Category: Local Fishing: Capt. Dickie Colburn

HUDSON DUPES RECORD SPOT

Capt. Dickie Colburn

For the Record

Catching fish is not simply a matter of being in the right place at the

right

ONLY TIME WILL TELL

“We’re not catching any fish……..got any suggestions?” I was on the water when that call came in last Thursday and I wasn’t

BIG BASS DRAW A CROWD

“Things are going to be much different up here this year,” said Cole Burnett while trying to thread a transducer wire

Time For The Trap

Apparently the only thing it took to get the big bass moving on Toledo

Bend was a mini-shot of warmer weather.That

TRAP CLOSURE SET FOR 16TH

Following three unsuccessful passes around the unmarked crab trap, Eulon

Smith stretched his line past the breaking point

CENTIPEDES AND BOUDIN BALLS

Before I could even say “Hello”, Jason Leger was blurting out an

invitation in the form of a question.“When was the last

LOTS OF WATER IN RAYBURN

I vaguely recall Sam Rayburn reaching its highest level back in the early 90’s, but passed on the opportunity to see what the lake

NEVER TOO COLD OR MUDDY

NEVER TOO COLD OR MUDDY

The water wasn’t lapping over the dock the day before, but that was the

day before.I lost the

WATER STILL RUNS DOWNHILL

Immediately after catching the largest trout I had caught on Sabine in the past two years, Mother Nature buried us in a

A GIFT FOR YOUR FISHERMAN

Carolyn Ellis was vocally expressing her disdain for the annual woes of

Christmas shopping when I walked up behind her

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX

“I have been waiting on colder weather to dig out my Corkies,” said Adam
Benz, “and I guess this qualifies as colder weather

A LURE FOR ALL SEASONS

Larry Johns’ reply to my question regarding the bass bite on Toledo Bend
was more of a confession than a

MORE LUCK THAN SENSE

It could only happen to Andy Wright.I picked up the phone and even
before I could say “hello”, Andy was begging for a short trip on

FRONT COULD BE A GAME CHANGER

“Don’t tell me you finally got on some trout wading,” I asked Larry
Dixon as soon as I climbed out of the truck Saturday

MORE BASS THAN FISHING PRESSURE

Only last week, Gary Stelly and I were talking about night fishing the
full moon on Toledo Bend in November. The major downside is

WADING YET ANOTHER OPTION

“I was conflicted after your report,” moaned Gerald North as he huffed
and puffed while struggling to pull his wader boot over his

GEAR UP FOR GAME WARDENS

While Mother Nature was less than hospitable Saturday morning, she
failed to dampen the enthusiasm and participation in the 7^th

RESPECT THE DUCK HUNTERS

The bad news for Sabine Lake trout fishermen was that a 1.22- pound
trout earned the first place check in the S.A.L.T. club’s

FLOUNDER MAY BE THE ANSWER

A short time back, almost forty years now, I was talked into guiding on
Sabine Lake when I wasn’t pulling trips on Toledo Bend.At

A TASTY PLAN B

“A fly rod works great, but it’s a little too tight for a back cast,” said Kyle Easley as he lifted the tip of his 12-foot

CRAZY CROAKER MAY BE THE ANSWER

I was fishing with Bill Keller earlier this week and we were discussing Hurricane Florence which had drawn a bead on the east coast

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