Lake life

HE IS RISEN!

Sunday is coming

Christmas is completed! Easter Sunday is coming!  

We interrupt crappie season for…

Okay, you’ve already seen the picture or you would never have guessed. We interrupt this crappie season for…..  a coon hunt?  Yes, coon hunting. Wandering around in the woods at night. Following the sounds of dogs barking in the distance not knowing whether they are uphill, downhill or on the other side of the creek. … Continue reading →

It’s official: He’s a Legend!

You’ve probably heard someone make a comment about somebody else, saying, “Yep, he’s a legend  . . . in his own mind“. Well, it’s official. One local resident IS a Legend in a lot of people’s minds. Not just here in Union Parish, but in the national spotlight. Saturday it was announced that Jerry Antley … Continue reading →

The way

Tyler Wheeler tournament

There will be a Big Bass Tournament May 6 on Lake D’Arbonne to help Tyler Wheeler with expenses during his road of recovery coming up in just a month. Tyler, A LDWF Agent was shot four times in Morehouse Parish in January. This tournament will be directed by Dale Taylor and the weigh in will … Continue reading →

Thousands of crappie!

I’ve heard about how good a crappie fisherman Rick Hill is since I started chasing the white perch myself. Rick lives on the lake. I mean he LIVES on the lake. He has a house on the side of the lake that he stays at some of the time, but he spends all of the … Continue reading →

It’s Gowan & Rude – ACT champs!

I can’t wait to read the article in the next on-line American Crappie Trail magazine about the winners of the Rockport Rattler ACT tournament on Lake D’Arbonne that concluded Saturday afternoon. I expect a glowing review of the championship anglers and plenty of details on how to catch more crappie on the ‘Bone.  I hope … Continue reading →

ACT off to a fantastic start

If you went crappie fishing on Lake D’Arbonne Friday and you didn’t catch anything, you might not want to read any more of this. The fish were biting. Only three of the 54 teams in the American Crappie Trail professional tournament brought to us by title sponsor Rockport Rattlers lure company Friday did not catch … Continue reading →

Guess your weight…and more

The consensus among four of the top pro fishermen putting on a brief fishing seminar under the Pavillion in Ruston’s Railroad Park Wednesday night  was that it will take between 12 and 13 pounds per day Friday and Saturday to win the American Crappie Trail tournament on Lake D’Arbonne.  That would be two seven fish … Continue reading →