Fishing is always great in the fly-in lakes of northern Saskatchewan. Here Jeff Rice shows off one of many, many northern pike we landed this past week at Iskwatikan Lake Lodge.
Adventure in the North Country
The students listed on the President’s Honor Roll at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, are undergraduates who have achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average in all work attempted while enrolled in not less than 12 semester hours. The university would like to recognize the following students for earning the honor for the Spring 2023 semester.
The students listed on the Dean’s List of Academic Honors at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, are undergraduates who have achieved a grade point average of at least 3.5 out of a perfect 4.0 in all work attempted while enrolled in not less than 12 semester hours. The university would like to recognize the following students for earning the honor for the Spring 2023 semester.
Alex Chukwukelu from North Forney High School was recognized at the May 30th Board of Trustees meeting for his Track accomplishments during the 2022-2023 school year. Congratulations to Alex on being named the UIL 6A State Champion in the 110m hurdles!
A happy fishermen last week at Iskawtikan Lake Lodge with a mighty big walleye! Photo courtesy Bryce Liddell
HEADING NORTH
Luke recently caught several chunky bass like this from a farm pond using downsized baits such as this grub designed primarily for catching crappie. The grub rigged with a small spinner proved deadly. Photo by Kenneth Shepherd
My love affair with the largemouth bass goes back well over sixty years. The largemouth, or ‘black bass’ as we called them back in the day, was the targeted species of my mother and dad. We were also serious trot liners for channel catfish, but bass fishing was excellent close to home and provided fun and food for our family. My parents were accomplished bass fishers and had access to most of the good farm ponds in northern Red River County. Most of our fishing was done with bamboo poles and live shiners, but my mom did treasure her steel Pflueger rod and reel and her Baby Lucky 13 and Jitterbug plugs. This was way before the introduction of the Florida strain bass into Texas waters, and an honest five-pound bass was a big one. It was also before the term ‘catch and release’ became the mantra of bass anglers. We caught and cooked the bass we caught. Looking back, that was probably a pretty good management plan for the smaller ponds we fished. If a certain amount of bass aren’t removed from small waters it’s easy for them to overpopulate and become stunted.
Lake Tawakoni catfish guide Tony Pennebaker with a couple of the many channel catfish he and Luke caught last week while fishing along the bank.
SECRETS OF SUCCESSFUL BANK FISHING
Lake Tawakoni catfish guide David Hanson is back on the water! David and Luke landed this ‘mess’ of catfish in about 1.5 hours fishing last week.
WITH LUKE CLAYTON
Striper Express guide Dave Escamilla shows off a nice striper landed by Jeff Rice on top waters at Lake Texoma.
IT’S TOPWATER TIME
Guide Brandon Sargent (left) and Jeff Rice show off some Ray Hubbard white bass caught last week and the LS Rattler slabs they caught them on
WITH LUKE CLAYTON
Luke shares a couple of his favorite wild turkey recipes this week. These ‘turkey nuggets’ were cooked in a Dutch Kettle over campfire coals.
WITH LUKE CLAYTON
A. L. Van Haverbeke Head Coach
Bobby Rogers Asst. Coach
J. V. Sikes Speaker
..... A song for Roland: “Through The Years”.....
1956–1957
Jeff Rice with the gobbler he harvested last week hunting with Zach Sager, the ranch manager of the famous YO Ranch, and Luke.
RETURN TO THE YO RANCH
We often talk about the ‘good ole days’ in the outdoors but in many ways we’re living in the good ole days right now! The abundance of wild turkeys is a good case in point. Luke photographed this big gobbler this week close to his house thanks to restocking efforts by TWPD.
SPRING IN BYGONE DAYS
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