High Profile Texoma Hero - Blake Shelton




There are undoubtedly other celebrities with homes and boats on Lake Texoma, but anyone watching TV and listening to the radio in the Texoma area knows that Blake Shelton is one celebrity who is spending time at his new home on the Oklahoma side of the lake these days.

It’s one thing for a high profile, country music jet setter like Shelton to drop in and enjoy his new home with a private dock and lake view from the master suite, but it’s another thing for him to bring his tractor out to pull a stranger’s truck out of the mud.

According to KXII.com, “Bryar Blanton, his cousin and two of his buddies were down by the Washita River, near Ravia, when their truck got stuck in a mud hole.

Blanton says he took off with a friend to go find help.

“Blake Shelton came around the corner and stopped and asked if we needed help," said Bryar Blanton. "So we hopped in with him."

Unfortunately, their trip with Shelton was short-lived, because his truck couldn’t dislodge theirs.

So, he offered to go home and get his tractor to pull them out of the mud. Which he did.

I don’t watch all that much TV, but this is the second time I’ve heard a KXII report on Blake Shelton rescuing Texomans with truck trouble. A few months ago, during the Lake Texoma flooding, he happened to show up at the right moment, then he picked up a stranger, Roho Hartman, and gave him a ride home.

That news report was a classic, especially when Hartman answered his cell phone. It was his wife calling, as Blake Shelton was giving him a lift home.

Fox8.com reports Hartman as telling his wife, “… Blake Shelton just pulled me out. You better slick up, we'll be there in just a minute."

I’m imagining myself getting a call like that one…




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Fishing Report from TPWD (Dec. 25)

GOOD. Water stained; 53 degrees; 0.59 feet above pool. Stripers are biting consistently in 30-40 feet of water near main-lake ledges and humps. Live bait, especially shad, has been the most effective, but white flukes are also producing well. Mid-day has been particularly productive, with fish schooling in deeper water as the day progresses. Look for birds working the surface to locate active schools. Bass fishing has slowed down but can still be rewarding for patient anglers. Target rocky points and submerged structure with finesse jigs or drop-shot rigs. Warm afternoons are your best bet for catching them closer to the shallows on plastics. Catfish are biting well on cut bait near creek channels and in 35-45 feet of water. Drift fishing has been particularly effective this week. Blue catfish have been the most active, with some nice-sized fish showing up. Crappie are holding tight to brush piles in 15-20 feet of water. Minnows and small jigs continue to work well. Focus on areas with good cover near coves for the best results. Report by Jacob Orr, Lake Guaranteed Guide Service. Striped bass are good with Alabama rigs or swimbaits in 10-15 feet of water, and deadsticking in deeper water. Birds are working most days. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

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