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Two Great New Sponsors!
Lakedarbonnelife.com welcomes two great new sponsor/partners today: Preaus Motors of Farmerville and Lesters on the Lake! Make sure you check them out and tell them thank you for helping bring you this website and promoting the outdoors in our community and region! Next time you stop at the red light in downtown Farmerville, take a … Continue reading
Bussey Project underway
There’s a saw-horse on my carport that is home to a 1950ish blue and white 3-horse Lightwin Evinrude outboard motor. The old motor has a lever with four speeds: Stop / Slow / Start / Fast. The motor hasn’t been run in 30 years, but as I recall, the difference between stop and fast with … Continue reading
It takes practice
Fishing isn’t as easy as it looks. Grab a pole. Stick a worm on the hook. Throw it in the water. Guess what. You do that and you’ll be eating hot dogs for supper, not fish. Catching fish takes time, patience and most of all, practice. Same thing with living a Christian life. When you … Continue reading
FIRE!
There are a lot of things that could mess up your hunting this Fall. None of them could be much worse than a forest fire. And right now, most of north Louisiana is under high alert for forest or grass fires. And there is no rain in the forecast for our area for the next … Continue reading
Hats off to the Long Spurs!
There are large numbers of hunting and fishing clubs, especially in states like Louisiana where the outdoors is such a big part of our life. But you’ll be hard pressed to find a group that not only loves it’s sport, but takes time to give back and get young people involved as the Union Long … Continue reading
Dove season opens Saturday
Louisiana dove season opens this coming Saturday and from all reports, there is a good dove population this year. With the extremely dry weather, if you have a watering hole to hunt by, you are sure to get some action. Also, any natural food sources should attract good numbers of birds. If you are hunting … Continue reading
Sportsman’s Expo: Family fun
Gentlemen, start your engines. It’s almost hunting season and time to get ready for fall fishing. And there’s no better way to get your outdoor motor running than spending a few hours at the Lake D’Arbonne Country Sportsman’s Expo in Farmerville. Mark your calendar: Saturday, September 21. It is also a really great day to … Continue reading
Fish alive
Consider this scenario: It’s the middle of August. The water temperature is somewhere around 90 degrees. A three pound bass is caught at 8 a.m., put in a boat’s livewell and then kept there, riding in the boat up and down the river at 65 miles an hour all day long. Then, the fish is … Continue reading
The final weigh-in
At the final weigh-in of life, will you be a keeper? Will you measure up . . . or be culled? 31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will … Continue reading
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