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Corney Creek Festival today!

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ April 16, 2016 ⋅ Leave a comment

It’s here. The day won’t be complete if you don’t drop by the 40th annual Bernice Corney Creek Festival Saturday April 16th in Bernice. This year’s event is being be held at the old Bernice School. There are all kinds of activities, including a parade starting at 4 p.m. Saturday. The theme, or course, is … Continue reading →

Quadruple crappie bogey

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ April 13, 2016 ⋅ 2 Comments

I don’t play golf. I used to. I could hit the ball a long way. I just never knew which direction it would go. I don’t follow golf and I don’t watch golf. I know more about the Crappie Masters than the Augusta Masters. But it is hard to not be aware of defending Masters’ … Continue reading →

Just go fishing

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ April 10, 2016 ⋅ 1 Comment

Sometimes, you need to just go fishing. You just need a hook, line, bait and a good friend to go along. Okay, maybe you need cheese crackers and some Dr. Pepper 10, too, for drinking. I had a chance to do that last week with an old friend, Will Morgan, “Dub” to those who know … Continue reading →

Today

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ April 10, 2016 ⋅ Leave a comment

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Corney Creek Outoor Festival

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ April 7, 2016 ⋅ 1 Comment

Got plans this for April 15-16? Well, now you do. Get out and enjoy the weekend at the 40th annual Bernice Corney Creek Festival Friday April 15th and Saturday April 16th in Bernice. This year’s event will be held at the old Bernice School. There are all kinds of activities, including a parade starting at … Continue reading →

$10 part or $400 motor?

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ April 6, 2016 ⋅ Leave a comment

A few weeks back a friend and I had just gotten on a big wad of big crappie out on the edge of the channel on the big lake at D’Arbonne. They were getting ready to begin moving toward shallower water, but the weather had them pushed back deep. We hit a spot and caught … Continue reading →

A $750 thump…pepper fast

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ April 3, 2016 ⋅ 1 Comment

If you want to know how long it took Dennis Bratton to win the King of King’s crappie division, just bite into a raw jalapeno pepper and wait for the burn. Yep, about three seconds. “I dropped the jig by the first cypress tree we came by this morning and it hadn’t hardly settled in … Continue reading →

The Power of Life

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ April 2, 2016 ⋅ Leave a comment

Thanks to Curtis Thomas, CAT Taxidermy of Union Parish, for today’s thought: Romans 8:38 – 39: For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the … Continue reading →

Kings and cleanUP both Saturday

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ March 31, 2016 ⋅ Leave a comment

Remember Saturday (April 2) is the second annual King of King’s tournament on Lake D’Arbonne. The fisherman (or fisherwoman) who catches the largest bass and the largest crappie will be crowned King for the year. You can get your tickets at the Chamber, TaterBugs or other local businesses Friday! Weigh-in will be at D’Arbonne Pointe. … Continue reading →

Fishing with the crazies

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ March 30, 2016 ⋅ Leave a comment

About 5 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, Central Whatever Time we go by now, Mr. C.A. Cornish sat on the tailgate of his 1958 gold and white Chevy pickup truck somewhere in Heaven and just shook his head. My former neighbor, who kept me a lot when I was a kid and taught me a lot about … Continue reading →