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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Lake Lewisville, a 30,000-acre public freshwater |
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reservoir located within the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, |
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draws more than 2.5 million visitors each year for recreational |
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activities such as camping, picnicking, boating, swimming, and |
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fishing; and |
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WHEREAS, Sport fishing is one of the most popular |
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recreational activities in Texas, and Lake Lewisville has earned a |
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rating of "excellent" by the Parks and Wildlife Department for |
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catfish, crappie, and white bass and "good" for largemouth and |
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striped/hybrid bass; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to the tens of thousands of recreational |
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anglers who cast their lines in Lake Lewisville each year, hundreds |
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of competitive and professional anglers visit the lake annually to |
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participate in the more than two dozen fishing tournaments that are |
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held there; and |
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WHEREAS, The first Elite 50 tournament of the Bassmaster Tour |
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to be held in Texas took place at Lake Lewisville in June 2005; |
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attended by the top 50 professional bass anglers in the world, the |
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four-day event attracted nearly 20,000 spectators and generated |
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national television coverage; the winner of the tournament netted |
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an 11.81-pound largemouth bass, which ranked as the largest catch |
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on the tour and which set a lake record that was bested three more |
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times that calendar year; and |
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WHEREAS, In October 2005, the Bassmaster Tour returned to |
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Lake Lewisville to hold its first-ever women's tournament, and the |
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new Women's Bassmaster Tour staged a competition at the lake in May |
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2006; and |
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WHEREAS, Lake Lewisville served in October 2006 as the site |
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of the inaugural BoatU.S. National Collegiate Bass Fishing |
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Championship, which is nationally televised; the championship is |
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scheduled to take place at the lake again on September 27-29, 2007; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, The excellent bass fishing to be had at Lake |
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Lewisville has established that body of water as one of the foremost |
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bass-fishing sites in the state, and it is fitting that the lake's |
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special allure for bass-fishing enthusiasts be appropriately |
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recognized; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 80th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby designate Lake Lewisville as the official Urban Bass Fishing |
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Capital of Texas. |