SHARELUNKER 2: Land a lunker? Donate it for the good of 
bass fishing in Texas ... we'll explain on Passport to 
Texas ... 
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Passport to Texas ... from Texas Parks and Wildlife and 
the Sport Fish Restoration Program ... 

You say you want to donate that huge largemouth bass 
you caught to the Budweiser Sharelunker program? Just 
call Texas Parks and Wildlife's David Campbell.

We respond to a call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. And we 
pick them up and we bring them back to the fisheries center. 
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Campbell coordinates the program, now in its 20th year. 
The program allows fisheries biologists to improve the 
genetics and size of bass in Texas waters.
 
We sedate this fish, and we collect scales off of it to help us age 
it. We get the length and the girth, and of course we have a 
certified weight. And then we get the fish in good health and 
then we actually try to spawn that fish with another offspring 
from another sharelunker fish. :15

Hundreds of bass have been donated in 20 years time.

We've had 393 lunkers donated to the program as of this 
morning. Of course, that can change at any time. :07

And it did! The next day, David certified lunker number 
394 -- a 15.68 pound largemouth from lake Amistad. By 
the time you hear this, we may have reached 400!

It's a catch of a lifetime - most of the time for these anglers - 
and we'd like to give a little special attention to the 400th fish. 
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We'll tell you about it tomorrow. Our show is supported 
by the Sport Fish Restoration Program ... funded by your 
purchase of fishing equipment and motor boat fuels. 

For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti. 

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