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Seven lakes produced ShareLunkers in 2024 — Fort Phantom Hill, Inks Lake, J.B. Thomas, Naconiche, Ivie, Sam Rayburn, Toledo Bend — with three (Fort Phantom Hill, Inks Lake, J.B. Thomas) joining the list for the first time. Missing from the program for the last two season is Lake Fork, which historically has 263 of the program’s 669 all-time entries. I have never understood the objections to the ShareLunker program over the years. Yes, the bass are removed from the local lake for one breeding cycle, but that lake has always received offspring of the recent entries spawned at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens. Then there is the enhancement of the hatchery system’s broodfish to ShareLunker offspring, not to mention the scientific data ranging from handling of big fish to DNA information on Texas’ bass. Something seems to work because name any other state that has 78 lakes that have produced a 13-pound or larger bass. They have come from a diversity of lakes from tiny Lake Coleman at 2,000 acres on a good day to the state’s biggest, Toledo Bend. “In 2024, 11 fish spawned and produced about 210,000 fingerlings. There were 190,000 fingerlings stocked into participating reservoirs and 20,000 were held for future broodstock for the hatchery use,” explained Natalie Goldstrohm, ShareLunker program coordinator. While the program has become heavy with O.H. Ivie entries the last few years, the science side of the equation has meant that is not an issue as far as bass for the hatchery system is concerned. “We have not seen any concerns from a genetics standpoint with having O.H. Ivie producing most of the Legacy Class ShareLunkers. Each season, the DNA of the Legacy Class ShareLunkers is tested and while there are some genetic connections, many are not related. As more fish get shared with the program, we may be able to make additional connections, but the genetic pool seems diverse at O.H. Ivie,” Goldstrohm explained. She said there is an advantage to having as many lakes involved as possible. “However, if Legacy Class Lunkers do come from more locations, it helps promote the program in different areas of Texas and could encourage more folks to target lunker sized bass throughout the state,” she said. In the earliest years of the program no one was certain what the focus of the program was beyond promotion of Texas’ emerging quality bass fishing because no one had ever brought a bass that large from the wild into captivity. Through trial and error, department technicians and biologists not only learned how to handle and maintain the fish, but how to successfully spawn them. Without the benefit of DNA, fingerlings were held back with ShareLunker females eventually paired with ShareLunker males for continued use as hatchery broodstock to produce fingerlings for statewide stocking. Over the years the process was fine-tuned with the ShareLunker season shortened to January through March because it was determined bass collected in that time frame were more likely to spawn indoors than those collected between October and December, which initially was included in the ShareLunker year. The ability to use the fishes’ DNA allowed the department to improve the genetic diversity of the hatchery broodfish to the point all bass all are now ShareLunker offspring known as Lone Star Bass. While Lone Star Bass have been used to supplement populations in lakes statewide, they are the only bass stocked into Bois d’Arc Lake, which opened in Fannin County last year. Prior to its opening the lake was stocked with 373,859 pure Florida largemouth bass that are Lone Star Bass. “We have analyzed the scale sample from a Bass Pro Shops Lunker Class bass (8- to 10-pound), catch 4299, an 8.15-pound fish from Bois d‘Arc in May. That catch had 100 percent Florida largemouth bass alleles, meaning it was a pure Florida largemouth bass. Catch 4299 was spawned in a TPWD facility, and is the offspring of ShareLunker No. 577, a 14.57-pound fish from Marine Creek Lake caught on January 26, 2019. “That would make catch 4299 about 5.1 years old at the time it was caught. As a side note, SL-0577 was previously identified as the offspring of SL No. 410, a 14.49-pound fish from Lake Conroe caught on March 22, 2006,” Goldstrohm said. In recent years the ShareLunker program was expanded to include information on Bass Pro Shop Lunker Class, Strike King Lunker Elite (10- to 13-pounds) and Lew’s Legend Class (13 and up) bass. The difference between those and the Legacy Class is that none of these are collected by the department. Instead, fishermen are asked to send in data on their catch year-round, including a scale for DNA sampling. In 2024, there were 617 entries in the three categories. Fishermen participating in this portion of the program will receive a Catch Kit corresponding to their fish’s weight class. Each Catch Kit includes an achievement decal, merchandise and other giveaways. They will also be entered into a drawing to win a $5,000 shopping spree and other prizes. Fishermen who catch a bass big enough to enter the Legacy program are asked to immediately call (903) 681-0550. For more information on all parts of the ShareLunker program, go online to https://texassharelunker.com .

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Through all the upsets, unexpected rises and falls, there are nine teams still in the mix to play in the conference championship game. No. 14 Arizona State and No. 17 Iowa State have the best odds, yet a multitude of scenarios could play out — 256 to be exact. There's even the possibility of an eight-team tie. It may take a mathematician to figure out which teams are in the Dec. 7 game in Arlington, Texas — even for the ones who win. Travis Hunter, Colorado. The Buffaloes' two-way star has excelled on both sides of the field, making him one of the favorites to win the Heisman Trophy. Cam Skattebo, Arizona State. The senior running back can do a little of everything, but excels at punishing would-be tacklers. He's one of the nation's leaders in yards after contact and the focal point of the Sun Devils' offense. Shadeur Sanders, Colorado. If it weren't for Hunter, Sanders might be the Heisman favorite. The son of coach Deion Sanders, Shedeur is fifth nationally with 3,488 yards passing and has been a big part of the Buffaloes' turnaround. DJ Giddens, Kansas State. The Wildcats' running back is one of the nation's most versatile players. He is ninth nationally with 1,271 rushing yards and has added 21 receptions for 258 yards. Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona. The Wildcats have struggled this season, but McMillan has not. He is third nationally with 1,251 receiving yards with seven touchdowns on 78 catches. Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech. The Red Raiders' junior linebacker leads the Big 12 with 68 tackles, averaging 10.2 per game. He also has four sacks. Brendan Mott, Kansas State. He's a menace to opposing quarterbacks, leading the Big 12 with 8 1/2 sacks. The Big 12 has nine teams already bowl eligible and two more a win away. The winner of the Big 12 championship game will be in the mix for a College Football Playoff spot. 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The UK is prepared for “all eventualities” if Donald Trump slaps import tariffs on goods from Britain, Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said. The US president-elect has already announced plans to hit China, Canada and Mexico with tariffs as part of his efforts to crack down on illegal immigration and drugs. But he has indicated he is prepared to use tariffs far more widely as part of his plan to protect American industry. Mr Trump has suggested he wants to increase tariffs on goods imported from around the world by 10% or 20%, rising to 60% on items from China. The UK could retaliate in the form of tariffs targeted at symbolically important US products such as whiskey, blue jeans and motorbikes – hitting brands like Jack Daniel’s, Levi’s and Harley-Davidson – as Britain and the European Union did during trade wars in Mr Trump’s first term in the White House. Mr Reynolds would not be drawn on what actions he would take but insisted the UK was prepared. He told the Commons Business and Trade Committee: “This is the big question facing global trading relationships.” The UK should be an advocate for “open, transparent, free trading relationships around the world”, he said. “Yes, it’s true to say, if any country imposed tariffs on UK companies exporting, it would hurt our companies. “But let’s also remember that it also hurts the consumers in whatever country are being asked to pay those tariffs. And there’s an inflationary pressure, there’s an impact on the cost of living.” The Cabinet minister acknowledged that a 20% tariffs on goods exported to the US would result in a “not insignificant” impact on UK economic growth. Asked if the Government had options ready to respond to tariffs from Mr Trump, the minister said: “I wouldn’t want to speculate, but the committee should assume that all eventualities have been prepared for.” The options in any dispute would be to do nothing, retaliate or negotiate. Asked if retaliatory tariffs on goods such as Harley-Davidson bikes were already prepared, the Trade Secretary said: “You would expect this department to prepare for every eventuality. But I think we should just be a little bit sensitive at this stage about speculating about how we would respond to something which hasn’t happened.” Mr Reynolds said the trade deficits with the US in relation to other European countries did not apply to the UK so Mr Trump might not feel the need to act in the same way as he would with other nations. He said: “There are a whole range of areas where we, as a country, I think could and should – if we could do it – welcome closer trading relationships with the US. “The US is a fundamental ally of ours. We have an incredibly strong trading relationship as it stands, and when I look to areas like services, technology, critical minerals, if there was the opportunity to work more closely together, I don’t think anyone should turn around immediately and say ‘not interested in that’.” He acknowledged there were “challenges” in seeking a closer trading relationship, or even a free-trade deal, which would have knock-on impacts with other important markets for the UK in the EU and China. “I don’t see the need at this stage to rule anything out or in, but to be realistic about where our national interest lies and being frank with the committee about the fact that any negotiation in any major principal market that we might do has to be considered not in isolation, but its relationship to other key markets, and what the consequences of that negotiation would mean for business and trade in those areas.” But he insisted he did not see the coming years as a “binary choice” between trading more closely with the US or EU.