The “Do It in Orange Fishing Classic” takes place in Orange May 19-20. It will offer $20,000 in guaranteed cash for anglers seeking speckled trout, redfish and largemouth bass. There will be a first place purse of $2,000 for each category with second paying $1,000 and third $800. All three categories pay out to...
Fellow bass anglers, here’s something for you. Which lake in Texas is next for being red hot for HUGE bass in the next 1-3 years? I have two in mind: Lake Fork and Sam Rayburn. Fork may seem obvious but it has taken a nosedive in terms of MONSTER bass product, however there has...
Tuesday night (Aug. 9) at 9 p.m. Texans have yet another reason to watch the History Channel’s top-rated shooting competition series “Top Shot”. Zavalla’s Dustin Ellermann will compete in Season 3 bringing a unique perspective to the competition. He has had no formal shooting training of any kind and is the director of a...
Last year I wrote a blog based around a photo of a great blue heron spearing a crappie that I took on Sam Rayburn. Well, here’s an interesting shot of a banded watersnake that had eaten a six inch long crappie. The crappie had started decomposing at this point but from best I could...
Anyone who keeps up with this blog or my writing in general knows I am a HUGE fan of crappie fishing. To me there is nothing like targeting big slabs over brushpiles and that is not even the best part. That comes at the dinner table. Crappie are without a doubt the best tasting...