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Sportsman’s Expo Springs forward to 2015
If you haven’t heard anything about this month’s fifth annual Lake Country Sportsman’s Expo in Farmerville, there’s a good reason. That’s because it’s NOT this month, as in the past four years. The Sportsman’s Expo has been moved to February, at a date yet to be determined, to coincide with the end of hunting season … Continue reading
Tie one on…a fly, that is!
You don’t see many fly fishermen around the lake at D’Arbonne, but our parish and area are full of bayous, rivers and lakes that are perfect for fly fishing. If you’d like to learn more about how, when, where and why you should fly fish, there’s a good chance for you on Friday, Sept. 19 … Continue reading
Whop…whop….
Okay, all you dove hunters out there who spent parts of this weekend shooting up two 24-count boxes of shells at fast-flying doves trying to get a limit of 15 doves…. To check this amazing video from Mojo Outdoors out. Click here: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152275348397595&fref=nf
Just a quick reminder….
Just a quick reminder, in case we forget our main”fishing assignment” here on the Earth: “And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” — Matthew 4:19
Doves at daylight
Boy, come Saturday morning, there sure are going to be some confused doves flying around Louisiana. Since I can remember, dove hunting has begun at noon on opening day, which allowed hunters to sleep in a bit and make a social event out of it. No Louisiana sportsman ever scoffed at those ideas. But this … Continue reading
The river: keeping a promise
The list of people who have kept watch over the Ouachita River environment is long…too long to put here. Some like Dr. Michael Caire of West Monroe and Jim Hall of Ruston, who founded SORE (Save the Ouachita River Environment) in the 1980’s, are near the top of the list. Numerous state Wildlife and Fisheries … Continue reading
Mollicy: A magnificent turnaround
Stopping the channelization of the Ouachita River was a huge environmental victory 30 years ago. Today, man’s part of another huge environmental project with future benefits we can’t even fully comprehend has been completed. It’s an amazing project. Last Thursday, water flowed down Mollicy Bayou and into the Ouachita River for the first time in … Continue reading
River talk – what they said then…
As I pointed out earlier, most folks probably don’t remember 35 years ago when the Ouachita River almost became an engineered ditch. I was one of six reporters who helped cover the story and put out a special section in the “News Star World” on Sunday, October 18, 1980 called “The Ouachita: Unbending a river … Continue reading
Engineering the waterways
Last week we began a discussion of the Ouachita River, based on the fact that the Ouachita River Valley Authority was holding its annual meeting in Monroe this year. We covered some important history of the river, including the U.S. Corps of Engineers exotic plans to straighten the river for barge traffic a few decades … Continue reading
First things first
I love this time of year. College and high school football games are so much fun to watch. Hunting seasons are just around the corner and before you know it we will be celebrating Thanksgiving and Christmas. School’s back in and families have lots of activities to share with each other. Did I mention that … Continue reading
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