SHARELUNKER PROGRAM3: Donating lunkers for a good 
cause ... details on Passport to Texas.

This is Passport to Texas

If you reel in a largemouth bass from Texas waters, and it 
weighs 13-pounds or more, donate it to the Sharelunker 
program through the end of the month; you'll help spawn 
the next generation of big bass. 

To donate a fish, handle it as little as possible, then ... 

Get a weight on it. If you have a set of scales that you feel like are 
close enough that you can actually say it's a good enough weight 
to call us, weigh it and let us know. :09
 
David Campbell coordinated the program for 26 years 
before retiring in 2012. He explains what to do if you 
think you have a lunker, and want to donate it to the 
program.

We would like to have these fish in our possession in less than 12 
hours. I realize sometimes if you're on the other side of the state 
of Texas is may take me a few hours to get there. If you have to 
go somewhere and have that fish weighed, leave it in the water in 
aerated live well or whatever it is, try not to dry the fish off. If that 
fish weighs 13-pounds on a set of certified scales -- whether it's 
for business or whatever it is -- give us a call as quick as possible. 
And we dispatch a vehicle; and take care of it until we get there. 
That's the main thing. :30

Log onto the Texas parks and Wildlife website for more 
information.

That's our show ... with support from the Sport Fish 
Restoration Program ... providing funding for the Texas 
Freshwater Fisheries Center.

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






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