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Biologists Assess Ike Impacts To Coastal Ecosystems

AUSTIN, Texas — Hurricane Ike’s big storm surge caused hundreds of localized oil and hazardous materials spills that pose threats to fish and wildlife, and it pushed saltwater into upper coast freshwater wetlands that support migrating waterfowl and estuarine life. But ecological damage to coastal habitats may not be as widespread or severe as some had initially feared.

NOVEMBER 2008 TACKLE GIVE-AWAY

CLICK TO WIN! NOVEMBER TACKLE GIVE-AWAY!

This month we are giving away a $50.00 Bass Pro Shops Gift Card. All you have to do is register to win. Be sure to enter the contest code into your entry form. Look on the left hand menu for the "Tackle Give-Away" button!

You must be a registered member of our forums to be eligible. It cost nothing to join! You can enter once every hour for a better chance to win!

Contest Code - TBF1108

Budweiser ShareLunker Season 23 Begins October 1

ATHENS, Texas-Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will begin accepting entries into the Budweiser ShareLunker program Oct.1.

Anyone legally catching a 13-pound or bigger largemouth bass from Texas waters, public or private, between Oct. 1 and April 30 may submit the fish to the Budweiser ShareLunker program by calling program manager David Campbell at (903) 681-0550 or paging him at (888) 784-0600 and leaving a phone number, including area code. Fish will be picked up by TPWD personnel within 12 hours.

TBF Member in the Spotlight - Randy (aka Ratmo®)

Each month we like to feature a member of the forum and this month we are featuring Ratmo!!! Each morning we all wake up to some of Ratmo’s Minner-Bucket coffee and I just can’t start my day without some! So let’s get to know Randy just a bit better!

When did you first start fishing and what is your earliest fishing memory?

Imma thankin, I was bout siz when I started. Had access to a lot of gravel pits that would git restocked with fish every so often from the Trinity River floodin. As far as that earlist memory … reckon, I was bout 3. Dad and my uncle would go to the Brazos River to fish for cats an bout anything else that would bite. Remember that they would run a trotline an bait it out with cubes of PK soap that they cut off tha bar.

What is the primary fish species that you fish for? What makes this species stand out more than others?

Crappie is what gits me ta goin!! Not only are they a challenge to locate and pattern, they be some dang good eatin too!

Do you or have you fished any tournaments? If so, what tournaments do you fish (or have you fished) in?

Fished Cast tournies for bout three years till they went under. Fished quite a few Big Fish Cliff tournies as well. Lookin ta git back into it fore long.

If you could have a chance to fish with any professional angler, who would it be and why?

Guess that would be Capps an Coleman. Who knows, I mite learn sumpin.

What’s the one aspect of fishing that you enjoy most?

Smoke on tha water, whipperwills whippering, and tha challenge that’s fidna hit as soon as you drop tha hook in tha water.

You are a very active member here at TBF!! What makes TBF special to you?

This site is everything you could want. If you want serious fishin info, it’s here ta be had. If your feelin a bit frisky an wanna cut up, it’s got that here too. TBF Rocks!!!!

One Dead Following Boat Collission on Lake Fork

Saturday, 13 September 2008 07:13 Three men were injured in a boat accident on Lake Fork Friday morning. One of the men later died from his injuries at a Tyler hospital. Gerald McSchooler and his nephew were fishing on Lake Fork yesterday when their boat was struck by another bass boat near Little Mustang Cove. Authorities say one boat struck the other, running up and over it, eventually capsizing in the water. McSchooler and the driver of the other boat were taken from the lake to Tyler hospitals by helicopter. McSchooler's nephew suffered only minor injuries.

McSchooler's boat was able to make it to the shore while the other boat remained in the water for more than an hour. Game Wardens were eventually able to recover the boat and have impounded both vessels pending the investigation into the crash.

McSchooler worked at Cade's Building Supplies in Mineola. The hardware store remained closed Saturday morning. He had been involved in community theater at the Lake Country Playhouse.

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Gary Clark - Moderator
Posted by Awmiller (awmiller) on Jul 22 2008 at 9:22 AM
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Gary Clark
(a.k.a. Gclark)

I grew up on Lake Lewisville and I started fishing at an early age.  It was my friends at the time that actually got me into fishing. As a youth, my friends and I would frequently camp out around Lewisville Lake and fish through the night. By daybreak, we would always have a mess of Crappie to throw into the breakfast mix. Nothing better than a breakfast cooked over an open camp fire.

My fishing was put on hold for a time when I was in the military, but still managed to do some every now and then.  In 1992 my older brother introduced me to Large Mouth Bass fishing on Lake Fork. My first Large mouth I ever caught was an 8 pounder. I was hooked for life after that.

My favorite species to fish for is Large Mouth Bass, but I also enjoy fishing for Whites, Hybrids, and Crappie. My home lake is Lewisville, but I also frequent Ray Roberts and Grapevine lake.

Fishing for me is more than catching fish, it is about enjoying the outdoors and nature and making memories, but that tug on the line will never get old either!