Beloved Cedar Creek Lake community leader dies




Jim Ragsdale, 91,a longtime real estate agent on Cedar Creek Lake, died June 29.

Ragsdale and his wife, Billie Jo, retired to the lake in 1979 and opened their real estate agency. His wife died in 2002.

Ragsdale was a favorite member of the Cedar Creek Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, and he regularly attended meetings. He was an active community leader throughout the lake area.

He operated his real estate agency for 35 years.

Ragsdale wrote a book titled "Are You Coming or Going." He liked to say, "don't put off doing tomorrow what you can do today."

His funeral services were held at Eubank Funeral Home July 5, and he was buried in Barry, Texas, at Dresden Cemetery.

 




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Fishing Report from TPWD (Feb. 5)

GOOD. stained; 48 degrees; 0.50 feet below pool. The pattern is consistent. The hybrid and white bass winter deadsticking bite is on fire! Use half ounce to 1-1/2 ounce jigs with 4-5 inch plastic flukes depending on what the winds are and drift long lengths of the lake in the deepest water 35-55 feet. Drift at speeds of .2-.6 mph using your drift mode on your trolling motor or using drift socks. If the winds are not too bad you can just drift with the wind. Thumping on the bottom of your boat will attract fish and group them up underneath as you drift. Utilizing a splasher also works well with thumping. You will find the fish suspended between 22-28 feet when deadstricking. Look for Birds and Loons early mornings on shallow flats as the fish will come up to follow the bait and feed early especially on cloudier and colder days. The crappie bite has been tough with reports of fish being scattered. Target crappie with small jigs and minnows in 7-15 feet under bridge pylons, hidden brush piles throughout the lake or under docks. Crappie fisherman have been moving spot to spot finding limits. Lots of crappies in the 7-9 inch range. Limits of crappie will happen but you may catch a lot of small ones getting to your limit. Report by Brent Herbeck, Herbeck’s Lonestar Fishing Guide Service. Catfish continue to be deep with a few fish shallow. The water clarity is stained to slightly stained heading south. The best catfish bite is drifting from 18-35 feet using cut shad or rough fish along the bottom. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures.

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