Lake life

Make Bass Majestic Again

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ May 14, 2019 ⋅ Leave a comment

Shhhh.. Don’t tell anybody, but slab crappie aren’t the only big fish in Lake D’Arbonne. That becomes apparent every summer when Dale Taylor hosts the annual Majestic Big Bass Classic Tournament on the big lake. Can you catch an 8, 9 or 10 pound bass in D’Arbonne? Yes, you can. In what is great news … Continue reading →

Sweet revenge

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ May 13, 2019 ⋅ Leave a comment

Revenge on the water is sweeter than a fresh fried crappie filet on the plate. Well, that might be debatable. You may not believe it, but noted crappie expert Rick Hill and I went fishing on Lake D’Arbonne one day this spring and we did not catch a crappie. Not only that, we didn’t get … Continue reading →

Happy Mother’s Day

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ May 11, 2019 ⋅ Leave a comment

A Bible verse fitting the memory of Mom on 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 … Continue reading →

Mayhaws in Marion

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ May 9, 2019 ⋅ Leave a comment

If you don’t know what a mayhaw is, you might NOT be a redneck. Mayhaws, you see, are perhaps the best thing that God put on this planet to make jelly out of. What else do you need to know? And if you want to celebrate that, have some fun and get some Union Parish … Continue reading →

“Vacation” with Tyler Stewart

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ May 7, 2019 ⋅ Leave a comment

You would have to experience the grind of pro bass fishing first hand to really understand what it is really like. Oh sure, on the surface, it sounds great. Get up and go fishing every day. Travel around to new lakes every week. Get free rods and reels and baits and fishing caps. Have sponsors … Continue reading →

Old fashioned fish call

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ May 5, 2019 ⋅ 2 Comments

Fishermen and their gadgets. It isn’t just a new thing… All this talk about “Live Scope” and advances in fish catching technology. What about this? I was just a kid (yes, that was a long, long time ago) when my dad bought this. It’s from Sears. A Ted Williams Model TR-VII supersonic fish call. You … Continue reading →

Soul soap

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ May 4, 2019 ⋅ Leave a comment

“In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you” — John 14:20

Fishing for the cycle

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ May 2, 2019 ⋅ Leave a comment

I dropped the little blue-headed, silver bodied yellow tailed Jimmy Watt hand-tied jig into a shallow water grass bed and it had barely hit the water when I felt that familiar tap. A white crappie! Not a slab, but a pound of supper meat for sure. After catching a few more, I got into some … Continue reading →

‘Beep Beep’ for crappie!

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ April 29, 2019 ⋅ Leave a comment

Beep Beep. It’s Road Runner time. But instead of Wile E. Coyote trying to catch the Road Runner in a Looney Tunes cartoon, I’m talking a different chase. It’s that time of the year that crappie start chasing one of my favorite crappie lures — the Road Runner. You know, the kind that are made … Continue reading →

Prayers for Lake D’Arbonne Country

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ April 25, 2019 ⋅ Leave a comment

We went fishing yesterday and had a good story to share. But that is trivial today in the wake of the loss of life, destruction and fear that last night’s devastating storm that left its trail across Lake D’Arbonne Country in Lincoln and Union parishes. Damage was especially severe in Ruston. So today, we just … Continue reading →