Cedar Creek Lake to feature public wheelchair-accessible fishing pier this spring




GUN BARREL CITY -- Construction of a wheelchair-accessible fishing pier honoring military personnel is scheduled for completion in April at Tom Finley Park on Cedar Creek Lake. When completed, the Eddie Oehlers Pier will be available for use around-the-clock by fishers with mobility challenges. The pier, which will be a memorial to a former community volunteer and U.S. Navy veteran, is under construction near the public boat ramp. The Parrot Head Club of Cedar Creek Lake is sponsoring the construction, which is being financed by the charitable organization's fundraising efforts. The club, of which Oehlers was a longtime member, annually hosts poker runs, chili cook-offs and other celebrations to raise money. In concert with the project's ongoing construction, the club is selling commemorative bricks that will be part of a walkway leading to the pier. The bricks, which will cost $50 each and can contain three lines of 16 characters each, will feature wording paying tribute to individuals, families, groups or special events. Benches, which will be made of recycled plastic and mounted on the pier, can also be engraved for commemorative purposes. For information about contributing to the project, call Robert Render at 972-898-9493 or e-mail [email protected] or visit http://www.cclphc.net/ and click on Oehler's Landing Pier.




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EXCELLENT. Water slightly stained; 80 degrees; 1.47 feet below pool. Consistently finding the best hybrid action in 13-18 feet of water with slabs, and spinnerbaits using the proven saw tooth retrieve technique. Trolling spoons with a hellbender set-up at 3 mph in 13-17 feet of water is absolutely crushing the white bass on several humps throughout the lake. As water temperatures decrease into the low 70s we will target big hybrids on shallow ledges and humps with Alabama rigs. Report by Brent Herbeck, Herbeck's Lonestar Fishing Guide Service. Catfish are good anchoring on humps in 12-24 feet using small shad or cut shad on the bottom. Drifting larger cut bait like carp, drum or big gizzard shad on flats in 10-25 feet all around the lake. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures.

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