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Lake life
Early lake look
This is pretty cool. It’s an early rough proposal map of Lake D’Arbonne from the front page of the Farmerville Gazette in 1956. It was eight years later when the spillway gates were closed and the 16,000 acre lake formed. This is the first graphical idea that residents had of how the lake would be … Continue reading
Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle
A weathered and worn copy of Sir Isaac Walton’s book, “The Compleat Angler“, published in 1844, sits on a shelf above my computer. I don’t recelect if I’ve got it there as some sort of motivation, or that’s just where I left it. Published in 1844, it is widely recognized as the first written word … Continue reading
Grenada Giants
Lake D’Arbonne has been pretty impressive this spring with its multitude of 2 pound crappie. But we’ve got a ways to go to catch up with some of our neighboring Mississippi lake monsters. Terry and Terra Stewart finished second in the recent Crappie Masters D’Arbonne event, where the “Wow” factor kicked in when it took … Continue reading
Slab crappie allow me no rest
Standing up through the Crappie Masters weigh-in at D’Arbonne Friday and Saturday got a bit tiring, but never boring. There were so many big fish coming to the scales. About halfway through each day, I’d slip over to the truck and sit down in the front seat to rest my weary bones. But every time … Continue reading
D’bone becomes Rogers’ neighborhood
It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood on Lake D’Arbonne for the father-son team of Matthew and Bruce Rogers of El Dorado Springs, Missouri, Saturday. The landed their second straight seven fish limit to weigh in a total of 30.36 pounds on 14 crappie to claim the Crappie Masters Louisiana State Championship. They came … Continue reading
Williams’ have a slab secret
Billy and Scott Williams of Cochran, Georgia have a secret that helped them overcome the extremely spooky slab crappie on Lake D’Arbonne Friday in the first round of the Crappie Masters Qualifier. While every one of the 90 teams fishing for the $10,000 first prize had their own technique and system for finding and catching … Continue reading
Slab crappie curve balls
Big fat momma crappie hanging on the edge of staging areas ready to go spawn. Increasing angler skills that help them focus on catching big crappie. Trolling motors that let you hit the “anchor” button and use GPS to hold you exactly where the fish are. And LiveScope. Oh, yes. LiveScope. The fishing “electronics” device … Continue reading
It’s gonna be Slab city!
Picture this, if you will. What if you put up your $350 entry fee to fish in a big pro tournament and you and your partner caught back to back 13 pound bags each day for 26 pounds total for the tournament. You’d be pumped. But what if you didn’t even finish in the money? … Continue reading
K&M fishing report
Crappie fishermen are usually pretty open with information and advice to help other’s catch fish. But times like the next two weekends, you can expect more good information out of CNN than crappie anglers, especially those with an interest in the Crappie Masters Qualifier on Lake D’Arbonne on February 28 & 29. The weigh-in for … Continue reading
NELA anglers make nationals
There’s so much going on in the outdoors and everybody is so busy that sometimes things don’t get their just due. Take competitive high school bass fishermen, for instance. Every time a high school athlete picks up a ball and bounces, throws or kicks it, or if they even just run around a track in … Continue reading
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