RECENT CATCHES
Colton, , Jesse Reeves Joe Hurst and Randy Higginbotham 53 lbs
53 lbs Sage Lovell
Ted Lovell
RIVER RIDGE CATFISH TOURNAMENT
APRIL 2010
Charles Moss, Randy Higginbotham, Joe and Larry Hurst 1st place biggest stringer of 10 bluecat and channel cat with 161.04 lbs Also big winner of flathead with 44.60lbs
2nd place stringer of ten with 140.454 lbs Jesse, Colton, and Jimmy Reeves
Biggest fish 52.692 lbs Michael and Carlie Cairy, Jake Baxter, and James Rodgers
Other big fish weighed in 47.688 blue cat 50.170, 28.482 and 28.994 blue cats sand bar waiting for start
Crash & Chance Craddock, Jay Innerarity John Dale and JD Stephens of tournament
and Murry Lea
boats waiting on sand bar to start tournament beautiful white sandbar
Scott Weatherly, Jason & Olivia Thorn Sam Engelking and Wes Hurst 40.474, 33.420 and 22.942 bluecats
Stacy Green 36.048 blue cat
Rob and Henry Twomey 44.938 and 26.300 lb blue cat
WHITE BASS SEASON 2010
We end our guide season with white bass still biting and our guides catching limits of white bass. It was a hard year because of the cold water temp but we fished hard and caught fish. They finally turned on late this year but it was a great season. We are already booking for next year and look forward to fishing with you. Hopefully they will cooperate in 2011 along with the weather and we will be catching limits late January and early Februaly. Thanks for making it a great season.
Check out Running of the Bass on YouTube with this link:
http://www.youtube.com/user/TexasParksWildlife#p/c/DD326D97517E327F/0/MgapBoivng8
Logan and Lacey Robinson, Neil Brighton
50 white bass and 6 yellow
Maude Smith and Thomas Mack Victor Vera and Chase Tompkins
50 white bass 50 white bass
Sam, Mario, Anthony, and Gage Noto Scott, Suzanne, and Craig Lewis
75 white bass 75 whites (kept 50)
Olga and John R Tenery Craig Lewis and Bubba Pipkin
50 white bass 50 white bass
Scott Joyce, Phil Neeley, Will Robertson Jarred & Jessica Sinn, WM A Tenery
75 white bass 75 white bass
Austin, Janet, and Wayne Sullivan Ronnie Bernard, Nickolas and Lance Stafford
75 white bass 75 white bass
Doug Hodges, Oliver Hensley, Shane Matt, Sara, Katie, Jack, and Janice Emery
Horsted 75 white bass 85 white bass
Ben , Noland, Jeff, and Cody Cornelius Ben Cornelius New River Body Record White Bass
100 white bass 4.04 lbs.
Don and Shari Shull Damon Johnson, Ron Pena, Josh Mies
50 white bass 75 white bass
David Husbands, David Jennings Jerry Conway and L J Bybee
Ryan Gutherie, Jason Jenings 50 white bass
100 white bass
Mesa Rovison & Joan Huybers Beth and Gary Humphrey
50 white bass 50 white bass
Autumn, Steve, and Grace Purcell Don Post, Zach Pearce, Eddie Harley
75 white bass 75 white bass
Buck and Ben Purcell, Bruce Krawieck Neil Brighton & Kim Gannon
75 whites 50 whites
David Dillingham and Kirby Ansel John Childers & Henry Childers
50 white bass 50 whites ( 10 release)
Heart made of 52 white bass for 2 Christy, Zack, ad Jeff Wise
sweethearts Chloe and Brennan with 75 whites and 3 yellows
their dads Craig Callon and John Mego
Andy Wetherell & Chris Delvalle John Gaupp, Bernard Gatz, Jim Edwards
50 whites 75 whites
Craig Lewis & Scott King David McMinn John Mego, Tommy Hayden
50 whites 73 whites 1 catfish
James Dunaway, Dwayne Boles, Gary Pugh Ted Chucko, Byron Tetek, Richard Seward
18 white bass 12 white bass
Jim Edwards, Jay A Wald, Neil Brighton
18 whites, 1 yellow, 4 catfish 28 whites, 5 yellows, 1 catfish
Cliff Macon, Eddie Twitty Bobby Chandler Robin Townley, Bob Adams
15 white bass 4 whites
Charles Beavers, Randy Lein, Rex Gourley Sam Hall, Eric Budd, Gerald Conner
32 white bass 20 white bass 3 catfish biggest white 3lbs 3oz
Carnes 46 whites 1 yellow Dennis and Derrick Waldrop
Biggest white 3lbs 3 oz 32 whites 1 yellow
Reagan and Bill Abington 15 whites Wanda and James Bruce 25 whites 2 yellows
Charles Hinds, Bob McClelland, Gene Hastings, Pam and Neil Martin
John Lair, Dick Morrison, Ed Lingo, Ken Burch, 50 whites LIMITS!!!!!!!!!
Carl Haddad, Mike Landes 116 white bass 1 yellow
Ramona Reddell, Adam & Joyce Cordingly Sharon Varble, Steve, Riley, & Donella Oldham
14 white bass 47 white bass, 1 yellow bass, 2 catfish biggest white 2lbs 13 oz
Judy Wisdom, Carol King, Brianne Mcloy Rex Gourley & Bill Dokaski
14 white bass 27 white bass
George & Sherrie Michie James Thompson, Tom Hotman, Bruce Kelley,
Pat and Tanya McKelvey Ron Bernard, Richard Englehart, Pat McEntee
52 whites Chris Skopik 61 white bass 2 yellow
Doyle Barcroft, Larry Wadsworth, Ronnie Helm Kim Ganon & Neil Brighton
29 whites 5 whites
Wayne & Suzanne Lang 32 whites 4 catfish Vic Heineman , Ed Burkhardt, Harry Bishop
26 whites & 5 catfish (not pictured)
Bonnie and Ed Klein Robert Berend and Rex Gourley
first 50 limit of the season 24 whites
Marilyn & Larry Gordon Jerry Gonzales & Isreal Gonzalez
16 white bass and 2 catfish 38 white bass
Griff and Sandra Thomas & Michelle Franks and Jo Ray Delacruz
16 whites each day biggest white of the season 3.39lbs.
Dale and Barbara Wheeler 18 whites and 21 whites
Matt Womble Neil Griffin Colin, Jarek, and Ernie Kenjura
14 white bass 16 whites and 2 catfish
Jimmy & Jed Rowe, Bill Russell Edwin, Kade, Eddie Twitty
18 whites 12 whites 1 -3lber
Robert Rodreiguez & Arthur Long Dan Windham & Ed Beard
13 white bass 25 whites
Rex Gorley & Linda Els 13 whites made into Mike Ingraham, Darrell Wolverton, Marvin, Jr &
a Valentine Heart Marvin Ingraham 17 whites 1st 3 lber of season
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES
YESTERDAY FEB 12, 2010 Jarold Pilling, Robert Fernandez, Jeff Pruski
48 whites and 2 catfish
Kansas Fishermen: Dan Sudeman, Loren Boman, Dean Milner Tony Medley, Jim Mixon, Cab Craig
Jim Erickson, Randy & Rod Zohn, Mark & Brent Melby,Steve 10 whites 3 crappie
Ediger,Larry Boman, Lonnie Boman, Rick Raney, Jim Reed, Royce Bruntzel
56 whites
Nikola Lipowac, Pierce & Kurt Leus Rex Gourley, Bill Sears, Don Keen
24 whites 4 crappie 11 whites 4 crappie
Russel, Mark, and Ralph Wissel Don Fuller, Cole Johnson, JD Gregory, Rodney Rist
12 whites 52 whites
Scott Jezek,Shane Paulicek,Brian Hughes,Trey Jenak,Mark Patranella, Will Sehion, Phillip Zimmerhanzel,
Kyle maruska, Brad Schmidt, Travis Winkler 80 fish biggest 2lbs13 oz
Brad Nelson and Dennis Hammersmith 1st 2 lb 13 oz whitebass
13 whites, 6 crappie, 1 yellow bass, 7 catfish
Dennis & Brad from Kansas Andy Brockett
14 whites, 4 crappie, 2 catfish almost 3 lb white
Trevor Sallee & Dylon Owens The Rawlinson Clan 40 lb bluecat
32,24,34 catfish 25 not shown
Kent and Danita Little Larry and Vickie Roy 44 lb bluecat
32 and 24 bluecats
David Gunn 25 lb op Colton and Jesse Reeves 10 fish 275lbs
Steven Sallee and Shawn Deneen
7ft 5 in 150 lb gar taken with bow 5/29/09
Colton Reeves 39,37,32,26,15,13 bluecats 5/31/09
WHITE BASS SEASON 2010
It is time to book your white bass trip for 2011if you have not already done so. You will need roadrunners red head with chartruse body or red head with white body. 1/4 oz and 1/8 oz. 8 to 12 lbs test line unless you want to bring lots of roadrunners. 6lb test is great but you will break off easily.
River Ridge Guide Service, 529 PR 831, Tenaha, Texas 75974 cell 903-407-0130 office 903-693-4441
$375 for guided trip for two people with package which includes lodging and breakfast. $300 just for fishing trip. Add $75 for each extra person. $150 deposit required (non refundable unless I cancel trip due to weather etc.). 2011 price for package $375. Everything else the same as 2010.
Look forward to fishing with you next spring. I now have 3 boats running. We are already half booked for next season. Thanks to everyone that helps to make our business a success. I have moved many of the white bass pictures for 2010 to the fishing page. It makes the home page load up much faster. Thanks.
Mike, Darrell, & Marvin Ingraham
37 whites, 6 yellows, 2 drum, 1 catfish
Katie, Sara, and Jack Emory Tony Medley, Jim Mixon, Cab Craig
71 whites
Bob Reed, Jeff Sothers, and Blake Reed 75 whites and 50 whites biggest 3lbs 1oz
Ramona & Terry Reddell Susan Ebert 25 whites
Deloris and Mike Gorman
Scott and Eric Speer John Phillips, Lance Knowles, Dwayne Murr
15 white bass 30 white bass
William & Benjamin Purcell, Rodney Robertson Cameron, Rebecca, and Stuart Scott
33 whites 75 white bass
Nan Powell (my sister) Tanner and Tucker Williams (our grandkids) We practiced catch and release except for a few
Stephen Sallee 178 lb gar Stephen Sallee & Jordan Rogers 106 lb gar
Bill Alexander 22 lb op, Dylan Owens 53 lb. Trevor, Stephen, and Bobby Sallee, and Jordan
For catfish tournament pictures go to Fishing page
Recent Duck Hunt
Recent duck hunt with guides Simon Cosper, WalterBerner, and Lee Weiss
Robert and Jonathan Berner, and me, Jane Gallenbach. For duck hunts contact AEI Hunting at aeihunt@txucom.net or call Tim at 936-581-5050 Combine a white bass trip and duck hunt in mid to late January. Duck hunting located in Carthage just 15 miles from River Ridge. 903-693-4441 cell 903-407-0130
When the white bass are not spawning
Hunt Argentina
Tom and Jane Gallenbach hunting with
J. J. Caceria Dove Hunting
This is one afternoon hunt.
We will be organizing several trips in the near future. (June 8 thru 16, 2010) We can accompany your group or you can go on your own. We can help you with your flight, paper work, customs, immigration, security, flight connections, reservations for your hunt, etc. We don't charge you for our services. Check out JJ Caceria website www.jjcaceria.com.ar or email him at jjcaceria@jjcaceria.com.ar . The prices for the hunts are there. You pay the same whether you use our services or not. We will be going back to hunt ducks and dove June 8 thru June 16, 2010 if you would like to join our group just let us know. We arrived late on our first day due to airline delays, we went straight to the fields where we were greeted by our bird boys and two other people there to take care of us. After a great shoot we were taken to the lodge where we had excellent accommodations. Our bedrooms were furnished with two 3/4 beds and a bathroom with shower. The lodge is equipped with an open bar, or you can have cola, water, etc. A full time chef takes care of your meals. You are served on tables with fine china, crystal, and silver. Appetizers are provided while your meal is being prepared. The hunting is superb. You will kill more birds in a day than you will kill in your lifetime in the US. There are no limits. The guns are excellent Beretta 391 20 gauge. The ammunition is very good, I only had one misfire in 4 days. WE are going back, come go with us.
Call me 903-693-7234 or cell 903-407-0130 for more information.
email riverridgetx@aol.com Or contact jjcaceria@jjcaceria.com.ar www.jjcaceria.com.ar
Crappie 2lbs 6.4 oz
Jane Gallenbach
903-693-4441 OR 903-407-0130
Prices for guided trips: $300.00 for 2 people $75 for each additional person
Package: includes lodging, breakfast, sack lunch, guided trip, cleaning of fish $350.00 for 2 people $75 for each additional person
To read new Houston Chronicle Articles on White Bass Fishing on Sabine River go to www.houstonchronicle.com. Click on sports, click on Shannon Tompkins, click on Sabine River articles January 27, 2005.
We have been very lucky to be featured in Texas Parks and Wildlife magazine, Cabelas Outfitter Journal, and Texas Fish and Game magazine this past year. We also were featured on a Texas Parks and Wildlife Television show on white bass fishing.
To read Houston Chronicle Article on White Bass Fishing with guide Jane Gallenbach 2004 click on Contact us page. For Catfish Pictures click on Fishing Page.
Sabine White Bass fishing show with Alan Warren aired recently. Check out his website at www.ChevySportsman.com
If you are fishing with Jane, bring your rod & reel spooled with 8 to 10 lb test line. Road runners in chartreuse, chartreuse with red head, and white with red head. Any configuration works, crappie thunder, curly tail, maribou, bubble belly, etc. I use 1/4 oz unless I am fishing really light tackle, then I use 1/8 oz. Bring rain gear just in case also waterproof footwear. When cold is predicted, dress warmly. Bring layers it may be 30 in the morning and 70 by lunch. Most of the time we will take a boat ride a few miles. Gets pretty cold on the water.
MONTHLY CAMPING RATES EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY:
50 AMP WITH SEWER $ 360.00 30 AMP WITH SEWER $ 330.00
50 AMP WITHOUT SEWER 330.00 30 AMP WITHOUT SEWER 310.00
Daily rates 50 amp $22.50 30 amp $20.00
Check out other catfish pictures on fishing page.
FISHING IS GREAT
CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PAGES FOR NEW TOURNAMENT WINNERS AND PICTURES OF RECENT CATCHES
Our GOAL
River Ridge wants to provide you with a place that you will be proud to bring your family and friends. The best fishing in East Texas. Many years ago rivers got a bad rap because of the dumping of waste by big companies. Times have changed and we are proud to be located on the Sabine River where the water runs clean and the fish taste great. We hope you will check us out and maybe enjoy some of our paradise. Looking forward to seeing you soon. We are located about 45 minutes from the casions in Shreveport, La and Bossier City, La. After you catch your fish you might want to try your luck and eat a nice meal.
SABINE RIVER is the upper part of Toledo Bend Reservoir in East Texas. It is located 12 miles south of Carthage, Texas on Hwy 699 which is about 40 miles south of Longview, Texas and 60 miles west of Shreveport, La. Several species of bass , crappie, channel, blue and flathead catfish are all in abundance. Sabine River is ideal for year round fishing. River Ridge has been featured on "The Texas Angler" outdoor show for 3 years. The 6 lb line class world record white bass was caught by Keith Warren ("The Texas Angler") here in 1996. Also Ed Snyder, Editor of the Lakecaster Magazine caught the 2 lb line class world record white bass here. It is common to catch white bass that weigh over 3 lbs. Some weigh 4 lbs and better. The Sabine River State record white crappie was caught here February 26,2000.
Check out our upcoming events, conditions of river, what fish are biting, and pictures of the big catch. Also check out our camping facilities.
Catfish have been really biting good on trotlines and throw lines. The river looks real good. We keep the sand cleaned off our ramp as the water recedes after being up for a few days. When the water is half banks we recommend using any kind of boat, but if it is at low level then we recommend using a jonboat.
. You need to start making reservations now for sandbass season. We have rv hook-ups, cabins, and tenting area.
Contact Information
- Telephone
- 903-693-4441 OR 903-693-7234
- FAX
- 903-693-4441
- Postal address
- 529 PR 831, Tenaha, Texas 75974
- Electronic mail
- General Information: riverridgetx@aol.com
- LOCAL GUIDE SERVICES:
River Ridge Guide Service------ Jane Gallenbach-Guide
Prices: $300.00 per day for 2 people $75.00 for 3rd person
$350.00 per day for 2 with lodging, breakfast and sack lunch $425.00 for 3
Call for more information (903) 693-4441