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Turners Win Crappie Masters!
It was the Paul and Elizabeth Turner show on D’Arbonne the past two days. The fishing couple from Tennessee are the 2017 Crappie Masters Louisiana State Champions. After two days of tough fishing conditions, the duo caught consecutive seven fish limits and bested 95 other teams to claim $7,000 in prize money and the coveted … Continue reading
Turners lead Crappie Masters
For a while this week, if you listened to any of the 96 teams in the Crappie Masters Louisiana State Championship on Lake D’Arbonne, you would have thought the fishing was going to be so tough Friday that even the liars wouldn’t catch anything. Then a 15 mile per hour wind hammered the lake most … Continue reading
Roll that Media Day footage!
Thursday we had a great time kicking off Crappie Masters with a fun time at Media Day held at D’Arbonne Pointe and sponsored by the Union Parish Tourist Commission. Prolific video editor Buster Craig of Marion State Bank has put together this fast-paced one-minute video shot by himself and lakedarbonnelife.com’s Kinny Haddox. Roll that Media … Continue reading
CM: Now it’s the real deal
Now, it’s time for the real deal. Nearly 200 of the best crappie fishermen from this area plus top professional fishermen from more than a dozen states hit the water Friday morning for Day 1 of the Louisiana State Championship presented by Crappie Masters. It’s a big deal. At stake? Nearly $40,000 in cash and … Continue reading
Crappie Battle Royale!
Most people know the big professional Crappie Masters Louisiana State Championship will be held this coming Friday and Saturday on Lake D’Arbonne. But only a handful of people knew about the fierce crappie fishing competition that was going on Wednesday morning on the lake. While boats of practicing competitors from around the south buzzed up … Continue reading
A Crappie Masters quiz
True or False questions: No. 1 — The crappie fishing practice was tough on Lake D’Arbonne Monday and Tuesday, especially in regards to consistent BIG ONES for the Crappie Masters Louisiana State Championship. No. 2 — Many fishermen didn’t even fish Monday because they knew the rain Monday night and Tuesday (see yellow, red and … Continue reading
They’re here! Hide yo crappie!
It’s Crappie Masters Week on Lake D’Arbonne! (*** Warning to Lake D’Arbonne Crappie: Hide yo kids, hide yo wife, and hide yo husband cuz they catchin ’em all up in here…) The Crappie Masters 2017 Louisiana State Championship kicks off Thursday night with registration followed by two days of competition Friday & Saturday on Lake … Continue reading
What do you see?
Do you see good or evil? Or both? It’s pretty easy in the illustration above to see good and evil, but it’s pretty hard sometimes in this world we live in today. God gave us brains, a heart and a soul to help us understand the difference between good and evil. When we acknowledge him … Continue reading
More crappie talk
Crappie University wraps up its fourth and final session tonight with a two-hour presentation from Farmerville resident and veteran fisherman Steve Danna. If he has any voice left, that is. Danna spent the past two weekends giving four seminars at Bass Pro in Shreveport and Denham Springs. Tonight he hits the stage in Bossier City … Continue reading
No vacation for the fish
Fishing has been on again, off again the last few weeks on D’Arbonne. Some good bass are being caught, mostly moving up into staging areas for the spawn. A few are already being caught shallow. The water is getting warmer, but not quite to spawning warm. Stay tuned. Crappie seem to all still be … Continue reading
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