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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Lewisville Lake is a 30,000-acre public freshwater |
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reservoir located within the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Lewisville Lake draws more than two and one-half |
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million visitors each year for recreational activities, such as |
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camping, picnicking, boating, swimming, and fishing; and |
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WHEREAS, Sportfishing is one of the most popular recreational |
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activities in Texas, and Lewisville Lake is rated as "excellent" by |
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the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for catfish, crappie, and |
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white bass fishing and as "good" for largemouth bass and |
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striped-hybrid bass fishing; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to tens of thousands of recreational |
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anglers, more than two dozen fishing tournaments are held on |
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Lewisville Lake each year, drawing hundreds of competitive and |
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professional anglers; and |
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WHEREAS, In June of 2005, the Bassmaster Tour held an Elite 50 |
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tournament at Lewisville Lake, the first Elite 50 tournament ever |
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held in Texas; the four-day event drew the top 50 professional bass |
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anglers in the world, attracted nearly 20,000 spectators, and |
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generated national television coverage; and |
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WHEREAS, The winner of the tournament netted an 11.81-pound |
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largemouth bass, the largest on the Bassmaster Elite 50 Tour; the |
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winner set a lake record that was bettered three more times that |
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calendar year; and |
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WHEREAS, In October of 2005, the Bassmaster Tour returned to |
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Lewisville Lake to hold its first Women's Bassmaster Tour event and |
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returned again in May of 2006 to hold another Women's Bassmaster |
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Tour tournament; and |
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WHEREAS, Also in October of 2005, Lewisville Lake was the |
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site for the inaugural BoatUS National Collegiate Bass-Fishing |
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Championship, produced and televised nationally by FOX College |
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Sports, and the lake has now been named the site for the 2007 |
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championship event; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 80th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby designate Lewisville Lake as the Urban Bass Fishing Capital |
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of Texas; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be prepared in honor |
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of the Urban Bass Fishing Capital of Texas. |