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il and gas aren’t the Texas Parks and Wildlife has only high-dollar com- proposed a liberal upcoming modities in Texas. hunting season for waterfowl, Market forces are mak- but biologists are concerned Oing deer leases in the Lone Star about population numbers for State as good as black gold. some species of ducks. Jerry Biesenbach knows that See page 6 only too well. This summer he Two Texas hunting guides face bid farewell to his South Texas federal charges after being hunting spot near Crystal City accused of illegally hunting in Zavala County, where he game on a South Dakota Indian hunted for six years. reservation. He and several friends See page 6 swapped labor for access to the 650 acres. Texas hunters on a reality TV “At the time, it was pretty hard show are up against tough to get through it in a pickup,” competition. Votes from viewers said Biesenbach, who lives in will decide the winner. Bulverde. “We went through See page 7 and cleared it out and kept it mowed. We set up a camp, got FISHING NEWS feeders going. It was tough. It Want to catch your limit of HIGH PRICED: Deer such as this buck photographed at Malouf Ranch are costing hunters more each year as the market drives redfish or speckled trout? Follow the price of leases up. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News. Continued on page 11 the feathered crowds. See page 8 BIRD IN HAND: Hunters are Lake record Not every one is a tasty delicacy, Dove expected to but the Texas Gulf serves up a get their fill of keeps falling smorgasbord of feisty fighters. doves this fall, See page 9 season but moist By Bob Hood conditions could make CONSERVATION them work for takes string of three record- UPDATE it. Scouting A new report says that out the right setting largemouth bass populations of fish such as spot will likely catches on Lake red snapper and grouper are flight mean a Lewisville has anglers being depleted as a result of successful andA biologists alike in the Gulf hunt. wondering what’s next. of Mexico. By Lynn Burkhead The flurry began June 3 with will be better than last Because of fair mois- persed. See page 5 an 11.81-pounder that pro angler year,” said Jay ture across much of “I think there’s a Kevin VanDam of Kalamazoo, ove season is Roberson, Texas Parks the state this year, good chance, unless it NATIONAL NEWS Mich., caught on his way to win- predicted to and Wildlife program Roberson thinks that dries up right away, Preventing wildfires is often a ning the CITGO Bassmaster be even bet- leader. “I don’t think it waterhole hunting — a they’ll be pretty dis- matter of setting the right fires, Elite 50 tournament. according to government ter this fall will be a bumper year, staple of many Texas persed since there is agencies and the National Wild thanD last, but moist It was an incredible catch con- but it should be better dove hunters — will be plenty of water,” sidering it was caught on a lake Turkey Federation. conditions could mean than last year.” less dependable this Roberson said. “So not noted for producing big See page 4 hunters will have to “I think a B would be autumn with stock scouting will be pretty largemouth bass. The record did- work hard for their bag a good forecast. Not a tanks full in many important again.” n’t last long, however. limits. B-plus, but better than places and dove con- Robertson suggested On July 17, Garrett Rogers of “I think this season average.” centrations more dis- Continued on page 10 Continued on page 10 DEPARTMENTS Product Picks Page 13 Fish lured by gold PRSRT STD Bordering Texas Page 14 By Mary Helen Aguirre US POSTAGE PAID Weather Page 15 PLANO, TX Wild in the Kitchen Page 15 ac McBurney knows his bling- PERMIT 210 bling. And he purely loves fishing. Crossword Page 15 So it seems natural that his Game Warden Blotter Page 16 knowledge of precious gems and passionM for would morph into Fishing Report Page 17 MacDaddy’s Fishing Lures Inc., a California- Outdoor Datebook Page 19 based business that plans to market a million- dollar lure soon. Heroes’ Corner Page 19 McBurney, who goes by MacDaddy, along GOLDEN: The “Liz” lure Continued on page 10 by MacDaddy’s

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ince Jan. 1, state and feder- in forests — and throw in dry Forest Service and the NWTF’s al employees have moni- weather conditions — and you Montana chapter partnered to tored nearly 35,000 wild- have an area that’s a likely can- thin small, understory trees fires that burned more didate for a catastrophic fire. that fuel wildfires, then con- thanS 3 million acres across “Prescribed fire is a necessity ducted a prescribed burn in the North America. Some fires in active land management,” ponderosa pine forests on the destroyed personal property, Kennamer said. “When you can Ashland Ranger District. The including more than 250 build- mimic a burn that took place partnership expanded in 2005 ings. naturally in the forest’s history, with a $15,000 donation from Each year, new homes are built you make forests safer and the NWTF to continue enhanc- in forests left unmanaged for improve wildlife habitat. ing wild turkey habitat. years. Over time, pine needles Everyone benefits. Each year, This spring, the Florida State and other woody material build we work with state and federal Chapter of the NWTF also up on the forest floor and the land managers to help fund pre- donated more than $2,150 to bottom layers become dry tin- scribed fire projects, but, in the fund a controlled burn at Camp der. When conditions are right, past, litigation has held up pre- Blanding, the Florida National they kindle unnaturally intense scribed burns and other fuel- Guard’s primary training facili- and destructive fires. When reducing projects on many ty to improve wild turkey, deer ignited, this type of fire is diffi- national forests. Fire is part of and quail habitat. cult to control. nature and everyone suffers Left uncontrolled, forest fires But it doesn’t have to be that when fire is excluded.” continue to threaten home- way. Since 2002, NWTF state and owners. In late July, fire crews in State and federal agencies local chapters have spent more Colorado put out the 11,357- team up yearly with nonprofit than $182,000 in 18 states to acre Mason Gulch Fire. The fire, conservation groups, such as the help fund prescribed fire burns. started by lightning on July 6, National Wild Turkey Through NWTF’s Hunting threatened more than 750 Federation, to make forests and Heritage Super Fund, volun- homes. Residents of the Beulah homes safer from wildfire. teers donate money to further Valley, Vaughn and Savage sub- FIRE FIGHTING: National conservation groups such as the National Wild Turkey Federation support prescribed burns to prevent wildfires that hurt wildlife habitat. When moisture conditions are the work that government divisions in Pueblo County ideal, land managers initiate a agencies do on the ground. escaped the fire and returned to me to see that cool-burning Colorado’s most recent cata- prescribed burn, which is a safe, “Our volunteers really believe their untouched homes and prescribed fires are better than strophic wildfire cost taxpayers cool-burning and manageable in keeping the forests healthy,” businesses. wildfires. We want to make our more than $5.3 million to fight. fire — a burn with less heat and said Kennamer. “They know Such scares illustrate the need forests healthy and our homes If prescribed fire or other fuel- susceptibility to spread. that in order for their kids and for controlled burns, said Mike safe from wildfire; that’s why reducing methods had been “Prescribed fire reduces fuel grandchildren to enjoy what we Storey, president of the NWTF’s we support prescribed burn- used prior to the wildfire, the that can lead to wildfire, opens have now, they have to help get Colorado state chapter. ing.” blaze would have been smaller up the canopy and creates food work done on the ground.” “I evacuated my home in Fortunately for Storey, the and easier to control. that wildlife needs,” said James Last month, the NWTF’s New 2002 because of the Hayman Hayman Wildfire that burned To learn more about pre- Earl Kennamer, NWTF’s senior Mexico State Chapter donated fire and made it through with- 133 houses and an additional scribed fire and how the NWTF vice president for conservation $5,000 to help fund a 1,280- out losing my home, but a lot 466 outbuildings was extin- works with state and federal programs. “We can use tools acre prescribed fire burn at of my neighbors weren’t that guished before reaching his agencies to prevent wildfires, like prescribed fire to prevent Kellog Canyon, a portion of the lucky,” Storey said. “Before the home. When the flames were call (800) THE-NWTF. wildfires from burning our Bureau of Land Management’s fire, a lot of people out here finally brought under control, homes and forests.” property near Socorro, N.M. opposed prescribed burning they were a mere eight miles —A National Wild Turkey Don’t manage high-fuel levels In 2004, the United States and some still do. It’s easy for away. Federation report Survey: Hunters likely to get involved in conservation recent Ducks Unlimited Those who identified them- donated to, any organization who enjoy the outdoors are group of concerned sportsmen poll found that hunters selves as hunters indicated a dedicated to the protection or more committed to taking care 65 years ago, and today a large are more active in pre- higher interest in wildlife and a conservation of wildlife. But 51 of our natural resources, and this majority of our members contin- serving wildlife than greater participation in the percent of hunters said they is evidence that hunters are the ue to be waterfowl hunters who non-hunters.A efforts of groups such as Ducks belonged or donated to such an most passionate and the most want to give something back.” In a nationwide telephone Unlimited. organization. sincere about putting their Responsive Management con- poll, Americans were asked Hunters were more than three When asked how they would money and time into conserva- ducted the study based on a ran- about their participation in times as likely as non-hunters to gauge their interest in wildlife, tion efforts,” said Don Young, dom sample of 1,000 U.S. adults hunting, their interest in participate in organized wildlife 77 percent of hunters answered executive vice president of with a sampling error of +/- 3 per- wildlife and their contributions conservation efforts. Only 15 high, compared to 61 percent of Ducks Unlimited. “We certainly cent. to non-governmental conserva- percent of non-hunters said non-hunters. see this within our own organi- tion groups. they were a member of, or “There’s no doubt that people zation. DU was founded by a A Ducks Unlimited report WANT TO SOUND OFF ON AN ISSUE? WRITE US! Lone Star Outdoor News welcomes comments and suggestions on our newspaper and your views on the Texas outdoors. Letters may be edited for length and clarity. Send letters to: [email protected], or mail them to: Lone Star Outdoor News, 9304 Forest Lane, Suite 114 South, Dallas, TX 75243. EDITORIAL OFFICES: 9304 Forest Lane, Suite 114 South, Dallas, TX 75243 Phone: (214) 361-2276 Fax: (214) 368-0344 Editor: DARLENE MCCORMICK SANCHEZ Art Director: TODD DUNCAN Associate Editor: MARK ENGLAND Associate Editor: DAV I D RENFROW Subscription Services: DEBORAH COMER

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August 12, 2005 Page 5 CONSERVATION UPDATE Bycatch depleting reef fish EVERYBODY’S he Gulf Restoration Gulf of Mexico indicate that Frank Muller-Karger, a professor Network, along with a bycatch more than doubles the at the University of South Florida coalition of conservation allowable catch of some reef fish College of Marine Science. “This and fishing organiza- species. bycatch problem is larger than COMFORTABLE. Ttions, lambasted fisheries man- The report found that none of most people know, and larger agement in the Gulf of Mexico in the dwindling species of reef fish than some care to admit. The a new report. in the Gulf has a comprehensive U.S. Commission on Ocean The report, “Every Fish bycatch plan — despite a legal Policy made a series of recom- Counts,” exposes the failure to mandate to minimize bycatch by mendations that, above all, will EXCEPT THE reduce the number of bycatch the U.S. Congress almost 10 years require a scientific process to species ensnared when other ago. define the true total allowable species are targeted. The Gulf Restoration Network catch and will require those fish- Reef fish, in particular, are called on the Gulf Council and ing to keep within these guide- COMPETITION. being depleted, including such NMFS to develop and enact effec- lines. The science needs to help popular fish as red snapper and tive bycatch regulations as part us understand how fish depend grouper, according to the Gulf of long-term ecosystem manage- on different parts of the environ- Restoration Network, which was ment. ment, including other fish, and founded in 1994 and has mem- It said the regulations must how different uses of the ocean bers in each of the five Gulf states. include the following guidelines: affect marine wildlife. This is The report indicates that bycatch what we are calling ecosystem- could be a key reason and recom- • All managed fisheries must based management.” GMC Sierra 1500 Crew Cab SLT mends that significant fishing develop bycatch estimates. 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JUST DUCKY: The hunting season for ducks should be about the same as last year. The population of pintails saw a 17-percent increase from 2004. Texas waterfowl seasons proposed for public exas waterfowlers will limit in the North and South has the biggest scaup harvest in Flyway has recommended con- cussion and the USFWS has indi- have a liberal season Zones and up to 97 days in the the Central Flyway. Canvasback tinuing the 39-day season this cated that they are concerned with ample hunting High Plains Mallard estimates declined this year and year to complete a 3-year evalua- about declining numbers. They opportunity for the Management Unit. biologists anticipate a shortened tion of it. This is part of the have charged all states and the Tninth consecutive year, based on Despite the liberal option, season similar to last year’s 39 Hunter’s Choice assessment that USFWS to investigate the decline proposals announced by Texas biologists still have some con- days. Pintail numbers exhibited the Central Flyway has been and develop a management plan Parks and Wildlife after meet- cerns for select species of ducks. rebounds from last year but con- investigating to eliminate the to address this issue prior to the ings with the U.S. Fish and Scaup population estimates this tinue to be well below the long- proliferation of more restrictive next regulatory cycle. As a result Wildlife Service. year are the lowest ever recorded. term average. Even though the seasons within the main season, of this concern, TPW is recom- The proposed duck season will As a result, the USFWS is consid- harvest management plan like Texas has had for canvas- mending a slight modification be the same as last year, consist- ering bag limit restrictions for would allow for pintail hunting backs and pintails. Texas’ own to the mottled duck bag. The bag ing of 74 days and a 6-bird bag this popular diving duck. Texas the entire season, the Central mottled duck was a point of dis- Continued on page 11 Waterfowl survey shows slight drop in 50-year average lthough duck numbers The most troubling news is the from 2004, but still remain a trou- 2005 with a 28 percent increase Canadian Wildlife Service. The this summer only continued scaup declines. bling 38 percent below their LTA. over the prior year and are now an data from this survey was used declined 1 percent com- “Bluebills” lost another 11 percent Gadwall dropped 16 percent, impressive 67 percent above the by state and federal wildlife pared to last year, the in 2005 and are now 35 percent but are still 30 percent above the LTA. managers to make recommenda- currentA estimate is 5 percent below the LTA. This set a new LTA. Redheads fell 2 percent versus tions to state wildlife agencies below the 50-year long-term record-low survey total for scaup. Wigeon gained 12 percent ver- 2004 and slipped to 5 percent setting 2005-2006 duck seasons. average (LTA), according to the The following is a comparison of sus last summer, but remain 15 below the LTA. Canvasbacks Texas waterfowlers should 2005 Waterfowl Breeding breeding pair numbers for the 10 percent below the LTA. came in 16 percent behind last remember that breeding popula- Population and Habitat Survey primary species surveyed each Green-winged Teal dropped 12 year and remain 8 percent under tions, while critical, are only one recently completed. year: percent, but remain 16 percent the LTA. of a host of factors that will While overall duck numbers Mallards experienced a 9 per- above the LTA. Blue-winged Teal This year marked the 50-year determine next season’s harvest remained fairly constant, there cent decline versus last year and gained 13 percent and climbed to anniversary of the annual survey success. were significant changes in some are now 10 percent below the LTA. 2 percent above their LTA. conducted by the U.S. Fish and species. Pintails saw a 17 percent increase Shovelers are the big winner in Wildlife Service and the A Ducks Unlimited report Texas guides accused of being misguided wo Texas hunting guides Dakota outfitting business, Schlecht, 40, both of Streeter, have been indicted in charged clients as much as N.D. Schlecht was the previous South Dakota, accused $5,700 for hunts that would owner of the outfitting busi- of illegally helping allow them to shoot both a mule ness. Tclients shoot deer on an Indian deer and a white-tailed deer. But All face conspiracy charges, reservation straddling the a news report said the Standing and a variety of other charges North Dakota-South Dakota Rock Sioux Tribe decided not to have been filed in connection border. issue licenses allowing the with individual hunts. The Jerry Donald Brooks, 56, of shooting of two deer. The guides maximum penalty for each Midlothian and Rodney Charles allegedly obtained other licens- charge is five years in prison and Brooks, 58, of Cedar Hill are es and used them to tag the sec- a $250,000 fine. alleged to have violated the fed- ond deer shot by clients, accord- Game wardens were credited eral Lacey Act by selling and ing to court documents. for bringing the charges to light transporting deer illegally shot, Also named in the indictment after they investigated Schlecht’s according to news reports. are Michael John Keller, 22, of outfitter operations. Jerry Brooks, who had bought Mandan, N.D.; and Jeffrey Scott Sheldon’s Waterfowl, a North Smith, 42, and Sheldon — A staff report August 12, 2005 Page 7 Texans make TV dream team, pursue top prize An insurance agent and a state wildlife biologist put their video and hunting skills to the test By Robert Cadwallader Bartoskewitz got the idea to enter when he saw the first episode of “Dream Season” last ith bows and cam- year, the program’s debut on the eras at the ready, Al Outdoor Channel. Until then, Shacklett, an insur- he wasn’t sure there were many ance agent, and people who did what he and stateW wildlife biologist Ty Shacklett did. Bartoskewitz always make a pro- “I called Al and said, ‘We’ve duction out of their hunting got to do this.’” It didn’t take any trips. coaxing. “We’ve been filming But until now, the video sto- together for the last several ries they craft have entertained years, so we wanted to see how TEXAS STYLE: Ty Bartoskewitz and Al Shacklett show off a nice deer. They are relying on their strong Texas hunting heritage and only a tiny audience. we stacked up against everybody talents for hunting and shooting video. Shacklett contributes most of the video production knowledge, and Bartoskewitz contributes hunting skills and wildlife management knowledge. Photo by teamtexasdreamseason.com “We really would just make else,” Bartoskewitz said. our videos every year just for Both grew up on or near large Two professional teams have “Team Texas did a tremen- ting his day job. fun, just among friends,” Texas ranches and were going on joined the amateurs in the hunt dous job in their application “But that’s everybody’s dream Bartoskewitz said. “Then this hunting trips with their fathers for big prizes, including elabo- tapes,” said company co-owner job, right — get paid to hunt?” show came out.” when they were preschoolers. rate hunting trips, an all-terrain Mark Drury, adding that the The two are now competing But over the years, their interests vehicle, $5,000 worth of hunt- team’s wildlife knowledge and —Robert Cadwallader is a Fort against four other hunter/video diverged. Bartoskewitz brings ing products and $10,000 in video editing skills were a useful Worth area freelancer with more photographer teams for big most of the hunting and wildlife cash from Drury, which special- match. “The production value, than two decades of experience as prizes on “Dream Season,” an management experience to the izes in hunting videos. The - the kill-ability was fantastic. a journalist and writer. Outdoor Channel hunting reali- team, and Shacklett brings most teur team with the most viewer They’ve killed the most deer on ty program produced by of the video production know- votes gets to join Drury the field because of their doe If you want to watch: Outdoors as a professional management. They brought a Missouri-based Drury Outdoors. how. New episodes air each “Team Shack-Bartos’’ and the Their storytelling ideas fit well team. lot of different story lines to the week at 7 p.m. CST other teams spent the 2004-05 with those of the Drury staff, Viewers can register for table that the other teams Tuesdays on the Outdoor hunting season videotaping although Shacklett said it was a online voting and can vote up couldn’t have.” Channel, with reruns their excursions on their home challenge to include all the ele- to one time per hour through- Bartoskewitz said that win- airing at 9 a.m. Fridays turf and in-group hunts in ments of the hunt that Drury out the season at www.drury ning a pro-team slot at Drury and 11 p.m. Saturdays. Missouri and Alabama. wanted in the video. outdoors.com. Outdoors would be an exciting Dream Season produced 13 “They want to tell the whole Drury producers were next step, but he sees video If you want to vote: episodes using the teams’ video story,” Shacklett said. “They impressed with the Texas team’s hunting remaining an avoca- footage and is airing them on want to take someone’s hunting application, which included a tion. The Drury job certainly Visit the team’s Web site 17-page form and a 15-minute wouldn’t pay enough for him to at www.team Tuesday nights through experience and share it with texasdreamseason.com. September. everyone. It’s not just the kill.” DVD sample. entertain thoughts about quit- WHY IS TOMMIE VAUGHN FORD DIFFERENT? 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A Special choose a preferred date and loca- Permit fee does not apply to tion from 67 hunt areas stretch- hunts for pronghorn antelope, ing across the state. There’s even guided hunts at Mason a provision for hunting buddies Mountain Wildlife Management to apply as a group — in some Area or on private land. cases four hunters can apply The application deadline for together on one application. alligator hunts is Aug. 2. For Free youth-only hunt cate- pronghorn antelope hunts on gories are also available to the Rita Blanca National hunters between the ages of 8-16 Grasslands north of Dalhart, the at the time of application. deadline is Aug. 18. Bow hunters There are also some unique also have until Aug. 18 to apply guided hunt opportunities on for special drawn public archery Mason Mountain Wildlife hunts. Entries for the general Management Area, including (gun) season deer hunts must be hunts for waterbuck, white-tailed received by Sept. 9. deer, scimitar-horned oryx and gemsbok. —A Texas Parks and Wildlife All hunt positions are random- report. Page 8 August 12, 2005 FISHING

FEEDING FRENZY: Birds are often the best fishing guides for coastal anglers. An angler casts to a school of trout in Espiritu Santo Bay. Photo by Scott Sommerlatte. Feathered friends assist anglers in finding fish By John N. Felsher mullets, glass minnows and each other. toward the commotion. although big trout may respond other baitfish.” When you see activity, ease up Giant specks may not neces- to topwaters. While small However, not all diving birds to the spot. Nothing spooks sarily feed upon the shrimp or specks chase shrimp, big trout iving birds can often indicate an easy limit. A bird feeding fish more than a pro- baitfish with small school trout. and reds prefer more meat. Try turn a dull day in a diving into the water doesn’t peller powered by a big out- Often, big trout or redfish lurk Catch 2000s or similar slow- Texas bay into a speck- necessarily indicate feeding board. Even an electric motor beneath or near a school of sinking lures that resemble bait- led trout or redfish fish. Some anglers call terns can alert fish in shallow water, juvenile specks to feed upon the fish. Also, try large live baits or limitD quickly. “liar birds” because they often so only use one sparingly to smaller fish. use plastics with heavier jig- As rampaging reds or trout dive for no apparent reason. maneuver. Instead, stop at least “For larger trout, don’t fish heads. attack menhaden, mullets, Pelicans frequently plunge into 100 yards upwind, more in right where the birds are work- “Most of the time, if someone shrimp or other morsels, they water, but they might only extremely clear water, and drift ing,” Norris explained. fishes a plastic bait on a jighead, herd prey to the surface to cut scoop up a single mullet. toward the school. “Smaller trout are usually in the it will never fall far enough to off their escape routes. With To confirm fish activity, look Too many anglers run up on a school, but larger trout might reach the big trout,” Norris keen eyesight and the advan- for corroborating signs. Study school, make a few casts and be on the outside edges of the said. “I like to throw a large tage of flight, birds snatch any- the area with a good pair of then see birds diving 200 yards school feeding on smaller trout. sinking lure for big trout. I thing that appears on the sur- binoculars. Look for jumping away. They crank their out- Often, smaller fish will be on might not get as many bites, but face. bait or fish striking on the sur- boards, spooking everything the surface and larger fish will they’ll usually be bigger fish. “Shrimp are usually the face. Look for gulls hovering around them, and race toward be 15 to 20 yards behind them. Sometimes, the bigger fish will strongest attractant for birds, only a few feet off the water. If the diving birds. Since birds can Drift through the smaller fish come up and bust a topwater but they might work over any- frenzied birds hover over one move faster than fish, gulls div- and keep fishing a good ways bait when the smaller ones thing,” said Capt. Jerry Norris, spot or all dive at once, that ing some distance away don’t before cranking up the out- won’t touch it.” of the Original Sabine Lake could indicate feeding fish. necessarily mean that the fish board.” Guide Service in Port Arthur. Also, look for screeching birds school left the area. Continue To specifically target lunker John N. Felsher is an outdoor writer “I’ve seen them dive on shad, chasing or stealing food from fishing the area or slowly drift trout, use large, sinking bait, based in Lake Charles, La. NOAA sanctions commercial anglers, issues $45,000 fine he National Oceanic and nicians and investigators played a Atmospheric Admin- role in the success of this case,” istraion has slapped the said Special Agent Rodolfo Rivera, owner and the operator of NOAA Fisheries Service Office for DEAD FISH: Baitfish like this mullet can Tthe Dolphin, based Law Enforcement — Southeast be vulnerable to low oxygen in water. out of Seabrook, with a Notice of Division. “In today’s age, tech- Violation and Assessment total- nology is not only being used to Biologists seek ing $45,000 and a 45-day Notice link individuals to crimes, but it of Permit Sanction for violating is now a common tool to achieve help from public the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery sustainability for both the fishing tate biologists are asking Conservation and Management industry and resources.” coastal anglers, boaters and Act. Penalties under the Magnuson- Shomeowners to report fish NOAA concluded a five-month Stevens Fisheries Conservation kills occurring on the upper and investigation into the illegal fish- and Management Act can range central Texas coast caused by ing practices of Dolphin owner up to $120,000 per offense and summer heat, low water flow Suu Le and operator Nung Pham. include permit sanctions or revo- and resulting low dissolved oxy- The investigation revealed cations. gen in the water. numerous violations including: To report illegal fishing activi- Recent fish kills this month in failing to use a Vessel Monitoring ties, contact the NOAA Fisheries Chocolate Bayou, the old mouth System (VMS) on several fishing Service’s Enforcement Hot Line at of the Colorado River and sever- trips, making false statements (800) 853-1964. al small incidents in the Corpus and using live wells on a fishing NOAA Fisheries’ primary mis- Christi area typify the fish kills. vessel. sion is to protect and conserve Biologists are watching the sit- The investigation revealed that the nation’s living marine uation in the Colorado River Come experience the finest coastal on several fishing trips Le and resources — this includes most near its mouth. This is an area hospitality in our well-appointed lodge — where 60 million small fish died perfect for family reunions, meetings, Pham turned off the VMS while species of marine mammals corporate retreats or simply a gathering they fished for live bait, then (whales, dolphins, porpoises, during similar low-oxygen con- with good friends, with plans to fit every turned the VMS back on as they seals and sea lions). Additional ditions in 1995. Early this taste, from full-service to self-service. moved to a new location to long- information about NOAA month, fish kill numbers were in line fish for yellowfin tuna. Prior Fisheries Service’s marine mam- the thousands, and biologists INSHORE AND OFFSHORE FISHING • HUNTING to the investigation, OLE special mal viewing guidelines and reg- are concerned. YourEscape from the Ordinary! K AYAKING•BIRDING•SURFING•MORE agents instructed Le and Pham to ulations can be found at: To report incidents, call the use the VMS for the duration of www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/educa- state’s hotline at (512) 389-4848. L O C AT E D O N T H E C O L O R A D O R I V E R I N M ATA G O R DA ( 9 7 9 ) 8 6 3 - 114 3 • (9 7 9 ) 4 7 9 - 5 4 5 5 each fishing trip. tion/viewing.htm. f u l l s t r i n g e r l o d g e . c o m • c a s s a d y @ a i r m a i l . n e t “Both teamwork and knowl- — A Texas Parks and Wildlife edge from NOAA computer tech- A NOAA report report August 12, 2005 Page 9 Gulf waters offer a variety of fun

By John N. Felsher the best fighters in the gulf.” Unless a hurricane threatens the Texas coast, winds general- nglers who aren’t too ly die down in late summer. picky about what takes People without access to big their bait don’t need to offshore boats can catch big run 100 miles into the fish from small craft on a calm GulfA of Mexico to find powerful day. Pearcy fishes out to 60 line-pullers. miles in a 24-foot boat, but Most people along the Texas often sees people in smaller bay coast target speckled trout and boats taking advantage of the redfish, but anglers fishing near species smorgasbord within oil platforms close to shore can sight of shore. often find an incredible variety “August and September are of species. Not all taste great, great months to fish the close but most offer determined rigs,” Pearcy said. “On a calm fights. day, just about anyone can fish At close rigs, anglers can catch the close rigs with a small boat. most inshore species, such as I’ve seen boats as small as 16 feet redfish, trout, flounder, at rigs 10 miles offshore.” sheepshead, gafftopsail catfish, In late summer, big king drum and croakers. They can mackerel move close to shore. also catch many offshore Spanish mackerel also provide species such as spadefish, pom- exciting sport. A mackerel pano, triggerfish, tripletail or might hit anything that tempts dolphin. For pure sport, anglers redfish or trout, but use wire BIG BEND: Fishing near oil platforms can land angles some ferocious line-pullers, such as red snapper and Spanish mackerel. might challenge the power of leaders for these toothy crea- jack crevalle, sharks or several tures. ple catch their own with light about 18- to 36-inches of fluoro- drift with them. Tempt them other species. “I’ve caught king mackerel at lines, small hooks and shrimp. carbon leader to the line. with jigs or live bait. Although “We catch a lot of different the Port Aransas jetties and two Mullets and menhaden also Fluorocarbon nearly disappears anglers might not find their pre- species around the rigs,” said miles out,” Pearcy said. “It’s not make tempting live bait. People in water. On the leader, tie a cir- ferred species, something usual- Capt. Quinc Pearcy of Wall common to catch them in that can usually catch them with cle hook. Hook a baitfish up ly bites around gulf platforms Hanger Guide Service in Port close, but I’ve done it a few cast nets. For trout-sized fish, through the lips and out their every day. Aransas. “We never know times. In August, we catch some use baitfish 3- to 5-inches long. nostrils. Some people hook bait- “One thing is for sure; you what’s down there on any given sharks up to 8 feet long in 40 feet For targeting monsters, use bait- fish through the eye sockets, never know what’s on the other day. Mainly, we see king and of water. September and fish up to 8 inches long on under the back fins or near the end of that line, and that’s Spanish mackerel, triggerfish, October are without a doubt the Carolina rigs. tail. A live baitfish can pull line where the excitement lies!” spadefish, gafftops, bull reds best times to catch huge bull To make a Carolina , slip through the sinker and swim Pearcy said. and bonito. We always see reds.” line through a sinker so that it freely near the bottom. sharks. We also see a lot of jack- Croakers make excellent live can slide up and down. Attach a Tripletails and cobia often John N. Felsher is an outdoor writer fish. Pound for pound, they are bait for most species. Many peo- double-swivel to the line. Tie hide under floating objects and based in Lake Charles, La. Making a splash: pro angler camp opens o you’re young, talented Grigsby, Mark Davis, Alton and determined to Jones, Clark Wendlandt, Kelly become a professional Jordon, Edwin Evers, Todd angler. Where do you Faircloth, Mike Auten, Dustin start?S Good question. The road Wilks, David Dudley, Mark Rose, to becoming a pro is littered Mark Kile and Kathy Magers. with struggles — from learning “The biggest challenge is to interact with sponsors and understanding the business side the media to battling financial of the sport, and how important shortfalls. it is to be a good salesman and Jay Yelas, 2002 Bass Master good representative for the Classic champion, knows that sponsors,” Yelas said. “That side all too well. He also knows the of the sport is not well under- future of the sport depends on stood.” an influx of new anglers. So he’s started a bass camp to help Camp Details younger pro-hopefuls get start- • The 3-day Jay Yelas Bass Camp ed. costs $495 and includes meals The Jay Yelas Bass Camp, host- and lodging. Guests must ed by Sky Ranch, runs Sept. 22 provide their own Texas through Sept. 25 at Lake Tyler. fishing licenses. Yelas said his reason for host- • Up to 60 people can attend, ing the camp is simple. and the camp is reportedly “Myself and some of my peers, half-full right now — so about we wanted to reach out to the 30 slots remain. next generation of professional • Attendees may select three bass fishermen, male and pros they’d like to fish with female, and try to have a positive and are guaranteed to fish a influence on them and try to half-day with at least one. help them along with their • There will be a 4-hour mini- careers,” Yelas said. tournament Sunday morning. The camp will place a strong • “We’re targeting (young emphasis on career-building, he people) 15 to 25 years old, but said. we’re a little flexible on that,” “We’re going to talk about Yelas said. “That’s not real sponsors. We’ve got Darrin rigid.” Bryan, director of marketing for • Campers can also bring a Skeeter (Boats), coming to talk family member for an extra for lunch. We’re also hoping to cost of $195, which includes get an outdoor writer to come, to meals and lodging. Additional talk about the media.” guests will not have the Much of the learning will take opportunity to fish with the place on the water, where camp pros. participants get to fish with, and • For more information, or to talk with, pros. sign up, visit JayYelas.com. In addition to Yelas, other pros slated to attend include: Shaw —A Bassfan.com report Page 10 August 12, 2005

Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 Gold lure Dove forecast with founding partner Teri Jackie Onassis. looking for birds congregated on ity of birds flying by a certain dance of food supplies, he still Conrad recently unveiled their From a woman’s perspective, power lines and identifying their tree, going through a (gap) in thinks the best hunting will be in bejeweled solid gold lures at the Conrad said the golden lures flight patterns. the fence, or pitching into a par- the first few days of the season. ICAST fishing trade show in Las work double-time as a necklace Most dove will fly into fallow ticular spot in a field, you need In the North Zone and Central Vegas — a perfect backdrop for after fishing. “Still sparkling, it fields that raised some type of to get there,” he said. Zone, that means that the best their over-the-top lures. dresses up for any occasion.” grain crop earlier this year or a With a dispersed mourning hunter success will likely occur “This is the most outrageous The other good thing about weedy pasture that has been dove population this year, one from the Thursday, Sept. 1 sea- product to hit the fishing indus- MacDaddy’s lures is they’re not overgrazed and supports plenty key to continued dove hunting son opener through the try since the monofilament “stinky” or “squirmy,” according of native food like sunflowers or success this fall will be to avoid Monday, Sept. 5th Labor Day line,” said McBurney, whose to Conrad. As a girl, she fished, croton. over-hunting an area. holiday. business card reads: “We put the but grew away from it until now Jim Lillis, a senior regional Usually, if the birds are hunted “The majority of our birds are bling on your string.” because she disliked dealing with director for Ducks Unlimited and all day long, more than two or taken during the opening 10 Combined, the partners have the yuck-factor of baiting hooks. a veteran dove hunter, agreed. three times per week, or by days of the season and the 40 years of experience in the jew- While MacDaddy’s may be “You’ve got to get out and look throngs of hunters, they’ll majority of those, about 75 per- elry industry, which they used to marketing exquisite lures, the for the birds — that’s the No. 1 quickly relocate to another area cent, are Texas-produced launch their new venture six company also is pushing the joy thing,” Lillis said. “You’ve got to with less hunting pressure. doves,” Roberson said. months ago. The company offers of fishing. “Fishing is about hav- get in your truck and drive the Roberson said that while there Lynn Burkhead is a frequent five lines of lures, ranging from ing fun,” McBurney says. “A lot roads and locate birds. It’s pretty will likely be good late season contributor to Lone Star Outdoor $40 to more than $20,000. The of people take it too seriously.” simple, really.” dove hunting in Texas this year News and an associate editor for more modestly priced lures are Fun motivated the whole idea “Not every bird is going to fly a as migrants pour into the state ESPNOutdoors.com. fashioned from sterling silver of MacDaddy’s lures — particu- pattern, but if you see the major- and discover a relative abun- with 14-karat gold plating. Their larly one fishing trip in 2002. Continued from page 1 dazzling golden sisters shimmer McBurney said he designed with solid gold, diamonds, what he now calls his proto- Lake record rubies, sapphires and other types: three solid gold lures gems. embellished with rubies. During The company will soon debut an Alaskan fishing trip, he broke a $1 million gold-and-diamond out the cognac and presented a lure and a $1 million tackle box lure to his dad, John McBurney, with a treasure trove of lures. another to his best friend, Ken McBurney, the company’s Knapp, and kept the third for head designer, turned down a himself. request to release a photo or Then, they put them on their artist sketch of the $1 million lines and fished. Knapp was the lure or tackle box just yet. He first to land a fish. described the lure as a 16-inch “I only cast that lure once. It big-game lure with 10-karat dia- hit the water and a big trout took mond eyes and solid pave dia- it hard,” said Knapp, who quick- monds. Of course, the company ly secured the gold-and-ruby wouldn’t mind selling them as a lure on his hat after he landed six-pack because, as McBurney the 18-inch-long rainbow trout. points out, when you go big- “The experience felt absolute- RECORD HOLDER: Charles Pratt. FORMER RECORD HOLDER: Garrett Rogers. game fishing for marlin, you usu- ly wonderful,” said Knapp. “It’s a nearby Corinth made his first stocked Lewisville with Floridas started working with the drag ally set out six rods. great memory.” cast onto an underwater hump was in 1998 when we put and suddenly it just came up out McBurney, whose creations are Fishing with one of with a Carolina-rigged 6-inch 741,000 in there but those fish of the water.” named after women, laughed McBurney’s lures adds a touch of plastic lizard and hooked into an aren’t old enough to be that big Pratt said the water was about when asked if his lures were risk, no doubt. even larger bass — a 12.23- yet. 30 feet deep where he was fish- named for gold diggers. Not so, “But … if you catch a fish... the pounder. “Prior to that, we stocked it ing. he said. picture with that lure hanging Rogers didn’t get to enjoy his with 739,000 Floridas in 1993 Chris Brown, who works with As the story goes, McBurney from its mouth is priceless,” record as long as VanDam. On and those fish likely are the Pratt in the archery shop at and a bunch of friends came up McBurney said. July 31, Charles Pratt of result of that stocking,” Brock Grapevine’s Bass Pro Shop, net- with 40-plus names one night, Lewisville hooked into another said. “Normally, it is 10 to 15 ted the fish and the pair imme- with many paying homage to Mary Helen Aguirre is a native Lake Lewisville monster to break years after we do a stocking that diately began searching for cer- classy women like Oprah Texan with 15 years of experience Rogers’ mark. we see the big fish showing up tified scales. There were none on Winfrey, Marilyn Monroe and editing and writing for newspapers. Pratt was a Stacey’s in a lake.” the lake, Pratt said, and their Finesse Jig with 12-pound test Although three record catches search led them to a grocery line on his spinning rig beneath in less than two months seems store in Grapevine where it was the Highway 35 bridge when he incredible, Pratt said the fact weighed, witnesses’ signatures hooked into a 12.67-pounder that he caught his lunker on obtained, and photographs that immediately began strip- light tackle made the feat even taken. ping line from his reel. more significant for him. “I just hope this record lasts Rafe Brock of Fort Worth, the “Actually, I had been using longer than the other two did,” district fisheries biologist for the that rod with 12-pound test line Pratt said. Texas Parks and Wildlife on it to catch sand bass the week Pratt’s record-setting catch did- Department who manages Lake before, and it was the only spin- n’t survive. But Rogers’ fish has Lewisville said all three fish like- ning rod I had in my boat,” Pratt been placed in an aquarium at ly are pure Florida bass that were said. “When I set the hook, the the new Cabela’s store off stocked in 1993. fish pulled out drag real fast Highway 35 North in Fort Worth. “I can guarantee you those because I still had the drag set fish were older than 10 years,” pretty light. I didn’t think the Bob Hood is an outdoor writer for Brock said. “The last time we fish was that big at first and the Fort Worth Star Telegram. Boats •Gator Trax Boats •Legend Craft Boats that meet •Mud Buddy all the •Hyper Drive Motors demands of •Boat Blinds •Flounder Rigs Texas sportsmen www.sportsmantrailers.com

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Continued from page 6 Continued from page 1 Texas waterfowl Deer market was dry down there six years land, according to a 2001 U.S. vice president, sees what’s hap- ago, if you remember. We didn’t Fish and Wildlife Service survey. pening as a hard lesson in eco- see a whole lot of results at first.” Deer-lease prices vary widely nomics. Over time, the quality of deer across Texas. “A lot of people are doing good in the area got better. As South Texas is prime deer terri- game management,” Brown said. Biesenbach found out, so did the tory. If you get a deer lease for “There is now a higher level of demand for deer leases. $3,500 per gun, you’re doing expectation. That allows Recently, the landowner was good, said Scott Huggins, owner landowners to go up on leases. offered tens of thousands of dol- of huntingpages.com, which Unfortunately, the people hunt- lars to lease the 650 acres for lists deer leases. Thrash agrees, ing with them may not be able to hunting — setting up an awk- adding, “Anything under $3,000 stay with them.” ward, though amicable, parting. should be suspect.” Or put another way: “I tell peo- “I told him he wasn’t hurting A lease on the famed King ple they’re not being priced out my feelings,” Biesenbach said. Ranch goes for more than of the hunting market,” Brown “What’s the landowner supposed $14,000, Huggins said. said. “They’re being priced out of to do? What would you do?” Leases in the Hill Country go the trophy game market.” Market forces drive Texas deer for $2,000 to $3,000 a gun, Huggins pointed out that the hunting. Its fuel is a potent mix- according to both Huggins and “greatest generation” is passing ture of the desire for trophy deer, Thrash. North Central Texas is away: “The men and women FEET DOWN: A mallard duck comes in for a landing on a North Texas pond. the fragmenting of land as the the third highest area to buy a who had the courage to keep a limit will be one “dusky duck.” and Oct. 22-23 and Oct. 28-Jan. World War II generation dies off, lease, at about $1,500 per gun. piece of property together. It’s Only one mottled duck or one 29 for the regular season. Pintail and a white-tailed deer popula- East and West Texas bring up the going to their children and black duck or one “Mexican- and canvasback seasons would tion estimated to top 4 million. rear, at about $650 and $900 per grandchildren, who are primari- like” duck could be taken daily. be the same statewide and “Texas is the standout as far as gun, respectively. ly looking at the dollar value Another change that will would open Dec. 22 and run the muy grande, high-dollar Huggins said deer lease prices attached to the land.” affect Texas hunters are restric- through the last day of the sea- lease,” said Billy Higginbotham, flattened out after the 9/11 ter- No one contacted blamed tions for white-fronted geese. son (Jan. 29). a professor at Texas A&M’s rorist attack. As the economy landowners, however. Public comment about the The proposed daily bag limit Overton extension center and a recovered, so did deer lease “Ranchers and farmers are los- waterfowl proposals will be for all ducks is six and may whitetail expert. “A lot of states prices. ing their land every day,” Thrash accepted through Aug. 19. The include no more than five mal- are not far behind us, though. One thing’s for sure — deer said. “If we can find ways to keep Texas Parks and Wildlife lards (two hens), two redheads, The levels of game management lease prices aren’t going down, that from happening, I think Commission will finalize the two scaup, two wood ducks, and, are rapidly catching up to what’s Thrash added. that’s a good thing for every- plan on Aug. 25. in a change from last year, one been going on in Texas.” And that’s squeezing some body.” Federal guidelines require the “dusky duck” (includes mottled Better game management has a Texans out of leases. Huggins In the meantime, hunters general duck hunting seasons in duck, black duck or “Mexican- price, though, said Scott Thrash, said he’s heard his share of “cry- such as Biesenbach carry on the Texas to be between Sept. 24 and like” ducks). One pintail, and owner of deerlease.com, which ing-in-your-deer-lease” stories. hunting tradition as best they Jan. 29. The following is a run- one canvasback would be matches landowners and “They need to vent,” he said. “I can. He’s now on a 180-acre lease down of TPW recommenda- allowed during the last 39 days hunters. understand. They’re losing out in West Texas. tions: in each zone. “The better chance you have of on their passion. Imagine what “It’s just me and my boy in one South Zone — TPW proposes Eastern Goose Zone — Nov. killing a big deer, the more it’s would happen if they tripled the blind,” he said. “But it’s the following dates: youth-only 5- Jan. 15 (White-fronted seg- going to cost you,” Thrash said. prices to go to a NASCAR race. enough.” season Oct. 29-30, regular sea- ment); Nov. 5- Jan. 29 Canada In Texas, most of that money You’re going to have fallout over son Nov. 5-27 and Dec. 10-Jan. and “light geese” (snows, blues goes into private hands. Texas is this.” — Mark England, a Dallas-area 29. This season format will pro- and Ross’s geese). The daily bag one of 14 states where 90 percent Kirby Brown, the Texas writer, has more than two decades vide a two-week split giving limit is three Canada, two white- of the hunting is done on private Wildlife Association’s executive of experience as a journalist. hunters and ducks a rest, while fronted and 20 light geese. maximizing opportunities dur- Western Goose Zone — ing peak historic migrations. It TPW’s recommendation would will also provide hunting oppor- allow for maximum hunting tunities until the end of the opportunity by running the sea- framework. son into the first week of North Zone — TPW proposes February. Dates for the West a season structure identical to goose zone are proposed to be last year, simply adjusted for the Nov. 5 - Feb. 7 with a daily bag calendar shift. Duck season limit of three Canada, one white- dates would be Nov. 5-27 and fronted and 20 light geese. Dec. 10 - Jan. 29, which would The possession limit is twice give the birds a two-week rest the daily bag limit for Canada between splits. The youth-only and white-fronted geese and no season would run Oct. 29-30. possession limit for “light High Plains Mallard geese.” Management Unit — This The Light Goose Conservation area offers one of the longest Order would start at the close of duck hunting seasons in the the regular goose seasons and nation with up to 97 days. To run through March 26 in both provide a season that takes zones. advantage of this lengthy To comment, e-mail David opportunity, TPW is recom- Morrison, waterfowl program mending season dates of Oct. leader, at dave.morrison@ 15-16 for the youth-only season tpwd.state.tx.us. Page 12 August 12, 2005 ADVENTURE

IF YOU GO: Guides: Rocky Mountain Outfitters – www.rockymtnoutfitters.com or (435) 654-1655; a half-day of guided fishing for two is $155 per person. Utah one-day fishing license is $12; www.utah.com to search for fly-fishing guides by location.

Lodging: Both Salt Lake City and Provo have chain hotels in all price ranges. For something different: Hotel Monaco – 15 West 200 South in downtown Salt Lake City; www.monaco-saltlakecity.com or (800) 805-1801. Imaginatively restored, rates range upward from $89 “hot days” specials. Hines Mansion Bed and Breakfast, 383 West 100 South in Provo. Butch Cassidy may have hidden out here. Visit www.hinesmansion.com or (800) 428-5636; from $119 with breakfast.

Restaurants: Squatters Pub Brewery, 147 West Broadway, Salt Lake City. Bambara, 202 S. Main, Salt Utah’s Lake City – fine dining. Ottavio’s Ristorante Italiano, 69 E. Center St., Provo – authentic secrets unveiled Italian. Diego’s Taco Shop, 22 E. 200 Some of the best urban fishing in North – college hangout, good, the nation awaits savvy travelers inexpensive Mexican. URBAN DELIGHT: The Provo River outside of Salt Lake City offers secluded fishing. By Diana Kunde ing would be more technical and The area is known for its brown trout that can be caught with a fly rod. the German brown trout that reproduce naturally in the area o ahead: picture Salt would be more elusive. Lake City. Most peo- We went for the adventure. ple think Mormons, Later, we’d hike the more popu- and, maybe, Robert lar section below the dam, near Redford’sG Sundance Resort near- Bridal Veil Falls, and see nice by. browns among the shadows on On that next business trip, the river bottom. however, think trout. The Provo Drew’s spot was more secluded. River meanders from the moun- While I promised not to disclose tains east of this metropolitan it, suffice it to say that we were area through the Provo Canyon near a construction site that was- along U.S. 189, just an hour’s n’t busy that weekday morning. drive from the center of Salt Lake On this freestone section of the City. Then it flows through sub- Provo River, its banks lined with urban Orem and Provo before aspen and willow, we might as emptying into Utah Lake. well have been in the wilderness. Guides call it some of the best We started with an attractor fly urban fishing in the nation, and a pale morning dun trailer to despite daily fishing pressure. My imitate the midge pupae that husband, Jim, and I decided to Drew found by turning over some test that notion after attending a river rocks. When Jim caught our conference in Salt Lake City and first fish of the morning, Drew Sundance. We booked a half-day pumped its stomach before of fly-fishing through Rocky releasing it back into the river. Mountain Outfitters out of Yep, the 12-inch brown was eat- Sundance. ing the tiniest of midges — lead- Our guide was Drew ing us to go down to size 22 flies. Macfarlane, a 33-year-old Provo These browns were as wily as resident who’s been guiding fly- promised — or maybe we’d been fishers for the past 11 years. The doing too much lazy blue gill first good news was that Rocky fishing in the canal behind our Mountain Outfitters was willing Arlington home. The strikes were to provide all our gear — a real quick and light, the runs crafty. boon if you’re also packing con- There was the one that got away. ference materials. We opted to My brown, the largest of the day, lug our own and boots, made a final run that wrapped but fished with the gear Drew my light tippet around a rock, provided. snapping it. I used a 3-weight Sage 386 SP Still, we finished with five nice with a Bauer reel. Jim’s was a brown trout caught-and-released slightly longer 4-weight Sage 490 between the two of us. Not bad SL. We used 9 feet of 5X leader for a summer morning spent just with 6X tippet. 15 minutes from our hotel. Drew made us an interesting proposition: We could travel to a Diana Kunde has 30 years of heavily fished area just below the experience writing and editing for Deer Creek Reservoir dam, where newspapers that include the Dallas we’d be virtually guaranteed to Morning News. She is a free-lancer catch fish, or we could slip away based in Arlington, reachable at to his secret site, where the fish- [email protected]. August 12, 2005 Page 13 PRODUCT PICKS

JUST GLOVEY: Swany has introduced its Flexor Shooting Gloves for those who want to hunt with precision and comfort. The construction of the gloves, according to its maker, simulates the natural contour of the hand and allows for improved dexteri- ty and unrestricted finger movement. The GTX-10 glove ($50) is the warmest in the Shooting Gloves line; the H2702 glove ($25) is a lighter glove. Both have a microfiber outer shell and a synthetic leather palm. For retail- ers, visit the company’s Web site at www.swanyamerica.com or call (800) 877-9269.

GETTING YOUR GOOSE: The new Bobb’n Head Lifelite Goose Decoy from BuckWing is crafted and engineered to move like a real feeding goose. The lightweight decoy uses a coil-spring mechanism that gives it its movement. The decoy is collapsible for easy transport. Canada goose or snow goose decoys are available. They cost about $180 (includes six feeders with field mounting system). Visit www.buckwing.com for more information. To order, call (800) 555-9908.

HOTHEAD: The HotHands Heated Headband by Heatmax will help reduce the loss of body heat. The soft fleece headband is designed to hold a pair of HotHands2 warmers, which are air-activated heat packs that last up to 10 hours. The headband is available in a camouflage pattern and can be worn with a hat. The head- band, which comes with two warmers, costs about $8. For FISH FOOD: This automated feed- retailers, visit the company’s er by Boerne-based Sweeney Web site at www.heatmax.com Enterprises can be used to feed or call (706) 270-8897. baitfish or . It fea- tures an auger-driven mecha- nism that dispenses feed of all sizes and operates on a timer that controls the time of feed- ing over a 24-hour period. The POWER FILLER: With the Pakmule feeder filler, you waist-high feeder can handle can forget hauling sacks of feed up a ladder. about 70 pounds of dry float- Pakmule Technologies has introduced a system that ing fish pellets. A solar charger uses a gasoline-powered leaf blower to shoot corn is recommended. The device, or protein feed through a pipe into a feeder at which also can be used as a about 50 pounds per minute. Constructed with a deer feeder, costs $550. To 10-gallon plastic bucket and galvanized steel tub- order online or for dealers, visit ing, it can be assembled onsite. Extend it as needed the company’s Web site at with PVC pipes. It was designed for standard barrel www.sweeneyfeeders.com or FALL HUNTING COLLECTION: Innovative feeders, but also can be used on 1,000- to 2,000- call (800) 443-4244. Designs Inc. has introduced its Bill Maas pound bulk feeders. The feeder filler costs about Hunting Line, which includes a fleece jack- $360 ($100 less without the blower). For more et ($90-$100), bibs ($110-$120), a guide information, or to order, visit the company’s Web shirt ($70-$80) and more. The clothing site at www.pakmule.net or call (972) 771-2086 contains a new insulating fabric called and ask for Pakmule. Eliotex that’s a millimeter thin and offers protection to sub-zero tempera- tures. The company describes its insu- lating fabric as the thinnest, lightest FISH TALES: The International and warmest on the market. Most of the Association has recently released its new hunting gear is available in Mossy Oak’s book, Big Game Fishing Headquarters: A new Break-Up camouflage pattern. To History of the IGFA. Authored by Mike view the collection or to order online, Rivkin, the book focuses on the organi- go to www.idigear.com; for more infor- zation’s 66-year history. It includes more mation, call (412) 799-0350. than 200 photographs, documents, and correspondence from the group’s archives. Its first edition printing was limited to 5,000. The book costs $49.95, plus shipping. To reserve a signed and numbered copy (900 are being made available), visit www.igfa.org or call Crystal Carey at (954) 924-4310.

CUTTING EDGE: The Hunter’s Edge Knife is a quick-change, multiple-blade knife especially for hunters. Designed by Savage, the 8-inch knife features a stainless steel handle with hardwood inlays. It offers four separate blades: a drop-point blade, a gut-hook blade, a saw blade, and a fillet blade. The knife comes with a sharpener and a heavy- duty nylon sheath that attaches to a belt or firearm sling. It costs $60, and can be ordered at www.savagearms.com. For more infor- mation, call (413) 568-7001. Page 14 August 12, 2005 BORDERING TEXAS

In Arkansas, the decoys were Wetlands Conservation Area. The next day, another bear banned statewide for the 2005- Available dates are Sept. 17, 18, forced its way through a win- 2006 waterfowl season. In the 20, 22, 24 and 25. A total of two dow screen at the Amizette Inn past, commissioners have said applications per hunter, each in Taos Ski Valley. Desk clerk that the spinning and flapping one for separate dates, will be Linda Walsh was shutting down wing decoys helped hunters kill accepted. Hunters who submit the inn for the evening and had an unusually large number of more than one application per just shut a wrought iron door to ARKANSAS young ducks drawn to the wing hunting date, or more than two NEW MEXICO her living area when the bear Flyway Council won’t flashes. applications for the season, will Hungry bear checks out per- came down the hall and tried to follow Arkansas’ lead Minnesota followed Arkansas’ be disqualified. manently come through the locked door. The Arkansas Game and Fish lead and also banned the Applicants must be 18 years of In their never-ending quest Walsh called 911, but the bear Commission’s proposal to ban mechanical decoys. age or older. Send applications — for food, two bears decided that escaped out a window before all spinning and flapping wing “Minnesota banned the available on the LDWF Web site the best way to check out the the marshal and Game and Fish decoys for the upcoming water- decoys on their wildlife manage- (www.wlf.louisiana.gov) and at food at a couple of northern officers arrived. fowl season failed to persuade ment areas for the entire season LDWF headquarters and region- New Mexico motels was to the Mississippi Flyway Council. this year,” James said. “They’ve al offices — to the Department of check in. Of the 14 Mississippi Flyway also banned them statewide for Wildlife and Fisheries, On July 18, Kimbra Pacheco, a the first portion of their duck Attention: White Lake Teal states, only two (Arkansas and desk clerk for the Holiday season. Spinning wing decoys Hunt, P.O. Box 98000, Baton Minnesota) voted for the ban; Classic Motel in Raton, was the rest voted against. have been the topic of much dis- Rouge, LA 70898. Applications must be received stunned when a bear walked However, the Flyway Council cussion since their inception in by close of business Aug. 17. A $5 through the front doors. OKLAHOMA did pass a resolution asking the 1998. As their use spread from administration fee in the form of “He walked in, went to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the Central Valley of California, Outdoor Channel to host a check or money order made pay phones, then straight study the impact of roboducks so did concern over their use.” auditions at Wildlife Expo payable to the Louisiana toward the pool,” Pacheco said. on waterfowl populations and to The technical section of the Have you ever dreamed of Department of Wildlife and Lodgers with newspapers council also has concerns that hosting your own fishing show? work with states to ban them “if Fisheries must accompany each chased the bear through the spinners may negate the fair- You just might get that chance warranted.” application. Applications with- enclosed pool area until police chase aspect of hunting, James if you participate in a special Arkansas wants to ban all out a correct driver’s license num- arrived. The bear sought refuge said. event at the Oklahoma Wildlife motorized, wind-powered or ber will not be processed. up a rubber tree plant, where Expo, Aug. 27 and 28 at the Lazy mechanical spinning and flap- Successful applicants will be Department of Game and Fish E Arena just north of Oklahoma ping wing decoys, according to notified and required to submit officer Pat Snyder shot it with a City. AGFC waterfowl program coor- an additional check or money tranquilizer dart. dinator Andrew James. order for $200. In the event a Possibly lured by the smell of The Outdoor Channel will “The council has concerns hunter is unable to participate on freshly popped popcorn, the host auditions on Saturday, over potential increased harvest the date selected, he or she may bear entered the motel through Aug. 27 in search of fishing rates and potential changes in transfer his or her permit to a doors that were left open for show hosts. If you think you the harvest age ratios of mid- qualified hunter of his or her ventilation while the motel was have what it takes, then stop by continent mallards,” James said. LOUISIANA choice, as long as the total num- undergoing renovation. The their trailer, step in front of the “They’re also concerned about Teal lottery on the horizon ber of hunts does not exceed two bear had returned to Raton after camera and tell them why you how they might relate to a loss of The Louisiana Department of for the 2005 teal season. being trapped and relocated deserve your own show. future hunting opportunities as Wildlife and Fisheries is accept- Questions should be directed from town a few weeks earlier. To register online, go to caused by the increasing wide- ing applications for lottery teal to Wayne Sweeney at (337) 526- This time, Game and Fish offi- wildlifedepartment.com/wildlife spread use of these decoys.” hunts on the White Lake 9900. cers were forced to kill the bear. expoattractions.htm. August 12, 2005 Page 15 WEATHER

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TREASURES WILD IN THE KITCHEN

“Here, try my little .410 on the next batch of birds,’’ said my guide, hand- Across For crossword puzzle solution, see page 18 ing me his tiny scattergun during a quail hunt at a South Texas hunting 3. Offshore fish with oversized resort near Pearsall. dorsal fin We had been busting up coveys of quail with regularity, and I had 5. Deer love to eat these knocked down my share of the bird bag with my 20-gauge over and under. 7. Professional who helps you Using a .410 seemed a little lightweight for some of the shots we were hunt or fish attempting, and I thought my guide just wanted to improve his shooting 8. Human-powered water craft prowess with my heavier shot shell loads. 9. Large bay that fronts Fulton As I walked into shooting position behind the next pointer, a cackling 11. Legal shooting begins thirty rooster pheasant exploded from the brush right near my feet, and I was minutes before _____ faced with putting that tiny .410 into play on a big bird. 14. Term for a favorable wind With a quick mount and smooth swing, I was able to fold the rooster with direction on the coast: sweet a headshot, dropping the bird at about 35 yards. ______So, if you get a chance to bring home a pheasant or two from your next 16. Town known for its mysteri- hunting trip, the following recipe is a good one to try. ous lights 17. Snail that attacks and eats — Ralph Winingham oysters Recipe courtesy of Ralph Winingham’s new cookbook:“Revenge of Old Boots & 18. Device used to grab and hold Bacon Grease.” To contact Ralph, e-mail him at [email protected]. blue crabs 19. Type of tropical storm that Wild Bird Hominy just visited south Texas 2 strips thick-sliced bacon Dice bacon strips into small pieces. 1⁄2 cup chopped onion Fry bacon until crisp in a deep cast- Down 3 fresh button mushrooms, iron skillet over medium-high heat. 1. Event when thousands of chopped Add onion, mushrooms and pep- marine animals die at the per. Reduce heat to medium and same time 1 serrano pepper, chopped 2 cubed pheasant breasts or 10 sauté until onions are clear. Rinse 2. Native tree which looks simi- bird meat in cold water, pat dry and deboned quail breasts, flour lar to a pecan coat with seasoned flour. Add 4. County seat of Coleman seasoned with Chef Ralph’s Copyright 2004 Texas Word Treasures, Greg Berlocher. All Rights Reserved. floured meat to skillet and brown County Super Seasoning on all sides. Stir in hominy, then top 6. Newborn sharks are known as 10. Medical device often used by are ______(two words) 1 can (15.5 ounces) white with soup mix. Sprinkle with salt _____. fly fishermen to extract flies 13. Marine toilet hominy, drained and pepper, to taste. Cover and 7. This keeps moisture from from a fish's mouth 15. This powdered mineral will 1 can (10.75 ounces) cream of cook for five minutes. Stir well and soaking into your sleeping 11. Female deer help keep chiggers away onion soup simmer another five minutes before bag from below 12. Most new outboard engines 16. Aquatic parking lot for boats salt and black pepper, to taste serving. Page 16 August 12, 2005 GAME WARDEN BLOTTER

David Kimball were patrolling ANGRY WIFE TORPEDOES MAN’S ran off into a wooded area. McCarstle arrested a 31-year- NOT TOO MUCH OFF THE TOP onboard the 65-foot Captain REGISTRATION SCHEME Jones helped establish a old man on Houston County Burleson County Game Warden Williams when they came • Game Warden Quentin Terrel perimeter around the area of Lake for felony parole viola- Sophia Hiatt received a call of a upon the over-anxious crew. of Lubbock County appeared the escape until Texas tion and felony warrants for close shave during a hunting before a grand jury to present a Department of Criminal possession of a controlled sub- accident. Hiatt’s investigation JOINT CUSTODY LEADS TO CHARGES case of tampering with a gov- Justice scent dogs and a DPS stance. Once on shore, the found that two brothers and their wives decided to go hog • A man and a woman “sharing” ernment record. Information helicopter arrived. Two hours man sprinted away. The war- hunting in a pickup. One a cigarette caught the atten- obtained from a Lubbock into the manhunt the suspect dens chased him down, how- brother climbed into the bed of tion of Newton County game man’s estranged wife led to the was spotted near Jones’ resi- ever, and, after a short scuffle, the truck with a .270 rifle. The wardens Jason Campbell and investigation. A man bought a dence. The TDCJ dogs and DPS arrested him. Lehr was treated other brother (who was driving) Ellis Powell, who were $30,000 boat and had trouble helicopter relocated to the at the East Texas Medical and the wives stayed in the cab. patrolling the Sabine River. getting it registered. He per- area of the sighting. Jones, Center in Crockett for cuts and As the truck plowed through a After a short conversation, the suaded his buddy to get dupli- who rodeoed during his pre- bruises; the suspect was treat- pasture, the brother in the bed man produced the remaining cate validation decals, which game warden days, volun- ed for a dislocated shoulder. stumbled, accidentally dis- marijuana. Charges are pend- were placed on the boat. The teered for horse patrol (TDCJ Additional charges of assault charging his rifle. The bullet of a peace officer and evading tore through the cab and grazed ing. grand jury issued four felony prison guards must have a his brother’s head. The very indictments against the pair. police officer with them when arrest were filed. lucky brother was treated and NO LIFEJACKET COSTS MAN HIS LIFE Terrel also learned during the using dog teams). The search released from a local hospital. • San Patricio County Game investigation that the man’s continued for another two CAN’T PENETRATE LAKE’S Warden Neal McCarn, Live business was dealing with hours until the suspect was BRUSH AND ROCKS • An underwater search and FALSE START Oak County Game Warden large amounts of cash. The IRS spotted near the Millican Post Carlos Riojas, and Capt. and the DEA are both investi- Office, where he was chased recovery team, Ralston & • Forty-five minutes before the Kevin McDonald recovered gating. down on foot and apprehend- Associates of Idaho, used a Gulf of Mexico shrimp season the body of a drowning vic- ed. Once the man was in cus- sidescan sonar — a fishfinder opened on July 15, a tim on Lake Corpus Christi. EARLY START TO THE HUNTING SEA- tody, officers learned he also with the transducer turned Brownsville commercial The victim left aboard a per- SON had outstanding warrants. He sideways — to try to find the shrimp boat was caught drag- sonal watercraft to load it • Brazos County Game Warden traveled approximately six body of a drowning victim ging its nets. Cameron County onto a trailer and failed to put Chad Jones responded to a miles through the woods involved in an April 23 boat- Game Warden James Dunks, his lifejacket on. The body of Department of Public Safety before being captured. ing accident at Lake Alan Nueces County Game Warden the 28-year-old man was trooper’s call for assistance. Henry. The search was unsuc- Mike Wheelington, master recovered two hours after The trooper had taken three FAIR CHASE cessful due to the amount of pilot Ernest Mobley, and going down approximately 10 subjects into custody on drug • Houston County game war- brush and rocks in the lake. maintenance technician feet from shore. charges. One of the prisoners dens Eddie Lehr and Eric Continued on page 18 Free Hat Help us celebrate our one-year anniversary! Subscribe today and get a free Lone Star Limit one per Outdoor News hat. subscriber

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CENTRAL docks with brush. Crappie are fair at night on holes baited with soured grain. on live bait and striper jigs in 20 - 30 feet. baits and live baits along tree lines. Crappie are minnows in 10-15 feet around docks with brush. RAY ROBERTS: Water clear; 82-86 degrees; 1.24' Crappie are fair on minnows and red/green tube fair on minnows and jigs. Walleye are fair on live BASTROP: Water fairly clear. Black bass are fair on Catfish are good on punch bait and worms around jigs. Catfish are fair on shrimp and stinkbait. watermelon/white and crankbaits. low. Black bass are fair in 12-20 feet on Carolina baits. Channel catfish are good on cut and baited holes in 15 feet. Sunfish are good on bits rigged Centipedes around humps and points. HOUSTON COUNTY: Water stained with clear shal- Crappie are good on minnows and blue tube jigs. of nightcrawlers in 4-6 feet around the shoreline. worms. Channel and blue catfish are good on stinkbait, Crappie are fair on live minnows and jigs in 20- lows, 86 degrees; 0.10' low. Black bass to 7.5 shrimp, and liver. Yellow catfish are slow. BOB SANDLIN: Water clear; 82-86 degrees; 2.65' 25 feet around man-made brush piles. White pounds are good on green/gold flake and WICHITA: Water clearing; 84 degrees; .5' low. low. Black bass are good at night on 10" Power bass are good on spoons and slabs in 18-20 feet red/black Bass Assassin worms in 8 - 12 feet Crappie are slow. White bass and hybrid striped BELTON: Water murky; 92 degrees. Black bass are Worms around shallow grass close to deep water. with some top water schooling action Catfish are near the pump station. Crappie are slow. Bream slow. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair under the bridges at night. White good on punch bait and fresh shad in 12-20 feet. are good on live worms off piers. Catfish are slow. bass are fair on large minnows, white twister-tails Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are bass are fair on slabs in 15-20 feet. Flathead cat- and silver spoons along dam and near Lake slow. Yellow catfish are slow. RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water stained; 81-86 LIVINGSTON: Water fairly clear; 88 degrees; 0.32' fish are fair on prepared baits. degrees; 1.49' low. Black bass are fair on low. Black bass are fair on crankbaits, spinner- Wichita Park. Channel catfish are fair on bait BROWNWOOD: Water clear to murky; 84 degrees; BRIDGEPORT: Water clear; 82-86 degrees. Black Carolina rigs in 12-18 feet around submerged baits, and soft plastics. Striped bass are fair on shrimp or punchbait. North side public ramp is 1.87' low. Black bass are very good on plum soft bass are fair on Carolina rigged Centipedes in 15 pond dams with steep ledges. White bass are Rat-L-Traps. White bass are good on Old closed for maintenance. plastics, pumpkin/brown/orange/chartreuse 3/8oz. feet. Crappie are fair at night on live minnows in excellent on slabs and topwaters, lots of school- Reliables, pet spoons, hellbenders, and Charlie StrikeWorks Jigs, and chartreuse/craw Persuader 15 feet around heavy brush. White bass are good ing activity in the 309 Flats area. Hybrid stripers slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and stealth shad crankbaits on the main lake off on slabs and live shad in 12-15 feet. Hybrid are fair on large slabs and Rat-L-Traps. Crappie blue catfish are very good on cutbait, prepared docks with brushpiles in 15 - 20 feet. Hybrid striper are good on live shad in 15-20 feet are slow. Catfish are good on prepared baits and bait, and cut shad. Yellow catfish are slow. COASTAL striper are fair under lights at night and around submerged humps in the mid to lower fresh shad in 12-18 feet. NORTH SABINE: Trout and redfish are fair to good striper jigs. White bass are very good on stealth SAM RAYBURN: Water clear; 88 degrees; 2.15' lake. Channel catfish are good in 10-15 feet on TAWAKONI: Water stained; 82-86 degrees; 3.45' low. Black bass are fair on topwaters, Carolina in the middle of the lake under birds on lime- shad crankbaits under lights at night, and fair fresh shad and punch bait. trolling crankbaits. Crappie are excellent on low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are fair on live rigged soft plastics, and shallow running treuse Sand Eel Jr’s, Bass Assassins, Super small tube jigs and minnows off docks in 10 - 20 CADDO: Water clear; 81-86 degrees; 0.68' low. minnows in 15 feet. Catfish are excellent off the crankbaits along shoreline vegetation. Crappie are Black bass are fair on plastic worms and top fishing barge at Duck Cove Marina on a variety of fair on live shiners and small jigs over brushtops. Spooks, She Dogs and live shad. Flounder are fair feet. Channel and yellow catfish are fair on live to good at the mouth of cuts and drains that lead bait and cutbait. waters during early morning around the edge of catfish baits and on baited holes in 15-18 feet. Catfish are good on live bait and prepared bait. lily pad fields. Crappie are fair to good on live White bass are excellent on 1oz. white or char- TOLEDO BEND: Water lightly stained north, clear to the marsh on mud minnows and jigs tipped BUCHANAN: Water clear; 85 degrees; 4.20' low. minnows around brush in 6-8 feet on the sub- treuse Holiday Slabs and small topwaters in the Black bass are fair to good on watermelon Skip- south; 89 degrees; 5.53' low. Black bass are fair with shrimp. merged river ledges. White bass are fair in Big lower lake. Striped bass and hybrid stripers are on black/blue and black/green heavy jig and craw N-Pop topwaters, silver Terminator stainless Lake with some schooling activity early. Channel excellent under the birds on 2oz. chartreuse or SOUTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good at the jetty buzzbaits. Bleeding Shad Rat-L-Traps at daylight combos among hydrilla and deep structure in 20 catfish are good on small live bream and on white Holiday Slabs, Sassy Shads and large pearl - 25 feet. Crappie are fair on live minnows over on live shrimp, mullet and Rat-L-Traps. Redfish along stickups on break lines of flats close to punch bait around baited holes. Warmouth (gog- color Chug Bugs. brushpiles in 20 - 25 feet. are good at the jetty on finger mullet and shrimp. creeks in 5 - 9 feet. Later use Carolina rigged gle eye) and bream are good to excellent on watermelon/red Snap Back creature baits and TEXOMA: Water clear; 82-85 degrees; 4.18' low. Trout and redfish are fair to good at the Causeway worms under a floater fished along the edge of Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics around green pumpkin JDC Drop Shot Worms along shad- lily pads in 6 feet. PANHANDLE at night on live shrimp and DOA Shrimp. ed bluff ledges and submerged main lake humps docks with heavy brush. Smallmouth bass are fair BAYLOR: Water lightly stained; 85 degrees. Black in 14 - 20 feet. Striped bass are fair down rigging CEDAR CREEK: Water stained; 82-86 degrees; in 15-20 feet on crawfish pattern crank baits BOLIVAR: Trout are fair to good at Rollover Pass on 1.26' low. Black bass are fair during early morn- bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Catfish are slow. striper jigs, vertically Perk Minnows, and around steep, rocky points. Crappie are slow. Little Fishies and white MirrOlures. Redfish and ing on top waters around shallow grass beds. Striped bass are fair on live shad in 30-40 feet GREENBELT: Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; drifting live bait from Black Rock to the dam. flounder are good at Rollover Pass on finger mul- White bass are fair to good on white 2" Spoiler White bass are good on TNT Lures (slabs) early, along the river ledges and adjacent flats. Blue 17.35' low. Black bass to64 pounds are good on Shads and chrome Tiny Traps at night under switching to trolling with Hellbenders with Pet catfish are fair on prepared baits in 20 feet. Chartreuse/white soft jerkbaits or spinnerbaits and let and live shrimp under a popping cork. Spoon. Hybrid striper are fair on live shad and lights. Crappie are fair on live minnows at night WEATHERFORD: Water stained; 83 degrees; 2.1' Pop-R’s worked along grass lines, main lake TRINITY BAY: Trout are good at the wells on live Trolling with Hellbenders-Pet Spoon rigs later in low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are fair early on points and timber. Crappie are good on minnows under lights. Channel catfish are fair on dip bait shrimp, croaker, Bass Assassins and Norton Sand and live bait. Yellow and blue catfish are fair on the day. Crappie are fair under shaded boat docks minnows in the marina fishing barge or over deep and jigs. White bass are good on live bait and juglines in 30 feet. in water 10 feet or more. Catfish are good on brushpiles. Catfish to 44 pounds are good on live Pop-R’s. Smallmouth bass are good on chrome Eel Jr’s. Redfish, whiting, croaker and punch bait in 15-18 feet. sunfish. Channel cats are good on liver and pre- jerkbaits and live bait. Walleye are good on live sheepshead are good on live bait and fresh dead CANYON LAKE: Water gin clear; 86 degrees; 0.08'. bait. Catfish are good on chicken liver and min- COOPER: Water stained; 81-86 degrees. Black pared baits. White bass are slow. Bream are shrimp at the Spillway. Black bass are fair to good on white 1/8oz. Tiny-T nows. buzzbaits and smoke/red flake and pumpkin/char- bass are fair during early morning on plastic excellent on worms in the marina cove and along EAST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are good at Hannas treuse tailed 4" curl tail worms at daylight along worms on the outside edge of shoreline vegetation the wall. MACKENZIE: Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; beds. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on jug ledges of main lake points and in submerged tim- WRIGHT PATMAN: Water clear; 81-86 degrees. 60.65' low. Black bass are good on shad-colored and Deeps Reefs on live shrimp and croaker. lines baited with live bait and in baited holes on ber. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on Black bass are slow. Crappie are fair on tube jigs spinnerbaits and jerkbaits. Crappie are good on Trout and redfish are fair to good on finger mullet punch bait in shallow water around heavy cover. Li’l Fishies, Tiny Traps, and white grubs at day- and live minnows in 15 feet around heavy cover. minnows and jigs. White bass and striped bass White bass are slow. and topwaters in the Bolivar Pocket. Trout are light in 50 - 60 feet. Smallmouth bass are fair to Catfish are good on baited with small are good on live bait and chrome jerkbaits. good on root beer JDC Strike Grubs and 3" - 4" FAIRFIELD: Water clear; 81-98 degrees. Black bass perch and rod and reel in 10-15 feet on live min- Smallmouth bass are fair on live bait and silver good in the Ship Channel on croaker. smoke/red crawfish tubes on 1/8oz. jigheads at are fair on Carolina rigs around steep ledges in nows and punch bait. spoons. Walleye are fair on live baits. Catfish are WEST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are very good on 12-20 feet. Redfish are fair on live perch and good on live bait. first light in 8 - 20 feet. Crappie are fair on croaker in the Ship Channel. Trout, redfish, floun- 1/32oz. crappie jigs and minnows upriver. shad around main lake points in 15 feet. Hybrid MEREDITH: Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; Channel catfish are fair. Yellow and blue catfish stripers are fair on shad and small live perch in SOUTH 14.65' low. Black bass are fair on white spinner- der and croaker are good on live shrimp at the are fair on cutbait and live bait. 15 feet. Bream are good on bits of nightcrawlers AMISTAD: Water fairly clear; 85 degrees. Black baits or soft plastics along brush lines and rocky causeway and railroad bridge. Trout, redfish, in 4-6 feet. Better catches coming from around COLEMAN: Water clear; 1.31' low. Black bass are bass are good on watermelon seed soft plastic points. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. black drum, whiting and gafftop are good on the shaded shoreline cover. fair on dark soft plastic worms and lizards. Hybrid worms, and on heavy jigs with craw trailers in White bass are good on live bait and small beachfront piers on shrimp. Trout are good in the FORK: Water clear 81-86 degrees; 1.65' low. grass in 30 feet. Striped bass are slow. White crankbaits near rocky points. Smallmouth bass striper are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and surf on live shrimp, soft plastics and topwaters. blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow. Black bass are fair to good during early morning bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue are fair on jerkbaits near north main lake points. around shallow grass beds close to creek chan- catfish are fair on cheesebait in 10 - 15 feet. Walleye are fair on minnows along main lake COLORADO RIVER: (At Colorado Bend State Park) TEXAS CITY: Trout, redfish, flounder, whiting and nels, the mouth of creeks are top spots to target. Yellow catfish are slow. points. Channel Catfish are fair on minnows and Water clear. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are croaker are very good at night under the lights on Night fishing is good on black spinnerbaits and chicken liver. slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. BRAUNIG: Water stained; 96 degrees. Black bass 10" black worms around shallow grass beds. the Dike on live shrimp under a popping cork. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow on dark soft plastic worms along shore- PALO DURO: Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; Channel catfish are good in holes baited with Trout are good on croaker on Dollar Reef and are slow. line reed beds. Striped bass are slow. Redfish 36.5' low. Black bass are fair on white spinner- soured grain in 15-20 feet on punch bait. are very good on perch near Dead Tree Point and baits and shad-colored soft jerkbaits. Crappie are April Fool’s Reef. DUNLAP/MCQUEENY: Water stained; 83 degrees. GRAPEVINE: Water stained; 82-86 degrees; 2.78' along the north shoreline on the bottom early and fair on jigs and minnows. Smallmouth bass are FREEPORT: Trout are good at night at San Luis Black bass are fair on heavy jigs with craw trailers low. Black bass are fair during early morning on late, and fair down rigging spoons and Rat-L- fair on minnows. Walleye are fair. Catfish are in 15 - 20 feet. White bass are fair on live min- plastic worms and top waters. Crappie are fair at Traps in 20 - 30 feet. Channel and blue catfish to good on minnows and cut shad. Pass on live shrimp. Trout and redfish are good at nows and 1/8oz white jigs in 10 - 20 feet. night under lights on live minnows in 12-15 feet. 16 pounds are good on shrimp, liver, night- the Surfside Jetty on live mullet and shrimp. Crappie are good on live minnows and chartreuse White bass are good on TNT Lures around humps crawlers, and shad. Trout are good in the surf from the Car Bodies to crappie jigs around brushpiles at night under and points in 15-25 feet. Catfish are fair on pre- WEST lights in 15 - 20 feet. Channel and blue catfish CALAVERAS: Water stained; 95 degrees. Black the Boilers on live shrimp, She Dogs and Super pared baits and fresh shad in 15-20 feet in bait- bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. Redfish to ALAN HENRY: Water lightly stained; 83 degrees. are good on cut shad, dead shad, stinkbait and ed holes. Black bass are good on shad-colored soft jerkbaits Spooks. Kingfish, red snapper, ling and dolphin shrimp. Yellow catfish are slow. 23 pounds are fair on perch and crawfish early JOE POOL: Water stained; 82-86 degrees; 0.95' and late. Channel and blue catfish to 19 pounds and watermelon jigs near the brush or spinner- are good offshore. GRANBURY: Water stained; 1.47' low. Black bass baits along brush line. Crappie are fair on min- low. Black bass are fair during the first couple are excellent on shad, shrimp, liver, and night- EAST MATAGORDA: Trout are fair to good at night are fair on watermelon soft plastic worms. Striped hours of daylight on shad pattern crank baits and crawlers. nows and jigs. bass are slow. White bass are fair on minnows under the lights in Mitchell’s Cut on live shrimp, plastic worms. Crappie are fair around brush piles CHOKE CANYON: Water clear; 86 degrees; 0.72' ARROWHEAD: Water stained in upper end; 83 and silver spoons. Crappie are fair on minnows 20-22 feet deep during early morning and late degrees; 5.8' low. Black bass are fair to slow on mullet and glow or avocado soft plastics. Redfish and blue/green tube jigs. Catfish are good on low. Black bass to 8 pounds are good on afternoon. White bass are fair on TNT Lures in 20 chrome/black Lucky 13’s, baby bass spinnerbaits and Carolina rigs around rocky areas are good in the surf on mullet and shrimp. Trout stinkbait and liver. and flooded brush. Crappie are fair on minnows feet around main lake humps and ridges. Channel Super Spooks, and bone Yellow Magic Poppers at are good in the surf on pearl/chartreuse and GRANGER: Water clear; 85 degrees; 0.12' low. catfish are good on Bill’s Catfish Bait around bait- and jigs suspended about 15' around derricks. sunrise, and later on drop shot rigged baby bass chrome She Dogs, Top Dogs and plum/chartreuse Black bass are slow. White bass are fair early and ed holes in 15 feet close to submerged creek 5" Yamamoto Senkos, 1oz. and 1oz. White bass are good to excellent on shad-imita- late on main lake flats. Crappie are good on min- bends. watermelon/red Falcon jigs with matching Sweet tion baits and silver spoons with some topwater Bass Assassins, Hogies, Trout Killers and Norton nows and jigs in 6 - 15 feet. Blue catfish to 20 LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water stained; 82-86 degrees; Beaver trailers and wacky rigged watermelon/red bites early and late in day. Blue catfish are good Sand Eel Jr’s. pounds are good on shad and grasshoppers. Reaction Innovations Ball Breakers and on cut shad and prepared baits. 1.88' low. Black bass are fair during early morn- MATAGORDA: Trout and redfish are fair to good at Yellow catfish are slow. ing on top waters and buzz baits around lily pads. Dominators along grass line edges in 20 - 30 BUFFALO SPRINGS: Water lightly stained; 71 LBJ: Water lightly stained; 86 degrees; 0.10' low. Crappie are slow. White bass are fair on slabs in feet. White bass are fair on live minnows and degrees. Black bass are fair on green worms near the jetty on live shrimp and mullet. Trout are Black bass are good on Bleeding Shad Rat-L- 18-20 feet around main lake channels. Flathead vertically jigging chrome CC spoons around main Crappie House. Crappie are fair on minnows in good in the surf on pumpkinseed/chartreuse Bass Traps, watermelon/red Wacky Sticks, and πoz. catfish are good in 15 feet on trotlines and jug lake points at night under lights in 12 - 20 feet. Crappie House. Hybrid strippers are fair on yellow Assassins, Sand Eels, Trout Killers, Hogies, Top black/chartreuse Top Secret jigs at night and at lines baited with live perch. Channel catfish are Crappie to 2 pounds are fair on live minnows, crankbaits near dam and perch near cattails on Dogs, She Dogs and Super Spooks. first light along the edges of emergent weeds and good on Bill’s Catfish Bait in baited holes. white Fle-Flys, and white Curb’s crappie jigs NE shores. Catfish are good on chicken liver and brushpiles in 6 - 15 feet. Striped bass are fair to LAVON: Water stained; 82-86 degrees; 3.44' low. tipped with live minnows over brushpiles and pil- cut silver shad near dam. PORT O’CONNOR: Redfish and trout are good on good on Spoiler Shads and white bucktail jigs at Black bass are fair early on soft plastics pitched ings in 6 - 15 feet. Channel and blue catfish to COLORADO CITY: Water clear; 82 degrees. Black live bait at the jetty. Trout are good on topwaters night. White bass are good on Li’l Fishies and 15 pounds are good on live minnows, Big Marv’s tight to shoreline cover. Crappie are fair on live bass are slow. Crappie are slow. White bass are and croakers in the surf around the boat wrecks. Tiny Traps at night. Crappie are good on minnows minnows in 20-24 feet around brush on sub- cheesebait, and red wigglers under bird roosts in slow. Redfish are slow. Catfish are slow. and crappie jigs at night under lights over brush- merged main lake points and out from the dam. 6 - 18 feet. Yellow catfish to 20 pounds are good Trout are good over grass beds in West Matagorda piles in 10 - 15 feet. Channel catfish are fair. FT. PHANTOM HILL: Water clear; 83 degrees; .5' White bass are good on TNT Lures and jigging on trotlines and juglines baited with hybrid low. Black bass are slow. Crappie are fair on live Bay on pumpkinseed and plum soft plastics. Yellow and blue catfish are fair on trotlines. bluegills and large goldfish. spoons in 20 feet around submerged humps and bait and jigs. White bass are fair on live bait. ROCKPORT: Trout are good in the Lydia Ann NAVARRO MILLS: Water clear; 1.47' low. Black points. Catfish are good on fresh shad in 15-20 COLETO CREEK: Water clear; 88 degrees (99 Catfish are fair on cut baits. bass are slow. White bass are excellent on silver Channel, Mud Island and the reefs of Copano on feet around baited holes and drift fishing on main degrees at hot water discharge); 0.42' low. Black HUBBARD CREEK: Water lightly stained; 81 Little Georges near the dam. Crappie are fair on piggy perch and croaker. Redfish are good on lake points. bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. White bass degrees; 11.6' low. Black bass are fair on white minnows. Channel and blue catfish are slow. LEWISVILLE: Water stained; 82-86 degrees; 2.38' are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue cat- mullet, crabs and live shrimp under a popping Yellow catfish are slow. spinnerbaits along main points and watermelon low. Black bass are fair on soft plastics during fish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow. FALCON: red soft plastics in the reeds. Crappie are fair on around Traylor Island and in Redfish Bay. PROCTOR: Water clear; 85 degrees; 2.07' low. early morning and at night, target heavy cover Water stained, 88 degrees. Black bass are excel- minnows and jigs. White bass and hybrid striper Black bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. White close to deep water. Crappie are fair on minnows lent on chartreuse deep diving crankbaits. Striped are fair on live baits. Catfish are good on chicken PORT ARANSAS: Trout and redfish are good in the bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue and jigs in 15 feet around brush and bridge bass are excellent on white jigging spoons with liver and prepared baits. Lydia Ann Channel on live shrimp and croaker. catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow. feathers. Crappie are slow. Catfish are excellent columns. White bass are good on slabs in 15-18 NASWORTHY: Water lightly stained; 82 degrees. Trout are good in the San Jose and Mustang SOMERVILLE: Water murky; 0.91' low. Black bass feet around submerged humps and ridges. Catfish on shrimp and cutbait. Yellow catfish are slow. Mexican fishing licenses and boat permits are Black bass are fair on white spinnerbaits. Crappie Island surf on plum and pumpkinseed plastics are slow. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are are good on fresh shad under schooling white are good on jigs and minnows. Redfish are fair. slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish bass and on punch bait around timber in 18 feet. required to fish in Mexican waters. Everyone in and topwaters. Offshore is good for kingfish, red the boat must have a Mexico Fishing License White bass and striped bass are fair on cut shad are slow. Yellow catfish are slow. MARTIN CREEK: Water clear; 84 degrees mid-lake, snapper, dolphin and sharks. whether fishing or not. and minnows. Catfish are good on chicken liver STILLHOUSE: Water murky; 87 degrees; 0.09' 97 at hot water discharge; normal pool. Black and cut shad. CORPUS CHRISTI: Trout are good along the bass are fair early on Texas rigged worms around MEDINA: Water clear; 86 degrees; 2.44' low. high. Black bass are good on June bug and tequi- OAK CREEK: Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; Portland shoreline and on the reefs in Nueces la sunrise spinnerbaits early and late in 3 - 8 heavy grass beds. Crappie are fair early and late Black bass to 6 pounds are good on bone Jr.’s and baby bass Yellow Magic Poppers 22.6' low. Black bass are fair on live baits. Bay on live shrimp, croaker, spoons, topwaters feet. White bass are good on topwaters and min- on live minnows in 15 feet. Catfish are fair on Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Catfish are nows early. Smallmouth bass are slow. Crappie trotlines baited with live perch. at sunrise, and later on pumpkin/chartreuse tailed and plum/white Bass Assassins, Sand Eels and 4" Berkley power worms and pumpkin Super fair on live baits. No boat ramps open. 4x4 vehi- are good on minnows early and late 33 feet deep MONTICELLO: Water clear; 83 degrees upper end, Fluke Jr.’s, and on black buzzbaits at night along cles can unload on the dirt road near the dam. Hogies. Redfish are fair to good in the Humble in 36 feet. Channel and blue catfish are good on 98 degrees at hot water discharge; normal pool. main lake points in 20 - 25 feet. Upriver, use O.H. IVIE: Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 15.5' Channel on mullet. live minnows and doughbait. Yellow catfish are Black bass are fair on soft plastics and crankbaits weightless natural shad 4" Yamamoto Senkos low. Black bass are fair on white spinnerbaits and slow. during early morning and at night along the edge BAFFIN BAY: Trout are good on croakers and piggy along ledges and trees. Striped bass are fair drift- shad-colored soft jerkbaits along brush lines. of Smith Creek. Crappie are slow. Channel catfish TRAVIS: Water clear; 88 degrees; 9.00' low. Black ing live goldfish and hybrid bluegills near the Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White perch around the rocks. Trout are good at Rocky are good on punch bait in 10-20 feet. bass are fair on bone topwaters and green pump- dam and trolling 2oz. white Curb’s spinner striper bass are fair on live baits. Smallmouth bass are Slough and the Tide Gauge on live shrimp under kin soft plastic worms in 10 - 32 feet. Striped PALESTINE: Water clear; 82-86 degrees; 0.91' jigs over main lake points at night under lights. fair. Channel catfish are good on cut shad or min- a popping cork, croaker and plum or limetreuse bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are low. Black bass are good on 4-inch worms during nows. White bass are fair on live minnows, vertically jig- Bass Assassins, Sand Eels, Trout Killers and fair on minnows and pink and white tube jigs in early morning around boathouses with brush. ging silver CC spoons, and trolling silver #5 Shad POSSUM KINGDOM: Water clear; 84 degrees; 5.5' Hogies. Trout are good on topwaters over the 18 - 28 feet. Channel and blue catfish are fair on Crappie are fair on minnows in 18 feet under Raps across main lake points in 10 - 20 feet. low. Black bass are fair in Rock Creek and Caddo black salty minnows and nightcrawlers in 25 - 35 bridges at night. Catfish are good on prepared Smallmouth bass to 3 pounds are fair on Creek areas. Crappie are fair on live bait. White grass beds of the Land Cut. feet. Yellow catfish are slow. catfish baits in holes baited with soured grain. black/brown/pumpkin 3/8oz. jigs with green bass are good and Striped bass are fair near light- PORT MANSFIELD: Trout are fair to good in the surf WALTER E. LONG: Water clear. Black bass are good White bass are good on slabs and jigging spoons pumpkin Super Hog trailers, and on red ear ed piers at night. Blue and channel catfish are on watermelon and chartreuse soft plastic worms around mid to lower lake points during early Norman crankbaits along ledges and rock piles in fair in the upper part of reservoir. on live shrimp under a popping cork and She morning with some top water action. Hybrid and lizards, and on minnows in cattails and 10 - 25 feet. Crappie are fair on live minnows SPENCE: Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 47.5' Dogs. Trout are good on the edges of the reeds. Hybrid striper are good on shrimp, min- striper are fair on slabs and live perch on sub- and white Curb’s crappie jigs tipped with live merged ledges and humps. low. Black bass are fair on chartreuse/white soft Intracoastal on live shrimp, mud minnows, bone nows, and frozen shad. White bass are good on minnows around brushpiles and backs of creeks plastics and live bait. Crappie are good on min- minnows and silver spoons. Crappie are good on PAT MAYSE: Water clear; 82-86 degrees; 1.50' at night under lights in 10 - 25 feet. Channel and plastics and topwaters. Kingfish and snapper are nows and jigs. White bass are fair on live baits very good offshore. minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on low. Black bass are fair during early morning on blue catfish to 15 pounds are fair on Big Marv’s and small crankbaits. Striped bass and hybrid frozen shad and shrimp in 30 - 40 feet. Yellow soft plastics around shoreline cover close to creek cheesebait and nightcrawlers dipped in bloodbait, striper are fair on live baits. Catfish are fair on SOUTH PADRE: Trout and redfish are good on live catfish are fair on live bait. channels. Crappie are slow. Catfish are good on and good on trotlines baited with Redneck soap cut baits and minnows. shrimp, red/white and electric blue/chartreuse WHITNEY: Water clear; 3.78' low. Black bass are punch bait around baited holes in 15-22 feet. bait. Yellow catfish to 25 pounds are fair on jug- White bass are fair on slabs in 15-20 feet around lines baited with hybrid bluegills and large gold- STAMFORD: Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 4.5' Hogies and Sand Eels at Long Bar and Twin Bar. fair on minnows and green/black spinnerbaits. low. Black bass are fair. Crappie are fair on jigs Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on humps. Hybrid striper to 12 pounds are excellent fish. Offshore is good for kingfish, dolphin, snapper on live perch and slabs in the lower lake. and minnows. White and striped bass are fair. watermelon seed and pumpkinseed soft plastics, Catfish are fair. and ling. Trout are good at the jetty on topwaters spinnerbaits, and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on RAY HUBBARD: Water stained; 82-86 degrees; SOUTHEAST and live shrimp. minnows. Catfish are good on live bait and cut- 1.24' low. Black bass are fair during early morn- SWEETWATER: Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; bait. ing on plastic worms around rock riprap and lily CONROE: Water stained. Black bass are fair on 29.75' low. Black bass are fair on live bait and PORT ISABEL: Trout and redfish are good on live minnows and soft plastic worms and lizards. white/blue spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair on min- pads on the north end of the lake. Crappie are shrimp and topwaters on the flats. Redfish and Striped bass are slow. Crappie are fair on min- nows and jigs. White bass are fair on live bait. slow. White bass are good on slabs and Rat-L- flounder are good in the Intracoastal on mud min- NORTHEAST Traps out from the Heath Boat Ramp. Hybrid nows and chartreuse green tube jigs. Catfish are Catfish are good on live bait and cut baits. ATHENS: Water stained; 82-86 degrees; 1.40' low. striper are good on live shad and top waters out fair on shrimp, stinkbait, and live bait. WHITE RIVER: Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; nows and live shrimp. Wahoo, dorado, red snap- Black bass are fair on Texas rigged worms around from the dam. Catfish are good on punch bait in GIBBONS CREEK: Water stained. Black bass are fair 16.5' low. Black bass are fair on white spinner- per, kingfish and are good offshore. Prepared by J.P. Greeson, Bink Grimes, Kendal Hemphill and Karen Taylor for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Page 18 August 12, 2005

Continued from page 16 Game warden blotter NAME THAT CRIME 20 individuals gathered in the received a call of a drowning. dens ordered the man to stop Gulf shrimp boats. Sixteen • Tarrant County Game Warden parking lot began fleeing. They responded to the loca- his vessel. Smith boarded it citations and three warnings Michael McCall contacted a VanderRoest arrested two of tion near Welch Park on Lake and began inspecting coolers. were issued for various furtive after mid- the individuals for public Somerville. Hiatt and Seven one-gallon bags of red bycatch reduction device and night at Eagle Mountain Lake. intoxication. Gonzales coordinated the snapper fillets were found mesh size violations. McCall attempted to identify search effort, assisted by the along with a few whole red the man, who had no identifi- BODY FOUND FLOATING ON LAKE Somerville Fire Department, snapper. Two empty bags were OVER AND UNDER cation or fishing license on • Cherokee County Game Burleson County Sheriff’s found that had already been • Derek Spitzer and Kevin him. Initially, he gave a ficti- Warden Bobby Strickland Department and the U.S. dumped. Citations were issued Mitchell, Harris County game tious name, and had no record received a call from the Army Corps of Engineers. The for possessing headed/tailed wardens, along with of a driver’s license or a fishing Sheriff’s Department in refer- search was called off at dark. fish. Chambers County Game license. More questioning ence to a body floating on Lake Hiatt and Gonzales returned Warden John Feist patrolled resulted in the man revealing Palestine. Strickland and two at daylight the next morning VIOLATORS HAD BUSY WEEKEND the Galveston jetties for reef his “real” name, which shed deputies recovered the body. and recovered the drowning • Aransas County game wardens fish violations. By the end of some light on his secretive- The victim appeared to have victim. The investigation into Jason Bussey, Charles Mayer, the night, the wardens seized a ness. He had no fishing license been in the water for at least the death continues. Scott McLeod and Brandi total of 64 red snapper, three and outstanding warrants in three to five days. The body was Reeder spent an entire week- king mackerel, a cobia and a Tarrant County. The man was taken to Tyler for an autopsy. BAD EXAMPLE OF CATCH AND end patrolling the Gulf of red drum — all either over the subsequently arrested. The investigation continues. RELEASE Mexico checking commercial daily bag limit or undersized. • A fishing boat in Sabine Pass DRINKING AND ESCAPING DON’T MIX TIRELESS WARDENS RECOVER BODY fled when Jefferson County • Denton County Game Warden • Burleson County Game Game Wardens Robbie Smith Ron VanderRoest responded to Warden Sophia Hiatt and Lee and Kirk Jenkins tried to stop a fight in progress at the Lake County Game Warden Victor it. During the chase, an indi- Ray Roberts Marina. Upon Gonzales were patrolling Lake vidual appeared to be dumping VanderRoest’s arrival, the 15 to Somerville by boat when they fish from the boat. The war- CROSSWORD SOLUTION FREE GAME GUARD HAT WHEN Crossword puzzle solution from page 15. YOU SUBSCRIBE TODAY! PLEASE SIGN ME UP FOR A SUBSCRIPTION TO Lone Star Outdoor News. I’ll receive 24 issues for only $25. That’s more than 40% off the newsstand price! My check, money order or credit card information is enclosed. CLIP AND MAIL THIS COUPON TO: LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS, 9304 Forest Lane, Suite 114 South, Dallas, TX 75243, or simply visit www.lonestaroutdoornews.com.

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parents must accompany children; ongoing and will cover more detail Golden Arrow Restaurant in Comanche, accompany children. The tournament HAVE AN EVENT from 5-7 p.m. at the Nature Center at each week. Parents must accompany Aug. 23; call John White at (325) runs from 8-11 a.m. at Brazos Bend Brazos Bend State Park. For more children. Call (903) 597-5338 for the 236-6726. State Park. Call Jennifer Killian at TO PUBLICIZE? information, call Jennifer Killian at times. (979) 553-5127 or the park at (979) (979) 553-5127 or the park at (979) AUG. 17: Dallas Safari Club’s monthly 553-5101. E-mail it to 553-5101. AUG. 13, 20, 27: Go Fishing with a meeting. Cocktails at 6:30 p.m., Ranger. After brief safety and basic followed by a 7:15 p.m. dinner at Aug. 20: Texas State Championship [email protected]. AUG. 13: An information session on skills instruction, children will get a Royal Oaks Country Club, 7915 Duck Calling Contest for 2005, Events must be open to the public. how to use popper flies to fish for chance to fish with a park ranger. A Greenville Ave., Dallas. Greg Bond will Sportman’s Warehouse in Lewisville. warm-water species will be held at 10 limited amount of fishing equipment present an Ethiopian Safari program. Registration begins at 9 a.m., contest AUG. 13: Snake Avoidance Clinic, a.m. at Orvis in Dallas at 8300 Preston (including poles and bait) is available The cost prior to Aug. 15 is $35 and at 10 a.m. Contestants must be Texas Round Rock. Sponsored by the Road, Suite 300. Fishing manager or you can bring your own. Adults must $15 for children under 12. For more residents and at least 17. For more Waterloo Retriever Club. Learn what to Haskell Strickle will lead the session. accompany small children or large information or to RSVP by Aug. 15, information, contact Newell do if your dog encounters a rattlesnake For more information, call (214) 265- groups. The event will take place from Call (972) 980-9800. Cheatheam, contest chairman at (281) in the field. Runs from 7 a.m. to 2 1600. 6-7 p.m. at Inks Lake State Park. For 392-2034 or [email protected]. p.m.; $45 per dog. For details, contact AUG. 17: Houston ISA Pipeline AUG. 13: Junior Angler Clinic and more information, call (512) 793- AUG. 20-21: Hunter Safety Course. Mike Walsh at (512) 388-1035 or visit 2223. Subsection’s Sporting Clay tournament www.waterloo-retriever.org. Family Fishing Celebration. Angler at American Shooting Center. Call Beau State approved and required course education program from 9-11 a.m., AUG. 15-23: Ducks Unlimited at (713) 465-7591. taught by park ranger Wendell AUG. 13: Ducks Unlimited Clay Shoot, followed by fishing from 11 a.m. to Volunteer Recruitment Meetings. Learn Barberee. Park entry fees will be waived Houston. Includes raffles, live auction noon at Buescher Lake, Buescher State more about the organization. Meetings AUG. 19-21: Texas Trophy Hunters for participants, but all other camping and food; at the American Shooting Park. Open to kids ages 6-13; parents are being held at the following sites: Extravaganza will be held at Will and facility fees apply. Bring a sack Center. To register, call Oliver Aldrich must accompany children. For more Rogers Auditorium in Fort Worth. Hours lunch on Saturday. Two-day course runs at (713) 464-9111. information, call (512) 237-2241. Abuelos in Midland, Aug. 15. For more are Friday, 5-10 p.m.; Saturday, 10 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Aug. 20 and information, call John White at (325) a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 from 12:30-5 p.m. Aug. 21 at Copper AUG. 13: Ducks Unlimited Clay Shoot, AUG. 13: Kids’ Wilderness Survival. 236-6726. p.m. Visit www.ttha.com. Breaks State Park. Participants must Lubbock. Fifty rounds of trap. The Survival is the art of staying alive and complete the entire course to be Lewis Class system will be used to even children can do it. Parents and Spring Creek Barbeque in Bedford, AUG. 20: Orvis in Dallas will host a talk certified; (940) 839-4331. determine winners in different classes. children will learn what to do if a child 6:30 p.m., Aug. 16. For more on what type of flies to use when Come out with your team of five and becomes lost in the woods or other information, call David Hornsby at fishing in Oklahoma. Resident expert AUG. 20: Basic Fly Fishing. Free class compete with others. Includes prizes outdoor environment. Learn what to (817) 267-3484. Rob Woodruff will give the talk at 10 for youth and adults, ages 10 and up. a.m. Also, Lab Rescue, a nonprofit and games; at Lubbock Shooting Club. take with you on a hike and tips on Doyle Convention Center, Aug. 16. For From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lake group, will be on hand at 8300 Preston For more information, call Mike keeping from getting lost. Runs from 9- more information, call Frank McKeg at Livingston State Park. For more Road, suite 300; (214) 265-1600. Stevens at (806) 745-5500. 10:30 a.m. at Cedar Hill State Park; (409) 945-7430. information, call the park at (936) reservations required. Call to confirm 365-2201. AUG. 13: Junior Angler Clinic and AUG. 20: Beginners Fishing the program at (972) 291-3900. Pearland Library, Aug. 17. For more Family Fishing Celebration. Youngsters Tournament. Enjoy a fun morning information, call Betsy Grubbs at (281) AUG. 27: Ducks Unlimited Clay Shoot. will be taught how to fish, then get a learning to fish at this free event. AUG. 13, 20, 27: Junior Angler Summer 997-7351. The El Paso Annual Fun Shoot will chance to practice what they learned. Fishing Clinic. This three-part clinic There will be instruction, giveaways feature fun and prizes. The event will There are prizes and fishing giveaways. includes junior angler activities for Casa Manana in Wichita Falls, Aug. and prizes. Some equipment provided be held at the El Paso Gun Club. For Loaner equipment available or bring children ages 6-16 and fishing at Tyler 22. For more information, call John or bring your own. The event is open to more information, call W. Middagh at your own tackle. Open to ages 8-13; State Park. The three events are White at (325) 236-6726. children ages 8-13; parents must (915) 549-6994. HEROES’ CORNER

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KONNER SMITH holds a 3-pound largemouth bass that he caught while fishing on a private pond with his dad, Kyle, near Floydada. They fished with top water plugs. Konner caught seven fish on a Baby Zara Spook over the drop-off JONATHAN ESTRADA of Weimer caught this 27-pound blue cat at a private tank of a grass bank. His outside Flatonia using a hot dog for bait. biggest, pictured here, weighed in at three pounds. His dad removed the fish from the line and was so busy that he claims he did not have time to fish. Konner was casting a Zebco Rhino RUSS FURCRON of Little Rock caught this largemouth at 33 rod and reel. Lake Fork using a 7-inch TIKI Lobster. LANCE VICK used a Rat-L-Trap to catch this 10.4-pound bass at Lake Fork.

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