Louisiana fishing

Tech, ULM get Bend bass

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ February 18, 2014 ⋅ Leave a comment

ZWOLLE, La. – The Lamar University team of Quinton Evans of Orange, Texas, and Colby Ogden of Kountze, Texas, won the FLW College Fishing Southern Conference tournament on Toledo Bend Saturday with five bass weighing 19 pounds, 6 ounces. Their win qualified them for the 2014 Southern Conference Invitational on Sam Rayburn Reservoir. Three area … Continue reading →

Fishing season opens!

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

Fishing season officially opened this weekend! Or at least, that’s what it looked like (no, we don’t really have an “official” fishing season). After weeks of blustery weather, Saturday and Sunday provided spring-like weather for the fishermen and they responded just as you would expect. Every launching ramp and parking area on Lake D’Arbonne was … Continue reading →

Patience, Spring, Eagles

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ February 16, 2014 ⋅ Leave a comment

It’s a rare occasion that I turn to the Famers’ Almanac. But I did today. My question: When is Spring going to get here? Apparently the Almanac and Punxsutawney Phil both agree with what we already know — we had a long winter, and it may not be over yet. But there is hope. Spring … Continue reading →

Lake on ice

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ February 13, 2014 ⋅ Leave a comment

The trouble with weather forecasting is that it’s right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it. That pretty much sums up what we’ve been facing the past several weeks. If the ice and snow from yesterday didn’t do anything else, at least it got a … Continue reading →

Two many minis?

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ February 10, 2014 ⋅ Leave a comment

Some things go best unsaid. We were in the process of moving a few years back when one of the movers came in and announced to my wife and I that he had finished packing up all the stuff in the garage. That was nice. “Say, did you know you had 27 rods and reels?“, … Continue reading →

Just for the record . . .

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ February 5, 2014 ⋅ 1 Comment

Rain…. check Thunder… check Lightening… check Wind.… check Cold…. check Damp, gray, drab…etc… check By the power vested in me by lakedarbonnelife.com, I hereby declare yesterday, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2014 . . . JUST PLAIN YUCKY

Fishing report ( kind of )

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ February 3, 2014 ⋅ Leave a comment

There was something strange on the lake Saturday: Boats. Then Sunday, they pretty much disappeared again. And it wasn’t because everybody went home to watch the Super Bowl. True, the white perch have been biting for the brave at heart who follow them every day. But fishing pressure on most area lakes has been extremely … Continue reading →

As first reported here….

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ January 21, 2014 ⋅ 1 Comment

Folks that know me would tell you in a heartbeat that I would never say “I TOLD YOU SO”…but I want to share this with you anyway as we look at three days this week with temps in the 20’s. Okay, humor me. It’s a rerun (pardon me) of our Oct. 2, 2013 entry into … Continue reading →

New Yo-Yo regs in effect

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ January 16, 2014 ⋅ Leave a comment

It’s yo-yo time in north Louisiana. And no, I’m not talking politics. I’m talking about the automatic trigger devices popular with white perch fishermen this time of year. It’s seems like a rite of passage for young fisherman to set out yo-yo’s among cypress trees, camp out on a cold night by a roaring fire … Continue reading →

Go Fish

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ January 13, 2014 ⋅ 2 Comments

Overall, hunting season was pretty good in our area. We had much colder temperatures than normal early in the season and that was good for deer and duck hunters. Union Parish is one of the top two parishes in the state for deer hunting and this season did not disappoint. In fact, the busiest folks … Continue reading →