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OUTDOORS WITH LUKE CLAYTON
CRAPPIE ANGLERS OF TEXAS
Back from Kansas
State Championship Tournament
Ocboter.
one of the few humans in the
Texas State Crappie Champion- team’s biggest fish.
Division 2:
1st place - Clay Gann, Hide- 14. The event was catered by
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The top ten places in each divi- pounds.
of the Year” honor in Division I,
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crappie each day of the tourna- on day 2 with a nice slab weigh-
the area.
loaded with pictures of hogs hunting operation and offers
day 2.
4th place - Max Dukes, Mur-
2nd place - Wes Belcher, phy, and Stuart Angelle, Flower
Denton, and Brian Carter, Scur- Mound, with a two day total of a non-profit organization dedi-
Garland Big Fish Award on day weighing 1.77 pounds.
6th place - Carl Ellis, Arling- ments pay back at least 100%
ton, and James Davis, Ft. Worth,
4th place - Ahn Nguyen, Roa- with a weight of 13.14 pounds.
7th place - Eric and Rose site www.crappieanglersoftexas.
Windham, Prosper, with a two
wild pork. When I was visit-
more weeks and I expect some ing with the folks who run the
Tue., Oct. 25
Under 300 $80-150
EDGEWOOD
on minnows. Crappie are fair on $30-54
The Sabine River Authority
minnows. Catfish are slow on
$50-78
released the following infor- trotlines and prepared bait.
HERITAGE FESTWRL
perature was 57. Rainfall was Hybrid bass are good on slabs. $100-450 Horses (hd) $200-500
recorded at 0.10" during the past Crappie are fair on minnows.
week.
Catfish are fair on trotlines.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH!
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FISHING
REPORT
of the anglers’ entry fees. For
information, go to the CAT web-
channels are coming on punch
bait over baited holes and the
ship Tournament on Lake Lewis-
ville on October 14-15. Thirty-
Boyd, with a two day total weight with their two day total of 13.32 Texas and continues to develop
of 16.90 pounds. This team also pounds. This team also won the its member’s knowledge of crap-
won the Pro Angler Elite Rod Bobby Garland Big Fish Award pie fishing through educational
Challenge Award and the Bobby on day 1 with a nice crappie meetings, seminars and fishing
bers nationwide, CAT has been
instrumental in gaining national
attention for crappie fishing in
which was held at the Little Elm
Recreational Center on October
$70-125
$70-115
GILLIAM3
ROCERY
Award was presented to Alec
Dyer, and the 2016 “Top CAT”
Award was presented to Brian
$75-145
$70-125
$60-115
300-400
400-500
Over 500
HEIFERS*
Barbecue and the Hula Hut Res-
taurant’s efforts with the events
were appreciated by everyone.
Crappie Anglers of Texas is
Head
Sellers
STEERS*
team also won the Pro Angler Elite Rod Challenge Award on
Elite Rod Challenge Award on day 2.
LUKE CLAYTON
Columnist
1 with a slab weighing in at 2.08
pounds.
Challenge Award on day 1.
5th place - Sid Goczoll,
com or contact Jay Don Reeve at
jay@ reeveaugustine.com.
noke, with his two day total
weight of 16.82.
ment. Here are the results:
Division 1:
LAKE
REPORT
hot one day and void of birds
the next, so daily scouting is
necessary.
Large is still in action up in
Kansas, taking care of our hunt-
ers. He will be there a couple
Oct. 26:
LAKE FORK: Water lightly
stained; 76-80 degrees; 2.17' low.
Black bass are good on Texas-
rigged soft plastics on shallow
cover and docks as well as hol-
low-body frogs and weightless
Flukes near submerged grass.
White and yellow bass are good
Sat., Oct. 29
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2016
8.45 AM to 4 PM
DOWNTOWN EDGEWOOD
Emory
Livestock Auction
CLRSSIC CRH - ANTIQUE TRRCTUR - MODEL TRAINS
BLACKSMITHING - OLD LUEST SHOOT OUT -
MINI 0 IKE DRAG HRCE - QUILT SHOU - PINTO BERN COOKOFF
ARTS C CRAFTS - HUE MUSIC - FOOD & UENDORS
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I’m anticipating a busy week country that was un-informed!
ahead. Tomorrow, I pick up a It seems Ms. Payne, wearing a
new Mossberg .223 Patrol rifle Chewbacca mask and enjoying
one angler teams competed for away, and Todd and Langdon Big Daddy’s Barbeque in Little
over $22,000 in cash and prizes Froebe, Lindale, with their two Elm. The team of Paul O’Bier/
during the two-day tournament, day total of a whopping 19.85 George Nelon won the “Anglers
but a stiff blue northern blew Payne, aka., The Chewbacca www.catfishradio.com with out-
in the night before I left. As Mom will also be one of the door news from your area.
I fired up the old GMC two judges.” I had no earthly idea as
mornings ago, I glanced at the to whom the Chewbacca Mom
Denton, and Larry Middleton, Sachse, and Joe Willis, Allen,
tournaments. All CAT tourna-
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16.82 pounds. This team also cated to the sport of crappie
won the Pro Angler Elite Rod fishing. With over 280 mem-
$30-175 Goats (hd) $25-250
* per hundred lb. unless noted otherwise
Directors would like to express our sincere
Thanks to ALL our festival friends who helped
this year through our sweet potato auction! A
special Thanks to some of our Emory friends:
Duko Oil, Emory Livestock, Sadler Ranch and
Austin Bank. Your investment in our commu-
ry, with stringers from both
days weighing a total of 17.55
pounds.
3rd place - Chris Waters,
Kansas, I always come home
feeling as though I had gone
back in time to
the sixties. The
ing and.. Cooking.” I’ll also ed catching not only trophy blue
be one of the judges for the catfish in the 30-plus pound
wild hog cooking contest which range but the bite on larger
includes a category for beans, channel catfish weighing 3-4
wild hog chili and cooked pounds has been very good. The
SLAUGHTER*
Packer cows $25-53
Packer bulls $60-73
PAIRS
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife 128
Department released the follow-
ing information for Lake Fork $70-170
and Lake Tawakoni taken on $70-140
The following is a consolidated big bucks to be taken. The first event, a comical thing occurred, big blues are hitting fresh cut
report of the Emory Livestock Auc- week was a bit slow as far as The conversation went some- shad.
tion nc. auctions e . deer movement was concerned thing like this, “Luke, Candace Contact Luke via email at
mation on Lake Fork taken on LAKE TAWAKONI: Water-g ~ cinnn e
October 25 ending at October 31 stained; 75-79 degrees; 2.20' 2010 0—4
observation: low. Black bass are good on hol- $780-1000 Low/Mtddle $600-1000
LAKE FORK: Lake eleva- low-body frogs and Texas-rigged OTHERS*
tion was 400.56. Maximum tern- craws flipped in shallow cover. $60-120 Stocker cows $65-145
perature was 85, minimum tern- White bass are good on slabs. $20-350 Calves (hd) $5-200
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us are accustomed to here in or night shooting, a feature I opportunity. For all the details,
Texas. Maybe it’s because they really like. I plan to mount the visit www.benwheelertx.com.
live in an uncrowded land where Photon on the Mossberg rifle I recently had a good visit
there are no traffic jams and and put it to work on hogs in with Kenneth Burk, owner of
long lines. Whatever the reason, the very near future. I have BurksQuailRuninGilmerTex-
I know that I have come to look been baiting an area close to as (www.burksquailrun.comf
forward to my yearly visits to home and my trail cameras are Kenneth runs an upland bird
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nity enables us to give back to others through
donations to area fire departments, Meals on
Wheels, scholarships, family disasters, and special
projects like Special Kids’. Many other area
businesses, families, and individuals have reached
out to help us both financially and through
The Golden Sweet Potato Festival Board of
1st place - Jerry Hancock, Trenton, and Truston Hibdon, Spagnola.
McKinney, and James Pegram, Randolph, with a two day total The City of Little Elm and the
Blue Ridge, with a two-day total weight of 16.94 pounds. This Little Elm Economic Develop-
weighing 18.37 pounds. The team also won the Pro Angler ment Corporation, Big Daddy’s
$70-160 Under 300 $70-135
$70-140 300-400 $70-120
$70-120 400-500 $65-100
$70-110 Over 500 $60-95
pace is just that has been shipped to Bear a fit of laughter, dominated the
much slower Arms in Corsicana. I’ll make YouTube scene with millions
there; the peo- the drive down to pick it up of hits. She was an overnight
pie seem to be tomorrow and hopefully meet hit well across the country and
on their own with my buddy Kevin Reese began doing special appear-
“clock” and it with Sight Mark, the company ances! I am anxious to meet her
ticks a whole that makes the Photon line of and all the folks at the event,
lot slower than night hunting scopes. Actually, Come by and let’s visit about
what most of the scopes can be used for day the outdoors if you have the
ing 1.77 pounds.
3rd place - John Zoski,
sion took home a check. Angler 2nd place - Alec Dyer, Keller, and the team of Clay Gann/Todd
teams could compete in the ama- and Bill Mouw, Burleson, with a and Langdon Froebe was named
teur division (Division 2) or the two day total weighing 18.82 “Anglers of the Year” in Division
semi-pro division (Division 1) pounds. This team also won the 2. The prestigious 2016 Ron
and weigh in their seven best Bobby Garland Big Fish Award Conatser Sportsman of the Year
My friend Larry Large and that are keeping my hours! They guided hunts for pheasant, quail
I lease a couple of farms not have been hitting the feed just and chuckar. I’ve heard many
far from the Nebraska border after dark rather than during the good things about his operation
where we offer archery deer and middle of the night. and look forward to visiting
turkey hunts during the month Through my years as an out- with him and shooting a few
of October each year. We are door writer, I have always tried birds soon. Back when I was
not there to hunt deer but rather to tune readers into products a kid growing up in rural Red
scout and set stands for our that are not only affordable but River County, shooting quail
hunters who headquarter in a effective. I truly believe the was as easy as walking out
nice farmhouse not far from the Mossberg Patrol rifle in .223 into the woodlot and field edges
hunting area. One of the farms and the Photon will fill the bill, behind the house and walking
we lease has an awesome camp This combo might just be the up a covey. Although quail num-
house where we headquarter, best night hunting rig for the bers are on a rebound in much
Our job is to be available for our money around. From my cost of west Texas, fewer hunters
hunter should they need assis- comparisons and from what I’ve keep bird dogs today and hunt-
tance with retrieving game or learned from others, I believe ing opportunities for hunting
possibly locating a new hunting it is. More on the topic in an wild quail are limited. Burk’s
stand. We often spend our mid- upcoming column! birds are flight-conditioned in
days hunting dove and calling This Saturday, I’m planning long pens and are known to be
coyotes which are much bigger to be in Ben Wheeler at the strong flyers. I look forward to
than those we encounter back Wild Hog Festival. I’ll have a reporting on what I believe to
home. The thousands of acres booth there and be available be a “down home”, well-man-
of harvested corn, milo and soy- to talk about the outdoors with aged hunting operation.
beans attract large concentra- folks and sign copies of my On a fishing related note:
tions of doves but as every dove book, “Kill to Grill, the Ulti- Lake Tawakoni guide David
hunter knows, a field can be red mate Guide to Wild Hog Hunt- Hanson, 903-268-7391, report-
5th place - Paul O’Bier Gunt- day total of 12.42 pounds.
er, and George Nelon, Boyd, 8th place - Ron Duran, Lew-
with a weight of 16.04, isville, and David Cobb, Grape-
6th place - Tommy Ezell, vine, with 9.62 pounds for their
Rockwall, and Richard James, two day total.
Wylie, netted with their two day 9th place - Jimmy Leon-
total weighing 15.76 pounds, ard, Plano, and Jason Ewton,
This team also won the Bobby Wills Point, with a total of 9.45
Garland Big Fish Award on day pounds.
2 with a slab weighing 1.60 10thplace-Mike Lane, Sum-
pounds. ner, and Jerry LeBlanc, Lindale,
7th place - Jeff Schwieter- with a two day total of 8.61
man, Parker, and James Rains, pounds.
E. Tawakoni, weighing in 15.38
pounds. _
Crappie Anglers of Texas, The tie for 9th and 10th place CAT topped off the weekend After spending time in the thermometer and it was pegging was, I’d never heard of her. I
or “CAT,” held its ninth annual was decided by the weight of the with its annual awards banquet, big farm country of northern 24 degrees; plenty cool for mid- later learned I was probably
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2016 QUPtfi Trader H
8th place - Chris Scott,
Sanger, and Willie Scott, Den-
ton, caught 14.11 pounds in two
days.
9th place - Ken Gaby, Belton,
and Max Jordan, Belton, with a
two day total of 13.94 pounds.
10th place - Lane Palmer,
Arlington, and Cody Standerfer,
Prosper, with a weight of 13.94
pounds.
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Hill, Trey. Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 21, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 1, 2016, newspaper, November 1, 2016; Emory, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1471085/m1/7/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rains County Library.