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Volume 33, Issue 5
Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Red Hot January Continues for Toyota ShareLunker Program
Crews Respond to Abandoned House Fire
By Wade Thibodeaux The 2022 Toyota ShareLunker season had a hot start in week one thanks to a pair of Legacy Lunkers from reigning fishery champion O.H. Ivie. In week two, Lake Daniel made history by producing its first Legacy Lunker in program history Friday Jan. 14. However, not to be outdone, O.H. Ivie got back on the board with two more Lunkers in week three. The Lunkers bring the season total to five, surpassing last year’s January total of four with a weekend still to go in the month. Tim Broadfoot from Abilene reeled in ShareLunker 611 which weighed in at 13.48 pounds, a pending new record for Lake Daniel. Prior to Broadfoot’s catch, the lake record for largemouth bass weighed 12.48 pounds and was caught on Feb. 20, 2016. Lake Daniel is located in Stephens County approximately 65 miles northeast of Abilene. Broadfoot caught his fish in about 18 feet of water near some large rocks using a Texas-rig and ultra-vibe bait. Broadfoot fishes at several lakes and indicated how nice it is to have so many great fisheries in the area. Friday, he decided to give Lake Daniel a try and it paid off. “It was pretty slow starting out and we fished most of the morning without landing a single fish,” said Broadfoot. “However, around 11:30 a.m. the day turned around when I got the Legacy Lunker to bite. I brought her into the boat, and we immediately loaded up to get going. We wanted to make sure to keep her healthy and get the transfer process done properly. It’s not a big fishing story because we caught only one fish, but she was the right one. It was a great experience to be a part of the Toyota ShareLunker Program. Everyone was very nice, professional and helpful during the process of making this catch of a lifetime a memorable one.” Lake Daniel became the fifth public waterbody in the past two seasons to join the growing list of waterbodies which have produced Legacy Class Lunkers. Eagle Mountain, Lake Tyler, Coleman City Lake, and Lake Travis each logged their first Legacy Lunkers during the historic 2021 season. “Tim’s fish is not only the new pending lake record but also puts Lake Daniel on an ever-growing list of waterbodies from across the state that have produced a Legacy Class ShareLunker,” said Kyle Brookshear Toyota ShareLunker Program Manager. “Lake Daniel notches the 75th spot on this public waterbody list. Milestones like this continue
to be a testament to the hard work of our management and hatchery teams as well as the strong partnership between TPWD and Texas anglers, like Tim, who share in these fisheries’ management goals. As the ShareLunker collection season continues, we are hopeful to see more waterbodies added to this prestigious list and further achieve our goal of producing bigger, better bass across the Lone Star State.” Josh Jones of Sapulpa, Oklahoma became only the sixth individual in program history to record his third overall Legacy Lunker. Jones reeled in two from O.H. Ivie in 2021 and was back at it again Friday Jan. 21 with “ShareLunker 612” that weighed in at 14.13 pounds. Then on Sunday Jan. 23, Brady Stanford of Midland landed “ShareLunker 613” at O.H. Ivie, which proved to be a season best 15.03 pounds. O.H. Ivie came close to two more Legacy’s over the weekend with angler Kayden Tanner logging catches of 12.82 and 12.65 pounds. Jones had visited O.H. Ivie again in December and landed a 15.10-pound Legend Lunker before returning to Texas a few days ago. “When I got back to Texas, I fished O.H. Ivie, but also tried three or four other lakes in the area and the fishing was slow,” said Jones. “However, that morning of the catch I returned to O.H. Ivie and reeled her in on the third or fourth cast. It changed the whole complexion of the week and now I want to stay in Texas for another month or two and catch a couple more.” Jones was in about 70 feet of water and said the fish came out of nowhere to bite on the lure. He now wants to become the first angler with four Legacy Lunkers to his credit. “It’s really cool to be one of only six anglers in program history to catch three Legacy Lunkers,” added Jones. “I’m not satisfied yet though and if there is a record to be broken my goal is to break it. I came back in December, got lucky and caught a giant and wanted to return to get another one. All it takes is one bite to change your day or your life. The whole state of Texas in general is the Bass Capitol of the World.” Brady Stanford and his father headed out together in search of the fish of a lifetime at O.H. Ivie. Stanford said they have been fishing O.H. Ivie for the past month or so looking to land a Legacy Lunker. “We started out trying some new spots and it was slow with a just a few small fish landing in the boat,” said Stanford. “We decided to go back (contd on page 3)
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Local Firemen quickly extinguished the fire reported Monday afternoon. By Wade Thibodeaux an abandoned house that Chambers County ESD had been torn down and No1 and Winnie Stowell started ablaze last Monday, VFD crews responded to January 31, 2022. The a fire that was the result of
This old house had been pushed down and set on fire and was fully engaged when Firemen arrived on the scene. house was located on the romex insulation and North side of the Highway covering, asphalt shingles, 73 access road, just East of asbestos, and other items the old railroad track bed are not permitted to be that ran parallel to Spur burned. This blaze was 5. Burning an existing extinguished by the crews house without removing that responded and the the environmental Fire Marshall was on contaminants is not the scene conducting an allowed under the law. investigation. Things such as insulation,
From left to right, Eric Smith, current Chambers County Republican Party Chairman, David Redd, moderator for the forum, and Austin Tice, challenger for the Chambers County Republican Party Chair. By Wade Thibodeaux from the challenger Austin Maybe the preacher knew Tice drew the remarks something that the rest from the crowd. Austin of us didn't know when stated plainly that it sure he was praying for peace was interesting that the and civility before the person who brought forth 2022 Chambers County the motion to censure the Republican political forum Judge was all of a sudden began last Tuesday, January his political opponent and 25, 2022, and for the most that prompted Darlene part, his prayers were McPherson, the campaign answered. However, the manager for Rachal last set of candidates who Hisler(County Judge took to the stage set off a Jimmy Sylvia's opponent) batch of fireworks that had to jump to her feet and members of the audience proclaim that she was shouting out objections rising to a point of order from the floor. The last two stating that the answer was candidates are vying for inappropriate. The only the position of Republican problem was that she was County Chairman and at a political forum and not when the moderator asked a meeting that was being the question about the conducted by "Robert's procedure surrounding the Rules of Order". Her point recent censuring of the of order had no point. Her County Judge, the answer outburst caused several
The four candidates for Texas State Representative District 23 answered questions for quite a while during the political forum held at the American Legion Hall in Anahuac last Tuesday, January 25, 2022. From left to right, Abel Longoria, Patrick Gurski, moderator David Redd, Gina D. Smith, and Terri Leo Wilson. other people to loudly the stage. proclaim their opinion and The rest of the event the Sheriff had to make was mostly beneficial with his way to the front of the candidates providing their room and visit with one of positions on the duties of the sponsors of the event their respective offices. to show that order would Some candidates were be maintained. After a unopposed and spoke just bit of discussion with a little and other positions the moderator, and some had multiple candidates. confusion on the stage, the One of the offices with incumbent Party Chairman multiple candidates was the Eric Smith provided a State Representative race rebuttal that was more like which has four individuals an apology than an answer. running for the position. The summary of his answer All of the candidates are was that he had to let things from Galveston County play out and it was not his which together with job to direct the flow of Chambers County make up the meeting. The two men House District 23. Those answered a couple of more candidates provided quite questions before providing a bit of insight into their closing remarks and then political aspirations (contd shaking hands and exiting on page 8)
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