A review of some of the most noteworthy outdoors stories of the year
Doctors told Brady Winans he may never walk again due to injuries sustained when the bass boat in which he was a passenger crashed into the dam at Cedar Creek Lake in December 2021. A husband and father of two young boys, Winans spent 2022 proving the medical experts wrong. He recently got certified to drive a vehicle again and is having his pick-up modified to suit his disability. COURTESY PHOTO / BRADY WINANS
BASS founder Ray Scott passed away in May. Well known for his ability to cast electricity on a crowd, Scott rode a Ringling Brothers Circus elephant into the weigh-in arena during the 1993 ‘Classic on Logan Martin Lake in Alabama. COURTESY PHOTO / BASS
Lake Tawakoni fishing guide Noel Ibarra was drifting a piece of fresh gizzard shad over a main lake point last March when he hooked up with a rare piebald blue catfish weighing 26 pounds. COURTESY PHOTO / NOEL IBARRA
Hunter Baughman lost both legs below the knees, his left hand and parts of his fingers on his right hand to bacterial meningitis when he was only 9 months old. The condition has fueled a competitive spirit that drives him to chase bass in fishing tournaments all around the country. In September, Baughman whipped some of the nation’s best anglers in the MLF Toyota Series event held Lake Truman to win his first big league title. COURTESY PHOTO / MLF
People often ask how difficult it is to come up with a meaningful outdoors story every week. The answer is always the same.
Texas is a massive state with an outdoor menu befitting of a king.
If you can’t sniff out the a few goodies around here, you are not turning over enough rocks. Sometimes the good stuff comes barreling right down the pike.
Here are a few of t...
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