Sargent Texas| Rainy weather for Ducks
Happy New Year
Ducks still quacking in Sargent Texas which has experience some well needed rains the last few weeks. Both the San Bernand Wildlife Preserve and Big Boggy have great conditions. Lets be honest the Ducks liked the rain more then the people of Sargent do. We have lots of freshwater passing Sargent and into East Matagorda Bay. Great for the Bay and ecosystem. The last cold Front a few weeks ago and this weekend pushed a lot of Geese into the San Bernard from the North. Cold weather this weekend is great for hunting.
To our East...
Seafood Fest
Comes to Matagorda
Family event and lots of fun eating fish and enjoying music play bean bag and enjoying some really fresh seafood in Matagorda Texas.
Gina and Buddy Treybig are putting on a really fun Sea Food Fest event in Matagorda Texas today.
The New Sargent Boat Parade
Saturday Night on Caney Creek
The Boat Parade a colorful success every year. Enjoy the Event this weekend from the shores of Caney Creek. The Boat Parade has become an annual Sargent Event and very successful.
Sargent Maps and History
Way back in 1963 the Army Corp of Engineers decided to cut a channel into the Gulf of Mexico at Sargent. This cut became known as McCabes Cut. As you can see from this 1944 photograph from the Texas Land office there was already an oxbow lake that is just like Old Dead Caney Creek.
McCabes cut was originaly 40 feet wide and 4 feet deep and over the years grew like a monster. The Cut in 1988 was 300 feet wide and 30 feet deep. By this time Barges and Boats were being sucked out into the Gulf when the tide was right. It was like a giant vacuum cleaner sucking...
