Lake life

Pulling for Clark in the FLW Cup

The 2013 Forrest Wood Cup is coming to the Red River in Shreveport. This is the most prestigious tournament of the year on the growing FLW tour. Area fishermen who want to see some of the top fishermen in the world, a super outdoor show and some top fishing seminars need to mark their calendars. … Continue reading →

Did you see “Zippy” ?

The Lake D’Arbonne fireworks show was spectacular. There were even a little extra “fireworks” right  before the real show started. Most people probably missed it, but I didn’t. Neither did a couple of dozen boaters north of the Hwy. 33 bridge, which also included a couple of Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents. … Continue reading →

God is awesome

The awesome power of God is around us every day. But you can’t see it if 1) you don’t know God;  2) you are too busy; or  3) you just aren’t looking. Thank goodness somebody was looking at the sky when God gave this Fourth of July gift to the western sky… Do you know … Continue reading →

No $$$$, truck nor boat…

The suspense is over.  Local fisherman Jason Williams was in the game, but he didn’t win the million dollars, the new Ranger boat or Chevy truck prizes in Cabela’s “Fish for Millions” annual tagged fish contest. The local fisherman won a new fishing rod and reel combo worth about $200. He tried not to get … Continue reading →

Wow. No word yet

I gotta tell you. I’m surprised that the winners of Cabela’s  “Fish for Millions” tagged fishing contest are having to wait this long to find out who won what…apparently there were quite a few tagged fish caught and determining the prize order is complicated.  I have not been able to even find out when the … Continue reading →

Guessing…and guests

Guessing:   I told Jason Williams if he doesn’t hear from the folks at Cabella’s today about the outcome of the Cabella’s “Fish for Millions” fishing contest, I was going to call them. He said go right ahead. The young man from Farmerville has been waiting since the contest ended Sunday night to find out … Continue reading →

Waiting….and watermelons!

Jason Williams of Farmerville is still waiting on a call from Cabella’s to see what he has won in the Cabella’s Fish for Millions tagged fishing contest. If you haven’t been following, check out  the past stories on this site. Jason is expecting to find out today, and as soon as he does, we’ll pass … Continue reading →

Patiently waiting; Fourth of July photos

I don’t know anybody who is waiting for his phone to ring today more than Farmerville’s Jason Williams. Jason recently caught a tagged fish in Cabella’s Fish For Millions  on Lake D’Arbonne. The contest officially ended at midnight Sunday night. Now Jason has to wait while the folks at Cabella’s figure out how many tagged … Continue reading →

Simple truth

Eat * Stay * See * Play

1. The Union Parish Tourist Commission has just updated their web site and it looks great. You can check it out — and all the links and information on it — by clicking on the Tourism ad to the right of this article. Tourism is a big part of the economy of Union Parish and … Continue reading →