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Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM

Graveyard Shift

Night owls Gladfelter, Burks finding big bass nirvana after hours

When the blistering summer sun settles over Scurry and Borden counties, piscatorial titans to shock the imagination go on the prowl on lakes across Texas. Lake J.B. Thomas is an especially dangerous place for a little fish, but one of the best in the world for a bass angler to go gunning for the big bite.

Brandon Burks and Christian Gladfelter have run up the score with double-digit lunkers hundreds of times, often during the wee hours of darkness.

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