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Tyler State Park Lake Produces Budweiser Sharelunker

Tyler State Park

Tyler State Park Lake sent its second Budweiser ShareLunker and a new lake record to Athens Monday. The 14.5-pound largemouth bass took a rainbow-trout imitating swim bait being worked in 3 feet of water by Tyler angler Brett Harris. The fish was 27.75 inches long and 20.25 inches in girth.

Harris’ choice of baits seems odd until you realize that Texas Parks and Wildlife Department stocks rainbow trout into the lake during the winter to increase angling opportunity. Largemouth bass were stocked into the 64-acre lake in 1975, 1985 and 1990. The previous ShareLunker and old lake record weighed 13.28 pounds and was caught in 2000. Continue reading Tyler State Park Lake Produces Budweiser Sharelunker

Budweiser Sharelunker Caught at Richland Chambers

Jeremy Bruton and his Richland-Chambers Monster

Jeremy Bruton of Blooming Grove, Texas, landed a Budweiser Sharelunker over the weekend at Lake Richland-Chambers. The bass just did meet the minimum 13-pound requirement for the program, but that was enough to get Mr. Bruton a mounted replica of the fish and his name in the paper! In addition, the fish will be used by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for spawning at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center and fish stocking. An addition Sharelunker bass was caught at Lake Waco over the weekend.

The Stats on Bruton’s Bass:

ShareLunker No. 446
Caught by Jeremy Bruton of Blooming Grove, TX
March 9, 2008 in Richland-Chambers
13.05 pounds, length 25.25 inches, girth 22 inches
Bait/Lure: Stanley Wedge spinner bait
Water Body Record? No
Day of Week: Sun
Moon Phase: N+2

Lake Waco Produces Budweiser ShareLunker

Ricky Culverhouse and his big bass

Lake Waco produced it’s first-ever Budweiser ShareLunker when Ricky Culverhouse caught a largemouth bass weighing 13.87 pounds on Sunday, March 9, 2008! The bass was also a Lake Waco water body record. The big fish will be brought to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) in Athens, Texas. The eggs from Budweiser Sharelunker fish are used to raise (genetically better) bass for stocking at the TFFC.

The Stats on the Bass:

ShareLunker No. 444
Caught by Ricky Culverhouse of Waco, TX
March 9, 2008 in Waco
13.87 pounds, length 25.5 inches, girth 21.5 inches
Bait/Lure: black-and-red flake Baby Brushhog
Water Body Record? Yes
Day of Week: Sun
Moon Phase: N+2

First Budweiser Sharelunker of 2008

First Budweiser Sharelunker of 2008

Tyler Goetzman of Willis caught the first Budweiser Sharelunker of 2008 action with a 13.06-pound largemouth bass from Lake Conroe January 13. The 15-year-old was fishing a tournament when the fish took a Rat-L-Trap in six feet of water. The fish was 24 inches long and 20.25 inches in girth.

This is only the fourth time in the Budweiser ShareLunker program’s 21-year history that the season’s first entry came in January. Lake Conroe has now produced 12 ShareLunkers and ranks fourth in the number of entries from public waters, behind Lake Fork, Lake Alan Henry and Sam Rayburn Reservoir. Goetzman’s fish is number 442 in the list of ShareLunker entries.