Letters to the Editor Kudos on Column CHESTER MOORE’S COLUMN ON the changes needed in the outdoors industry was spot on (“The Awakening,” Editor’s Notes, May 2014). We have to get back to having a genuine reverence for the resource. We are certainly at a place where people are either into shoot or plain trophy hunting and somewhere in the mix we’ve lost the respect for nature. Thanks for addressing this. Phillip Harris THANK YOU FOR TALKING ABOUT the elephant in the room of sport hunting-the disconnect from genuinely respecting nature to hunting. We are in a sad state of affairs when most kids first introduction to any kind of hunting is from a video game. Thanks for being a bold voice. Kate Johnson
THE COLUMN YOU WROTE ON PEOple losing their respect for nature was right on the money. I have never heard it articulated in such a way but I got what you said and its true. I was raised if you don’t eat it, don’t kill it and hope the young people of today are getting the same kind of upbringing. Marcus Williams
Reefs IS IT TRUE THERE ARE REEFING projects being put into Galveston Bay and Sabine Lake? Joshua Helton Yes, in fact we addressed it in the TF&G Report in the June issue. Texas Parks & Wildlife Department Sabine Lake Ecosystem Leader Jerry Mambretti was kind enough to send some images of the side-image sonar of
Bank Fishing Access DO YOU THINK ACCESS TO QUALity bank fishing will ever increase here in Texas? Stan Anderson Texans have fair access to bank fishing depending on where you live. The Gulf Coast definitely has the best access due to the hundreds of miles of beaches. Some of our bay systems particularly on the Lower Coast have poor access due to their remote nature and the land surrounding them being in private hands. As far as inland areas go, I do know the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department is trying to improve fishing in urban ponds by doing stockings of channel catfish and other species. Do I think access will improve? Probably not. The best thing you can do is heavily research the areas you want to fish using
CORRECTION: A photo was published with the wrong caption in a recent issue’s Fish & Game Photos section. Below is the correct photo and its caption:
Side-image sonar of Sabine artificial reef.
WHITETAIL San Patricio Ten-year-old Wade French of Portland (in the cowboy hat) shot his first deer, a doe, at 75 yards with his brand new .243 while hunting with his older brother Rig and father Chris in San Patricio County.
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the new reefing project on Sabine Lake. The site features 145 by 85 feet reef clusters and that is what you are seeing in this photo. —CM
Google Earth and simply talking to landowners and business owners. You may just find access you were not aware of. —CM Email Correspondence to Editor@fishgame.com
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