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Lake life
Forming a more perfect Union
Want to know what’s going on in Union Parish? Thinking about spending a weekend on the lake when it warms up? Want to see some of the highlights of Lake D’Abonne Country from Bernice to Farmerville to Spearsville to Marion and every spot in between? Click on the Union Parish Tourist Commission logo at the … Continue reading
Bream moving shallow
The bream seem to be moving up shallow and fishermen are congregating on the flats, even though the lake is frozen solid. They are hitting cold worms best. Okay, okay, okay. It’s too cold to go outside and I’m just messing with you. What? You thought EVERYTHING you were going to read on a fishing … Continue reading
Water update; Caney Comments
D’Arbonne Water level update: As of 10 p.m. last night, Lake D’Arbonne appeared to be leveling off at 82.35 feet. If we don’t get any significant rain today, that could be the crest. That should be good news to a lot of anxious home and camp owners on the lake. Let’s keep our fingers crossed … Continue reading
Water, water everywhere
Right now, there’s more interest in how high the water is — and how high it will get — on Lake D’Arbonne than there is in the fishing. It’s amazing to see the lake come from five feet low just a few weeks ago to several feet above pool stage so quickly. The road to … Continue reading
Hard to explain, but real
The wind blows in a variety of directions. Saturday, it blew mostly from the south/southwest. And it blew pretty good. During the night, it shifted from the northwest and it blew pretty good again. Fact is, the wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear it whipping through the trees and rattling the boat in the … Continue reading
Reality TV material….kind of
Last week, a man from another area of the state who was deer hunting here was arrested in Union Parish for allegedly firing his rifle over the heads of a group of duck hunters who were crossing a pipeline where he was hunting deer. The news report stated the man had apparently become very angry … Continue reading
How high’s the water, momma?
Country music legend Johnny Cash could have written a song about the weather and water levels around here the past few days, except he already wrote it: “Five Feet High and Rising”. According to the Southern Regional Climate Center, preliminary climatic data at Station 3079 has registered precipatory activity of more than six inches so … Continue reading
Gray day
Okay, there are some days when living on the lake isn’t much better than any other good place. We have our gray days, too. Wednesday’s changing temperatures, fog and precipitation that ranged from constant drizzle to pouring rain wasn’t the best day to enjoy the beauty of the lake or the outdoors. But look on … Continue reading
Showboats
I’ve never met a Boat Show I didn’t like. That’s because besides big ticket items like boats, campers, there are also all kinds of hunting, fishing, boating and miscellaneous gadgets there (some of them I don’t even realize I needed until I see them there!). And some good things to eat, too. The annual KNOE-TV … Continue reading
Been waiting for day like this…
I’ve been waiting for a day or two like Wednesday is supposed to be — temperatures up in the 60’s, water coming up in the lake, fish starting to think about moving toward their spawning grounds. Only one thing wrong — I HAVEN’T been wanting it to rain again. But then again, if we get … Continue reading
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