Fishing

Fishing warning !!!

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ March 31, 2014 ⋅ 1 Comment

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 →

Wind-aided fishing report

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ March 28, 2014 ⋅ Leave a comment

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 →

Elshout and Price: Dynamic Bass Duo

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ March 27, 2014 ⋅ 1 Comment

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 →

Help clean up behind the dumpies

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ March 26, 2014 ⋅ 5 Comments

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 →

Fish here, fish there

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ March 21, 2014 ⋅ 2 Comments

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 →

We interrupt fishing season

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ March 19, 2014 ⋅ Leave a comment

We interrupt fishing season to bring you this important report: The internet has opened up a whole new world that I could have never imagined. It puts people in contact with each other who would have never met otherwise. This is also true with fishermen! I’ve written about Ed Moes, the founder of crappie.com, a … Continue reading →

Fisheries head: “Celebrate crappie success”

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ March 18, 2014 ⋅ 1 Comment

It’s only natural. Hundreds of fishermen are catching hundreds of Lake D’Arbonne crappie day after day after day. The boats are so thick in some areas of the lake that it seems like you could “walk on water” from boat to boat. Then, you start to wonder, are folks catching too many? Is all this … Continue reading →

Terzia & Aulds land dream catch!

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ March 17, 2014 ⋅ Leave a comment

Wow! Just plain Wow ! Saturday, Greg Terzia and Ron Aulds had a day that most of us only dream about on Lake D’Arbonne. The duo caught a record-setting five fish limit of largemouth bass that weighed 27.34 pounds to take home the top prize in the Fishers of Men North Central Louisiana division tournament … Continue reading →

Fishing or catching? Both

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ March 14, 2014 ⋅ 1 Comment

I knew something would slow down the unbelievable number of white perch being caught on Lake D’Arbonne and sure enough, it’s happened. No, the fish didn’t jump over the spillway or hide out under boat docks. Mother Nature cut them some slack Wednesday with 35 mph North winds which whipped up enough waves that even … Continue reading →

Hook, Line & Sinker

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ March 13, 2014 ⋅ 2 Comments

The first time I met Bob Mitcham, he had so much fishing equipment it took a 25-foot step-in cargo van to haul it all around. I mean, he was into fishing Hook, Line & Sinker. Of course, in those days some 30 years ago, it was his business. He ran a route in that old … Continue reading →