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outdoors
Small Waters - Big Fun!
By Luke Clayton, Outdoor Editor
Donny Rice hoisting one of many bass caught recently from the
Buster Boat, powered by a very powerful Torqeedo electric outboard
motor. Photo by Luke Clayton_
Seven Points, Texas- As my
friend Donny Rice and I launched
the ten foot, two man Buster Boat
into one of his favorite bass lakes
on his property, the term ‘small
waters’ took on a whole new
meaning. Looking across what
appeared to be several hundred
acres, these waters didn’t look
one bit ‘small’ to me. I’ve spend
an entire morning fishing coves
on larger reservoirs that weren’t
half the size of the body of wa-
ter I was looking at! “We’ve got
close to 700 acres of water on the
property, one of them encompass-
ing about 400 acres is prime for
catching channel and blue catfish.
It’s connected to an oxbow of the
Trinity River via a feeder creek.
Through the years, when the river
gets out of its banks, these lakes
received a natural stocking of big
blues and feisty channel catfish.
We’ve caught 30 and 40 pound
blues here and lots of channel cat-
fish ranging from 1 to 6 pounds.”
says Donnie as we ease the little
Buster Boat into the water.
I’ve been fishing for cat-
fish here since early spring and
already knew about the excel-
lent catfishing! I still have sev-
eral freezer bags of tasty chan-
nel catfish fillets in the freezer
that I caught here the past couple
months. Back in April, while I
was targeting pre-spawn chan-
nel catfish, I watched a couple of
avid crappie fisherman pull some
heavy stringers of papermouths
from the same fertile waters.
But this morning, I was
abandoning catfish and crappie.
Donny had been telling me about
the awesome largemouth bass
fishing on several of the lakes.
We had rods rigged with top wa-
ter plugs and plastic worms as I
cranked up the voltage on the
Torqeedo electric outboard and
headed the little Buster Boat to-
ward a steep bank with plenty
of brush that Donny was point-
ing toward. The manufacturer of
these electric motors are quick to
point out that they are NOT troll-
ing motors, they are small electric
engines with big props and state
of the art batteries that fit on top
of the motors. The little motor
pushed our boat and us, a total
of around 600 pounds, along at a
good clip; which we estimated at
around 6 mph. Once at Donny’s
hot spot, I positioned the Buster
Boat parallel to the bank and we
begin tossing top waters as close
as possible to the shore. My sec-
ond cast resulted in an mini ex-
plosion on the surface, the kind
that through the years has ac-
counted for gallons of adrenaline
pumped into the bloodstream of
top water bass anglers! I did what
comes naturally but is definitely
not conducive to putting fish in
the boat, I PULLED BACK hard,
which jerked the bait out of the
fishes’ strike zone. But, collect-
ing my senses, I let the plug set
still for an instant. That was all it
took for the chunky bass to come
back and nail it again. This time,
I waited until I felt pressure on
the rod before rearing back and
making sure the hook was set. I
looked across to the front seat of
the Buster Boat and noted Donny
was in mortal combat with his
own bass. So the morning went.
We hit one of Donny’s hotspots
after another, all were holding
bass and most of them receptive
to hitting a noisy topwater plug.
The Buster Boat we were fish-
ing from proved to be a very
stable fishing platform that came
equipped with all the amenities
of a bigger boat. It was perfectly
matched for the powerful electric
motor we were using.
Just before mid morning,
when it’s beginning to get a bit
uncomfortable on the water, we
checked out several of the other
lakes on the property. Donny
has some deep water brush piles
set for catching crappie and I’ve
found a stand of cattails that are
currently holding large numbers
of spawning channel catfish. I’ve
been keeping this area baited with
soured grain to insure the fish are
concentrated.
Donny says his lakes were
originally created by the excava-
tion for sand and gravel. Their
close proximity to the Trinity
River and fresh water from sever-
al springs insured the lakes have
a constant supply of fresh water.
They remain full even during the
dog days of summer, another rea-
son for the excellent number of
fish of crappie, bass and catfish.
During the fall and winter
months, the abundant water cre-
ates the prefect habitat for water-
fowl. Large numbers of puddle
ducks winter here and the bot-
toms often attract and hold flocks
of Snow and Speckbelly geese.
During our fishing trip, we saw
several wood duck hens with re-
cently hatched young.
The property has a very
comfortable lodge that sleeps up
to 8 people and Donny says he
currently rents it out to fisher-
men and their families that wish
to come and fish his property on
their own or, he offers guided
trips. Duck hunters are already
booking trips for the upcoming
duck season, beginning with a
cast and blast hunt during the
early Teal season in mid Sep-
tember. There is a state of the art
skeet range where guests are wel-
come to sharpen their shotgun-
ning skills. Duck hunters have
the option of being shown around
the property and hunting on their
own from existing duck blinds or
constructing their own temporary
blinds from natural vegetation or,
enjoying a guided duck hunt.
While scouting the property,
I noticed several areas where fe-
ral hogs had been feeding. Donny
says he also offers hunts for hogs
from stands over corn feeders.
For more information on the fish-
ing and hunting opportunities
here, contact Donny Rice at 903-
880-5740.
OUTDOOR TIP OF THE
WEEK- Many sportsmen like the
idea of having their trucks tricked
out in their favorite camo pattern.
John Short of Kaufman (www.
camoramic.com) 214-240-3815
has many options to choose from.
John specializes in custom fitting
camo and logos in camo pattern
to individual vechicles. He’s cur-
rently tricking out my Jeep Grand
Cheerokee. It will become a roll-
ing billboard for our radio show
and sponsors. Watch for it on the
road! LC
Listen to Outdoors with
Luke Clayton at www.catfish-
radio.com. To view a brand new
hog hunting video Luke did, bow
hunting from his Ghost Blind on
the Circle T Bowhunting Ranch,
visit www.ghostblind.com.
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obituaries
Hooper
Mary Nell Badgley Hooper,
born in Seagoville, Texas on
March 5, 1920 and went to be
with her Lord and Savior on June
29, 2009 in Forney Texas. She
was a member of Robinwood
Baptist Church for 51 years and
served as the church treasurer
for 24 years. For information
concerning her memorial service
please contact Roselawn at 972-
287-2121.
pet
of the week
This is a 3 year old female
named Old Nelly. She is in need
of a loving home. If you would
be interested in adding her to
your family, please contact the
Seagoville Animal Shelter Mon-
day-Friday between the hours of
11am and 2pm at 972-287-6821.
The adoption fee is $15.00 and
City Registration is $10.00.
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NACOGDOCHES, Texas—
Korey W. Plough of Seagoville
received a Bachelor of Science
degree in kinesiology from Ste-
phen F. Austin State University
during spring commencement
ceremonies.
Food Dude - continued from pi
my order and bring my food
out, that is what you get your
two dollars an hour for by your
boss, but what about the service
in between all of that. That’s
where my meter starts ticking.
If you have to ask me if I
need more tea or water and my
plate still has a half plate of
food on it, then you lose again.
Don’t even ask, just do it. Let
me be the one to say no more.
I have always been more im-
pressed by the server that has
me at interest and making
sure I have plenty to drink
with my meal. Your tips will
increase and you will make the
trip more enjoyable for your
customers. They will want you
again when they return. Put
yourself seated at the table. If
I was the waiter and you have
been out of tea for longer than
five minutes with a lot of food
left on your plate, would you be
upset if I ignored you? I will
not want to come back to this
restaurant because of things
like this. And guess what, lit-
tle or no tip. You cannot feed
your own family by wishing we
were not there sitting at your
table.
In past articles some of you
may remember, I commented
on certain wait-staff that did
excellent. Those I still remem-
ber to this day. Each restaurant
to be successful must have the
right kind of people working in
it. In today’s tough economic
times, every dollar counts.
Prices should be kept reason-
able so that everyone can af-
ford to take the family out for
a great meal.
I will be writing one or
two coluins each month. The
Food Dudette and I will be
visiting each restaurant again.
The slate is clean and we will
start all over. We will also visit
some out of our area and write
about them. So to each restau-
rant, clean up, prices should be
checked, and wait-staff person-
ell should be fully trained and
professional, because I AM
BACK!!!!
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