Dallas Press Club honors CedarCreekLake.com editor

The Press Club of Dallas has announced that longtime local journalist David Webb, who is now editor of CedarCreekLake.com, has been selected to receive the organization’s Excellence in Journalism: North Texas Legends Award and will be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

The award celebration will be held June 9 at the Sixth Floor Museum.

Webb, notified of the award on Thursday, May 5, said he was surprised and honored at the recognition. He is among about a dozen honorees this year.

Now mostly retired and living on Cedar Creek Lake — with his four dogs and the guard donkey Zorro — Webb has had a long career in journalism spanning more than three decades. He has worked as a reporter and columnist for Belo Corp.’s former chain of suburban DFW newspapers known as News Texan, the Valley Morning Star in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, the Dallas Times Herald and the Dallas Observer.

Webb specialized in human rights issues during his career, and he also took a special interest in issues related to the environment, animal welfare and criminal justice. After a stint with the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Ala., he returned to Texas and began working for Dallas Voice in 2001. He worked full time for Dallas Voice until 2008 when he retired and moved to Cedar Creek Lake. He has continued to be a contributing writer for the Voice since his retirement, and also freelances for various publications nationwide. He is also now editor of CedarCreekLake.com, a correspondent for the Cedar Creek Lake newspaper The Monitor and author of TheRareReporter.blogspot.com.

Press Club President Frank Librio said this is the club’s sixth annual Excellence in Journalism: North Texas Legends Award. Winners are chosen by a panel of their peers, comprising past Legend Award winners and longstanding Press Club members. Winners must have worked in the Dallas/Fort Worth area news media market for at least 10 years and currently reside in Texas. Nominees can be retired or still working in the field of journalism.

Librio said Webb was chosen to receive the award because his “body of work is respected, makes a difference in our diverse community and rises to the level of excellence.”

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EXCELLENT. Slightly stained; 75 degrees; 0.43 feet above pool. The 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 white bass have started schooling in water from 4-14 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 spinners 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. Catfish are excellent the first couple hours of the day on retaining walls where the shad are spawning using fresh cut or whole shad on a bobber or with a light weight. The bite slows as the day progresses because the catfish are feeding heavily at first light. Later in the day target catfish on the first drop-offs in 5-15 feet of water. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures.

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