There’s been some worry this year that boatloads of fishermen might be catching too many white perch on Lake D’Arbonne. I’ve covered that in separate posts. There is one group of “fishermen” that I know are catching and eating too many fish. And they are wounding many, many more. And the fish aren’t all crappie. … Continue reading
Lake D’Arbonne and its crappie population showed off this past week through some of the roughest weather and rising water that we’ve had in a long time. The fish provided good catches in a variety of ways, from jigging deep to jigging shallow; to trolling; to casting mini-spinners. The result? Hours of great fishing footage … Continue reading
Here’s the word for today: Brouhaha (a noisy or over-excited reaction or response to something). Okay, let’s make that Brew HA HA!!!! Yep, I’d call it a brew ha ha. This weekend at the at the Duck Commander 500 NASCAR weekend at Texas Motor Speedway in Ft. Worth, Texas, a new American iconic beverage was … Continue reading
Some folks had a tough time catching fish in the changing conditions here lately. Some didn’t. I even got accused by one loyal reader of “padding” the fishing report, saying they were biting when they really weren’t. People were catching some good fish last week. I got good reports from several reliable sources. I responded … Continue reading
It is a rare chance when something won’t make anybody happy, but mix politics and fishing and look out, brother. Today we talk about the topic of Lake D’Arbonne crappie limits. See, I bet some of you are already getting fired up . . . Lake D’Arbonne is 50 years old and remains one of … Continue reading
With the warmer weather and fish moving into the spawn for the spring, I’ve noticed something that you need to be aware of. FISHING POX! It is very contagious to adult males. A growing number of adult females also seem to be contracting the pox. The symptoms include continual complaints as to the need for … Continue reading
I got up early Thursday morning (Yes, George, before 9 a.m.) to try and get in a last minute fishing trip before the approaching storms hit. You know, fish always bite better before an approaching storm. I didn’t have to turn on any lights to see if the wind had kicked up yet. I could … Continue reading
When you are my age, you learn to appreciate experience. That’s just one reason I know that Martin Elshout and Mark Price of Ruston are good fishermen. Combined, they’ve got 100+ years of bass fishing experience. If that isn’t enough, all you have to do is read bass tournament reports from around the area to … Continue reading
Since this is a family oriented web site, I can’t put into words what I really think about the poor, unfortunate, dump (oops, I meant dumb) “people” who litter. It’s kind of like they missed the lesson on growing up. I’ll just leave it at that. Fortunately, there are good people who try and clean … Continue reading
It’s the time of year when fishing is great one day and then not so great the next. They are here today, gone tomorrow. The weather, mostly high wind, skewed fishing results a bit this week. The fish had been biting, then cold mornings and the wind slowed them down. Yesterday things were a bit … Continue reading