Sports

The Terrell Tigers experienced an up-and-down season on the diamond in 2023, showing flashes of growth and development while also falling victim to several strong performances from opposing pitchers. The rollercoaster season would ultimately draw to a close last week as Terrell dropped its final regular season game of the year by an 8-1 score to Corsicana.

This past week while fishing a secluded little private lake for bass, I think I know exactly what a red fox feels like while he is raiding a hen house. I’m not a ‘big fish’ angler. I used to be but I’ve caught plenty of big fish in my career. I like to eat fish and these days much prefer action fishing and keeping a few tasty fish fillets rather than catching one whopper. When fishing a trophy catfish lake such as Tawakoni in the winter when most are targeting the catfish of a lifetime, I often ask my guide if, after catching a big ‘picture fish’, if we can we go after eater catfish weighing between 2 and 10 pounds! Last summer while fishing the remote fly in Tazin Lake in Saskatchewan, well known for lake trout weighing in excess of 40 pounds, I asked if I could target those ‘little’ 10 pound trout. I wanted to expose them to some Alder wood in the old wooden smoker behind camp.