Local Anglers Win Capitol Bass Club Open at Canyon Lake
Carlo Morris reports Capitol Bass Club open tournament at Canyon Lake with 330 teams and over 2000 pounds of bass. He and Tom Haley took top honors with two Glastron boats and trailers, while a photo miscaptioned his catch. Readers urged local fishing closer to home at Clapton's Crossing Lake.
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Carlo Morris
Wimberley Mill
Tommy Haley
Carlo
Tommy
Clapton’s Crossing Lake
Lake Wimberley
Wimberley
Blanco River
Cleaning tips from a bygone era for home care
A quirky home guide advises Millers Wife to buy a leaf rake to groom shag carpeting and vacuum thoroughly to erase machine marks. It also suggests a magnetic flashlight attached to the bed railing for emergencies and locating signals.
Bass-O-Ree at Canyon Lake draws record crowd and prizes
The fourth Capital Bass Club of Austin fishing event at Canyon Lake attracted 636 fishermen in 318 teams who caught about 2000 pounds of bass. Club President Bob Petty called it the largest single day tournament in the United States. Prizes totaled 5000 dollars. about 1000 pounds of fish were donated to charities. First place went to Tom Haley and Carlo Morris of Wimberley with 36 pounds 14 ounces. Second went to John Schober and E G McCord with 33 pounds 8 ounces for two 25 horsepower motors.
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Capital Bass Club of
Austin
Canyon Lake
Bob Petty
United
Tom Haley
Carlo Morris
Wimberley
John Schober
E. G. McCord
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New Braunfels Express
Capitol Bass Club
Old Tom
Hayden
Hewlett
Capitol
Tom
Carter Hobbs
P. D. Box
Floyd
Wimberley, Texas
Alinement
P. A
Interstate 35
Bins Trom
Wimberley Development CO
Calaways
Hill Country Superette Grocery
Calaways Texaco Station
Wimberley Square
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