Brian Gillis' "Texas Teardrop"

El Paso, Texican Brian Gillis sent us these photos of his own teardrop camper project. He took the elegant and functional design one step further and turned his into a work of fishing art.

Brian says he can't wait to try his creation out on his yearly San Juan River trip. We can only wonder how Mr. Gillis plans on getting any fishing done with all the attention this sweet ride is going to get in the camp ground.

New Texas Largemouth Bass Record

If only they had weighed it and not filleted it.....

Recently that's what happened to a largemouth bass from a private lake in Fannin County, which died despite the angler's efforts to keep it alive. The angler guesstimated the fish's weight at 21 pounds-which would have been a new state record-before filleting it.

The article in the Beaumont Enterprise also tells us about a unique Texas program:

Each year from Oct. 1 until April 30, TPWD accepts largemouth bass weighing 13 pounds or more into the ShareLunker program to be used in a selective breeding program aimed at producing bigger bass in Texas.

Think stud farm for largemouth bass. What a life for a lunker.