Lake life

Buntings claim ACT crown!

History has been made. The first ever Lucas Oil ACT National Champion has been crowned. The father and son team of Charlie and Travis Bunting caught two seven fish limits, 14 fish weighing 17.59 pounds, to claim the $42,400 first prize award. A total of $124,300 was presented to the top teams in the tournament. … Continue reading →

A unique crappie opportunity

Nobody I know would have ever imagined how sculling a 14-foot aluminum boat down the lake fishing for white perch with a cane pole, a red & white bobber, and a styrofoam bucket full of minners could have  become a professional sport offering hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and prizes. But it has … Continue reading →

ACT Championship on deck

The big $50,000 crappie rigs, the multi-colored jerseys of pro crappie anglers from around the country and numerous eight-pole spider rigs have pretty much disappeared from Lake D’Arbonne this time of yer, following a rush of organized crappie chasing activity earlier this year. But crappie fishing is still the big dog on Lake D’Arbonne. Never … Continue reading →

Arise, kill, eat

Its hunting season time again, and with it the traditional trips afield for sportsmen and their families. Each year, more and more protests go out against hunting and shooting guns. I tend to take a simple approach to hunting and its part in a life that God has planned out for us. As he told … Continue reading →

License, please

Hunting isn’t for the faint of heart, or the absent-minded. It’s enough to keep up with hunting gear today, but as hunting seasons about to get going full swing, make sure you can answer this command properly: License, please. And that’s where it can get complicated. Gone are the days when you can just buy … Continue reading →

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CM Nationals wrapup

Phillip Haynes and Paul Alpers of Missouri won the 2017 Crappie Masters Nationals on a chain of Mississippi lakes this past weekend.  They were in eighth place after Day One. The duo caught 14 crappie over the two days weighing 21.89 pounds. That’s $30,000 in crappie money by the way, plus product and sponsor bonuses. … Continue reading →

Conviction, repentance, power

My dad once told me that if you aren’t giving something to your church or getting something from your church, maybe you need a new church. Or maybe you need a mirror.  The church is it’s people, led by faith and following God. We need to constructively examine our churches and ourselves on a regular … Continue reading →

Crappie Masters “Masters”

The best of the best from the Crappie Masters pro crappie trail are converging on a series of Mississippi lakes this week to determine who the Masters of the Masters are!  The top anglers from this year’s trail are fishing Friday and Saturday for the coveted National Championship title on lakes Washington, Lee, Paradise, Ferguson, … Continue reading →

How to scare off big bass

I have some really good fishing equipment, baits and places to go catch big fish. Probably more, in fact, than I need. But I also have two tools that consistently scare off big bass. Despite knowing that, I still take them fishing with me on a regular basis. The tools? A digital scale and a … Continue reading →