Beloved Cedar Creek Lake community leader dies




Jim Ragsdale, 91,a longtime real estate agent on Cedar Creek Lake, died June 29.

Ragsdale and his wife, Billie Jo, retired to the lake in 1979 and opened their real estate agency. His wife died in 2002.

Ragsdale was a favorite member of the Cedar Creek Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, and he regularly attended meetings. He was an active community leader throughout the lake area.

He operated his real estate agency for 35 years.

Ragsdale wrote a book titled "Are You Coming or Going." He liked to say, "don't put off doing tomorrow what you can do today."

His funeral services were held at Eubank Funeral Home July 5, and he was buried in Barry, Texas, at Dresden Cemetery.

 




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Fishing Report from TPWD (Jul. 2)

GOOD. Water slightly stained; 87 degrees; 0.07 feet above pool. Big numbers of white bass and several trophy-class hybrid stripers have hit the deck. We are consistently finding the best action in 15–22 feet of water. Good go-to setups include a variety of slabs, sometimes paired with 2–3 jigs above, and the always-reliable yellow bladed jig using the proven saw tooth retrieve technique. Trolling spoons at 3 mph in 13–17 feet of water absolutely crushed the white bass. Water temperatures are currently holding around 83 degrees and will continue to rise as summer heats up over the next couple of weeks. Report by Brent Herbeck, Herbeck’s Lonestar Fishing Guide Service. Catfish are good anchoring on humps in 12-24 feet using small shad or cut shad on the bottom. Drifting larger cut bait like carp, drum or big gizzard shad on flats in 10-25 feet all around the lake. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures. Anticipate increased boater traffic this weekend as we celebrate our Nation’s Independence Day.

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