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It’s Watermelon Festival time!
Camel up, dudes. It’s Watermelon Festival time! What happens when you drink too much watermelon wine? You start to see camels. No kidding. But at this year’s 53rd annual Watermelon Festival, you won’t need any watermelon wine to see camels. There really will be camels. Real camels. A new event in the “children’s activities” will … Continue reading
They got their jig on…
Seems like everybody had a good time at the “Get Your Jig On” crappie tournament this past weekend out at Alabama Landing. Except one group. The crappie. But they did end up being the only cool ones out on the Ouachita River at the high-noon weigh in. They were in a huge ice chest, graciously … Continue reading
Today, we pause
Can’t write about fishing or the outdoors today. I’m mourning for those who are victims of senseless crimes, committed by senseless, cowardly, lost people. Our hearts go out to the police officers and their families for what happened Sunday. I pray for police, law enforcement and first responders — the daily backbone of our civilized … Continue reading
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ANY QUESTIONS?
Thump Therapy Tournament
Need a dose of thump therapy? Want to see some of the most beautiful outdoor scenery on God’s green earth? Wanna win some money or a nice prize. Saturday, July 16th, there is a public crappie tournament scheduled for the Finch Bayou Recreation Ramp, locally known as Alabama Landing. It’s a single pole fishing even … Continue reading
My biggest fish ever
I was working down on the boat dock the other afternoon. Yes, working. Washing up. Spraying to reduce the summer supply of lake bugs. Straightening out fishing gear. That kind of work. Serious stuff. The wind was blowing about 30 miles an hour from the west, which makes some picturesque whitecaps down our way on … Continue reading
It’s a log…perch?
One day, my fishing buddy George reared back and set the hook on his bass rod. It bent double. After reeling (with a loose drag, I might add) for a few minutes, whipping his rod from right to left and then just finally holding it still, he said sheepishly, “Oh, man, he hung me up.” … Continue reading
America matters
“Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters; they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger; they are gone away backward.” — Isaiah 1:4 Americans. Don’t let that verse be about us now. Those who are good, who are … Continue reading
Go fish…oops
What’s about two feet long, costs between $2.50 and several hundred dollars and often gets forgotten this time of year? A new Louisiana fishing license, of course. Okay, maybe they aren’t two feet long, but if you get a combo with fishing and hunting with turkey tags and everything else, it almost takes longer to … Continue reading
Turkey + tag = a new gun
Justin Keen of Choudrant won the grand prize in the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Tag and Validate to Gobble Up Prizes Sweepstakes, it was announced this morning. Keen won a Mossberg Model 535 Triple Play 12-gauge shotgun. Two other hunters will be selected to receive lifetime hunting licenses. An integral part of LDWF’s … Continue reading
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