They are already getting paid 1. free mount and something about a 2. lifetime license(someone help me on this one). could be the demise of the SAL program but i hope not.

I did a little research and I guess since the SAL program isn't funded with "public monies" they can do with them what they want.

Good Luck

They don't get a lifetime license, only the biggest of the year does.

I got a free mount and some clothing in 2007

So seems a private lake that charges 7-8k for 2 folks to fish 2 1/2 days is getting fry that most Texas lakes don't. I'm guessing I'm wrong but thought the point of the program was to grow big bass for Texas fisheries so Texas could possibly produce a world record. Implicit in that is better fishing for Texans and those who come to fish Texas lakes and spend money in the state and grow the local economies around those lakes. I'm not sure how this move helps other than one Texan. But maybe someone from the program will explain their plan for this private lake and what's in the contract.

Not really. These fish are offspring of Florida strain genetic bass paid for by Texas state funds which are either funded by tax payer dollars or fishing license revenue or both. Remember, Florida stain bass are not indigenous to Texas waters. The donated SAL or her offspring does not merely become property of the SAL program simply because it was donated.
There was a very similar legal battle in the state of Oklahoma over horses. The Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Equine ranch was taking privately donated horses, breeding them, then selling the offspring for profit which went back to the Vet Med ranch/ school. Courts basically said you can't do that since they are a state funded institution.
Not trying to start a big debate, but this is BAD business for the SAL program. Sorry.

High fence fishing?

Hopefully a world record in Texas!!

Boy, this post didn't go where the OP wanted it to! Come on in Jordan, the water is hot.

I thought the SAL program has been sponsored and privately funded since it's inception?

I am not of the opinion it's "bad" to do what they are doing, but I do not see the good in it either.

Hopefully we are not using tax dollars to boost private waters most of us will never have access to fish.

Isn't Toyota paying for the share a lunker? If you guys didn't already know that they were selling their bass fry then you were living in lala land. Have any of you ever heard of lake X? The states own private super bass lake, who do you think is paying for that one?

UH, is that the lake where strike king films that dumb show, strike king team journal, to advertise their stuff?

+1

Get the record first then we can complain about who paid for it.

Can't wait to start seeing the results from all of this. Instead of complaining im gonna take the high road and hope that we learn something from this and it makes our fisheries better. Rock on!

Yes, I believe the SAL program is funded by sponsorship dollars. However, the Florida strain fish they are using for breeding stock were not.