I got a call from a scammer who said, " I have all of your passwords!" I grabbed a pencil and said, "Great! Tell me what they are!"

Thanks y'all.
63 degrees at 10:30 am.
I saw quite a few beds being prepped.

It won't be long till it will be on like Donkey Kong!

I had to wade in waist deep to get it off of a reed snag. Water is still cold! 6.1 lbs. Wacky worm.

But you can get beat with an Ugly Stick!

Where do you fish up there? Ray Bob?

I think it is a little early for white bass to be running the creeks. You can find them on deeper water humps in lakes . Another month and they should be rocking!

I think you could write your memoirs to leave for family or a book about your journey to 90 and the best and worst changes you have seen in your time.

What is: All instruments searching for intelligent life play the Final Jeopardy Theme, Alex?

Wow! Thanks Troy....excuse me while I wipe a tear out of my eye!

My parents lived on the water at Cedar Creek Lake in the town of Star Harbor for 36 years. I fished Cedar Creek regularly for all that time. Cedar Creek is a very large reservoir and offers excellent fishing for many species. If you are fishing for Largemouth Bass, you can concentrate on the numerous boat docks found all over the lake that serve as cover for them. Look for ones closer to deeper water and creek channels at this time of the year. Soft plastics and crankbaits will work well. Watermelon-colored plastics always worked well for me there. Prospecting the water with Rattle Traps also works well. I caught many 7+ pounders over the years including a 10.5 on Rattle Traps. Just be careful to keep the pressure on because big bass love to jump and spit them out at you. I had one that jumped and looked to be over 12 lbs spit it out and stick it in my shorts on its way back to me.

There are also big crappie and catfish in the lake. Many dock owners sink Christmas trees near their docks and they attract everything to that cover. Minnows will probably get you the best results for crappie. In my opinion, the best-tasting freshwater fish you can fry. Catfish can be found drifting fresh-cut shad over shallower flats located near deeper water. I have friends that actually fish exclusively for cats and catch 7000+ fish in a good year and supply fish frys that churches and local organizations hold to raise money for their organizations.

One of my favorite fish to chase on Cedar Creek are White Bass, which I call Sand Bass, out in open water. They can be caught off of points or deep water humps jigging slabs or plastic shad imitations. They can be prospected for trolling with small flashy lures like rooster tails on downriggers to get them down. You can also troll Hellbenders and use a three-way swivel a couple of feet above it and put a 2 ft. leader there with a Roostertail on the end of it if your boat isn't equipped with downriggers. There is also a good population of Hybrid Striped Bass out in open water that will be the hardest fighting fish you can hook on that lake. Some are pretty big and they will strip your drag more than once getting them in. Make sure to bring a net. Also, make sure to bring a cast net to catch shad early in the morning. Shad are great bait for the Whites and Hybrids as well as catfish. You should cut the shad in half for catfish. The area around the dam and has some underwater humps that can be spectacular on a good day. Look for other boats congregated in areas that seem to be open water and not near shore, and use your depth finder and marker buoys to find spots like these. One thing a fisherman on Cedar Creek should always be aware of is watching for the birds. They will give away the location of schooling baitfish and the gamefish chasing them. If you see birds actively diving and swarming in an area, go there immediately and be ready to cast lures into the area. They are usually chasing shad, so "match the hatch" with shiny, heavier stuff you can cast and reel back, like slabs, Rattle Traps, and larger Rooster Tails. The chartreuse and orange ones with the Rainbow Trout looking bodies and gold blades have always been my go-to on that lake, responsible for hundreds of fish in the livewell. Many times I have found the birds working and, 20 minutes and fifty fish later, you are ready to go clean fish!

One last thing I will tell you, Texas Game Wardens are pretty active on the lake and when you least expect it, they will appear and want to inspect your catch and boat. Follow size and quantity laws on the fish that you keep, make sure to have current registration stickers on your boat, don't be intoxicated, have the proper safety equipment on board, and have the proper license to be fishing in Texas to avoid having a really bad day. They will check to see if there is a life jacket for every person on board, check for a fire extinguisher, and a kill switch. If you are from out of state, expect to be run through the mill a little harder than a Texan, so be ready. Pick up a copy of the fish and game laws in Texas at Wal-Mart, Academy, or Cabela's and keep it with you for reference. Night fishing is phenomenal on Cedar Creek and many people take advantage of the coolness of the night. They get very strict about having your bow lights and running lights working and visible and will pull up out of nowhere if you are not in compliance. Fines can be very expensive and ruin your vacation.

I hope this is helpful and hope you have a great time and load the boat. It was fun for me to write. Lastly, if you catch a really big fish and someone asks you, "where did you catch that?" Just point to the corner of your mouth and smile!

Hi TDoyle,

Unfortunately, Plecos, corydoras, black mollies, or what you would consider typical aquarium fish do not occur naturally in our Central Texas chain lakes or rivers. Sometimes people tire of a fish that has grown too large in their home aquarium and release them into the wild. That is why we sometimes see large Oscars or rarely Pirahna caught out of our lakes. That said, there are several species that will adapt to aquarium life. I have kept many of these in various aquariums over the years. There are many varieties of perch that would be nice in an aquarium. Also, various minnows that occur naturally can be kept. It is best to avoid gamefish like bass, catfish, and crappie though I have had them all in tanks before. What I did was recreate our natural lakes, collecting gravel, driftwood, and rocks, and making the aquarium as natural as possible. You will have the best success going with a larger aquarium vs a small one like a ten-gallon. 55 gallon or 75 gallons will turn out much better. You will have to put major filtering and air pumps in there. When you have your aquarium set up and cycled, then it is time to go collect your specimens. I had the most luck with a seine net and a buddy to work the other side. You can also throw a cast net. Remember that these species are on the aggressive side and will eat anything they can get in their mouths. Don't try and mix traditional aquarium fish with native species. Your guppies and mollies will get eaten by bluegills or other perch. Good luck if you choose to do it. It was really cool for a while. I graduated from freshwater aquariums to start a saltwater reef several years back. It is awesome but expensive as nice jewelry.

Hey Robert, I think you graduated from NTSU in 1957. I went to music school at NTSU in the early '80s, a few years before they changed the name from North Texas State University to the University of North Texas, UNT. The school radio station call letters were KNTU when it was North Texas State University. They had to go in a different direction when it was changed to UNT....lol!

The most popular bait for strippers is $2 bills! lol Actually for stripers at Texoma, live shad is probably the bait used most often. Use a cast net, catch bait, and put it in a round bait well with plenty of aeration. There are additives that you can put in the water to to increase viability and help them stay alive longer. Google it or ask around at the marina or bait shop. Use you depth finder to locate large schools of shad or stripers and mark them with a marker bouy and then anchor and try to get on top of them. use a `1 oz round slip sinker and use a swivel as a stop, attach a leader and a hook and bait your hook with a shad hooked through the nose cartiledge. I have limited out in an hour doing this. Remember that ther are giant blue catfish in Texoma, and they will grab shad too. Save your dead shad and use as cut bait for catfish. Fresh dead cut bait seems to work better than frozen, but frozen is not bad at times. You can also find them and jig under the boat with slabs or jigs if using lures is what you have to do if live bait isn't available.You can also prospect for striper by trolling deep diving lures or using downriggers. I have had phenomenal luck trolling chartruse and red colored Roostertail spinners. At certain times of the year you can find them busting bait on the surface. Pretty much anything you throw into a feeding school will work. Also remember that there is a big population of white bass or sandbass as I call them, and they will be found just like the stripers and you can load the freezer with fish fry fare. Good luck and have fun. Texoma is a great lake to catch a big fish!

That's why Home Depot moved all the display toilets to the second shelf, head high, so people couldn't climb aboard. You may have heard "Droppin' the kids off at the pool".....that's droppin' the kids off at the skate park!

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