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By Andy Anderson
I love fishing. It was my passion for a period in my life. It consumed a large part of my time and finances. If I wasn’t working, I was fishing. I was after bass, crappie and catfish mostly, had myself a nice boat and thought of myself as a better than average angler. One day at a family event, one of my uncles asked if I had ever been to the coast or off shore fishing. Up to that point I had not. He and few other of my cousins and uncles went on to tell me about their trips and the fish you catch. Well, I just had to go wade fishing with them next time.
The time came to book the trip, and I was all in. We get down to Port Isabel, Texas, meet up with the guide and head to the cabin. The next morning we had an early rise and a huge breakfast. The guide asked me if I had wade boots or planned to go bare foot. I thought, since I’d never done this before I’d best take his advice and wear those booties. We all load up and head to the water, launch the boat and head out. It was a cool morning, and doing 50 to 55 on the water can be chilly. I’m used to about a 10 or 15 minute boat ride at the most. It took us 35 minutes to get to the first fishing hole.
As the boat slows to a stop, the sun is breaking the horizon, and it is then I fully realize how insignificant I am in the world. I can just barely see the Texas coast and looking the other way, well it’s the ocean. As I’m sitting there taking this all in, the guide gets the boat anchored in and set.
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By Krista Lucas Wynn
Each year, when the professional rodeo season wraps on Sept. 30, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association announce the Nutrena Horse of the Year, presented by the American Quarter Horse Association, in each event. This is a prestigious award, voted on by the members of the associations. To be named Horse of the Year by fellow competitors is a high honor only a few achieve.
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By Heather Welper
Husband and wife duo, Heather and Calvin Welper, are the Co-Owners and Operators or Two C Livestock, located in Valley View, Texas.
The pair’s operation has a show cattle focus where they raise and sell purebred heifers of all breeds and club calf Hereford steers.
When it comes to show cattle, the Welpers know a thing or two including how to prepare for the cold winter months and the Texas major show season run.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Tony Dean
Snow on the Mountain is an annual forb that is part of our landscape almost every year.
It is adapted to most of Texas and grows north to Montana and Minnesota and south to Mexico.
Although is seems to be most adapted to clay soils, this plant can be found on a wide variety of soil and moisture conditions.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
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