Outdoors Briefs

Anglers enjoying first full spring on Bois d’ Arc, lake record crappie reported
  • Robert Butler and Brian Mater cracked 31.67 pounds on five bass to take the top spot in the Bass Champs team event held March 15 in Cedar Creek. They won $35,000, including contingency bonuses. The anglers said they caught the winning sack flipping Texas rigs in 3-5 feet of water. (Bass Champs)
    Robert Butler and Brian Mater cracked 31.67 pounds on five bass to take the top spot in the Bass Champs team event held March 15 in Cedar Creek. They won $35,000, including contingency bonuses. The anglers said they caught the winning sack flipping Texas rigs in 3-5 feet of water. (Bass Champs)
    Anglers are enjoying the first full spring of fishing at Bois d’ Arc Lake in Fannin County. A few have already found the big ones biting.Located near Bonham, 16,600-acre Bois d’ Arc (pronounced Bo-Dark) opened for recreational boat traffic and fishing last April. It is the first major reservoir to open in Texas since O.H. Ivie near San Angelo in the early 1990s.Fisheries exper...

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