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A real Branson “show”
Folks head to Branson, MO for a lot of reasons, usually to take in some great entertainment shows, eat some country food and maybe get a thrill or two at Silver Dollar City amusement park. It’s a great place for family fun where old fashioned values are still…well, still valued! America lives and visits here. … Continue reading
Bussey Brake cleanup Saturday
I’m not big on cleaning up other people’s messes. But thank goodness some great people are. Bussey hasn’t even been reopened to the public for a year yet, but it’s time to go behind those folks that never learned to take care of what they had. You know, the “Let Somebody Else Do It” club. … Continue reading
McDonald McBass McComing!
Bass fishermen in the region: Mark your calendars. The biggest of the big bass tournaments is back and headed for the Ouachita River. It’s a fund day of fishing for a fantastic cause. Please like and share! This tournament will help fund the construction of a brand new Ronald McDonald House in St. Francis Hospital. … Continue reading
Fields wins National Title
Chris Fields had been, as he said, “getting his butt handed to him” in a lot of recent tournaments, so he had been trying to convince his wife that he needed more time on the water practicing (aka…fishing). Last weekend, in the first ever Crappie Masters Individual National Championship held on the Ouachita River out … Continue reading
Happy Mother’s Day
“There is nothing better for a person than that they should eat and drink and find enjoyment in their toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God, for apart from Him who can have enjoyment?” — Ecclesiastes 2:24 *************** My Mom didn’t have an easy life. Most people born in 1919 didn’t. … Continue reading
No doubt where CM will be won!
Bobby Phillips has been catching crappie on the Ouachita River since before most of the competitors in the upcoming Crappie Masters Individual National Championship were born. The 77-year-old West Monroe legend started out when he was five years old and he didn’t even know he was fishing for crappie They called them “specks” and used … Continue reading
Crappie Masters title on the line
Most crappie tournaments are team events, especially on the professional level. But there’s a new game in town to determine the first individual national championship. And it’s going to be held in our backyard here on the Ouachita River May 6-8. It should be an exciting week and will lead to some really interesting matchups … Continue reading
Cooter’s not skipping a beat
The future of Anderson’s Sports Center, more affectionately known as Cooter’s, has been a topic of conversation for a while, but Cooter’s Live Bait & Tackle is not skipping a beat. It’s being renovated and the new ownership is planning a new Grand Opening in the near future to keep this icon of Lake D’Arbonne … Continue reading
Encourage one another
“Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:11
Ouachita River ticket to BASS Classic berth
Catching bass on the Ouachita River this Fall will punch some anglers ticket to the BASSMasters Classic. Grass-roots anglers from around the country will take to the waters of the Ouachita River in Monroe to compete for one of three berths into the 2022 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk during the … Continue reading
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SIMMONS’ SPORTING GOODS
Bastrop – Morehouse Chamber
Benoit Ford North
Dusty Gates, Union Parish Sheriff
BnM Fishing
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