When did SAL add these two $5,000 prizes to the program and why?

Was it to increase participation? I know of four 13lb+ fish that have recently been caught, weighed on certified scales and released.

Just wondering if recent controversy related to SAL and their cash prizes will have unintended consequences

I don’t remember when, but surely it was to incentivize participation. Just like the replicas.

If you’re legal what would the consequences be? Maybe you pay tax on the “prize”?

I remember a handful of years ago guy that looked like he smoked about 2 packs of
Cigs a day broke the AR record, it was later rescinded because he didn’t have a license. Probably plenty more examples. If you’re attracting attention to yourself, the law will probably be around.

The end of the year banquet and prize drawing were added shortly after a couple of donated SALs had some failure to thrive/mortality.
About the same time they categorized the Lunker, Elite, and Legend classes.

I found out about them when the Livescope master got arrested. Didn’t know about it when I turned in a fish. Won’t be risking anymore felonies for a stupid hat.

Do 8 pound fish entries get the same amount of entries into this raffle as a real sherry?

When the Sherry program went to 8 pounds I started to tune it out.

1 real sherry should get 5 entries into the raffle, ten pounds 1 entry, 8 pounders get a participation ribbon, since that’s what that is (sorry if you have your mug on the website with an 8 pounder hahaha)

So if you catch a real Sherry are you entered into both drawings or just the one?

you dont have to send a picture in of your mug... just the fish on measuring device at least 24 inches length

they dont take your 8 pounder out of the lake... you get to release it, same with over 10... they ask you take 3 scales from the fish and send them in for DNA testing... if you dont have someone there to witness weight .. you just take a picture of it on measuring device... over 24 inches is all that is required. Is that too much to help TP&W oh.. they do ask what lake you caught it on..

That last sentence is a deal breaker, and it should be for you too, judging by where you fish

SAL

STOP calling them Sherry

Must be a Minnesota thing.

1. What's wrong with Sherry?
2. Why a Minnesota thing? I picked it up from a guide that lives here in TX with us

There are two options that would fit your wishes. “Private” and “unknown”

1…..it really just sounds stupid.
2…..if ya know , ya know…and most of us know.

was that you I met and and you said you caught everything on a carolina rig when anyone within a hundred yards could hear the rattletrap?

Its stupid and so is whoever the guilde is that used the moronic term

Couldn’t agree more! “Sherry”. Everyone knows it’s Sharee! 🤪

Like from the Steve Perry song?

Think I may have just helped to derail my own thread.

Your back!

When did you move to Texas? When you were banned for the last year?

I know somebody that caught a ShareLunker in 2011 and I just asked the question about the Banquet. Then They got a jacket a shirt and replica at the banquet The largest/ Heaviest got $500.00.

I asked one of the guy that transports the fish during the Legacy ShareLunker season from Ivie. He told me that they have a truck with a tank that stays in San Angelo that comes and picks the fish up at Elm Creek or Concho. I have seen them come and fill up with water at the boat ramp there. They have an almost Identical one that comes from Athens. They pick up the fish after they take pictures for their Facebook and website. Then they meet the other truck at Goldwaithe TX That is equipped the same that comes from Athens. The people change trucks and the fish stays in the original truck/tank. And they go back to San Angelo / Athens. I asked him Why Goldwaithe? it is not halfway? He said that by the time they fill up with water and take pictures it is halfway time wise.

No, I'm not one to lie about what I'm throwing, but who knows, maybe we've seen each other, haha

I think its got a nice ring to it, Sherry, like a nice women born from the 60's. The guide goes by the name of Brady Stanford, have you met him? I can't speak to his intelligence, but he seems to be catching his fair sher of sherrys.

You clearly don't know me AND did listen when I was explaining who I was last year.

I am from and have always maintained property in Nacogdoches Co., TX. Here I am, living back in Nacogdoches Co., TX it was nothing more than about a 14 or 15 hour drive away. Probably in about 5 months, I'll get back in my vehicle and head back to MN. Concerned?

Only the 13lb+ entries that are donated to the Athens hatchery get a crack at the prize money and free replicas. They should never have called the 8lb and 10lb class fish sharelunkers.

Except that didn't work for Milliken, did it? I think his wish was for his Sherry to be listed as "unknown", that didnt end very well, I don't have any idea, but i think that was the beginning of this issue.

Agree the smaller fish are just nice fish, they should enter the 10 pounders into whatever the bassmaster magazine used to do if they want to show it off.

Are you sure in terms of the drawing, it looks like there are two drawings for 5K each. One for the legacy 13+ pound variety, and one that doesn't specify. I think thats why Ben was entered into a tournament that was $10K or whatever it was, 2, 5K drawings, im confused.

You are not confused. That is exactly how it works.

There are two $5000 drawings. One is from the pool of Legacy (13+). The second one is for all entries including the Legacy ones. So potentially someone with a Legacy could win both. Chances of winning both are slim to none but hey lets call it a felony.

I thought we were calling it a misdemeanor?

Good nite I think my head will explode, Sherry? Must be a gay yankee term!

It could be a Jerez, Šeriš, Xerez or even Sharronaqe depending on what country or hood you are from or reside....

“Sherry” my arse. Haven’t you heard that DEI is dead. Just call them SAL, Swamp Donkey, Fat Bottom Girls or whatever. Sherry sounds so Yankee gay.

Too funny! Great post guys.

Hey guys, breaking news: Many yankees on here, but i'm not one of them.. Raise of hands, who in here is not from Texas, but claim to be now?Also, additional hand raises for those who have caught a fish over 13 pounds in public waters. I didn't make Sherry up, What does DEI have to do with, Sherry is gender specific, and she was entered into the program based on MERIT, over 13 pounds! The fella that seems to have coined the name is from Central TX, Millersview. At least that is what is being reported, and I have not additional info to dispute the claim.

https://www.wired2fish.com/news/first-texas-sharelunker-2025

If you are not from Texas move along, if you have not caught a fish over 13 pounds from TX public waters move even further along.

…..and since you’re gonna ask….

Steez, nobody is questioning your clout, seeing the photo of that giant never does get old though, great catch, you are entitled to call her whatever you'd like. whats her name?

Dink

Big Bertha.

Yours might be a DEI sharelunker, is that a boy or a girl?

Look at the head on that thing.....

Me? Or the fish?

I caught one teen from a small public lake 15 years ago and contacted TPWD, but then decided against donating it. The little lake fished crazy good for 3-4 more years and no doubt would have been ruined (again) if it was turned in.

Also caught a teen out a of a private lake, in East Tx, in the early 2000's. Never even considered reporting it. Had a 3rd that could have busted 13# on Ray Hubbard on Dec 26, 2017 9n an A rig. Did not hav a scale with me that day

This is the fish from Mill Creek in Feb 2010. Fish was 26.5 inches and had a girth of over 23 inches. Weighed 13.6 on the scale we had



R. Hubbard 2017




those are my "DEI-a-Liunkers"

You of course

That second fish looks like it’s about to explode.

This reminds me of a situation that I got myself into with the rattle trap, was fishing a lake and had my oldest son with me, whom was about 8 at the time. Another angler passed by us on the trolling motor and asked me if we had done any good, told him no, that we hadn't caught a thing, at that point my says, yes you did dad, don't you remember you caught those 2 big ones on that rattle trap. I bowed my head shrugged my shoulders and the man politely replied, I get it buddy, I get it. Son got me stone cold busted !

Fouz,
I believe the program is called operation catch a non licensed share lunker thief. If money is given away then they can prosecute those who do not have a current license when they catch a share lunker.

Doc, sure seems that way, now.

https://www.facebook.com/sharelunke...-bass-caught-from-lake-/792848776206122/

Danny Howard caught his fish a couple weeks after Ben caught his. Danny did it right, notifying the program that he did not have a license. Nothing bad happened to him.
Ben, instead of just not entering the fish, bought a license minutes before entering the fish into the program.

One can be seen as an honest mistake. The other can't.

And Ben got ticketed for fishing without a license shortly thereafter and should have been case closed. The whole felony charge calling SAL a tournament came almost 7 months later.

Be careful TMD, soon they will strip you of your integrity, and not being willing to fish against you in tournaments.

I have heard that he was ticketed several times but if I read it I do not remember it. (I hope its not in one of the links I have posted)
If that is correct and he did get a ticket around February, he had 7 months to correct it and have himself removed from the program.
From what I remember they did not discover it till 7 months later when they were going over the entrants to verify that they were eligible.


However Bens case went, notice that Danny turned himself in when he discovered that he had erred. Ben did just the opposite and bought a fishing license to try and deceive.