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ATHENS — Water level is five inches high and clear. Water temp is 60-66 degrees. Fishing guide Reagan Nelson says bass fishing has been slow. Best reports coming on Texas rigged plastics, lipless ...

Deeper brush piles on crankbaits, Texas rigged worms and jigs. Crappie fishing has improved in 20-25 feet of water on brush piles and standing timber using minnows and larger jigs like a 3 inch ...

The seafood restaurants started like East Texas fishing camps, but now they serve everything from queso to gumbo.

ATHENS — Water level is about six inches high and clear. Water temp in the low 50s. Fishing guide Regan Nelson says bass fishing continues to be slow. Best bite coming around hydrilla beds in 8-15 ...

Report by Jim Beggerly, Jim’s Fishing Lake Palestine ... Viper XP jigs and Texas rigs fair on big wood near channels in 5-10 feet. Report by Marc Mitchell, Lake Fork Guide Service.

NACOGDOCHES — Water level is at full pool and and stained to muddy. Water temp in the low 50s. Fishing guide Stanley Gresham says bass fishing has been hit or miss around shallow grass in 3-5 feet on ...

A few reports of males coming up into Kickapoo and Neches, but not a run yet. Report by Jim Beggerly, Jim’s Fishing Lake Palestine.

It all started when Cane’s owner and founder Todd Graves worked as a boilermaker in California, building, installing and repairing boilers and tanks.