Cedar Creek Lake to feature public wheelchair-accessible fishing pier this spring




GUN BARREL CITY -- Construction of a wheelchair-accessible fishing pier honoring military personnel is scheduled for completion in April at Tom Finley Park on Cedar Creek Lake. When completed, the Eddie Oehlers Pier will be available for use around-the-clock by fishers with mobility challenges. The pier, which will be a memorial to a former community volunteer and U.S. Navy veteran, is under construction near the public boat ramp. The Parrot Head Club of Cedar Creek Lake is sponsoring the construction, which is being financed by the charitable organization's fundraising efforts. The club, of which Oehlers was a longtime member, annually hosts poker runs, chili cook-offs and other celebrations to raise money. In concert with the project's ongoing construction, the club is selling commemorative bricks that will be part of a walkway leading to the pier. The bricks, which will cost $50 each and can contain three lines of 16 characters each, will feature wording paying tribute to individuals, families, groups or special events. Benches, which will be made of recycled plastic and mounted on the pier, can also be engraved for commemorative purposes. For information about contributing to the project, call Robert Render at 972-898-9493 or e-mail [email protected] or visit http://www.cclphc.net/ and click on Oehler's Landing Pier.




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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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