Claiborne lake

Today’s outdoor tidbits

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ August 15, 2014 ⋅ 2 Comments

Today we’ve got several things: a word about the weather, a short fishing report and a followup to D’Arbonne’s spot on Duck Dynasty. First, the weather: It has been unseasonably cool this week, but it should get hot again tomorrow. Don’t like the weather here? How about these extremes? The world’s lowest temperature yesterday was … Continue reading →

There’s treasure behind that green worm spit…

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ August 12, 2014 ⋅ 1 Comment

Way back when, my dad and one of his fishing partners, Tom Guthrie, didn’t share much in common. What they did share was the love of fishing, dad’s 12-foot aluminum boat and Mr. Tom’s catalpa tree. All my memories here are not favorable. I used to hate to “pick” catalpa worms. But I loved to … Continue reading →

Weather and fishing are hot!

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ July 29, 2014 ⋅ Leave a comment

I’m not big on hot weather fishing, but hey, that’s my problem. That doesn’t mean there haven’t been some pretty good fishing reports the past week or so. For starters, on Lake D’Arbonne, the bream and catfish have been biting on the flats and around the banks. I’ve heard of a couple of folks bringing … Continue reading →

Grand camping – Part 4

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ July 17, 2014 ⋅ Leave a comment

Final in a four-part series Now it’s time for the After Party: So where’d everybody go? Today, when there’s a big event, it isn’t necessarily over when it’s over. The cool thing to do is have an “After Party” too. The “after party” after a camping/fishing/family vacation road trip usually involves eating up the leftovers … Continue reading →

Grand Camping Vacation – Part 1

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ July 14, 2014 ⋅ Leave a comment

First of a four-part series It’s not my fault. It’s Ollie Hopnoodle’s. When my grown kids suggested we take them and our grandchildren camping on the lake this summer, I couldn’t wait. I had an excellent role model to follow. In case you never had the privilege of seeing it, the satire of childhood recollections … Continue reading →

Unintended deceit

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ July 13, 2014 ⋅ 1 Comment

Okay, this is too funny to not share with you and only Uncle Si and I could team up to do it. Yesterday, I got 251 “clicks” on lakedarbonnelife.com from Brazil. I get a daily report of how many clicks there are on the site and where they come from. I do get viewers from … Continue reading →

What is it? I know. I know…

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ July 8, 2014 ⋅ Leave a comment

A few weeks back, friend Joyce Neely of Tennessee posted a Facebook photo under the “What is it?” category. I knew immediately, but after a dozen or so way off answers from others, I had to post the right one. I knew what it was because I have strapped pairs of them on my parents … Continue reading →