outdoors

Brew ha ha …and too much water

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ April 7, 2014 ⋅ 1 Comment

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 →

Wind, rain and Krappie Kings!

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ April 4, 2014 ⋅ 1 Comment

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 →

Good cause chukars!

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ April 2, 2014 ⋅ Leave a comment

And you thought the only thing going on was fishing… Our friends at Hunters for Heroes are less than two weeks out from their next event. On Friday, April 11, Hunters for Heroes will host eight disabled veterans from Fort Polk WTU at Wild Wings Lodge in Downsville. On Saturday, they will be treated to … Continue reading →

Crappie commotion!

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ April 1, 2014 ⋅ 2 Comments

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →