
largest fish were returned to the livewell for transport to the arena. All remaining fish were immediately transferred to the live release boat and returned to the lake. At the arena, after the bass were displayed to the fans, biologists loaded the fish into hatchery trailers and returned to the lake where release boats and personnel were waiting to place the fish back into Lake Ray Roberts. “The fish got the best care possible,” Driscoll said. “There were only eight dead fish out of 495 bass brought to the weigh-ins by the anglers. Given all the fish went through, it went exceptionally well.” On the final day, the 25 anglers who made the cut could bring a five-bass limit to the arena, with the fish care protocol remaining the same. “When the fish got back to the lake, they were released at about 8 each evening,” Driscoll said. “They were transferred from our hatchery trailer to the B.A.S.S. release boat and taken out and scattered away from the boat ramp. I expected to have to make some judgment calls on some stressed fish but didn’t have to make a single one.” Chemicals weren’t used to help the fish survive. “We use some salt,” Driscoll said. “It’s a huge deal to reduce stress. When a bass gets stressed, it expels electrolytes. Most of the fish care products are made up of mostly salt.” Overall, Driscoll said the result may have been better than an event where the fish are weighed and displayed near the boat ramp. “How the anglers take care of the fish is a big part of it — they had the fish for the longest length of time,” he said. “If we get them in bad shape, there’s not much we can do for them. The anglers did great.”
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Dr. Tom Haddock with his personal best bass, 5.9 pounds, caught while fishing a recent tournament southeast of Dallas.
TJ Scharck used a .22-250 to harvest this 200-pound hog with a 125-yard shot.
Denise Heath caught this 26-inch trout while fishing about 20 miles north of South Padre Island.
Mark Raveling caught this 13.32-pound bass on Falcon Lake.
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Sam Mo harvested his first buck on Dec. 26 in Henderson County. His friend took him hunting for hogs and this buck walked out.
Veterans Jessie Elias and Duane Collins went on a hog hunt with the Christian Outdoor Alliance Veterans Program south of Batesville. Duane connected on a boar with his custom-made 6.5 Creedmoor.
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TEXAS SUN, MOON AND TIDES Moon Phases
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2021 A.M. P.M. SUN MOON Jun/Jul Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets
2021 A.M. P.M. SUN MOON Jun/Jul Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets
25 Fri 26 Sat 27 Sun 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 Wed 01 Thu 02 Fri 03 Sat 04 Sun 05 Mon 06 Tue 07 Wed 08 Thu 09 Fri
25 Fri 26 Sat 27 Sun 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 Wed 01 Thu 02 Fri 03 Sat 04 Sun 05 Mon 06 Tue 07 Wed 08 Thu 09 Fri
6:27 12:11 7:33 1:18 8:38 2:24 9:39 3:26 10:34 4:22 11:24 5:13 ----- 5:58 12:29 6:39 1:07 7:17 1:44 7:55 2:22 8:33 3:01 9:13 3:44 9:56 4:29 10:42 5:19 11:32
6:59 8:03 9:06 10:04 10:58 11:45 12:08 12:49 1:27 2:05 2:44 3:25 4:08 4:55 5:45
12:43 1:48 2:52 3:52 4:46 5:35 6:19 6:59 7:38 8:16 8:55 9:36 10:21 11:08 11:58
06:22 06:22 06:22 06:22 06:23 06:23 06:23 06:24 06:24 06:25 06:25 06:25 06:26 06:26 06:27
08:25 08:25 08:25 08:25 08:25 08:25 08:25 08:25 08:25 08:25 08:25 08:24 08:24 08:24 08:24
9:50p 7:05a 10:43p 8:12a 11:27p 9:19a NoMoon 10:25a 12:05a 11:27a 12:38a 12:25p 1:08a 1:19p 1:37a 2:13p 2:05a 3:06p 2:34a 4:00p 3:06a 4:55p 3:41a 5:51p 4:21a 6:47p 5:05a 7:41p 5:55a 8:33p
6:33 12:17 7:39 1:24 8:44 2:30 9:44 3:32 10:40 4:28 11:29 5:19 ----- 6:04 12:34 6:45 1:13 7:23 1:50 8:00 2:28 8:39 3:07 9:19 3:49 10:02 4:35 10:48 5:24 11:37
7:04 8:09 9:12 10:10 11:03 11:51 12:14 12:55 1:33 2:11 2:50 3:30 4:14 5:01 5:51
12:49 1:54 2:58 3:57 4:52 5:40 6:24 7:05 7:43 8:22 9:01 9:42 10:26 11:14 12:04
06:20 06:20 06:21 06:21 06:21 06:22 06:22 06:23 06:23 06:23 06:24 06:24 06:25 06:25 06:26
08:37 08:38 08:38 08:38 08:38 08:38 08:38 08:38 08:38 08:37 08:37 08:37 08:37 08:37 08:37
10:04p 7:03a 10:56p 8:10a 11:39p 9:19a NoMoon 10:26a 12:15a 11:29a 12:47a 12:29p 1:15a 1:25p 1:42a 2:20p 2:09a 3:15p 2:37a 4:10p 3:07a 5:07p 3:41a 6:04p 4:19a 7:01p 5:03a 7:55p 5:53a 8:47p
San Antonio 2021 Jun/Jul
A.M. P.M. SUN MOON Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets
25 Fri 26 Sat 27 Sun 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 Wed 01 Thu 02 Fri 03 Sat 04 Sun 05 Mon 06 Tue 07 Wed 08 Thu 09 Fri
6:39 12:23 7:46 1:30 8:50 2:36 9:51 3:38 10:46 4:35 11:36 5:25 ----- 6:10 12:41 6:51 1:19 7:30 1:57 8:07 2:34 8:45 3:14 9:25 3:56 10:08 4:42 10:55 5:31 11:44
7:11 8:16 9:19 10:17 11:10 11:58 12:21 1:01 1:40 2:18 2:56 3:37 4:21 5:07 5:57
12:55 2:01 3:04 4:04 4:58 5:47 6:31 7:11 7:50 8:28 9:08 9:49 10:33 11:20 12:10
06:35 06:35 06:36 06:36 06:36 06:37 06:37 06:37 06:38 06:38 06:38 06:39 06:39 06:40 06:40
08:36 08:36 08:36 08:36 08:36 08:36 08:36 08:36 08:36 08:36 08:36 08:36 08:36 08:36 08:35
10:01p 7:19a 10:54p 8:26a 11:39p 9:33a NoMoon 10:39a 12:18a 11:40a 12:51a 12:38p 1:21a 1:32p 1:50a 2:26p 2:18a 3:19p 2:48a 4:12p 3:19a 5:07p 3:55a 6:03p 4:35a 6:58p 5:20a 7:53p 6:10a 8:44p
Amarillo
2021 A.M. P.M. SUN MOON Jun/Jul Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets
25 Fri 26 Sat 27 Sun 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 Wed 01 Thu 02 Fri 03 Sat 04 Sun 05 Mon 06 Tue 07 Wed 08 Thu 09 Fri
6:53 12:37 7:59 1:44 9:04 2:50 10:05 3:52 11:00 4:48 11:50 5:39 12:10 6:24 12:55 7:05 1:33 7:43 2:10 8:21 2:48 8:59 3:27 9:39 4:10 10:22 4:55 11:08 5:45 11:58
7:25 8:29 9:32 10:30 11:24 ----12:34 1:15 1:53 2:31 3:10 3:51 4:34 5:21 6:11
1:09 2:14 3:18 4:18 5:12 6:00 6:44 7:25 8:04 8:42 9:21 10:02 10:46 11:34 12:24
06:34 06:34 06:34 06:35 06:35 06:36 06:36 06:36 06:37 06:37 06:38 06:38 06:39 06:39 06:40
09:04 09:04 09:04 09:04 09:04 09:04 09:04 09:04 09:04 09:04 09:04 09:03 09:03 09:03 09:03
10:32p 7:16a 11:23p 8:24a NoMoon 9:34a 12:05a 10:42a 12:40a 11:47a 1:10a 12:48p 1:37a 1:46p 2:02a 2:43p 2:27a 3:39p 2:54a 4:35p 3:23a 5:33p 3:56a 6:31p 4:33a 7:29p 5:17a 8:24p 6:06a 9:15p
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 25 Jun 26 Jun 27 Jun 28 Jun 29 Jun 30 Jul 1 Jul 2 Jul 3 Jul 4 Jul 5 Jul 6 Jul 7 Jul 8 Jul 9
Time 6:04 AM 6:57 AM 7:50 AM 12:32 AM 1:26 AM 2:22 AM 3:24 AM 4:39 AM 1:23 AM 2:32 AM 3:23 AM 4:03 AM 4:38 AM 5:09 AM 5:40 AM
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Time 11:09 AM 11:59 AM 12:58 PM 8:43 AM 9:32 AM 10:14 AM 10:49 AM 11:17 AM 6:12 AM 7:56 AM 9:29 AM 8:11 PM 8:46 PM 9:23 PM 10:51 AM
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Time 2:36 PM 3:23 PM 4:15 PM 2:15 PM 3:42 PM 4:47 PM 5:30 PM 6:04 PM 11:39 AM 11:53 AM 11:56 AM
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Height -0.81L -0.63L
5:22 PM 7:23 PM 9:51 PM 11:51 PM
1.28H 1.11H 1.04H 1.11H
6:35 PM 7:06 PM 7:38 PM
0.14L -0.04L -0.19L
12:53 PM
1.37H
10:00 PM
-0.43L
Galveston Bay entrance, north jetty Time 6:37 AM 7:29 AM 8:23 AM 12:35 AM 1:27 AM 2:25 AM 3:29 AM 4:47 AM 1:16 AM 2:38 AM 3:46 AM 4:38 AM 5:18 AM 5:52 AM 6:23 AM
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Time 10:53 PM 11:45 PM
Height -0.75L -0.58L
9:10 AM 9:48 AM 10:19 AM 10:44 AM 11:00 AM 6:35 AM 7:53 AM 7:42 PM 8:12 PM 8:45 PM 9:22 PM 10:01 PM
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Height -0.81L -0.67L
8:57 AM 9:27 AM 9:48 AM 10:02 AM 10:12 AM 6:43 AM 6:47 PM 7:19 PM 7:52 PM 8:26 PM 9:00 PM 9:34 PM
1.75H 1.56H 1.40H 1.26H 1.16H 0.99L -0.09L -0.23L -0.33L -0.40L -0.44L -0.46L
Height -0.33L -0.32L -0.28L -0.20L -0.09L 0.06L 0.23L 0.55H 0.61H 0.71H 0.79H 0.84H 0.87H 0.88H 0.88H
Time 12:39 PM 2:05 PM 2:58 PM 3:13 PM 2:45 PM 2:06 PM 12:46 PM 8:25 PM 8:51 PM 9:24 PM 10:01 PM 10:40 PM 11:18 PM 11:56 PM
Height 0.97H 0.95H 0.90H 0.81H 0.71H 0.61H 0.54H 0.18L 0.05L -0.04L -0.10L -0.12L -0.14L -0.16L
Height -0.09L -0.10L -0.10L -0.09L -0.04L 0.05L 0.17L 0.32L 0.44H 0.24L 0.12L 0.05L 0.01L -0.01L -0.04L
Time 5:11 PM 5:54 PM 6:35 PM 6:58 PM 6:49 PM 6:19 PM 4:47 PM 4:20 PM 7:03 AM 3:11 PM 2:54 PM 2:56 PM 3:14 PM 3:43 PM 4:18 PM
Height 1.09H 1.08H 1.04H 0.97H 0.88H 0.78H 0.72H 0.70H 0.43L 0.77H 0.83H 0.88H 0.91H 0.94H 0.96H
Time
3:30 PM 4:11 PM 4:55 PM 5:36 PM 6:12 PM 10:59 AM 10:40 AM
Height
1.29L 1.10L 0.87L 0.64L 0.40L 1.29H 1.29H
Time
Height
5:34 PM 7:14 PM 9:42 PM 11:28 PM
1.33H 1.18H 1.12H 1.15H
6:44 PM 7:13 PM
0.19L 0.00L
Time
Height
Time 6:32 AM 7:26 AM 8:16 AM 12:12 AM 1:04 AM 1:59 AM 3:03 AM 4:36 AM 1:18 AM 2:41 AM 3:34 AM 4:16 AM 4:53 AM 5:29 AM 6:04 AM
Time
5:03 PM 5:22 PM 5:48 PM 10:16 AM
Height
0.75L 0.51L 0.28L 1.11H
8:50 PM 11:08 PM
0.90H 0.98H
6:17 PM
0.08L
Port O’Connor Date Jun 25 Jun 26 Jun 27 Jun 28 Jun 29 Jun 30 Jul 1 Jul 2 Jul 3 Jul 4 Jul 5 Jul 6 Jul 7 Jul 8 Jul 9
Time 12:25 AM 1:17 AM 2:07 AM 2:55 AM 3:41 AM 4:22 AM 4:55 AM 11:25 AM 10:30 AM 9:10 AM 9:07 AM 9:39 AM 10:17 AM 10:59 AM 11:44 AM
Time 4:21 AM 5:19 AM 6:13 AM 6:59 AM 7:40 AM 8:14 AM 8:40 AM 8:36 AM 4:40 AM 12:18 AM 12:54 AM 1:34 AM 2:17 AM 3:03 AM 3:49 AM
Date Jun 25 Jun 26 Jun 27 Jun 28 Jun 29 Jun 30 Jul 1 Jul 2 Jul 3 Jul 4 Jul 5 Jul 6 Jul 7 Jul 8 Jul 9
Time 7:39 AM 8:37 AM 9:33 AM 12:55 AM 1:56 AM 2:54 AM 3:52 AM 12:04 AM 2:39 AM 5:13 AM 5:54 AM 6:24 AM 6:49 AM 7:14 AM 7:46 AM
Time 10:59 AM 12:17 PM 1:00 PM 1:26 PM 1:49 PM 2:08 PM 7:20 AM 7:54 AM 11:31 AM 10:56 PM 11:22 PM 11:54 PM
Height 1.42H 1.35H 1.27H 1.20H 1.13H 1.06H 0.32L 0.60L 0.86L -0.24L -0.35L -0.40L
11:22 AM 12:15 PM
1.41H 1.36H
Height 1.43H 1.37H 1.28H -0.29L -0.09L 0.13L 0.35L 0.68H 0.79H 0.95H 1.07H 1.15H 1.19H 1.21H 1.22H
Time 10:59 PM 11:56 PM
Height -0.57L -0.45L
10:14 AM 10:37 AM 10:52 AM 11:02 AM 5:05 AM 6:55 AM 8:41 AM 7:53 PM 8:17 PM 8:48 PM 9:24 PM 10:05 PM
1.17H 1.07H 0.99H 0.93H 0.57L 0.76L 0.89L -0.15L -0.23L -0.29L -0.33L -0.34L
Height -0.14L -0.13L -0.11L -0.06L 0.00L 0.07L 0.16L 0.34H 0.36H 0.38H 0.41H 0.42H 0.43H 0.43H 0.44H
Time 2:48 PM 3:37 PM 4:09 PM 4:20 PM 4:03 PM 3:28 PM 11:51 AM 8:46 PM 9:07 PM 9:34 PM 10:02 PM 10:33 PM 11:07 PM 11:44 PM
Height 0.49H 0.49H 0.47H 0.44H 0.39H 0.34H 0.33H 0.13L 0.07L 0.02L -0.00L -0.01L -0.02L -0.04L
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Time 10:46 PM 11:45 PM
Height -0.44L -0.35L
11:38 AM 10:34 AM 10:29 AM 10:25 AM 10:07 AM 6:42 PM 7:48 AM 7:31 PM 7:59 PM 8:30 PM 9:05 PM 9:44 PM
1.07H 0.95H 0.88H 0.84H 0.85H 0.21L 0.90L -0.02L -0.10L -0.15L -0.17L -0.18L
Height 1.71H 1.64 1.52H -0.52L -0.25L 0.04L 0.34L 0.62L 0.88H 1.08H 1.23H 1.34H 1.41H 1.45H 1.47H
Time 10:13 PM 11:08 PM
Height -0.86L -0.72L
10:01 AM 10:11 AM 10:08 AM 10:02 AM 9:56 AM 5:26 AM 6:18 PM 6:46 PM 7:20 PM 7:57 PM 8:37 PM 9:19 PM
1.37H 1.21H 1.07H 0.98H 0.94H 0.87 -0.14L -0.27L -0.37L -0.44L -0.49L -0.51L
Time
9:24 2:22 2:26 1:52
PM PM PM PM
Height
0.59L 1.00H 0.93H 0.89H
Time
9:46 PM 10:09 PM 10:32 PM
Height
0.36L 0.13L -0.08L
-0.40L
Time
5:47 PM 6:19 PM 11:07 AM 11:04 AM 10:50 AM
Height
Time
Height
0.58L 0.40L 0.90H 0.89H 0.91H
9:23 PM
0.66H
6:49 PM 7:13 PM 7:33 PM
0.22L 0.07L -0.05L
Date Jun 25 Jun 26 Jun 27 Jun 28 Jun 29 Jun 30 Jul 1 Jul 2 Jul 3 Jul 4 Jul 5 Jul 6 Jul 7 Jul 8 Jul 9
Time 12:26 AM 1:14 AM 2:01 AM 2:47 AM 3:33 AM 4:18 AM 5:02 AM 11:49 AM 11:52 AM 11:41 AM 8:42 AM 9:27 AM 10:11 AM 11:00 AM 12:08 PM
Time
Height
Time
Height
8:43 PM
0.20L
Time
Height
Time
Height
6:03 PM 6:21 PM
0.54L 0.36L
11:20 PM
0.70H
10:30 AM
0.94H
7:05 PM
0.08L
Height
Time
Height
Port Aransas Time
8:23 PM
Height
Time
Height
0.32L
Nueces Bay Date Jun 25 Jun 26 Jun 27 Jun 28 Jun 29 Jun 30 Jul 1 Jul 2 Jul 3 Jul 4 Jul 5 Jul 6 Jul 7 Jul 8 Jul 9
San Luis Pass
Height -0.59L -0.54L -0.44L -0.30L -0.14L 0.07L 0.67H 0.72H 0.91H 1.13H 1.31H 1.42H 1.44H -0.41L -0.41L
East Matagorda
Freeport Harbor Date Jun 25 Jun 26 Jun 27 Jun 28 Jun 29 Jun 30 Jul 1 Jul 2 Jul 3 Jul 4 Jul 5 Jul 6 Jul 7 Jul 8 Jul 9
Time 1:55 AM 2:45 AM 3:37 AM 4:34 AM 5:39 AM 6:36 AM 12:44 AM 3:54 AM 5:42 AM 9:08 AM 9:34 AM 10:03 AM 10:37 AM 12:34 AM 1:21 AM
Date Jun 25 Jun 26 Jun 27 Jun 28 Jun 29 Jun 30 Jul 1 Jul 2 Jul 3 Jul 4 Jul 5 Jul 6 Jul 7 Jul 8 Jul 9
Time 9:29 AM 10:21 AM 11:05 AM 12:41 AM 1:34 AM 2:22 AM 3:07 AM 3:48 AM 10:14 AM 5:12 AM 5:54 AM 6:38 AM 7:29 AM 8:23 AM 9:15 AM
South Padre Island Time
11:53 PM 3:54 PM
Height
0.38L 0.72H
Time
Height
Date Jun 25 Jun 26 Jun 27 Jun 28 Jun 29 Jun 30 Jul 1 Jul 2 Jul 3 Jul 4 Jul 5 Jul 6 Jul 7 Jul 8 Jul 9
Time 7:46 AM 8:45 AM 9:32 AM 12:03 AM 12:55 AM 1:44 AM 2:31 AM 3:20 AM 2:43 AM 4:08 AM 4:51 AM 5:31 AM 6:12 AM 6:53 AM 7:37 AM
Time
5:32 5:20 5:34 9:42
PM PM PM AM
0.65L 0.43L 0.21L 0.94H
7:35 PM 11:31 PM
0.66H 0.69H
5:54 PM
0.02L
Texas Coast Tides
Date Jun 25 Jun 26 Jun 27 Jun 28 Jun 29 Jun 30 Jul 1 Jul 2 Jul 3 Jul 4 Jul 5 Jul 6 Jul 7 Jul 8 Jul 9
Date Jun 25 Jun 26 Jun 27 Jun 28 Jun 29 Jun 30 Jul 1 Jul 2 Jul 3 Jul 4 Jul 5 Jul 6 Jul 7 Jul 8 Jul 9
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INDUSTRY Pistol innovator dies
Thiede joins AFWA
Chip McCormick, who created industry-leading 1911 magazines and triggers through his company, Chip McCormick Custom, died on June 4.
The Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies named Kurt Thiede as its new government affairs director.
The National Deer Association named Lauren Varner as the new chief development officer.
of Sako Cartridges into the United States market.
Sako Cartridges Development officer at coming to US Beretta USA announced the NDA launch of a brand-new generation
Warranty boost from Suzuki Suzuki Marine announced its Five Year Limited Warranty on all new Suzuki outboards purchased for recreational use.
Two CMP directors The Civilian Marksmanship Program hired Jeff Chandler as state director in Washington and Leslie Martin in Louisiana.
Fly-fishing for stripers Continued from page 1
ACROSS 2) Former power plant lake in northeast Texas 3) Makes the Citori shotguns 4) County seat of Young County 6) A bullet brand 8) A shorebird species 9) An exotic species in Texas 15) A good crappie lake 16) A Texas bay 18) A grebe’s escape mechanism 19) Home of West Texas Hunting Heritage Museum 21) A type of tail on a plastic worm 22) A North Texas river 23) One of the oaks 25) A good white bass lure 27) A reel manufacturer 29) Protect these when shooting 30) A deer hunter’s org. 31) Rio Grande City’s county 35) Texas’ state sport 37) Larva used for bait 38) One of the minnows 40) The dogfish 41) Fort Worth’s county 42) A Hill Country county 43) Method of cat fishing 44) A boat brand
DOWN 1) A safari destination 2) A crowd of crows 5) State in Prairie Pothole Region 7) A fishing clothing company 10) A salmon species 11) A Panhandle county 12) A manmade fishing structure 13) Most numerous South African game animal 14) The green tractor (two words) 17) A South Texas reservoir 20) A good hiding place for bass 22) Popular metal in fishing sinkers 24) A shotgun brand 26) A rod manufacturer (two words) 27) A type of net 28) An East Texas reservoir 32) A shotshell brand 33) A shark species 34) Home of Texas Maritime Museum 36) Check before coastal fishing excursion 39) A herd of zebras
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fish are a different animal.” Shank said the key to catching schooling fish is maneuvering the boat into casting range without spooking them. “Their behavior really varies from day to day,” he said. “Some days they are a little more willing to stay up and feed as the boat gets within close proximity to them, and other days, they can be pretty spooky.” When the fish are on the surface and smacking shad, hookups are almost guaranteed if an angler can get his or her fly right in the middle of the feeding frenzy. “Sometimes though, they are feeding on a particular size of bait, and they won’t eat unless you are able to match the hatch,” Shank said. Shank catches some of his largest fish on Canyon Lake by finding them on his sonar unit and presenting a fly to them below the surface. “Stripers don’t sit still and stage along structure like other species do,” he said. “They are constantly on the move, and you can usually find some suspended in deep water just by covering water.” Just because you’re able to mark fish on a graph or sonar unit doesn’t necessarily mean that they are going to be willing to eat. “It takes a little trial and error to find fish suspended, and then get them to eat a fly,” Shank said. “Sometimes you can find them holding in the 50-foot range and coax them to come up a little higher in the water column to feed. It all depends on their mood
and the situation. I’ve caught plenty of stripers up to 30 pounds in size by targeting fish suspended below the surface.” The guide typically uses a 7-9 weight fly rod, along with a variety of both sinking or floating fly lines, depending on the situation, for targeting stripers on Canyon Lake. As far as patterns go, he keeps it simple with a basic deceiver or Clouser-style fly in various sizes. “I try to throw a fly that mimics the type of bait the stripers are feeding on,” Shank said. On the Guadalupe River, Shank said striper fishing becomes a whole different ballgame. “Stripers have developed somewhat of a river monster type reputation on the Guad,” he elaborated. “Folks know they are there, but not many anglers target them or catch them regularly.” Stripers are in the river as a result of flooding events over the years that washed them into the river from Canyon Lake. “We have had big stripers actually eat trout that were hooked on the fly while trout fishing,” Shank said. “The best way to target them is to use a larger fly in the 4- to 8-inch range, that imitates a small trout.” Long, deep pools along the Guadalupe tend to hold some large stripers. “There’s a chance that one could be lurking in just about any long, deep pool on the river. It’s just about staying persistent,” Shank said. “If you’re going to target stripers on the Guad, you have to have the mindset that you are fishing for one big bite.”
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redfish along the Lower Laguna Madre with her fiancé, Capt. Josh Garza. She said the redfish have begun to push out off of shorelines onto deeper flats. “There’s been a tremendous increase in summer boat traffic since Memorial Day weekend, and I think that has pushed the fish out deeper,” Hirsch said. “Thigh- to waist-deep stretches have definitely been holding more reds than kneedeep flats.” Flats with large amounts of seagrass and small sand pockets have been the best areas to target. “Sandbars adjacent to dropoffs have also been holding some redfish,” she said. Once they find the fish, the reds have been coming in all sizes. “One day we caught several in the 20- to 24-inch range, and another we caught them from 25 to 28 inches,” Hirsch said. “KWigglers soft plastics rigged on light jig heads have been our go-to bait presentations.”
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