It was a record that stood for 26 years, but records are made to be broken. That's exactly what happened last week when a Texas angler hooked into a 972.7-pound blue marlin that smashed the old record by almost 100 pounds.

Read about this incredible fish and how it was brought to the scales in this issue of Lone Star Outdoor News, available today on newsstands and online at LSONews.com.

While the offshore action has been solid, anglers fishing for largemouth bass in Texas' lakes and rivers are using a trick to locate fish along shorelines - great blue herons. Read about this technique in this issue.

In hunting, we speak with renowned white-tailed deer photographer Dave Richards as he shares his insight into how to properly age bucks.

Also in hunting, read the amazing story about a Texas man who was attacked by a mountain lion when he was 8 years old in Big Bend National Park. Now in his 30s, the hunter recently closed a chapter in his life when he harvested a mountain lion in West Texas.

Other stories include a fishing trip gone wrong on the Pecos River where anglers narrowly escaped a flash flood with their lives, a preview of the Texas quail season, a Nueces Bay fishing report and a new Texas world record fish.

As always, we have the most accurate fishing reports and our popular Game Warden Blotter recounting tales of some of the dumbest poachers in the state.

To download current and past issues of Lone Star Outdoor News, go to: http://www.lsonews.com/hunting-news/view-past-issues/

For information, call Managing Editor Conor Harrison, (214) 361-2276.