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Tie one on…a fly, that is!
You don’t see many fly fishermen around the lake at D’Arbonne, but our parish and area are full of bayous, rivers and lakes that are perfect for fly fishing. If you’d like to learn more about how, when, where and why you should fly fish, there’s a good chance for you on Friday, Sept. 19 … Continue reading
Whop…whop….
Okay, all you dove hunters out there who spent parts of this weekend shooting up two 24-count boxes of shells at fast-flying doves trying to get a limit of 15 doves…. To check this amazing video from Mojo Outdoors out. Click here: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152275348397595&fref=nf
The river: keeping a promise
The list of people who have kept watch over the Ouachita River environment is long…too long to put here. Some like Dr. Michael Caire of West Monroe and Jim Hall of Ruston, who founded SORE (Save the Ouachita River Environment) in the 1980’s, are near the top of the list. Numerous state Wildlife and Fisheries … Continue reading
Mollicy: A magnificent turnaround
Stopping the channelization of the Ouachita River was a huge environmental victory 30 years ago. Today, man’s part of another huge environmental project with future benefits we can’t even fully comprehend has been completed. It’s an amazing project. Last Thursday, water flowed down Mollicy Bayou and into the Ouachita River for the first time in … Continue reading
Making a date with the ducks….
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has set season dates, bag limits and shooting hours for the 2014-15 migratory waterfowl season. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) recommended a 60-day season for ducks, coots and mergansers in the three zones in place for the 2014-15 hunting season. Shooting hours begin one-half hour before … Continue reading
NWTF: Putting words into action
I don’t turkey hunt. Somehow I’ve escaped the fever in my 50+ years of outdoor pursuits. But I do have great respect for those that do turkey hunt. It’s a challenging, one-on-one sport. And I have even more respect for those who put their love into action to help preserve and maintain the sport. Among … Continue reading
Live like it’s Little League
I love watching the Little League World Series. As a former Little Leaguer myself (some of you are having a good laugh trying to picture that….) I played right field wearing No. 7 for Green Brothers Dairy and also as an adult coached youth baseball for more than a decade. I had my fair share … Continue reading
Bassin’ with George….or John Brown?
My fishing buddy George and I hit Lake D’Arbonne in search of summertime largemouth bass a couple of days ago. Anybody can catch fish on topwaters at daylight or on a worm right before dark, so we weren’t challenged by that. So we went at 2 p.m. in the middle of August in an East … Continue reading
ULM’s Preuett on TV!
Want to watch the action of ULM in the College National Championship and then ULM fisherman Brett Preuett living the dream fishing in the BASSmaster Classic Qualifier and making it to the big dance, the BASSMasters Classic? Catch the action or set your DVR this weekend:
Today’s outdoor tidbits
Today we’ve got several things: a word about the weather, a short fishing report and a followup to D’Arbonne’s spot on Duck Dynasty. First, the weather: It has been unseasonably cool this week, but it should get hot again tomorrow. Don’t like the weather here? How about these extremes? The world’s lowest temperature yesterday was … Continue reading
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