Sanya kawai fiye da sa'a daya daga San Antonio , Choke Canyon Tankin yana daga cikin 'yankunan Texas mafi kyaun tafkuna da kuma watakila babbar asirin kifi a cikin kasar. Tun da yake kewaye da filin filin shakatawa, Choke Canyon ba shi da wani ci gaba. Wannan rashin ci gaban ya taimaka sosai a cikin anonymity dangin Choke. Har ila yau, ya hana tafkin da ya dauki bakuncin bakuna zuwa wasanni na kasa da kasa na wasanni - wadanda ke da alhakin watsa labarin game da tafkuna mai zafi.
Saboda haka, duk da samar da adadi mai yawa na bashi 5 zuwa 10 a cikin 'yan shekarun nan, Choke Canyon yana ganin karamin matsa lamba.
Duk da haka, kada ka bari rashin "buzz" wawa ka. A tsawon shekaru, tashar Canyon Canyon na Choke Can 26,000-acres ya samar da yalwace mai yawa na karfin bass. An kafa wasu ƙananan wasanni na wasanni a wurin. Rubutun da ke cikin layi na yanzu yana tsaye a kan fan miliyan 14.66. Duk da haka, tafkin ya ci gaba da kasancewa marar lahani a fagen kasa.
Bugu da ƙari, yawancin sunan da ake kira Choke Canyon ya yi tare da wurinsa. Kusan kimanin milimita 75 daga San Antonio, Choke Canyon yana cikin 'tsakiyar babu inda.' Ƙananan garuruwan Rivers Three da George West sune kawai kusa da yawan jama'a. Amma, ga magoya suna nemo wani aiki-mafi kyau, bashi zuwa "babu inda" yana da daraja.
Wani mahimmin dalilin da rashin kulawar Choke ya kasance - gaskiyar da yake kewaye da ita - wajan mahimmanci ne ga maƙaryata.
Parks & Wildlife na Texas suna kula da Jihar Park na Choke Canyon a matsayin 'raka'a' guda biyu - Ƙungiyar Calliham tana cikin McMullen County, yayin da Kudancin Kudancin Kudancin ke zaune a yankin Oak County.
A 1,100 kadada, Ƙungiyar Calliham shine mafi girma daga cikin biyu. Kayan Calliham ya dace da mafaka masu kariya da wurare masu yawa ga waɗanda suke so su zauna a cikin tafkin da kanta.
Har ila yau, yana da kilomita 2 na hanyoyi masu nisa, hanyoyi mai zurfi na kilomita, makarantar koyar da namun daji, jiragen ruwa hudu da wani tafkin magudi na 75 acre. A takaice dai, Kwamitin Calliham yana bada duk abin da ake buƙata don kwarewar waje.
Kodayake Kudancin Kudancin Kudancin ya ƙunshi kawai 385 eka, har yanzu yana da kyakkyawan wuri mai mahimmanci don ayyuka daban-daban. Wannan naúrar ita ce 'amfani da rana' kawai, ma'ana ba a yarda da zango ba. Duk da haka, akwai yalwacin aibobi a cikin wurin shakatawa da ke ba da izinin yin dangi, birding, hiking da kallon daji. Ƙungiyar Kudancin Kudancin ta kuma gina gidaje na jirgin ruwan 6.
Kodayake Choke ya bunƙasa a bude, a cikin shekarun shekaru goma da suka wuce a cikin karni, kama kifi ya ki. Lokacin da wannan fari ya ɓace a shekara ta 2004, hutun kifi ya sake dawowa. A cikin shekaru biyar da suka gabata, Choke ya zubar da ƙananan lambobi masu yawa.
Ma'aikatan da suka kai ga Choke Canyon suna iya sa ran samun kifi ta hanyar guda biyu. Ta hanyar kwanakin watanni masu tsada, tsammanin kifaye ya shiga matosai na fili - musamman poppers, buzzbaits da frogs - a kusa da gada mai hydrilla. A lokacin watanni mai zafi, nemi kifi a rataye a kusa da tsari mai zurfi. Wannan yana nufin gefen waje na ganyayen ciyawa a lokacin rani da katako mai tsayi ko tsofaffin tudun ruwa a lokacin hunturu.
Lokacin da kifaye suke zurfi, haɗari na Texas, mai zurfi mai crankbait ko damsi mai kyau shine mafi kyau.
Kodayake yankin nan na kusa da Choke Canyon ba shi da yawa, har yanzu ana samun yawancin abincin da za a iya samun izinin baƙi.
Daga cikin wuraren da aka fi sani da su ne Nolan Ryan na Waterfront Steakhouse da Grill, wanda ke kusa da tafkin, da Ranch House da Staghorn Inn, duka biyu suna cikin garin Three Rivers. Daga cikin sabbin wuraren zama a yanki shine Choke Canyon Lodge, wanda ke kusa da tafkin, kawai dan hanya daga gidan Nolan Ryan. Dama kusa da tashar gidan cin abinci na Ryan shine Bass Inn. Komawa a Rivers Ribirin Rijiyar, an dage wurin dacewa da ƙofar gidan na Staghorn Inn. Ƙasar Kasuwanci ta Uku da EconoLodge kuma kyauta ne mai kyau ga masu neman kusanci don neman wurin zama.