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Cooler water could create warming trend for anglers.
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Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)
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October 10, 2007
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2007 The Dallas Morning News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: Ray Sasser
DALLAS _ A rainy spring and summer produced unusually slow fishing at many Dallas-area lakes, but experts predict improved action with cooler water temperatures. October and November are traditionally excellent fishing months, and this year should be better than normal.
"This has been a very unusual year," said Bruce Hysmith, a veteran Texas Parks and Wildlife fisheries biologist. "Most of our lakes had very low water when the spring rains began. The lakes caught a lot of water, and that's what caused the fishing to slow.
"Think about it. You've got a population of game fish in a lake that's about 20,000 acres of water when it's low. Now the ...
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