Texoma Kite Festival to be held at new Pottsboro park




The Pottsboro Library and City of Pottsboro are hosting the Texoma Kite Festival on Saturday, October 18, 2014 from 11 am to 4 pm at the James G. Thompson Park in Pottsboro.

In addition to stunt kites, public kite flying, multi-rotors (drones), street art and a candy drop, the Dallas Area Kiteflier Organization will be on hand with kites of behemoth proportions that require multiple people to fly. The event is free and open to the public. Food vendors and concessions will be available throughout the day.

The Denison Animal Welfare Group will be exhibiting adoptable dogs from the Denison Animal Shelter from 11 am until 4 pm. Many breeds and sizes are available. The adoption fee of $75.00 includes vaccination for Rabies and spay or neuter surgery by the Animal Hospital of Denison.

Funding for the event is through the Outside the Box grant the library recently received. The City of Pottsboro and the Pottsboro Area Library hope the festival will help them gain recognition for the new park.

Located west of FM 996 just south of the railroad tracks the 28 acre James G. Thompson Park opened to the public in September 2012. The newest of the three Pottsboro parks, this 28 acre multi-use facility offers a wide variety of outdoor activities which include three soccer fields, two ball fields, fishing pond, walking trail, basketball court, playground area, gazebo, two picnic shelters, and improvements are still being made today.




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GOOD. Water normal stain; 67 degrees; 0.33 feet below pool. Striped bass fishing is great on top waters early along rocky shorelines and sandy flats around coves. Watch for birds on the banks and fish the direction the birds are moving up and down the rocks. Live bait is still very effective fishing ledges and humps near the river channels in 35-45 feet of water. The shad spawn is on and catching will only get better. Crappie fishing is good near boat docks and on structure also using electronics to locate roaming fish in 12-15 feet of water. Glo and milk are colors of choice with a crappie nibble tip. Seeing females in the creeks 2-5 feet of water as well. Catfishing is getting better on cut shad and prepared baits anchored on ledges in 40-50 feet of water a few reels off the bottom near rocky banks. Slip cork with a cut shad down the bluffs are producing channel cats preparing to spawn as well. Bass fishing is good using top waters early, spooks or closed face glide baits and fish crawl baits later. Fish are roaming near the beds and hitting white chatter baits as well. Live shad down the bluffs are producing numbers with the occasional big fish off the rocks in 5-8 feet of water. Report by Jacob Orr, Guaranteed Guide Service Lake Texoma. Hybrid stripers are excellent with limits coming on topwaters along the bank early in the morning watching for Egrets. Then switch to swimbaits on flats and points in 10-20 feet of water. Shad are spawning along the banks. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

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