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Clark’s secret weapon
The Red River has been buzzing with activity the past couple of months as 46 of the top competitive anglers from around the country scouted out the waters and bass bite on the Red River in Shreveport/Bossier. Big-name anglers in their fancy fishing shirts and bright colored logo wrapped super bass boats have been fishing … Continue reading
Clark ready to bring “the Wood”
This is a big week for the ULM Warhawks, and I don’t mean fall football practice. Here’s a hunt: there’s a big $45,000 Ranger 520 Commanche Bass Rig wrapped in ULM Maroon and Gold with a big Warhawk decal sitting in ULM fisherman Paul Clark’s driveway, waiting to get in a really BIG game! Next … Continue reading
Vacation pictures
Why is it than when I only run pictures in this space, I get several comments on my writing ability? Oh well, here are a few shots that I thought I’d share from my recent vacation to the nawth-east…
State Park fees still a bargain!
State budget cuts resulted in increased fees for state parks. Despite that, state park fees are still one of the best bargains in the outdoors as far as I’m concerned. The Lake D’Arbonne State Park between Farmerville and Bernice is an absolute jewel and our area is blessed with several really good state parks. The … Continue reading
No No No No No….
You may think that this hot weather and the lousy fishing is driving me bananas, but I just thought I needed to share this. There are many things you don’t do when you go fishing, but at the top of the list is: Never bring a banana in the boat. No No No No No. … Continue reading
Here. There. Everywhere.
I only got really lost in the woods once. Well, I wasn’t really lost. I just couldn’t find my way home. About halfway through a mile-long walk from a deer stand in the deep, old woods inside the Mississippi River levee, my flashlight went dead. It was dark. Country dark. Country in-the-woods dark. This was … Continue reading
Homecoming for Willie
Back on April 22, 1972, who would have dreamed…. but 40 something years later, here we stand out beside Hwy. 167 coming into Bernice, Louisiana, snapping pictures, getting autographs and admiring the new gateway sign to the city, “Bernice: Birthplace of Duck Dynasty Star Willie Roberson“. Yep. Willie, the third son of Duck Commander and … Continue reading
ULM boys making a splash
YOUNG HARRIS, Ga — Eastern Washington University’s Nick Barr and Jerred Walker put together an astonishing five-fish limit weighing 19 pounds, four ounces to grab the lead in the Carhartt Bassmaster College National Championship. Not only was it a great catch, the two Washington fishermen are geographically the farthest team from this Georgia lake! Not … Continue reading
Ten,000,000 ?
Earlier this year, the Season 3 finale of “Duck Dynasty” made it cable TV’s No. 1 non-fiction series and the most-watched series on A&E in all key demographics with a record-breaking 9.6 million total viewers for a single episode. And in just a few days, they’ll be BACK for Season 4, Jack! I hope the … Continue reading
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