Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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New England Patriots head coach and general manager Bill Belichick is one of a kind. Many assistants who have worked under his guidance have been or still are successful National Football League head coaches. However, one who is not a head coach any longer is Bill O’Brien, who was canned after four games last season by the Houston Texans after starting the pandemic-modified season with an 0-4 record in his fifth year at the helm of the team. O’Brien came to the Texans bri...
AUSTIN – The Memorial Day weekend proved extremely busy for Texas Game Wardens, despite severe weather including storms, downpours and flooded rivers in some areas. Boating incidents statewide surpassed last year’s Memorial Day weekend numbers in almost every category. “The increase in boating safety incidents over the Memorial Day weekend is attributed in part to many variables including the increase in new boaters since the start of the pandemic in 2020, severe weath...
Any tackle geek knows they are the next great weapon in the angling arsenal, saltwater spinnerbaits have come to the coast and the redfish have a new enemy. They come in array of different colors and each one does a little something different that sets it apart from the competition. Truth be told there are 2 basic styles and they both do a great job catching fish. The most common style is the "safety pin" style, famous in bass fishing circles and the one most known by Texas an...
Compiled by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Sabine Lake Overall conditions: GOOD. 79-80 degrees. Speckled trout will be along the shorelines or around the jetties and are good on soft plastics or live shrimp. Redfish are best around the jetties, the ship channel, and in shallow marsh areas using soft plastics or mud minnows. Flounder are good around rocks on a minnow. Trinity Bay GOOD. 76 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout can be found by following the birds, working structures, and wading the flats. The best place...
One of the first things I learned to do in baseball as a Little Leaguer after hitting, throwing and catching the ball was how to properly slide gracefully into a base on my bottom. Taking it one step further was the importance of sliding into second base in an effort to break up a double play. When I was in high school our coach was adamant that we spend at least 10 minutes before each practice sliding in the high jump pit. When I was playing in the 1954 Little League World...
It looks as though more rain could come into play this week, but the folks that were able to fish last weekend were treated to some of the most user-friendly weather in a while. More importantly, a large percentage of them caught fish! As expected, the trout bite was a challenge and more than one trip to Rayburn was cancelled due to launching problems, but Sabine Lake and Toledo Bend more than made up for that minor inconvenience. Ben White and his two son-in-laws immediately...
It's no secret that Texas fishermen worship the speckled trout, anglers will go from one end of Texas to the other looking for that one magic 30" fish could define their angling career. The amount of print that is dedicated to the trout every year in magazines and newspapers is easily greater than that allotted to the redfish and I have no clue why that is, of all the people I have had the privilege to fish with I have never had an angler get mad because they caught a...
I was able to watch a plethora of sporting events on the tube last weekend and either saw or heard about some weird scenarios that ended some of these contests. Locally, we had the two Dallas brothers-Jack at Lamar University and Chad at the University of Tennessee-- help their respective school's baseball team get into their post-season conference tournaments and the Orangefield Bobcats earn a berth in the regional semifinals WITHOUT getting a base hit to drive in the...
Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School Coach Dena Adkins had ten Lady Bears earn 2021 22-4A All-District Softball honors. Senior slugger Bailey Frenzel was named Offensive MVP while freshman Jacelyn Cook earned Newcomer of the Year. First Team selections were Madeline Stephenson (Sr), Karson Friar (Sr), Cami Shugart (Jr), Ansley Moore (So), and Ava Wright (Fr). Second Team selections where Lakin Adkins (Sr), Shae Fontenot (Jr), and Rhylan Wilson (Fr)....
“It was fun, but there was a price to be paid in the end,” said Larry Smith. Determined to fish even after finding the launch near his camp on Rayburn underwater, he and his nephew decided to leave the boat on the trailer and wade the flooded woods. “It was just crazy how far off the main lake we were wading in water up to our knees,” added Smith. “We initially tried to stay as dry as possible, but after walking into an unseen ditch or two, we just said to hell with it and sp...
Prior to the recent flooding, I thought that conditions could not have been much tougher for the teams fishing the second of four tournaments in the Sabine Redfish Series last Saturday. If nothing else, the high water altered more than one game plan as only sixteen of the thirty-four teams weighed in fish.After four days of torrential rains and even higher water, it looks as though they were fortunate to get this one in. The tough conditions apparently didn’t bother the w...
Anywhere you go along the gulf coast there is an unwritten standard by which all fish are judged, the magic mark that each angler strives to attain. For inshore fishermen the glory fish that causes anglers to stop and take a second look has got to be a trophy speckled trout. A bona fide 30” class or 10 pound trout is the fish of a lifetime for the coastal plugger. Fish in this class take on almost a mythical existence, just ask any serious trout angler about a fish of this m...
Prior to the recent flooding, I thought that conditions could not have been much tougher for the teams fishing the second of four tournaments in the Sabine Redfish Series last Saturday.If nothing else, the high water altered more than one game plan as only sixteen of the thirty-four teams weighed in fish. After four days of torrential rains and even higher water, it looks as though they were fortunate to get this one in. The tough conditions apparently didn’t bother the w...
The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Tennis and Golf programs celebrated their seniors Thursday afternoon with a reception. The Boys Golf Team will lose graduates Wyatt Wozniak, Jack Burke, and Travis Love. None of the Girls Team is graduating this year. Johnnie Harrell is the golf coach. The Tennis Team also recognized its seniors Dakota Posey, Lizzy DeLaFuente, and Logan Gaddis. Mason Grizzaffi was unable to attend. Brett Nicholson is the tennis coach. The Boys Team plays for...
After a long two days of rain and lightning delays, LCM's Boys Golf Team placed seventh in their first-ever trip to the State Championship. In individual standings, Jack Burke took Fourth. Congratulations to the team and Coach Johnnie Harrell on a great season!...
Although major league baseball is well into its second month of play and high and college teams are focused on their respective playoffs and the NBA also is set for its long playoff run, there has been plenty of attention by the sports media given to football. Last week the National Football League announced its 17-game schedule for all teams, and closer to home Sam Houston State was successful in its FCS national championship game against No. 1 South Dakota State while the...
The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) law enforcement reports. Texas Means Friendship In late February, a Uvalde County game warden contacted the Uvalde County Emergency Management Chief about getting pallets of bottled water for the Rocksprings school. Uvalde County had just received several shipments of bottled water that they wanted to share with neighboring counties. An Edwards County game warden said the Rocksprings school needed bottled water since the county was still w...
Compiled by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department SE Texas Saltwater Weekly Fishing Report Sabine Lake Overall conditions: GOOD. 74 degrees. The best speckled trout fishing are along the shorelines or the jetties. Use a jig or soft plastics. Redfish are best around the jetties, the ship channel, or in the shallow marsh areas. Mullet, mud minnows, or jigs and soft plastics will work. Black drum are good near vegetation on shrimp. Flounder are fair around rocks on minnow. Bolivar GOOD. 76 Degrees. Speckled trout have been...
Major League Baseball continues to make changes that will take some of the dominance away from the pitchers and assist the hitters to bring more offense that fans demand into the game. When I was in my heyday some 60 years ago, we pitchers loved the high mounds most baseball diamonds used. But as the batting averages and home runs dipped, MLB decided to lower the mounds considerably, hoping to insert more offense into the game. I remember watching batting practice before the...
For some unknown reason society has always been interested in and amused by the misfortunes of others. Television has had countless shows dedicated to "bloopers" and other gaffes made by everyday people doing everyday things and the masses tune in weekly to get another dose of these antics. I'd be willing to bet you most fishermen you know are at least familiar with the Bill Dance blooper videos, a compilation of outtakes and blunders that fishermen can certainly relate to...
Not that it is something new for the teams that show up every Tuesday afternoon to compete in the Sabine River Shootouts, but it looks as though they will have to add even more rain to the already challenging conditions this afternoon. The river is high and off-colored, Toledo Bend is running both generators 24/7 with five gates open and additional rain won’t make it any easier. High water was apparently no problem last week as it took almost twelve pounds to cash the first place check and the big bass just missed the six p...
In all my years on the water I would have to think hard to remember ever having this much wind for this long during the spring. It has just absolutely howled for nearly a month straight and according to the forecast it doesn’t look like it plans to let up any time soon. For obvious reasons the folks wanting to get out on Sabine Lake or Calcasieu has been pinned down to very small areas that offer the most protection. These spots tend to get crowded in a hurry which only a...
Most of the country's sports journalists were right on the money when their mock drafts indicated that as many as four quarterbacks would be selected in the first 10 picks of last weekend's National Football League's 2021 draft. There was no surprise whatsoever that Clemson's Trevor Lawrence would go the Jacksonville Jaguars as the No. 1 pick in the entire draft. And with BYU's Zach Wilson going next to the New York Jets and Trey Lance of North Dakota State going third to the...
It comes as no surprise that it coincides with the opening of the Game Reserve, but nonetheless, the flounder catching is currently getting most of the attention. The size of the fish has been above average and the numbers are there as well. It can be a little frustrating to rush straight to one of the narrow bayous leading into the Reserve only to discover that an armada set their alarm clocks a little earlier.On an outgoing tide, the mouth of the bayou can be as productive as the bayou itself, but make no mistake about...
Regardless of what lies ahead for the LCM team of Gavin Cooper and Justin James, this has been a year of bass tournament fishing that neither will ever forget. Simply qualifying for the Bassmaster National High School Championship early on was an indication that it could be a year to remember, but this duo was just getting started. Winning is tough enough, but it is consistency that keeps you on top and this pair of anglers proved to be the model of consistency throughout the...
