Also this week, but in the other direction, Rick Peeples at Lake O.H. Ivie tells me he's on to nine and 10-pound bass in the shallows at Ivie. Most of you recall that Rick is a guide at Ivie - and that he consistently proves there are plenty of huge bass prowling the shallows at Ivie in the winter, especially after the first of the year. Rick marks these big bass on his calendar as 'Good ways to start the year' and he isn't really satisfied until he has a least one 10-pounder during January. Peeples weighs all his big fish on the certified scales at Concho Park Marina, before he puts them back in the lake, so you can count on the weights hecites. Yeah, we know.
Life is full of tough decisions.
The track of the cat is now crossing pavement. Thaxton, who lives near Stamford and commutes daily to work in Abilene, said he saw the puma crossing 277, from east to west, before it disappeared into a mesquite thicket. George said he hopes people leave the cat alone, and I don't think there'll be any problem with that since cougars are so extremely elusive. Thaxton went on to say that he didn't think one predator could have much of an impact on an area's deer population, but I can introduce him to a couple of deer and turkey hunters who will beg to differ. The TPWD says 177 mountain lion sightings were reported in Texas last year.