Outdoor Briefs
Women's bass pro Judy Wong has a way of rising to the top when there is a big title on the line. Twice in three seasons the Texas native has walked off the stage at the Women's Bassmaster Tour Championship with a trophy in one hand and the fattest paycheck in the other.
Wong's most recent championship came in mid-October when she crushed the field by nearly 5 pounds to take the crown on Cypress Bayou Lake near Shreveport, La. She won $60,000 in cash and prizes.
Pam Martin-Wells of Bainbridge, Ga., finished second to Wong and earned the 2009 WBT Angler of the Year title, which comes with a coveted berth to the 2010 Bassmaster Classic on Lay Lake in Alabama.
Other Texans who finished in the Top 10 at the WBT Championship included: Robin Babb, Livingston, third; Juanita Robinson, Highlands, fourth; and Janet Parker, Little Elm, seventh.
Big Time Hunt winners announced
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department recently announced the winners of the 2009 Texas Big Time Hunts, and Ty Chumley of Nederland claimed the grand prize.
A tugboat operator who lost his home and most of his personal belongings to Hurricane Ike, Chumley bought one $10 chance in the lotto-style drawing and it paid off. Chumley was selected as winner of the Texas Grand Slam. His prize package includes four separate guided hunts for Texas' most sought after big game animals: desert bighorn sheep, white-tailed deer, pronghorn antelope and mule deer. The package is worth more than $100,000.
Winners in other categories included:
* Premium Buck Hunt -- Kelly Nunn, Austin.
* Exotic Safari -- Michael Masera, Houston and Jeffrey Pumphrey, Midway, Kentucky.
* Whitetail Bonanza -- Lawrence Ringley, McKinney; Gene Finn, Granger; Daniel Boschert, Dallas; Randy Ansley, Forney; Sammy Kelley, San Antonio; Robert Peterson, Temple; John Ehrhart, Highland Village; Charles Salazar, Houston; James Denny, Lockhart; John Massey, Kerrville.
* Big Time Bird Hunt -- Phillip Barry, Highland Village.
* Waterfowl Adventure -- Donald Tousley, Wichita Falls.
* Gator Hunt -- Gregg Slade, Lockhart.
College bass teams set for FLW regional
Twelve Texas college bass fishing teams will compete in the National Guard FLW College Fishing Texas Regional Championship on Saturday through Monday on Sibley Lake in Natchitoches, La. The event was originally scheduled to be held on the Red River but was relocated due to unsafe water levels.
Texas colleges in the field include Stephen F. Austin, Sam Houston State, Lamar, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Baylor, Angelo State, Tarleton State, Texas Tech and North Texas.
Private lake ShareLunker
The Toyota ShareLunker program recently received its first entry of the 2009-10 season courtesy of Lanny Smalley of Athens, Ala.
Fishing a private lake near Ben Wheeler, Smalley caught a bass that weighed 13 pounds even. It is the 472nd bass topping 13 pounds entered in the program since its inception in 1986.
Fisheries biologists at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens said Smalley's bass encountered some health problems early after it was donated, but it appears to be adjusting well to life in its lunker bunker hotel.
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