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A Passage Into the Primeval on a Bayou Lake in East Texas
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| May 22, 2009
| JIM ATKINSON
Posted on 05/22/2009 7:30:29 PM PDT by JoeProBono
EVERY visitor to Caddo Lake on the Texas-Louisiana border seems to come away with a profoundly personal impression. Anglers prize Caddo, the only naturally formed lake in Texas, for its trophy bass; canoeists rate its twisting, interlocking bayous among the most challenging to navigate.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Travel
KEYWORDS: easttexas; fishing; texas
The steamboat Graceful Ghost begins one of its daily tours on Caddo Lake near Uncertain, Tex.
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05/22/2009 7:32:22 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
I love Caddo Lake, we go there quite often just for boating.. you could get lost for days in it. I grew up very near Caddo when I was a kid and would spend days and days just wandering around the ‘woods’, lots of old Indian mounds that are being discovered every year.
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05/22/2009 7:32:47 PM PDT
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mnehring
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posted on
05/22/2009 7:33:21 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
...oh, and I forgot to mention the real fun (at least for a 13 year old) going out to Caddo with a 22 and shooting cottonmouth snakes sunning on logs.
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05/22/2009 7:34:11 PM PDT
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mnehring
To: JoeProBono
...and the real cool fish
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05/22/2009 7:35:03 PM PDT
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mnehring
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posted on
05/22/2009 7:35:27 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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05/22/2009 7:38:14 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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05/22/2009 7:39:32 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: mnehring
...and the real cool fish
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posted on
05/22/2009 7:47:46 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
One of the most beautiful, unusual lakes I have ever been on. I used to go on a regular basis.
Humorous anecdote..I would meet a Cajun friend of mine there. He was a little bit crazy and I was a little bit young, so we ended up on the lake, which is very difficult to navigate in the daylight, after dark. He turned on the running lights to try to guide us out. Every...and I mean EVERY snake on that snaky lake was drawn to those lights.
I felt like I was in a B-grade science fiction movie..I don't know what you call a herd of snakes..but they were really after the boat. (and trying to crawl in..shiver).
My crazy Cajun friend thought it was hilarious.
But we caught a lot of fish.
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posted on
05/22/2009 8:03:14 PM PDT
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berdie
(Philosophies of the school room in one generation will reflect the government philosophy of the next)
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05/22/2009 8:10:33 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
I high centered a canoe at Caddo Lake once. Darn near capsized the thing getting off the submerged stump.
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posted on
05/22/2009 8:11:15 PM PDT
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Professional Engineer
("A republic if you can keep it" responded Franklin. Sorry Dr. Franklin)
To: JoeProBono
LOL...Music for the pic...
Don’t Fear The Reaper..BOC
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05/22/2009 8:35:35 PM PDT
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berdie
(Philosophies of the school room in one generation will reflect the government philosophy of the next)
To: JoeProBono
Don’t forget the bug spray.
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posted on
05/22/2009 8:49:22 PM PDT
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eclecticEel
(I don't want Obama to fail, I want him to fail quickly.)
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05/22/2009 8:52:44 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: ValerieTexas; texasredhead8712; TexKat; AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; ...
on Caddo Lake near Uncertain, Tex
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05/22/2009 9:48:38 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
on Caddo Lake near Uncertain, TexWonder where the name came from? Most agree that when the village decided it needed a post office, the application they sent to the Federal gov't included the words "uncertain" where the town's name was to be inserted. The request was approved and the village was forever named...
Uncertain
To: mnehring
I’m going to Caddo this weekend. Any tips/advice?
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posted on
05/08/2014 11:04:10 AM PDT
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smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: JoeProBono
As long as ya don't go messing around in the back of the “Black Bayou” :)
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posted on
05/08/2014 11:07:51 AM PDT
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The Cajun
(tea party!!!, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert......Nuff said.)
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