Kempner resident to compete in bass fishing tournament for veterans

  • Metcalf also takes veterans on a tarpon fishing trip every year down in Costa Rica. COURTESY PHOTO | ERIC METCALF
    Metcalf also takes veterans on a tarpon fishing trip every year down in Costa Rica. COURTESY PHOTO | ERIC METCALF
  • COURTESY PHOTO | ERIC METCALF Eric Metcalf holds a largemouth bass he caught.
    COURTESY PHOTO | ERIC METCALF Eric Metcalf holds a largemouth bass he caught.
    An Army and Navy veteran who lives in Kempner is heading to Florida next month to compete in a bass fishing tournament that will air on the Sportsman Channel in the near future. Eric Metcalf is from Massachusetts originally. He has done plenty of fishing in his life, but he started commercial fishing in the ocean when he was a teenager. Through his service time in the milita...

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