Off-duty game warden shot while hunting




An off-duty Texas game warden was shot Sunday evening while bow hunting on Cooper Wildlife Management Area in Delta County. Listed in stable condition in intensive care at Dallas's Parkland Hospital Monday is Game Warden Chris Fried, 31, of Cooper. He was transferred to the hospital from Hopkins County Memorial Hospital in Sulfur Springs late Sunday. The warden suffered a gunshot wound to the upper right arm, with the bullet lodging in his chest. Fried is based in Delta County and has been a game warden since June 2009. Fried was wounded between 6:30 and 7 p.m. Sunday. He was able to use his cell phone to call for help. A TPWD wildlife biologist reached him first, did what he could to help him, and then went for additional help. The 14,160-acre WMA is open for archery-only whitetail deer hunting by licensed hunters with a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Annual Public Hunting Permit. The incident is being investigated by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Internal Affairs and game wardens assigned to the Department's Criminal Investigation Division as well as the Delta County Sheriff's Office and the Texas Rangers. A game warden forensics team was on the scene Monday to gather data which can be used to reconstruct what occurred.




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GOOD. Water stained; 79 degrees; 1.42 feet above pool. Things are picking up, especially on the weekdays when crowds are gone. There's an early morning topwater bite when shad are on the surface in the main part of the lake. Use pencil poppers and other topwater lures to catch stripers feeding on them. After they go down, start looking for fish on the grass using slabs to catch big groups of stripers surfacing in deep water anywhere from 30-60 feet deep. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors. Striper fishing is getting better every day on lures. They're moving fast and seeing schooling fish on the surface with the right conditions. Topwaters, swimbaits and slabs are working. Look at river ledges and channels for suspended fish on the main lake. Catfishing is good on punch bait and cut shad. Channels are on humps and points near stumps in 20-30 feet of water. Eater blues are roaming the lake in big schools all over the deep water. Crappie fishing look at docks and brush in 15-20 feet of water using jigs, minnows or small shad. Use electronics to locate active fish and structure near the mouths of creeks and coves. Largemouth and smallmouth bass fishing throw topwaters early along the rock banks and off main lake points. Fish have plenty of forage so fish for a reaction strike throughout the day near docks and brush. Report by Jacob Orr, Lake Texoma, Guaranteed Guide Service.

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