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Lake life
A little crazy out there
Sometimes I’m amazed while white perch fishing on Lake D’Arbonne in the Spring and Fall. When you see someone start catching white perch in the channel, it isn’t uncommon to see a half dozen boats within a good Rattletrap cast of each other. Sometimes, like on pretty Saturdays and holidays, it is worse. It’s not … Continue reading
Timely teaching
What would you do if you got a free hour? Sleep through it? That’s what most Americans do Sunday morning when we set the time back on clocks (at 2 a.m.) as we go back to Standard Time, whatever that is. And it’s just like everything else that seems “free”. You have to pay it … Continue reading
Alvin Green – part 3
Lake D’arbonne’s 50th birthday celebration wouldn’t be complete without re-running this story. Part 3 of a 3 part series. Mr. Alvin Green stood at the end of the fishing pier at the Lake D’Arbonne State Park and looked out over the water in the 15,000 acre lake. The 88-year-old surviving member of the original lake … Continue reading
Alvin Green – part 2
Lake D’arbonne’s 50th birthday celebration wouldn’t be complete without re-running this story. Part 2 of a 3 part series. Yesterday, I wrote about meeting Mr. Alvin Green, the only surviving member of the Lake D’Arbonne Commission that was in place when the lake was built. Today, I’ll share his best kept fishing secret. But don’t … Continue reading
Alvin Green – Part 1
Lake D’arbonne’s 50th birthday celebration wouldn’t be complete without re-running this story. Part 1 of a 3 part series. In the spring of 1957, when I was five years old, Alvin Green of Bernice was busy attending public meetings, convincing his neighbors to sell flowage rights on their family land and making countless trips to … Continue reading
The Deer Stand Man
Anytime you are asked to speak for your supper, the first thing you want to know is, “Will the food be good?” That was the case last week when Don Hogan of Ruston asked me to be one of the guest speakers for the Temple Baptist Hunters & Anglers Wild Game Banquet. As expected, the … Continue reading
Hunters for Heroes
Heroes are hard to come by. When it comes to veterans of our military who put their lives on the line and provide life-changing sacrifices protecting our freedoms, the label doesn’t seem adequate for their service. I’m afraid not enough people appreciate that today. That’s why I am so impressed with the actions of a … Continue reading
How majestic
“When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and … Continue reading
Willie’s Duck Diner-sty
People have blown Duck Commander calls millions of times, but none have been more effective than when CEO Willie Robertson blew the feed call to open the season for Willie’s Duck Diner Friday. Folks from around the south locked wings and soared down on the diner like mallards eyeing a pair of mojo duck decoys. … Continue reading
Gonna need a bigger boat
You think Police Chief Brody on Amity Island in the movie “Jaws” was the first one to say, “You’re going to need a bigger boat“. Nope. True, that statement was made famous in 1975 when Brody spoke them to Quint, the shark hunter, after he saw the massive shark they were chasing. But I heard … Continue reading
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