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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, APRIL 3. 1975
Caddo; the unique lake
By BRUCE L. SUBLETT
Outdoor Writer
As new lakes are created, peo
ple tend to forget about the old
ones. There’s one that is so dif
ferent that it shouldn’t be for
gotten — Caddo Lake on the Tex
as-Louisiana border.
On the Texas side, Caddo isn’t
a lake in the way that an open
water impoundment is. It’s a ser
ies of interconnected bayous and
ponds. The whole area is cover-
ered with water, but lines of cy
press trees divide the areas as
well as dry banks would.
Fishing on
Caddo is a world
different from
the man made
lakes. All the
regular species
are there, plus
a few that aren’t
so regular.
One of those
odd species deserves more recog
nition than it gets. For my mon
ey, pickerel in Caddo rate bet
ter than bass, but most of the
area natives call them trash fish.
Imagine two feet of black-clear
water covering a weed bed near
a cypress point. You can see your
black spinnerbait from the time
it hits the water. Just as it buzzes
over the weeds, something long
and green comes straight up to it
from below, inhales it, then dives
back into the weeds. All this
has happened in a fraction of
a second. You just hooked a pick
erel.
Pickerel fight like bass, but
they jump more. Two feet of
fish coming out of the water is
a pretty impressive sight. Of
course, a two foot pickerel only
weighs a couple of pounds, but
his show makes you think he’s
a five pounder.
The sight of a pickerel hitting
a topwater bait is enough to stop
your heart. Where a bass would
just suck the bait under, a pick
erel hits it from below and carries
it a foot out of the water. Half
the time, you’re too rattled to
set the hook.
The fun really begins when you
get a pickerel in the boat. Rule
number one is not to land one
by hooking his lower lip with
your thumb. Pickerel have a wick
ed mouthful of teeth. After he’s
in the boat, a pickerel will do
his best to thrash around and scat
ter everything. A firm grip be
hind his head will keep your
fingers safe and the fish quiet.
Pickerel hit best at cooler water
temperatures than bass. Late fall
and early spring are the best
time to fish for them.
Pickerel aren’t choosy about
what to hit. When I was at Cad
do during spring break, I caught
pickerel on spinner baits, crank
baits and spoons.
Caddo is about 230 miles from
College Station. It’s a long drive,
but a weekend on Caddo is worth
it. Even if you don’t catch pick
erel, there’s bass, crappie, white
and yellow bass, catfish, redear,
drum and bowfin to fish for. The
scenery alone is worth the trip.
The first time, however, a guide
or an old Caddo hand is a big
help in getting through the maze
of channels.
The Aggie Bass Club will have
its first tournament at Shiloh Mar
ina on Lake Conroe April 12 and
13. Club dues are $3.50 a sem
ester. The tournament entry fee
is also $3.50. Prizes will be
awarded to the top three strings,
trophies to the next three.
15 member squad
Women tracksters host
first annual A&M meet
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By PAUL McGRATH
Staff Sports Writer
Although almost unheard of,
the Texas A&M women’s track
team is still alive and well and
participating in a meet this week
end.
The team is in its third year of
existence but yet only 15 women
actively participate. “There seems
to be a communications prob
lem,” said women’s track coach,
Connie Karcher. “A lot of women
haven’t heard about the track
team.”
The Aggies will host the first
annual Texas A&M Women’s
Track and Field Invitational this
Saturday with competition begin
ning at 9 a.m. Baylor, Sam Hous
ton State, Tarleton State, West
Texas State, TCU, the University
of Texas at Arlington and the
Aggies comprise the meet’s mem
bers.
Karcher is employed in the mi
crobiology lab at the Texas A&M
College of Veterinary Medicine.
She ran track for A&M as a junior,
competing in the javelin. She a-
lone handles the dozen or so wo
men thinclads. “We have gotten
real good cooperation from Coach
(Charles) Thomas and Coach
(Ted) Nelson,” Karcher said about
the men’s team advisors. “The
track men have also given us a lot
of help.” The male tracksters have
aided the women with relay hand-
offs and starts.
Thus far, the field events have
overshadowed their running coun
terparts, says Karcher. “The last
few weeks they (the field events)
have been out point getters.”
“We have a fairly young team
with quite a few freshmen and
sophomores,” said Karcher. The
team has only three seniors on the
roster as hurdler Debbie Wooten,
quartermiler Marsha Mitchell and
javelinist Ruth Whiteley are seeing
their last seasons.
The three seniors have been
counted upon heavily for the wo
men. Also figuring highly in the
team’s picture is Lucy Neiman in
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the discus and Sandra Lyman in
the shot put. Neiman has a
115-foot toss to her credit which
is only five feet short from quali
fying her for nationals competi
tion. The women’s relay squads
also look good, said Karcher.
The women are funded from
the $40,000 granted women’s ath
letics from the Athletic Depart
ment. Karcher said she “had no
complaints” about the funding
and that they “always had plenty
of money for food and lodging”
while on the road.
The women compete in 16 e-
vents and since there are only 15
Aggies, there is a lot of doubling
up in events. Many of the women
compete in four events.
The only differences between
their meets and a men’s meet is
that the women run one more
relay (the 880-yard medley) and
have a two-mile run. The two
hurdles events are measured off in
meter lengths instead of yards.
The women participate in the
zone meet held next week in Wa
co. From there, the two top fin
ishers in each event advance to the
state meet on May 3 in San Mar
cos. The national women’s meet is
in Oregon on May 16 and 17.
Shrine Club presents
night of fun, games
A hilarious evening of donkey
basketball games, derby races, and
special stunts is set for Friday, April
4, at the Bryan High School Viking
gym, beginning at 7:30p.m. Tickets
are available at the door.
The state-wide famous women’s
basketball team of Texas A&M
under their coach, Mrs. Kay Don,
will play an exhibition game with
four on a team and riding live donk
eys wearing rubber shoes.
Two men’s basketball games will
be played from donkeys. One will
feature the WTAW team consisting
of Howard Price, Bob Steel, Hugh
Lewis, Joe Walker, Hardy Weeden,
Mike Gilhousen, and Ben D. Downs
playing against the KBTX-TV team
of Jerry Johnson, Todd Carroll, De
nnis Wood, Ted Montgomery,
Mike Fleming, and an unnamed
lady star.
The second men’s basketball
game from the backs of live donkeys
will be played by Radio Station
KTAM players Roy Garcia, Dave
Kelley, Larry Godfrey, Steve
Knight, and Ray Sarno pitted
against Bryan Eagle players Jerry
Gray, Hank Wahrmund, Jim
Schwind, Chuck McCullough, and
Travis Koehn.
The Bryan High Viking cheer
leaders, Kathy Operstany, Nan
Houdek, Becky Combs, and Cindy
Smith, will race on the live donkeys
in a cracker sweepstakes. At the
halfway point in the race they will
feed the donkeys crackers, then
mount up and ride back. The donk
eys, however, do not attempt to
finish the race until they have care
fully eaten every little crumb.
In a hobby donkey derby political
figures of the Brazos area will ride
wooden donkeys developed and
manufactured by Red Skelton.
In the first race of the derby Bill
Cooley, Randy Sims, and Walter
Wilcox will compete. In the second
race Loyd Joyce, Johnny Lampo,
and W. P. Scarmardo are rivals. The
third race features three clowns,
Billy (Candy) Beard, H. John
(Stumpy) LeBlanc, and Charles
(Pockets) Stilson. The winners of
the three races will compete in a
final race for the championship.
The evening of fun is sponsored
by the Clown Unit of the Brazos
Valley Shrine Club with A. L.
(Andy) Ogg in charge.
The Shrine clowns bring laughter
to children in the Brazos area the
year around.
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