Mark your calendar: Saturday, September 21 The Lake D’Arbonne Country Sportsman’s Expo in Farmerville Some of the main events: COOKING — “Blowin’ Smoke” grilling competition will be a hot feature of the Sportsman’s Expo (Saturday, September 21). If your organization or business has a cook team ready to fire up the grill, go ahead and … Continue reading
Forget “Hump” Day. Wednesday is now officially “Duck Day“. Duck Dynasty continues with its second week of Season Four tonight after busting the rating charts wide open last week with 11.8 million viewers. Even if Jase did get thrown out of the hotel in New York because somebody thought he was a homeless dude, these … Continue reading
Bass fishing populations in Lake D’Arbonne are better than average and a recent three-year Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries study called the Louisiana Largemouth Bass Project showed there is no reason to change any regulations or put in length limits on bass on the lake. That was the report given to the D’Arbonne Lake … Continue reading
Today, you get two writeups for the price of one: First, an important announcement about tonight’s Lake Commission meeting. Second, the winner of the Forrest Wood Cup on the Red River: Mike Wood, head of the Inland Fisheries Division of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, will present information on a comprehensive evaluation … Continue reading
Today in Shreveport, 10 professional fishermen* are fishing for a $500,000 first prize. But before they could do that, they had to be at the top of a 46-man field at the end of three days. Before that, they fished all year in tournaments against thousands of others to even make it here. It’s an … Continue reading
SHREVEPORT — ULM angler Paul Clark said he should have known. His two-day catch in the Forrest L. Wood Cup on the Red River here the past two days wasn’t enough to get him into the top 20 for the final two days. “I should have known,” he said Friday afternoon. “I had a great … Continue reading
Shreveport — Day one of the Forrest Wood Cup on the Red River belonged to Russell Tharp of Port St. Joe, FL. He landed five fish weighing 18 pounds, 8 ounces. But Tharp can’t start making room on his trophy wall just yet. Bryan Thrift of Shelby, N. C., was just one bite of shiner … Continue reading
This just in: Nobody can duck the success of the Robertson family and “Duck Dynasty”! Last night’s season premier of Season Four became the most watched non-fiction series show in cable television history with 11.8 million viewers. Wow! Conquackulations! And conquackulations to Phil and Miss Kay on getting hitched again. If you missed it and … Continue reading
The baits hit the water in earnest today. Practice and positioning is over. It’s time to cast for the green ($500,000) as champion of the FLW Forrest Wood Cup on the Red River out of Shreveport-Bossier. It’s a tough time to fish the river, but the 46 anglers who make up this prestigious field could … Continue reading
When we first started up lakedarbonnelife.com, there was no way to tell how many people would view it and enjoy it, much less come back on a regular basis. My intent was to help promote the numerous God-given outdoor resources we have in Union Parish and our surrounding and to do it in an entertaining … Continue reading