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Anglers Quest Rayburn Team Series # 6
N Dee Williams & Kyle RawlinsonWins!
By Bill & Barbara Long
June 2, 2012 - Anglers Quest 2012 Sam Rayburn Saturday Series # 6 out o The Umphrey Pavilion in
Sam Rayburn, TX began this event with 90 teamed anglers showing up to fsh or the $5935.00 purse.
This 6th event o 2012 was started as a trailoring event at 5:55 am. The weigh in time was conducted
at 4:00 pm. Any Team entering 6 o the 8 Saturday series events at Sam Rayburn will automatically
qualiy or the 2-day Rayburn Team Championship. The top team in points ater all 8 events will be
declared the Anglers o the Year and will be awarded ree entries to all 2013 Rayburn Saturday Series
events. The Teams entering all 8 Rayburn Saturday Series events will automatically qualiy or all 3 o
the Lakes Individual Series 2-day Championships. Anyone qualiying or any A/Q Championship will be
allowed to enter the Tournament o Champions on October 20-21 at Lake Falcon.
Sam Rayburn water was in good shape at normal pool level with water temps running82-84 degrees. The weather at takeo was a windy 72 degrees with a warming to 91 degrees by weigh in
time. The fsh catching was decent on Big Sam today as there were 23 limits brought to the scales, or a
total o 145 bass at 339.63 lbs making the average bass brought to the scales today weigh 2.34 lbs.
The team o N Dee Williams & Kyle Rawlinson rom Cushing, TX ran their Ranger/Evinrude rom
The Boat Center in Flint, TX to north lake creek areas to catch their bass throwing Stanley swim jigs,
Carolina rigged worms & lizards along with top water bait, Yellow Magic in 2-15 t o water. They
managed to cull rom 20 keepers to nish in 1st place with 22.72 lbs or the win and made them
$1875.00 or their day on the water.
Ronald Slawson & Jerry Summers rom Leesville, LA ran their bass rig to north lake areas to catch
their limit o bass and bring 19.02 lbs to the scales to garner 2nd place. They collected $1000.00 or
their day on the water.The team o Chris McCall & Clayton Boulware ran their bass rig to north lake areas to catch their
bass throwing Santone Lures swim baits & Carolina rigs in 5-15 t o water. They managed to cull
several times to nish in 3rd with 18.61 lbs and made $800.00 or their day on the water.
Rusty Clark rom Sam Rayburn, TX & Cory Rambo rom Orange, TX ran their Ranger/Yamaha to north
lake areas to probe the ditches, drains & points with grass to bring 17.08 lbs to the scales. They nished in 4th
and collected $600.00 or their day on the water. For the 2nd tournament in a row Rusty Adcock rom Good
Ol Boys Outdoors.com was onboard with Rusty & Cory lming the action or your viewing on Fox channel 4.
The team o Ray Beck rom Beaumont, TX & Vince Oliva rom Nederland, TX nished in 5th with
14.89 lbs and took home $400.00 or their day on the water. The team o Ben Vaughn & Michael
Latham ran their bass rig to north lake areas to catch their bass throwing Carolina rigs in 5-15 t o
water. They managed to cull several times to nish in 6th with 14.63 lbs and made them $350.00 or
their day on the water. Moises Rubio & Allan Shivers had 14.28 lbs to nish in 7th and collect $220.00in this event. Robert Seals & Ed Sloat nished in 8th with 13.37 lbs and made $170.00 or their day
on the water. Randy Despino & Kevin Lasyone took home the 9th and last money spot o $150.00 with
12.53 lbs. The Big Bass o the event was brought to the scales by Clint & Will Kirby, it was a ne one
tipping the scales to 9.12 lbs to make them $150.00.
A/Q would like to give a special thanks to our sponsors who oer the Incentive Bonus dollars or our
anglers in the Anglers Quest Tournament Trail, Tiremax, Bowden Marine, Power Pole Captains Cash,
Solar Bat Sunglasses, Martels Rhino Bed Liners, Buster McNuttys Git Cards and PAA membership
N DeeWilliams& KyleRawlinsonculled from20 keepersto nish in1st placewith 22.72lbs.
Ronald Slawson& JerrySummers camein 2nd withtheir bag of shthat weighed19.02 lbs.
Chris McCall & Clayton Boulware nished in 3rdplace with their bag that weighed 18.61 lbs.
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bonus. Please read the qualifcations or these great incentives on our Anglers Quest website.
Anglers Quest will be on Lake Houston every Tuesday evening rom 6:00-9:15 pm. Come on out andsee i you can be the Big Dogs! On June 9th & 10th Anglers Quest will be at Kickapoo Bait & Tackle
on Lake Livingston or the 6th o 8 Saturday & Individual Series events. On June 23rd & 24th Anglers
Quest will be at Lake Houston Marina on Lake Houston or the 6th o 8 Houston Saturday & Individual
Series events. Anglers Quest will be back at The Pavilion at Sam Rayburn on July 7th & 8th or the 7th
o 8 Sam Rayburn Saturday & Individual Series events. Anglers Quest is now accepting credit cards.
Pre enter any event and you DO NOT have to report to the A/Q bus the morning o the events. Call Mr.
Bill or Barbara Long at 281-852-8842 or any inormation or entry. 2012 schedules & results or all
Anglers Quest series events are now available online at www.anglers-quest.com.
Anglers Quest suggest the use o these sponsors products & services: Automated Mailing Solutions,
Bowden Marine Sales & Service, Buster McNuttys, Check-It Stik, City o Jasper, TX-Chamber, CustomBuilt Awards, D&S Mobil RV Repair, Executive Security Integrators, Experience Lake Livingston,
Fishing World, Foster Fence Ltd, Humble Sign Co, Jasper Economic Development District # 1, J&C
Carts, Kickapoo Bait & Tackle, Lake Houston Marina, Lone Star Buet, Martels Welding Works, Power
Pole, Rayburn Country Resort, Royal Purple Synthetic Oil, Santone Lures, Solar Bat Sunglasses,
Superior Paint Works Inc., The Stump Restaurant & Club, Tiremax Fishing, Tri County Construction
Co., Vincent Tur Farms and Zapata Chamber o Commerce.
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Heat vs HealthSigns & symptoms o heat related illnesses
Many o us will be heading outside to have some un this
summer, or have to work on outside activities. It is important totake steps to avoid several heat related health issues.
Most o the health issues caused by heat can be avoided by rst
ocusing on avoiding dehydration. Dehydration is when your body
is losing more fuids than it is taking in. It is a common problem,
especially among young children.
The most common signs of dehydration are:
Thirst, cracked lips, dizziness or lightheadedness, dry sticky
mouth, extreme headache, nausea, producing less or darker urine,
atigue, and loss o appetite.
Most o us really enjoy a nice tall glass o iced tea or our avorite
sot drink. Surprisingly, these will only add to dehydration right
along with alcoholic beverages.
Try to get into a habit o drinking a large glass o water beore
heading outside or just being in the heat. Dont wait until your
body says youre thirsty. By then dehydration has already begun.
Continue drinking every 15 minutes or so. Sports drinks (such as
Gatorade) will help replenish sodium, electrolytes and potassium
that is lost when you sweat. Fruit drinks can contain too much
sugar and upset your stomach, especially i you are hot when
you drink them. Diluting ruit drinks with water will help prevent
stomach irritation.
Wear light clothing. People in the desert oten wear layers o
cotton clothing covering their body. This actually helps keep them
cool by protecting their skin rom the direct sun, and absorbing
sweat. As the air hits the moist clothing, it cools the skin underneath.
Dehydration can lead to kidney ailure i not treated, so pay
attention to your fuid intake!
Dehydration is not the only thing that can happen when
exposed to heat or extended periods o time.Heat exhaustion Although not the most serious problem,
heat exhaustion is the most common heat-related ailment. Heat
exhaustion happens when a person sweats a lot and does not drink
enough fuids or take in enough salt, or both.
Signs & symptoms: Sweaty, weak or tired, possibly giddy,
nausea, pale clammy skin
What to do: Rest in a cool place. Drink a sports drink to replace
electrolytes. Avoid caeinated beverages. I the person is vomiting
or ainting, get medical attention.
Heat stroke Heat stroke is the most serious health problem
or people out in the heat, but is not very common. It is caused bythe bodys ailure to regulate its core temperature. Sweating stops
and the body cannot get rid o excess heat. Victims will die unless
they receive proper treatment quickly.
Signs & symptoms: Mental conusion, delirium, ainting,
seizures, high body temperature, dry skin, possibly red or
bluish in color.
What to do: Call 9-1-1 immediately and ask or an ambulance.
Move victim to a cool area. Soak the victim with cool water. Fan
the victim to increase cooling.
Heat cramps Heat cramps are muscle spasms and can be
very painul. It happens when a person drinks a lot o water, but
does not replace salts lost rom sweating. It will usually happen in
muscles you have been using and are tired.
Signs & symptoms: Muscle spasms or cramps
What to do: Drink a sports drink with electrolytes.
Fainting Fainting usually happens to someone who is not
used to being in the hot environment and is not moving around
much. You need to move around and not stand still to reduce the
chances o ainting.
Signs & symptoms: Brie loss o consciousness, sweaty skin
What to do: Lie down in a cool place. I the victim does not
recover airly quickly, seek medical attention
Heat rash Heat rash is also sometimes called prickly heat.It can occur in hot and humid environments where sweat cannot
evaporate easily. When the area covered by the rash is large or i it
becomes inected, it may become extremely uncomortable. It can
be prevented by resting in a cool place and allowing the skin to dry.
Signs & symptoms: A rash, consisting o small pink or red
bumps. Itching.
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apply an over the counter lotion to help with pain and itching.
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Eagle Rock Energys 15th Annual CrappieTournament & Auction a Great Success
By Patty Lenderman
The lakes are bustling with various shing tournaments,
weekend warriors, summer vacationers and amilies. Included
in the mix was the 15th Annual Eagle Rock Energy Crappie
Tournament on June 2nd. In an event like this, the shing
tournament is only part o the story.Every year or 15 years now Eagle Rock Energy has headed up this
community event that includes a crappie fshing tournament, lunch,
fsh ry or dinner, and a live and silent auction. The purpose o the
tournament is to raise much needed unds or some hard working
entities that sorely need it. They include: Lakes Area Hospice,
Brookeland Youth Baseball & Sotball, Jasper Youth Shooting Sports
Association, and Vernon Parish TRIAD and Special Kids.
The crappie tournament was a team event, and a team could
consist o one or two individuals. More than one team could sh
out o the same boat, and each person was allowed to catch the
state limit o 25 crappie, but each team could only weigh in a
total o 10.For the second year in a row, the winners o the crappie
tournament were Joe Moorhead and Reese Sparrow. While
there have been other teams that have had the dubious honor
o winning this tournament two years in a row, no one has
accomplished three in a row. Moorhead and Sparrow looked like
they were up to the challenge to try to win it again next year!
All o the sh brought in were cleaned on site by volunteers
and then reshly ried along with French ries, hush puppies and
coleslaw or a ree dinner or everyone in attendance. Fred Rape
o Jasper Lawn Service coordinated the meals and workers to help
prepare and serve them. Nederland Sonic, Zummo Meat Company
o Beaumont, and Mrs. Bairds Bimbo Bakery o Beaumontcontributed as well. Balon Valves personnel took care o the
cooking or the sh ry.
There were many auction items donated by companies and
individuals which were displayed and everyone had an opportunity
to bid on the silent auction items. Once everyone enjoyed a
wonderul meal, Junior Shoner took the microphone and began the
After beingweighed in,the freshcaught crappiemade for anexcellent meal.
Keith Daniel
and JoshDaniel camein with thesmallesttrash sh andwon $50
Bobby andAllasonHalmon wasawarded $50for bringingin thelargest trashsh of thetournament.
Stephen O Brien and Anthony Waguspack caughtthe biggest crappie of them all and won $200
There were a vast array of auction items available thatwere donated by both businesses and individuals.
Between the shermen who brought the sh andeveryone who helped prepare the meal, it was ascrumptious dinner for everyone in attendance.
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bidding or the live auction. By the end o the evening, $38,450 had been raised with more donorscalling in with their monetary gits.
This annual event could not happen without the community support. We would like to thank
all o the anglers that shed in the tournament, the men and women who came and helped with set
up, registration, cooking, and serving the meals. A very special thanks to all o the businesses and
individuals who donated the auction items, and there were many. Thank you to Junior Schoner or
handling the auction and to the generous people who bought the items. This year we topped the unds
raised last year by several thousand dollars, and there are still monetary donations being brought in.
Eagle Rock is proud to support our community and will continue to hold this annual event as long asthe community supports it. Hope to see you all next year! Peggy West, Eagle Rock Energy.
The event is held in June every year at the Umphrey Family Pavilion. For more inormation please
contact Peggy West or Marleta Payne at (409) 698-9606
tHe remAINDer OF tHe stANDINgs Were:
2nd place Mike Wheatley and Lori Mott
3rd place Terry Watson & Gary Brasher
14th place Keith Daniel and Josh Daniel
15th place Michael Neighbors & Spencer Mitas
Largest Crappie Stephen OBrien and Anthony Waguspack
Largest Trash Fish: Bobby Halmon & Allason Halmon
Smallest Trash Fish: Keith Daniel and Josh Daniel
Congratulationsto MichaelNeighbors andSpencer Mitasfor winning 15thplace overall.
Lori Mott and Mike Wheatley (n/p) won 2nd place overall.
Congratulations to the winners Joe Moorhead andReese Sparrow! They have won two years in a row.
Congratulations toall of the winnersat the 15th AnnualEagle Rock CrappieTournament.
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Get Outdoors!
The Lake Sam Rayburn Nature Center (LSRNC) held its Grand Opening on June 9, 2012 in
conjunction with National Get Outdoors Day. LSRNC is a non-prot outdoor education center that has
been developed to connect children and their amilies to the outdoors. The grand opening ceremonies
were dedicated to the youth o East Texas, as they were deemed the dignitaries or perorming the
ribbon cutting.
A special fag ceremony was perormed by Boy Scouts o America and local Girl Scouts o San
Jacinto County. Many agencies were on hand to provide visitors with hands-on activities. Texas Parks
& Wildlie Department provided the Operation Game Thie Wall o Shame, wildlie & sh exhibits,
kayaking, and archery. The US Forest Service gave several presentations on bats, trees, wildre, snakes,
and insects. Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl posed or pictures and sang the Rubbish Rot Rap. Otherpresenters included the US Army Corp o Engineers, Living Water Equine Services, Rayburn North
End Guide Services, Texas Forest Service, Wood Creek Kennels, and National Wild Turkey Federation.
Sponsors included Academy, Coca Cola, Ross Motor Sports, Colemans, and Brookshire Brothers.
The nature centers goal is to get kids and amilies back outdoors, enjoying and appreciating nature
and its benets. LSRNC provides activities that ocus on outdoor education and recreation, such
as canoeing, shing, sh ID, aquatic explorations or macro invertebrates, eld investigations or
everything rom animal tracks to plant ID, and more. See the Childrens Summer Events schedule or
more opportunities to get outdoors this summer.
LSRNC is located at the Caney Creek Recreation Area in the Angelina National Forest, outside
o Zavalla, o HWY 63 and FM 2743. The nature center is open Tuesday Saturday rom
9:00 am 5:00 pm. Camping and boat ramp acilities are open 24-hours every day. LSRNC is
supported by recreation ees, activity ees, and tax-deductible donations. For more inormation, visit
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Visitors to the Grand Opening o Lake Sam Rayburn Nature Center enjoy archery, as they receiveinstruction rom volunteers rom Living Water Equine Services.CHILDRENS SUMMER EVENTS
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July 11 Do Princesses Wear Hiking Boots? Enjoy this popular childrens book
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July 18 Do Princesses Really Kiss Frogs? Enjoy hearing Carmela Coyles bookduring story-time; pack your water shoes or un hands-on aquatic investigations.
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Anglers Quest Rayburn Individual Series # 6
Brian BranumWins!
By Bill & Barbara Long
June 3, 2012 - Anglers Quest 2012 Sam Rayburn Individual Series # 6 out o The Umphrey Pavilion
in Sam Rayburn, TX began their event with 15 anglers showing up to fsh or the $1340.00 purse.
This 6th event o 2012 was started as a trailoring event at 5:55 am. The weigh in time was conducted
at 3:30 pm. Any Individual entering 6 o the 8 Individual series at Sam Rayburn will automatically
qualiy or the 2-day Rayburn Individual Championship. The top Individual in points ater all 8
events will be declared the Angler o the Year and will be awarded ree entries to all 2013 Rayburn
Individual Series events. The Individuals entering all 8 Rayburn Individual series events will
automatically qualiy or all 3 o the Lakes Individual Series 2-day championships. Any Individual
qualiying or any A/Q Championship will be allowed to enter the Tournament o Champions on
October 20-21 at Lake Falcon.Sam Rayburn water was in good shape at normal pool level with water temps running 82-84
degrees. The weather at takeo was a calm 74 degrees with a warming to 91 degrees by weigh in time.
The sh catching was decent on Big Sam today as there were 3 limits brought to the scales, or a total
o 28 bass at 67.22 lbs making the average bass brought to the scales today weigh 2.40 lbs.
Brian Branum rom Sam Rayburn, TX ran his Skeeter/Mercury bass rig to north lake points over
grass & brush to catch his bass throwing Santone & homemade lures Texas rigged in 6-15 t o water.
Brian managed to catch 8 keepers to nish in 1st place with 15.14 lbs and made himsel $700.00 or
his day on the water.
Clayton Boulware rom Zavalla, TX ran his Nitro/Mercury bass rig to north lake creeks to nish
his day in 2nd with 5 bass at 14.44 lbs. Clayton also had the big bass o the day at 6.02 lbs and
collected $450.00. He also took over Angler o the year status with 2 events let this year. Scott Gillrom DeRidder, LA nished in 3rd place with his 5 bass limit that weighed 9.40 lbs., he collected
$115.00 or his eorts.
A/Q would like to give a special thanks to our sponsors who oer the Incentive Bonus dollars
or our anglers in the Anglers Quest Tournament Trail, Tiremax, Bowden Marine, Power Pole
Captains Cash, Solar Bat Sunglasses, Martels Rhino Bed Liners, Buster McNuttys git cards
and PAA membership bonus. Please read the qualications or these great incentives on our
Anglers Quest website.
Anglers Quest will be on Lake Houston every Tuesday evening rom 6:00-9:15 pm. Come on out and
see i you can be the Big Dogs! On June 9th & 10th Anglers Quest will be at Kickapoo Bait & Tackle
on Lake Livingston or the 6th o 8 Saturday & Individual Series events. On June 23rd & 24th Anglers
Quest will be at Lake Houston Marina on Lake Houston or the 6th o 8 Houston Saturday & Individual
Series events. Anglers Quest will be back at The Pavilion on Sam Rayburn on July 7th & 8th or the 7th
Brian Branumwon thetournament withhis nice bag ofsh that weighed15.14 lbs.
Clayton Boulwarecame in 2nd withhis limit of sh that
weighed 14.44lbs. which includedthe big bass ofthe tournament,a nice 6.02 pounder.
Pictured left to right - Clayton Boulware (2nd),Brian Branum (1st) and Scott Gill (3rd).
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o 8 Sam Rayburn Saturday & Individual Series events. Anglers Quest is now accepting credit cards.
Pre enter any event and you DO NOT have to report to the A/Q bus the morning o the events. Call
Mr. Bill or Barbara Long at 281-852-8842 or any inormation or entry. 2012 schedules & results or
all Anglers Quest series events are now available online at www.anglers-quest.com.
Anglers Quest suggest the use o these sponsors products & services: Automated Mailing Solutions,
Bowden Marine Sales & Service, Buster McNuttys, Check-It Stik, City o Jasper, Tx-Chamber, Custom
Built Awards, D&S Mobil RV Repair, Executive Security Integrators, Experience Lake Livingston,
Fishing World, Foster Fence Ltd, Humble Sign Co, Jasper Economic Development District # 1,J & C Carts, Kickapoo Bait & Tackle, Lake Houston Marina, Lone Star Buet, Martels Welding
Works, Power Pole, Rayburn Country Resort, Royal Purple Synthetic Oil, Santone Lures, Solar Bat
Sunglasses, Superior Paint Works Inc., The Stump Restaurant & Club, Tiremax Fishing, Tri County
Construction Co., Vincent Tur Farms and Zapata Chamber o Commerce.
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Toledo Bend catsh regulations changed last year to no minimum length limit or channel and
blue catsh with a bag limit o 50 sh (no more than ve sh may be 20 or greater). This regulation
diers rom Texas statewide regulations o a 12 minimum length limit and a bag limit o 25 sh.
Toledo Bend catsh regulations were changed as part o an agreement between Texas and Louisianato make shing regulations on Toledo Bend the same or both the Texas and Louisiana sides one set
o rules or one lake. Now shing regulations or all species o sh are the same or both sides. So now
that we are operating under new rules, where do we stand in regards to catsh?
Texas Parks and Wildlie conducts creel surveys on Toledo Bend every other year to estimate overall
shing eort, harvest, size o sh harvested, and the amount o eort directed at certain sh species.
TPWD just completed a creel survey on Toledo Bend that may help answer the question o whether
the new catsh regulations are a good thing or not. We are aware that most o the catsh harvest that
takes place is rom trotlines and juglines, what we call passive gear. Our creel surveys only sample rod
and reel shermen. None-the-less, it appears that the overall catsh population on Toledo Bend is in
pretty good shape.
O all the rod and reel shermen we interviewed while shing (> 500) only 2.5% o them weretargeting catsh (again a lot more catsh shermen exists, but as passive gear shermen). We can
iner quite a bit rom these shermen and how they did. An estimated 12,200 channel and blue catsh
were caught during a six month period that we conducted our creel survey. Based on the amount o
shing eort that was devoted by shermen an estimated our catsh were caught or every hour that
was spent shing, which is a very good catch rate. The catch rate tells us that we have very abundant
catsh population.
Is the part o the regulation that limits harvest to only ve sh that can be > 20 needed?
Biologically speaking maybe not, but overall it may have some positive benets. Based on gill net
sampling results we do not have a dicult time catching 20 catsh, especially blue catsh that reach
larger sizes than channel catsh. As o now our data does not suggest that larger sh are in danger
o being overshed, however with the new increased bag limit (especially or passive gear shermen)that case could possibly change. There is also a strong desire by catsh shermen to have realistic
opportunities to catch larger sh when they go shing, so the ve sh > 20 helps to ensure that
expectation is there. We know that the majority o harvested rod and reel catsh are in the 10-14
range. This is likely a unction o the size o the majority o the sh out there as opposed to what the
preerred size o sh that is to be kept. The biggest concern that we have is the age o the sh. On
Toledo Bend it takes an average o 4 years or both channel and blue catsh to reach 12. That isnt
the end o the world, but it is not stellar growth rates. The increase in the bag limit and eliminating
the minimum length limit should increase harvest and reduce the population o smaller sh,
allowing or more rapid growth to larger sizes.
We have collected some inormation rom passive gear shermen and so ar the results are both
promising and corresponds to our gill net surveys. Passive gear shermen readily catch catsh >20, in act hal o the passive gear caught catsh we observed were > 20. O all the passive gear
shermen we interviewed on average each shing party had to release on average 21 catsh / day
due to them being over the 5 sh > 20 limit. This tells us that there is no shortage o 20 catsh
and quite possibly we need to reevaluate this regulation. That is not to say some protective measures
may be needed or larger sh, but there is no need to be over restrictive. Texas Parks and Wildlie
is continuing to gather more age data or larger sh, collecting data rom passive gear shermen
to determine catch rates o larger sh, and evaluating the opinions o shermen on what uture
regulations will work best or them. Toledo Bend is a world class shery and I oresee it as being one
or years to come.
As always, i you should have any questions concerning this article or have any other shery
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Freeman bags 68-15 toWinFLW EverStart Series - Texas Division
By Jim Binns
The FLW EverStart Series Texas Division, hosted bySabine-Parish Tourist Commission &
Sabine River Authority (SRA), held its third o our stops or the 2012 season on May 31 June
2, 2012 at Toledo Bend Reservoir and it turned out to be a real shoot-out. When the smoke cleared
legendary pro Glen Freeman o Converse, Louisiana nished in the Pro-Angler top spot and Scott
Bailey o Longview won the Co-Angler division. Heres what took place ..
Thursday- It was an exciting morning at beautiul Cypress Bend Park and the area was a beehive
o activity. The American fag waved gently in the breeze, a prayer was delivered or the saety o all
contestants and the National anthem was played. It was denitely a special moment or all. The FLW
EverStart Series Texas Division event kicked o with a 6am launch as the 113 pro anglers and their
respective co-anglers launched their colorul shing rigs and headed or honey holes on variousparts o the sprawling 185,000 acre lake. Toledo Bend was about two eet low and rumored to be in a
typical post-spawn pattern with many dierent shing techniques coming into play.
At mid-morning, Mother Nature showed us why you need a good set o raingear as a weather system
swept through the area with gusty winds and lots o rain. But the unsettled weather and dropping
barometer was a bonus or some anglers because it triggered the bass and showed just how good
Toledo Bend can be.
Pro Angler Division - Texas pro Tim Reneau, topped the rst days standings by placing a
whopping ve bass limit weighing 26-10 on the weigh-in scales. Reneaus rst bass o the day was a
9-pounder ollowed by a 7-pounder. WOW! It was an early bite or Reneau and most o his sh were
caught over deep grass in about 20-22 eet on a lure he invented a 1 -ounce Lateral Perch. This
hybrid jig has a lead head and a body that sinks rom side to side like a wounded bream.Louisiana pro George Jeane Jr. placed second with a 25-12 limit and a kicker bass that weighed
a whopping 13-4. This catch is in sixth-place on the list o heaviest fsh caught in FLW competition.
The bass was caught o a brush pile at mid-day on a Texas-rigged watermelon/candy Berkley Havoc
Bottom Hopper. Jeane only had fve keeper bites all day but they were the good ones. LaMonte Loyd, o
Gilmer, Texas tied Jeane with a bag weighing 25-12 and his bass were suspended in trees on a hump
in 25 eet o water. He used a custom painted (bream pattern) deep diving crankbait. David Harvey, o
Beaumont, Texas caught a limit weighing 25-10 o main lake ledges or ourth place by using a Big
Bite Creek Creature (tilapia color) on a Carolina rig and big worms rigged Texas style. Harold Allen, o
Shelbyville, La. caught an even 24 pounds to take fth place and in his bag was a 9-6 toad. Allen fshed
Texas-rigged 10- and 11-inch worms slowly o main lake ledges in about 25 eet o water.
Rounding out the top-10 pro leaders were: 6th: Glen Freeman, o Converse, La., 22-11, 7th: Russell
Cecil, o Willis, Texas, 20-09, 8th: Ryan Pinkston, o Center, Texas, 19-11, 9th: Bert Thompson, o
Benton, La., 19-11, 10th: Phil Marks, o Dallas, Texas, 19-8
Glenn Freeman proudly showing a nice 8 pound
kicker that made his nal day bag weigh a totalof 24-12 lbs. He had a 3 day limit of 68-15.
Glenn Freeman of Converse,Louisiana nished in thePro-Angler top spot.
Glenn Freeman with his two biggest supporters(wife LeAnn Freeman and daughter Jackie Freeman).
Scott Bailey, of Longview, Texas- winner of the Co-Angler Division
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Co-Angler Division - Benny Aylor, o Round Rock, Texas paired with Trinity, Texas, pro David
Curtis or a limit weighing 16-4 and led the eld. Most o his bass were taken o a ledge on a
Tennessee Shad color Norman DD22 crankbait and a shaky head tted with a 10 -inch Yum Money
Worm. Ronald Milton, o Maurepas, La. took second with 14-6 while Gary Reimers, o Taylor, Texas
placed third with 14-1. Bennie Anderson, o Grand Prairie, Texas and Kerry Barnett, o Waldron, Ark.
tied or ourth with 13-5.
Rounding out the top-10 co-angler leaders were: 6th: Steve Corbin, o Bacli, Texas, 12-10, 6th: Buddy
Hicks, o Port Neches, Texas, 12-10, 8th: Howard Hartley, o Berwick, La., 12-0, 9th: Elton Brock, o Denton,
Texas, 11-10, 10th: Kenny Moser, o Alba, Texas, 11-6.
George Jeane Jr.took Snickers Big Bass honors with a lunker weighing 13-4. Six stringersover 20 pounds were brought to the scales with the pros catching 61 limits and the co-anglers
adding 18.
Friday -Anglers were greeted by bright skies and strong winds that made the open water look
like the Gul o Mexico. I was on the water and I assure you that the waves were raging white-caps
that sometimes exceeded ve to six eet in height. This severely hurt the chances o many open water
anglers and those wanting to sh distant locations just couldnt get saely to their spots. But this eld
o anglers adapted ast.
Pro Angler Division - David Harvey caught a limit weighing 20-1 that gave him a two-day total
o 45-11. He caught his bass in open water on a Carolina rig and a drop-shot rig using a Big BiteBaits trick worm.
Glen Freeman, o Converse, La. is always tough regardless o the weather. Freeman was the only
other pro angler to break 20 pounds on both days as he brought 21-8 to the scales or a second place
two-day total o 44-3. Freeman shed deep ledges and points with jigs and sot plastics and his all
day bite produced about 15 keepers. LaMonte Loyd, o Gilmer, Texas nished third with a limit o bass
weighing 18-1 or a total o 43-13. He worked humps in 22 eet o water with his custom-painted deep
diving crankbait, a Texas-rigged Berkley Power Worm and a Combat jig with a Sweet Beaver. Tim
Reneau dropped to ourth place with 13-15 with a total o 40-9. He caught his bass on ootball jigs
(Strike King/Rage Craw trailer) o deep water ledges. George Jeane Jr. shed reaction baits and caught
a limit o 13-9 or a two-day total o 39-5 and th place.
Rounding out the top-10 pro leaders were: 6th: Russell Cecil, o Willis, Texas, 35-9, 7th: RyanPinkston, o Center, Texas, 35-3, 8th: James Elliott, o Center, Texas, 34-3, 9th: Phil Marks, Dallas,
Texas, 33-10, 10th: Kris Wilson, o Montgomery, Texas, 33-10
Co-Angler Division - Scott Bailey, o Longview, Texas caught a heavy sack weighing 24-6 that
moved him rom 13th place to 1st with a two-day total o 34-2. His catch included a lunker weighing
7-pound, 3-ounces. His bass were caught over ledges in 22-24 eet on a Carolina rig (4-oot leader)
with a redbug color Zoom Dead Ringer. He caught ve keeper bass during the day.
Kerry Barnett, o Waldron, Ark. placed second with 26-6, Benny Aylor, o Round Rock, Texas dropped
to third with 26-4, James Callaghan, o De Berry, Texas was ourth with 25-15, and Buddy Hicks, o
Port Neches, Texas took th with 22-5.
Rounding out the top-10 co-angler leaders: 6th: Mark Howard, o Mesquite, Texas, 21-12, 7th:
Bennie Anderson, o Grand Prairie, Texas, 19-13, 8th: Kenny Moser, o Alba, Texas, 18-2, 9th: RandyHicks, o Lumberton, Texas, 18-0, 10th: Neil Herline, o Silsbee, Texas, 17-8
James Callaghan took the Snickers Big Bass award with bass weighing 8-4. Pro anglers caught 50 limits
and the co-anglers added 16.
Saturday Only the top 10 pros and top 10 co-anglers competed on day three and the 3pm weigh-
in was held at the Many, Louisiana Wal-Mart. It was an exciting time or all as the crowds cheered or
each contestant as they weighed in their sh.
Pro-Angler Division To be a winner in these events you need to be versatile, knowledgeable
and persistent. Glen Freeman showed all o these traits in winning the FLW EverStart Series Texas
Division in grand style by a margin o 9 1/2 pounds. Despite the bright skies, wind and changing
conditions, Freeman managed to bring in bags o bass that weighed 22-11, 21-8 and 24-12 or each
o the tournament days and had a tournament total o 68-15. Freemans nal day bag, when all thechips were on the line, was (1) the biggest o the day, (2) he was the only pro angler that weighed
in a 20+ pound bag each day and (3) did I mention that in that nal bag was an 8-pound kicker?
That is impressive!
There is an old saying that the early bird gets the worm and in this case it applied to bass shing.
Freeman caught all o his sh on timbered ridges in the mid-lake area and the bite was basically
over ater the rst couple o hours. On Day One the sh seemed to be in the 20-25 oot depths, on Day
Two they moved to a 15-20 oot depth and on the Day Three Freeman caught them in the 8-12 oot
range. Freeman used a Shimano 7-oot rod coupled to a Shimano reel and used 17-pound Seaguar
fuorocarbon to work his Texas-rigged 10 -inch blue feck Yum MightEE worm (-oz. slip-sinker)
and a -oz. Booyah ootball jig (green pumpkin skirt with some strands o purple). The areas he
shed were pure structure no grass, but having deepwater nearby was the key. Freeman also gave
much credit to his Ranger boat and Yamaha outboard motor that was able to get him saely to and
rom his shing locations. Glen Freeman is certainly one o the quality pros in our sport today.
Del Rio, Texas pro Tim Reneau made a strong comeback by weighing in a nice bag weighing 18-14
that gave him second place with 59-7. Heavy winds hampered Reneau rom working his Lateral Perch
(green tail perch color) on day two, but on the nal day he was able to use the Lateral Perch and a
ootball jig with a Strike King Rage Craw trailer to complete his limit. Great job Tim!
David Harvey, o Beaumont, Texas started the nal morning in rst place ater weighing in bags
o 25-10 and 20-1, but on the nal day he had a limit o bass weighing 12-9 and took third place
with 58-4. Harvey used a Carolina rig with Big Bite worms and an Oldham ootball jig with a Big Bite
Creature or his sh. Lamonte Loyd, o Gilmer, Texas caught a limit weighing 11-6 to nish ourth
with 55-3. Baits o choice or this ne angler were the Strike King Series 6XD crankbait and his own
custom painted bream pattern crankbait. Ryan Pinkston, o Center, Texas, used a Bomber Fat FreeShad and a Strike King 6XD to get a limit weighing 16-14 or a total weight o 52-1.
Rounding out the top-10 pro leaders: 6th: James Elliott, o Center, Texas, 52-1, 7th: Russell Cecil, o
Willis, Texas, 51-5, 8th: George Jeane Jr., o Evans, La., 49-7, 9th: Kris Wilson, o Montgomery, Texas,
48-8, 10th: Phil Marks, o Dallas, Texas, 40-11
Co-Angler Division Scott Bailey, o Longview, Texas is a quiet guy but he carries a big stick.
Going into the nal day he led the co-angler competition by a 7-pound, 12-ounce margin. On the
nal day he weighed in 11-15 or a total o 46-1 which was nearly nine pounds ahead o his nearest
competitor. On the nal day Bailey used a Carolina rig on his starting spot and then he and his
partner ran to the southern part o the lake and worked grass with a Texas rig to nish out their
limits. The Carolina rig had a 1-ounce weight, 4-oot leader and a red bug Zoom Dead Ringer or bait.
The Texas rig had a -ounce tungsten weight with a watermelon blue fake Gene Larew Salt Craw.Benny Aylor, o Round Rock, Texas led day one with a 16-pound, 4-ounce bag, but nished second
in the event with 37-2. Aylor shed a Carolina rig with 8-inch green pumpkin lizards and Yum
Pumpkin Ed jigs with a 10 -inch green pumpkin worm trailer. Kerry Barnett, o Waldron, Ark.
caught 6-13 and took third with 33-3. James Callaghan caught two keepers or 3-2 and took ourth
with 29-1. Neil Herline o Silsbee, Texas nished th with 27-8.
Rounding out the top-10 co-angler leaders: 6th: Randy Hicks, o Lumberton, TX, 26-15, 7th: Kenny
Moser, o Alba, TX, 26-13, 8th: Buddy Hicks, o Port Neches, TX, 25-8, 9th: Mark Howard, o Mesquite, T X,
23-8, 10th: Bennie Anderson, - Grand Prairie, TX, 22-9
A tip o the shing cap to FLW and all o its ne olks or putting together such a great event. And a
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The other day a riend said hello and that he
enjoyed the article I had written on nutria rats. I
told him that I didnt remember writing one onthat, and ater checking I had not. As a result this
months article will cover some o the biology,
history and management o the nutria.
The nutria (Myocastor coypus) is a large semi
aquatic vegetarian rodent covered with a dense
grayish brown ur. It is awkward and clumsy looking
on land, but can actually move quite well. It does
not see well , and compensates with a good sense
o hearing. When scared the nutria will head to the
closest water and swim away underwater or lay on
the bottom. The nutria reproduces very quickly and
can have up to 3 litters o 1 to 13 young (called kits)
per year. For cover they will build circular platorms
o compacted vegetation or burrow into levees,
dikes, or other embankments. They live primarily in
reshwater marshes, wetlands, and water bodies.
Nutria are native to South America primarily
in Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. They havebeen introduced into many continents including
North America, Europe, Arica, and Asia. They were
introduced primarily or the ur industry on ur
arms and then escaped to the wild. Nutria rst
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introduced into Louisiana in the 1930s and escaped
as a result o a hurricane destroying pens. They can
now be ound over the Eastern two thirds o Texas.
Most places in the US where they occur, nutria
are considered pests. This is due in part to their
eating habits. They eat vegetation preerring the
base, rhizomes, and roots o a plant. Nutria are
voracious eaters eating as much as 25% o their
body weight every day which can cause eat outs.
These eat outs are areas where the vegetation
has been removed creating problems or other
wildlie and humans. The other part o the pest
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water control structures.
Control o nutria is being accomplished by
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Department o Wildlie and Fisheries has even
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In addition, newer methods such as promoting
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example the meat is sold in markets in Russia,
China, and Korea. The meat is similar to rabbit
or dark turkey. Louisiana has ollowed suit and
begun eorts to raise interest in nutria or meat
and ur.
The nutria has been introduced into the United
States rom South America and due to the abilityto reproduce quickly and take advantage o a
diversity o habitat types has spread widely. Many
agencies and places have begun to mange nutria
populations and the situation has come ull circle
with one possible solution being the cause. For
more inormation contact your local biologist or
consult a website created by Louisiana Department
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Thibodeaux and BennettWinUp & Coming Outdoors night tournamentBy Travis Merritt
Up and Coming Outdoors hosted its frst tournamento the 2012 Toledo Bend Night Series June 2, 2012.The skies were clear when the 60 boats took to ToledoBend rom Big Bass Marina on Saturday night. As themoon started to rise, so did the wind, which causedsome the teams to abandon their primary locationsand search or protected areas o o the main lake.Despite the wind, the fshing was good or several teamswho brought nice stringers to the scales under the newcovered pavilion at Big Bass Marina. There were 20 plusfsh over fve pounds weighed in, including one that wasalmost ten pounds. Merritt said many teams had one ortwo really good fsh in their bags but had two or threesmall fsh that kept the weights down or the night.
Patience paid o or Shannon Thibodeaux and JanieBennett, o Hemphill, Texas. The team took the earlypoints lead and won $2,230.00 or their fve fsh weighing26.35 lbs. The team fshed one location all night andonly caught 6 keepers in eight hours o fshing. It was2:10 AM when Thibodeaux and Bennett caught theirourth keeper o the night which was barely ourteeninches. Then, about 2:30 AM, Shannon culled it with a
fve pounder. Thibodeaux and Bennett fshed the southo the lake in Shannons Mercury powered Champion.The team reported catching their fsh on black and blueOle Monster worms with 3/8 ounce weight in 18 to 20eet o water. Shannon and Janie would like to thankBusch Beer and Real Tree Energy Drinks or their support.Thibodeaux said, The Real Tree Energy Drinks were akey to our success. It kept us alert throughout the nightwaiting on those critical bites.
Cole Stewart and Rustin McClelland took secondplace honors with a nice fve bass limit weighing 20.68pounds. Stewart and McClelland got o to a great start,
catching their three heaviest fsh beore dark but thingsslowed down once the sun went down or the youngteam rom Hemphill, Texas. Cole reported only catching
two more keepers the rest o the night. The team wasdead sticking Ole Monster worms and ounce ootballjigs in 20 to 25 eet o water on points. Stewart andMcClelland reported fshing three dierent areas on thesouth end o the lake rom their Johnson powered KingFisher bass boat. Cole and Rustin won $960.00 or theeorts and are in position to take over the points leadwith a good fnish at the next tournament June 16th.
Fishing slow and a limited number o spots seemedto be the secret to Saturday night and it paid o orperennial threats Thomas Jordan and Keith Shell. Theteam weighed in the only other bag over 20 poundsand grabbed third place and $1,235.00 or the night onthe Bend. The teams 20.01 lb bag included the BuschBeer Big Bass o the Tournament which weighed animpressive 9.72 lbs. Jordan and Shell won $295.00 orbig bass plus $200.00 cash and a KVD mirror romBusch Beer to go with their $740.00 or third place.Shell said they caught their fsh on red bug brush hogsin 13 to 17 eet o water. The team had a productivenight catching 15 to 20 keepers rom their Tritonboat powered by Mercury.
The sibling team o Brent and Ryan Kegly oLake Charles, LA bucked the status quo and fshedmultiple locations at a aster pace to secure ourthplace Saturday night. Team Kegly started the nighto cranking Norman DD22s in 10 to 15 eet owater and then switched to green pumpkin ounceootball jigs. Unlike most o the teams I spoke with,Brent and Ryan caught over 30 fsh during the night.Brent reported culling through 20 to 25 keepers toamass their 19.92 lbs stringer. Team Kegly fshed themid lake area o Toledo Bend out o Brents Yamahapowered Skeeter ZX250. 5th Aaron Wilson/Joe Paddy
- 19.66; 6th Dustin Robinson/William DoodleDowden 18.53; 7th Gary Glende/Bobby Feazel 18.27; 8th Tim Merriman/Roger Twig 16.47;
9th Tony Coburn/Shane Cormier 16.34; 10th BrianCore/ Tom Roberts -15.45.
Up and Coming Outdoors would like to thank allthe anglers who fshed with us this weekend and inviteeveryone to fsh our next tournaments on June 16, June30, July 7, July 28 and August 4 at Big Bass Marina. For
more inormation on Up and Coming Outdoors nightseries go to www.upandcomingoutdoors.com. Specialthanks to our sponsors Busch Beer, Real Tree EnergyDrinks, Power Pole, V&M Baits, Cyclone Lures, SouthwestBeverage, Fontenot and Fontenot Law Firm, AmericanRodsmiths, Pro Screen, and Big Bass Marina.
Winners ShannonThibodeaux andJanie Bennett
Robert Newlanpresenting Thomas
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muscADINe - AmerIcAs FIrst grApe
By Bill TalcottJasper Master Gardener
Bill Talcott has the largest muscadine vineyard in the state
of Texas, about halfway between Jasper and Kirbyville. All
Jasper master gardener classes get a practice lesson in pruning
every January. Anyone with more questions about growing
muscadine grapes is welcome to call Maste r Gardener Bill
Talcott at 409-382-3317.
Muscadine, Americas First Grape
How many o you have heard your grandparents talk o making
wine or jelly rom the native muscadine grape ound in the
surrounding orests in East Texas? Many o you have tried both
wine and jelly, and i you are a native southerner, chances are you
have shaken a vine or two to collect grapes and taste its distinct
sweet favor.
Sometimes reerred to as a picnic grape because o its seeds
and thick skins (not something you would want to try in a ormal
setting), muscadine is a native grape that once was ound hanging
rom the orests canopy throughout the Southeastern U.S. NativeAmericans and newly arriving Europeans ound the grape t rom
Texas to Virginia.
Timber management practices over the last 30-40 years have
reduced the once abundant berry, but have no ear, the muscadine
grape still lives in small gardens, landscapes and even vineyards
throughout the south.
Currently there are over 300 dierent cultivars (species) being
grown in the southeast. This grape known or its thick skin but
unusual avor, and is beginning to get a lot o attention as a
super ruit. Studies by ood chemists show that it is high in
phytochemicals, which are anti-cancer ghting mechanisms.
The muscadine grape contains a sucient amount o resveratrol,
widely thought to be an overall health-promoting compound, and
one o natures richest sources o polyphenolic antioxidants.
How can you grow your own muscadine grapes?The
vines are airly easy to grow once you get them started. There are
two ways to plant the grape: bare-rooted or a potted plant. Both
ways can be successul i a ew guidelines are ollowed.
Muscadines need ull sunlight so pick your site so that it
receives ull sun most o the day. Soil should be well-drained sandyloam. Muscadines do not like to have their eet wet so the soil must
not hold water or even a short period o time.
Soil pH should be around 6. I in doubt, check with your
local extension agent about a soil test (also available at most local
eed stores) which will give you the necessary steps to correct any
soil nutrition deciency.
I planting apotted plant, dig the hole about twice the size o
the container and plant the vine about the same depth as the pot.
I planting a bare rooted plant, dig a trench about 6 deep, lay
the bare roots within the trench, cover and pack the soil around
the roots. Most planting should be done in the dormant season
(winter), but a potted plant can usually be replanted successully
almost any time o year i watered regularly.
Several things you need to keep in mind when planting
muscadines: they aredioecious, which means they usually havemale and emale fowers on dierent plants, but some plants have
both male and emale fowers (sel-pollinating). A emale plant
would need a pollinator to product ruit. Check the variety o
plants you plan to grow and make sure you have either a self-
fertile plant or plant a male plant close to the female plant
to act as a pollinator.
Muscadines are generally pollinated by the wind so insects do
not play a big role in the pollination process. Planting spacing will
be determined by the amount o space you have in your landscape.
The plants need room to grow and a spacing o at least 10-20 t
apart is desirable with at least 6 t. between rows.They can be put on an arbor, but the maintenance required
in accessing during pruning may limit productivity; thereore
trellising is the more common way o growing the vine. This can
be accomplished by stretching a wire (12 gauge or larger) between
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posts about 5 o the ground, which gives the vine something to grow and run on. Planted at the base
o the post give it something to attach to.
Once the plant has reached the top o the post and the wire, the tip should be cut to orce the vine
to produce lateral shoots which can be trained to grow both directions along the wire. Train by tying
vines loosely along the wire, keeping any lateral shoots rom the ground to the wire pruned o as
the vine grows.
Once the vine has been trained, each dormant season the lateral shoots a long the wire should
be pruned back to about 4-6 inches, or 5-6 buds. This allows next years growth to produce ruit or
harvest. Failure to prune each year will result in a reduced crop.Fertilize by applying a well balance blend o ertilizer (13-13-13) through June, somewhere
between to lb o ertilizer per plant, each month during growing season, in a two oot area
around the plant, increasing the radius as the plant gets older.
Water should be applied on a regular basis ater planting. The muscadine is airly drought
resistant even when we had drought conditions as we did in 2011. The plant will start budding in
early March, start to fower in early May, and ruit begin to ripen in August. One caution is that the
grape does not continue to ripen after it is picked.What you pick is what you get.
Yields are 20 to 70 lbs per plant on a mature 6 year old plant. Plant lie expectancies are rom 20 to
50+ years. The muscadine is relatively insect and disease resistant so spraying is usually not necessary
unless there is some small lea insect problem, then a generic insecticide (labeled or edible crops)
can be used.
The muscadine is also a wildlie ood so you may have to make necessary precautions against deer,
raccoons, possums and birds. The ruit is ormed in clusters and ripens at various intervals; thereore
you may have to pick the ruit over several weeks as each individual grape ripens. Overall the plant is
airly maintenance ree except or annual pruning and general care.
There are many recipes or the muscadine including wine, jelly, jams, and juice. So grow, pick and
enjoy, and who knows you may be the next individual to appear on Dr. Oz giving your testimony
about the benet o Americas First Grape, the muscadine.
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Flutter Spoon And Jig TakeChapman To Bassmaster Elite Title
When it comes to winning techniques o the Bassmaster Elite pros, you can usually expect the
unexpected, which was exactly how veteran Brent Chapman won the Toledo Bend Battle Elite event on
Toledo Bend June 7-10. The Kansas angler used a
1-oz., 5-in. futter spoon like those made amous on Lake Fork several years ago; what made
Chapmans pattern unusual is that he shed the spoon in thick timber 25 eet deep and creeled 83
pounds, 9 ounces during the our-day event.
What makes Chapmans win more intriguing is that on Sunday, the nal day o competition, his
bass stopped hitting the spoon entirely. On the verge o leaving the spot, located several miles south o
the Cypress Bend launch ramp, Chapman made a last desperation cast with a homemade ootball jig
adorned with a Tightlines UV Hog trailer, and caught a ve-pounder. Hal a dozen casts later, he added
a 6-7, and just that suddenly the tournament was his. Those two sh anchored his 23-11 catch that
day, but no more came rom that week-long honey hole or rom the spoon.
Cli Pace nished in the runnerup position with 79-5, while Marty Robinson claimed third with
77-11. Fourth and th were taken by Louisiana pro Greg Hackney, who weighed in 76-1; and Elite
rookie Cli Prince, who nished with 69-9.
In a week that saw many o the pros struggling with deep, stubborn bass in 20 to 25 oot depths,
Chapmans heavy spoon pattern appeared to be the anomaly o the week, even though the pros were
keying on huge shad schools rather than actual bass on their electronics. Chapman wasnt shing
vertically, he was casting and then hopping the spoon back through trees and brush; when he did get
snagged, which was airly oten, he trolled over it and jiggled it ree. During the rst three days o the
event, he boated just under 60 pounds o sh, and he only lost a single spoon the entire week.O course, old hands on Toledo and Rayburn can relate to how the bass abruptly stopped hitting
the spoon, since most have experienced this at dierent times. Many believe bass actually become
accustomed to repeatedly seeing a lure wobbling, hopping, or spinning through their midst and
decide it isnt natural aterall. In Chapmans case, even changing to a usually reliable Carolina rig did
not help.
When I threw the jig out, it was like somebody fipped a switch, he explained aterward. The
Carolina rig had produced a little two-pounder, but that was all and I was getting ready to leave when
I picked up the jig. A ve-pounder hit on the rst cast as the jig was alling. The spoon has always been
my avorite go-to lure in deep water, and Id been using it since practice began, but i I hadnt caught
those sh that quickly on the jig, Im sure I would have just kept using the spoon in another area.
For years, Chapman has been using Tightlines UV plastics, believing the ultra-violet baits oeradditional visual attraction normal sot plastic lures dont have. He won a Southern Division
Bassmaster Open on Lake Lewisville earlier in 2012 using the UV lures, and also attributes his 5th
place nish in the 2011 Bassmaster Classic to them.
Despite winning by more than our pounds, however, the Kansas pro had little breathing room
throughout the week. His main challengers included Mississippi pro Cli Pace, who took the rst day
lead (23-2); Matt Herren; and Marty Robinson. Indeed, when B.A.S.S. cut to the top 12 or Sundaysnal round, all were within 10 pounds o the leader.
Staying in the hunt andmaking the nal cut onSunday, Chapmansspoon bite quit entirely.Switching to a V&Mfootball jig, he foundthe nal days sh heneeded to win.
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Pace, who s one o the best in the business when it comes to deep structure shing, caught his bass
on a -oz. V&M ootball jig, alternating occasionally with a
Carolina rigged V&M Super Finesse Worm. He stayed in the mid-lake area shing the ends o long
ridges where he ound bass 24 to 30 eet deep. Keeping his boat in deeper water, he was casting to the
tops o the ridges and crawling the baits down the slope.
I only had three little places where this pattern worked, Pace laughed aterward, so thats where
I stayed. Its a well-known summer pattern on Toledo, but even though I tried it all over in practice, it
never worked anywhere else or me. I probably had less than 10 total bites during the entire three-day
practice, but ortunately, I caught three over six pounds and one over eight during the tournament tokeep me in contention.
Robinson likewise shed the ends o ridges with a jig, in his case a -oz. Buckeye Mop ootball
head; he also added a ew with a Strike King 6XD crankbait. While Pace worked deep water, however,
the South Carolina angler shed the ar upper end o Toledo where the water had more color and the
bass were 12 to 14 eet deep. Overall, he had about a dozen dierent spots that held bass; making a
daily milk run, he could catch 15 to 20 sh each day.
Louisiana pro Greg Hackney, by his own admission, came to Toledo determined to jig bass out o the
deep hydrilla on Toledos lower end. Its a pattern that has won previous tournaments here, but o the
several pros who tried it, only Hackney made it work. Despite catching at least one sh over six pounds
each day, he nished more than seven pounds behind in ourth with 76-1. Using his Strike King 1
-oz. Hack Attack Jig with a Rage Craw trailer, he shed eight dierent spots, none much larger than
his boat. The hydrilla grew to within about ve eet o the surace, but he concentrated along the
deeper edges or on isolated hydrilla patches in 19 to 20 eet o water.
I needed the ast-alling heavier jig to re up schools o sh, and when I got one to bite, I just
threw sh and rod in the bottom o the boat and grabbed another rod as ast as I could, said Hackney.
I kept ve rods rigged identically on the deck, and once I actually had all ve with bass fopping in
the boat at the same time. Getting another jig down to those sh as ast as possible was critical.
Still, despite such unusual tactics, the week belonged to Chapman, whose Sunday total o 23-11 was
one o the heaviest o the tournament. It started with a spoon and ended with a jig, a combination
now worth remembering when Toledos bass suddenly and unexpectedly turn stubborn.
Brent Chapmantook theToledo BendBassmasterElite challengewinning 1st
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Summer un begins here, on LakeSam Rayburn! Add water and youve gotfshing, swimming, waterskiing and allkinds o un in the sun. Then there arepicnics, barbeques and setting around thecampfre talking about old times. Forget
the worries or a little while. Sight seeingcan be loads o un, cruising the lakechecking out the many types o wildliethat call Sam Rayburn home this time o
year. Now that youve had a small taste owhat you can do, here a ew things youneed to bring with you when youre outand about. Sunscreen is a must - to keepsunburn down. Have plenty o water andother liquids to keep stay hydrated. Dontorget the sunshades and maybe a big hatto help with the rays. I you fnd yoursel
getting hot, a cold towel around the neckcan really help to cool you down. Beprepared or the sun and heat and keep aneye on everyone around you!
This time o year can be very excitingwith the schoolies chasing shadthroughout the day. That can be a lot oun or everyone. Keep a topwater bait;like a Pop-R or spoon handy, and be ready
when they bust the surace. The earlymorning and late evening bite is veryimportant, but dont think you cant fnd
fsh on oshore structure in the middle othe day. You may even fnd a ew that willmove up and hide under the lily pads inthe middle o the day. The topwater bite isjust one way to catch a ew fsh here onBig Sam this time o year. Stanley Ribbitscan be an awesome bait to cover the grassand pads that grow around the edges othe shore. The grass has been on the thinside this year but i you can fnd some, thebass should be there. There are three typeso structure to look or here, Pepper Grass,
Hydrilla and Lily Pads. All o these are bassmagnets this time o year. Now that wevecovered the topwater, lets look at getting inthere with Stanley spinner baits. Chunkinginto the pockets around the grass and lilypads can get some fsh to come out and
play. Or try pulling a ew crankbaits in thesame area. I you can fsh slowly, throwingsenkos, or wacky worms in there can getsome nice action.
Now or the guys that want to get downand dirty, i the grass mats over anywherebreak out the Stanley grass jigs and getto work. This isnt or everyone and canbe a lot o work pitching the grass edgestill you run across a small group o fsh.Some guys go out there looking or 5 bitesa day but they are looking or big fsh.
Remember jigs catch big fsh, and thatswhat a lot o olks are looking or. Ok, nowor the deep plastic baits, big worms andcreature baits on a Carolina or Texas rigo long points and humps. Working waterdepths rom 10 to 25 eet o the edges isa lot work. Finding bait or some cover thebass are using to hide is the frst thing tolook or. Now you get to work and see i thefsh are home and in the mood to play.
Crappie fshing on Sam Rayburn can bea lot o un with some slabs going as much
as 2 lbs. Crappie fshing is or anglers oall ages and skill levels. These little crittersare about the best tasting fsh you can get.Fishing around the bridges under the shadecan put a ew fsh in the box. The other wayis to fsh the stumps on the lake. Even better,put out a ew brush tops around someo these stumps. Yahoo! Youve createda brand new fshin spot. Brush piles are
very important to fshing or crappie atthis time o year and learning how to buildthem and getting them to work is tricky. I
you build them close to trees or stumps youcan just tie up and fsh. I youre buildingthem in open water you have to use yourtrolling motor to hold you in position.Now, or the guys that dont have a trollingmotor you have to be very careul because
getting the anchor hooked into the brushpile is bad business. Not only will it mess upthe fshing, but when you start to haul upthe anchor, you tear up the pile and makeit useless. What you want to do is anchorup wind, say about 50 t. or more, makesure the anchor is holding and youre notdragging it into the pile. Then drit back tothe pile. I you swing around a lot you canget one o the mushroom anchors and let itout straight down to help slow the driting.It wont tear things up like the ones with
the blades and will usually help slow theswinging around. I have put two o themdown with one on each side to help holdthe boat still. Remember it isnt any unto build a good brush pile and then tearit up the frst time you use it, I know. I hadsome good piles out there and came backto fnd that someone didnt use his headand destroyed them.
For those that dont have a boat andwould like to do a little Crappie fshingI have a new Pontoon boat that can
handle up to 8 anglers. It has a changingroom and port-o-potty. Grab the kids,
your riends, and come out and havesome un. Ive been fshing with a youngcouple or a ew years now they