SPORTS
OUTDOORS: ShareLunker season begins
The Texas ShareLunker program has created awareness of catch-and-release fishing.
The program was created by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department more than 30 years ago, and it has brought attention to the state’s selective breeding program and generated interest in Texas bass fishing.
There are changes to the ShareLunker program that will be implemented starting this weekend.
Only entries collected from Jan. 1 to March 31 will be accepted as brood stock for spawning.
“Our analysis of spawning results has determined that January-March provides the greatest opportunity to obtain good candidates (for spawning),” TPWD’s Chief of Inland Hatcheries Todd Engeling said.
ShareLunkers caught from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 and again April 1-30 will be weighed and measured, and TPWD staff will obtain a fin clip for genetic purposes, Engeling said.
Every ShareLunker caught in January, February and March will be transported to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens.
Also new this season, TPWD staff will attempt to spawn all ShareLunkers regardless of genetics.
Big Time Hunt drawing
Hunting seasons are underway in Texas, and more opportunities are on the horizon – including chances at premium guided hunt packages.
The packages are available through the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Big Time Texas Hunts program.
The deadline to apply is Oct. 15.
Proceeds benefit conservation, wildlife management and public hunting.
For information, and to purchase an entry, call 1-800-895-4248. Read more in the Oct. 1 Bowie News.
ShareLunkers, like the one shown here, are stocked in many Texas waterways. The special bass provide a challenge for seasoned anglers. (Courtesy photo from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)
Bowie had six players play in the Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl football all-star game. For pictures from not just the football game, but the basketball and volleyball games as well that feature athletes from Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6875584&T=1
Nocona is welcoming back Coach Sandy Langford, former coach and alumnus for the Lady Indians, as its new volleyball head coach.
Langford comes back to Nocona after spending the past 11 years leading the Glen Rose volleyball program.
Her circumstances with her family allowed her to jump at the opportunity once she became aware the position at Nocona was available.
“My youngest graduated and is playing football at Midwestern (State University),” Langford said. “All of our family is here and I knew that Coach Kara (Lucherk) was leaving. We were eventually going to retire here. Our oldest son plays college football at West Texas A&M and we’ll be two hours closer to him as well.”
She again will lead the Lady Indians volleyball program, one that she led all the way to the state title game in 2011, which is the farthest the volleyball program has ever gone in its prestigious history.
Langford kept up that level of success during her 11 years at the bigger 4A Glen Rose. She won less than 20 games only twice during her time, winning her 500th career game back in 2023. Her teams were ranked among the top 10 in the state five times and Langford led Glen Rose to the state tournament in 2017, the best finish in program history.
With the Lady Indians also having its own string of success, appearing in back-to-back regional finals while finishing atop the district standings both years, Langford is excited to not just keep the success going, but shoot for the stars.
“We are not expecting anything less than a state championship,” Langford said.
She has stacked the non-district schedule with strong, state-ranked 3A and 4A teams as well as big tournaments that will test Nocona’s mettle early next season in the hopes it will prepare them for a long playoff run.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
The Red River High School Bass Club competed this past weekend, May 31 – June 1, at the State Tournament on Lake Conroe for the two-day tournament.
Two of the teams from Montague County traveled south to try their best at the culmination of the year for the state title. Teams were able to pre-fish on Friday before the Saturday and Sunday competition. On Friday, there was a flipping contest for the youth and Cooper Johnson won third overall and won a $500 scholarship and an Academy gift card.
The club’s two teams who competed were Lane Smith/Colt Henry with boat captain Jimmy Smith. The team placed 63rd with a total of 16.22 pounds. The second team of Cooper Johnson/Corbyn Patton and boat captain Jayson Toerck placed 169th with a total weight of 2.29 pounds.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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