Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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“For more than two months my fishing partner and I planned a fishing trip to Toledo Bend hoping to catch a bass over seven pounds,” said Paul Degeter.“We decided back in December to fish the Bend because all the good reports were coming from there.” They planned their trip around everything from high school proms to dance recitals, booked a room in Jasper and spent the past two months reading reports and buying baits they had never fished.“Toledo Bend didn’t look a whole lot like the Atchafalaya,” pointed out Degeter. When...
“I was never so happy not to catch fish as I was last weekend,” said Lester Sensat.“I really don’t like fishing a Carolina rig and I have zero confidence in the drop-shot, but our bass have been camped out in water too deep to catch fish any other way.” When Lester and J.D. Chaumont couldn’t get the first bite in the deep stuff they completely changed tactics and started catching bass up to six pounds on everything from crankbaits to Wacky worms in six to ten feet of water.“Toledo Bend was a foot deeper than the weekend b...
Capt. Chuck Uzzle For the Record When the federal authorities granted hunters the extra time to hunt light geese after the general season closed they did so with conservation in mind as the population was skyrocketing out of control. Waterfowl enthusiasts welcomed the opportunity with open arms, any chance to keep hunting was sure to be a hit. The first couple of years there were some incredible hunts as many goose hunters took advantage of the liberal rules and brought along the electronic callers and plenty of shells. All...
Out of fear of rousting Mother Nature’s ugly side, I will only mention that we have endured a little more rain and wind than needed over the past few days.Don’t get me wrong…. we have been forced to deal with far worse! If you prefer to fish the wide open confines of Sabine Lake, it has been all but a guarantee that the wind is going to blow the wrong direction and harder than you would like at some point virtually every day.For my money, however, it is still better than dealing with the absence of even a breath of wind...
Capt. Chuck Uzzle For the Record As far as I am concerned February and March have to be some of the best times on the calendar for a wide variety of reasons. Spring is closing in and everything starts to heat up, especially the fishing. Anglers all over the state look forward to this month with great anticipation every year because in just about any body of water you fish, fresh or salt; you stand an excellent chance of doing battle with a career fish. Freshwater anglers have long known the magic that can happen on those days...
The Kansas City Chiefs used three field goals by Jan Stenerud, a sterling performance by quarterback Len Dawson and a rock-ribbed defense to down the Minnesota Vikings 23-7 before 80,562 fans at New Orleans, making a winner out of legendary Chiefs’ coach Hank Stram. This scenario happened Jan. 11, 1970 in Super Bowl IV following the 1969 season before the full merger of the AFL and NFL, a year after Kansas City owner Lamar Hunt dubbed the big game the Super Bowl. Many San Francisco fans swear that if 49ers cornerback R...
“It’s really kind of crazy the way fishing goes through cycles,” said Ronnie Lott.“Forty years ago when I was working in a refinery every plant or refinery had a bass club.At least over here, they just kind of died out when gas got so high and for some reason the bass fishing on Rayburn got so tough!” “In the mid 80”s most of the really good bass fishermen I had competed against stayed closer to home and started chasing trout and redfish.When folks found out how many big trout we had in the lake, the Bay boat business just ex...
SUPER BOWL LIV WILL OVERSHADOW GROUND HOG’S APPEARANCE For as many years as one can remember, February 2 has always belonged to the ground hog seeing his shadow so folks can plan for six more weeks of winter weather. The winter weather will feel like summertime Sunday when Super Bowl LIV kicks off at 5:38 p.m. in toasty-warm Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. It can be seen on Fox TV. Strangely, the Kansas City Chiefs still are favored to win over San Francisco by a single point. I predicted the Chiefs’ odds wou...
Photo: Jack Tindel III, left, and Brett Fregia of Lamar State College-Orange finished seventh of 250 teams in last weekend’s BASS Collegiate fishing tournament at Toledo Bend. They qualified for the BASS Collegiate Nationals this summer. Dave Rogers / For The Record Not bad for openers. Lamar State College Orange’s Gators fishing team qualified for nationals in its first tournament of the 2020 season. The duo of Brett Fregia and Jack Tindel III placed seventh out of 250 two-ma...
Capt. Chuck Uzzle For the Record As the mercury creeps up into a more comfortable range outside as well as on the water, don’t let that fool you into feeling too secure at this time of the year. January and February on the Texas gulf coast can be down right brutal with all the rank weather we receive at this time of the year. Bone chilling winds coupled with humid overcast days can make even the toughest fisherman wish for a warm spot in the truck and hot cup of coffee. When late winter fronts pass through and temperatures o...
NFL Conference Championship Games This Weekend AFC TENNESSEE TITANS (11-7) over KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (13-4) 2:05 P.M. Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. (CBS)—If the Chiefs start off playing half as sloppy as they did against the Houston Texans Sunday, Tennessee’s defense won’t let them score enough points to come back like they did Sunday and Derrick Henry will take over the offensive portion of the game with his bull-like rushes. MY PROJECTED SCORE (SUPER UPSET)—Tennessee 26-Kansas City 21. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (...
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS FEATURE YOUNG QBS, NEW COACHES For the fourth time in franchise history the Houston Texans failed to reach the National Football League’s Conference championship round. Sunday’s failure at Kansas City against the explosive Chiefs was unbelievably unique. The Texans became the first team in NFL history to lead by 20 or more points and then lose by 20 points. The game started off with the Chiefs looking like a team that would get blown out by 40 points as they suffered from six dropped passes in the...
If you canceled an early week fishing trip due to the educated guesses passed along via the local weather man….you made a bad mistake.I am no longer as hell bent on fooling a fish as I once was, but rain, unlike the cold, does not keep my boat parked on the driveway. That is especially true, when you find your raingear to be uncomfortably warm in January or February.You cannot order better conditions than a falling barometer, overcast skies and surface temperatures in the high fifties.Even a little more wind than you would c...
Photo: Hunters are scrambling to end their 2019-20 duck season on a high note. Capt. Chuck Uzzle For the Record Just like the old saying “all good things must come to an end” the 2019-20 waterfowl season is almost over. This weekend will be the final chance for hunters in Louisiana while Texas duck and goose hunters will have one more week to finish as their season ends on Jan 26th. For plenty of local hunters it feels like the season already ended as this crazy weather pattern has made staying on the birds a challenge. Hun...
Over the weekend, the OJH boys basketball competed in the SETX OpenCourts tournament. It was a successful tournament for the 8th grade boys taking home the 1st place trophy! Leading the way for the Bobcats receiving all tournament honors were Kane Smith, Caleb Fregia, and Zane Wrinkle....
UPSETS HIGHLIGHT WILD CARD ROUND, TEXANS SURVIVE IN OT The Fanatic Football Fan was in Seventh Heaven last weekend as all four Wild Card Playoff games went down to the final play of each game, with two of them needing overtime to see what team advances to this week’s Division Playoffs. The Houston Texans once again drew the first game of the playoffs because the NFL Money Grubbers figured this 3:35 p.m. kickoff would probably be the least interesting game of the four. And they looked like geniuses after the first half in w...
“The weather was just perfect and we messed around too long catching white perch and bass on everything in the tackle box,” reported an annoyed Jason Perry.I don’t know how that could be a bad thing for any fisherman, but Perry was genuinely miffed. “My Dad and I caught white perch until I just didn’t want to clean another white perch, while my brother and his girlfriend hammered two to three pound bass on spinnerbaits and Texas rigged worms. That alone was killing me, but our last two hours of fishing Sunday morning a...
AFC BALTIMORE RAVENS (14-2) over TENNESSEE TITANS (10-7) 7:15 P.M. Saturday at M&T Stadium in Baltimore (CBS)—The Ravens are probably the best team in this year’s playoffs and are an early 9½-point favorite. Tennessee has a quality defense and a good offense led by the NFL’s rushing champion Derrick Henry. But the Ravens are better with quarterback Lamar Jackson leading the way while the defense is anchored by Orange native Earl Thomas III at free safety. MY PROJECTED SCORE—Baltimore 31-Tennessee 17. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (...
The final day of the 2019 National Football League season left a lot to be desired at many of the stadiums around the country. Teams that were fairly locked in to their positions for this weekend’s “Wild Card” playoffs kept many of their starting players on the bench—some dressed out in their uniforms and others in street clothes along the sidelines. This is one of my pet peeves during the final couple weeks of the season—healthy starters sitting on the pine while their understudies get the opportunity to play in a “real” ga...
For months the faithful waited in anticipation for opening day and in what seems to be the blink of an eye the 2019-20 duck season is just about gone. With a few weeks to go before the end, many water fowl hunters have resorted to road trips to get that last little fix in before the party’s over. For many hunters the coast has been the destination, especially the Rockport and Port O’ Conner areas since they have been covered up with ducks for most of the season. The stories ab...
Capt. Chuck Uzzle For the Record Pardon me for just one moment while I steal a line from a great Texas country music drinking song by Roger Creager “It’s the invisible intoxicant….it’s call Everclear”. Ah, the wonders of clear liquid and what it can do to ones senses. Clear liquid doesn’t have to come in a bottle, be a zillion proof, or cost 10 bucks at the bar to do a number on your senses. The water in your nearest bay during the winter months can easily have the same effect. Catch clear water in your favorite fishing spo...
On Thursday we were in shorts and T-Shirts catching a flounder now and then while watching several nearby fishermen also doing more fishing than catching.I really didn’t care if we got the first bite……I just wanted to question an old friend and one of the best flounder fishermen I know. The following morning it was cold, wet and windy and we weren’t nearly as mad at the fish as we were the day before. I wasn’t at all disappointed when my old friend pulled into a local donut shop rather than the boat launch! It took way too m...
Capt. Chuck Uzzle For the Record December and January, two months that for a long time were rarely associated with fishing of any kind in this area, have now become almost like any other good month to wet a hook. New techniques that were brought up from the lower coast of Texas have transformed the dismal winter months into a saltwater fisherman’s paradise. Trophy trout of epic proportions have now become synonymous with Sabine Lake, if you don’t believe me just ask around places like Houston and Galveston. Our small lit...
“It was a tough decision,” said Todd Bray, “but I couldn’t lose with either choice.”Todd and his wife, Lisa, were forced to choose between flounder fishing or driving up to T-Bend to cash in a guided trip that was an anniversary gift from their kids. “It was really easier than it sounds,” said Bray.“Once we saw that the weather was going to be decent, we called the guide and booked for a day earlier than we had hoped to fish.Since I won’t be able to fish again this month, two possible limits of white perch sounded more appe...
Photo: Looking for an open receiver, quarterback Jerren Terrell throws a 19 yard touchdown pass to junior Jerold Brown. Terrell completed 10 of 20 passes for 114 yards and one touchdown. RECORD PHOTO: Meri Elen Jacobs Meri Elen Jacobs For the Record The Bellville Brahmas got more than they bargained for when they showed up at Randy Reed Stadium in New Caney Friday night. The Mustangs (10-1) beat the Brahmas, 24-14 and will move on to face a familiar foe in the Silsbee Tigers...
