Doug (Tex) Elliott

Doug Elliott (Tex) grew up in a family that loved to fish.  He remembers many times as a child going fishing with his Dad and Uncle.  Fishing has been in his blood from that time on.  Since moving to Plano in 2000, he has focused his attention on catfish, spending countless hours chasing and catching the big ones on Lake Lavon.  He loves to teach techniques and enjoys watching someone else catch that “fish of a lifetime” as much as he enjoys catching them himself.

Doug also likes to better his overall catfish techniques by entering catfish tournaments around neighboring states.  Doug fished a few of the ACATS (American Catfish Angler Tournament Series) tournaments in 2003.  He and his partner, Steven Garcia, won 2^nd place at the Lavon tournament.  Fishing all the ACATS events in 2004, he and his partner (Don Dodd), finished in 1st place at the Lake Lavon tournament weighing in ten catfish totaling 98.54 pounds anchored with a 53.33 lb. blue catfish (can you imagine trying to reel in a 53 lb. fish?).  The second place finisher in that tournament finished with a distant 29.01 lbs.  They also placed 2^nd in the Eufaula tournament and ended the year finishing 4^th overall in the 2004 point standings.

To book your trip with Tex, contact him at tex@northtexasguideservice.com or

call him at 817.988.5468