| By: Harris | S.C.R. No. 58 | |
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| WHEREAS, Lewisville Lake is a 30,000-acre public freshwater | ||
| reservoir located within the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, Lewisville Lake draws more than two and one-half | ||
| million visitors each year for recreational activities, such as | ||
| camping, picnicking, boating, swimming, and fishing; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Sportfishing is one of the most popular recreational | ||
| activities in Texas, and Lewisville Lake is rated as "excellent" by | ||
| the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for catfish, crappie, and | ||
| white bass fishing and as "good" for largemouth bass and | ||
| striped-hybrid bass fishing; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In addition to tens of thousands of recreational | ||
| anglers, more than two dozen fishing tournaments are held on | ||
| Lewisville Lake each year, drawing hundreds of competitive and | ||
| professional anglers; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In June of 2005, the Bassmaster Tour held an Elite 50 | ||
| tournament at Lewisville Lake, the first Elite 50 tournament ever | ||
| held in Texas; the four-day event drew the top 50 professional bass | ||
| anglers in the world, attracted nearly 20,000 spectators, and | ||
| generated national television coverage; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The winner of the tournament netted an 11.81-pound | ||
| largemouth bass, the largest on the Bassmaster Elite 50 Tour; the | ||
| winner set a lake record that was bettered three more times that | ||
| calendar year; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In October of 2005, the Bassmaster Tour returned to | ||
| Lewisville Lake to hold its first Women's Bassmaster Tour event and | ||
| returned again in May of 2006 to hold another Women's Bassmaster | ||
| Tour tournament; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Also in October of 2005, Lewisville Lake was the | ||
| site for the inaugural BoatUS National Collegiate Bass-Fishing | ||
| Championship, produced and televised nationally by FOX College | ||
| Sports, and the lake has now been named the site for the 2007 | ||
| championship event; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 80th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby designate Lewisville Lake as the Urban Bass Fishing Capital | ||
| of Texas; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be prepared in honor | ||
| of the Urban Bass Fishing Capital of Texas. | ||