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CURRENTSThe newsletter for CCA members in Texas October / November 2013

~1~ Photos by Lisa Laskowski, Hill Country Chapter. Splash down! Two new reefs completed, two more on the way to

your neighborhood Gail Sutton, Assistant Director at Harte Research Insti- Aransas Bay and Copano tute, looks on as materials are transported to the site. Bay Reef Expansions constructed store important oyster reef habitat in wo oyster reef restoration projects led by Harte Research Institute (HRI) Texas coastal bend bays,” said Dr. Jen- and Texas A&M Corpus Christi (TAMUCC) were recently expanded by nifer Pollack, Texas A&M University 1.5 acres, each through a $150,000 contribution by CCA Texas and ap- Corpus Christi. “We anticipate that proximately $80,000 in funds from Gulf of Mexico Foundation, Fish creation of this new oyster habitat will AmericaT Foundation, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and NOAA. provide key benefits to Copano and This project expanded the existing 3.8 acre project in Copano Bay to 5.3 acres Aransas Bays, including enhanced rec- and the Aransas Bay project from 6.5 reational fishing opportunities and im- acres to 8 acres. A 3-dimensional reef proved water quality.” construction with high vertical relief he construction of both reefs will A personal best, CPRed was used in this effort to enhance T be similar in that they will both oyster and finfish abundance while have 12 mounds within the 1.5 acres. On the cover: this 30" speck was a CPR minimizing sedimentation. All 12 mounds will have a crushed beneficiary near Green Island, “We are excited about the op- Laguna Madre. Angler, Kathie Bassler. portunity to partner with CCA to re- Continued on page 8 Photographer, Sam Caldwell / Olympus Stylus 790 SW ~2~ You are invited to the CCA TEXAS 31st Annual State BBQ & STAR Tournament Awards

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~3~ Texas and fishing the STAR Tournament! We such as ceramic tile, want to remind you to be sure and take advan- hardwood floors, kitchen tage of the great benefits your CCA membership cabinetry and more. See has to offer! ad in the CCA Texas CURRENTS newsletter CCA TEXAS MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS - Our for more details or call 1 most generous sponsor offerings still continue (888) 540-6705. to add more value to your CCA Texas Member- ship. 2013 TOURNAMENT RECAP - The Texas Ford Ford X-Plan Pricing (see details below) Dealers Redfish Division has a total of SIX $10 gift card courtesy of Academy Sports + lucky winners! Five will be driving home the Outdoors (see details below) awesome Ford F-150 Texas Edition truck with a Texas Fish & Game Magazine subscription Haynie 23 BigFoot boat, Mercury 150 OptiMax (see details below) Pro XS motor and Coastline trailer package and $1000 worth of free upgrades with your one will take home a Haynie 23 BigFoot boat, 2013 FINAL WINNERS purchase of a new Tilson home (see ad on page Mercury 150 OptiMax Pro XS motor and Coast- 23) line trailer package. Sadly, there were FIVE un- CONFIRMED! fortunate anglers who lost out on prizes to the FORD X-PLAN PRICING - CCA Texas mem- tune of about $35,000 - $70,000 each!!! The 24th Annual CCA/Ford/Tilson Homes Corp/ bers have been remarkably honored by the Capital Farm Credit State of Texas Angler’s Rodeo Texas Ford Dealers. They approved X-Plan This year’s tournament offered 123 fabulous came to a close at 5PM on Labor Day, Sept. 2 and pricing for us; that is, every current member prizes. A total of 116 prizes were claimed and with quite an unexpected finish! This turned out to can buy (or lease) any Ford product at the same the top 27 prizes will be presented to the win- be the year for the Lady Anglers! Three of the price Ford employees must pay. This means we ners during the CCA State of Texas BBQ and scholarships were won by young ladies who can save up to $1,000 or much more, just by hav- STAR Awards Ceremony on Oct. 3rd at the Bayou turned in their winning catch just days before the ing a valid $25 CCA membership card!!! Our City Event Center! These are the lucky winners close and one even caught hers on the last day of Ford Partner Code # is CCA61; go to in each division (NOTE: The winners not listed in the tournament! Another lucky gal even caught a www.fordpartner.com, if you are considering a this issue will be featured in the next issue or go to: tagged redfish and will be driving home a truck/ purchase. And please share your gratitude www.startournament.org for a complete list of boat prize package! Great job, Girls!!! with the dealers for helping to make this great winners): Another exciting highlight was the ten year- offer possible for CCA Texas members. old boy from Danbury who caught a tagged redfish Capital Farm on the second day of the tournament! This lucky SPECIAL BONUS FROM ACADEMY SPORTS + Credit StarKids young man has won a $20,000 scholarship, plus a OUTDOORS - Another great reason to be a Scholarship Floun- Haynie 23’ Big Foot boat, Mercury 150 L Pro XS member of CCA! der Division – The OptiMax motor and Coastline trailer. Way to go, For those anglers StarKids Scholar- Caleb!!! Eleven tagged redfish were caught result- who got on the ball ship Flounder Di- ing in a total of SIX winners this year. The other and signed up early, vision will provide five, unfortunately, did not qualify for the CCA Academy Sports + a young angler between the ages of six and ten Texas STAR. BETTER LUCK NEXT YEAR! Outdoors rewarded with a college scholarships totaling $50,000 for The lucky sixth tagged redfish winner is Paul you with a $10 gift catching the largest flounder. This year’s winner Swoyer of Canyon Lake. On Sat., August 17, Paul coupon back in April just in time for fishing is Nicholas Gilstrap, age 8, of Santa Fe – 5 lbs. 7 had plans to fish the API Tournament out of Cor- season! For those of you who didn’t get in on ozs. the first $10 gift coupon, we have good news!!! pus Christi, but as luck would have it, the power Houston Community Newspapers StarKids Schol- to the live-well blew overnight and he and his Academy Sports + Outdoors will be sending all CCA Texas members another $10 gift coupon arship Sheepshead Division – The Houston Com- team woke up that morning to several dozen dead munity Newspapers StarKid Scholarship Sheeps- baits! Paul was about to pack up and head home, just in time for hunting season! Special thanks to Academy Sports + Outdoors for continuing to head Division will provide a young but one of his teammates insisted they should still angler be- fish and rounded up some menhaden. After a bad make your CCA membership and STAR entry such an awesome value! tween the start to the morning, Swoyer’s luck began to ages of six change. He ended being the only one on the boat TEXAS FISH & GAME “BONUS” SUBSCRIP- and ten with to catch fish that day. Little did he know, one of TION!!! - Texas Fish & Game will a college scholarships totaling those fish would end up being a tagged redfish! again honor this year’s $50,000 catching the largest sheepshead. This Paul rushed over to official STAR weigh sta- STAR entrants with a year’s winner is Allison Schwartz, age 8, of tion Roy’s Bait & Tackle and weighed in Tag ONE -YEAR (12 issues) Texas City – 7 lbs., 6 ozs. #TA530 to become the sixth official winner of subscription to Texas Fish Texas Ford Dealers Redfish Division on the 2013 & Game Magazine. Please FS Southwest CCA Texas STAR Tournament. He will receive a be advised your subscrip- StarKids Scholar- 2013 Ford F-150 Texas Edition XLT SuperCab truck, tion WILL NOT be sent au- ship Gafftop Divi- Haynie 23’ Big Foot boat, Mercury 150 L Pro XS tomatically. If you wish to sion – The OptiMax motor and Coastline trailer. Good thing take advantage of this spe- StarKids Scholar- his friend talked him into staying to fish the tourna- cial bonus you must declare ship Gafftop Divi- ment! on your application form. If you have al- sion will provide a young angler between the CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SIXTH ready signed up for the 2013 STAR, but did not ages of six and ten with a college scholarships TAGGED REDFISH WINNER! Fortunately, Paul declare that you would like this special offer totaling $50,000 for catching the largest gafftop. Swoyer was registered for the 2013 CCA Texas and/or have questions regarding your past or This year’s winner is Anthony Bellanger, age 9, STAR and will receive this awesome prize pack- current subscription, please call (713) 626-4222 of Orange - 6 lbs., 12 ozs. age at the STAR Awards Ceremony, on Thursday, or email [email protected]. Academy Sports and October 3, 2013. Outdoors StarTeens Over 44,000 registered for the 2013 STAR with TILSON HOMES $1,000 in FREE Upgrades – Ev- ery CCA Texas member who purchases a Scholarship Trout Di- approximately 10,000 NEW recruits into CCA! Wel- vision - In its 15th come aboard NEW Members and welcome back Tilson Home is eligible for a value discount. Tilson will give you $1,000 off on any upgrade year, the Academy Renewing Members! Thanks for supporting CCA Sports and Outdoors StarTeens Scholarship Trout Division was open to all New Tide/STAR members ages 11-17. These fisher-teens with the largest speckled trout in each region — upper, middle and lower coast – will be awarded a $20,000 college scholarship: Upper Coast: Nicholas Josey, age 17, of Houston 7 lbs., 4 oz. Middle Coast: Sarah Otto, age 14, of Corpus 2013 Ford F-150 “Texas Edition” XLT SuperCab with Haynie 23 Bigfoot, the Redfish Division prize. Christi 8 lbs., 0 ozs. ~4~ Lower Coast: Cole McGrew, age 17, of Inshore Division - These In- Stockdale 8 lbs., 8 ozs. shore Division winners will take home a Blue Wave 180 Time Warner Cable V-Bay with a Mercury115L StarTeens Inshore OptiMax engine and Scholarship Divi- McClain trailer for hooking sion – The Time the largest flounder, gafftop Warner Cable and sheepshead: StarTeens Scholarship Inshore Division was Flounder: Paul Gaylord of open to all New Tide STAR members ages 11- Katy 7 lbs. 10 ozs. 17. These fisher-teens with the largest floun- Sheepshead: Jaime Ybarra of der, gafftop and sheepshead will be awarded Houston 10 lbs. 4 ozs. a $20,000 college scholarship: Gafftop: Jill Yarbrough of Flounder: Grant Drabek, age 13, of Harlingen San Marcos 7 lbs. 1 oz. 7 lbs.,13 ozs. Special Drawings - On the Sheepshead: Seth Jackson, age 15, of night of the STAR Awards, Brownsville 7 lbs., 8 ozs. the drawings will be held Gafftop: Kayleigh Ritchey, age 11, of Orange for the New Tide Scholarship and Member Bonus 7 lbs., 6 ozs. NOW AVAILABLE…2014 STAR Platinum Drawings. These winners along with the Early Bird Print Series: Working The Spoils. Awarding these ten scholarships is truly Drawing winners will be listed in the next issue of the highlight of the year for STAR and makes CURRENTS. a serious statement toward getting kids on STILL AVAIL- the water. We couldn’t be happier for these It has been a phenomenal year for CCA Texas and ABLE… CCA kids and their families. The kids are really STAR! Many thanks to our fine sponsors weigh sta- Texas/STAR Plati- what the tournament is all about. They are tions and tickets stations, and to the many volun- num Print, Series the future generation that will keep the vital- teers for their hard work and dedication to en- I, II & III – STAR ity of our precious marine resource going for hancing our marine resources. Of course, without years to come. This brings our total awarded YOU there would be no STAR, and we are most Reds, STAR scholarships to $4,925,000! grateful to you… especially those who added kids Sightings, and to their fishing experience. Texas Ford Dealers Tagged Redfish Division – School Is In Ses- We have Immense thanks to our official STAR sion. SIX con- Weigh Station friends that do such a tre- firmed mendous job for us each year: winners in the Peggy On The Bayou in Orange; SGS ever- Causeway in Port Arthur; Sportsman popular Texas Ford Dealers Redfish! Supply in Sabine Pass; Stingaree Ma- rina on Crystal Beach; Marburger’s These five winners will be presented with a Sporting Goods in Seabrook; 3G Bait fully-loaded 2013 Ford F-150 “Texas Edition” & Tackle in Galveston; Pelican Rest truck and Haynie 23 BigFoot boat, Mercury Marina in Galveston; Surfside Marina 150L OptiMax Pro XS motor and Coastline in Freeport; Caney Creek Marina in Sargent; trailer with the exception of Caleb Morales Harbor Bait & Tackle in Matagorda; The Point CCA Texas/STAR Platinum Print Membership who will receive a $20,000 scholarship in lieu Package, Series IV – We’re pleased to an- of the truck prize: L. D. Whitehead of Hous- in Palacios; Indianola Fishing Marina in Indianola; The Fishing Center in Port nounce the new print being offered for the ton, Tag #TA495 caught 5/25/13; Caleb Morales 2014 CCA Texas STAR Platinum package is of Danbury, Tag #TA471 caught 5/26/13; Bret O’Connor; Terry's Seaworthy Marine Supply in Fulton/Rockport; Woody’s Sports Center in Port Working the Spoils. Renowned artist David Coggins of Alvin, Tag #TA4473 caught 6/8/13; Drinkard has again honored the CCA Texas Jack Haire of Livingston, Tag #TA475 caught 6/ Aransas; Roy’s Bait & Tackle in Corpus Christi; member by creating a print depicting a clas- 29/13; Vicki Preston of Ingleside, TagE TA505 Harbor Bait & Tackle in Port Mansfield; South sic wade fishing scene… check out the caught 6/30/13; Shore Bait & Tackle on South Padre Island. Great White Herring! This special offer includes your CCA membership (new or re- The following sixth winner will be presented Please don’t forget to thank our wonderful spon- newal), your 2013 CCA Texas STAR entry, with a Haynie 23 BigFoot boat, Mercury 150L sors for their loyal support… return the favor by re- plus a signed, limited-edition print created membering them when making your purchasing OptiMax Pro XS motor and Coastline trailer: exclusively for STAR, all for $125! Working Paul Swoyer of Canyon Lake, Tag #TA530 decisions. They make this wonderful family event th the Spoils is a one-of-a-kind special print caught 8/17/13 possible. Major sponsors for the 24 Annual CCA worth this price alone. If you would like to Texas/STAR Tournament include: Trout Division – These registered anglers consider one, or several, of these limited- brought in the largest trout for Upper Coast, Texas Ford Dealers, Tilson Home Corporation, edition packages, go to:

~5~ Jack Haire, 4th Jeremy Bane, Upper Anthony Bellanger, Bret Coggins, 3rd Tagged Redfish Winner Coast Trout Winner FS Southwest StarKid Redfish Winner Gafftop Grant Joseph Drabek, Paul Gaylord, Nicholas Gilstrap, TWC StarTeen Floun- Flounder Winner Capital Farm Credit der Winner StarKid Flounder Winner

Seth Jackson, TWC Sarah Otto, Academy StarTeen Sheepshead Joseph Messina, Kingfish Winner Cole McGrew, Academy StarTeen MC Trout Winner StarTeen LC Trout Winner Winner Caleb Morales, Age 10, 2nd Tagged Redfish Nicholas Josey, Winner Alan Parker, Academy starTeen UC Ling Winner Trout Winner The 2013 Vicki Preston, 5th Zack Swanberg, Dorado Winner STAR Tagged Redfish Joe Rizzo, Middle Winner Coast Trout Winner Allison Schwartz, L.D. Whitehead, 1st Winners Tagged Redfish Winner Kayleigh Ritchey, TWC HCN StarKid Sheep- StarTeen Gafftop Winner shead Winner

STAR has reached $4,925,000 in scholarships awarded to children 6-17 years of age. Many thanks to our sponsors for making this happen. Without Jaime Ybarra, them, it would not be possible. Jill Yarbrough, Sheepshead Winner Dan Wyatt, Lower Coast Gafftop Winner Paul Swoyer, 6th Tagged Trout Winner Redfish Winner

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~6~ CURRENTS is a membership benefit of the Coastal Conservation Association - Texas. It is published bi-monthly, alternate months from the Coastal Great Foods / Food Editor Ellen Ohmstede Conservation Association (CCA) TIDE Magazine. Address, 6919 Portwest, Suite 100, Houston, TX 77024. Caesar roasted Fish Filets Phone: 713-626-4222. FAX: 713-961-3801. www.ccatexas.org 2 large garlic cloves / 1/ 4 cup chopped Place the fish on the pan and sprinkle both Editor, Sam Caldwell / [email protected] fresh parsley 1 T anchovy paste / 2 t Dijon sides generously with salt and pepper. Set This is the issue of October/November 2013, Vol. 31, Issue 6. mustard / 1 cup mayonnaise 1 T grated aside one third of the sauce to serve with lemon zest / 3 T freshly squeezed lemon the cooked fish. Spread the sauce on both juice / Salt and pepper / 6-8 fish filets / 1/2 sides of the fish. Sprinkle with Scallions Welcome to the cup chopped scallions (white and green and allow to stand for 10 minutes. part) / 2 T olive oil / 3 T drained capers / Roast fish for 10-12 minutes until opaque in CCA Texas Lemon wedges for serving center. Cover fish with foil and allow to rest for about 10 minutes. Online Auction Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Line a Meanwhile, heat the oil in a small pan until Sponsored By Costa Del Mar cookie sheet with foil. very hot add the capers and cook for 30 seconds, until they start to pop and are a We have some great merchan- For the sauce, place garlic, parsley, an- little crisp. Serve the fish with the remain- dise up for grabs this month! chovy paste, and mustard in a food proces- ing sauce, capers and lemon wedges. sor. Pulse until garlic is minced. Add may- Available online 11 am Oct. 14, ends onnaise, lemon zest, lemon juice, 1 t salt Recipe from the Barefoot Contessa Series. Oct. 21 at 11 am. and ½ t pepper and blend until smooth. To bid and win, go to ccatexas.org and click on the link (left hand side) online auction. Good luck!—Erich Schneider

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~7~ ~8~ Continued from page 2 concrete base and then three will be costs to secure topped with recycled oyster shells, 3 the US Army with river rock, 3 with limestone and 3 Corps of Engi- will be made up entirely of crushed neers Permit concrete. (USACE) and The vertical relief of these mounds continues will be 1 foot, and the expected results with the HTFT of these projects are increased fish vision to have habitat, enhanced oyster, finfish and a nearshore crustacean abundance, and an increase reef out of ev- in recreational fishing opportunities. ery port in The Aransas Bay reef is located ap- Texas. proximately 200 yards off of the Goose This site Island State Park Beach Front just west will be located of the pier. The Copano Bay reef is lo- in Texas state waters and the cated in the Lap Reef complex. Both of permitting process should be these areas provide excellent fishing completed by the end of TPWD’s opportunities for recreational fisher- 2014 fiscal year. While the per- men with and without boats. mitting process is underway, “CCA Texas and Habitat Today for CCA Texas will be working with Fish Tomorrow (HTFT) are excited to be TPWD to help secure temporary a part of this project,” commented Jay staging sites for materials in the Gardner, HTFT Chairman. "Oyster Port O’Connor area. reefs are an important part of the ma- CCA Texas is asking its rine ecosystem that provides fisheries members to notify John Blaha at habitat, water filtration, and a tasty (800) 626-4222 if you have a con- meal for those who enjoy fresh oys- tact who may be able to help in ters.” securing such sites—ideally, a docking facility along the Victoria TPWD, Saltwater Enhancement Asso- Barge canal, in Port Lavaca or in Port ciation (SEA) and the City of Corpus Two nearshore reefing O’Connor would be best suited. Christi. Look for details and photo- projects funded Corpus Christi graphs in the next issue. —John Blaha CCA Texas funds $100,000 to Nearshore Above, crushed concrete, oyster shell, lime- create Port O’Connor Reefing site stone and river rock being transported to the Nearshore Reef splashing down soon site. Jay Gardner, HTFT Chairman, and John CCA Texas Executive Board approved By the time you read your next issue of Currents, the new Corpus Christi Blaha, CCA Texas Assistant Director flying $100,000 in funding to secure and pre- the CCA Texas flag over the project. Photos by pare a nearshore reefing site out of Port Nearshore reefing site will be full of Lisa Laskowski. O’Connor. This funding will cover the fish habitat. Contractors are expected Left, Lindsey Laskowski, high school to deploy 470 pre-constructed pyra- student at La Vernia high school being inter- mids and ap- viewed on her thoughts about the project by a Corpus Christi news station. proximately 70 Two of many new nearshore reef pyra- pieces of large mids under construction. culvert materials in mid September. This project is a joint effort between CCA Texas,

~9~ Upper Coast Middle Coast Lower Coast By Capt. Walt Kalinowski By Capt. Steve Boriskie By Capt. Danny Neu Time for birds and slicks When? October and November! Hunt the flats, consider topwaters Considering the great variety of the Upper "What’s the best time of year to come down It’s finally gonna start cooling down here in Texas coast, you can tailor your fishing choice and fish with you?" is a question I often get, South Texas, but the fishing will only continue to to fit the conditions. I decide on the Sabine and my answer is always the same: October heat up. The next two months can yield some area, a Galveston Bay or Matagorda Bays, de- and November! I love the other ten months, heavy stringers for those willing to hunt the flats. pending on the fish. Oh yeah, and the weather. but for overall enthusiasm, it’s these two Early October, shallow waters will begin to hold Bad old Southwest wind? Head for the pro- months for several reasons. Most obvious is large numbers of trout and reds cruising and tected, small bays. You will find me near Smith the water cooling down from shorter days and looking for their next meal. These fish also Point or the back end of East Bay. When con- cooler weather coming on the heels of a blaz- show a willingness to hit surface lures through ditions suggest the Matagorda Bays area, I ing hot summer—the fish become energized the day. work Bird Island a lot, and Chinquapin. and put up a really good fight. This is certainly the most fun way to catch When the October temp hits 75, light Another one though is that general good specks and reds, in my opinion. Ask Miller Southeast or Northeast winds will let you feeling of ‘Ahhh...Fall!’ which clicks the ‘get Bassler, who switched, as he told the Currents chase the birds and slicks in the big waters. Try outdoors’ switch in your head for some darn editor, from a plastic worm to a "Big Chartreuse the Wells early, and be aware that fish don’t like fine fishing and the highly anticipated duck sea- SheDog...BIG!" Sure enough, a BIG trout hit the crowds and boat activity. A group of boats may son for our area. plug. Miller released the trout, though a bit ear- be working a slick, which puts the fish down. Of course, tides fluctuate due to the lier than he planned. Let the crowd have it, but wait further down weather. High activity in the tropics as water On bright sunshine-filled days, look for suc- wind, and you’ll find the fish are still hungry. gets pushed ashore from low pressure systems cess on redfish with a gold spoon. The trout will Also, you’ll find the little trout near the surface can then can rush out of the bays with an early be getting fatter as they get ready for the colder of a slick, but get a heavier lure down and the strong cool front. The key is to roll with the months ahead. During the months of October better fish will find it. On the other hand, a changes and adjust for changes in the wind and and November, trout can be found in the waist- topwater like the Skitterwalk Jr. or a bone Su- weather—and water levels! deep potholes adjacent to deeper water. Be sure per Spook (I paint mine with an orange head The Dog Days are gone and the popular to look for pods of mullet. Where you find the and a red behind) can bring the bigger fish up game fish will respond to a dose of topwater bait, you will also find the game fish. through a slick. plugs (SuperSpook Jrs being my favored one Into November, we will also begin to see with hooks switched to singles), soft plastics Lures: I like the Hoagie Diablos in bird activity in the flats. Often times you will only (TTKillers/Saltwater Assassins/Hackberry Hus- limetreuse, pumpkin, Texas roach. Below 70 see two or three birds ‘sitting’ on the fish. I’ve tlers and the like) and spoons (gold over grass, degrees, plum and a copperhead with a black caught some of my biggest trout where a single silver over sand). back seem to work better. If things get really seagull was sitting on a flat. These birds are op- The shrimp migration is now in full swing portunistically waiting on a bait fish to surface. slow, go to the Cajun Thunder popping rig, and the Harvest Moon is lighting up the night with Gulp about 24" below. Live shrimp may For those looking for some fantastic wing skies. Yes, the fish are eating at night during shooting, October and November is great down bring more fish to deal with, but fewer big fish this time, but pay attention more to the phases are better. south. We have fields planted for white wing of the ‘bite’ and you will reap the benefits of a dove along with some of the best mourning dove Of course, cooler water in October and more productive angling effort. The four November means shallower fish, so consider action in the entire state. There are lots of birds events are Sun Rise, Sun Set, Moon Rise and this year. As November nears, expect the sky to wade fish regions. Charts can guide you, but as Moon Set. And typically, 30-45 minutes on ei- elsewhere, pay attention to conditions and the get full of ducks. We have some great duck hunt- ther side of these four daily events can lead ing on the Laguna Madre. Redheads, pintails weather. you to the fish. and wigeons will dominate our straps. Remember the regulations—the regs are Of course, the best time to go fishing is As always, when you venture outdoors there to help the resource. Don’t take more when you can go! However, if you arm your- anywhere, remember that the Texas Lower than you really need. That big, big trout de- self with more information on what the fish are Coast is a big place full of fish and adventures, serves to go back for further duty. And, cour- known to do, you will maximize your time on and can be also be a place full of mis- tesy on the water is catching. the water and marvel friends at your computer adventures. Go, but know before you go. Enjoy the fishing, as well as the catching. screen with cool screen saver photos of your —Capt. Danny Neu 979-942-0165 —Capt. Walt Kalinowski 713-304-7091 last outing!—Capt. Stephen Boriskie [email protected] riptidefishingtexas.com 512-589-1916 / Bay Flats Lodge, Seadrift, Texas

Equipped for almost anything. Miller Bassler measures Kathie B's But what is that ornament on the right side of the truck? personal best trout. See front cover for the release.

~10~ CCA Texas Social Happenings In each issue of Currents, CCA Texas thanks goes to Terri MacDonald and her team will feature a Facebook photo, Twitter Chapter Updates are edited for for the beautiful decorations. Tweet, and Instagram photo from the We hosted a presentation on Vibrio brevity to allow everyone’s voice to previous two months. Please “Like” our Vulnificus, a bacterium that normally lives in Facebook page and follow us on Twit- be heard. For the full version, go to warm sea waters and is part of a group of your chapter’s area in the vibrios that are called “halophilic” because they ter and Instagram to get the latest up- require salt to live. The speakers for the open dates from CCA Texas and become a CCA website. Drop by meeting held at the Lighthouse Inn, Rockport, www.ccatexas.org, Texas, were Ben Rutledge , Dr. Michael Horse- part of the conversation! man and Vivienne Heines. Ben gave a personal Facebook: click on Local Chapters. account of the bacterium while Dr. Horseman, Christus Spohn South, Corpus Christi,Tx and Ms. Submitted to us by Jacqueline Anderson: Heines, epidemiologist for the State of Texas, Alvin-Pearland Costal Region, were available to answer ques- Rex Richards 281-923-3050 tions from a medical perspective. Key topics of Monthly General Meetings: 7PM - First Tuesday interest were in the areas of prevention and of the month. Location: Spring Creek BBQ, 9005 identifying the symptoms of an infection. Broadway, Pearland Tx.77584. We look forward to seeing everyone next 2014 Banquet June 19th, KC Hall, Pearland year for the 15th annual Babes on the Bay and Thanks to Susan A. Heath, PhD - Gulf Coast Banquet. Tight lines—Carter Bird Observatory for her informative talk at our June meeting. At our Tuesday September 3rd - Austin General Meeting, scheduled was speaker Capt. Scott Sanderson Jeff Maxwell Jr. - Jeff’s guide service, at Spring 512-637-1750 Creek BBQ. [email protected] WEednesday October 2nd - General Meet- Our July Anglers’ Night Out (ANO) was another First Redfish for Annie!!!! Fishing with her ing. Speaker will be Jason Bryant of Inshore In- home run with Capt. Billy Trimble taking a Father (Bill Anderson) was a great start to former Blog. Spring Creek BBQ - Pearland 7:00 couple days off from the water to come share our Holiday Vacation!!!! PM his secrets with the Austin chapter. The Texas Tuesday November 5th - General Meeting. coast is so diverse, and there are so many ways Twitter: Speaker: Joe Moughon – Chicken Boy Lures. to fish, and Capt. Trimble shared his world of Spring Creek BBQ - Pearland 7:00 PM. skinny water fly fishing and sight casting. Adding @HuffBrewmaster: Great to fish December - No General Meeting the “hunting” element of sight fishing to catch big @PortATexas again @CCA_Texas We welcome new board members who reds in 6-8" of water is a thrill everyone should #FishTexas would like to get plugged in. Our monthly chap- experience. ter meetings have a great speaker lineup and That’s what ANO is all about and we bring we will have a raffle. Bring a friend, a kid and them to you every other month. Some 200 of your get plugged in! —Rex Richards fellow CCA members convene at Abel’s on the Lake to learn from the best, eat free compli- Aransas Bay ments of Smokey Denmark’s, and win fishing Carter Crigler 435-830-5984 trips, Yetis, fishing rods and all kinds of other [email protected] great prizes. Now that’s a pretty good deal so be The 14th Annual Banquet held on August 10th sure to come out for these fun events. Watch was a smashing success, thanks to our spon- Facebook, ccaaustin.org and your email to make sors, donors, friends, and fellow CCA members. sure you don’t miss one. In fact you better mark A big thank you goes to Ron Hoover RV and Ma- your calendar now because we will be welcom- rine, our Title sponsor for their overall outstanding back Capt. Jay Watkins November 14th! Better ing support. In addition, we would like to recog- get there early for this one! nize First Victoria National Bank, Key Sponsor, The Austin Chapter is on a heck of a roll and our Table Sponsors - Academy, ACE Hard- and we welcome you to get involved as we ware, AMSPEC, Bang Air, Inc./Rawhide House strive to reach even greater heights. We invite Moving, Bellaire Environmental, Gator Bait, Red- you to attend our board meetings the second fish Bay Chapter-CCA, Rockport Tackle Town, Tuesday of the month to see how you can help. Stewart Title Company, and Wells Fargo Bank. We have a great group of guys and gals and A big thank you goes to all of our donors have a lot of fun raising money for our coastal too numerous to mention, and volunteers, under resources. And remember, our Junior board is Instagram: the leadership of our Banquet Chairman, doing great things too, and welcomes any young- The CCA Texas flag flaps in the Michelle Green, for a fantastic job. A special ster between the ages of 13-18 to get involved. We are already hard at work to bring breeze as the initial phase of the oys- Austin yet another epic banquet May 8th, ter reef restoration project in Aransas 2014. More information will come soon and, Bay begins! when it does, act quickly. Tables and boat raffle tickets sell out so you don’t want to CCA Texas on Facebook: miss your chance at those. Remember, all the exciting goings on www.facebook.com/CCATexas in Austin can be found on Facebook or at CCA Texas on www.ccaaustin.org. Best of fishing luck! — Scott Sanderson Twitter: www.twitter.com/ Bay Area CCA_Texas Curtis Anderson 832-421-6377 CCA Texas on Instagram: www.instagram.com/cca_texas

~11~ ~12~ ~13~ We gave away several door prizes and some all day, 2 boats and 4 members weighed in 5 Brazoria County good raffles. fish. Collecting nice Shimano and Fishing Tackle Wes Dingee 979-299-8245 If you are interested in becoming involved Unlimited rod and reel combos were Marty We will be holding two general membership on a chapter board level we’d love to have you. Smith, 1st place red and 3rd place trout, Doug meetings before December, so chapter members You can contact any committee member. Mark Considine, 2nd place red, Herschel Lain, 1st should watch their emails for notification once your calendars: Thursday March 27th, 2014 is the place trout, and Jim Norman, 2nd place trout. we have speakers lined up. Also, some of the date for our annual banquet and fundraiser. We Thanks to Campbell Weber for helping to get our Brazoria County Board of Directors competed in will begin planning in November. You can look prizes together. Our fall tournament will be Oct. the CCA Interchapter Challenge and took first forward to some great trips and some fantastic 26, based again at Stingaree Marina. We usually place. Let one of the board members know if raffles for 2014. We’d like to thank all of you who have 15 - 25 entrants. If you would like to fish you’d like to become more involved in the chap- helped make 2013 a great year. We are looking this tournament, contact me at e-mail below. En- ter or serve on the board. Call Dan Johnson at forward to great success in 2014. Come out and try fee is $60 per person. (979) 481-3907, Wes Dingee 979 299-8245, Kyle Har- support your local Colorado Valley CCA. Take a We are beginning to work on plans for Kids ris at (979) 798-2429 or Glenn Blount at (979) 236- kid fishing— James Loehr Fish in January and banquet in February. Once 1700. —Wes Dingee again, if you came to our banquet last February Corpus Christi you are a member of our East Texas Chapter. Brazos Valley Randy Poelma 361-851-1129 We are always in need of fresh faces to help Larry Purifoy 979-229-4752 [email protected] with planning and putting on these events. If you Fall is almost here and we’re is gearing up for a Please mark your calendars now for the three are interested in helping, contact me for meeting good one. Our fall trip will be October 17th thru upcoming “on the water” events (listed below) schedules. We are mainly a bunch of windy old 19th at Matagorda. We would like to see some for the CCA Corpus Christi Chapter. guys that fish a lot and occasionally ingest adult new faces on this trip so call me if you would Guides Cup - October 3-4, 2013. Contact Cody beverages. We would appreciate the new faces like to join us. Roesner, Chairman*916-531-0078. and help.Tight Lines, —Jim Norman Hope everyone will respect the new law Captain’s dinner and Calcutta, Thursday evening [email protected] on seagrass protection. You can ask anyone that (Doc’s Restaurant) at 6:00 pm. This will be wades the bays and they will tell you that there Cody’s last Guides Cup. He has received orders Fort Bend are too many prop scars. Conservation is what recalling him to active duty effective October 11, Clint Shepard 832-595-5375 we stand for and this is a big part of it. Everyone 2013. Thank you, Cody for your guidance and The Fort Bend Chapter would like to really needs to skip a hunting trip this fall and get out in time in Chairing the Guides Cup over the years. thank all of the sponsors for their support in the bay. This is the best time of the year! Babes on Baffin and Blue Ladies Fishing Tourna- helping put these events on as well as thank all We meet every second Tuesday of the ment – October 11-12, 2013.We are looking for- of the participants for showing up to fish. I hope month at the Brazos Valley Pavilion. Come out ward to our Babes on Baffin and Blue Ladies everyone had a summer as good as ours. Till and join us for food, drink, and Big Fish Stories. FishingTournament, which takes place October next time, --Clint Shepard —John Ben Strother 979-220-1738 12th at Bluff’s Landing in Corpus Christi. Doc’s Fort Worth Brenham Restaurant (under the JFK Causeway) is the location of Friday night’s check-in and social. The Fearn Mastin 817-291-1302 Dennis Crowson Tournament features a live weigh in / donation 979-451-2472 bonus with the live fish going to the CCA/CPL Galveston [email protected] Marine Development Center in Corpus Christi. Dr. Ken Ellis 713-962-7731 For those not familiar with the Marine Develop- We just wrapped up our 21st Annual Banquet Brush Country ment Center, it is one of the world’s largest and shrimp boil and it was a huge success. We Hank Henry 361-215-6803 state-of-the-art saltwater hatcheries, which pro- had 500 people come out to support our local The summer has been hot and we are ready for vides educational outreach and cutting edge ma- chapter event at the Moody Gardens Convention the temperatures to cool off. As you read this up- rine science work and produces tens of millions Center on Saturday August 3rd. We’d like to date, the Brush Country Chapter will have hosted of fingerling redfish and spotted seatrout for re- thank all the individuals ticket buyers and ban- its annual Kid’s Fishing Day on September 14th. lease into Texas bays for stock enhancement. quet table sponsors that came out to support us: This is a great annual event and the chapter vol- Contact Lauren Hollon, Chairwomen 361-461-9396 Mack McDaniels, Academy, Jomar, DW Indus- unteers all enjoy having the kids out on the wa- Poco Rojo Kids Fishing Tournament – October tries, Suncoast Ma- ter. 19, 2013. Contact John De John 361-728-8152 or rine, Longhorn We're currently making plans for the Annual Mike Henry 361-816-0300. Dental, The Wood Brush Country Chapter Fish Fry to be held on The Kids Fish will be held at the CCA/CPL Ma- Group, Diamond Wednesday, November 6th. This year’s event will rine Development Center in Corpus Christi. E- Hydraulics, Rowan once again be held at the Knights of Columbus Blasts are forthcoming for early registration for Companies, Tiki Hall in Alice. Planning meetings are rotated be- this event. Time, Russell tween Alice and the Kingsville area, so if you are As always, if you have an interest in joining Smith Ford, Liz interested in helping, be sure to give Hank Henry, our board and being involved in conservation of Comiskey Invest- Chapter President, a call at (361) 215-6803 or CCA our coastal resources, please contact a board ments, Texas Assistant Director John Blaha at (800) 626- member or myself @ [email protected] PriceWaterhouse- 4222 and they will let you know meetings times —Randy Poelma Coopers, Moody and what you can do to help the Brush Country National Bank, Chapter. Be sure to watch your mail and email in Dallas / North Texas Intermar Products Galveston boat win- the near future for more details about this year’s Welcome new president, Robert DiCicco and Services, Util- ners, Allison and Barry event. —Hank Henry 214-799-2369 ity Tax Services Shaneyfelt Thank you to the 10 Dallas Chapter members L.L.C, R & R Con- Centex who made the trip down to Port Aransas for the sultants LLC, Del Papa Distributing, Coastline Ma- Brad Hensel 254-776-3411 InterChapter Challenge! rine, Classic Auto Group, Lazer Marine/Breakwa- ter Electronic, Charter Fisherman’s Assoc., The Central Houston We are set for a year-end general membership meeting at Gordon Biersch on Oct. 17 at 6:30 Naked Mermaid, Independent Hose and B & C Todd Buster pm. Please mark your calendars, more details Wallcoverings. Mobil, 713-545-1897 to follow. We are already working on details for We had a great line up in our live auction the 2014 banquet, we need all the help we can and would like to thank all the local guides that Colorado Valley get to make the event another success. Please participated. Thanks to all of our generous do- James Loehr 979-250-3958 contact me for more info. Thank you—Robert nors who brought in so many fantastic items for Hard to believe Fall is upon us. We held our fall DiCicco Please add [email protected] to your our raffle, live and silent auctions. We have some talented folks in our community. Congratu- general membership meeting on September 26th safe senders list.—Robert DiCicco and had a good turnout. Thanks to Bennie Rooks lations to Allison Shaneyfelt for winning the 2013 for frying the fish and to Zimmerhanzels for pro- East Texas Raffle boat and to all of those lucky winners in viding the sides that went along with it. We’d like Dr. Jim Norman 936-554-3165 our gun Raffle. Thanks to Shooters Corner for providing us such a great selection of guns. A big to thank Forrest Vollentine for coming out and [email protected] speaking to our chapter about fall fishing and thank you to all of those board members and We had our spring fishing tournament back in topwater lures. He had some great tips for the friends of the chapter who came out to volunteer June. Some 18 people entered, wind screeching group and even shared some secret fishing spots. their time to help make this a great event. We

~14~ couldn’t do it with- Greater Woodlands out you. Thank you James Kay 281-363-4417 to all of our 2013 do- www.ccatexas.org/greater- nors, buyers and supporters. If you woodlands are interested in I have solicited the assistance of participating on our Candace Tidmore to assist in board please con- writing these reports. Thank You tact me. Tight Lines Candace. So, I am going to talk —Ken Ellis about fishing, what a novel idea. I have been on two great trips recently and want to give you Golden Triangle some results. One trip was our Josh Kaczynski traditional “After the Banquet is 409-554-1325 Over, Let’s Fish!” We went to POC (Port Greater Sugar O’Connor – for those not familiar Land with the acronym) and fished Weems Turner many areas and caught a few Father Robert Chaney and Son, Ryan. Then and now, a Great Scenic fish. Sunday we went to a place 713-857-8897 photo by Gina Chaney. [email protected] that is named after a potato chip (Pringle) and found some more We have been very busy. We conducted 4 Kids Gary Blanchette and Candace & Weems Turner. fish willing to cooperate. I requested Mike Fish events in 2013. At each event we provided We want to thank Susan Rash with New Terri- O’Dell to put my wife on a keeper redfish. That rods, reels and bait as well as instruction on tory, Sally Di Palma with the Houston Elk’s #151, was his mission and my goal. Mike did not put baiting hooks, casting and landing fish. We pro- Tanya Dannhaus and Barry Walter with the City of her on one redfish, he put her on TWO redfish. vided our “Wheel of Fish,” which the kids spun Sugar Land and Shane Mize with Missouri City Mike has a wonderful set-up in Aransas Pass and were awarded prizes. Our CCA members for including us in each of these events. Barbra with a cabin that can sleep 4 comfortably. Here prepped and repaired the rods and reels, mea- Lindley will be our Kids Fish Chairperson for is Capt. Mike’s information: sured the fish and walked the lakes providing next years’ activities. www.afishingfantasy.com Tel: (361) 438-1866. instruction. Our thanks to Keith Bauman for all the suc- What a pleasure it was to host the 6th An- On April 27 we supported the New Territory cessful work he did as this years’ chairman. We nual Greater Woodlands Chapter Banquet and Residential Community Association as they con- want to thank Steve Walko of Texas Rattlin Rigs Fundraiser at The Grand Palace. The dinner ducted their New Territory Kids Fish Rodeo at for providing prizes for our Wheel of Fish. provided by Clint’s Kuntry Katfish was wonder- New Territory Lake. We helped approximately We participated or more properly showed ful. We offer up another hearty congratulation to 120 kids and their parents. New Territory pro- up for the CCA Interchapter Challenge in mid- Nathan Gaines, the big winner of the night, vided the prizes for the winners along with a June. We decided to fish familiar water in Port whose raffle ticket was selected for the grand goodie bag and tee shirt for each participant. O’Connor and fished it hard with little success. prize Electric Club Cart and Trailer. Thank you to The kids caught bass, catfish, perch and turtles. Thanks to our members for their dedicated ef- Academy Sports+Outdoors, Platinum Sponsor The turtles were given to TPWD for relocation. fort including: David Kveton, Steve Meyer, Chris Royal Purple LLC; Club Cart Raffle Sponsor This was done to reduce the turtle population in Hall, Capt. Bill Hull, Tyler and Kirk Vakey and Dyna-Therm Corporation; Gold Sponsor Texcraft the lake. myself. Construction LLC; Silver Sponsors Total Depth On May 4 we supported the Houston Elk’s We conducted our first Rusty Hook Tourna- Supply, Audubon Engineering and Gullo Ford. Lodge Kids Fish at Sea Center Texas. This was a ment on June 29th at Sargent, TX. We had 22 par- We also thank Wright’s Printing for once again special event that allowed 11 challenged chil- ticipants and raised over $600 for our Kids Fish donating their high quality program printing ser- dren to experience some top notch fishing. The program. The winners were: biggest trout was vices. Please take a few minutes and visit their Elk’s provided transportation via motor coach Bob Hrachovy; second biggest trout was Mark websites. from Houston to Sea Center Texas. Sea Center Bennet; the biggest redfish was Joel Canavan; We also thank Bryant Bennett Banquet Texas provided volunteers, rods, reels and bait. second biggest redfish was Mark Bennet; the big- Chairman, Charlotte O’Dell Chapter Treasurer The volunteers landed, weighed and returned gest founder was Paul Lawson and the biggest and Drew Adams Assitant Director each fish to the lake. The kids caught redfish, other fish was Joel Canavan. Our thanks to Extraordinaire, for their dedication and hard flounder, croaker and black drum with the larg- Buford Jurica and Judy & David Kveton for pro- work on the banquet. We appreciate the pres- est fish caught being a 14 pound black drum. viding their homes in Sargent for housing this ence of our executive committee and volunteers, The Elk’s provided the food, which we cooked. event and thanks to Joel and Pam Canavan for C.W. Wallace, Larry Perry, Jeff Burton, Joe Huston On May 18 we supported the City of Sugar hosting the awards dinner at their home in and Candace Tidmore. We could not have done Land Parks & Recreation Kids Fish at Sugar Land Sargent. Thanks to Larry Wilson for providing it without you. Lake. We supported approximately 300 kids and prizes for the winners. A special thank you goes to Bryant Bennett their parents. We provided food and cooked for On July 18th we had 32 members and family for touching each of us with his heartfelt mes- the kids. The City of Sugar Land provided tro- attend the Sugar Land Skeeter’s game. This was sage shared during the live auction, urging our phies for Kids Fish winners. This is the second our second annual event and is a popular way support for Bill Dowling, Tony Livesay and Rob- year for this event and through excellent publica- to enjoy and build our friendships within CCA. ert Yarborough. These heroes are three of the tion provided by Keith Bauman, Greater Sugar We had the Shimano Crew speak at our Firemen injured May 31st in a five-alarm fire at a Land CCA Kid’s Fish Chair and the City of Sugar meeting on August 7th. It was a very interesting southwest Houston hotel and restaurant. To of- Land this event tripled in size. presentation on Shimano’s latest equipment and fer up their generous support for these heroes, On June 1 we supported the Missouri City excellent information on fishing the Galveston CDM Resources Management LLC and Zephyr Parks & Recreation with their Kids Fish at Mis- Bay system. Thanks to David Kveton for setting Gas Services, LLC, donated one of our live auc- souri City Community Park Lake. We supported this up and to Phillip Cambra, Capt. Ed and tion items, which is to send these three Firemen over 100 kids and their parents. The kids caught Capt. John of the Shimano Crew for their presen- on a three day deer and hog hunt. bass, catfish, perch and turtles. Missouri City tation. The winner of the auction and five friends provided food and we cooked. Philip Ortiz of Flounder Pounder Lures will be going on their own hunt for doves at the At each event we received thanks for sup- spoke at our September 4th meeting. We will Piedras Parada Ranch in South Texas. You can porting the kids and providing them their first op- have our Family picnic at Sienna Plantation on add support by sending a contribution to the portunity to experience fishing. The kids and Sunday September 8th at 4:00 pm. If you are in- Houston Texas Fire Fighters Federal Credit parents were truly appreciative. Our special terested in attending, please contact me. Union, where individual accounts have been es- thanks to our members who supported the We have begun planning of our 2014 Ban- tablished for each. events including: Keith Baumann, David & Judy quet, which will be held Thursday, April 3, 2014 at We also must thank Rich Loughridge and Kveton, Barbra & Richard Lindley, Buford Jurica, the Stafford Center, Stafford, Texas. Please con- Papa’s Ice House for their support of CCA and for Steve Meyer, Bob Nipper, Capt. Bill & Debbie tact me if you would like to help with the ban- our chapter and for hosting our pre-banquet or- Hull, Shelley, Jared & Jeff Lendermon, Paul quet. We have to conserve so we can catch. ganizational meetings as well as our recent Lawson, Fred Howard, Jeff Flasik, Bruce Jester, —Weems Turner crawfish boil fundraiser. If you’ve never been to Bob Bailey, Jeff & Jennifer Kimble, Skip Medina, Papa’s, you’re missing out on a relaxing after- Barry Walter, John Beffano, Larry Williams, Ryan noon or evening. Money, Bob Whitsitt, Steve Walko, Regis Platek,

~15~ Our banquet week concluded with our de- brief relief fishing trip to Port O’Connor. Our gra- Wednesday of each month (excluding No- cious host was Jeff Burton and Family. And vember and December) at Red River BBQ thank you, Capt. Tom Hans for providing us with on Mason Road. We gather around 6:40 extra accommodations and fishing lessons. In and have an official start at 7ish. —Clint all, it was a great weekend, which topped off an Hilton incredible banquet. As always, we look forward to meeting Laredo other local CCA members at our regular general Jesse Martinez membership meetings. You can keep up with [email protected] these meeting dates by visiting our web page 956-763-5555 noted above. Keep Conserving. . . To Keep Fish- ing! —Candace Tidmore / James Kay Lee County Guadalupe Valley Byron Kalbas 979-540-0056 Mark your calendars for the Third Annual Mainland Kid Fish winners. Cliff Weber 361-275-6506 Lee County CCA Chapter Banquet, which will be on Thursday, October 17 at the Sons of First State Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, Matagorda Re- Hays County Hermann Hall in Giddings, Texas. gional Medical Center, Will Ohmstede, Letulle Steve Schiber 512-524-2989 We have been selling pre-banquet raffle Green Ranches, Frankson & Griffith CPA’s, CIC tickets and tickets to the banquet at the begin- Construction, Full Stringer Realty, Wendel Electric Heart of the Hills ning of August. Please contact me, or any other Company, Property Connections Real Estate, Dodd Randy Plummer 830-377-0737 committee member, if you are interested in pur- Family, and LyondellBasell for Bronze Table Spon- chasing tickets. I hope everyone has a safe and sorship. successful summer on the water. —Byron Kalbas Thank you to Busha Boat Works, Matagorda Hill Country Construction & Materials, Campbell-Huitt Insur- Darlene Cook 800-594-2056 ext 217 Live Oak ance, Gary Krenek Insurance, Don Davis Dealer- [email protected] ship of Bay City, Memorial Hermann Medical Brad Kotrla 979-732-1669 I want to thank the Directors that worked so Group (STMC), South Texas Corrugated Pipe, hard on our 18th Annual Banquet on August 15. Lower Colorado Stone Turf Farms, Ronald Gavender, Gann Ranch/ Triangle Turf, and Elmo Duke for Reserve Table These directors are the backbone of CCA. I am Welcome new president Tim Munos blessed to work with these people as friends Sponsorship. and as their President. 979-332-2876 Thank you to our live auction underwriters, We had a great banquet and a sellout We held our 5th Annual Fundraiser/Banquet Fri- BayCel Federal Credit Union, James and Helen crowd. We had approximately 700 people in at- day evening, August 16th, at the Bay City Civic McAda, Hlavinka Equipment Company, Hewitt tendance. Thanks to all our Special Friends of Center. We had a wonderful turnout and want to Lodge – Hackberry, La., Memorial Hermann Medi- CCA that donated items. Black Tie Affair did a say Thank You to the people of Bay City and sur- cal Group, Blue Gecko Sports Bar & Grill, and wonderful job catering again, thank you Richard! rounding Matagorda County for coming out and The Sargent Area Chamber of Commerce. Thank And thank you Coleman, John and Mark, you supporting our event. This was our best you to Busha Boat Works and Dependable Ma- guys are great! A date for the Hill Country CCA fundraiser yet. We broke a few records in total chine for donating the rod and reel combos given Social will be announced soon as well. Live Auction Sales, total Raffle Sales, Atten- away to 20 kids. Thank you to Ward Real Estate The Hill Country Social is an event for our mem- dance, and 2 ½ inches of downpour rain. and Tran Sport Boats for the Cap Sponsorship, bers and families to come together to meet new A&A BBQ served a delicious meal of beef and to Gateway Mortgage and Full Stringer Realty friends, eat, play games and tell tall tales! Go and sausage with all the trimmings. Hartman for the Yeti Cooler Sponsorship. fishing! Have some fun! —Darlene Cook Distributing Company and the chapter provided Thank you to our local artist, Richard [email protected] the beverages for everyone’s enjoyment. A live Walton, for providing another of his world class auction highlighted the evening with an assorted paintings for our live auction. Thank you to the Houston Real Estate variety of Art items, local fishing trip packages, many people who donated silent auction items, Dale Couch 281-953-2510 local hunting trips, Costa Rica and Cabo San and to the Lower Colorado Chapter Board Mem- The 2014 Houston Real Estate event is scheduled Lucas bill fishing packages, and a Lone Star Flag bers who gave so much of their time. This was a for Feb. 11, 2014 at the Houston Country Club. I donated by State Representative Dennis Bonnen great fundraiser. The Board Members and Matt would also mention that our annual fishing tour- that was flown in our State Capitol. There were and his gang are to be commended for a Job nament was cancelled because nobody thought numerous Silent Auction items donated by local Well Done. they could beat two-time defending champion businesses and everyone was busy choosing REMEMBER! The Lower Colorado Chapter Jackson Hooper. —Dale Couch which silent auction item to select, or which of meets every first Tuesday at 6:30 pm. Watch for the many raffles to buy tickets for. The new Crab location in the Bay City Tribune or in your Katy Craps game went over really well. Everyone had monthly email announcement. Come early and Clint Hilton 713-515-3991 a good time. Fundraisers are how CCA makes share a meal with us. Chapter members get in- There’s a whole lot of high school football going money to do the marine conservation efforts that volved with your chapter. Come to meetings and on in Katy, and as my Yankee neighbor says, we are known for. Without the support and help bring a friend. For information, email me at “Those boys are for real.” Well, the Katy Chap- of people like you, this effort could not be pos- [email protected]. As always, keep those ter is “for real,” too! The Katy membership con- sible. Remember, Money Raised in Texas, Stays lines wet. —John Kubecka Secretary tinues to amaze me - we continue to host awe- in Texas. some speakers, have a large meeting turnout The chapter wants to thank all of the Cor- with new faces, and generally build on a very porate Table sponsors, the Live Auction Art and solid foundation. Trip Underwriter sponsor/donors, and the Silent In August, we hosted Capt. Walt Kalinowsky Auction donors. Thank (read his Upper Coast ForeCast on page 10). you to Academy Sports Walt is a Katy guy, supporter of the Katy Chap- & Outdoors, STP, Full ter, and one heckuva fisherman. Walt enter- Stringer Realty, Gate- tained us, and talked about some of the subtle way Mortgage, W. D. things that separate ‘weekend warriors’ from “Bill” Von Gonten, the professionals. HEB, Texas Farm Bu- The Katy Chapter is fast approaching the reau, Phillips 66, Tran wrap up for the year. Our last Speaker Series Sport Boats/Aluma- meeting is in October, hosting Shimano Factory Tech of Sweeny, and reps. The Shimano guys came out last year, men- Poco Playa Restaurant tioned a few things about Shimano gear, and for Gold Table Spon- shared a BUNCH of information about what al- sorship. lows them to succeed in the world of profes- Thank you to sional angling. Capital Farm Credit, The Katy Chapter welcomes new faces! Dependable Machine, Come to a chapter meeting. We meet the 3rd STP, Ward Real Estate, Being congratulated by the board is Duane Kuhl, winner of the Matagorda Bays boat. Will Duane take them all fishing? ~16~ Lower Laguna Madre Orange County Travis Flanagan Scott Bandy 409-988-3667 956-207-6391 [email protected] On August 22, 2013, we hosted our 5th an- Mainland nual banquet and fundraiser. This year’s Eric Minor event was the biggest and best event of our 281-534-6242 short history. Being the very first event in the We had our 5th Annual CCA Main- brand new Orange County Convention and land Chapter Kid Fish Tournament Expo Center and the help from Banquet August 24. It was hosted for the 5th Sponsor Granger Chevrolet/ Automart, Red- year in a row by Harborwalk Ma- fish Sponsors; Vincent Recycling, Stout Build- rina. We had 100 Kids sign up for ers, and Rodney Townsend Atty. at Law, along the event and the fishing was great with 34 Speck Table Sponsors, we packed with a total of 273 fish caught and the house doubling the size of last year’s entered. The Longest Trout went crowd. Early morning with my sons in law, Tripp and Matt, All who attended where treated to an awe- to Garin Blackmon, the Longest on Carancahua Bay. Great scenic by Rick Reaves Hardhead Danielle Melota, Longest some rib-eye dinner prepared by Mike Croaker Wyatt Skillman, Longest Fish Aiden struction, Cedar Creek Woodshop, Eichorn, LeMione & crew from Spanky’s Bar and Grill. Garcia, Shortest Fish Grant Wilkinson, and the Gonzales & Miller, First State Bank of Louise, Del I would like to send a special thanks to our ban- Most Fish, Nathan Richards. We thank Papa Distributing, Sam Caldwell, Wiese Crop In- quet committee members for an outstanding Harborwalk Marina for the use of their facility surance, Academy Outdoors, and Multi-Fab Metals job. Without your help, none of this would have and for the parents and guardians who brought . Also, a big thank you to all of our directors been possible. the kids out for a few hours of fishing. whose hard work and dedication to our Chapter We meet the 2nd Wednesday of each We had our General Membership meeting make this event a huge success every year. month at Roberts Meat Market and Steakhouse in at Dickinson Bar-B-Que on Tuesday August 27th Matagorda Bay CCA would like to thank every- Orange at 6:30pm. with Bryan Treadway as our key note speaker. one for making our small town event one of the For further information about our chapter con- He has been active in raising money and collec- largest fund raisers in the State of Texas for CCA. tact Louis Moore at 409-988-4845 or Scott Bandy tion live flounder for research and re-stocking —Linc Lutrick at 409-988-3667. programs. Thank you Bryan, for a great evening. As always we meet every second Tuesday of the MidCoast Piney Woods month at Dickinson Bar-B-Que, hope to see you David Jenkins 361-578-5580 Jess Mowery 903-736-3891 all there! —Eric Minor [email protected] It’s time to start preparing for our upcoming Port O'Connor Matagorda Bays events. First , our officers for the coming year, Bill Moore 361-983-4690 Linc Lutrick 979-541-9901 David Jenkins, President, Hector Mendietta, Vice- We saw a couple of flights of teal, and the We held our 28th Annual Banquet, June 27, our President, Dennis Lala, Vice-President, Eric osprey now sits across the street in the morn- sixth consecutive SOLD OUT banquet. The Macek, Sgt. of Arms, and we welcome Travis ing, which means that summer is winding down crowd of over 800 spent the night buying boat Bryant, Treasurer and Heather McBride, Secre- and fall is around the corner. This is also the raffle tickets, $5 raffle tickets, and raffle caps tary. time to invite everyone to come join us for the (sponsored by Mustang Cat, El Campo Boating Our upcoming events will start in October 14th Annual POC CCA Banquet. Center, and Prasek’s Hillje Smokehouse), Koozies with our Speedy Stop Guides Cup. We thank our This will again be held at the POC Com- (sponsored by Polasek Construction and R&M sponsor, Cliff Thomas and the Speedy Stop fam- munity Center on Saturday, October 19th. In POC, Forge and Fittings), and tumblers (sponsored by ily for their continued support in making this take note of the CCA banners at the following H&H Oilfield Consultants and Energy Construc- event a huge success. Also, thanks to Capt. businesses where tickets/tables may be pur- tion). Danny Goyen and Dennis Lala for lining up a chased: Sonny’s Marine, Coastal Boat Services, Once again we were honored to have the great bunch of guides for this event. Thanks to Coastal Bend Marine, and Port O’Connor Rod & opportunity to announce the Game Warden of the guides and buyers, good luck, be safe and Gun. Tickets/tables are also available from any the Year at our banquet. Philip Fitzgerald pre- most of all have fun. POC CCA member or Assistant Director Ellen sented this prestigious award to a deserving I guess the biggest news to report, will be Ohmstede, 713-626-4222 or [email protected] Warden, Mr. Bobby Kana. We appreciate the our raffle boat for next year’s Banquet which will A slate of officers was presented and hard work and dedication exhibited by Mr. Kana be held at the Community Center on May 9th, elected at a recent meeting: VP-Mike Sharp, VP- and all of the other Game Wardens. These folks 2014. This boat will be a fully loaded 2014 SCB Donnie Klesel, Treasurer-Ann Brownlee, Sec- literally put their lives on the line to protect our Stingray with a Mercury Racing Sport 250 XS. We Debbie Busby, and Sgt.-at-Arms- Sonny Cook. precious natural resources. are very excited to being able to get this boat and Also thanks to Carl Ray and Jim Busby for being The live auction (sponsored by Gulf Coast should be selling tickets by the 1st of October, banquet chairmen. Lease Service, Full Auto Firearms, and Wiese Crop 2013. If anyone is interested in buying a chance The POC Chapter would again like to ex- Insurance) was another huge success. Some of on this beautiful boat, feel free to contact me or press its appreciation to the Oilfield Helping the items that received the most attention was a any of our board members. We will again have Hands Tournament, which is held in POC in Au- trip to Costa Rica, a roll top BBQ pit donated by other prizes on the boat ticket: a Benelli shotgun, gust. They presented the POC CCA with a gen- Multi-Fab Metals, Custom Golf Cart donated B&D 2 Waterloo rod and reel combos (from Waterloo erous donation. This tournament continues to Carts in El Campo, and of course, all of the Rod Co. USA) and a 65 qt. Yeti ice chest. grow and brings a lot to the POC Community. Guides Cup trips (sponsored by Duckett, If anyone is interested in seeing any of the So, if you are in the area enjoying the fall Bouligny & Collins, L.L.P, El Campo Sheet Metal, SCB designs, feel free to contact Eric Simmons @ weather, fishing, or just kicking back, make ar- and Harbor Bait & Tackle) donated by profes- Simmons Custom Boats , Kemah, Texas. If you rangements for tickets or a table. As we con- sional guides from Matagorda. We want to say are interested in becoming a member of our tinue to support our coastal resources bring ev- a special thank you to all of our Matagorda board of directors , please contact a board mem- eryone, and join us on Saturday October 19th in Guides who donate their time, effort and equip- ber or myself at [email protected] —David POC – “Where it all Began.”—Bill Moore ment to make the banquet a remarkable suc- Jenkins cess each and every year. Prairie The highlight of the evening was the raffle Northeast Houston Sharon Goebel 979-877-4103 drawing for the Matagorda Bay CCA boat. This Jason Law 713-898-8594 year’s boat was a fully rigged 23 ft.HDX Dargel Redfish Bay KAT with 200 HP Evinrude E-Tec, McClain Alu- Northwest Houston Norman Oates 361-758-0266 minum Trailer, donated by Dargel Boats. Duane Blayne Eversole The year is winding down, but Redfish Bay Kuhl from El Campo, Texas was the lucky win- 832-444-4579 Chapter is still active. We will have had the an- ner of this beautiful boat. Thank you to our boat nual Beeville Fish Fry by the time you read this. sponsors, Quality Lease Services, Polasek Con- It is a great event, and is very much like a ban- struction and Q.C.E. Supply Inc. quet with live auction, silent auction, and raffle A sincere thank you to our all of our Spon- items. It is always the Thursday evening before sors along with long-time supporters, Q.C.E. dove season starts. So, put it on your calendar Supply, Inc. Gulf Coast Lease, El Campo Sheet for next year if you didn’t make this one. It is Metal, B&S Services, Quality Hot Mix, CMF Con- well worth the drive from the coast to Beeville. ~17~ If you would like to wear your cowboy season, the red and floun- boots instead of deck shoes, this is the der run followed by ducks, event for you. Thanks to the team geese and Big Trout! members that spend many hours mak- Congratulations ing it happen! goes to all of the STAR We will have had a General Tournament participants Membership meeting on September and winners! There were 25, and may plan another before the some really nice catches end of the year (or early next year). brought in this year. I Look for announcement information. would also like to take The Board members also plan to help time to thank all of our Martha McCloud take elementary chapter sponsors and vol- school kids fishing for part of their The RGV 2014 Dargel event boat. unteers, all too often I get wetlands training. It is a great effort caught up in the report and by Martha and the Rockport Game out to L&F Distributors and Dargel Boats for mak- don’t do enough to thank Wardens. We are happy to be included. Tell ing this raffle possible once again. those that help keep the chapter going! Anthony your friends about the Redfish Bay Chapter. We Mark your calendars, the 2014 banquet has Toups and everyone at Classic of Southeast have great events, and we can always use help. been set for Thursday, April 24, 2014 at the Pharr Texas, Annette Smith and her crew at Dylan’s, Call me on 361-758-0266 if you are interested in Events Center. The chapter board is beginning is Kieschnick Industries, Cops Helping Kids, Echo helping a great cause. planning for next year's event and looks forward Maintenance, Jameadco(Big Jim), Munro’s, Spe- to having another great night. If you are inter- cialty Painting, Ancelet’s, Daley’s Hunt and Fish, Rio Grande Valley ested in helping the local chapter, contact Chap- and Academy! To all of the guides and local busi- Phil Teinert 956-367-4267 ter President, Phil Teinert at (956) 367-4267 or nesses, we thank you! [email protected] John Blaha at (800) 626-4222. We hope you have It’s time to mark your calendar; Thursday The Rio Grande Valley Chapter has secured the tight lines and great hunting this fall. —Phil March 6th, 2014 will be our banquet. We will 2014 Raffle Boat and it is now on display and Teinert have crawfish, cold drinks and great auction tickets are for sale. This year’s raffle boat is a items and door prizes! Don’t be left out, it’s 2014 210 Dargel Skout powered by 150 HP Sabine-Neches never too early to get your table. Email, text or Evinrude ETEC and sits on a Custom Aluminum Darin Johnson 409-790-9855 call and we’ll get you set up! Until next time, Trailer. The boat is complete with Custom Alu- Hard to believe we are past Labor Day already, Tight Lines to all! See you on the water! —Darin minum, Power Pole, Raised Platform, Deluxe seems like just last month we were talking M Johnson Leaning Post, Two Tone Custom Gel Coat Color about a banquet, Kid Fish, and summertime ac- Sam Houston and Much More. Tickets can be purchased by tivities. Now it’s time for the Cast N Blast activi- contacting Louis Zimmerer at (956) 373-0799 or ties to kick in with the arrival of dove and teal Brandon Kolaja 281-797-6908 John Blaha at (800) 626-4222. Special thanks go Well, another successful banquet is in the books. I would like to thank everyone who was

servation efforts, the company has supported the all have a responsibility to help protect our Partners in Coastal Conservation Association in their mis- natural resources and the work being done by sion to protect coastal resources. CCA and other wildlife advocates is an inspira- In addition to supporting CCA, Anheuser- tion for all of us to follow.” conservation Busch promotes outdoor sports and wildlife conservation in several ways, including a $10 mil- hroughout the years, the Budweiser Out- initiatives lion investment in on-the-ground conservationist Tdoors Program has supported numerous initiatives. conservation organizations. t Anheuser-Busch, focusing on envi- “Budweiser has become an important sup- ronmental sustainability is a key or the past 17 years, the company had porter of CCA, and we’re proud to be among issue. The company operates effi- A Fawarded the Conservationist of the Year, their many conservationist partners,” said ciently to reduce water and energy use and along with the National Fish and Wildlife Founda- Robby Byers, executive director of CCA increase recycling in its facilities across the tion. Texas. “Our programs aim to conserve, protect country. As part of this commitment to con- “Since 1995, the Budweiser Outdoors pro- and enhance our coasts for everyone to gram has celebrated and supported the passion, enjoy.” dedication and leadership of conservationists across the country,” said Bob Fishbeck, senior manager for the Budweiser brands. “We

~18~ involved. This includes our commu- Texas State University nity, sponsors, donors, corporate Luke Horadam 830-481-3466. tables and our board members for organizing another great event. We have some time before next year, Tomball/Magnolia but planning is already underway for Matt Maddox 832-590-1828 2014. Enjoy the rest of the year and spend some time on the water. — Tri-County Brandon Kolaja 281-797-6908 Jason Trial 830-570-2988

San Antonio Trinity Bay Johnny Rayburg 210-837-5500 Gerald Payne 281-385-2894 [email protected] The 2013 Trinity Bay banquet is in As mentioned in last issue’s update, the history books and it was our best the San Antonio Chapter banquet to date! Wow, if you were there then committee is already hard at work you know firsthand about the unlim- planning next year’s event. The date The Trinity Bay crew with awards. ited amount of seasoned-to-perfec- is set for Thursday night, May 1, 2014, tion boiled shrimp and the endless and we will once again be at the Free- San Gabriel cold drinks. The atmosphere was man Coliseum Expo Hall. If you’d like to be a part John Melnar 512- 497-8284 energized with attendees involved in the numer- of the action and volunteer please contact us. ous raffles, auctions and games. There are two ways to do so: email We would like to recognize our generous [email protected] or call (210) 837-5500 and San Jacinto sponsors who helped us produce a memorable leave a message. Pete Ruiz 832-496-4903 night in conservation: Platinum Sponsors; Sunbelt The San Antonio Chapter does have a Valve Services, Fisher Mechanical and Insultherm Facebook page. You can find us by searching for Southwestern Inc. Title Sponsors; Chastang Ford and Future “CCA Texas, San Antonio Chapter.” The page Fasteners. Table Sponsors; AAA Chemicals, Acad- Jody Jacobs 210-827-7180 will routinely update you on CCA Texas and local emy Sports & Outdoors, Armstrong McCall of chapter activities. Baytown, Capital Farm Bureau, Bealine Tidal Congratulations go out to the Austin chapter TAMU Tank, CDM Resource / Zephyr Gas Services, for having a huge event this year. What a great Welcome new president, Cameron Clean Harbors, Coastline Marine, Delta Compa- achievement! Blackwood 713-591-7097 nies Group, Fasco Fasteners, Furmanite, Gene’s Now that school is back in session and Fall Howdy! This fall the Texas A&M CCA has a lot of Powersports, Intergulf Corp., Kace Industrial Ser- weather is settling in, don’t forget to take a kid things going on. We have a tailgate for every vices, Lubrizol, L&M Fiberglass, Momentive fishing. It will put a smile on their face and home football game at Reed Arena and we are Chemical, Nezat Specialty Services, NOV yours. —Johnny Rayburg looking forward to a fishing trip late this fall. Ev- Tuboscope, Professional Mowing and Mainte- eryone is welcome at the tailgate so if you are in nance, Sprint Waste Services and the Response San Bernard town for a game stop on by and grab some BBQ. Group. Koozie Sponsor; Chastang Ford. Cup Royce Macha 979-472-5211 If you have any ques- Sponsor; L&M Fiberglass. tions feel free to call Hope to see everyone again in 2014! (Cameron 713-591- —Gerald “Get er Done” Payne 7097). Thanks and Gig’em! —Cameron West Houston Joe Perez 832-279-4794 West Texas Craig McDonnold 432-682-3499

~19~ ~20~ Lunchtime for a handsome dude. Great wildlife photo of a great blue heron by Pauline Osburn.

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~21~ Teamwork: Brady and Connor working on a good fish. When Kenny Chesney decided to get personal, he Great Humor/Action photo by Dad Brian Prukop. stripped away expectations, pulled out a bunch of songs he’d written just for himself and kicked back The Last Laugh for a soul-search that turned into Life On A Rock, available now on iTunes.

Detail from Three Oils You can watch the painting of "The Grab" and three other paintings grow—from sketches to finish, in a video made as the art progressed. Drop by my website, where you'll also find a few other paintings from recent CCA events. All are available as 20 edition Giclee prints. www.samcaldwell.com Texas State Artist 2004 DU State Artist 2010-2011 281-455-9390

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