Cedar Creek Lake public park reopens for summer; Easter sunrise service planned

There is a scarcity of public beaches on Cedar Creek Lake so it's a big deal when Tom Finley Park in Gun Barrel City reopens for the summer season.

The park off of the Causeway on Highway 334 between Seven Points and Gun Barrel City will reopen for the summer on Saturday, April 19. It features a public beach, picnic tables, charcoal grills, a fishing pier and a boat launch.

On Sunday, April 20, at 6:45 a.m. Cedar Creek Lake United Methodist Church will conduct an Easter sunrise service at the park.

The fishing pier is accessible to people with disabilities. It was built by the Cedar Creek Lake Parrot Head Club, which received the "Golden Coconut Award" from the international Parrot Head Club for exemplary community service last year.

Even though the lake is still down almost four feet, there is ample swimming area at the park. In fact, the drought has created a nice beach that usually is not available.

It costs $3 per person to enter the park. There is a pavilion that can be rented for private parties.

For information call 903-432-3704.

Author: David Webb

David Webb is a veteran journalist who has written for the mainstream and alternative media for three decades. He is now a freelancer who lives in the Cedar Creek Lake area.

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EXCELLENT. Slightly stained; 70 degrees; 0.40 feet above pool. Hybrid striped bass and white bass have made a full recovery from the spawn and are now back in the main lake in droves and are on a feeding frenzy. Look for heavy bird activity throughout the lake on flats and near the dam on edges of drop offs especially on cloudy and overcast days. The Hybrids and Whitebass have started schooling in water from 6-14 feet at the dam and any wind blown shallow point or seawall. Late evening schooling action is also happening in shallow coves and points throughout the lake. Reports of great catches using silver or white slabs and spinnerbaits and retrieving off the bottom at a very slow retrieve to catch these fish in depths of 8-16 feet of water. The crappie have also migrated back into the main lake. Look for them under bridge pylons or under docks where the depths are between 3-10 feet. Guides have been reporting exceptionally nice catches on sunny warmer days. Report by Brent Herbeck, Herbeck’s Lonestar Fishing Guide Service.

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