AREA HIGH SCHOOL ANGLERS EARN HIGH MARKS
The SETX high School bass fishing championship hosted on Rayburn this past weekend marked the end of another very
Category: Local Fishing: Capt. Dickie Colburn
The SETX high School bass fishing championship hosted on Rayburn this past weekend marked the end of another very
BIG PAYDAY ON RAYBURN
Bass fishermen covered up every square inch of concrete large enough to
park a boat trailer as a massive crowd invaded Jasper
AN INEXPENSIVE BITE TO ENJOY
“We were throwing chartreuse beetle spins without the harness and blade and just catching the heck out of goggle eye and
NEVER ABANDON A PROVEN WINNER
“I don’t know about Rayburn, but the spawn is definitely winding down here on T-Bend,” said James Hughes.If anyone would
ALL NEWS IS OLD NEWS
Regardless of how quickly you hear or read any fishing report it is still old news.That is not to say that gathering any
LOCAL HIGHSCHOOL TEAMS DO WELL
While local saltwater anglers continue to struggle with the trout bite on Sabine Lake, their freshwater counterparts are
THE SPAWN IS ON
“When do you think the big bass will move up shallow to spawn on Toledo Bend,” asked the young man standing at the counter
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
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