Fishing is a passion that can never be fully explain.
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Our drive today is taking us through the Texas Panhandle plains; which has a bit of a rolling prairie feel and some woodland area. Essentially, a flatter landscape than we have been used to seeing in Texas. Our goal for today is Lake Arrowhead State Park.
One thing I must say is that Texas has one of the best state park systems we have ever used. The campgrounds are always clean, there is usually water and electricity hook ups and they are extremely well priced with deals for Texas State Park Pass holders. Most importantly they have wonderful hot showers facilities! 😊
So, to break up our 4-hour drive today we stopped in the small town of Wichita Falls. We managed to catch the tail end of the farmer’s market and had fun exploring the Saint Patrick’s Day festival happening that day. We stopped for lunch at a great brewery, Wichita Falls Brewing Company, and then checked out the Duck Coffee Shop for coffee and a gelato.
Lake Arrowhead State Park is extremely popular with anglers. All eager to catch either a Crappie fish, a catfish, or a large mouth bass. I enjoyed walking the pier that was lined with fisherman and having a chat with them about what type of bait they were using. Curiosity, as my mom owns a bait shop. My favorite conversation was with this older gentleman; who when I asked if he was catching anything today? His reply was; “Not much luck today ma’am. But ma’am, you know that’s why they don’t call it catching ma’am, they call it fishing.”