Mark provided an AMAZING FISHING TRIP!!! He was simply stellar! Sure he knew the good spots and…read morebest bait. Sure all the other guides were calling him for tips because they weren't getting bites. But! Mark made fishing fun and exciting for those of us that prefer to cast/reel and not so much with touching the fish. He kept all our poles well baited and in the water! We caught our limit and had a blast!

Four words: HIRE A FISHING GUIDE!…read more Epic day on Lake Texoma, catching plenty of Stripers! Our fishing guide, RANDY, put us on fish from the get go. He knows this lake, inside and out. We had originally called another company (that advertises obnoxiously here - couldn't escape their ads). When we called, they were all booked up for weeks. I decided to look on Google maps to find other guides nearby. So glad we did!!! "Adventure Texoma" (not to be confused with another place with a very similar name!) popped up. Mark answered the phone, had availability when we wanted to book, and said we'd be with Randy. Easy-peasy. We showed up with our $12 Lake Texoma fishing licenses (acquired in town), and Randy supplied everything thing we needed to fish! We had 6 poles in the water for the most part, and lost count of fish, but it's tied over a dozen a piece! My husband also caught a good sized catfish (our largest fish of the day)! I also caught a freshwater drum, and the largest striper of the day! We agreed to call it a draw. Decided to catch and release them all. Probably should have kept one of the bigger stripers. Nevertheless, what a fun and fulfilling day! We we comfortable, and Randy is an easy guy to talk to. Thanks for everything!

this is a super cute park with some baseball fields and playground with walking path.read more

This is a wonderful park all around. It has a fence all the way around. It's a huge play area with…read moresomething for all ages. I took my kids there today for an hour and they didn't want to leave. It has a train that was off for the season. And the Gainesville zoo is behind the park. Also let me tell you the bathrooms were very clean for it being a park. Well done!

Great day of fishing (catching) with Captain Tim. It was like fishing with a good friend; he has…read moreall the high tech fish finding gadgets; He has all the poles and everything is ready to go. Just show up. He explained the process and we brought in just under 30 keepers for the trip. I had my son and his friends bringing in fish on both sides of the boat. We had a blast. Captain Tim helps along the way. Really great guy. I will be back!

Great guide service. Our guideTim Smith is professional and very friendly. Not only does he find…read morefish, he goes out of his way to see that not only you catch fish, you become a better angler. He has been our guide twice and each time he has shown us ways to become better. If you ever decide to try Striper fishing, give Bill Carey and his crew a try, I don't thin you'll be disappointed.

This was one of the best fishing experiences we've ever had! I booked with Captain Marty's Fishing…read moreGuides as a gift for my boyfriend's birthday. We were a group of 5 and our skill levels ranged from advanced to super novice. Bry was our tour guide and he was FANTASTIC. He was not only a great instructor and guide, but he was very fun and we enjoyed our time with him! You can tell he truly loves what he does and he definitely made the experience a thousand times better. We caught our big fish limit and regular limit on striper. Bry filleted, cleaned, and bagged our fish for us. We will definitely be back in the future and will be requesting Bry again!!

We had an awesome time! Weather was looking iffy for our day out, but Marty and our guide Bry…read moreworked with us and remained flexible. I can't say enough good things about Bry, who was the best guide we could have asked for. I'm a novice fisherman, but Bry gave me great pointers, and was very helpful. He was a true professional, and you could tell he's passionate about his craft, and just a wonderful individual. It would be hard for me to go anywhere else now, as we had such a great time. We caught our limit and he cleaned and filleted our fish in no time. I highly recommend Bry and Captain Marty's. I will be back.

I am just tickled to death with this place and am definitely a fan. My only wish is that they would…read moresell beer in the store (okay, beer coolers). If they sold Smirnoff coolers, I'd give it the 5th star and I might never come home. We weren't familiar with this side of the lake when we bought a boat from the owner of Walnut Creek. We'd only really been to Highport and Soldier's Creek and usually frequented Highport. We arranged a month to stay at Walnut Creek to get to know the area and see how we like it. We really, really like it and have decided to stay. This is not a big marina and it doesn't have a lot of amenities but the things you need they do really well. In order of importance to us: 1. The owner and the owner's family are great, straight forward folks. There is just something about Dale (the owner) and his son-in-law that inspires trust and Dale is a pleasant, hands on owner that comes by and says hello and checks on his slip renters to make sure everything is okay and that they are happy. He is not out just to make a buck, which is really refreshing. He has stuff he can sell you if you are in the market for it but he is not going to sell you something you didn't need or want. 2. There is a mechanic close by, Murry? Murray? who was also part owner of our boat when we bought it. He's been great. We developed a problem when we got down to old gas still in the boat and we thought that we would have to have the whole system drained and he said, no, we just needed a fuel separater. He came down and installed it for us at no cost. He doesn't work on jet skis, which is a bummer, but he's great to have around for the boat. People tell me that he regularly helps out folks with things like the separator because he wants people to remember him when it comes time to get a bottom job on their boat. Works for me. 3. The crowd is mostly grown ups. There are some kids that play loud music but you get that everywhere, and a lot more in some places. Dale is good about shutting it down if it goes on to too late into the night. We love the people in our boathouse. They are around our age (40 's) and have grown or almost grown families. Several live close by and most of us are down at the boathouse pretty much every weekend. 4. Location on the lake - This marina is not too far from the islands and doesn't have that chop that you get in the channel in front of Highport. There is one other marina that we looked at very seriously that is closer to the islands and has very deep water. Walnut Creek is not far though and its practically in its own little bay so the water is much calmer than the rest of the lake. From the open water, you can't really see Walnut Creek ... the shoreline has an illusory effect of being continuous when, in reality, there is a bay there ... so, even with the gas docks, there is not a lot of raucous lake traffic coming in. 5. Bathrooms - the bathroom located at the marina store is the cleanest public bathroom I've ever seen. You have to get a key from the store to use it so it is only available from around 6 AM to about 5 PM. The bathroom is a big deal to me when staying on the boat over the weekend. That may be a girl thing, but it is really, really big in my book. 6. Showers - I think the showers are an on-demand system. They are always warm immediately (that's a good thing). It costs 4 quarters for 4 minutes and that is plenty for a man. It would be perfect for me to if I didn't shave my legs. Still, I am happy with the showers. I don't like the toilets in the camp restrooms though - no lids and the sink is difficult to use and runs non-potable water. I avoid the sink in there for brushing my teeth. The light is on a timer so it can seem dark in there in the daytime because the light isn't on. 7. Wi-fi - They have good wi-fi. It's $6 something for 24 hours but the speed puts our home connection to shame. Lightning fast. 8. Distance from metroplex - It takes us an hour and twenty minutes to get the Walnut Creek from McKinney (75 to 82 to 901). This is pretty much the same time it took us to get Pottsboro and the drive is very pretty. This is a good, basic marina. They have cute cabins and a nice campground area where campers can pull their boat up to the shore (and because of the calm water, no waves to rock the boat up against it). They have a decent boat ramp that can handle two launches at a time but there's rarely any kind of a back up ($4 to launch). There is no restaurant but then we have a grill and a boat. Plenty of other marinas have restaurants and courtesy docks so we can either grill out or boat out to one of the restaurants on the lake. I wish that they had a courtesy dock for visiting boat friends but then we'll probably be meeting out on the islands anyway.

The map totally misrepresented how much space was between RVs…read more Wifi is an extra 9 dollars a day if you want it. Showers were coin operated and the bathrooms full of bugs.

Having years and YEARS of experience as a long distance trail runner I very much find solace and…read morepeace in the great outdoors. Ray Roberts Johnson Branch is a beautiful park with lots to do. Bring the family or come solo. This is a smaller part of the Ray Roberts park so it is a very safe feeling here. Fish, hike, bring a picnic basket! I very much enjoyed my travels here, and simply cant wait to visit again to get some trail time in!!

I've camped here twice now (once in Sept and once in Oct) and can attest that the state park is…read morejust as great both times. Both times, you are greeted right at entrance and given an introduction by some really nice staffers. Regardless of whether you're a newcomer or not, they will give you a map and help orient you around the area. The site that we chose (Dogwood Canyon again) was clean and nicely spread out from the next site. We don't know if any staff members come by to check on the place after check-out but every time we've come now, the site is pretty clean and clear from any litter. Unfortunately this time around, the toilets weren't that well stocked with toilet paper so yes, bring toilet paper while camping! This should be for best practice anyways. :-) Other than that, we did have some noise disturbance in the evening from rowdy kiddos - it doesn't seem like anyone really patrols around to keep parties in check like some negative Google reviews may have suggested, who knows! The hikes were great, I would rate the blue and orange trails to be pretty mild-moderate. There are some slopes and there are some spots you may need to "climb" a bit but nothing too bad! I absolutely love having this park to get away to from the busyness of the city. Makes the $75 annual pass so so worth it (otherwise, it would be $7 per person, per day for admission)!

I did a Sunday afternoon trip with Zach Langford. I also had four boys all age 14 who love fishing…read moreand Zach did a great job of getting us on fish and patiently answering all of their questions about fishing, tackle, and the lake. We caught 22 fish with the largest being 23.5" and the majority of the fish being at least 18". We will definitely be back. In fact, one of the boys wants to do another trip in a few weeks for his birthday. The company was very responsive to all emails and questions before the trip. Keep up the great work!

We had a large group so hard 2 boats. The fishing was terrible but not Dan's fault they weren't…read morebiting. We did catch a couple of 1-2 ponders so I guess that meets his guarantee?? 2/3 the way through the trip our second boat breaks down. So instead of Dan coming out to tow it in they pulled our boat. So we had 7 people who did not get to fish their full time paid for. Dan was at dock and was only interested in the broken boat. Did not talk with us about lost time or guarantee. Just looked at my guide and said "well I gotta go" and left. I have fished with guides in several states and countries. Dan Barnett rates among the lowest. Would not recommend him to anyone.

I stopped by there twice to set up treatment for my pool. The second time I was there they found…read morethe sticky note they had filled out on me a couple weeks earlier. But they never contacted me even after a month or more. I'm glad they are so successful that they don't need any more business.

When i bought my house, the pool was a swamp. They came by and cleaned it out and taught us how to…read morekeep it crystal clear. And also came by to help us cover it for the winter. They test your water weekly for free and let you know what it needs. I am grateful for all of their help. I couldn't get through these summers without my pool!!