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I remember him.


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I competed against him many times during my pro fishing career. Great guy!!


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Texas Parks and Wildlife - ShareLunker Program

Oct 2, 2015

Roy Euper of Lufkin caught Toyota ShareLunker 564 from Sam Rayburn Reservoir on Monday.

The fish weighed 13.2 pounds and was 25.5 inches long and 22 inches around.

Fish was caught 30 feet deep with a crank-bait.



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Facebook comments about this "Big Sam" fish:

Tim Malone: "I wanna know what crankbait he was using at 30 feet. Lol"

Texas Parks and Wildlife - ShareLunker Program: "He did not share that information, but I'm guessing a DD-22"

Tim Malone: "DD-22 won't get down to 30 feet on it's own, neither will a SK 10 XD. Unless it was weighted or long lined, it was more likely a Luhr Jensen Hot Lips or a Mann's 30+. . .but I know a few guys who throw a DD-22 with a weighted hook on the front to get it down there"


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Lets wait and see if SL-564 is a pure Fla or a F-1/X.

Also check the weight estimator formulas.

25.5 X 25.5 X 22 / 1000 = 14.30 for long fish - not this one

25.5 x 22 x 22 / 800 = 15.43 for stocky fish - like this one

Either the scales are off or the formulas devised over years of testing are off on this one.

My guess is the length/girth measurement provided is wrong not the scales. The fish looks bigger than 13 to me.

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Does anybody use downriggers there for trolling deep?


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Maybe...He was throwing a Carolina rigged crankbait...I'm just sayin'


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Fireline, braided line, or lead core line will get a crankbait deeper than standard mono.



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30' deep on a crank bait?? I think he was BS ing on what or where in the lake he caught it.

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Originally Posted By: TGW1
30' deep on a crank bait?? I think he was BS ing on what or where in the lake he caught it.

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Aw come 'on, you know fishermen wouldn't do that!!! laugh


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It would be funny if he said he caught this giant fish "right off the main point of San Augustine Park at Lake Sam Rayburn on a yellow with black stripe deep dive river runt".

You'd have 100 boats off that same point this weekend with a bunch of them throwing yellow with black stripe deep dive river runts. crazy



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Sharelunker 564 has turned out to be a hybrid cross both N & Fl. The percentage was 6 of 9 were FL %


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Invasive giant salvinia plant turns up at Lake Fork in East Texas


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By DIANA HEIDGERD - The Associated Press

24 November 2015

Officials warn that invasive lake weed giant salvinia threatens Texas ecosystem

Experts say the invasive South American lake plant giant salvinia (Salvinia molesta) has now been found in Lake Fork Reservoir, a popular bass-fishing destination in East Texas. Giant salvinia can pose problems for boaters and irrigation systems.

An invasive plant that can clog boat motors, block sunlight from lakes and affect aquatic life has turned up in another East Texas waterway, the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department announced Tuesday.

Confirmation of giant salvinia at Lake Fork Reservoir, 60 miles east of Dallas, has prompted an aggressive effort to remove and kill the fast-growing plants, TPWD spokesman Larry Hodge said. Chemicals are being used on giant salvinia, a floating fern that’s native to Brazil and reproduces by budding. The leaves are about the size of a quarter, sometimes larger, the agency said.

Several boat ramps are closed, and a floating boom warns boaters to stay clear of the Chaney Branch of the reservoir and a nearby cove, totaling about 3 acres.

“We’ve found in infestation like this on other reservoirs in East Texas and have gone in and physically removed the plants, all that we can find,” Hodge said. “If you catch it early sometimes you can get rid of it, at least temporarily.”

Giant salvinia, which can be transported by boats and trailers, was found earlier on Caddo Lake, Toledo Bend Reservoir and Sam Rayburn Reservoir, Hodge said. Some Louisiana lakes also have infestations of giant salvinia, which can form dense mats on water and also hamper fishing.

“We do everything we can within the limits of manpower and budget that we have to work with,” Hodge said. “The problem is that everybody who has a boat is a potential vector.”

Giant salvinia was first identified in the Houston area in 1998, but was later discovered at Toledo Bend, the state’s largest body of water, the TWPD has said. It’s illegal to transport giant salvinia on boat trailers, motors or tanks used on boats for live bait or fish.

Texas Parks & Wildlife officials do not know the source of the infestation at Lake Fork Reservoir, suspecting the plants were likely introduced by a boat trailer.

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/state/hea...-east-texas.ece


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I am surprised it has not shown up there before now. it seams to be in most of the lakes around here in the area we call the Ark-La-Tex. Caddo lake association is growing weevils that eat it.

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Originally Posted By: TGW1
.... Caddo lake association is growing weevils that eat it.

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When I read things like this I always wonder things like can you tell a weevil to eat what you want them to eat? and what will the weevils eat once they finish off the target plant?


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Originally Posted By: esshup
Does anybody use downriggers there for trolling deep?


Scott, you'd get shot if you did that down here.

Keith Combs won the 2014 TTBC strolling/long-lining XD10's in very deep water. I don't think they'll hit 30', but they'll get pretty close. He caught 15 LMB that weighed 110 pounds at the Lake Fork TTBC. It was almost impossible to do, but he did it. It was a very impressive thing to see. Also, fishing in 30', and catching that fish at 30' are 2 very different things. The guy that caught the Sharelunker was probably being pretty coy with his answer. I would sure be.


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Isn't Caddo Lake ground zero for G Salvinia?


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Caddo has had an extensive Fla LMB stocking program.
















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Scott, to many flooded forest lakes down here to run down riggers in, most likely never get the DR Ball back to the surface. It is used a lot in lake Texhomma (that does not look rite) smile
Al, you may be wright, I know it is the place where everyone comes together for learning how to deal with it.
ewest, u r so correct about the heave stocking of FL LMB that continues to take place here at Lake Caddo. Several Million of them stocked over the past 10 yrs. I now catch more 2 lb's there. My largest is 10.02 caught in May after the spawn, she could have been an 11 or 12 lb'er in Feb.

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