Fishing is the lure that reeled in Dan Sewell Sr. to Horseshoe Bay. It was the place to come to fish and it still is today. Fishing started with hand lines and evolved as all aspects of the business did. From the introduction of the pole to the reel to bait strip to cut plugs. Fishing derbies were constant and for years the “Sun Derby” operated out of Horseshoe Bay, with hundreds of anglers and hundreds of spectators.
Horseshoe Bay Composition
– by Brent Wood
“Oh – I get up early in the morning just at the
break of day
and head out in the direction of beautiful
Horseshoe Bay
There’s not a place in this wide world where
Salmon would rather play
Than out at Tommy Sewell’s place on beautiful
Horseshoe Bay.
Now you don’t have to bait your hook; Tom’ll
do that if you wish
He’ll even row your boat and he’ll also land
your fish.
So – good night folks it’s getting late I gotta be
hittin the hay
I’ll see you all at sunrise on beautiful
Horseshoe Bay.”
