Red Hot ‘18’ tournament
set
Monitor Staff Reports
KEMP–The Greater Cedar Creek Lake Area Chamber of
Commerce’s annual Red Hot “18” Golf Tournament is set for
Monday, July 30, at the Cedar Creek Country Club.
Event co-chairs Judy Pierce/Excite Realty.com and Rick
Brown/Cornerstone Business Solutions announced the area chamber
is seeking sponsors and players for the four-man scramble
tournament.
Entry fee for the chamber fund-raising event is $60 per person
or $240 per team, which includes lunch, cart and the
end-of-tournament awards reception.
Sponsorships are being sought for the lunch ($500), the practice
range ($500), hole sponsors (17 at $100 each) and golf cart
sponsors (two at $300).
Featured events will include a Hole-in-One contest sponsored by
Tri-County Ford, a Longest Drive contest, a Closest to the Pin
contest, Buy A Drive hole, mulligans, player gifts, prizes and
awards.
Players and sponsors can register for the tournament on-line by
checking the website
www.rydergolfevents.com/1024_RedHot18/index.html.
Players and sponsors can invite others to participate by
clicking on “Tell a Friend,” which will set up an automatic link
with the website.
“The tournament website is a great new tool this year, made
possible by the generosity of Tri-County Ford offering the site
for our use,” Brown reported.
For more information, check the website listed above, call the
area chamber office at (903) 887-3152, or go to the chamber’s
website,
www.cedarcreeklakechamber.com.
Area Fishing Reports
ATHENS – Water off color, 79-86 degrees; 0.55
foot high. Black bass are good on Carolina rigs on points in 6-16
feet. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows over brushpiles. Catfish
are good on punch bait and worms around baited holes.
CEDAR CREEK – Water stained; 78-83 degrees; 0.41 foot high.
Black bass are fair early on topwaters, midday switching to flukes
fished around grass. White bass are very good on Humdingers and TNT
slabs. Hybrid striper are fair on Sassy Shad early. Crappie are fair
on minnows over brushpiles. Catfish are very good drifting cut shad.
PALESTINE – Water stained; 77-83 degrees; 1.09 feet high.
Black bass are fair to good on spinnerbaits, Texas rigged 7-inch
black/blue Power Worms and firetiger shallow running crankbaits.
Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs over brushpiles. Hybrid striper
are fair on live shad. White bass are good on topwaters and
Humdingers. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers and cheese
bait.
RICHLAND CHAMBERS – Water off color; 78-84 degrees; 0.82 foot
high. Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits, Texas rigged lizards or
worms and medium diving crankbaits. White bass and hybrid striper
are fair to good on Humdingers, topwaters and live shad. Crappie are
good on minnows and jigs over brushpiles. Catfish are good cut shad
and prepared baits.
TAWAKONI – Water stained; 78-83 degrees; 1.4 feet low. Black
bass are fair on 3-inch Sweet Beavers with a 1/8 oz. weight, Texas
rigged lizards and spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and
jigs. White bass are fair to good on Humdingers and topwaters.
Striped bass and hybrid striper are fair on live shad. Catfish are
good on prepared and cut bait.
FORK – Water off color; 77-83 degrees; 0.14 foot high. Black
bass are fair to good on topwaters early and late, and midday on
Senkos, drop shot rigged finesse worms and Carolina rigged
watermelon/red Brush Hogs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs
under the bridges and over brushpiles. Catfish are good on prepared
baits.
GRAPEVINE – Water murky; 78-83 degrees; 10.12 feet high.
Black bass are fair on Texas rigged soft plastics in the shallows.
Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs over brushpiles and
under docks. White bass are good on topwaters, Humdingers and slabs.
Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers and live shad.
JOE POOL – Water murky; 78-84 degrees; 2 feet high. Black
bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs over brushpiles.
White bass are fair on minnows and Humdingers. Catfish are fair on
nightcrawlers.
LEWISVILLE – Water stained; 78-84 degrees; 6.86 feet high.
Black bass are fair on chatterbaits, spinnerbaits, Texas rigs and
Bandit 100 crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs over
brushpiles. Catfish are good on prepared bait over baited holes.
RAY HUBBARD – Water stained; 78-83 degrees; 0.77 foot high.
Black bass are fair to good on Carolina rigged Brush Hogs, drop shot
rigged finesse baits and spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows
and jigs. White bass are good on topwaters and Humdingers –
schooling all over the lake. Hybrid striper are good on 2oz. TNT
slabs. Catfish are fair to good on cut bait.
© Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Desperate reach
Monitor Photo/Kerry Yancey
Redhawks baserunner Landon Marshall (left) gets back to second just
ahead of the pick-off throw to Longhorns second baseman Kyle Woods
during the third inning of their Freshman Boys league baseball game
June 25 at Mabank’s George Watts Park.